2012 MEN’S SOCCER Weekly Release Contact: Stacey Brann • (412) 383-8650 • [email protected] •www.pittsburghpanthers.com • Athletic Media Relations; 3719 Terrace Street; Pittsburgh, PA 15261 University of Pittsburgh Panthers PANTHERS SCHEDULE (6-1-2, 0-1-0 Big East) (6-1-2, 0-1-0 Big East) Tuesday, Sept. 25 - Navy Midshipmen (4-2-1, 1-0-0 Patriot League) Sat. Aug. 18 Marshall (exhibition) W, 3-2 Ambrose Urbanic Field, Pittsburgh (PITT PANTHERS TV) Mon. Aug. 20 California (PA) (exhibition) T, 2-2 Fri. Aug. 24 vs. Niagara (at Duq) T, 2-2 Saturday, Sept. 29 - Georgetown Hoyas (8-0-1, 1-0-0 Big East) Sun. Aug. 26 vs. Howard (at Duq) W, 1-0 Ambrose Urbanic Field, Pittsburgh Sat. Sept. 1 Saint Francis (PA) T, 1-1 PITT/NIKE INVITATIONAL Fri. Sept. 7 IPFW W, 2-1 Pitt (6-1-2) continues its home stand with a pair of games this week. Pitt hosts the Midshipmen of Navy at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at Ambrose Sun. Sept. 9 Delaware W, 1-0 Urbanic Field at the Petersen Sports Complex. This is the sixth meeting Fri. Sept. 14 Northern Kentucky$ W, 3-2 between Pitt and Navy in program history. The Midshipmen lead the series Sun. Sept. 16 at Duquesne W, 2-1 0-5 and have captured wins in two of the past three meetings. Wed. Sept. 19 Robert Morris - Pitt Panthers TV W, 2-0 Navy posted a unbeaten week last week, beating then No. 20 George Mason Sat. Sept. 22 Cincinnati* L, 0-1 and topping Lafayette in its Patriot League opener. Joseph Greenspan was named a member of the CollegeSoccerNews.com National Team of the Tue. Sept. 25 Navy - Pitt Panthers TV 7 p.m. Week and was tabbled the Patriot League/BRINE Offensive Player of the Sat. Sept. 29 Georgetown*^ - WPTS - Radio Week on Monday. He had eight points (3 goals, 2 assists) in the Midship- 7 p.m. men’s two wins. Freshman Derek Vogel also earned honors on Monday, being Wed. Oct. 3 at Notre Dame* 7 p.m. named Patriot League Rookie of the Week for the third time this season. Sat. Oct. 6 at Seton Hall* 7 p.m. Sat. Oct. 13 at Providence* 1 p.m. The Panthers wrap up the week with a home contest on Saturday, Sept. 29 against Georgetown. The Hoyas, who also play on Tuesday, are coming off Wed. Oct. 17 Marquette* 7 p.m. a 1-0 win over Rutgers this past weekend. The game against Georgetown Sat. Oct. 20 Connecticut*% - Pitt Panthers TV will wrap up a streak of four-straight games at Ambrose Urbanic Field and 7 p.m. eight of the last nine. Thu. Oct. 27 at Villanova* 12 p.m. Wed. Oct. 31 Big East Championship First Round Despite falling on Saturday, the Panthers win-lost-tied percentage is still one Sat. Nov. 3 Big East Championship Quarterfinals of the most productive in NCAA Division I, ranked 26th (out of 201). The Panthers - as a team- are ranked 23rd in save percentage (.844). Pitt has Fri.-Sun. Nov. 9-11 Big East Championship Semifinal/ used a different starting 11 in each of its nine games. Championship QUICK HITS * Big East Opponent $ - Pitt Pride Night • Despite suffering its first loss on Saturday , Pitt (6-1-2) is off to its best ^ – Youth Night %– Senior Recognition nine-game start since 2000 (9-1-0). The loss to UC halted a five-match All Times Eastern; All home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field at winning streak. Petersen Sports Complex. • Over the last 10 years, Pitt owns a 4-5-1 record against their last non- conference game of the season. Last season, the Panthers were defeated 1-0 by Cleveland State before heading into Big East play. • Pitt is 10-27-3 all time against Patriot League opponents and have not faced a Patriot League opponent since beating Army 1-0 in the third game of the 2010 season. • The Panthers and the Midshipmen share two common opponents thi season: Robert Morris and Delaware. Both Pitt and Navy were victorious against each of those opponents. • Co-Captain Alex Harrison returned to the starting lineup this past THE PITT RECORD WHEN... Saturday against Cincinnati. The junior has not started since Saturday, Sept. 1 due to injury. Home .................................................................................................................4-1-1 • With only nine games played, the Panthers have already matched Away ..................................................................................................................1-0-0 the number of goals scored in the entire 2011 season (14/18 Neutral..............................................................................................................1-0-1 games). Leading at Half ..............................................................................................2-0-0 • The Panthers are past the halfway mark of the 2012 season. Pitt Trailing at Half ...............................................................................................1-1-2 Tied at Half ......................................................................................................3-0-0 has recorded six wins in the 2012 campaign which is already two Scoring 2+goals ...........................................................................................4-0-0 more wins than they had after 18 games last year. Scoring Less than 2G ................................................................................2-1-2 • Pitt has four players who have started and played in every game this More Shots Recorded...............................................................................3-0-2 season (all 9): John Cordier, Julian Dickenson, Kevin Fielden, and Less Shots Recorded ................................................................................1-1-0 goalkeeper Lee Johnston. More Corners ...............................................................................................3-0-1 • Freshman midfielder Nick Wysong posted the first hat trick by a Less Corners .................................................................................................0-1-1 Pitt player since Nov. 2, 2003 when he accomplished the feat on Same Number of Corners.......................................................................3-0-0 Day Games .....................................................................................................3-0-1 Sept. 14 versus NKU. The first year player had three goals in a Night Games ..................................................................................................3-1-1 single match and added an assist in a win over Duquesne on Sept. 16 en route to Big East Rookie of the Week honors last Monday. BIG EAST STANDINGS • Junior Nico Wrobel has recorded five goals on the season, (thru games of Sept. 23 ) matching his team-best total a season ago. In 2004, two players (second team All-Big East honoree Keeyan Young and Billy Brush) Blue Division Big East Overall Streak each registered seven goals. Marquette 1-0-0 8-0-0 W8 • Wysong and Wrobel have combined for 23 of the Panthers 38 Georgetown 1-0-0 8-0-1 W3 Connecticut 1-0-0 7-0-1 W3 total points this season. Wysong has 11 of his 12 total points in Notre Dame 0-1-0 7-1-0 L1 the past four games. Pittsburgh 0-1-0 6-1-2 L1 • Sophomore goalkeeper Lee Johnston has started all nine games Seton Hall 0-1-0 4-5-0 L1 in goal for Pitt. He posted his third shutout of the year last Providence 0-1-0 2-5-1 L1 Wednesday against Robert Morris. • Six different players have tallied goals for Pitt in 2012, while eight Red Division Big East Overall Streak have also contributed assists (ten) on the Panthers’ 14 goals. Syracuse 1-0-0 7-2-0 W1 • This season marks the second year that Pitt has played its home USF 1-0-0 5-2-1 W1 games at the Petersen Sports Complex. The Panthers own a 7-7-3 Louisville 1-0-0 5-3-0 W2 Cincinnati 1-0-0 4-4-1 W3 record at its second-year on-campus home and are unbeaten at Villanova 0-0-0 6-2-0 W1 home in 2012 (4-0-1). St. John’s 0-1-0 5-1-3 L1 • Pitt’s first 11 matches this season are either at home (Ambrose Rutgers 0-1-0 3-3-0 L1 Urbanic Field) or at nearby Rooney Field (Duquesne University). DePaul 0-1-0 2-5-1 L1 The Panthers have played three contests at Duquesne’s campus and is home at the PSC for their first eight matches. Pitt does not GAMES THIS WEEK hit the road outside of the Steel City until Oct. 3 - a road trip to No. Tues. 25 8 Notre Dame which starts a string of three-straight road games Syracuse at UMass 3:30 p.m. over a 10-day span. Temple at Villanova 4 p.m. Georgetown at James Madison 7 p.m. • Pitt moved to10-13-5 record overall in Big East openers and a Connecticut at Yale 7 p.m. 5-7-4 record overall in Big East openers at home after losing to Navy at Pittsburgh 7 p.m. Cincinnati this past Saturday 1-0 Columbia at St. John’s 7:30 p.m. • The Pitt men’s soccer team earned the athletic department’s top Florida Gulf Coast at USF 7:30 p.m. men’s academic award for the third straight year this past February. Wed. 26 The team also posted the top cumulative GPA in the Big East last Central Connecticut State at Rutgers 7 p.m. season. Andy Clifford, Julian Dickenson, Lee Johnston, Alex Lowman, Notre Dame at Indiana 7 p.m. Dan Mark, Dan Prete, Matt Walbert and Nico Wrobel each were Cleveland State at Cincinnati 7 p.m. named a Big East Academic All-Star in late July. DePaul at Northwestern 7 p.m. UW-Madison at Marquette 8:05 p.m. • Pitt head coach Joe Luxbacher is in his 29th season as head Sat. 29 coach for the Panthers. Luxbacher is only the second head coach in USF at Villanova 1 p.m. program history. The Pitt graduate followed his college head coach Leo Marquette at Providence 1 p.m. Bemis in the role. St. John’s at DePaul 2 p.m. • This is the 59th season for Pitt men’s soccer. Georgetown at Pittsburgh 7 p.m.