UCLA Men's Soccer Weekly Press Release • December 2, 2010 UCLA Sports Information • PO Box 24044 • Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044 SID Contact: Liza David • Phone: 310/206-8140 • Fax: 310/825-8664 • Email: [email protected] Website: www.uclabruins.com No. 8 UCLA Battles No. 1 Louisville In NCAA Quarterfinals Bruins take on undefeated Cardinals on the road Saturday night. This Week — Eighth-seeded UCLA (16-4-1) travels to top-seeded Louisville (18-0-3) in the quarterfinals of the 2010 UCLA Schedule NCAA Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 7 pm ET. The game will take place at Louisville's Cardinal Park. Date Opponent Time/Result Live Coverage — Louisville is offering a webcast for Saturday's game, as well as Gametracker live stats. Sept. 3 vs. #18 Notre Dame (at Indiana) W 1-0 Links are available at uoflsports.com. Sept. 5 at #20 Indiana L 1-5 UCLA Into Quarterfinals For 20th Time — The Bruins have reached the NCAA Quarterfinals for the 20th Sept. 9 UC RIVERSIDE W 2-1, ot time in school history and for the second-consecutive year. UCLA Sept. 12 DAVIDSON W 2-0 is 12-7 all-time in the quarterfinal round. UCLA In NCAA Quarterfinals (12-7) Sept. 17 at Cal Poly T 0-0, 2ot Bruins Reach Tournament For 28th Consecutive Year — UCLA Year Result Sept. 19 SAN DIEGO W 3-2, ot earned its 28th consecutive and 38th overall NCAA Tournament 1970 at UCLA 3, Denver 1 1971 at San Francisco 6, UCLA 2 Sept. 24 at UC Santa Barbara L 0-2 berth with an at-large berth and No. 8 seeding in the Tournament. 1972 at UCLA 3, San Jose St. 2 Sept. 26 at Cal State Fullerton W 3-2 UCLA's NCAA streak is the second-longest active streak in the na- 1973 UCLA 3, at San Francsico 2 (2ot) Oct. 1 #14/23 WASHINGTON W 1-0 tion, and the 38 NCAA appearances are second only to Saint Louis' 1974 at UCLA 1, San Francisco 0 Oct. 3 OREGON STATE W 4-1 46. UCLA has an all-time NCAA Tournament record of 64-34, with 1977 at San Francisco 4, UCLA 1 Oct. 9 #21/25 SAN DIEGO STATE W 1-0 national championships in 1985, 1990, 1997 and 2002. 1984 at UCLA 2, Harvard 0 1985 at UCLA 2, SMU 0 Oct. 15 at Stanford L 1-2 Sweet Sixteen — UCLA's win over Dartmouth in the Round of 16 1987 San Diego 2, at UCLA 1 Oct. 17 at #10/11 California W 1-0, 2ot gave the Bruins 16 victories on the season, the most by a Bruin 1989 at Santa Clara 2, UCLA 0 Oct. 22 STANFORD W 1-0 squad since the 2003 team won 20 games. The 16 wins are also 1990 at UCLA 2, SMU 0 Oct. 24 #12/13 CALIFORNIA L 0-1, ot the most during head coach Jorge Salcedo's tenure. 1991 Santa Clara 2, at UCLA 1 1994 UCLA 3, Coll. of Charleston 2 Oct. 27 at Cal State Northridge W 2-1 In The Rankings — UCLA finished the regular season ranked No. 1997 at UCLA 2, Clemson 1 Nov. 5 at Washington W 1-0 7 by Soccer America and No. 8 by the NSCAA. The Bruins are also 1999 UCLA 2, at Virginia 0 Nov. 7 at Oregon State W 3-0 ranked No. 7 by College Soccer News, No. 6 by Top Drawer Soccer 2002 at UCLA 7, Penn State 1 Nov. 13 at San Diego State W 3-1 and No. 9 by Soccer Times. In the NCAA RPI, UCLA finished the 2003 Indiana 2, at UCLA 1 Nov. 21 Sac State - NCAA 2nd Rd. W 4-1 regular season No. 8. 2006 UCLA 3, at Duke 2 (ot) 2009 at Wake Forest 2, UCLA 0 Nov. 28 Dartmouth - NCAA 3rd Rd. W 2-1, 2ot How They Got Here: UCLA — UCLA won its first NCAA Tournament Dec. 3-5 at #1 Louisville - NCAA Quarterfinals 7 pm ET game, 4-1, on Nov. 21 against Sacramento State, thanks to a pair Dec. 10/12 NCAA College Cup (Santa Barbara, CA) TBD of goals by Chandler Hoffman, plus goals by Reed Williams and Victor Chavez. In third round action, Eder Arreola was the hero, scoring both goals in a 2-1 double overtime win over Dartmouth. Arreola scored the Home matches in bold game-winner with eight seconds on the clock in the second overtime period. All home matches played at Marshall Field at Drake Stadium unless otherwise indicated. UCLA received an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament after finishing in second place by one point in the Pac-10 Conference behind sixth-seeded California. The Bruins earned a Top 8 seed, their second consecu- UCLA's Career NCAA Stats tive, by virtue of their 14-4-1 regular season record and 8-2-0 conference record. UCLA finished the regular season with four straight road wins and victories in six of its last seven games. Name GP GS G A Pts Chandler Hoffman 5 5 3 1 7 How They Got Here: Louisville — Top-seeded Louisville won the BIG EAST Tournament in a shootout against Eder Arreola 4 3 2 0 4 Providence. The Cardinals won their two NCAA tournament games at home, defeating College of Charleston, Reed Williams 2 2 1 2 4 Fernando Monge 3 1 1 1 3 3-1, in the second round, and Ohio State, 2-1, in the third round. In NCAA Tournament play, senior Charlie Ryan Hollingshead 5 4 1 1 3 Campbell has two goals and one assist, and junior Nick DeLeon has one goal and two assists. Victor Chavez 2 1 1 0 2 Evan Raynr 5 1 0 2 2 The Series With Louisville — This is the first meeting ever between UCLA and Louisville. The Bruins are 15- Andy Rose 6 6 0 1 1 6-3 all-time against BIG EAST opponents, with the most recent game coming in this year's season opener, Kelyn Rowe 2 2 0 1 1 a 1-0 win over Notre Dame in Indiana. The Bruins' most frequent BIG EAST opponent has been Rutgers, Joe Sofia 2 2 0 1 1 who are just 1-5-1 all-time against UCLA. Zack Foxhoven 2 0 0 1 1 Shawn Singh 5 5 0 0 0 UCLA-Louisville Connection — Louisville sophomore midfielder Paolo DelPiccolo has family ties to the UCLA Michael Roman 4 0 0 0 0 program. DelPiccolo's father Aldo was on the UCLA soccer team from 1978-81 and was named the team's Zack Zerrenner 2 1 0 0 0 Matt Wiet 2 2 0 0 0 Most Improved Player in 1980. Paolo was also a high school teammate of UCLA freshman Reid Hukari at Patrick Matchett 2 1 0 0 0 Wheat Ridge HS in Wheat Ridge, CO. Chris Cummings 1 0 0 0 0 Dakota Collins 1 0 0 0 0 Third Round Wrapup — With the seconds ticking down to a penalty kick shootout, UCLA junior midfielder Andrew Tusaazemajja 1 0 0 0 0 Eder Arreola ended the game with a golden goal with eight seconds left in the second overtime to give Reed Hukari 1 0 0 0 0 the Bruins a 2-1 win over Dartmouth in the NCAA third round. Arreola's goal was set up after a long throw- in by Joe Sofia. Sofia's throw-in was headed up by a Dartmouth defender in the box, and Arreola followed Goalkeepers GP GS GA GAA Sv through by tapping the ball into the goal for his second goal of the night. Arreola had put UCLA up 1-0 at Brian Rowe (200 min.) 2 2 2 0.90 8 the 25:55 mark on a curling shot to the upper right corner after a series of passes from Reed Williams Trevor Hunter (91 min.) 2 1 3 2.97 4 and Chandler Hoffman. Second Round Wrapup — UCLA scored four unanswered goals in a 30-minute span in the second half and ousted Sacramento State, 4-1, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Drake Stadium on Sunday 2010 UCLA Stats night. Sophomore forward Chandler Hoffman extended his scoring streak to four games with two goals (he Name GP GS G A Pts has scored five goals in his last four games), and freshmen Reed Williams and Victor Chavez also scored Victor Chavez 21 15 9 5 23 for the Bruins. Kelyn Rowe 21 20 6 9 21 Reed Williams 21 13 5 3 13 Arreola Heroics Earn Him Honors — After scoring both goals in the Bruins' third round win over Dartmouth, Eder Arreola 21 13 3 7 13 junior midfielder Eder Arreola earned Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Week honors, as well as UCLA/Muscle Chandler Hoffman 10 5 5 1 11 Milk Student-Athlete of the Week acclaim. Additionally, Arreola was named to the National Teams of the Evan Raynr 21 9 3 3 9 Week for both Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News. Arreola now ranks tied for third on the team in Ryan Hollingshead 21 21 2 5 9 scoring with 13 points (3g, 7a). Andy Rose 21 21 1 4 6 Shawn Singh 19 18 1 3 5 Hoffman Scoring Streak — Sophomore forward Chandler Hoffman has been on fire since making his first Joe Sofia 19 18 1 2 4 start of the season on Nov. 5. The Birmingham, AL native has scored either a goal or assist in each of his Zack Foxhoven 19 5 0 2 2 five games as a starter (five goals, one assist), including game-winning goals at Washington and at San Patrick Matchett 15 14 0 2 2 Zack Zerrenner 10 4 0 2 2 Diego State.