United States Air Force Academy men’s Soccer 2015 Air Force Athletic Communications • 2169 Field House Drive • USAFA, CO 80840 • goAirForceFalcons.com Soccer Contact: Nick Arseniak • [email protected] • 719-333-9251 @AF_msoccer Weekly Release #6 - 9/29/15 USAFA Men’s Soccer Air Force Falcons (3-4-0) at Utah Valley Wolverines (7-2-0) Friday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m. 2015 Schedule Clyde Field - Orem, Utah Team Record: 3-4-0 Live video: http://wacsports.com/sports/2015/3/27/GEN_0327151717.aspx?id=2& Live Stats: http://www.goAirForceFalcons.com and http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=101283 Date Opponent Time/Outcome A 29 ARMY WEST POINT W, 1-0, 2OT Twitter: @AF_msoccer Series History: Air Force trails 0-1. S 4 at Evansville^ W, 2-1, 2OT Last Meeting: Air Force lost 2-1 hosting UVU in the first-ever meeting last year. S 6 vs. Drake^ L, 1-2 S 11 at Cal Poly L, 0-1 Air Force Falcons at Seattle U Redhawks (7-2-0) S 18 at Colgate+ L, 2-3 S 20 at Cornell+ L, 1-2, OT Sunday, Oct. 4, 1 p.m. (PT) S 27 at Bradley# W, 1-0 Championship Field - Seattle, Wash. Live video: none O 2 at Utah Valley* 7 pm Live Stats: http://www.goAirForceFalcons.com and O 4 at Seattle U* 1 pm http://www.goseattleu.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?SPSID=94309&SPID=11523&DB_LANG=C&DB_ O 11 INCARNATE WORD* 1 pm OEM_ID=18200 O 16 UTRGV* 7 pm O 18 HOUSTON BAPTIST* 1 pm Twitter: @AF_msoccer O 23 at CSU Bakersfield* 7:30 pm Series History: Tied 3-3-1 O 25 at San José State* 2 pm Last Meeting: Air Force lost 1-0 hosting Seattle U last year. O 30 GRAND CANYON* 4:30 pm Air Force Opens WAC Play at Utah Valley and Seattle U N 1 UNLV* 1 pm Air Force men’s soccer opens conference play with road matches against the top two teams in the N 7 at UMKC* 1 pm Western Athletic Conference in Utah Valley and Seattle U, Oct. 2-4. The Falcons travel to Utah Valley N 12-15 WAC Championship TBA on Friday, Oct. 2 and Seattle U on Sunday Oct. 4. Live stats are available for both matches. Live video is available for the Utah Valley match. * Denotes Western Athletic Conference match ^ ProRehab Aces Soccer Classic About Utah Valley University + CU Inaria Classic Location: Orem, Utah # The Hotels at Grand Prairie Soccer Series Founded/Enrollment: 1841/26,933 All home games at the Cadet Soccer Stadium - Nickname: Wolverines USAFA, Colo. Conference: WAC All times are local and subject to change. 2014 Record: 9-7-2, 5-3-2 WAC, 4th Log on to: www.goairforcefalcons.com for up- Head Coach: Greg Maas (Portland, 1988) - 3rd season at Utah Valley to-date info. Website: http://wolverinegreen.com About Seattle U WAC Location: Seattle, Wash. 2015 Standings Founded/Enrollment: 1891/7,755 Nickname: Redhawks Place/School WAC Overall Pts Conference: WAC 1. Seattle U 7-2-0 2014 Record: 11-5-3, 6-2-2 WAC, 2nd 1. Utah Valley 7-2-0 Head Coach: Pete Fewing (Washington, 1994) - 22nd season at Seattle U. 3. UNLV 6-2-0 Website: http://goSeattleU.com 4. Incarnate Word 4-2-0 5. CSU Bakersfield 2-2-2 6. Houston Baptist 4-4-0 Last Week 7. UTRGV 3-4-1 Senior Zach Hill’s goal in the 72nd minute lifted Air Force to a 1-0 win over Bradley (4-5-0) Sunday 8. Air Force 3-4-0 afternoon at The Hotels at Grand Prairie Soccer Series at Shea Stadium. 8. Grand Canyon 3-4-0 Hill took advantage of a transition situation to score the game’s only goal. The goal snapped a streak 10. UMKC 2-4-1 of 438-minutes and six-seconds that Bradley had not allowed a goal at home. 11. San José State 2-5-0 The goal was the first allowed by the Braves at Shea Stadium since Nov. 14, 2014 in the semifinals of the MVC Tournament against SIU Edwardsville. After Air Force completed the first half with a slim, 4-3, edge in shots, the Falcons outshot Bradley by a 12-3 margin in the second half. Sophomore John Wendt had one save in the shutout win in goal for the Falcons. 1 2015 Air Force men’s Soccer Release #6 General Information On The Road For Eight Straight Location. 2169 Field House Drive Beginning with the Sept. 4 match against Evansville, Air Force begins an eight-game road trip . USAF Academy, CO 80840 that spans five weeks. After its season-opening match at home on Aug. 29, the Falcons do not Colors . Blue & Silver play at home again till the seventh week of the season, when its hosts Incarnate Word on Oct. Nickname . .Falcons 11. The Falcons went 2-4-3 on the road in 2014. Enrollment. 4,000 Series History vs. Utah Valley Founded . 1954 - Air Force is 0-1 all-time vs. Utah Valley. The Falcons lost 2-1 to the Wolverines at the Academy Affiliation. NCAA Div. I last season. Conference . .Western Athletic Conference Home Field . .Cadet Soccer Stadium Series History vs. Seattle U Capacity/Surface . 1,000/Grass - Air Force is 3-3-1 all-time vs. Seattle U. Superintendent . Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson - The teams first played in 2009. Athletic Director . Jim Knowlton - Last year, the Falcons lost 1-0 to Seattle U at the Academy. Associate A.D./SWA . TBD Website . .goAirForceFalcons.com Falcons in WAC Top 10 Tucker Axhoj Points 10th 7 Points Per Game T-8th 1.00 Team Information Goals T-8th 3 2014 Record . 7-7-4 Goals Per Game T-9th 0.43 Conference Record/Finish . 3-6-1/8th Zach Hill Game-Winning Goals T-5th 2 Letterwinners R/L . .14/7 John Wendt Goals Against Average 7th 1.31 Starters R/L . .6/5 Saves 10th 14 Newcomers . 14 Record Crowd of 3,683 Watches Air Force Defeat Service Academy Rival Army West Point Men’s Soccer Staff In front of a home school-record crowd of 3,683, Air Force opened the 2015 season with a Head Coach . Doug Hill thrilling 1-0 double-overtime win over Army West Point last Saturday. Junior A.J. Espara’s goal Alma Mater/Year . .USAFA/1983 in the 105th minute lifted the Falcons to the win. Phone . 719-333-2174 Team Captains Email . [email protected] Seniors Ben Kern and Luke VIllamaria Air Force men’s soccer’s team captains for the 2015 Career Record/Yrs . .57-78-18/8 season. School Record/Yrs . Same Assistant Coach/Yrs. Chris Foster/10 Falcons Picked Ninth in WAC Alma Mater/Yr . .USAFA/1989 Air Force was picked to finish ninth in the 2015 WAC Preseason Poll. Seattle U was picked to Assistant Coach/Yrs. .Kevin Doyle/4 win the conference title. Alma Mater/Yr . .Bowling Green/1996 Head Trainer . .Kristen Cornett Head Coach Doug Hill Doug Hill (USAFA 1983) is 59-82-18 in his ninth year as the head coach at Air Force. Hill led the Athletic Communications Falcons to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2012, the first AFA team to do so since 1997. Men’s Soccer Contact. Nick Arseniak Additional Falcons Tidbits Office Phone . 719-333-9251 - Air Force sophomore John Sims and freshman James Sims are brothers. Their cousin, fresh- Email . [email protected] man Austin Dewing, is also on the team. The three played together at Air Academy High School Press Box. 719-333-3157 located on the USAFA grounds. Dewing and James Sims led Air Academy to an undefeated Mailing . Athletic Communications season and class 4A state title last year. 2169 Field House Dr. - Air Force senior Zach Hill is Air Force head coach Doug Hill’s nephew. Zach’s father, Mike Hill, USAF Academy, CO 80840 is a 1980 Academy grad and was a four-year letter winner with the soccer team. - Air Force junior Tucker Axhoj’s younger sister, Jane, is 2015 Miss Teen North Carolina. 2015 WAC - Air Force has two First-Team Academic All-District honorees in junior Tucker Axhoj and senior Preseason Poll Luke VIllamaria. Axhoj earned the honors in 2014 and Villamaria in 2013. - Air Force junior Tucker Axhoj and freshman Klint Parker are both graduates of Marvin Ridge Pl. Team (1st place votes) Points High School in Waxhaw, N.C. 1 Seattle U (5) 92 2 UNLV (5) 86 3 CSU Bakersfield (1) 80 Up Next 4 Utah Valley 71 After eight straight matches on the road, spanning five weeks, the Falcons will host its first 5 San José State 66 home match in over a month. The Falcons host Incarnate Word on Sunday, Oct. 11. T6 Incarnate Word 48 T6 Missouri-Kansas City 48 8 Grand Canyon 46 9 Air Force 36 10 Houston Baptist 19 11 UTRGV 13 2 2015 Air Force men’s Soccer Release #6 United States Air Force Academy Fact Sheet Information obtained via USAFA Fact Sheet at www.af.mil Nominations Nominations to the academy may be obtained through a congressional sponsor or by meeting eligibility criteria in other cat- egories of competition established by law. Freshmen - All new cadets begin with six weeks of basic cadet training (BCT) in their first sum- mer prior to classes. Summer Training - Summer training for cadets is divided into three, three-week training periods. There are a variety of programs available, and each cadet is required to complete two training periods each summer with leave during the other period.