2021 JCU men's soccer game notes JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY BLUE STREAKS VS. OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY CARDINALS JCUSports.com THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2021 1 TONIGHT'S MATCHUP Team information John Carroll University: 2-0 (2-0) Conference: Ohio Athletic Conference AT Head Coach: Hector Marinaro Seasons at JCU: 15th Otterbein University: 1-1-1 (1-1-1) Conference: Ohio Athletic Conference OTTERBEIN CARDINALS Head Coach: Jason Giffiths AT Seasons at OTT: 4th JOHN CARROLL BLUE STREAKS WHERE TO FOLLOW Thursday, March 25 7:00 p.m. Live Broadcast: JCUSports.com/live Play by Play: Quinn Orloff Don Shula Stadium Color Analyst: Adam Lenz University Heights, Ohio PA Announcer: Noah Tylutki Live Stats: JCUSports.com/livestats Stats: Thomas Strasshofer 2021 JCU Men’s Soccer Stats: Elsie Connell Schedule FOLLOW ALONG ON 3/14 Muskingum University W, 1-0 SOCIAL MEDIA 3/18 @ University of Mount Union CANCELED 3/21 vs. Capital University W, 5-0 Twitter: @JCUSports 3/25 vs. Otterbein University 7:00 PM Instagram: @JCUSports 3/28 @ Ohio Northern University 2:00 PM Tik Tok: jcusports 4/1 @ Baldwin Wallace University 7:00 PM Facebook: John Carroll University Athletics 4/5 vs. Marietta College 7:00 PM 4/8 vs. Heidelberg University 7:00 PM 4/11 @ Wilmington College 2:00 PM MEDIA CONTACT 4/18 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament TBA Sports Information Director: Joe Ginley Email: [email protected] Phone: 216-215-3689 Contact Joe Ginley for postgame Zoom meeting information. 2 2021 Game Notes ABOUT THE JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY BLUE STREAKS & men's soccer ABOUT JOHN CARROLL ABOUT JCU MEN’S SOCCER Location: University Heights, OH 2019 Record: 18-3-2 (8-0-1) Telephone: 216-397-1886 Head Coach: Hector Marinaro Founded: 1886 Record at JCU: 175-82-29 (92-23-12) Undergrad Enrollment: 3,017 Associate Head Coach: Dejan Mladenovic ‘06 Graduate students: 462 Goalkeeper Coach: Liam McIntosh Religion: Roman Catholic Graduate Assistant: Jarrod McDowell Religious Affiliation: Jesuit (Society of Jesus) OAC Reg. Seas. Champs: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, President: Michael Johnson, Ph.D. 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, Student-Faculty ratio: 13-to-1 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 Students from: 34 states & 29 countries OAC Tourn. Championships: 1993, 2000, 2003, 2005, Average class size: 20 students 2007, 2016, 2018, 2019 Alumni: 44,000 alumni in all NCAA Tournament Qualifier: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 50 states and 48 countries 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 ABOUT THE BLUE STREAKS DIRECTORY: Nickname: Blue Streaks Head Coach Hector Marinaro Colors: Blue and Gold Email: [email protected] Conference: Ohio Athletic Conference Phone: 216-397-3041 NCAA Affliation: NCAA Division III Website: jcusports.com Associate Head Coach Dejan Mladenovic Number of varsity sports: 23 Email: [email protected] Athletic Director: Michelle Morgan Assistant AD: Dana Funyak Athletic Department Assistant AD: Russell Houser Phone: 216-397-4416 Senior Women Admin: Michele Benoit Head Athletic Trainer Don McPhillips Sports Information Director Joe Ginley ’16 Assistant Athletic Trainer Paul Spicuzza Email: [email protected] Assistant Athletic Trainer Michelle Davis Phone: 216-397-4676 Assistant Athletic Trainer Ryan Goughnour Assistant Athletic Trainer Rachael McGrail Sports Information Student Captain: Equipment & Facilities Man. Raymond Sterling Quinn Orloff Asst. Equip. & Fac. Manager P.J. Spicuzza 2021 MEDIA POLICY ABOUT DON SHULA STADIUM Due to COVID-19, media besides JCUSports.com AT WASMER FIELD and WJCU 88.7 FM are not allowed to cover Ohio Namesake: Don Shula ’51 Athletic Conference games in-person due to OAC Wasmer Field Dedication: October 5, 1988 COVID-19 protocols. Shula Stadium Dedication: September 27, 2003 Capacity: 5,418 Coaches and players will have postgame media Sufrace: Artificial Turf availability via Zoom. Contact Joe Ginley Turf Install Date: Summer 2019 ([email protected]) for the Zoom meeting Home Record in 2019: 10-2 information. JCUSports.com 3 2021 OTTERBEIN MEN'S SOCCER roster # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School 0 Casey Thompson Fr. GK 6-3 165 Grove City, OH / Grove City 1 Andrew Mcilvoy Jr. GK 6-5 175 San Antonio, TX / Claudia Taylor Johnson 2 Zach Lantzy Jr. D 5-11 175 Grove City, OH / Grove City Christian 3 Liam Heard So. M 5-9 155 Wairarapa, New Zealand / Rathkeale College 4 Mark Wischmeyer Fr. M 6-3 170 Bloomfield Hills, MI / Birmingham Seaholm 5 Paul Hensley Jr. F 5-2 145 New Albany, OH / St. Charles 6 Nicholas Flury Sr. D 5-8 160 Sunbury, OH / Big Walnut 7 Gabe Sharrock So. F 6-0 170 Akron, OH / Manchester 8 Coby Stover So. M 5-8 140 Hilliard, OH / Hilliard Davidson 9 Carter Ely Fr. D 5-8 150 Hilliard, OH / Hilliard Davidson 10 Will Isaac So. F 5-8 148 Grove City, OH / Grove City 12 Josh Conroy So. M 6-0 175 Blacklick, OH / Columbus St. Francis DeSales 15 Harrison Eckels So. M 5-11 150 Milford, OH / Milford 16 Teddy Oliver Jr. M 5-10 160 Millersburg, OH / West Holmes 17 Kyle Haberkorn Jr. F 5-10 150 Litchfield, OH / Buckeye 18 Domonic Antronica Fr. M 5-9 150 Galena, OH / Olentangy Berlin 19 Nathan Neal Jr. D 6-4 210 Fairfield, OH / Cincinnati, St. Xavier 20 Drew Holman Fr. M 5-10 150 Worthington, OH / Thomas Worthington 21 Seth Smith Jr. D 6-4 188 Columbus, OH / Gahanna Lincoln 22 Luke Crockett Fr. M 5-8 160 Cincinnati, OH / Wyoming 25 Jacob Pride So. M 5-9 135 Columbus, OH / Madison Christian 26 Silver Abraham Fr. F 5-8 140 Granville, OH / Granville 27 Zack Vestal So. D 5-9 147 Youngstown, OH / Austintown FItch 31 Jack Wallberg Jr. GK 5-11 150 Dublin, OH / Dublin Coffman 37 Payton Smith Fr. GK 6-1 175 Columbus, OH / Gahanna Lincoln COACHING STAFF: Head coach: Jason Griffiths (4th season) Assistant Coach: Marc Johnson Graduate Assistant: Eric Stucky PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: #4 Wish-Meyer #7 Share-rock #9 Eee-lee #15 Eckles (like freckles) #27 Vest-all 4 2021 Game Notes 2021 JCU MEN'S SOCCER ROSTER # Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/High School 0 Connor Gynn GK Jr. 6-3 Hudson, OH / Hudson 1 Tommy Gallina GK Jr. 6-2 Rochester, NY / McQuaid Jesuit 3 Max Hess D Sr. 5-9 North Olmsted, OH / North Olmsted 4 Chase Fernkorn D Jr. 6-3 Olmsted Township, OH / Olmsted Falls 5 Michael Adelman M Sr. 5-8 Canton, OH / GlenOak 6 Timothy Flannery D So. 5-11 Whitefish Bay, WI / Milwaukee Marquette University 7 Michael Burrington F Jr. 6-2 Akron, OH / Archbishop Hoban 8 Mario Aboumitri F So. 5-11 Broadview Heights, OH / Brecksville-Broadview Heights 10 Lawrence Cersosimo II M Jr. 5-11 Pittsburgh, PA / Central Catholic 11 Stephen Schutt M Sr. 6-0 Edgewood, KY / Park Hills Covington Catholic 13 Jared Ianiro M Sr. 5-10 Kirtland, OH / Kirtland 14 Connor Mendel D Jr. 5-9 Wadsworth, OH / Wadsworth 15 Nicholas Ruggerio D So. 5-10 Middleburg Heights, OH / Berea-Midpark 16 Will Grubbs M Sr. 5-9 Rochester Hills, MI / Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 17 Gino Romeo F So. 5-9 Erie, PA / Mercyhurst Prep 18 Cooper Bizjak F So. 5-11 Aurora, OH / Aurora 20 Benjamin Hryszko D Sr. 5-10 Strongsville, OH / Strongsville 21 Jared Mattei F Jr. 5-11 Copley, OH / Copley 23 William Turrittin M Sr. 6-0 Medina, OH / Medina 24 Brenden Swann M So. 5-9 North Royalton, OH / Lakewood St. Edward 25 Corey Hunt F So. 6-1 Stow, OH / Stow-Munroe Falls 26 Ian FIelds M So. 5-8 Loveland , OH/ Loveland 27 Izac Coleman D Fr. 5-8 Bedford, OH / Nordonia 28 Hayden Haffner M Fr. 5-10 North Royalton, OH / North Royalton 29 Conner Robinson GK Jr. 6-0 Oconomowoc, WI / Oconomowoc 31 Carter Esterle D Fr. 6-3 Colorado Springs, CO / Pine Creek 33 Roland Herndon D So. 5-9 Columbus, OH / Dublin Jerome 34 Aiden Bozak M Fr. 5-4 Bay Village, OH / Bay 35 Kyle Boehm D Fr. 6-0 Loveland, OH / Milford 36 Daniel Kalic D Fr. 5-11 Mentor, OH / Cleveland St. Ignatius 37 Ryan Notarianni D Fr. 5-10 Medina, OH / Cleveland St. Ignatius Coaching Staff Head Coach: Hector Marinaro (15th season) Associate Head Coach: Dejan Mladenovic ‘06 Goalkeeper Coach: Liam McIntosh Graduate Assistant: Jarrod McDowell Student Managers: Matthew Courtney, Rory Jorgensen Pronunciation Guide #35 Kyle BA-YM #8 Mario ABU-MI-TREE #36 Daniel KAY-LICK #10 Lawrence SIR-SAS-IMO #37 Ryan NOTE-ARAN-E #15 Nicholas RU-JER-IO Head Coach Hector MARE-in-air-oh #20 Benjamin HU-RIZ-KO Assistant Coach DAY-yon MLA-den-oh-vich #21 Jared MA-TAY JCUSports.com 5 THE TEAMS The John Carroll Blue Streaks (2-0, 2-0 OAC) host the Series history Otterbein Cardinals (2-0, 2-0 OAC). This is the 37th meeting all-time between the teams. Meetings................................................................................36 First Meeting..................................10/21/1989, (5-3) Most Recent Meeting...................11/9/2019, (1-0) LAST TIME OUT - JOHN CARROLL John Carroll Wins........................................................23 On Sunday, March 21, the Blue Streaks looked to build from their Last JCU Win.......................................11/9/2019, (1-0) 2-0 win versus Muskingum as they faced Capital. John Carroll Otterbein Wins...................................................................11 was dominant right from the opening whistle as they defeated Last OTT Win..............................10/17/2017, (2-1, OT) the Crusaders 5-0. Ties................................................................................................2 Last Tie...................................10/29/2002 (0-0, 2OT) The Blue Streaks came out firing on all cylinders with four first Longest Winning Streaks In Series half goals, three of them from penalty kicks. Capital’s defense JCU.........................12, (10/4/2005 to 10/18/2016) tightened up in the second half by only allowing one goal but their OTT................................4, (11/8/1997 to 10/7/2000) offense was never able to get going as they only generated eight Current Streak...................................John Carroll, 3 shots on goal.