2010 Creighton Men’s Soccer State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Notes SID Contact: Rob Simms • Office Phone: (402) 280-2433 • Cell Phone: (402) 660-5853 • Fax: (402) 280-2495 • E-mail: [email protected] #12 Creighton Bluejays at MVC Tournament Overall: 12-4-1 Shea Stadium • Peoria, Ill. • Nov. 12-14 MVC: 5-1-1 CU at MVC Tournament: 29-7-1 Home: 6-2-1 • Road: 5-1-0 • Neutral: 1-1-0 2010 Schedule & Results Following the Jays: The first four MVC Tournament match- es this year will be aired on free MVC Live Video. The cham- pionship match will be televised live on Fox Sports Midwest, August Fox Sports Indiana, Fox Sports KC, Fox College Sports 21 Sat. at Denver (Exh.) W, 2-1 (Central), Comcast SportsNet Chicago, DirecTV Channel BLUEJAYS IN THE POLLS: 27 FRI. HASTINGS COLLEGE (EXH.) W, 2-1 671, Dish Network Channel 418 and AT&T U-verse Channel NSCAA: 12 748. Live stats will also be provided for each match of the College Soccer News: 11 September event, with links for video and stats provided on Creighton’s Soccer Times: 12 1 Wed. at Loyola Chicago W, 2-0 website at www.gocreighton.com. Soccer America: 18 4 Sat. UNC GREENSBORO W, 4-0 This Week: The Missouri Valley Conference regular-season champions and topped seeded 7 Tues. at #21 UC Santa Barbara W, 1-0 Bluejays will play for their 12th MVC Tournament title in Peoria, Ill. The 12th-ranked Bluejays 11 Sat. DePAUL W, 2-0 earned a bye into the semifinals, where they will play the winner of No. 4 Drake-No. 5 Bradley 17 Fri. vs. #18 SMU - ! L, 2-3 (2OT) first round match. Creighton plays at 6 pm on Friday. The title match will kick off at 1 pm on 19 Sun. vs. Dartmouth - ! W, 3-2 (OT) Sunday at Bradley’s Shea Stadium. 24 Fri. WISCONSIN W, 1-0 (OT) Scouting #12 Creighton (12-4-1, 5-1-1 MVC): Creighton captured its MVC record 10th reg- ular-season championship this season, putting together a 5-1-1 Valley campaign. CU won its October first four games via shutout this season, jumped out to its best start since 1998 and started 1 Fri. EASTERN ILLINOIS* W, 1-0 4-0-0 in the MVC for the first time since 1999. Creighton has followed its worst offensive sea- 5 Tues. #5 TULSA W, 3-1 son since 1984 (20 goals in 16 matches last year) with an offensive showing that has ranked 9 Sat. INDIANA L, 2-3 among NCAA leaders this season. The Jays enter the MVC Tournament with 32 goals in 17 16 Sat. at Evansville* W, 2-1 (OT) matches, good for second in the league. CU’s 37 assists lead the conference, paced by 20 Wed. at Drake* W, 2-1 sophomore Dion Acoff’s league-leading nine helpers which ranks ninth in the NCAA this week. Preseason All-American forward Ethan Finlay, a MAC Hermann Trophy candidate, 23 Sat. at Central Arkansas* W, 2-0 is tied for the league-lead and ranks eighth in the NCAA with 12 goals and leads the MVC 27 Wed. at #1 Akron L, 0-1 and ranks 11th in the NCAA with 28 points – the most by a Bluejay since 2002. Sophomore 30 Sat. SIU EDWARDSVILLE* T, 2-2 (2OT) Jose Gomez has eight assists in his first season as a Bluejay to rank second in the MVC and 19th in the NCAA. Gomez ranks second on the team with four goals and 16 points, his 16 November points ranks third in the MVC. Junior goalkeeper Brian Holt is the Creighton career record 3 Wed. MISSOURI STATE* W, 2-0 holder with 27 shutouts in just 52 starts and his 0.73 career goals against average ranks sec- ond in school and league history. Freshman Tyler Polak, a U.S. U-20 National Team mem- 6 Sat. BRADLEY* L, 1-2 ber, played every minute of Creighton’s first 15 matches this season, helping solidify 12 Fri. vs. Drake/Bradley - ^ 6 pm Creighton’s backline which is anchored by senior Kyle Deremer. Just 14 field players have 14 Sun. Championship - ^ 1 pm played regular minutes for Creighton this season, as starting defenders Jace Peters and Andrew Duran (out for the season) have missed time with injuries. Key: (!) The Hotels at Grand Prairie Classic, Peoria, Ill.; (*) Missouri Valley Conference match; (^) State Farm MVC Head Coach: Jamie Clark (Stanford, 1999) is in his first season at Creighton after spend- Tournament, Peoria, Ill.; All times listed are Central and sub- ing two successful seasons at Harvard in his first head coaching assignment. A former MLS ject to change; All home matches in BOLD CAPS played at player and collegiate All-American, Clark is 38-14-2 (.723) in his third season as a head the Morrison Stadium, 19th & California in Omaha. coach, guiding Harvard to the NCAA Tournament in his first two years as a head coach. He was named the NSCAA Northeast Region Coach of the Year in 2009 while leading Harvard www.gocreighton.com to a top-10 ranking, Ivy League championship and third round of the NCAA Tournament. Prior to becoming a head coach he served as an assistant at New Mexico and Notre Dame. MVC Preseason Poll Missouri Valley Conference Standings 1. Evansville (6) . .60 MVC Overall 2. Missouri State (2) . .52 Team WL T Pts. Pct. GF GA W L T Pct. GF GA 3. Creighton . .49 Creighton 5 1 1 16 .789 12 6 12 4 1 .735 32 16 4. Drake . .41 SIU Edwardsville 4 1 2 14 .714 12 7 9 5 3 .618 23 16 Missouri State 4 1 2 14 .714 7 3 7 6 3 .531 17 12 5. Bradley . .28 Drake 4 2 1 13 .643 10 8 8 7 2 .529 21 23 6. SIU Edwardsville . .24 Bradley 3 3 1 10 .500 12 11 9 8 2 .526 31 27 7. Eastern Illinois . .20 Evansville 3 4 0 9 .429 12 9 7 9 1 .441 33 21 8. Central Arkansas . .14 Eastern Illinois 1 5 1 4 .214 5 11 4 12 1 .265 9 21 (First place votes in parentheses) Central Arkansas 0 7 0 0 .000 3 18 3 13 0 .188 12 31 2010 Quick Facts CU-DU Series: The Bluejays are 21-3-7 all- Creighton Soccer Facts time against Drake, which included a 14-match winning streak from 1992 through 2001. General Information • CU is the ONLY school in the NCAA to have • The Jays are 4-3-4 in their last 11 meetings Location Omaha, Neb. at least one player selected in each of the 15 with Drake, including a 2-1 Bluejay win in Des Founded 1878 MLS drafts since 1996. Moines on Oct. 20 this season. Enrollment 7,385 • CU has appeared in 17 of the last 18 NCAA • Five of the last 12 meetings between the teams President Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J. Tournaments, including 17 straight from 1993- have gone into overtime. 2008. Director of Athletics Bruce Rasmussen • The Jays are 5-1-0 all-time against Drake in Colors Blue & White • CU has ranked in the top 10 in NCAA atten- the MVC Tournament, losing to the Bulldogs 3-1 dance in each of the last seven years. Affiliation NCAA Division I in the semifinals in Des Moines last year. Conference Missouri Valley • CU owns an MVC record 10 regular-season conference championships, including this sea- CU-BU Series: Creighton has defeated Bradley son’s title. Bluejay Soccer more than any other opponent in school history, • CU owns an MVC record 11 conference tour- Head Coach Jamie Clark notching a 22-6-1 all-time record against the nament championships. Alma Mater Stanford, 1999 Braves. • Forty-four former Bluejays have played pro- Career Record 38-14-2 (3rd year) • CU is 5-2-0 against BU in the MVC fessionally since 1993. Record at Creighton 12-4-1 (1st year) Tournament, including 2-0 at Shea Stadium. • Creighton has produced 24 MLS draft picks. Assistant Coach Johnny Torres • The Jays topped the Braves in the 2005 and Alma Mater Creighton, 2008 2006 MVC Tournament title match in Peoria. We are the Champions: Creighton captured its Assistant Coach Jeff Rowland • The Bluejays had won four straight meetings 10th MVC regular-season title this year, giving Alma Mater New Mexico, 2006 with the Braves via shutout, before losing to BU head coach Jamie Clark back-to-back regular- Graduate Manager Matt Wieland 2-1 last Saturday in Omaha. season titles (after winning the Ivy League at Alma Mater Creighton, 2006 • Creighton is 10-4-0 all-time in Peoria, including Harvard last year). CU’s 10 titles are more than Student Assistant Coach Michael Kraus 5-1-0 at Shea Stadium (since 2003). twice as many as the next closest teams – Bradley and SMU both have four regular-sea- Volunteer Assistant Coach Robbie C’deBaca MVC Tournament History: The Bluejays enter son MVC crowns. Home Field Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium the weekend with a 29-7-1 all-time MVC tourna- Capacity 6,000 ment record, the most tournament victories in Seven: Creighton is looking to capture the MVC 2009 Overall Record 7-4-5 league history. CU has won more tournament Tournament title in the same season it is the 2009 MVC Record (Finish) 4-2-4 (T-3rd) titles, 11, than all other MVC teams combined, MVC regular-season champion for the seventh Letterwinners Returning / Lost 11 / 10 earning its 11th crown in 2008.