COBBER MEN’S SOCCER GAMEDAY October 15, 2006 – 1 p.m. Concordia-Moorhead vs. Upper Iowa Jake Christiansen Athletic Complex GAME #13 GAMEDAY GAME NOTES Upper Iowa University (2­10­1) COBBER CORNERS at • The Cobbers enter today’s game with a 3­8­1 overall record. Concordia College (3­8­1) Concordia is coming off a 4­2 loss at the hands of Macalester on October 15, 2006 Saturday. In that game, Cobber junior Brandon Root scored his team­ leading fifth goal of the season. Jake Christiansen Complex • The two goals scored against the Scots yesterday were the most Moorhead, MN goals scored in a conference game by the Cobbers since they netted GAME TIME: 1 p.m. two against St. Mary’s in a similar 4­2 loss last season. SERIES: First meeting • The two­goal outburst also put an end to the MIAC scoreless streak TODAY’S GAME: Today’s game has the Cobbers that Concordia had amassed. In the end, the Cobbers went without playing their fifth non­conference opponent of the scoring a goal in conference play for 628 minutes. season. Concordia has done very well in non­ • Root has now scored four goals in his last three home games and is conference games this season. They are 3­1 against looking to round into the form that saw him lead the team in scoring in teams outside the MIAC and have outscored their 2003 and 2004. opponents 10­9 in those four games. Concordia’s only • Freshman Lane Muzzana is also starting to provide an offensive non­conference loss came at the hands of No.11­ spark. Muzzana has scored two goals in the past three home games. He ranked UC­Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, Calif. The has also added an attacking dimension from the outside for the Cobbers are 1­0 at home against teams outside the Cobbers. He is currently third on the team in scoring with two goals and MIAC. After today, Concordia will play two more non­ one assist for five points. conference games. The next non­league game will be • Senior co­captain Caleb Husmann collected an assist in next Sunday against Central (Iowa) at Carleton. yesterday’s game to move his season team­leading total to three. He is second on the team in scoring with seven points. Husmann also leads ABOUT TODAY’S OPPONENT: the team in shots taken with 27. Location: Fayette, Iowa • Of the 13 goals scored by Concordia this season, five have come in Founded: 1857 the first half and eight have come in the final 45 minutes of play. Enrollment: 2,500 However, the Cobbers have not scored a goal in the first half in any Nickname: Peacocks conference game this season. Colors: Peacock Blue and White • Today’s game marks the final contest of a three­game home stand. Stadium: Eischeid Stadium (3,500) After today, Concordia will play at Carleton on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 1 Arena: Dorman Gymnasium (1,950) p.m and then square off against Central (Iowa) on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 1 Web Site: www.uiu.edu/athletics p.m at Carleton. The next CC home game will be on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 1 p.m. against the University of Mary. Cobber Gameday Profile–Brandon Root #10 Year: Junior PEACOCK PASSES Position: Forward Yesterday’s game recap against York (Neb.) Major: Communications (Courtesy of the Upper Iowa SID) Post Graduation Plans: The Upper Iowa Men’s Soccer Team traveled to York College (NE) for a Get married, have a family match on Saturday afternoon. York defeated the Peacocks 2­1 in Place I would most like to visit: overtime. Rome, Greece, Istanbul (again) Favorite food: The Peacocks spent the first 45 minutes playing defense and holding off Subs, Chicken Tortilla Soup the York attack. At the end of the first half, Upper Iowa only managed 2 Favorite movies: shots, while York fired 9. Tyler Watkins made 4 saves in goal for the Caddyshack, Animal House, Independence Day Peacocks and both teams went to the locker rooms at half tied at 0­0. Favorite TV show: Seinfeld In the second half, Upper Iowa became much more aggressive Favorite music groups: Red Hot Chili Peppers, offensively. Upper Iowa outshot York 7­5 in the second 45 minutes. O.A.R. York found the back of the net first in the 53rd minute on a goal by Favorite book: Ecce Romani Joey Leinen; assist by Deyan Mihaylov. UIU tied the game four The three people I would most like to meet: minutes later in the 57th minute on an unassisted goal by Chris JFK Jr., Pele, Michael Jordan Pacheco. The game remained tied as the horn sounded the end of Nobody knows how much I like to: Watch TV regulation. The biggest influence on my soccer career: Jack Crary, Dan Weiler, Jim Cella Eight minutes into overtime, York scored the game winner on an If I were to play another sport, it would be: unassisted shot by Nathan Anderson. The Peacocks record dropped to Football (kicker) 2­10­1 on the season. My dream job is: Play professional soccer GAMEDAY ROSTERS CONCORDIA COLLEGE MOORHEAD “COBBERS” No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School 00 Mads Schmidt So. GK 6­1 170 Skive, Denmark/Skive 01 Dustin Pattengale Jr. GK 5­10 165 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 02 Robbie Tungseth Fr. D 5­11 160 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 03 Shane Evenstad Jr. D 6­0 170 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 04 Chad Morlock Jr. D/M 6­2 185 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 05 Matt Klein Jr. M/D 5­8 160 Fergus Falls, Minn./Fergus Falls Cobber Soccer Info: 06 Ryan Albrecht Jr. D 5­11 155 Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater 2005 Record: 1­15­0 07 Kevin Quimby Sr. M 5­4 130 Mahtomedi, Minn./Mahtomedi 2005 MIAC: 0­10­0 (11 th) 08 Lane Muzzana Fr. D 5­10 170 Great Falls, Mont./C.M. Russell Home: 1­7­0 09 Miguel Angel Diaz So. M 5­9 170 Pelican Rapids, Minn./Pelican Rpds Away: 0­7­0 10 Brandon Root Jr. F 5­10 180 Fargo, N.D./Fargo South 11 Kwaku Opoku Jr. F 6­1 185 Takoradi, Ghana/Mfantsipion Neutral: 0­1­0 12 Eric Juven Fr. M 5­8 140 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead Last Postseason: 13 Caleb Husmann Sr. M 6­0 170 Rochester, Minn./Century 1996 – loss to Luther (4­1) 14 Alex Brandt Jr. F 5­8 150 Duluth, Minn./Duluth Central in round of 16 in NCAA 15 Aaron Klein So. M/D 5­8 165 Fergus Falls, Minn./Fergus Falls Tournament 16 Chase Hegarty So. M 5­8 165 Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata 2005 Stat Leaders: 17 Ryan Elling Jr. M 5­6 160 Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley Pts: 19 Kyle Walerius Fr. D 6­1 165 West Fargo, N.D./West Fargo Sylvester Ndhlovu (12), 20 Mergim Vllahiu Fr. M 5­10 200 West Fargo, N.D./West Fargo Caleb Husmann (8) 21 Kirby Johnson Fr. M/F 5­8 160 Crookston, Minn./Crookston Goals: 22 Gennadiy Patselov So. M/F 5­11 170 Fargo, N.D./Fargo North Sylvester Ndhlovu (5), 23 Jered Magsam Fr. M 5­11 175 St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech Caleb Husmann (3) 24 Matt Prendergast So. D 5­10 165 Rochester, Minn./Century Assists: Four players tied 26 Alexander Jorgensen Fr. M 5­10 160 Trondheim, Norway/Videregaende with 2 28 Brett Oestreich Jr. GK 6­4 190 Fargo, N.D./Fargo South Goals Against: Dustin Pattengale (4.03) Coaching Staff: Head Coach – Damian Koshnick (Concordia ’98; 2 nd season) Brett Oestreich (4.65) Assistant Coaches ­ Paul Berglund (2 nd Year) UPPER IOWA “PEACOCKS” No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Prev.School 1 Tyler Watkins GK 6­1 175 So. Broken Arrow, Okla./Broken Arrow HS 2 Israel Blatchford MF 5­7 150 Fr. Nikiski, Alaska/Nikiski HS 3 Daniel Nettleton MF 5­8 150 So. Hudson, Wis./Inver Hills CC 5 Ken Andersen D 6­0 180 Jr. Oak Lawn, Ill./Oak Lawn Comm. HS Peacock Soccer Info: 6 Craig Signorin F 6­2 180 So. Racine, Wis./Horlick HS 2005 Record: 2­16­1 7 Jaryd White D 5­11 160 Fr. Johnston, Iowa/Johnston HS Home: 1­3­0 8 Jeff Sabin MF 5­8 145 Jr. Mt. Vernon, Iowa/Mt. Vernon HS Away: 0­11­1 9 Brett Plantage MF 6­3 166 So. Albert Lea, Minn./Riverland CC 10 Carlos Perez­Villa MF 5­8 170 Sr. Miami, Fla./Southwest Miami HS Neutral: 1­2­0 11 Joshua Sabin MF 5­9 150 Jr. Mt. Vernon, Iowa/Mt. Vernon HS Last Postseason: 12 Jacob Rasbeck F 5­8 145 So. Edgewood, N.M./Moriarty HS None 13 Casey Holm F 6­1 175 Jr. Hudson, Wis./Dakota County CC 2005 Stat Leaders: 14 Brady Plantage D/MF 6­0 145 So. Albert Lea, Minn./Riverland CC Pts: Craig Signorin (11), 16 Derek Oja D 6­0 155 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington HS Octavio Gomez (8) 17 Tavo Gomez F 5­7 143 Jr. Kaufman, Texas/Kaufman HS Goals: Craig Signorin (5), 18 Jeremy Jacobson MF/F 5­10 170 So. Albert Lea, Minn./Riverland CC Octavio Gomez (4) 19 Steven Fellhauer D 5­9 150 Jr. Lakewood, Colo./Green Mountain HS Assists: 20 Chris Pacheco D 6­1 188 Jr. Canyon, Texas/Canyon HS Carlos Perez­Villa (3), 21 Dan Rodewald D 5­11 155 Fr. River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS Jeremy Fontenot and Jacob 22 Kenneth Suniga MF 5­8 130 So.