MEN’S SOCCER 2016 GAME NOTES @GCU_MSOC Steven Gonzalez, Assistant Director of Communications · Office: (602) 639-6126 · Cell: (602) 803-0521· E-mail: [email protected] OCT. UNLV GAME CENTRAL REBELS 14 (4-9-0, 2-2-0 WAC) Location: Myron Partridge Stadium (500) V 7:30 P.M. Championship Field Stadium (650) S 2016 SCHEDULE GRAND CANYON OCT. SEATTLE U DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (MST) LOPES Aug. 26 vs. UCF Phoenix, Ariz. W, 4-2 REDHAWKS Sept. 2 at UC Irvine Irvine, Calif. L, 1-0 (4-6-2, 1-1-2 WAC) 16 (8-4-0, 4-0-0 WAC) Sept. 5 at Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. L, 1-0 7 P.M. Sept. 9 vs. Missouri State # Albuquerque, N.M. W, 1-0 Sept. 11 at New Mexico # Albuquerque, N.M. L, 1-0 GCU HITS THE ROAD TO FACE UNLV AND SEATTLE U Sept. 15 vs. IUPUI Phoenix, Ariz. W, 3-0 Sept. 18 vs. Pacific Phoenix, Ariz. L, 2-1 (OT) Grand Canyon men’s soccer returns to the road to remains in the lead for the WAC with 19 points and nine Sept. 22 vs. Portland Phoenix, Ariz. L, 3-1 Sept. 30 vs. San Jose State* Phoenix, Ariz. T, 1-1 continue Western Athletic Conference play as they face goals. Oct. 2 at UTRGV* Edinburg, Texas T, 0-0 UNLV and Seattle U. After two weeks into conference play, GCU NOTABLES Oct. 6 at Houston Baptist* Houston, Texas W, 3-2 this will be the biggest test for the Lopes as they square Oct. 8 vs. Air Force* Phoenix, Ariz. L, 1-0 off against the Rebels, who are one point above them in • GCU ranks eighth in Division I in total attendance Oct. 14 at UNLV* Las Vegas, Nev. 7:30 p.m. the standings and then close out the weekend against the (19,233) and third in average attendance (3,206). Oct. 16 at Seattle U* Seattle, Wash. 7 p.m. • In the first RPI rankings of the season, GCU has been Oct. 21 vs. UMKC* Phoenix, Ariz. 7 p.m. No. 1 team in the WAC, Seattle U. Oct. 23 vs. Incarnate Word* Phoenix, Ariz. 7 p.m. Heading into the weekend, the Lopes are fifth in the ranked 163 in Division I. Oct. 27 at Utah Valley* Orem, Utah 6 p.m. WAC standings with five points and sit just one point • Throughout its non-conference schedule, GCU Oct. 30 vs. CSU Bakersfield* Phoenix, Ariz. 2 p.m. away from third place. The defense of GCU will be tested faced two opponents that were ranked top-25 in Nov. 2 at Akron Akron, Ohio 4 p.m. this weekend as they face two of the top-three scoring the country or received votes. • Niki Jackson is first in the WAC in goals scored (9), * Denotes WAC game. offenses in the WAC as Seattle U ranks second with 69 # Grange & Ashwill Memorial Tournament points and UNLV is third with 61 points. points (19) and ranks first in shot attempts (48). Looking to answer the bell against two potent SERIES HISTORY Games listed in Arizona time. offenses, is GCU’s reigning WAC Offensive Player of the • GCU is 1-4-1 all-time against UNLV and 4-8-0 against Week is forward Niki Jackson. The junior is coming of Seattle U. 2016 TEAM STATS his second WAC Player of the Week honor in just four weeks as he recorded his second hat trick of the season. Jackson is just one of three players in Division I to score vs. three goals in two different games this season. Jackson 4-6-2 W-L 4-9-0 8-4-0 PROJECTED GCU STARTERS 14 GOALS 21 24 1.17 GPG 1.62 2.00 JACKSON GERMAN 61-172 SOG-ATT. 67-133 85-178 9 11 .081 SHOT % .158 .135 14.3 SPG 10.2 14.8 HALIS 50 CORNER 48 67 RODRIGUEZ RADILLA 10 NIEBLAS 1-2 PENALTY 0-0 1-1 8 21-3 Y-R 19-3 13-0 15 3 SHUTOUTS 1 6 SEYE DAY SLACK O 28 N 23 MONTALVO OLABARRIA 2 GCU at UNLV Live Stats ..........................................................Follow Here 6 14 A GCU at Seattle U I Live Video .........................................................Watch Here DAY 1 R Live Stats ..........................................................Follow Here ‹ 1 › MEN’S SOCCER 2016 GAMES NOTES TABLE OF CONTENTS GRAND CANYON NOTES Series Preview ...........................................................1 NEW ERA OF GCU SOCCER TEXAS VACATION News & Notes ........................................................... 2 Entering his second season at Grand Canyon With two matches in four days against UT Rio Grande Valley Quick Facts ................................................................ 3 head coach Schellas Hyndman and his staff and Houston Baptist, the Lopes stayed in the state of Texas Hyndman Profile ....................................................... 4 began building a foundation that will help for five days in between matches. After arriving on Saturday, GCU Roster ............................................................... 5 elevate the GCU men's soccer program for years Oct. 1, in Edinburg, Texas the Lopes decided to not come back to come. With 477 wins and the 12th highest Hyndman Game-by-Game Log ...................................................7 to Phoenix due to travel and stay in Houston in preparation winning percentage in the NCAA, Hyndman has for Thursday’s matchup against Houston Baptist. It was a GCU Season Statistics ..............................................9 brought in quality talent to compete in the Western Athletic mini-homecoming for six of GCU’s players as they come from Conference. On top of Hyndman's squad, GCU has the brand the state of Texas. new GCU Stadium that has the capacity to host 6,000 fans. MONTALVO REPRESENTS U.S. YNT RECORD WHEN... MAKING HISTORY Winning titles and playing in big games is nothing LOCATION Before GCU’s home opener, the record for most fans to new to freshman Hector Montalvo as he has Home ................................................................... 2-3-1 attend a soccer match in the state of Arizona was 3,263 set had the chance to represent the United States Away .....................................................................1-3-1 by the Northern Arizona women’s soccer team. GCU nearly at the 2016 Slovakia Cup. The Lope was a part Montalvo Neutral ............................................................... 1-0-0 doubled the record with 6,402 fans to open the brand new of the squad that was crowned Slovakia Cup GCU Stadium. In the “March to the Match” performed by Champions, after defeating Russia 2-1. CONFERENCE GCU’s student section, the Havocs, nearly 3,500 students marched throughout the campus of Grand Canyon, leading to Before the championship match against Russia, Montalvo Conference ..........................................................1-1-2 had the honor of dawning the captain sleeve in the final Non-Conference ................................................3-5-0 the stadium to cheer on their team. group match against Slovakia. Montalvo played in all four JACKSON’S HOT STREAK matches as a defender, including the championship match. TIME As a member of the FC Dallas U-18 squad, Montalvo help lead Currently Jackson holds the lead for the most goals scored FC Dallas to the US Soccer Development Academy National Morning games ................................................. 0-0-0 in the WAC this season and is the conference leader with Championship. As a key member of FC Dallas' backline, Afternoon games ..................................................1-1-1 19 points. Just 12 games into the season, the junior from Montalvo was a part of a defense that held the Vancouver Night games ........................................................3-5-1 Cactus Shadows high school has surpassed last year’s goal Whitecaps FC to just one goal in the championship match. total and has now netted 22 goals throughout his career The win propelled FC Dallas to repeat as champions and at GCU. Jackson has scored nine goals this season, which Overtime games .................................................0-1-0 help the academy go on a 12-0-0 in their U-16 and U-18 is tied for 9th in Division I. There are only eight players in teams. SITUATIONAL Division I that have scored more goals than Jackson this Leading at half ....................................................3-0-0 season. FC DALLAS CONNECTION IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME Trailing at half ....................................................0-3-0 After helping build the FC Dallas Youth Academy Tied at half ...........................................................1-3-0 In the first year at GCU Stadium, the fans have supported to its current national prominence, Schellas Hynd- GCU soccer as they ranks seventh in the country in man and his staff have been able to recruit from Scoring no goals ................................................0-4-0 accumulative attendance. 19,233 fans have been in the MLS' best youth academy. GCU has five players Scoring 1 goal ......................................................1-2-0 attendance at GCU Stadium. GCU also ranks third in the from the FC Dallas Academy. Freshmen Austin Day, Stephen Scoring 2 goals ................................................. 0-0-0 country in average attendance bringing in 3,206 fans per Gonzales and Hector Montalvo come from FC Dallas, joining contest. Scoring 3 goals ..................................................2-0-0 sophmores Alejandro Radilla and Christian Ramirez. GERMAN: THE KID FROM WEST PHOENIX Scoring 4 goals .................................................. 1-0-0 GERMAN'S SUMMER: FC TUCSON Scoring 5+ goals ............................................... 0-0-0 For the school that resides in West Phoenix, it was only fitting that the kid that grew up in West Phoenix would score the It was a productive summer for Grand Canyon men's soccer Allowing no goals ...............................................2-0-0 first goal at the brand new GCU Stadium. Just four minutes sophomore Damian German as he thrived playing for FC into the match against UCF, sophomore Damian German Tucson in preparation for the 2016 season with GCU. German Allowing 1 goal ...................................................0-4-0 was a part of a magical season for FC Tuscon, who reached Allowing 2 goals ..................................................2-1-0 would score the first goal at GCU Stadium.