2017 MEN'S SOCCER UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY MATCHES 3-4 | at Cal State Fullerton, at San Diego State UVU at CAL STATE FULLERTON FRIDAY, SEPT 8 | 8:30 P.M. MT | TITAN STADIUM | FULLERTON, CALIF. 2017 SCHEDULE VIDEO/STATS: FULLERTONTITANS.COM AUGUST SERIES RECORD: UVU 1-0-0 16 at UCLA (ex) T, 2-2 LAST MEETING: UVU 2, CSUF 1 (9.24.15, OREM, UTAH) 19 Green & White (ex) G, 2-0 25 #16/13 Akron W, 1-0 UVU at SAN DIEGO STATE SEPTEMBER SUNDAY, SEPT 10 | 8 P.M. MT 1 CSUN L, 1-2 SDSU SPORTS DECK | SAN DIEGO, CALIF. 8 Cal State Fullerton 8:30pm MT VIDEO/STATS: GOAZTECS.COM | SERIES RECORD: 1ST MEETING 10 San Diego State 8pm MT 15 Sacramento State 7pm MT 17 Omaha 1pm MT UTAH VALLEY WOLVERINES 21 at Washington 8pm MT OVERALL: 1-1-0 | HOME: 1-1-0 | AWAY: 0-0-0 24 at Gonzaga 2pm MT HEAD COACH: GREG MAAS | 4TH SEASON | PORTLAND '88 | OVERALL: 39-18-5 29 San José State 7pm MT OCTOBER UTAH VALLEY HEADS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1 at CSU Bakersfield 2pm MT Utah Valley University hits the road for the first time this season with a two-match trip to Southern 6 at Incarnate Word 6pm MT California. The Wolverines (1-1-0) will face Cal State Fullerton on Friday at 8:30 p.m. MT and San Diego State on Sunday at 8 p.m. MT as part of the Courtyard Marriott San Diego Central Tournament. 8 at UT Rio Grande Valley 1pm MT 12 UMKC 5pm MT SERIES HISTORY 14 Air Force 7pm MT Utah Valley and Cal State Fullerton are meeting for the second time in the all-time series, with the Wolverines winning 2-1 during the 2015 season while UVU and SDSU are meeting for the first time. 19 Houston Baptist 7pm MT 27 at UNLV 5:30pm MT LAST TIME OUT 29 at Grand Canyon 8pm MT The Wolverines, ranked No. 14 at the time, surrendered two early goals and couldn't recover, falling 2-1 to CSUN last Friday night at home. Nic Harguindeguy scored a goal for Utah Valley, but the Wolverines could not avoid the upset. NOVEMBER 4 Seattle U 7pm MT ABOUT CAL STATE FULLERTON Cal State Fullerton is 2-2-0 overall, splitting two games over the Labor Day weekend. The Titans de- 6 WAC TOURNEY QUARTERFINAL TBA feated Santa Clara, 2-0, at home last Friday before surrendering four second-half goals in a 5-0 loss 8 WAC TOURNEY SEMIFINAL TBA to Portland. Fullerton will play San Francisco on Sunday at San Diego State. 10 WAC TOURNEY CHAMPIONSHIP TBA ABOUT SAN DIEGO STATE San Diego State enters the weekend at 2-1-0 and hosts San Francisco on Friday night. The Aztecs, * WAC match | Home games in bold played affiliate members of the Pac 12 in men's soccer, were NCAA Tournament qualifiers last season, falling at Clyde Field in a penalty shootout to UNLV. After dropping its season opener to Army, 1-0, San Diego State has posted wins over Vermont, 2-0, and UCSB, 3-1. The Aztecs are one of two Pac 12 opponents on UVU's regular season schedule. WAC Tournament hosted by UNLV (Las Vegas, Nevada) RANKINGS UPDATE Utah Valley dropped out of the three of the four polls after last week's loss to CSUN. The Wolverines remained in the College Soccer News Top 30 though, at No. 27. COMING UP Next week, the Wolverines return home to host Sacramento State (Sept. 15) and No. 11/17 Omaha (Sept. 17) during a weekend that also includes Northern Illinois against the same two teams at Clyde Field. WOLVERINES PICKED SECOND Defending WAC Champion UVU was picked second in the WAC preseason poll with seniors Paul Hoff- meister and Giovanny Vazquez named to the preseason All-WAC team. UNLV was picked to win the league after its WAC Tournament title last year, finishing just one point in front of the Wolverines while Seattle U was only three points behind Utah Valley, in third. GoUVU.com | @GoUVU | @UVUmsoc UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY MEN'S SOCCER VAZQUEZ HONORED AFTER WIN OVER AKRON UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY MEN'S SOCCER HISTORY Senior Giovanny Vazquez garnered national attention after helping the Utah Valley University hired Greg Maas in the winter of 2013 to start its then-No. 16 Wolverines defeat the then-No. 13 Akron Zips in the season new men's soccer program. The team went 9-7-2 in its first season of opener on Aug. 25. Vazquez scored the game's only goal and help limit competition in 2014. UVU was 1-1-1 against Top 25 programs with the only Akron to just one shot on goal. He was named to College Soccer News' Na- loss a 2OT defeat against No. 4 UC Irvine. The Wolverines finished fourth tional Team of the Week and to TopDrawerSoccer.com's Team of the Week. in the WAC, going 5-3-2 and earning the No. 3 seed in the WAC Tourna- ment, where they fell 1-0 to CSU Bakersfield. HOFFMEISTER NAMED TO MAC HERMANN WATCH LIST Coming off of his All-American performance in 2016, senior Paul Hoff- The 2015 team surpassed even the highest expectations by earning a meister has received a host of preseason accolades in 2017. Hoffmeister berth in the NCAA Tournament, where the Wolverines played at #11 SMU. became the first Wolverine to be named to the MAC Hermann Trophy 2015 also saw the program's first ranking in the national polls when UVU Watch List, as well as a nod on the College Soccer News All-America first was ranked No. 15 in the United Soccer Coaches poll on Sept. 29, 2015. It team, TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI third team, No. 21 on the TopDrawer- was the first time that a Wolverine team sport has been ranked as high as Soccer.com Top 100 Upperclassmen, and preseason All-WAC. 25th in any major poll. The team finished the season 14-6-2. 12TH WOLVERINES SET RECORD ATTENDANCE VS AKRON In 2016, UVU notched its first WAC regular season title, finishing 15-4-1 In the 2017 season opener against Akron, the Wolverines drew 4,351 overall and 8-1-1 in the WAC. The Wolverines were ranked in at least one fans, a new Clyde Field record. The Clyde was filled to the brim to watch of the four major polls every week during the regular season, reaching #16 UVU edge #13 Akron, 1-0. The crowd eclipsed the previous record of as high as No. 8 in the nation in TopDrawerSoccer.com's poll on Sept. 5. 3,452, set in a 4-1 win over Bradley in the 2015 home opener. The Wolverines were upset on their home field in the WAC Tournament by UNLV and, despite their overall success, were left out of the field of WAC TOURNAMENT IN LAS VEGAS 48 for the NCAA Tournament. The season saw unprecedented team and UNLV is hosting the 2017 WAC Tournament in Las Vegas Nov. 8-12. The top individual success including 10 shutouts during the school-record 15 wins seven teams will qualify for the tournament and the opportunity to earn and the program's first All-American in Paul Hoffmeister. the league's autmatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. ABOUT UVU’S ATHLETICS NCAA HISTORY BUXTON RETURNS TO PITCH Until 2003, UVU competed as a NJCAA athletic program. The 2003- Junior Austin Buxton returns in 2017 after redshirting the 2016 season 04 season was the school’s first competing at an NCAA DI level. In the because he was battling cancer and undergoing chemotherapy treat- summer of 2009, UVU’S provisional status was lifted and the program ments. The team adopted the hashtag #BuxtyStrong many on the team became a full member of NCAA Division I on July 8, 2009. Until then, UVU also showed their support by shaving their heads during Buxton's chemo- teams and individuals were not eligible to compete in NCAA champion- therapy treatments. Buxton scored six goals and started 16 matches in ship events. The Wolverines spent six seasons as an independent before 2015. the Great West Conference became an all-sports league in 2008 and began its first full season in 2009. UVU also became a university in 2008, UVU AGAIN AMONG NATION'S ATTENDANCE LEADERS changing its name from Utah Valley State College (UVSC) to Utah Valley For the third straight season to begin the program's history, UVU men's University (UVU). soccer ranked in the top 15 in average attendance among all 206 NCAA DI men's soccer teams. NATIONAL RANKINGS United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Top Drawer Soccer Top 25 Soccer America Top 25 College Soccer News Top 30 1 Stanford 1 Stanford 1 Stanford 1 Stanford 26 Akron 2 Wake Forest 2 Maryland 2 Maryland 2 Wake Forest 27 Utah Valley 3 Clemson 3 Wake Forest 3 Indiana 3 Maryland 28 Wisconsin 4 Indiana 4 Indiana 4 Wake Forest 4 Clemson 29 Seattle U 5 Maryland 5 Clemson 5 Clemson 5 Louisville 30 Duke 6 Notre Dame 6 Notre Dame 6 Virginia 6 Indiana 7 Syracuse 7 Louisville 7 Notre Dame 7 North Carolina 8 Louisville 8 Virginia 8 Louisville 8 Denver United Soccer Coaches 9 Denver 9 Syracuse 9 UNC Wilmington 9 Virginia West Region 10 North Carolina 10 UMass-Lowell 10 Furman 10 Notre Dame 1 Denver 11 Virginia 11 Omaha 11 Pacific 11 Syracuse 2 Omaha 12 UMass-Lowell 12 UNC Wilmington 12 North Carolina 12 Michigan State 3 Utah Valley 13 Michigan State 13 Furman 13 Denver 13 Washington 4 Air Force 14 West Virginia 14 North Carolina 14 Syracuse 14 Charlotte 5 Loyola Chicago 15 UNC Wilmington 15 Denver 15 Charlotte 15 Butler 6 Seattle U 16 Washington 16 Duke 16 UMass Lowell 16 Omaha 7 Evansville 17 Omaha 17 Michigan State 17 Omaha 17 Pacific 8 UMKC 18 Georgetown 18 Butler 18 Providence 18 Furman 9 Valparaiso 19 Kentucky 19 Charlotte 19 UCLA 19 West Virginia 10 Eastern Illinois 20 Furman 20 UCLA 20 Akron 20 UMass-Lowell 21 Butler 21 Army 21 Washington 21 Creighton 22 Gonzaga 22 Evansville 22 Virginia Tech 22 UCLA 23 Pacific 23 West Virginia 23 Creighton 23 Portland 24 New Hampshire 24 Kentucky 24 Michigan State 24 Boston College 25 UCLA 25 Washington 25 Duke 25 UNC Wilmington 2 UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY MEN'S SOCCER QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SCHOOL: Utah Valley University GREG MAAS LOCATION: Orem, Utah (pop.