2010 MEDIA GUIDE The 2010 Season 1 BOWLING GREEN FALCONS • 2010 MEN’S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM BGSU MEN’S SOCCER 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS The 2010 Season Rosters 3 Roster Breakdown 4 The Coaching Staff Head Coach Eric Nichols 6-7 Assistant Coach Paul Habrecht 8 Support Staff 9 Meet the Falcons The Returnees 11-24 The Newcomers 25-31 The MAC The Mid-American Conference 33-34 Series Information 35 Falcon Men’s Soccer History Year-by-Year Records 37 Year-by-Year Statistics 38-62 BGSU Hall of Fame Inductees 64 All-Americans 65 Falcons in the Pros 66-67 NCAA Tournament Teams 68-69 Letterwinners 70-72 UNIVERSITY/ATHLETIC DEPT. HISTORY Falcon Soccer Alumni 73 School Bowling Green State University First Year of Men’s Soccer 1965 Single-Season & Career Leaders 75 Location Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0030 All-Time Varsity Record 372-310-63 (.542) Falcon Men’s Soccer Records 76 Founded 1910 All-Time MAC Record 45-46-7 (.495) Honors & Awards 77-83 Enrollment 15,356 MAC Regular-Season Titles 3 Cochrane Soccer Stadium 85-87 Nickname Falcons (1996-2000-2002) Colors Orange & Brown MAC Tournament Appearances 15 Affiliation NCAA Division I (1994-95-96-97-98-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08) Conference Mid-American (MAC) MAC Tourn. Championship Appearances 8 Home Facility Cochrane Field (1994-1995-1996-1997-1998-2000-2002-2003) Press Box Phone 419.372.0550 MAC Tournament Titles 3 President Dr. Carol A. Cartwright (1995-1996-1997) Faculty Representative Dr. Lee Meserve MAC Tournament Record 17-12-0 (.586) Director of Athletics Greg Christopher NCAA Championships Appearances 6 Senior Associate AD/SWA Lesley Irvine (1972-1973-1992-1995-1996-1997) Athletics Dept. Phone 419.372.2401 NCAA Championships Record 4-6-0 (.400) * includes wins in 1995 & 1997 NCAA ‘Play-In’ Matches TEAM INFORMATION 2009 Overall Record 3-12-3 (.250) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 2009 MAC Record 2-3-1 (.417) Asst. AD/Director Jason Knavel Conference Finish Fifth of 7 Assistant Director (m. soccer) Mike Cihon Letterwinners Returning 14 Office Phone 419.372.0474 Letterwinners Lost 9 Office Fax 419.372.6015 Starters Returning 7 E-Mail [email protected] Starters Lost 4 Assistant Director Dave Meyer Graduate Assistant Ryan Gasser COACHING STAFF Mailing Address 247 Perry Stadium East Head Coach Eric Nichols Athletics Website BGSUFalcons.com Alma Mater Ohio State, 2000 Office Phone 419.372.7072 2010 MEDIA INFORMATION E-Mail [email protected] • This 2010 Bowling Green State University Men’s Soccer Record at BGSU (years) 3-12-3 (one) Media Information is a production of the BGSU Athletic Career Record (years) 62-34-4 (five) Communications Office in conjunction with the BGSU Men’s Soccer Office Assistant Coach Paul Habrecht Alma Mater John Carroll, 2001 • Information compiled, written and edited by men’s soc- cer SID Mike Cihon Office Phone 419.372.7071 E-Mail [email protected] • Photography by Craig Bell, Mike Cihon, Larry Clapper, Scott Galloway/Galloway Photography, Bianca Garza, Jeff Harwell, Jason Knavel, Michael Nemeth, Brad Pha- lin, Doug Sampson and Aaron Stevenson • Information as of August 19, 2010 BGSUFalcons.com 2 BOWLING GREEN FALCONS • 2010 MEN’S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM 2010 BGSU ROSTERS & PRONUNCIATIONS NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME (PRONUNCIATION) POS. CL./EL. HOMETOWN (H.S./PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 0 Michael Wiest (WEEST) GK Fr./Fr. Naperville, Ill. (North) 1 Miguel Rosales GK Sr./Jr. Aurora, Colo. (Smoky Hill) (Univ. of Cincinnati) 2 Joey D’Agostino * M So./So. Livonia, Mich. (Stevenson) 3 Sean Sikich (SICK-itch) D Fr./Fr. Youngstown, Ohio (Cardinal Mooney) 4 Garrett Bireline (BURR-line) *** M/D Sr./Sr. Marion, Ind. (Marion) 5 Dusko Topolic (DOO-skoh tuh-POLL-ich) ***# D Sr./Sr. Novi Sad, Serbia (Svetozar Miletic) 6 Thomas McLean ***# D Sr./Sr. Colne, England (Park) 7 Byard Ebling (BYE-ard EB-ling) ** F Jr./Jr. Naperville, Ill. (Central) 8 Brandon Silva M So./Fr. Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Kilbourne) (Univ. of Akron) 9 Zach Lemke (LEMM-kee) * D Jr./So. Beavercreek, Ohio (Beavercreek) 10 Max Weston * F Sr./Jr. Worthington, Ohio (Worthington Christian) (Indiana Univ.) 11 Chris Jurtovski (yurr-TOV-skee) ** M Sr./Jr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Birchmount Park Coll. Institute) 12 Sam Galloway M Fr./Fr. Copley, Ohio (Copley) 13 Tanner Fink **# D Jr./Jr. Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley) 14 Matt Griesinger (GRISS-in-jurr) D Fr./Fr. Strongsville, Ohio (Strongsville) 15 Robert Barker ** M/D Sr./Jr. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Merivale) 16 Chris McLean * D So./So. Toronto, Ontario (Rick Hansen Secondary) 17 Colin Armstrong ** M/D Jr./Jr. Worthington, Ohio (Thomas Worthington) 18 Ryan Comiskey F Fr./Fr. Grantville, Pa. (Northern Lebanon) 19 John Barr * M Jr./Jr. Zanesville, Ohio (Tri-Valley) 20 Ryan Snashall M Fr./Fr. Dublin, Ohio (Coffman) 21 Jacob Eganhouse D/M Fr./Fr. Westerville, Ohio (St. Francis DeSales) 22 Keegan Ross M/F Fr./Fr. Pickerington, Ohio (North) 23 Zach Schewee (SHEE-wee) D/M Fr./Fr. Rochester, Mich. (Stoney Creek) 24 Marco Ilao (uh-LAY-oh) D Fr./Fr. Oakville, Ontario, Canada (Wilbraham and Monson [Mass.] Acad.) 33 Dylan Schoettley (SHUTT-lee) * GK So./So. Sylvania, Ohio (Northview) Head Coach: Eric Nichols (Ohio State, 2000) – second year * letters earned Assistant Coach: Paul Habrecht (John Carroll, 2001) – second year # 2010 Team Captains Director of Operations: Alma-Lynn Dupont – first year ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO. NAME (PRONUNCIATION) POS. CL./EL. HOMETOWN (H.S./PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 17 Colin Armstrong ** M/D Jr./Jr. Worthington, Ohio (Thomas Worthington) 15 Robert Barker ** M/D Sr./Jr. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Merivale) 19 John Barr * M Jr./Jr. Zanesville, Ohio (Tri-Valley) 4 Garrett Bireline (BURR-line) *** M/D Sr./Sr. Marion, Ind. (Marion) 18 Ryan Comiskey F Fr./Fr. Grantville, Pa. (Northern Lebanon) 2 Joey D’Agostino * M So./So. Livonia, Mich. (Stevenson) 7 Byard Ebling (BYE-ard EB-ling) ** F Jr./Jr. Naperville, Ill. (Central) 21 Jacob Eganhouse D/M Fr./Fr. Westerville, Ohio (St. Francis DeSales) 13 Tanner Fink **# D Jr./Jr. Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley) 12 Sam Galloway M Fr./Fr. Copley, Ohio (Copley) 14 Matt Griesinger (GRISS-in-jurr) D Fr./Fr. Strongsville, Ohio (Strongsville) 24 Marco Ilao (uh-LAY-oh) D Fr./Fr. Oakville, Ontario, Canada (Wilbraham and Monson [Mass.] Acad.) 11 Chris Jurtovski (yurr-TOV-skee) ** M Sr./Jr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Birchmount Park Coll. Institute) 9 Zach Lemke (LEMM-kee) * D Jr./So. Beavercreek, Ohio (Beavercreek) 16 Chris McLean * D So./So. Toronto, Ontario (Rick Hansen Secondary) 6 Thomas McLean ***# D Sr./Sr. Colne, England (Park) 1 Miguel Rosales GK Sr./Jr. Aurora, Colo. (Smoky Hill) (Univ. of Cincinnati) 22 Keegan Ross M/F Fr./Fr. Pickerington, Ohio (North) 23 Zach Schewee (SHEE-wee) D/M Fr./Fr. Rochester, Mich. (Stoney Creek) 33 Dylan Schoettley (SHUTT-lee) * GK So./So. Sylvania, Ohio (Northview) 3 Sean Sikich (SICK-itch) D Fr./Fr. Youngstown, Ohio (Cardinal Mooney) 8 Brandon Silva M So./Fr. Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Kilbourne) (Univ. of Akron) 20 Ryan Snashall M Fr./Fr. Dublin, Ohio (Coffman) 5 Dusko Topolic (DOO-skoh tuh-POLL-ich) ***# D Sr./Sr. Novi Sad, Serbia (Svetozar Miletic) 10 Max Weston * F Sr./Jr. Worthington, Ohio (Worthington Christian) (Indiana Univ.) 0 Michael Wiest (WEEST) GK Fr./Fr. Naperville, Ill. (North) 3 BOWLING GREEN FALCONS • 2010 MEN’S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM ROSTER BREAKDOWN LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (14) Name Pos. Yr. MP/MS G-A=Pts. Colin Armstrong M/D Jr. 13/4 0-0=0 FALCONS ... Robert Barker M/D R-Jr. 5/0 0-0=0 BY CLASS John Barr M Jr. 7/0 0-0=0 SENIORS (3) Garrett Bireline M/D Sr. 17/5 0-0=0 Bireline,. T McLean, Topolic Joey D’Agostino * M So. 17/8 0-1=1 Byard Ebling * F Jr. 18/9 2-1=5 JUNIORS (8) Tanner Fink * D Jr. 18/18 0-0=0 Armstrong, Barker %, Barr, Chris Jurtovski * M R-Jr. 18/11 1-0=2 Ebling, Fink, Jurtovski %, Rosales %, Weston % Zach Lemke D R-So. 15/5 0-0=0 Chris McLean D So. 15/7 0-0=0 SOPHOMORES (4) Thomas McLean * D Sr. 17/14 0-1=1 D’Agostino, Lemke *, C. Dylan Schoettley * GK So. 10/7 44 svs., 2.27 gaa, 1 shutout McLean, Schoettley Dusko Topolic * D Sr. 18/15 0-2=2 FRESHMEN (11) Max Weston F R-Jr. 13/6 1-2=4 Comiskey, Eganhouse, Galloway, Griesinger, Ilao, NEWCOMERS (12) Ross, Schewee, Sikich, Silva #, Snashall, Wiest Name Pos. Yr. Hometown Ryan Comiskey F Fr. Grantville, Pa. (Northern Lebanon) % redshirt junior Jacob Eganhouse D/M Fr. Westerville, Ohio (St. Francis DeSales) * redshirt sophomore # redshirt freshman Sam Galloway M Fr. Copley, Ohio (Copley) Matt Griesinger D Fr. Strongsville, Ohio (Strongsville) Marco Ilao D Fr. Oakville, Ontario, Canada (Wilbraham & Monson [Mass.] Acad.) BY STATE ^ Miguel Rosales GK R-Jr. Aurora, Colo. (Smoky Hill) (Univ. of Cincinnati) OHIO (12) Keegan Ross M/F Fr. Pickerington, Ohio (North) Armstrong, Barr, Eganhouse, Zach Schewee D/M Fr. Rochester, Mich. (Stoney Creek) Galloway, Griesinger, Lemke, Sean Sikich D Fr. Youngstown, Ohio (Cardinal Mooney) Ross, Schoettley, Sikich, Silva, Snashall, Weston Brandon Silva M R-Fr. Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Kilbourne) (Univ. of Akron) Ryan Snashall M Fr. Dublin, Ohio (Coffman) ONTARIO (4) Michael Wiest GK Fr. Naperville, Ill. (North) Barker, Ilao, Jurtovski, C. McLean LETTERWINNERS LOST (9) ILLINOIS (3) Name Pos. Yr.^ MP/MS G-A=Pts. Ebling, Fink, Wiest Jake Custer D R-So. 11/6 0-0=0 MICHIGAN (2) Tyler Deal * D Sr. 18/18 0-0=0 D’Agostino, Schewee Gavin Dozier M Sr. 16/1 0-1=1 Chuko Evwaraye M 5-Sr. 16/7 1-1=3 COLORADO (1) Cameron Hepple * M 5-Sr.