Men's Soccer Release #9
Oct. 28, 2008
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THIS WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE
Tuesday, Oct. 28
Oakland at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Wright State at IUPUI, 7 p.m.
No. 21 Butler at Bradley, 8 p.m.
Northwestern at Loyola, 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 31
No. 21 Butler at Detroit, 2 p.m.
No. 11 UIC at Valparaiso, 4 p.m.
Loyola at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Wright State at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 2
Wright State at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Cleveland State at No. 21 Butler, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Valparaiso, 2 p.m.
Loyola at No. 11 UIC, 7 p.m.
NOTE: All times Eastern
Horizon League matches in Italics
HORIZON LEAGUE NEWS AND NOTES
BUTLER HAVING BEST SEASON SINCE 2004: With 11 wins, No. 21 Butler has tied the eighth-highest single-season wins mark in school history. In addition, the Bulldogs' win total is their highest since 2004. Butler is 16-3-3 in its last 22 matches dating back to last season.
DEFENSE THE KEY FOR THE BULLDOGS: No. 21 Butler has allowed just 12 goals in 16 matches, good for a 0.72 team goals-against average. The Bulldogs have yielded just one goal in six contests at home. Goalkeepers Matt Hegeman (7) and Fabian Knopfler (3) have combined for 10 shutouts this season.
PATANO LEADING LEAGUE IN POINTS: Butler senior forward Frank Patano sits atop the Horizon League wtih 20 points this season. He also leads the conference in goals (9) and is tied for third in shots (57). Patano, who has five game-winning goals, has posted multi-goal performances against Northeastern on Sept. 1 and Marshall on Sept. 21.
A RECORD-BREAKING SEASON FOR CSU: Cleveland State's win over Wright State last Saturday allowed the Vikings to improve to 5-0-1 at home this season, marking the team's first unbeaten home season in school history. The .917 home winning percentage is ahead of the old record of .800 set when the Vikings went 8-2 at home in 1989. The record isn't set yet as it is likely that CSU will play at least one more home match this year, that coming in the Horizon League Championship.
HARPEL HEATING UP: Since allowing 10 goals in two matches in late September, Viking goalkeeper Nick Harpel has yielded just five goals in the last seven contests, highlighted by three shutouts. The Toledo, Ohio, native is second in the Horizon League with 5.25 saves per match while posting a 1.54 goals against average.
PHILP PROVIDING HEROICS FOR UDM: Detroit freshman Adam Philp has scored three goals in his first collegiate season, including the game-winning tally in each of the last two matches. Philp put the Titans on the board in a 3-1 rout of Western Michigan on Oct. 19, and then he posted a multi-goal performance last Wednesday in UDM's 2-0 win over IPFW.
SUSJNA LEADING THE TITANS: Senior Renato Susnja, who scored in the first half of Detroit's win over Western Michigan on Oct. 19, now leads the team in goals (3) and points (8).
UIC POLL POSITION: No. 11 UIC has spent the entire season in the national rankings. The Flames enter this week ranked in all five major college soccer polls. Here is a breakdown of UIC's national rankings this week:
Soccer America:......................No. 11
Soccer Times:........................No. 13
NSCAA/adidas:........................No. 13 (No. 7 in Great Lakes Region)
College Soccer News: ............... No. 18
Top Drawer Soccer:...................No. 28 (Tournament 48 poll)
TRASK HANGS 10 EVERY SEASON: No. 11 UIC has now won at least 10 matches in each of head coach John Trask's four seasons in Chicago. The Flames are 46-16-17 in less than four complete seasons under Trask.
UIC CLAMPING DOWN ON 'D': UIC junior goalkeeper Jovan Bubonja continues to add to his school record for career shutouts. After last week's 1-0 win against Milwaukee, the Serbia native has a Flames record 30 shutouts. He has eight clean sheets this season, which is the most in the Horizon League.
RAMBLER DEFENSE SUFFOCATES BUTLER: Butler leads the Horizon League with 14.62 shots per game, but it couldn't get on track against the Loyola defense last weekend. The Ramblers held the host Bulldogs without a shot on goal in 110 minutes of play. LU recorded six shots on goal in the 0-0 tie.
KIM CLIMBING LOYOLA ASSIST CHART: Senior Keum Sung Kim, who has four assists this season, is one assist shy of tying for fifth on Loyola's all-time career assists chart.
CRUSADERS STRONG IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY: Valparaiso finished its non-Horizon League schedule with a 5-3-2 record, marking the first time since 1988 that the Crusaders have finished better than .500 in non-league play. Valpo also went 2-0-1 against non-conference opponents who appeared in the 2007 NCAA Tournament, posting wins over DePaul and Bradley while tying Michigan State.
VALPO PLAYING FUTBOL IN THE FOOTBALL STADIUM: The Crusaders have moved this weekend's home matches versus UIC and Detroit to Eastgate Field, the home of Valparaiso football. The contests were moved to play on Eastgate's Prograss surface.
GREEN BAY PLAYING THE BADGERS EVEN: Despite Monday night's 2-0 loss in Madison, Green Bay has historically played Wisconsin even. The Phoenix is 18-18-1 all-time against the Badgers, including a 3-3-1 mark since 2002.
PROCHAZKA LENDING A HELPING HAND: Green Bay sophomore David Prochazka is second in the Horizon League with seven assists. He is averaging 0.64 assists per game, which would rank fourth in the nation had he played in enough matches to qualify for the NCAA rankings. Players must appear in 75 percent of their team's matches to qualify.
MILWAUKEE SUPPORTS GRASSROOT SOCCER: Milwaukee wore special Puma jerseys in last week's match against Marquette which were auctioned off after the contest to help support Grassroot Soccer, a global AIDS prevention organization. Grassroot Soccer teams with the sport of soccer to deliver prevention messages to children in the world's most HIV-affected countries. Marquette won the match, 2-0.
PANTHERS FIT TO BE TIED: Milwaukee has tied the single-season school record with five ties this season. The Panthers previously had five ties in 2005, when UWM went 14-4-5.
FLEAK LEADING THE RAIDERS: Junior Braden Fleak leads Wright State in goals (7), points (14) and shots (58). No other Raider player has more than two goals or four points. Fleak owns 32 career tallies, placing him 10th place on Wright State's all-time list.
