2009 men's soccer yearbook

#16 Jake MunchiandoSenior - Defender/Midfielder

2009 Yearbook

#15 Ali YoussefSenior - Midfielder/Forward

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#6 Ken SimonSenior - Midfielder

2009 Detroit Men’s Soccer 1

GeneralName of School: University of Detroit MercyCity/Zip: Detroit, MI 48221Enrollment: 5,700Nickname: TitansSchool Colors: Red, White and BlueHome Field: Titan FieldAffiliation: NCAA Division IConference: Horizon LeaguePresident: Fr. Gerard L. Stockhausen, S.J.Director of Athletics: Keri GaitherFaculty Athletics Rep.: Erick BarnesAthletic Department Phone: (313) 993-1700Athletic Department Fax: (313) 993-1765

COaCHInG STaFFHead Coach: Morris Lupenec (Oakland ‘84; 18th season)Record at school (yrs.): 149-145-41 (17)Career record (yrs.): sameSoccer Office Phone: (313) 993-1912Lupenec’s e-mail: [email protected] Coach: Nick Deren (Detroit ‘99; fifth season)Deren’s e-mail: [email protected] Coach: Ablaye Camara (Detroit ‘05; first season)Ablaye’s e-mail: [email protected]

TeaM InFOrMaTIOn2008 Record: 4-13-3Horizon League Record/Finish: 1-6-1/9thStarters Returning/Lost: 5/6Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/10Newcomers: 8

Quick Facts 1Athletic Directory 2Media Information 22009 Roster 3Season Outlook 4-5Head Coach, Morris Lupenec 6Assistant Coach, Nick Deren 7Assistant Coach, Ablaye Camara 7Athlete Profiles 8-22 Nick Dreshaj 8 Jake Munchiando 9 Ken Simon 10 Ali Youssef 11 Charlie Hancock 12 Jacob Mechlowitz 13 Jon Bowman 14 Adam Philp 15 Sam Seppo 16 Julio Castillo 17 Mike Chiandussi 17 Alex Grice 18 Nate Robinson 18 Otieno Victor 19 Tom Alott 19 Moustafa Bazzi 20 Jace Bearden 20 Chris Kobayashi 20 Joey Krizanek 21 Pat Lepera 21 Kevin Pinkos 21 Martin Robertson 22 Jeremy Stoychoff 22 Brandon Waterstradt 22Past League Award Winners 232008 Results/Horizon League Standings 242008 Statistics 25Season Records 26Career Records 27Horizon League 28-29All-Time Roster 30-31Year-by-Year Results 32-33All-Time Results 34Titan Field 35Strength & Conditioning 36

The 2009 Detroit men’s soccer media guide is an official pub-lication of the University of Detroit Mercy’s Sports Informa-tion Department, with graphic design by Maggie Walsh and the cover design by Jeff Mitchell. Copy compiled and writ-ten by Walsh. Edited by Mark Engel, P.J. Gradowski, Scott Kretzmann and Walsh. Photos by Tim Busch, Mike Roemer, Trevor Thompson and Walsh.

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Table of Contents/Quick Facts

2009 Detroit Men’s Soccer2

(e-mails: first name.last [email protected], unless otherwise noted)adMInISTraTIOn

athletic directorKeri Gaither (313) 993-1720Senior associate adDaron Montgomery (313) 993-1755assistant ad for ComplianceSteve Corder (313) 993-1751assistant ad for Sports InformationMark Engel (313) 993-1745assistant ad for FacilitiesGlenn Knott (313) 993-1703assistant ad/Senior Woman administratorTeri Kromrei (313) 993-1722director of Ticket Operations and SalesGreg Haapala (313) 993-1704director of Marketing and PromotionsBrandon Longmeier (313) 993-1726equipment Manager Harvey Theeck (313) 993-1742assistant Facilities ManagerCraig Yust (313) 993-1714

SuPPOrT STaFFFacilities assistant/Concessions ManagerJarrett Alford (313) 993-1700MBB Office ManagerStacey Barns (313) 993-1731administrative InternMichelle Cordero (313) 993-1700Olympic Sports Office ManagerAnita Foster (313) 993-1723equipment & Facilities InternCasey Hornung (313) 993-1700assistant Business/Ticket ManagerPhuong Le (313) 993-1700Office Manager athletics Main OfficeLezly Pruitt (313) 993-1700development & Special events InternEmily Vannice (313) 993-1700

SPOrTS InFOrMaTIOnassistant athletic directorMark Engel (313) 993-1745assistant SIdP.J. Gradowski (313) 993-1745assistant SId/MSOC ContactMaggie Walsh (313) 993-1745Sports Information assistantScott Kretzmann (313) 993-1745

aTHleTIC TraInInGdirector of Sports MedicineMichael Miller (313) 993-1740assistant directorsChris Hinderliter (313) 993-1740Ashley Van Meter (313) 993-1740Graduate assistantKristi Lewis (313) 993-1740InternsLeah Dior (313) 993-1740Alexandria Perry (313) 993-1740

STrenGTH and COndITIOnInGCoordinatorJoe Tofferi (313) 993-1719assistant directorNick Wilson (313) 993-1719InternsAdam Gentry (313) 993-1719Stephanie Lieto (313) 993-1719

SPOrTS InFOrMaTIOnThe Sports Information Department is located in Calihan Hall on the McNichols Campus at the intersection of West McNichols and Livernois.The mailing address is: 4001 W. McNichols Road Detroit, MI 48221

MedIa ServICeSWeb site DetroitTitans.comSports Information Office (313) 993-1745Sports Information Fax (313) 993-1765

TO THe MedIaSince the consolidation of the University of Detroit and Mercy College of Detroit in 1990, UDM athletic teams have found them-selves referred to in many different forms. In order to maintain consistency, we ask that the media and our opponents continue to refer to us as UDM or use Detroit or Detroit Titans, and elimi-nate the use of such abbreviations as U-D, U of D Mercy, Detroit Mercy, etc. Thank you for your cooperation and your continuing coverage of the Detroit Titans.

InTervIeW POlICyLocker rooms are off limits to the press; however, the Sports Infor-mation staff will provide athletes and coaches for interviews after a 10-minute cool down period following an event. Please notify the SID prior to the event.

MedIa ServICeSGame-by-game statistics and final results packets are available for the media at each home match upon request.

HOrIzOn leaGueFor information on Horizon League men’s soccer please visit the official Horizon League Web site, horizonleague.org.

Conference headquarters are located at: 201 S. Capitol Ave., Suite 500 Indianapolis, IN 46225 (317) 237-5622 (phone) (317) 237-5620 (fax)

deTrOIT SPOrTS On-lIneFinal updated statistics, schedules, results and releases can be found 24-hours a day on Detroit’s official athletic Web site, De-troitTitans.com.

Media Information/Directory


2009 Roster/Team Photo

nO. naMe POS. yr. HT. WT. HOMeTOWn/PrevIOuS SCHOOl0 Brandon Waterstradt GK Fr. 6-4 220 Dearborn Heights, MI/Detroit Catholic Central1 Martin Robertson GK Fr. 6-1 170 Newmarket, ON/St. Andrew’s 2 Mike Chiandussi D So. 6-0 170 Windsor, ON/St. Thomas of Villanova/Windsor3 Pat Lepera MF Fr. 6-1 180 Windsor, ON/St. Joseph’s Catholic4 Jeremy Stoychoff D Fr. 5-10 160 Canton, MI/Salem5 Ali Youssef D/MF Sr. 5-10 160 Canton, MI/Plymouth/Schoolcraft 6 Ken Simon MF Sr. 6-2 160 Brighton, MI/Brighton7 Jon Bowman MF So. 5-9 160 Findlay, OH/Findlay8 Nate Robinson MF So. 5-10 160 Novi, MI/Novi/Cincinnati9 Nick Dreshaj D/F Sr. 6-3 185 Clinton Twp., MI/Chippewa Valley/Tiffin10 Sam Seppo F So. 6-0 175 Port Huron, MI/Port Huron11 Julio Castillo MF So. 5-10 150 Cupertino, CA/Homestead12 Kevin Pinkos D/MF Fr. 5-10 160 Clarkston, MI/Clarkston13 Alex Grice MF So. 5-9 145 E. Lansing, MI/Lans. Christian/Stevens Inst. of Tech.14 Adam Philp F So. 5-10 150 Windsor, ON/St. Joseph’s Catholic15 Otieno Victor MF So. 6-2 165 Kisumu Nyanza, Kenya/Kakamega/Madonna16 Jake Munchiando D/MF Sr. 5-8 165 Troy, MI/Troy Athens/Oakland17 Jacob Mechlowitz MF/F Jr. 5-11 155 Sterling Heights, MI/U of D Jesuit18 Jace Bearden D/F Fr. 6-1 165 Canton, MI/Salem19 Joey Krizanek D/F Fr. 6-0 190 Canton, MI/Canton20 Chris Kobayashi D Fr. 5-7 150 New Hudson, MI/South Lyon21 Tom Alott D/F Fr. 6-4 180 Brighton, MI/Brighton22 Moustafa Bazzi F Fr. 5-7 140 Dearborn, MI/American Muslim Academy23 Charlie Hancock MF Jr. 5-5 140 New Hudson, MI/South Lyon

Head Coach: Morris Lupenec (Oakland ‘84; 18th season)assistant Coach: Nick Deren (Detroit ‘99; sixth season)assistant Coach: Ablaye Camara (Detroit ‘05; first season)athletic Trainer: Alexandria Perry

Back row (l-r): Assistant Coach Nick Deren, Mike Chiandussi, Jace Bearden, Kevin Pinkos, Ken Simon, Nick Dreshaj, Tom Alott, Pat Lepera, Otieno Victor, Jacob Mechlowitz, Sam Seppo, Head Coach Morris Lupenec. Front row (l-r): Jeremy Stoychoff, Chris Kobayashi, Julio Castillo, Jake Munchiando, Nate Robinson, Charlie Hancock, Brandon Waterstradt, Martin Robertson, Ali Youssef, Jon Bowman, Moustafa Bazzi, Alex Grice, Adam Philp, Joey Krizanek.

2009 Detroit Titans


Season Outlook

Every coach wants great team chemis-try with his or her squad and Detroit head men’s soccer coach, Morris Lupenec, is no different. He will be looking to his handful of returners to help set a precedent with the 14 newcomers that are joining the Titans in 2009. “In order for us to be successful this year, it is very important for us to have great team chemistry,” said Lupenec. “To help accomplish this the number one thing we expect from the veterans is leadership.” The Titans have four seniors on this year’s squad in defenders Nick Dreshaj, Jake Munchiando, Ali Youssef, as well as midfielder Ken Simon. Dreshaj ended 2009 tied for second among teammates in points with nine and finished with a team-high five assists to finish tied for sixth in the Horizon League. In addition, he placed seventh among con-

ference peers with 0.25 assists per game. Munchiando started all 18 games he saw action in last year and was one of two Ti-tans to assist on the second goal in Detroit’s 3-2 double overtime win against Xavier. “Jake is a natural leader and we hope Kenny will show leadership this season,” said Lupenec. “Ali has wanted to show it and Dreshaj is also a natural leader.” Simon was in Detroit’s starting line-up 19 times in 2008. He tied for a team sec-ond best-three assists and tied for fourth in points with seven. Simon collected all three helpers against Xavier and he helped lead the Titans to a 2-1 victory at Loyola as he scored off a free kick with four seconds left in the first half. Youssef played in 18 games and was in the starting line-up 11 times in 2008, which was his first year with the Ti-tans. “The seniors do not want to end this

year like how 2008 finished,” added Lupenec. “They will not accept losing be-cause this group wants to end their career on a high note.” There are only two juniors on this year’s squad in Jacob Mechlowitz and Charlie Han-cock. In addi-tion, there are four sophomores who played with Detroit last season in Jon Bowman, Julio Castillo, Adam

Philp and Sam Seppo. Philp ended his first campaign with UDM having played all 20 games and fin-ished second in goals (4) and tied for sec-ond in points (9) among his teammates. He netted his first collegiate goal and the game-winner at Western Michigan and was able to find the back of the net, twice, in Detroit’s 2-0 shutout victory over IPFW. “Adam is going to be contributing up top for us this season,” commented Lu-penec. “We made the switch of positions midseason last year and it turned out to be beneficial for the line-up. I am looking for-ward to seeing how Adam will contribute at this position for us in 2009.” Seppo was in the starting line-up 19 times and ended the season third among teammates with three goals and tied for a team fourth-best seven points. He saw action in first collegiate contest against Evansville and fired off the eventual game-winner in the 62nd minute at Loyola. Castillo did not see action last year due to an injury, while Bowman played in 14 games. He dished out his lone assist of the season on the second goal of Detroit’s 2-0 shutout win against IPFW. “The returners bring experience and they will be depended on to show the freshmen and transfers the way on and off the field; they will have quite a bit of re-sponsibility,” said Lupenec. Outside of Philp, sophomore Otieno Victor, Seppo and freshman Jace Bearden will be vying for playing time at the for-ward position. “Our forwards are going to be really dangerous and quick,” added Lupenec. “We are deep in this position with Sam return-ing and having Madonna transfer Victor, as well as Adam contributing up top.” Those that will be competing for time at the midfield position are Bowman, Cas-tillo, Munchiando, Simon, as well as fresh-

Jake Munchiando


Season Outlook

men Alex Grice, Pat Lepera, Kevin Pinkos and Nate Robinson. “The midfield is our strongest position from the standpoint of having Pat Lepera and if Kenny can perform to his potential, we will be dangerous,” said Lupenec. “Our flank midfielders will be very difficult to handle in Jake (Munchiando), also because Nate Robinson’s pace is too good; he is fast.” Those players that will look for playing time in the backline are Dreshaj, sopho-more transfer Mike Chiandussi, from the University of Windsor, as well as freshmen Tom Allott, Chris Kobayashi and Jeremy Stoychoff. “Our defense is going to be a work in progress,” added Lupenec. “But once we get it all sorted out and they are used to playing with each other, we are going to have four very difficult to beat defenders that will

work as a nice cohesive unit and make life difficult for the opposing attacking players.” In the net will be two new faces in either freshmen Martin Robertson and Brandon Waterstradt. “Goalkeeping will be a question mark as we have two freshmen in between the pipes this year,” said Lupenec. “Both ath-letes have the ability to step up to the plate, but it is more about playing at the colle-giate level and neither athlete has this ex-perience since they are freshmen. The first few games of the year will give us an idea about this position.” This year’s schedule features four op-ponents which played in post-season in 2008 and six games that will be played at Titan Field. “We have a tough schedule for the up-coming season,” said Lupenec. “The first six games are going to be played on the road, which will end up laying the foundation for the season, as well as prepare us for Hori-zon League play.” The Titans start the 2009 campaign at IUPUI (Sept. 1) and will then face IPFW five days later. Detroit will head west to Spokane, WA, to participate in Gonzaga’s tournament where the Titans will face Or-egon State and the host school, Gonzaga. Outside of conference play, other road games for Detroit include Michigan, Xavi-er, Bowling Green and Oakland, which ended 2008 as the Summit League regular season champion. The Titans open up the Horizon League slate at home on Sept. 25 against Valparaiso and UDM’s first conference road game is at Green Bay on Oct. 2. “The Horizon League is extremely competitive every year,” added Lupenec. “Every conference game is going to be even more important this year due to the tournament shrinking to a six-team format. There is a premium on every league contest;

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we cannot afford to make any mistakes in conference competition this season.” The five other teams that UDM will host in 2009 are Valparaiso, Oral Rob-erts, Wright State, Western Michigan and Loyola, and the Titans will wrap up the regular season against UIC (Nov. 7). Loyola captured the 2008 Horizon League Championship, while UIC advanced to the round of 16 in the 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship. “We need to come out flying because early results will dictate how the season will go for us,” commented Lupenec. “We need to be organized early and we have to win games. We are going to do whatever we can do in our power to win soccer games this year.” Time will tell if all the right ingre-dients were in place for the strong team chemistry.


Coaching Staff

Having established himself as one of the premier soccer coach-es in the region, Titan head coach Morris Lupenec is commencing his 18th campaign directing the University of Detroit Mercy men’s soccer program. Lupenec owns a 149-145-41 (.506) overall record at Detroit. Under Lupenec’s reign, the Titans have advanced to the confer-ence championship game five times, have earned two regular sea-son crowns and a Horizon League Tournament title (1996). Since Lupenec’s arrival in 1992, the Titans have 45 all-conference hon-ors, either first or second team, and 22 athletes have been named to the all-newcomer team. In addition, three Titans have been named Horizon League Player of the Year (Kal Kaliszewski, ’93; Jorge Ferreira, ’95 and Marcel Flemming, ’98). Last season, UDM finished with a 4-13-3 overall mark and a 1-6-1 record in Horizon League play. The Titans won its confer-ence opener at Loyola by a score of 2-1 on Sept. 26 and finished out its home season with a 3-3 tie against Bowling Green. UDM tied Green Bay in Wisconsin, 1-1, in the first round of the Hori-zon League Championship (Nov. 6) and the Titans advanced to the next round after netting four goals during the shootout to the Phoenix’s one. At the close of the regular season, senior Renato Susnja earned all-conference second team honors for the second year in a row. In 2007, UDM posted eight shutouts and ended with an over-all record of 5-10-5 and a 1-4-3 mark in Horizon League play to finish eighth in the conference. Detroit started the season with seven-straight road games, which included an appearance at the BGSU Invitational. In Bowling Green, the Titans defeated both Canisius (4-0) and Central Arkansas (2-1 OT) to finish first among the pool of competitors. The Titans’ final win came at Cleveland State (4-0) and UDM closed out the season with a 4-3 overtime loss at Butler in the first round of the Horizon League Championship. In 2006, the Titans finished seventh in the conference with a 6-9-3 overall mark and a 2-5 record in Horizon League play. De-troit won three-straight and four out of five games in September. UDM finished the year with a 2-1 overtime loss against Green Bay in the first round of the conference championship. In 2005, Detroit amassed a 12-6-2 overall record and a 6-1-0 mark in conference play. The Titans claimed the league regu-lar season title for the second time in school history, but fell to Milwaukee in the championship game, 1-0. Lupenec was named conference coach of the year for the third time, while four Titans earned all-conference honors. Lupenec’s other two coach of the year honors came in 1995, when it was the MCC after leading the Titans to the regular sea-son title, and then in 1996 when UDM had its only NCAA berth.

yr. rec. Conf. Pl. Coach‘87 7-8-1 N/A L. Stankovich‘88 7-10-2 N/A L. Stankovich‘89 6-13-0 1-5-0 3rd-N. L. Stankovich‘90 3-14-0 1-7-0 8th L. Stankovich‘91 3-12-2 1-4-1 6th L. Stankovich‘92 7-11-1 1-5-1 7th M. Lupenec‘93 16-4-3 4-1-1 2nd M. Lupenec‘94 8-8-4 4-4-2 4th-E. M. Lupenec‘95 13-6-2 6-0-2 1st M. Lupenec‘96 14-4-4 5-2-1 3rd M. Lupenec‘97 10-7-2 5-1-1 2nd M. Lupenec‘98 4-11-2 1-5-1 7th M. Lupenec‘99 7-14-0 3-4-0 6th M. Lupenec

UDM Year-by-Year Coaching Records‘00 3-13-1 1-5-1 7th M. Lupenec‘01 7-8-4 1-5-1 7th M. Lupenec‘02 11-6-3 2-4-1 6th M. Lupenec‘03 8-9-2 2-4-1 6th M. Lupenec‘04 14-6-0 4-3-0 3rd M. Lupenec‘05 12-6-2 6-1-0 1st M. Lupenec‘06 6-9-3 2-5-0 7th M. Lupenec‘07 5-10-5 1-4-3 8th M. Lupenec‘08 4-13-3 1-6-1 9th M. LupenecTOTal: 175-202-46

OverallMorris lupenec 149-145-41 .506louie Stankovich 26-57-5 .324

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Senior w F6-3 w 185Clinton Twp., MI/Chippewa valley/Tiffin

Morrislupenec

Head Coach18th Season149-145-41 (.506)

Lupenec came to Detroit after a successful playing and coach-ing career at nearby Oakland University. OU went to the Division II Tournament during each of the three seasons Lupenec served as an assistant to head coach Gary Parsons. During Lupenec’s playing days, the Pioneers, as they were known then, advanced to the national semifinals his junior and senior seasons. He earned all-region accolades both of those cam-paigns and also played in the 1983 East-West Senior Bowl. Lu-penec is still ranked third on the Pioneer career list in goals scored (57), in points (152) and is fifth all-time in assists (38). He also holds the school single-game record for goals (6) and points (13), while he shares the school mark for goals in a season (20) with two other Pioneers. OU honored Lupenec in 1990 as he was inducted into its hall of fame. In addition to his duties at Detroit, Lupenec is the Coaching Director for one of the top youth programs in the country, the Vardar Soccer Club. Lupenec and his wife Diane currently reside in Rochester Hills, MI, with their children, Chelsea (19), Jenna (16) and Justin (8). His twin brother, Mike, is UDM’s head women’s soccer coach.


Coaching Staff

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NickDeren

assistant CoachSixth Season

Nick Deren enters his sixth season as an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Detroit Mercy. Deren’s main re-sponsibilities include running training sessions, conditioning and recruiting, match preparation, as well as scheduling and fundrais-ing. Deren is no stranger to the local soccer scene as he coaches for the Michigan Rush and he also worked with both the Troy and Vardar Soccer Clubs. In addition, Deren has served as a state team coach for the Michigan Olympic Development program for the past four years. Coming to Detroit as a transfer from Oakland University where he played two seasons (1995-96), Deren closed out his colle-giate career with the Titans (1997-99). While with Detroit, Deren netted seven goals, while dishing out five assists at the midfield spot. During his junior season, Deren started eight games for De-troit and closed out the year tied for fourth among his teammates with 10 points. After redshirting the 1998 campaign, he started 16 contests and tallied three goals, while adding a pair of assists. Following his career at Detroit, Deren played for the PDL’s Detroit Dynamite, as well as the Michigan Madness. Deren graduated from UDM in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree

in history. He holds a USSF “B” Licesnse, as well as an Advanced National Diploma from the NSCAA. Deren and his wife Jeanne (a former UDM assistant track coach) reside in Northville, MI, and have two daughters, Evelyn and Amelia.

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ablayeCamara

assistant CoachFirst Season

A familiar face will join the University of Detroit Mercy men’s soccer team as Ablaye Camara, who was a four-year starter for the Titans from 2001-04, will serve as an assistant coach. In his four-year career with the Titans, Camara was named to the All-Horizon League First Team his last three seasons and garnered All-Newcomer accolades in 2001. Camara was also a two-time selection to the All-Tournament team (2003, ‘04) and he earned both the Arthur Ashe Award and the President’s Award senior season. Camara’s name can be found several times in UDM’s record book, which includes seven season and five career records. Some of Camara’s career records include: second in career goals (36), second in points (98), third in assists (26) and first in shots (229). Currently, Camara is an adjunct professor at Detroit in math-ematics for University Academic Services, as well as for economics in the economics department. In addition, Camara is the coordina-tor of the Successful Transition and Retention (STAR) program. Camara graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2005 and also holds a certificate in business, an MBA from Detroit and a master’s in financial economics (UDM).


Player Profiles

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NickDreshaj

Senior w d/F6-3 w 185Clinton Twp., MI/Chippewa valley/Tiffin#9

2008... Saw action in all 20 games and started 18 of those contests… Ended with five assists to lead the Titans and tied for sixth in the Horizon League… Placed seventh among conference peers with 0.25 assists per game… Tied for a team second-best nine points… Scored first goal in a Titan uniform at Buffalo (Sept. 7)… Tallied three points in Detroit's 3-2 victory against Xavier (Sept. 21)… Scored first for either team and earned an assist on the game-winning goal in the second overtime against the Musketeers… Collected an assist ver-sus Green Bay (Oct. 5), in Detroit's 3-1 win at Western Michigan (Oct. 19), against Butler (Oct. 31) and in the 1-1 tie in the Hori-zon League Championship First Round at Green Bay (Nov. 6)… Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

At Tiffin...Played two seasons for the Dragons… Earned All-Independent Collegiate Athletic Association (ICAA) First Team honors in 2006 and ‘07… Named American Mideast Conference (AMC) Freshman of the Year… Earned AMC Second Team honors in 2006… Started all 17 games sophomore season… Tied for a team-best 10 goals and led the Dragons in assists with six in 2007… Finished second season at TU with a team-high 26 points.

Dreshaj’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS G a P SOG GWG2008 20/18 2 5 9 11 0

Prep...2006 graduate of Chippewa Valley High School… Earned three varsity letters in soccer… Played one season of junior varsity foot-ball and one season on the varsity squad for the Big Reds… Played for Vardar 89 for five years.

Personal...Son of Alex and Gjina Dreshaj… Born on Nov. 14, 1988… Has a younger brother, John… Majoring in business management.


Player Profiles

jakeMunchiando

Senior w d/MF5-8 w 165Troy, MI/Troy athens/Oakland#16

2008... Started all 18 games he saw action in… One of two Titans to assist on the second goal in Detroit’s 3-2 double overtime win against Xavier (Sept. 21)… Dished out second helper of the year in the first goal of Detroit’s 3-1 victory at Western Michigan (Oct. 19)… Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2007...Played in all 20 games and was in the starting line-up 17 times... Ended season tied for fourth among teammates in total points (5)... Netted first collegiate goal in UDM’s season opening game at Cal State Northridge (Aug. 31)... Dished out lone assist of the

Munchiando’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS G a P SOG GWG2007 20/17 2 1 5 8 12008 18/18 0 2 2 0 0Totals: 38/35 2 3 7 8 1

year against Canisius (Sept. 14)... Helped lead the Titans to a 1-0 shutout victory at Xavier (Sept. 28) with second goal of season.

Prep...2006 graduate of Troy Athens… Three year varsity letterwinner in soccer… Earned All-Michigan Honorable Mention honors senior season… Named all-region in 2005… Garnered all-district honors both junior and senior years… Led the Red Hawks in goals scored final three years at Troy… Member of the National Honor Soci-ety… Earned one varsity letter for wrestling.

Personal...Son of James and Liz Munchiando… Born on Nov. 6, 1987… Has two siblings, Alex and Sam… Majoring in civil engineering.


Player Profiles

KenSimon

Senior w MF6-2 w 160Brighton, MI/Brighton#6

2008... In Detroit’s starting line-up 19 times… Tied for a team second best-three assists and tied for fourth in points with seven… Col-lected all three helpers in UDM’s 3-2 double overtime win against Xavier (Sept. 21)… Helped lead the Titans to a 2-1 victory at Loyola (Sept. 26) as he scored off a free kick with four seconds left in the first half… Added a goal for Detroit in its 3-1 win at Western Michigan (Oct. 19).

2007...Played in all 20 games and was in the starting line-up every con-test except one... Closed out the season third among teammates in points (8)... Scored first goal of the season at IPFW to help UDM end in a 2-2 tie (Sept. 12)... Was one of four Titans to net a goal against Canisius (Sept. 14)... Dished out four assists on the year, two of which came at Butler (Nov. 9).

2006...Started one game for the Titans before succombing to a season-ending injury.

Simon’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS G a P SOG GWG2006 1/1 0 0 0 0 02007 20/19 2 4 8 13 12008 19/19 2 3 7 11 0Totals: 40/39 4 7 15 24 1

Prep...2006 graduate of Brighton High School… Earned three varsity letters… Garnered Dream Team First Team, All-Michigan Class A and first team all-region honors… Named Most Valuable Player of the Kensington Valley Conference in 2006… Helped lead the Bulldogs to the state semifinals senior season.

Personal...Son of Kevin and Connie Simon… Born on Oct. 23, 1988… En-joys playing basketball… Majoring in business.


Player Profiles

aliYoussef

Senior w d/MF5-10 w 160Canton, MI/Plymouth/Schoolcraft#15

Youssef’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS G a P SOG GWG2008 18/11 0 1 1 4 0

2008... … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Prep...Transfer from Schoolcraft… 2006 graduate of Plymouth High School… Earned three varsity letters in soccer at PHS… Served as team captain for the Wildcats for two seasons… Helped lead PHS to capture first-ever district win freshman year… Garnered all-district and all-conference honorable mention honors in 2005… Collected three hat tricks senior season… Netted 17 goals in last year with the Wildcats… Played with club team, Canton Celtic, for seven years… Four-year varsity letterwinner in wrestling… All-time leader in career wins with 115 in Plymouth’s record books… Holds record in amount of takedowns for one season with 150 (2006)… Earned all-conference honors senior year… Both a regional and state qualifier in 2006… Helped lead the Wildcats to

district titles in 2004 & ‘05… Served as wrestling team captain and last two years at Plymouth… Earned MVP honors for the Wild-cats in wrestling in 2005 & ‘06.

Personal...Son of Jeff and Jackie Youssef… Born on Aug. 27, 1988… Has three younger brothers: Said, Mohamad, Hussein... Majoring in finance/pre-law.


Player Profiles

Charliehancock

Junior w MF5-5 w 140new Hudson, MI/South lyon#23

2008... Did not see action in any contests.

2007...Competed in first collegiate game on Sept. 14 against Canisius in the first game of the Falcon Classic, which the Titans won by a score of 4-0... Saw action at Butler (Oct. 21).

Prep...2007 graduate of South Lyon High School… Earned varsity let-ters in both wrestling and soccer… Member of the National Honor Society… Played for the club team, Livonia Meteors.

Personal...Son of Chuck and Linda Hancock… Born on Jan. 5, 1989… Has an older sister, Jessica, and two younger brothers, Kevin and Ryan… Majoring in engineering.

hancock’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS G a P SOG GWG2007 2/0 0 0 0 0 0


Player Profiles

jacobMechlowitz

Junior w MF/F5-11 w 155Sterling Heights, MI/u of d Jesuit#17

Mechlowitz’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS G a P SOG GWG2007 2/0 0 0 0 0 02008 4/0 0 0 0 0 0Totals: 6/0 0 0 0 0 0

2008... Saw action in four games for the Titans... Tallied a shot in De-troit’s 3-2 double overtime win against Xavier (Sept. 21).

2007... Saw action in two games... Played in first collegiate game against Canisius (Sept. 14) at the Falcon Classic... Titans defeated the Golden Griffins, 4-0, and went on to capture the tournament ti-tle... Also played at Butler (Oct. 21).

Prep...2007 graduate of University of Detroit Jesuit… Earned two varsity letters in soccer at U of D Jesuit and two at Sterling Heights High School… Earned all-district and all-league honors senior season... Captain of soccer team in 2007... Two-year varsity letter winner in track at U of D Jesuit... Played for Vardar Soccer Club, as well as San Marino

Personal...Son of Janice and Mayer Mechlowitz… Born on Dec. 5, 1988… Has three siblings: Derek, Blake and Ari… Enjoys drawing... Ma-joring in biology.


Player Profiles

jonbowman

Sophomore w MF5-9 w 160Findlay, OH/Findlay#7

2008... Saw action in 14 games and started two of those con-tests… Played in first collegiate game against Evans-ville (Aug. 29) and was also in the starting line-up…Dished out lone assist of the season in the second goal of Detroit’s 2-0 shutout win against IPFW (Oct. 22)… Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Prep...2008 graduate of Findlay High School… Earned three varsity letters in soccer… Named to the all-league sec-ond team junior season… Ended 2007 second among teammates in assists (9) and fourth (8) in goals… Served as team captain final year with the Trojans… Closed out senior season ranked second for Division I players in Ohio with 26 goals… Named both FHS Offensive Player of the Year and MVP senior year… Dished out 12 assists to end 2008 with 64 points… Rewarded for outstanding senior season with Greater Buckeye Con-ference Player of the Year honors, as well as being named first team all-league… Earned several other honors in 2008, including All-Northwest Ohio First Team, Aca-demic All-Ohio and All-Ohio Second Team… Four-year Scholar Athlete at FHS (4.0 GPA)… Played for the Pacesetter Premier Soccer Club for five years… Led his club team in scoring and assists final year with the squad, while also serving as team captain…. Starting midfielder of Ohio North ODP squad for three seasons (2005-07).

bowman’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS G a P SOG GWG2008 14/2 0 1 1 1 0

Personal...Son of Greg and Crystal Bowman… Born on July 20, 1990… Has three siblings: Nick, Andrea and Zach… Enjoys fishing and play-ing guitar… Majoring in biochemistry.


Player Profiles

adamPhilp

Sophomore w F5-10 w 150Windsor, On/St. Joseph’s Catholic#14

2008... Played in all 20 games for the Titans and was in the starting line-up 19 times… Ended the season second among teammates with four goals and tied for a team second-best nine points… Scored first collegiate goal and the game-winner at Western Michigan (Oct. 19)… Found the back of the net, twice, in Detroit’s 2-0 shut-out victory over IPFW (Oct. 22)… Netted fourth goal of season in a 3-3 tie against Bowling Green (Nov. 4)… Dished out lone assist on the year versus Butler (Oct. 31)… Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Prep...2008 graduate of St. Joseph’s Catholic High School… Played two years varsity soccer, one junior varsity… Lasers won the South-western Ontario Soccer Championship senior season… SJCHS was a Windsor & Essex County finalist and Ontario quarterfinal-ists in 2008… Played first two years of soccer at Riverside Second-ary... Earned the Most Promising Freshman Male Athlete award for the Rebels… Played two years of basketball and competed for two seasons with cross country at Riverside... Named RSHS Most Dedicated Player for basketball in 2005… Garnered MVP honors for basketball in 2004… Played for Vardar from 2004-08 and was a state cup finalist 2004-07… On the Academic Honor Roll all four years.

Philp’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS G a P SOG GWG2008 20/19 4 1 9 9 2

Personal...Son of Burt and Liz Philp… Born on Nov. 5, 1990… Enjoys play-ing basketball, volleyball and video games... Majoring in account-ing.


Player Profiles

SamSeppo

Sophomore w F6-0 w 175Port Huron, MI/Port Huron#10

2008... Started 19 games for the Titans… Ended third among teammates with three goals and tied for a team fourth-best seven points… Saw action in first collegiate contest against Evansville (Aug. 29)… Netted first goal against Canisius (Sept. 5)… Fired off the eventual game-winner in the 62nd minute at Loyola (Sept. 26)… Dished out game-winning assist in Detroit’s 2-0 win against IPFW (Oct. 22)… Found the back of the net against Butler on Halloween.

Prep...2008 graduate of Port Huron High School… Three-time varsity letterwinner in soccer… Holds the school record in career goals (84)… Netted a season record 40 goals in 2008… Earned All-MAC First Team honors senior season… Named to the all-dis-trict first team and the all-area first team in 2008… Garnered both All-Michigan Honorable Mention and all-region honors final year with the Big Reds… Named MVP for PHHS senior year… Tabbed as the Times Herald Player of the Year in 2008… Earned three varsity letters in basketball… Named to the All-MAC First Team, all-district first team and all-area first-team for basketball senior season… Selected as MVP for the Big Reds in basketball in 2008… Played one year club ball for Sarnia Fury, Vardar and MetroStars… Led all three teams in scoring… Earned team MVP honors for the Fury… Member of the National Honor Society.

Seppo’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS G a P SOG GWG2008 19/19 3 1 7 19 1

Personal...Son of John and Sherry Seppo… Born on Nov. 9, 1989… Has four sisters: Analiisa, Ruth, Bethany and Joyelen... Enjoys playing basketball, running and collecting sports cards... Enrolled in the 5-year Physician Assistant’s program.


Player Profiles

julioCastillo

Sophomore w MF5-10 w 150Cupertino, Ca/Homestead#11

2008... First year with the Titan men’s soccer program... Did not see any action during the season due to an injury.

Prep...2008 graduate of Homestead High School… Four year varsity letterwinner in soccer… Finished 2007 with 12 goals and 10 as-sists despite a season ending injury… Earned all-tournament team honors senior year… Named to the All-Homestead Tournament Team in 2006… Earned all-league first team honors sophomore season… Tabbed as De Anza League Midfielder of the Year in 2005… Garnered all-league second team honors in 2004... Named De Anza League Freshman of the Year… Finished career at HHS with 24 goals and 48 assists… Played club soccer with Chivas FC for three years… Chivas was Premier League Champions in 2006 and Youth National Futsal Champions the previous season.

Personal...Son of Julio and Carmen Castillo… Born on April 28, 1990… Has two siblings: Daniel and Amanda… Majoring in business.

MikeChiandussiSophomore w d6-0 w 170Windsor, On/St. Thomas of villanova/Windsor#2

at Windsor... Played in 10 games during the 2008 campaign.

Prep...2008 graduate of St. Thomas of Villanova… Earned league MVP honors senior year… Served as captain the last two years with the Wildcats… Squad was ranked eighth among other high school teams in Ontario in 2007… Also competed in football, cross country, soccer, as well as track & field for the Wildcats… Earned MVP honors for football in 2006… Captain of the Windsor F.C. Nationals for five years… Nationals were Ontario Cup finalists in 2007.

Personal...Son of Frank and Joanne Chiandussi… Born on Oct. 24, 1990… Has two siblings: Chris and Laura… Majoring in engineering.


Player Profiles

NateRobinson

Sophomore w MF5-10 w 160novi, MI/novi/Cincinnati#8

at Cincinnati... Played in 16 games and was in the starting line-up twice for the Bearcats in 2008.

Prep...Earned three varsity letters at Novi High School… Member of three straight Kensington Valley Conference championship teams… Ended both junior and senior seasons as the Wildcats’ leading scorer… Finished career at NHS with 45 goals and 31 as-sists… Garnered All-KVC, All-Michigan, all-area and all-region accolades following senior campaign… Played club soccer for the Michigan Wolves and Vardar Academy Team… Member of the Michigan ODP team… Selected as MVP of Cincinnati Soccer Academy in 2007.

Personal...Son of Moira and David Robinson… Born on May 4, 1990… Ma-joring in finance.

alexGriceSophomore w MF5-9 w 145east lansing, MI/lansing Christian/Stevens Inst. of Tech.#13

at Stevens Institute of Technology... Saw action in two games during his one season at SIT… Ducks closed out 2008 as the Division III NCAA National runners-up.

Prep...2008 graduate of Lansing Christian School… Earned four varsity letters in soccer… Earned All-Michigan First Team honors junior season… Played both junior varsity basketball and baseball fresh-man year… Member of the band and wrote for the LCS student newspaper… Played four years with the 90 Michigan Wolves club soccer team… Wolves were Michigan Club Cup Champions in 2007.

Personal...Son of Suzie Cox and Steve Grice… Born on Dec. 26, 1989… Has two brothers: Kyle and Alex… Awarded the Eagle Boy Scout Award … Major is undecided.


Player Profiles

Otienovictor

Sophomore w MF6-2 w 165Kisumu nyanza, Kenya/Kakamega/Madonna#15

at Madonna... Saw action in 18 of 20 games for the Crusaders and received the starting nod 16 times… Finished 2008 first among teammates in both goals and points with nine and 21, respectively… Scored two game-winning goals on the year… Dished out three assists.

Prep...Played four years of soccer at Kakamega High School in Kisum-Western Province, Kenya…Named KHS Player of the Year in 2007… Garnered Man of the Match award senior season… Awarded the Golden Boot in 2006… Helped KHS to a Kakamega District title in 2007, along with the Western Province and Kenyan National titles… Won third place at the Science Congress and was named the best physics student in form 1 and 2.

Personal...Son of Otieno Fred and Akoth Roselyne... Born on March 31, 1991... Has five siblings: Gordon Odhiambo, Elianor Auma, Yvonne Adhiambo, Carol Akinyi and Tiellen Auma... Majoring in Pre-med.

Tomalott

Freshman w d/F6-4 w 180Brighton, MI/Brighton#21

Prep...2009 graduate of Brighton High School… Four-year varsity let-terwinner in soccer… Served as team captain last two seasons with the Bulldogs… Squad was KLAA and regional champions… Member of DECA… Played four years for Vardar Academy.

Personal...Son of Paul and Josie Allott… Born on Aug. 16, 1991 in Rother-ham, England… Has one older brother, Matt… Enjoys running, snowboarding and camping… Majoring in business.


ChrisKobayashi

Freshman w d5-7 w 150new Hudson, MI/South lyon#20

Prep...2009 graduate of South Lyon High School… Four-year varsity letterwinner in soccer at SLHS… Tabbed as Most Valuable Fresh-man in 2005… Garnered Offensive MVP honor for the Lions se-nior season… Played club soccer for Brighton for one year and Michigan Rush for three… Rush was state cup finalists in 2007 and ’08.

Personal...Son of Bob and Sue Kobayashi… Born on July 4, 1991… Has one older sister, Nicole… Enjoys fishing, golfing, as well as playing basketball and baseball… Majoring in business.

jacebearden

Freshman w d/F6-1 w 165Canton, MI/Salem#18

Prep...2009 graduate of Salem High School… Three-year varsity let-terwinner in soccer at SHS… Rocks were All-KLAA, district champions and regional finalist senior season… SHS was district champs and regional finalist in 2006… Earned four varsity letters in track and field… Named freshman of the year for track… Placed fourth at regionals in high jump and long jump in 2007… Tabbed as regional champion in high jump junior season… All-area & in-

Moustafabazzi

Freshman w F5-7 w 140dearborn, MI/amer. Muslim acad.#22

Prep...2009 graduate of American Muslim Academy… Played one year of varsity soccer at Fordson High School… Earned FHS Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2008… Played four years for Vardar Soccer Club… Participated in the 3v3 World Championship at the Disney Wide World of Sports.

Personal...Son of Samir and Dalal Bazzi… Born on Aug. 27, 1992… Has two younger siblings: Mohamad and Aya… Enjoys playing soccer, basketball and football… Majoring in dentistry.

door/outdoor state qualifier in 2008… Played two years of bas-ketball for the Rocks… Played for club team, Michigan Rush, for three years… Rush was 2008 State Cup finalist and 2008 MRL First Division Champions.

Personal...Son of Randy and Michele Bearden... Born on Dec. 22, 1990... Has an older brother, Randy... Enjoys snowboarding, jet skiing and listening to music... Major is undecided.

Player Profiles


joeyKrizanek

Freshman w d/F6-0 w 190Canton, MI/Canton#19

Prep...2009 graduate of Canton High School… Earned four varsity let-ters in soccer at CHS… Closed out senior season as leading scorer for the Chiefs… Ended playing career at CHS with 25 goals and 13 assists… Played basketball for one season and was on the track & field team for a year… Club team, Michigan Rush, was state cup finalists, twice, during his three years with the club.

Personal...Son of Rob and Kim Krizanek… Born on Nov. 12, 1990… Has one older brother, Mike… Enjoys watching movies and playing video games… Majoring in business.

Patlepera

Freshman w MF6-1 w 180Windsor, On/St. Joseph’s Catholic#3

Prep...2009 graduate of St. Joseph’s Catholic High School… Served as team captain senior year… Named team Most Valuable Player in 2008… Named SJCHS athlete of the year from 2005-08… School was WECSSAA, SWOSSAA and OFSAA champions sopho-more season and SWOSSAA champion the following year… Earned MVP honors at the University of Michigan Elite Recruit-

ing Camp in 2008… Named MVP for the Lasers volleyball team junior and senior seasons… Played for the Windsor F.C. Nationals for nine years and Vardar Academy for one… Four-year MVP for WFCN… Served as team captain for WFCN for eight years.

Personal...Son of Maria and Tony Lepera... Born on Nov. 9, 1991... Has two older siblings: Andrea and Michael... Majoring in business.

KevinPinkos

Freshman w d/MF5-10 w 160Clarkston, MI/Clarkston#12

Prep...2009 graduate of Clarkston High School… Four-year varsity let-terwinner in soccer… Earned All-OAA Red District honors all four years playing with the Wolves… Named all-league in 2006 & ‘08… Garnered All-Michigan honors senior season… Tabbed all-region freshman and senior seasons… Ended high school playing career with 32 career goals and 41 total assists… played with the Vardar Soccer Club for three years.

Personal...Son of Mary and Andy Pinkos... Born on Jan. 26, 1991... Has two older siblings: Eric and Cori... Majoring in business.

Player Profiles


MartinRobertson

Freshman w GK6-1 w 170newmarket, On/St. andrew’s College#1

Prep...2009 graduate of St. Andrew’s College… Member of the varsity soccer team for two seasons and volleyball squad for one… Started high school career at Ecole Secondaire Catholique Renaissance… Played varsity soccer, volleyball and basketball for two seasons at ESCR… Earned MVP honors for volleyball team both seasons... Played club soccer with the Oak Ridges Knights… Knights were St. Catharines’ Grape and Wine Youth Tournament Champion in 2006 and a finalist the following year… Played for club team, Woodbridge Strikers... Strikers Ontario Cup Finalists in 2009.

Personal...Son of Danielle and Struan Robertson... Born on May 14, 1991... Has one younger sibling, Catherine... Enjoys playing volleyball and music... Major is undecided.

jeremyStoychoff

Freshman w d5-10 w 160Canton, MI/Salem#4

Prep...2009 graduate of Salem High School… Four-year varsity letter-winner in soccer… Earned team MVP honors 2005, ‘07 and ‘08… Named SHS Best Defender freshman and junior seasons… Served

as team captain for the Rocks last two years… Earned All-KLAA Western Lakes honors in 2008… SHS was regional finalist sopho-more and senior campaigns… Tabbed as All-Michigan Third Team in 2008… Played club soccer for Michigan Rush for two years.

Personal...Son of Karen and Michael Stoychoff... Born on Jan. 15, 1991... Has one older sister, Ashley... Enjoys listening to music and hang-ing out with friends... Majoring in engineering.

brandonWaterstradt

Freshman w GK6-4 w 220dearborn Heights, MI/detroit Cath. Central#0

Prep...2009 graduate of Detroit Catholic Central… Played three years varsity soccer at CC… Earned All-Catholic League Central Divi-sion First Team Honors senior season… Finished career with the Shamrocks with a 0.86 GAA… Played club ball with the Novi Jaguars for three years… Member of the Brothers’ Club at CC.

Personal...Son of Mark and Sharon Waterstradt… Born on Sept. 3, 1991… Has two older brothers: Dan and Jason… Majoring in nursing.

Player Profiles


all-leaGue (MCC through 2000 season; Horizon League 2001-pres.)

1989 Goran Cepo (2nd) Danny Jovanovski (2nd)1990 Goran Cepo (2nd)1992 Radek Papiez (1st) Dario Rauker (2nd)1993 Radek Papiez (1st) Kal Kaliszewski (2nd) Dave Poniatowski (2nd) Dario Rauker (2nd) Jeff Thomas (2nd)1994 Radek Papiez (2nd) Dominic Vella (2nd)1995 Jorge Ferreira (1st) Tim Blackwell (2nd) Kal Kaliszewski (2nd) Jeff Thomas (2nd)1996 Tim Blackwell (1st) Jorge Ferreira (1st) Jeff Thomas (2nd) Dominic Vella (2nd)1997 Jorge Ferreira (1st) Matt Quinter (1st)1998 Jorge Ferreira (1st) Matt Quinter (1st) Dan Savich (2nd)1999 Marcel Flemming (1st) Matt Quinter (1st)2000 Marcel Flemming (1st)

2001 Steve Nottingham (1st)2002 Ablaye Camara (1st) Steve Nottingham (1st) Aaron Byrd (2nd)2003 Ablaye Camera (1st) George Kithas (1st)2004 Vahid Assadpour (1st) Ablaye Camara (1st) Jason Massoglia (2nd) Andrew Ornoch (2nd)2005 Sasha Boskovic (1st) Jason Massoglia (1st) Andrew Ornoch (1st) Aaron Smith (2nd)2006 Jason Massoglia (1st) Vahid Assadpour (2nd)2007 Christian King (2nd) Renato Susnja (2nd)2008 Renato Susnja (2nd)

all-neWCOMer1989 Jason Trefonas1991 Radek Papiez1992 Marcus Cudnk Dario Rauker1993 Tim Blackwell Scott Fouracre Vincent Iacozza Kal Kaliszewski John Truskowski1994 Dominic Vella1995 Jorge Ferreira Craig Przygoda 1996 Matt Quinter Dan Savich1999 Aaron Byrd2001 Ablaye Camara George Kithas Steve Nottingham2002 Chad Aboud2003 Vahid Assadpour Andrew Ornoch2004 Sasha Boskovic Chris Fudge2007 Renato Susnja

all-TOurnaMenT TeaM1993 Scott Fouracre Steve Glover Kal Kaliszewski Jeff Thomas1994 Kal Kaliszewski Radek Papiez Dominic Vella1995 Jeff Thomas Dominic Vella1996 Tim Blackwell

Jorge Ferreira Kal Kaliszewski Jeff Thomas1997 Marcel Flemming1998 Jorge Ferreira1999 Emil Calixterio Marcel Flemming Matt Quinter Neil Williams2003 Ablaye Camara George Kithas2004 Sasha Boskovic Ablaye Camara Andrew Ornoch Aaron Smith2005 Sasha Boskovic Jason Massoglia

all-TOurnaMenT TeaM MvP1995 Dominic Vella1996 Jeff Thomas

Player OF THe year1996 Tim Blackwell1997 Jorge Ferreira2005 Andrew Ornoch

neWCOMer OF THe year1993 Kal Kaliszewski1995 Jorge Ferreira1998 Marcel Flemming

OFFenSIve Player OF THe year

2005 Andrew Ornoch

deFenSIve Player OF THe year

2005 Jason Massoglia

GOalKeePer OF THe year2005 Sasha Boskovic

COaCH OF THe year1995 Morris Lupenec1996 Morris Lupenec2005 Morris Lupenec

Past league awardWinners

Jorge Ferreira


daTe OPPOnenT W/l SCOre reC. COnF. aTT. SCOrerS (aSSISTS)Aug. 29 vs. Evansville# L 0-2 0-1-0 0-0-0 - --Aug. 31 at Kentucky# L 0-5 0-2-0 0-0-0 527 --Sept. 5 vs. Canisius L 1-3 0-3-0 0-0-0 188 Seppo, Sam (Szwed, Mateusz)Sept. 7 at Buffalo L 1-3 0-4-0 0-0-0 50 Dreshaj, Nick (unassisted)Sept. 19 MICHIGAN L 1-5 0-5-0 0-0-0 123 Zahra, Simon (Susnja, Renato)Sept. 21 XAVIER W 3-2 (2ot) 1-5-0 0-0-0 165 Dreshaj, Nick (Simon, Ken) Spencer, Matt (Simon, Ken; Munchiando, Jake) SUSNJA, RENATO (Dreshaj, Nick; Simon, Ken)Sept. 26 at Loyola* W 2-1 2-5-0 1-0-0 467 Simon, Ken (unassisted) SEPPO, SAM (Kloss, Bryan)Sept. 28 at #10 UIC* L 0-2 2-6-0 1-1-0 621 -- Oct. 3 MILWAUKEE* T 1-1 (2ot) 2-6-1 1-1-1 79 Susnja, Renato (Youssef, Ali)Oct. 5 GREEN BAY* L 2-5 2-7-1 1-2-1 - Zahra, Simon (unassisted) Hess, Joe (Dreshaj, Nick)Oct. 11 at Wright State* L 0-2 2-8-1 1-3-1 314 --Oct. 17 CLEVELAND STATE* L 0-1 2-9-1 1-4-1 113 --Oct. 19 at Western Michigan W 3-1 3-9-1 1-4-1 311 Susnja, Renato (Munchiando, Jake) PHILP, ADAM (Dreshaj, Nick; Zahra, Simon) Simon, Ken (Zahra, Simon; Susnja, Renato)Oct. 22 IPFW W 2-0 4-9-1 1-4-1 111 PHILP, ADAM (Seppo, Sam) Philp, Adam (Bowman, Jon)Oct. 28 OAKLAND L 0-3 4-10-1 1-4-1 101 --Oct. 31 #21 BUTLER* L 1-3 4-11-1 1-5-1 121 Seppo, Sam (Philp, Adam; Dreshaj, Nick)Nov. 2 at Valparaiso* L 0-3 4-12-1 1-6-1 287 --Nov. 4 BOWLING GREEN T 3-3 (2ot) 4-12-2 1-6-1 233 Philp, Adam (Powell, Brandon) Susnja, Renato (Zahra, Simon) Powell, Brandon (Susnja, Renato)Nov. 6 at Green Bay% T 1-1 (2ot) 4-12-3 1-6-1 146 Susnja, Renato (Dreshaj, Nick) (advanced on shootout, 4-1)Nov. 9 at Loyola@ L 0-4 4-13-3 1-6-1 123 --

* - Horizon League Game# - Kentucky Invitational (Lexington, KY)% - Horizon League Championship First Round (Green Bay, WI)@ - Horizon League Championship Second Round (Chicago, IL)Game-winning goal in BOld.

Overall Home away neutralAll Games ............................4-13-3 ................. 2-5-2 ................2-6-1 ................. 0-2-0Horizon League .....................1-6-1 ................. 0-3-1 ................1-3-0 ................. 0-0-0Non-Conference .....................3-7-2 ................. 2-2-1 ................1-3-1 ................. 0-2-0

Team record Pct. record Pct.UIC 6-1-1 .812 12-4-6 .682Butler 5-0-3 .812 13-3-4 .750Cleveland State 5-2-1 .688 9-8-3 .525Green Bay 4-2-2 .625 6-7-5 .472Loyola% 3-3-2 .500 12-6-4 .636Wright State 3-4-1 .438 6-14-1 .310Milwaukee 1-5-2 .250 4-10-5 .342Valparaiso 1-6-1 .188 6-10-3 .394detroit 1-6-1 .188 4-13-3 .275% - Horizon League champion and NCAA Championship qualifier

2008 HOrIzOn leaGue FInal STandInGSOverallConf.

Overall TeaM STaTISTICS UDM Opp.SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot Attempts ...... 21-246 .....50-294 Goals Scored Average ........1.05............ 2.50 Shot Pct. ..............................085............ .170 SOG-Attempts ............... 95-246 ...139-294 SOG Pct. .............................386............ .473 Shots/Game .......................12.3............ 14.7 Assists ................................. 23 ................ 41CORNER KICKS .................. 82 .............. 100PENALTY KICKS ................ 0-0 ............. 4-4PENALTIES Yellow Cards ....................... 33 ................ 20 Red Cards ............................ 3 ...................0ATTENDANCE ...................... Total .................................. 1046 .......... 2846 Dates/Avg. Per Date ........ 9/116 ........9/316 Neutral Site #/Avg. ........... 2/94

2008 Results/league Standings


OFFenSIve STaTISTICSno. name GP-GS G a Pts. GWG Shots yC-rC08 SUSNJA, Renato 20-20 5 3 13 1 31 2-0 Horizon League 8-8 1 0 2 0 11 2-014 PHILP, Adam 20-19 4 1 9 2 16 1-0 Horizon League 8-8 0 1 1 0 5 1-009 DRESHAJ, Nick 20-18 2 5 9 0 32 4-0 Horizon League 8-7 0 2 2 0 12 2-010 SEPPO, Sam 19-19 3 1 7 1 43 3-1 Horizon League 7-7 2 0 4 1 10 2-106 SIMON, Ken 19-19 2 3 7 0 29 1-0 Horizon League 7-7 1 0 2 0 15 1-023 ZAHRA, Simon 18-18 2 3 7 0 26 3-0 Horizon League 8-8 1 0 2 0 15 2-012 POWELL, Brandon 16-2 1 1 3 0 5 0-0 Horizon League 6-0 0 0 0 0 2 0-019 SPENCER, Matt 20-16 1 0 2 0 21 1-0 Horizon League 8-8 0 0 0 0 10 1-003 HESS, Joe 20-20 1 0 2 0 3 2-0 Horizon League 8-8 1 0 2 0 1 1-016 MUNCHIANDO, Jacob 18-18 0 2 2 0 3 1-0 Horizon League 7-7 0 0 0 0 2 1-005 SZWED, Mateusz 18-15 0 1 1 0 13 5-1 Horizon League 7-7 0 0 0 0 1 2-115 YOUSEFF, Ali 18-11 0 1 1 0 9 2-0 Horizon League 7-3 0 1 1 0 5 1-007 BOWMAN, Jon 14-2 0 1 1 0 5 0-0 Horizon League 4-0 0 0 0 0 1 0-001 KLOSS, Bryan 17-15 0 1 1 0 0 2-0 Horizon League 5-5 0 1 1 0 0 0-013 UEBRUECK, Kurt 19-3 0 0 0 0 8 1-0 Horizon League 8-2 0 0 0 0 4 0-017 MECHLOWITZ, Jacob 4-0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Horizon League 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-004 NEDWICKI, Matt 11-0 0 0 0 0 1 1-0 Horizon League 4-0 0 0 0 0 1 1-0 TOTal 20 21 23 65 4 246 33-3 HOrIzOn leaGue 8 6 5 17 1 95 OPPOnenTS 20 50 41 141 13 294 20-0 HOrIzOn leaGue 8 15 15 51 6 122

GOalKeePInG STaTISTICSno. name GP-GS MIn Sv SO Ga Gaa01 KLOSS, Bryan 17-15 1297:08 59 1 27 1.87 Horizon League 5-5 405:00 24 0 7 1.5600 GRAF, Paul 4-3 246:46 17 0 9 3.28 Horizon League 3-3 201:46 15 0 6 2.680 PANECCASIO, Luke 8-2 333:59 11 0 14 3.77 Horizon League 3-0 133:14 1 0 0 0.00 TEAM 0:00 2 0 0 0.00 Horizon League 0:00 1 0 0 0.00 Total 20 1877:53 89 1 50 2.40 Horizon league 8 740:00 46 0 18 2.19 Opponents 20 1877:53 89 8 21 1.01 Horizon league 8 740:00 30 4 6 0.73

2008 HOrIzOn leaGue aWard WInnerS

First TeamBraden Fleak Wright StateEduqrdo Garcia ButlerFrank Patano ButlerTosaint Ricketts Green BaySlavisa Ubiparipovic Cleveland StateJC Banks Green BayEric Gehrig LoyolaBaggio Husidic UICKeum Sung Kim LoyolaRobert Younger UIC

Second TeamBoris Gatzky ButlerOscar Lomeli ValparaisoMatt Spiess UICEric Frazier MilwaukeeKyle Pateros ButlerDavid Prochazka Green BayRenato Susnja DetroitMitch Boyer Cleveland StateAlen Husidic UICTony Walls Green BayNick Hegeman Butler

All-Newcomer TeamScott Waggoner LoyolaEric Frazier MilwaukeeRodolfo Lucas ValparaisoJustin Mancine Cleveland StateJulian Serrato UICStephen Byer Cleveland StateMatt Hedges ButlerTony Maxey MilwaukeeTony Walls Green BayErik Warren LoyolaKyle Zobeck Valparaiso

Player of the YearBaggio Husidic UIC

Offensive Player of the YearBaggio Husidic UIC

Defensive Player of the YearRobert Younger UIC

Goalkeeper of the YearJovan Bubonja UIC

Newcomer of the YearTony Walls Green Bay

Coach of the YearJohn Trask UIC

all-league Winners/2008 Stats


GOalS SCOred name Goals year1. Jorge Ferreira 16 19982. Dave Poniatowski 14 1993 Jorge Ferreira 14 19964. George Kithas 13 20025. Jorge Ferreira 12 1995 Jorge Ferreira 12 1997 Ablaye Camara 12 2002 George Kithas 12 2003 Andrew Ornoch 12 200410. Vincent Iacozza 11 1993 Marcel Flemming 11 1999 Ablaye Camara 11 200413. Radek Papiez 10 1994 Michael Giese 10 1995 Andrew Ornoch 10 200516. Pete Tagnalos 9 1988 Ablaye Camara 9 200318. Chris Bologna 8 1988 Radek Papiez 8 1993 Tim Blackwell 8 1993 George Kithas 8 2001 Jason Massoglia 8 2005

aSSISTSname assists year1. Radek Papiez 16 19932. Dave Poniatowski 13 19933. Tim Blackwell 11 1995 Tim Blackwell 11 19965. Tim Blackwell 10 1993 Vahid Assadpour 10 20057. Richard Gerspacher 9 1995 George Kithas 9 2002 George Kithas 9 200310. Danny Jovanovski 8 1989 Marcus Cudnik 8 1992

TeaM reCOrdSWins: 16 (1993)Losses: 14 (1990)Ties: 5 (2007)Most Goals Scored: 69 (1993)Fewest Goals Scored: 17 (1990, ‘91)Most Assists: 77 (1993)Fewest Assists: 10 (1991)Most Points: 215 (1993)Fewest Points: 41 (1991)Most Shots: 312 (2003)Fewest Shots: 123 (1991)Most Saves: 142 (1989)Goals Against Average: 1.11 (1996)Fewest Goals Allowed: 22 (2005)Most Goals Allowed: 68 (1999)Shutouts: 9 (1993)Opponent Shutouts: 10 (2007)

SInGle GaMe reCOrdS

IndividualGoals: 4 (Dave Poniatowski vs. Niagara, 10/8/93; Ablaye Camara vs. Centenary; 9/26/04)assists: 5 ( Josh Back vs. Alabama A&M, 11/1/98)Points: 9 (Dave Poniatowski vs. Niagara, 10/8/93)Shots: 11 (Danny Jovanovski vs. Tri-State, 9/12/87)Saves: 16 (Don Koontz vs. Maryland, 9/11/88)

TeamGoals: 10 (vs. Niagara, 10/8/93; vs. Canisius, 10/10/93)Opponent Goals: 9 (Southern Methodist, 9/12/99)assists: 16 (vs. Alabama A&M, 11/1/98)Shots: 53 (vs. Aquinas, 10/13/88)Opponent Shots: 30 (Illinois-Chicago, 10/23/01; Maryland; 9/11/88)

Dario Rauker 8 1993 Jorge Ferreira 8 1995 Emil Calixterio 8 1998 Ablaye Camara 8 2002 Vahid Assadpour 8 2006

POInTSname Points year1. Dave Poniatowski 41 19932. Jorge Ferreira 35 1998 George Kithas 35 20024. George Kithas 33 20035. Radek Papiez 32 1993 Jorge Ferreira 32 1995 Ablaye Camara 32 20028. Jorge Ferreira 30 1996 Jorge Ferreira 30 199710. Vincent Iacozza 28 199311. Andrew Ornoch 27 2004 Ablaye Camara 27 200413. Tim Blackwell 26 1993 Radek Papiez 26 199415. Michael Giese 25 1995 Andrew Ornoch 25 200517. Marcel Flemming 24 1999 Ablaye Camara 24 200319. Pete Tangalos 21 1988 Chris Bologna 21 1988 Dominic Vella 21 1994 Richard Gerspacher 21 1995

SaveSname Savess year1. Don Koontz 118 1989 Kal Kaliszewski 118 19953. Don Koontz 111 19884. Jason Wood 103 19925. Kal Kaliszewski 92 19966. Don Koontz 90 19907. Bryan Kloss 88 20078. Don Koontz 85 1991 Sasha Boskovic 85 2005 Sasha Boskovic 85 2006

SHOTSname Shots year1. Ablaye Camara 90 20032. Jorge Ferreira 61 19973. George Kithas 60 20034. Ablaye Camara 58 20025. Jorge Ferreira 57 19966. Mark Djurovski 56 20067. Jorge Ferreira 53 19958. Jason Massoglia 52 20069. Marcel Flemming 51 200010. Andrew Ornoch 51 2005

Season Records


GOalS SCOredname Goals1. Jorge Ferreira 542. Ablaye Camara 363. George Kithas 334. Andrew Ornoch 265. Pete Tangalos 246. Jason Massoglia 23 Marcel Flemming 238. Dave Poniatowski 229. Richard Gerspacher 20 Tim Blackwell 2011. Aaron Byrd 19 Michael Giese 1913. Chris Bologna 18 Vincent Iacozza 1815. Dominic Vella 1716. Danny Jovanovski 1617. Goran Cepo 1418. Stephen Glover 1319. Radek Papiez 12 Renato Susnja 12 Eric Tafaj 12 John Truskowski 12

aSSISTSname assists1. Tim Blackwell 392. Vahid Assadpour 273. Ablaye Camara 264. Radek Papiez 255. Dave Poniatowski 23

6. George Kithas 20 Dario Rauker 208. Jorge Ferreira 19 Jeff Thomas 1910. Aaron Byrd 1811. Goran Cepo 14 Danny Jovanovski 14 Dan Savich 1414. Emil Calixterio 13 Richard Gerspacher 1316. Jason Alexander 12 Marcel Flemming 12 Michael Giese 12 Pete Tangalos 12 Dominic Vella 12

POInTSname Points1. Jorge Ferreira 1272. Ablaye Camara 983. George Kithas 864. Tim Blackwell 795. Radek Papiez 716. Dave Poniatowski 677. Andrew Ornoch 60 Pete Tangalos 609. Marcel Flemming 5810. Aaron Byrd 5611. Richard Gerspacher 5312. Michael Giese 5013. Chris Bologna 46 Danny Jovanovski 46 Dominic Vella 4616. Vincent Iacozza 4517. Vahid Assadpour 4318. Goran Cepo 4219. Dario Rauker 3420. John Truskowski 33

SHOTSname Shots1. Ablaye Camara 2292. Jorge Ferreira 2193. Marcel Flemming 1684. George Kithas 1495. Aaron Byrd 1366. Andrew Ornoch 1277. Radek Papiez 1268. Tim Blackwell 1149. Danny Jovanovski 11210. Pete Tangalos 10511. Chris Bologna 97 Kevin Messing 9713. Dave Poniatowski 9614. Michael Giese 9515. Goran Cepo 91

Jason Massoglia 91 Dominic Vella 9118. Dario Rauker 8519. Vahid Assadpour 78 Stephen Glover 78

SaveSname Saves1. Don Koontz 4042. Kal Kaliszewski 3503. Sasha Boskovic 2464. Michael McAfee 1865. Brandon Taylor 1566. Bryan Kloss 1517. Jim Grewe 1238. Matthew Strabbing 999. Bryan Kloss 9210. Dominic Pizzo 8011. Anthony Santilli 5012. Jerry Lubiarz 4513. Jason Wood 4214. Pat Brinker 3215. Ryan Lenarcic 2416. Ryan Mendonca 2317. Paul Graf 1718. Luke Paneccasio 1119. Chris Holling 920. Rich Fatyma 6 Jason Thompson 6

GaMeS Playedname Games 1. Dario Rauker 832. John Truskowski 823. Jeff Thomas 814. Michael Solan 805. Tim Blackwell 79 Jorge Ferreira 79 Scott Fouracre 79 Kal Kaliszewski 799. Matt Quinter 7810. Steve Hlywa 76 Radek Papiez 7612. David Lepore 7413. Ablaye Camara 7314. Aaron Byrd 72 Marcel Flemming 72 Emil Calixterio 72 Kevin Messing 72 Richard Gerspacher 7219. Dave Poniatowski 7120. Nate Kunkel 70

Career Records

Tim Blackwell


Entering its 31st season of operation in the 2009-10 academic year, the Horizon League continues to aspire toward its goal of being one of the nation’s leading athlet-ics conferences while being recognized as a leader in the development of student-ath-letes as leaders and role models. The Horizon League membership fea-tures ten public and private institutions that have impressive academic reputations and a storied tradition of broad-based athletic programs. Current membership includes Butler University, Cleveland State Univer-sity, the University of Detroit Mercy, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Valparaiso University, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State University and Youngstown State University. The Horizon League’s primary focus is on adding value to the educational expe-rience through its four platforms: athletic performance, academic achievement, com-munity outreach, and personal responsibil-ity and accountability. It is the League’s belief that athletics is a powerful and visible resource tool that can be used to enhance student-athletes’ collegiate experience. The Horizon League’s goals are to en-hance the holistic university experience for the student-athlete, to create an affiliation of institutions with similar athletic goals, and to adhere to the principals of integrity, diversity, excellence and growth. The Horizon League sponsors competi-tion in 19 sports – nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swim-

ming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and tennis) and ten for women (basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis and volleyball). The League receives automatic bids to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s volleyball, and for the first time in League history, women’s golf. The Horizon League is headquartered in Indianapolis, the “Amateur Sports Capi-tal of the World,” with offices in the Pan American Plaza (201 S. Capitol Avenue), located a block from Lucas Oil Stadium and just minutes from Conseco Fieldhouse, the State Capitol Building, Victory Field (home of the Indianapolis Indians) and the NCAA national office.

a Proud history... Founded on June 16, 1979, as the Mid-western City Conference with six charter members, the League changed its name to the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985 and added women’s sports for the 1986-87 academic year. Charter members of the conference included current mem-bers Butler and Loyola as well as the Uni-versity of Evansville, Oklahoma City Uni-versity, Oral Roberts University and Xavier University. Among other current members, Detroit joined in 1980, and Cleveland State, UIC, Green Bay, Milwaukee and Wright State came aboard in 1994 (along with North-ern Illinois University) in the largest non-merger conference expansion in history. Youngstown State joining in 2001 and Val-paraiso in 2007. On June 4, 2001, the Horizon League unveiled its current name and ushered in a new dynamic direction that has brought the League closer to its stated goal of being one of the nation’s top ten collegiate ath-letic conferences with a focus on enhancing the student-athletes’ experience by upgrad-ing the League’s market and competitive positions.

athletic Success... In the past few years, the Horizon League has enjoyed unprecedented success on the national stage, highlighted by three Sweet Sixteen appearances (Butler 2003, 2007; Milwaukee 2005) and nine wins in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Champion-ship in the past seven seasons. In other sports, League teams have won at least one game in their respective NCAA Championships each of the last seven sea-sons in men’s soccer (Milwaukee 2002-05, UIC 2006-08), with UIC just one win away from the College Cup in 2007. In softball, League teams won a game in the national tournament four straight years earlier in the decade (UIC 2002, 2004; Wright State 2003; Green Bay 2005) while advancing into the second round in women’s soccer three of the last five seasons (Detroit 2004, Milwaukee 2005-06). Green Bay’s women’s basketball team added to that résumé with a victory in the 2007 NCAA Women’s Basketball Cham-pionship, while Butler’s Victoria Mitchell became the League’s first NCAA individu-al champion when she won the 3,000-me-ter steeplechase at the 2005 NCAA Out-door Track and Field Championships.

Aspiring to teach young people, through athletic competition, the

value of learning, service to others and personal responsibility.

Horizon league Commissioner, Jon leCrone

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academic Success... Horizon League student-athletes also excel in the classroom as more than 500 have been named to the Academic Honor Roll each of the past seven semesters for carrying a grade-point average of 3.2 or better, including more than 600 for the last four semesters. Twenty-five student-ath-letes were named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District teams in 2008-09, while eight earned Academic All-America honors.

Community Service... In addition to its athletics success, the Horizon League has secured a well-earned reputation for its community service initia-tives. Each January, member institutions partner with local elementary schools for an art, music and essay contest highlight-ing the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with winners recognized at League games on the weekend of MLK Day. The Horizon League Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) also has continued a tradition of working with youth in Indianapolis during its annual summer meeting. In addition, several League men’s basket-ball coaches coached barefoot to support Samaritan’s Feet, and the League’s schools and fans donate to Komen for the Cure for breast cancer awareness during its annual women’s basketball championship. On campus, student-athletes have raised money and awareness for such causes as breast cancer, diabetes and hurricane relief, while hosting blood drives, neighborhood clean-ups, Big Brother/Big Sister programs and more.

Sportsmanship... One of the Horizon League’s points of emphasis is fostering collegial environ-ments for competition among student-ath-letes, coaches, administrators and fans in a pro-active approach. Among the vehicles is the Ethical Conduct Pledge, which is signed each season by student-athletes, coaches, officials, and campus and League administrators. Its purpose is to make all the involved groups aware of the Horizon

League expectations of behavior during conference events.

Demographics... Horizon League institutions boast a combined enrollment of more than 130,000 plus nearly a quarter-million living alumni centered in the League’s Midwest foot-print. League media markets include five of the nation’s top 35 in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Milwaukee, covering more than ten million television households and encompassing more than nine percent of the nation’s television audi-ence.

Governance... The Horizon League is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of the ten member institutions’ chief executive of-ficers. Dr. David Sweet, President of Youngstown State, serves as Board Chair through June 30, 2010. Ron Strollo, Ex-ecutive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Youngstown State, serves as chair of the Executive Council, and Christine Moeller, Assistant Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator at Cleveland State, is the Vice Chair and Sheila Patterson of Cleve-land State serves as chair of the Faculty Athletics Representatives.

leadership... Jonathan B. ( Jon) LeCrone is in his 18th year as Commissioner of the Horizon League, having been named to the position on May 11, 1992, and is the fifth-longest tenured commissioner among the 31 Divi-sion I conferences. He is the fifth commis-sioner in League history, succeeding Daniel B. “Tucker” DiEdwardo (1989-92), James W. Shaffer (1984-89), Cecil N. Coleman (1980-84) and James J. McCafferty (1979-80). LeCrone is in the second year of a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Lead-ership Council after completing a five-year term on the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee.

visibility... The Horizon League has enhanced its media visibility with a number of initia-tives. The League is in a five-year agree-ment with ESPN that includes selected regular-season men’s basketball action (ESPN2) and the men’s championship game (ESPN) and features increased expo-sures each year on ESPNU plus inclusion in the annual O’Reilly ESPNU Bracket-Busters, one of college basketball’s premier in-season events. In addition, the Horizon League has partnered with CBS College Sports to pro-vide the official web site at www.horizon-league.org, which offers the most compre-hensive coverage of Horizon League teams on the net.

horizon league Network... The Horizon League is a recognized leader in video streaming, through the Horizon League Network (HLN), having produced more than 1,200 free, live events in the past four years. HLN also features vignettes of all 19 League championships, weekly highlight videos during the men’s and women’s basketball season and other special programming. The network is primed for unprecedent-ed success and growth beginning in 2009-10, as it has partnered with WebStream Productions, a national leader in live sports webcasting with clients including NCAA championships and the Indianapolis Indi-ans Triple A baseball team.

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-a-Aboud, Chad 2002-03Agustyn, Derek 1999Alexander, Jason 1999-2000Allen, Chris 1987alott, Tom 2009-Amene, Uchenna 1991Andreopoulos, George 1991Armstrong, Adam 1997-98Arndt, Joe 1988-91Assadpour, Vahid 2003-06

-B-Babic, Danny 1989-92Back, Josh 1998-2000Barry, Patrick 1991Bazzi, Moustafa 2009-Bearden, Jace 2009-Becker, Paul 1987Blackwell, Tim 1993-96Bologna, Chris 1987-89Boskovic, Sasha 2004-06Bowman, Jon 2008-pres.Boyle, Joe 1987Brinker, Pat 1989-90Brooks, Joseph 2007Brown, Barry 2004-06Brown, Rich 1999Buck, Nathan 1995Byrd, Aaron 1999-02Burica, Domagoj 1997

-C-Calixterio, Emil 1997-2000Calkins, Robert 1988Camara, Ablaye 2001-04Castillo, Julio 2008-pres.Celestini, Scott 1997-98Cepo, Goran 1988-90Chiandussi, Mike 2009-Corder, Steve 1994-95, ’97Cudnik, Marcus 1992Cuellar, Richard 1994

-d-DelVerne, Mark 1987-90Deren, Nick 1997, ’99DeSimone, Michael 2003-05Diaz, Waldo 2000Djurovski, Mark 2006-07Draper, Jon 1987dreshaj, nick 2008-pres.

-e-Eaton, David 1988

-F-Fabian, Andrew 2002-03Fatyma, Rich 2006-07Felker, Brandon 2001-02Ferreira, Jorge 1995-98Flemming, Marcel 1997-2000Fouracre, Scott 1993-96French, Jon 2000Fudge, Chris 2004-05

-G-Galui, Anthony 1991Galvao, Rafael 2001-04Garlick, Thor 1988Garrish, Dale 1992Gasbarro, Joe 1987-89Gerspacher, Richard 1993-96Gianotti, Kyle 2004-06Giese, Michael 1994-96Glover, Stephen 1991-93Good, Kevin 1987-88Gostinger, Brian 1999Graf, Paul 2008Green, Mark 1990-91Grewe, Jim 1997-2000Grice, alex 2009-

-H-Hamilton, Jason 2002-04Hancock, Charlie 2007-pres.Hannish, Ray 2005Heckman, Tim 1987-88

Hess, Joe 2005, 2007-08Hlywa, Steve 2001-04Holling, Chris 1989-90, ’92Hopkins, Duane 2005Horvath, Tristan 2005-2007

-I-Iacozza, Vincent 1993-94Iding, Joe 1999Irimescu, Joe 2000

-J-Jeffrey, Shawn 1999Jonca, Michel 2006-07Jovanovski, Danny 1987-89

-K-Kaliszewski, Kal 1993-96Kawalit, Alex 2004-05Kennedy, Chris 1996Kimmel, Phil 2000-01King, Christian 2006-07Kingsbury, Chad 1992Kish, Andrew 2006Kithas, George 2001-03Kloss, Bryan 2006-08Kobayashi, Chris 2009-Koneval, Pancho 1989-92Koontz, Don 1988-91Kowalewski, Jerry 1998Koziara, Chris 2000-01Krizanek, Joey 2009-Kunkel, Nate 1997-2000Kurkowski, Kevin 1988-89Kuzniar, Larry 1987

-l-LaGore, Stephen 2005Lamphier, Ray 1992Lenarcic, Ryan 1994lepera, Pat 2009-Lepore, David 2002-05Lozito, Paul 1998-2000Lubiarz, Jerry 1987-90

all-Time Roster


Lukasik, Andy 1988Lutton, Brian 1987-88

-M-Malkowski, Mike 1987-88Maloney, Brian 1997Marske, Matt 1990-91Martin, Corey 2007Massoglia, Jason 2003-06McAfee, Mike 1998-01McCutcheon, Jeff 1997McMurtrie, David 1994, ’96Mechlowitz, Jacob 2007-pres.Mendonca, Ryan 2003Merritt, Robert 2006Messing, Chris 1990-93Messing, Kevin 1988-92Mulchay, Chris 2007Munchiando, Jake 2007-pres.Murdock, Jason 2000Murphy, Brandon 1999Murphy, Jim 1998

-n-Nedwicki, Matt 2008Nottingham, Steve 2001-02

-O-O’Connor, Keith 1994-97Ornoch, Andrew 2003-05Ostrowski, Jon 1992

-P-Luke Paneccasio 2008Pantaleo, David 2000-04Papiez, Radek 1991-94Parkinson, Geoff 1987Parra, Paulo 1997Patterson, David 1997Perlin, David 2000-01Philp, adam 2008-pres.Pichler, Adam 1993-95Pinkos, Kevin 2009-Pizzo, Dominic 1987

Poniatowski, Dave 1990-93Popescu, Alex 2003-06Powell, Brandon 2005-08Presley, Kyle 1999Przygoda, Chuck 1990Przygoda, Craig 1995-96

-Q-Quinter, Matt 1996-99

-r-Rauker, Dario 1992-96Raymond, Robert 2002-03robertson, Martin 2009-Robinson, Brandon 1994, ‘97robinson, nate 2009-Ruff, Calvin 1988-89

-S-Sanchez, Abram 1998Sanchez, Anthony 2000-03Sanchez, Nicholas 2000-03Santilli, Anthony 2001Savich, Danny 1996-98Scarchilli, Lorian 1987Scott, Eric 2001Schack, Jonathan 1996-99Schultz, Jeff 1987-90Seppo, Sam 2008-pres.Servedio, Nick 2006-07Setaputri, Andres 2006Shaley, Chris 1991, ‘93Shanku, Matt 2005Simon, Ken 2006-pres.Skamiera, Chet 2007Smith, Aaron 2003-05Solan, Michael 1992-95Spencer, Matt 2007-08Spuck, Brian 1993Stankovich, David 1995-98Story, Michael 1997Stoychoff, Jeremy 2009-Strabbing, Matthew 2002-04Susnja, Renato 2006-08

Szwed, Mateusz 2007-08

-T-Tafaj, Eric 2001-02Tangalos, Pete 1987-90Taylor, Brandon 1996-98Thomas, Jeff 1993-96Thompson, Jason 1994-95Thomson, Chad 1988Trefonas, Jason 1989-90Trivelloni, Antonio 1992Truskowski, John 1993-96

-u-Uebrueck, Kurt 2008

-v-Veit, Evan 2006Veit, Jordan 2006-07Vella, Dominic 1994-96victor, Otieno 2009-Vukoje, John 1989-92

-W-Walker, John 1988Waterstradt, Brandon 2009-Weich, Art 1990-91Wiggins, Scott 1992, ‘94Williams, Neil 1995-97, ‘99Williams, Sam 1989-92Windecker, Brett 2006-07Wood, Jason 1991-93Woods, John 1992Wright, Scott 2001

-y-Young, Thomas 1994Yousif, Joe 1987youssef, ali 2008-pres.

-z-Zahra, Simon 2007- 08Bold denotes current player.

all-Time Roster


1987 (7-8-1)September1 BOWLING GREEN .......L, 1-25 vs. Ohio State & ..............W, 1-06 vs. Wright State & ...........W, 4-28 NOTRE DAME ..............L, 1-712 at Tri-State .......................W, 3-014 MICHIGAN (Club) .......W, 4-116 at Michigan State .............W, 2-119 at Siena Heights ................L, 0-323 CENTRAL MICH. ........W, 4-2October3 at Aquinas ........................W, 4-04 XAVIER ...........................L, 1-37 WESTERN MICH. .........L, 1-317 at Denison .........................T, 2-222 EASTERN MICHIGAN L, 3-725 JOHN CARROLL ..........W, 5-128 TIFFIN .............................L, 0-1November6 Xavier % ............................L, 0-1& - CMU Tourn. (Mt. Pleasant, MI)% - MCC Tourn. (Indianapolis, IN)

1988 (7-10-2)September3 at Wright State ........L, 1-3 (OT)10 at Georgetown...................L, 1-311 at Maryland .......................L, 0-414 MICHIGAN STATE ......L, 2-317 DENISON ............W, 2-1 (OT)21 at W. Michigan .......L, 1-2 (OT)24 at Bowling Green ..............L, 1-428 SIENA HEIGHTS .........W, 2-130 at Notre Dame ..................L, 1-3October5 OAKLAND ............ T, 1-1 (OT)8 at Xavier ............................L, 0-311 at Michigan (Club) ...........L, 1-413 AQUINAS .......................W, 9-016 DAYTON ..............W, 2-1 (OT)19 CENTRAL MICH. T, 1-1 (OT)22 at Loyola ................W, 2-1 (OT)23 at DePaul ..........................L, 1-226 TRI-STATE ....................W, 4-029 at John Carroll..................W, 7-2November4 vs. Notre Dame % .............L, 0-6% - MCC Tourn. (Fenton, MO)

1989 (6-13-0)September3 DEPAUL ..........................L, 1-46 NOTRE DAME ....L, 3-4 (OT)11 at Michigan State ..............L, 1-213 at Notre Dame ..................L, 1-317 XAVIER ..........................W, 2-122 at Marquette ......................L, 0-223 at UW-Parkside ................L, 0-326 WESTERN MICH. .........L, 1-330 at Oakland .........................L, 0-3October3 BOWLING GREEN .......L, 1-56 at Loyola & ............W, 2-1 (OT)7 vs. Bradley & ....................W, 1-09 JOHN CARROLL ..........W, 6-111 at Eastern Michigan .........W, 2-115 LOYOLA .........................L, 2-318 WRIGHT STATE ...........L, 1-320 PURDUE (Club) .............W, 6-325 CENTRAL MICH. ........W, 2-129 MARQUETTE ...............L, 1-2November1 at St. Louis % ....................L, 1-3& - Loyola Tourn. (Chicago, IL)% - MCC Tourn. (Fenton, MO)

1990 (3-14-0)September7 MICHIGAN STATE ......L, 0-212 OAKLAND ......................L, 0-216 ST. LOUIS ........................L, 1-519 at Notre Dame ................W, 2-022 at Loyola ..........................L, 2-426 at Valparaiso ......................L, 2-429 XAVIER ...........................L, 1-4October3 CENTRAL MICH. ........W, 3-25 at UW-Green Bay ............W, 2-110 at Western Michigan .........L, 0-313 DAYTON .........................L, 1-516 at Bowling Green ..............L, 0-219 at Butler ...........................L, 0-620 at Evansville .....................L, 0-323 EASTERN MICH. ..........L, 1-327 MARQUETTE ...............L, 1-5November1 Xavier % ............................L, 1-2% - MCC Tourn. (Fenton, MO)

1991 (2-13-2)September11 at Oakland ............... T, 2-2 (OT)14 at Akron ............................L, 1-417 at Miami (OH) .................L, 2-520 EVANSVILLE .................L, 0-823 WESTERN MICH. ........W, 2-125 at Eastern Michigan ........W, 1-027 at Central Michigan & ......L, 0-328 vs. Valparaiso & .................L, 1-2October1 NOTRE DAME .............L, 0-36 BUTLER ...............W, 3-2 (OT)12 LOYOLA .........................L, 1-316 BOWLING GREEN .......L, 0-120 at Michigan State ..............L, 0-123 at Central Michigan ..........L, 0-327 at Xavier .................. T, 3-3 (OT)November1 at Dayton ..........................L, 1-36 vs. Notre Dame % .............L, 0-6& - CMU Tourn. (Mt. Pleasant, MI)% - MCC Tourn. (Indianapolis, IN)

1992 (7-11-1)September5 at Western Michigan .........L, 0-56 NORTHWESTERN ......W, 1-09 OAKLAND ......................L, 0-412 at Bradley & ......................L, 3-413 vs. UMKC & ....................W, 4-015 MICHIGAN STATE .....W, 3-118 LA SALLE .......................T, 2-220 VALPARAISO ................W, 2-123 CENTRAL MICH. ........W, 1-027 XAVIER ...........................L, 2-4October2 at Butler ...........................L, 0-34 at Ohio State .....................L, 0-17 at Notre Dame .................L, 1-211 DAYTON .........................L, 1-316 at Evansville .....................L, 2-418 at Bowling Green ..............L, 1-329 at Eastern Michigan .........W, 1-0November1 at Loyola .........................W, 2-15 vs. Evansville % .................L, 1-2& - Badley Soccer Cl. (Peoria, IL)% - MCC Tourn. (Indianapolis, IN)

1993 (16-4-3)September4 at Oakland ........................W, 1-0

5 at Siena Heights ...............W, 7-011 at La Salle .............W, 3-0 (OT)12 at St. Joseph’s .....................L, 1-514 NOTRE DAME ..............L, 1-319 BUTLER .........................W, 3-122 at Michigan State .... T, 3-3 (OT)26 VALPARAISO ................W, 3-029 LOYOLA ........................W, 4-0October3 at Central Michigan .........W, 1-06 BOWLING GREEN ......W, 2-08 at Niagara .......................W, 10-210 at Canisius ......................W, 10-213 WESTERN MICH. ........W, 1-016 EVANSVILLE ....... T, 1-1 (OT)20 EASTERN MICH. .........W, 6-124 at Xavier ..........................W, 4-227 at Dayton ..........................L, 0-330 at St. Bonaventure ............W, 2-031 at Buffalo ..........................W, 4-1November5 vs. La Salle % .......... T, 1-1 (OT)6 vs. Evansville % ................W, 1-07 vs. Notre Dame % .............L, 0-2% - MCC Tourn. (Indianapolis, IN)

1994 (8-8-4)September3 OAKLAND ......................L, 0-210 at UW-Milwaukee . T, 1-1 (OT)11 at Wisconsin .....................L, 0-314 MICHIGAN STATE .....W, 2-017 at Western Michigan ........W, 5-020 at Notre Dame .................L, 0-524 vs. Xavier & .......................L, 2-325 vs. Kentucky & ........ T, 2-2 (OT)27 LA SALLE .......................L, 2-4October2 NORTHERN ILL. T, 3-3 (OT)5 at Bowling Green ..............L, 1-29 at Loyola .........................W, 2-112 CLEVELAND STATE ..W, 2-116 CENTRAL MICH. ........W, 5-121 EASTERN MICH. .........W, 5-123 at Illinois-Chicago ..........W, 2-126 at Butler ...........................L, 2-330 at Wright State ................W, 2-0November3 UW-Green Bay % ... T, 1-1 (OT)4 UW-Milwaukee % ..L, 0-1 (OT)& - at Eastern Michigan% - MCC Tourn. (South Bend, IN)

1995 (13-6-2)September2 at Oakland ........................W, 2-16 WESTERN MICH. ........W, 2-08 vs. Mercer & ......................L, 3-49 at Western Kentucky & ....W, 4-113 at Michigan State ....L, 1-2 (OT)15 LOYOLA ........................W, 3-017 EASTERN MICH. .........W, 5-124 at Illinois-Chicago ..........W, 2-130 at Bowling Green # ...........L, 0-1October1 vs. Akron # ........................L, 1-25 at Notre Dame .................W, 1-08 at Northern Illinois .........W, 4-111 at Cleveland State ...........W, 2-115 WRIGHT STATE . T, 0-0 (OT)18 BUTLER ................ T, 1-1 (OT)21 at Louisville .............L, 1-3 (OT)27 at UW-Green Bay ...........W, 4-229 UW-MILWAUKEE ........W, 2-1November3 Cleveland State % ............W, 5-1

4 UW-Milwaukee % .W, 2-1 (OT)5 vs. Butler %........................L, 2-5& - West. KY Soccer Cl. (Bowling Green, KY)# - BGSU Kwik Goal Cl. (Bowling Green, OH)% - MCC Tourn. (DeKalb, IL)

1996 (14-4-4)September4 at Western Mich. ..... T, 2-2 (OT)7 at Loyola ................L, 0-2 (OT)11 at Butler ...........................L, 0-113 UW-GREEN BAY .........W, 4-115 DAYTON ............... T, 2-2 (OT)21 NIAGARA ......................W, 2-022 CANISIUS ......................W, 4-125 BOWLING GREEN ......W, 3-129 ILLINOIS CHICAGO ..W, 4-3October4 at Akron ...........................W, 2-08 at Cleveland State .. T, 2-2 (OT)12 at Wright State .................L, 0-316 MICHIGAN STATE ......L, 0-219 vs. Central Florida & .......W, 2-120 at Stetson & .....................W, 4-124 EASTERN MICH. .........W, 4-127 NORTHERN IL ............W, 1-0November3 UW-MILWAUKEE ........W, 1-08 vs. Loyola % .....................W, 2-19 UW-Milwaukee % ...........W, 1-1 10 Butler % ...........................W, 2-023 Bowling Green @ ..............L, 0-4& - Stetson Tourn. (DeLand, FL)% - MCC Tourn. (Indianapolis, IN)@ - NCAA First Round (Bowling Green, OH)

1997 (10-7-2)August29 vs. Fordham & .........L, 5-6 (OT)31 vs. St. Joseph’s & ................L, 2-3 September4 WESTERN MICH. .........T, 1-1 (OT)6 VALPARAISO ................W, 3-010 at Michigan State .............W, 2-112 at Canisius ........................W, 2-114 at Niagara ..........................L, 0-119 at UW-Green Bay ...........W, 3-121 at UW-Milwaukee ..........W, 2-125 BOWLING GREEN .......L, 0-3October1 CLEVELAND STATE ..W, 2-05 BUTLER ..........................L, 0-28 WRIGHT STATE . T, 1-1 (OT)15 LOYOLA ........................W, 3-119 at Illinois-Chicago ..........W, 3-021 EMU ......................W, 3-2 (OT)31 at Florida Atlantic ..W, 2-1 (OT)November2 vs. Central Florida # ..........L, 0-18 vs. Cleveland St. % ............L, 2-3& - Jesuit Cup (Chicago, IL)# - at Florida Atlantic% - MCC Tourn. (Milwaukee, WI)

1998 (4-11-2)September1 at Bowling Green ..............L, 1-24 vs. Loyola (Md.) & ............L, 0-46 vs. Fairfield & ..........L, 2-3 (OT)13 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO ...L, 1-219 Eastern Mich. # ....... T, 0-0 (OT)20 vs. Northeastern # ............L, 1-527 at Western Michigan ........W, 2-030 at Cleveland State ...........W, 2-1

Year-by-Year Results


October4 at Butler ...........................L, 0-511 UW-MILWAUKEE .........L, 2-314 at Loyola ..........................L, 1-418 at Wright State .................L, 1-421 OAKLAND .....................W, 2-125 UW-GREEN BAY T, 1-1 (OT)30 at Florida Atlantic $ ..........L, 1-4November1 vs. Alabama A&M $ ........W, 9-13 vs. Wright State % .............L, 1-2& - Jesuit Cup (Chicago, IL)# - Oakland/Soccer World Cl. (Rochester, MI)$ - FL Atlantic Cl. (Boca Raton, FL)% - MCC Tourn. (Indianapolis, IN)

1999 (7-14-0)September1 at Oakland .........................L, 0-54 vs. DePaul& .....................W, 4-35 vs. Western Kentucky& .....L, 1-310 at UNLV ...........................L, 3-412 vs. Southern Methodist# ..L, 0-915 WESTERN MICH. ........W, 4-017 at Drury ............................L, 1-519 at UM-Kansas City ...........L, 2-722 WRIGHT STATE ..........W, 1-026 at Eastern Mich. .....L, 1-2 (OT)29 CLEVELAND STATE .W, 4-0October3 BUTLER ..........................L, 1-46 LOYOLA ........................W, 3-110 ORAL ROBERTS L, 1-2 (OT)13 MICH. STATE .....L, 3-4 (OT)15 at UW-Green Bay ............L, 0-517 at UW-Milwaukee ...........L, 2-630 at Illinois-Chicago ...........L, 0-4November4 at Butler% ........................W, 3-25 vs. Wright State% .............W, 1-07 Illinois-Chicago% ............L, 0-2& - BGSU Tourn. (Bowling Green, OH)# - at UNLV (Las Vegas, NV)% - MCC Tourn. (Indianapolis, IN)

2000 (3-13-1)September1 Loyola Marymount& ........L, 0-23 San Francisco& .......L, 4-5 (OT)10 at Niagara .........................W, 2-114 BOWLING GREEN .......L, 1-217 at Michigan .......................L, 0-124 at Western Michigan ........W, 3-227 at Cleveland State ............L, 3-729 MILWAUKEE .......L, 0-1 (OT)October1 UIC ......................... T, 1-1 (OT)6 at Wright State .................L, 0-18 at Butler ...........................L, 1-513 UW-GREEN BAY ..........W, 1-015 at Valparaiso ......................L, 0-120 DRURY ............................L, 0-227 at Loyola ..........................L, 1-429 UMKC ..............................L, 3-431 at Loyola % .......................L, 1-3& - Jesuit Cup (Chicago, IL)% - MCC Quarterfinals

2001 (7-8-4)August31 at Niagara & .....................W, 2-1September2 vs. Canisius & ..................W, 2-07 at Northern Illinois ...........L, 0-19 at DePaul ...............W, 3-2 (OT)16 at Buffalo ................. T, 1-1 (OT)

18 OAKLAND ............ T, 0-0 (OT)23 BUTLER ................L, 2-3 (OT)25 CLEVELAND STATE ..W, 2-028 at UW-Green Bay ... T, 3-3 (OT)30 at UW-Milwaukee ...........L, 2-4October5 WRIGHT STATE .L, 1-2 (OT)12 WESTERN MICH. .........L, 1-214 VALPARAISO ................W, 3-119 at IPFW ...........................W, 4-121 ORAL ROBERTS . T, 1-1 (OT)26 at Illinois-Chicago ...........L, 1-328 at Bowling Green .............W, 3-231 LOYOLA .........................L, 2-5November10 at Butler % ........................L, 2-3& - Niagara Fall Cl. (Niagara, NY)% - Horizon League Quarterfinals

2002 (11-6-3)August30 vs. Xavier & ......................W, 5-1September1 vs. Canisius & ..................W, 4-37 vs. Duquesne # ........ T, 1-1 (OT)8 vs. Saint Francis # .............W, 1-011 BOWLING GREEN ......W, 4-115 NIAGARA ............W, 3-2 (OT)20 at Western Michigan ........W, 5-022 at Valparaiso .....................W, 2-126 at Oakland .........................L, 1-229 IPFW ...............................W, 3-1October2 at Cleveland State ..L, 2-3 (OT)4 UW-GREEN BAY .........W, 3-06 UIC ......................... T, 3-3 (OT)11 at Butler ...........................L, 1-613 at IUPUI ................W, 1-0 (OT)19 UW-MILWAUKEE .........L, 1-225 at Wright State .................L, 0-127 at Loyola ...............W, 2-1 (OT)November5 MICHIGAN .......... T, 1-1 (OT)9 at Illinois-Chicago % ........L, 1-5& - Jesuit Cup (Chicago, IL)# - BGSU Diadora Cl. (Bowling Green, OH)% - Horizon League Quarterfinals

2003 (8-9-2)September6 vs. Philadelphia Univ. & ....L, 0-47 at St. Joseph’s& ..................L, 1-23 at Oakland ............. T, 2-2 (2OT)14 VALPARAISO ............... W, 3-017 at Xavier ........................... L, 1-319 at IPFW ................. L, 2-3 (OT)21 WMU. ...................... W, 4-3 (2OT)26 at UW-Green Bay ...........W, 4-128 at UW-Milwaukee ...........L, 0-3October1 CLEVELAND ST. W, 2-1 (OT)5 IUPUI ............................. W, 3-011 LOYOLA ............. W, 2-1 (OT)17 WRIGHT STATE ......... W, 2-1 (2OT)19 at Western Illinois ............ L, 1-324 at Illinois-Chicago ...........L, 1-326 BUTLER ..........................L, 1-2November2 at Bowling Green .. T, 1-1 (2OT)8 CLEVELAND ST.% .......W, 1-014 vs. Butler ^.............. L, 2-3 (OT)& - Hawk Classic (Philadelphia, PA)% - Horizon League Quarterfinals^ - Horizon League Tourn. (Milwau-kee, WI)

2004 (14-6-0)September8 BOWLING GREEN ......W, 1-010 at Western Michigan .........L, 0-112 at Michigan .......................L, 2-1 17 XAVIER ......................... W, 4-219 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO . W, 2-023 at Butler ........................... L, 1-2 25 UW-MILWAUKEE ........ L, 0-426 CENTENARY ................W, 5-3October1 UW-GREEN BAY ..........W, 2-13 WESTERN ILLINOIS ..W, 4-18 at Wright State ...... W, 2-1 (OT)12 IPFW .................... W, 1-0 (OT)17 at Valparaiso .......... W, 1-0 (OT)20 at Cleveland State ........... W, 4-122 at IUPUI ..........................W, 4-129 at Loyola ..........................L, 3-431 OAKLAND .................... W, 4-1November6 UW-GREEN BAY% .......W, 1-012 vs. Butler^........................ W, 1-014 at UW-Milwaukee^ ....... L, 2-3% - Horizon League Quarterfinals^ - Horizon League Tourn. (Milwau-kee, WI)

2005 (12-6-2)September1 at Michigan .......................L, 0-22 vs. Xavier& ............ T, 0-0 (2OT)4 vs. Gonzaga& ........ T, 0-0 (2OT)16 vs. IUPUI# .......................W, 3-218 at Northern Illinois# ........W, 2-021 at Oakland .........................L, 1-223 WRIGHT STATE ...........L, 0-125 at Illinois-Chicago .W, 3-2 (OT)30 at UW-Green Bay ............W, 1-0October2 at UW-Milwaukee ...........W, 2-19 at IPFW .................W, 3-2 (OT)12 at Valparaiso .........W, 2-1 (2OT)16 CLEVELAND STATE ..W, 3-221 LOYOLA ........................W, 1-023 ORAL ROBERTS .L, 1-2 (2OT)28 BUTLER .........................W, 3-030 WESTERN MICH. .........L, 2-3November5 CLEVELAND ST.% .......W, 1-011 WRIGHT STATE^ ........W, 2-113 UW-MILWAUKEE^ .......L, 0-1& - Jesuit Cup (Chicago, IL)# - Northern Illinois Tourn. (DeKalb, IL)% - Horizon League Quarterfinals ̂- Horizon League Tourn. (Detroit, MI)

2006 (6-9-3)August25 vs. Eastern Ill. ...................W, 1-027 vs. Western Ill. ...................L, 0-2September1 at Buffalo ..........................W, 1-03 vs. Canisius ........................L, 2-315 UW-MILWAUKEE* ......W, 2-117 CENTENARY ................W, 4-020 IPFW ...............................W, 2-024 UIC* ..................................L, 0-327 at Michigan ........... T, 0-0 (2OT)29 UW-GREEN BAY* ..........L, 0-3October3 BOWLING GREEN .......L, 0-36 at Loyola* ..........................L, 0-18 at Western Mich. ... T, 2-2 (2OT)13 at Butler* ..........................W, 2-115 at Wright State ..................L, 2-4

18 at Cleveland State* ............L, 0-222 OAKLAND .......... T, 2-2 (2OT)28 at UW-Green Bay ...L, 1-2 (OT)* - Horizon League Game% - Horizon League Quarterfinals (Green Bay, WI)

2007 (5-10-5)August31 at Cal State Northridge .....L, 1-6September2 at Cal State Fullerton ........L, 0-15 at Oakland ............. T, 0-0 (2OT)12 at IPFW ................ T, 2-2 (2OT)14 vs. Canisius% ....................W, 4-016 vs. Cent. Arkansas ..W, 2-1 (OT)21 at Michigan .......................L, 0-223 BUFFALO ......................W, 1-028 at Xavier ...........................W, 1-030 WESTERN MICH. .........L, 0-1October3 VALPARAISO* ................L, 0-15 LOYOLA* ............ T, 0-0 (2OT)7 UIC* ...................... T, 0-0 (2OT)12 at Milwaukee* ...................L, 0-114 at Green Bay* ........ T, 0-0 (2OT)19 WRIGHT STATE* ..........L, 0-221 at Butler ............................L, 1-524 at Bowling Green ..............L, 1-226 at Cleveland State* ...........W, 4-0November9 at Butler$ ................L, 3-4 (OT)* - Horizon League Game % - BGSU Invitational (Bowling Green, OH)$ - Horizon League First Round (Indianapolis, IN)

2008 (4-13-3)August29 vs. Evansville% ..................L, 0-231 at Kentucky% ....................L, 0-5September5 vs. Canisius ........................L, 1-37 at Buffalo ...........................L, 1-319 MICHIGAN ....................L, 1-521 XAVIER ..........................W, 3-226 at Loyola* .........................W, 2-128 at UIC* ..............................L, 0-2October3 MILWAUKEE* .... T, 1-1 (2OT)5 GREEN BAY* ..................L, 2-511 at Wright State* ................L, 0-217 CLEVELAND ST. ...........L, 0-119 at Western Michigan ........W, 3-122 IPFW ...............................W, 2-028 OAKLAND ......................L, 0-331 BUTLER* .........................L, 1-3November2 at Valparaiso* .....................L, 0-34 BGSU ................... T, 3-3 (2OT)6 at Green Bay$ ....... T, 1-1 (2OT)(UDM Advances on Shootout, 4-1)9 at Loyola@ ........................L, 0-4* - Horizon League Game % - Kentucky Invitational (Lexington, KY); $ - Horizon League Ch. First Round (Green Bay, WI); @ - Horizon League Ch. Second Round (Chicago, IL)

Year-by-Year Results


Albion 1-2-0

Alabama A&M 1-0-0

Aquinas 2-0-0

Bowling Green 5-14-2

Bradley 1-1-0

Buffalo 3-1-1

Cal State Fullerton 0-1-0

Cal State Northridge 0-1-0

Canisius 6-2-0

Centenary 2-0-0

Central Arkansas 1-0-0

Central Florida 1-1-0

Central Michigan 6-2-1

Dayton 1-4-1

Denison 1-0-1

DePaul 2-2-0

Drury 0-2-0

Duquesne 0-0-1

Eastern Illinois 1-0-0

Eastern Michigan 8-3-1

Evansville 1-5-1

Fairfield 0-1-0

Florida Atlantic 1-1-0

Fordham 0-1-0

Georgetown 0-1-0

Gonzaga 0-0-1

IPFW 6-1-1

IuPuI 4-0-0

John Carroll 3-0-0

Kentucky 0-2-0

La Salle 1-1-2

Louisville 0-1-0

Loyola (MD) 0-1-0

Loyola Marymount 0-1-0

Marquette 0-3-0

Maryland 0-1-0

Mercer 0-1-0

Miami (OH) 0-1-0

Michigan 0-5-2

Michigan (Club) 1-1-0

Michigan State 4-7-1

UMKC 1-2-0

Niagara 5-1-0

Northeastern 0-1-0

Northern Illinois 3-1-1

Northwestern 1-0-0

Notre Dame 2-11-0

Oakland 4-8-6

Ohio State 1-1-0

Oral Roberts 0-2-1

Oregon State First Meeting

Philadelphia Univ. 0-1-0

Purdue (Club) 1-0-0

San Francisco 0-1-0

St. Bonaventure 1-0-0

St. Francis (PA) 1-0-0

St. Joseph’s 0-3-0

St. Louis 0-2-0

Siena Heights 2-1-0

SMU 0-1-0

Stetson 1-0-0

Tiffin 0-1-0

Tri-State 2-0-0

UNLV 0-1-0

Western Illinois 1-2-0

Western Kentucky 1-1-0

Western Michigan 10-9-3

Wisconsin 0-1-0

UW-Parkside 0-1-0

Xavier 6-7-2

2009 non-conference opponents in bold.

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Butler 7-18-1

Cleveland State 13-5-1

Green Bay 9-4-5

Loyola (IL) 14-10-1

Milwaukee 6-11-3

UIC 6-8-3

Valparaiso 8-5-0

Wright State 7-12-2

all-Time Results


Titan Field

The UDM athletic department proudly unveiled its new, on-campus soccer-track facility in October of 2007. The new facility is on the site of the old natural-grass Titan Field, and includes an A-Turf field, along with a six-lane polyurethane track and areas for the steeplechase and field events. The first event held in the new facility was a women’s soccer match against Wright State, which ended in a 1-1 tie. The Titans’ Trina Kochanski scored the new field’s first goal just 20 minutes into the contest. Two weeks later, the women would post the first Titan victory in the updated facility with a 4-0 blanking of Youngstown State. The field is also utilized by the UDM men’s and women’s track and field program as well as the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams, the only Division I programs in the state of Michigan. Phase 2 of the project, when completed in the future, will include stadium seating for 2,500-3,000 fans, concession stands, rest rooms, a press box, new scoreboard, lights and a building with space for offices, locker rooms and storage. “The construction of our new synthetic field and track is another big step forward for the Titan Athletics Program. I am excited that our student-athletes and coaches, who work so hard day in and day out, will have the on-campus facilities they need to train and compete,” Titans athletic director Keri Gaither said. “The University’s substantial commitment for the new facilities is a critical component of our sport expansion plans.”


Strength & Conditioning

The main goal of the Strength and Conditioning Department is to help the student-athlete improve physically and mentally in their respective sport. This will be accomplished in such a way that is safe and efficient for each individual athlete. As the student-athlete participates in these activities the strength and conditiong staff will work to lessen the possibility of injury or re-injury. If an injury should occur, they will work with the Sports Medicine Staff and the student-athlete to complete rehabilitation. Each team will have an individualized program based on their particular sport. Each program takes into account the intensity level, the physical demands, and skill involved in each individual sport and also each individual student-athlete. All teams and individuals will be subject to performance tests that will help design each program and also will help to determine the success of the program. The Strength and Conditioning Staff will work with each individual coach at all times. Each coach will receive updated

attendance, evaluation, and comments on a regular basis about each student-athlete. Communication is the key to success in the weight room and on the playing field. Each team will have a designated time in the weight room that will be scheduled by the coaches and also the Strength and Conditioning Staff. Once this scheduled time is set there are no exceptions for an individual to be late or miss completely. Student-athletes must contact their Strength Coach and also their Head Coach, prior to the scheduled time, if there is a time conflict. No team will ever work in the weight room without the supervision of one or more members of the Strength and Conditioning Staff.

larry BleaCH FITneSS CenTer

The Titans condition and train in the Larry Bleach Fitness Center, located in Calihan Hall. All UDM student-

athletes are trained under the supervision of two full-time certified strength and conditioning coaches: head coach Joe Tofferi and assistant Nick Wilson, as well as two intern assistants. Every member of the Titan strength and conditioning staff is assigned specific varsity teams, which allows daily interaction between the athletes, their coaches and the strength and conditioning staff. Such interaction is a tremendous asset when developing a program that best serves the athlete and the team. Titans student-athletes are also counseled in important areas such as nutrition in order to allow them to perform at their highest level. In the past year, the Fitness Center expanded by over 400 square feet. Four new Olympic style platforms, three squat racks and other auxiliary speed equipment have also been added – all designed and implemented to improve the Titans’ speed and power. The center also features an ONS Performance nutritional shake machine. The post-workout drink is designed to help every athlete recover from training and conditioning by insuring an increase in their protein and carbohydrate intake.

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