COBBER MEN’S SOCCER

GAMEDAY October 15, 2006 – 1 p.m.

Concordia-Moorhead vs. Upper Iowa Jake Christiansen Athletic Complex

GAME #13 Upper Iowa University (2­10­1)

at Concordia College (3­8­1)

October 15, 2006

Jake Christiansen Complex Moorhead, MN

GAME TIME: 1 p.m. SERIES: First meeting TODAY’S GAME: Today’s game has the Cobbers playing their fifth non­conference opponent of the season. Concordia has done very well in non­ conference games this season. They are 3­1 against teams outside the MIAC and have outscored their opponents 10­9 in those four games. Concordia’s only non­conference loss came at the hands of No.11­ ranked UC­Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, Calif. The Cobbers are 1­0 at home against teams outside the MIAC. After today, Concordia will play two more non­ conference games. The next non­league game will be next Sunday against Central (Iowa) at Carleton.

ABOUT TODAY’S OPPONENT: Location: Fayette, Iowa Founded: 1857 Enrollment: 2,500 Nickname: Peacocks Colors: Peacock Blue and White Stadium: Eischeid Stadium (3,500) Arena: Dorman Gymnasium (1,950) Web Site: www.uiu.edu/athletics

Cobber Gameday Profile–Brandon Root #10 Year: Junior Position: Forward Major: Communications Post Graduation Plans: Get married, have a family Place I would most like to visit: Rome, Greece, Istanbul (again) Favorite food: Subs, Chicken Tortilla Soup Favorite movies: Caddyshack, Animal House, Independence Day Favorite TV show: Seinfeld Favorite music groups: Red Hot Chili Peppers, O.A.R. Favorite book: Ecce Romani The three people I would most like to meet: JFK Jr., Pele, Michael Jordan Nobody knows how much I like to: Watch TV The biggest influence on my soccer career: Jack Crary, Dan Weiler, Jim Cella If I were to play another sport, it would be: Football (kicker) My dream job is: Play professional soccer

GAMEDAY GAME NOTES COBBER CORNERS

• The Cobbers enter today’s game with a 3­8­1 overall record. Concordia is coming off a 4­2 loss at the hands of Macalester on Saturday. In that game, Cobber junior Brandon Root scored his team­ leading fifth goal of the season.

• The two goals scored against the Scots yesterday were the most goals scored in a conference game by the Cobbers since they netted two against St. Mary’s in a similar 4­2 loss last season.

• The two­goal outburst also put an end to the MIAC scoreless streak that Concordia had amassed. In the end, the Cobbers went without scoring a goal in conference play for 628 minutes.

• Root has now scored four goals in his last three home games and is looking to round into the form that saw him lead the team in scoring in 2003 and 2004.

• Freshman Lane Muzzana is also starting to provide an offensive spark. Muzzana has scored two goals in the past three home games. He has also added an attacking dimension from the outside for the Cobbers. He is currently third on the team in scoring with two goals and one assist for five points.

• Senior co­captain Caleb Husmann collected an assist in yesterday’s game to move his season team­leading total to three. He is second on the team in scoring with seven points. Husmann also leads the team in shots taken with 27.

• Of the 13 goals scored by Concordia this season, five have come in the first half and eight have come in the final 45 minutes of play. However, the Cobbers have not scored a goal in the first half in any conference game this season.

• Today’s game marks the final contest of a three­game home stand. After today, Concordia will play at Carleton on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 1 p.m and then square off against Central (Iowa) on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 1 p.m at Carleton. The next CC home game will be on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 1 p.m. against the University of Mary.

PEACOCK PASSES Yesterday’s game recap against York (Neb.) (Courtesy of the Upper Iowa SID) The Upper Iowa Men’s Soccer Team traveled to York College (NE) for a match on Saturday afternoon. York defeated the Peacocks 2­1 in overtime.

The Peacocks spent the first 45 minutes playing defense and holding off the York attack. At the end of the first half, Upper Iowa only managed 2 shots, while York fired 9. Tyler Watkins made 4 saves in goal for the Peacocks and both teams went to the locker rooms at half tied at 0­0. In the second half, Upper Iowa became much more aggressive offensively. Upper Iowa outshot York 7­5 in the second 45 minutes. York found the back of the net first in the 53rd minute on a goal by Joey Leinen; assist by Deyan Mihaylov. UIU tied the game four minutes later in the 57th minute on an unassisted goal by Chris Pacheco. The game remained tied as the horn sounded the end of regulation.

Eight minutes into overtime, York scored the game winner on an unassisted shot by Nathan Anderson. The Peacocks record dropped to 2­10­1 on the season.

GAMEDAY ROSTERS CONCORDIA COLLEGE MOORHEAD “COBBERS” No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School 00 Mads Schmidt So. GK 6­1 170 Skive, Denmark/Skive 01 Dustin Pattengale Jr. GK 5­10 165 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 02 Robbie Tungseth Fr. D 5­11 160 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 03 Shane Evenstad Jr. D 6­0 170 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 04 Chad Morlock Jr. D/M 6­2 185 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 05 Matt Klein Jr. M/D 5­8 160 Fergus Falls, Minn./Fergus Falls 06 Ryan Albrecht Jr. D 5­11 155 Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater 07 Kevin Quimby Sr. M 5­4 130 Mahtomedi, Minn./Mahtomedi 08 Lane Muzzana Fr. D 5­10 170 Great Falls, Mont./C.M. Russell 09 Miguel Angel Diaz So. M 5­9 170 Pelican Rapids, Minn./Pelican Rpds 10 Brandon Root Jr. F 5­10 180 Fargo, N.D./Fargo South 11 Kwaku Opoku Jr. F 6­1 185 Takoradi, Ghana/Mfantsipion 12 Eric Juven Fr. M 5­8 140 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 13 Caleb Husmann Sr. M 6­0 170 Rochester, Minn./Century 14 Alex Brandt Jr. F 5­8 150 Duluth, Minn./Duluth Central 15 Aaron Klein So. M/D 5­8 165 Fergus Falls, Minn./Fergus Falls 16 Chase Hegarty So. M 5­8 165 Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata 17 Ryan Elling Jr. M 5­6 160 Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley 19 Kyle Walerius Fr. D 6­1 165 West Fargo, N.D./West Fargo 20 Mergim Vllahiu Fr. M 5­10 200 West Fargo, N.D./West Fargo 21 Kirby Johnson Fr. M/F 5­8 160 Crookston, Minn./Crookston 22 Gennadiy Patselov So. M/F 5­11 170 Fargo, N.D./Fargo North 23 Jered Magsam Fr. M 5­11 175 St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech 24 Matt Prendergast So. D 5­10 165 Rochester, Minn./Century 26 Alexander Jorgensen Fr. M 5­10 160 Trondheim, Norway/Videregaende 28 Brett Oestreich Jr. GK 6­4 190 Fargo, N.D./Fargo South

Coaching Staff: Head Coach – Damian Koshnick (Concordia ’98; 2 nd season) Assistant Coaches ­ Paul Berglund (2 nd Year)

UPPER IOWA “PEACOCKS” No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Prev.School 1 Tyler Watkins GK 6­1 175 So. Broken Arrow, Okla./Broken Arrow HS 2 Israel Blatchford MF 5­7 150 Fr. Nikiski, Alaska/Nikiski HS 3 Daniel Nettleton MF 5­8 150 So. Hudson, Wis./Inver Hills CC 5 Ken Andersen D 6­0 180 Jr. Oak Lawn, Ill./Oak Lawn Comm. HS 6 Craig Signorin F 6­2 180 So. Racine, Wis./Horlick HS 7 Jaryd White D 5­11 160 Fr. Johnston, Iowa/Johnston HS 8 Jeff Sabin MF 5­8 145 Jr. Mt. Vernon, Iowa/Mt. Vernon HS 9 Brett Plantage MF 6­3 166 So. Albert Lea, Minn./Riverland CC 10 Carlos Perez­Villa MF 5­8 170 Sr. Miami, Fla./Southwest Miami HS 11 Joshua Sabin MF 5­9 150 Jr. Mt. Vernon, Iowa/Mt. Vernon HS 12 Jacob Rasbeck F 5­8 145 So. Edgewood, N.M./Moriarty HS 13 Casey Holm F 6­1 175 Jr. Hudson, Wis./Dakota County CC 14 Brady Plantage D/MF 6­0 145 So. Albert Lea, Minn./Riverland CC 16 Derek Oja D 6­0 155 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington HS 17 Tavo Gomez F 5­7 143 Jr. Kaufman, Texas/Kaufman HS 18 Jeremy Jacobson MF/F 5­10 170 So. Albert Lea, Minn./Riverland CC 19 Steven Fellhauer D 5­9 150 Jr. Lakewood, Colo./Green Mountain HS 20 Chris Pacheco D 6­1 188 Jr. Canyon, Texas/Canyon HS 21 Dan Rodewald D 5­11 155 Fr. River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS 22 Kenneth Suniga MF 5­8 130 So. Albert Lea, Minn./Albert Lea HS 23 Brandon Thome MF/F 5­10 175 Jr. McHenry, Ill./McHenry CC 24 Joseph Gates GK/D 5­10 184 Fr. Racine, Wis./Horlick HS

Head Coach: Chad Leonard (2nd year) Assistant Coach: Dave Majkrzak

Peacock Soccer Info: 2005 Record: 2­16­1 Home: 1­3­0 Away: 0­11­1 Neutral: 1­2­0 Last Postseason: None 2005 Stat Leaders: Pts: Craig Signorin (11), Octavio Gomez (8) Goals: Craig Signorin (5), Octavio Gomez (4) Assists: Carlos Perez­Villa (3), Jeremy Fontenot and Jacob Rasbeck (2) Goals Against: Matthew Stalnick (3.63)

Cobber Soccer Info: 2005 Record: 1­15­0 2005 MIAC: 0­10­0 (11 th ) Home: 1­7­0 Away: 0­7­0 Neutral: 0­1­0 Last Postseason: 1996 – loss to Luther (4­1) in round of 16 in NCAA Tournament 2005 Stat Leaders: Pts: Sylvester Ndhlovu (12), Caleb Husmann (8) Goals: Sylvester Ndhlovu (5), Caleb Husmann (3) Assists: Four players tied with 2 Goals Against: Dustin Pattengale (4.03) Brett Oestreich (4.65)

GAMEDAY SCHEDULES 2006 Concordia Schedule SEPTEMBER___________________________ 2 vs. Concordia U. (Wis.) @ SJU W 2­1 3 vs. U. of Mary (N.D.) W 2­1 11 at UC­Santa Cruz L 0­4 13 at St. Thomas L 1­3 16 GUSTAVUS L 0­3 23 at St. Olaf T 0­0 2OT 26 HAMLINE L 0­4 30 at St. Mary’s L 0­2

OCTOBER_____________________________ 5 UW­SUPERIOR W 6­3 7 at Bethel L 0­1 10 AUGSBURG L 0­3 14 MACALESTER L 2­4 15 UPPER IOWA 1 p.m. 21 at Carleton 1 p.m. 22 vs. Central (Iowa) @ Carleton 1 p.m. 25 U. OF MARY (N.D.) 1 p.m. 28 ST. JOHN’S 3 p.m. 31 MIAC PLAYOFFS ­ Semifinal TBA

NOVEMBER____________________________ 4 MIAC PLAYOFFS ­ Final TBA

2006 Upper Iowa Schedule AUGUST 19 WALDORF COLL. (Exhibition.) W 4­2 24 at Saginaw Valley State L 0­1 25 at Northwood University L 0­4 30 at Univ. of Indianapolis L 1­2

SEPTEMBER___________________________ 2 at Drury University L 0­1 3 at Northwood University L 2­4 6 at Truman State University L 1­5 8 at Oakland City University T 1­1 9 at Union College W 2­0 16 at University of Mary L 1­2

OCTOBER_____________________________ 2 VITERBO UNIVERSITY L 2­3 8 UNIV. OF WISC.­SUPERIOR L 0­3 11 WILLIAM PENN UNIV. W 4­1 14 at York (Neb.) College L 1­2 OT 15 at Concordia 1 p.m. 18 LEWIS UNIVERSITY 12 p.m. 19 at University of Wis.­Parkside 4 p.m. 21 at Ashford University 2 p.m. 28 DAKOTA WESLEYAN 2 p.m.

COBBER LAST GAME RECAP Macalester 4 at Concordia 2 – Saturday, Oct. 14 The good news for Concordia on Saturday against perennial league power Macalester was that the Cobbers were able score two goals and stop their conference scoreless streak. Unfortunately, the struggling Macalester offense picked the wrong time to break out of their slump. When all the dust had settled at the Jake Christiansen Athletic Complex, the Scots had come away with a 4­2 victory.

Concordia came out in the opening 20 minutes and looked like they were ready to pull off the upset as they had several good scoring chances and were able to post multiple shots at the Macalester net.

The Scots however took advantage of their opportunities and scored the opening goal at 14:35. They would add another in the 33rd minute to take a 2­0 lead into the break.

Cobber junior Brandon Root pulled Concordia to within one goal when he netted his fifth goal of the year less than nine minutes into the second period.

Concordia was never able to get the equalizer and Macalester reestablished their two­goal cushion at 67:40 when Jake Rocke scored the second of his two goals on the day. That goal proved to be the deciding factor in the game. The Scots added to their lead at 78:32 when Mike Samuelson scored his second goal of the year.

Cobber freshman Lane Muzzana scored the second Concordia goal when he finished off a pass from senior co­captain Caleb Husmann. Muzzana's goal at 81:30 was his second of the season.

For the game, Macalester and Concordia traded chances but the Scots were able to hold a 22­15 advantage in shots. Both goalies made seven saves in the game. Macalester's Ryan Palmer made just enough stops to earn his fifth win of the year.

PEACOCK GAME RECAP (Courtesy of the William Penn SID) Fayette­­One day after setting the school record for goals in a game, the Statesmen soccer team failed to produce much offense in falling to Upper Iowa in non­conference play Wednesday, 4­1.

Penn (7­8) scored at will in dropping Crossroads Bible (Minn.) Tuesday, 15­0, but had just nine total shots against the Peacocks.

Eli Bradley (Fr., Marion, Ill., Marion HS) tallied the lone Statesmen goal, scoring for the second time in two days, this time unassisted at the 3:09 mark to put his team up 1­0.

Unfortunately, that was all the offense the Statesmen would post, as Bradley was matched by Nik Rule (So., Idaho Falls, Idaho, Skyline HS), Brian Thompson (Jr., Chariton, Chariton HS), and Edin Sabic (Fr., Waterloo, West HS) with two shots each. Armando Irias (So., Baytown, Texas, Lee HS) also contributed one shot.

PEACOCK HEAD COACH: Chad Leonard Chad Leonard was named head women's soccer coach at Upper Iowa University in November 2003. He was given the additional duties of head men's soccer coach in January 2005. Leonard joined UIU as the assistant men's soccer coach prior to the 2002 season and also served as the assistant women's coach during the 2003 season.

Leonard began his coaching career in 1995 at Hilbert College in Hamburg, N.Y., located just south of Buffalo. He served as the head men's and assistant women's soccer coach. In the fall of 2001, he coached at Scio Central High School. Leonard also coached in the Scio Youth Soccer Program. Leonard earned his B.S. in Criminal Justice from Hilbert College, where he was a three­year starter and two­time MVP for the soccer team.

Leonard and his wife Kristen have two children, Cole and Hannah.

GAMEDAY BACK PAGE 2006 MIAC STANDINGS

MIAC Overall Games School W L T PTS W L T .PCT Gustavus 6 1 0 12 11 1 1 .885 St. John's 6 1 0 12 10 3 1 .750 Hamline 5 1 1 11 10 2 1 .808 Augsburg 4 1 2 10 12 1 2 .867 St. Thomas 4 1 1 9 9 2 2 .769 Macalester 4 3 0 8 7 5 1 .577 Carleton 2 3 2 6 7 5 2 .571 St. Olaf 2 3 1 5 5 7 1 .423 Bethel 1 5 0 2 3 9 1 .269 St. Mary's 1 7 0 2 4 9 0 .308 Concordia 0 7 1 1 3 8 1 .292 UPCOMING GAMES 10/15/2006 (Sunday) Upper Iowa @ Concordia, 1:00pm Finlandia @ Carleton, 12:00pm St. Olaf vs. Southwestern 10/18/2006 (Wednesday) St. Olaf @ St. Thomas, 3:30pm Gustavus @ Hamline, 3:30pm Macalester @ Wartburg, 7:00pm Bethel @ Augsburg, 7:30pm 10/20/2006 (Friday) Univ. of Sioux Falls @ Bethel, 4:00pm 10/21/2006 (Saturday) Concordia @ Carleton, 1:00pm Macalester @ St. Olaf, 1:00pm Saint Mary’s @ Saint John’s, 3:00pm Central @ St. Thomas, 3:00pm 10/22/2006 (Sunday) Concordia vs. Central @ Carleton, 1:00pm Gustavus @ UC­Santa Cruz

RECENT RESULTS 10/14/2006 (Saturday) Macalester 4 @ Concordia 2 Bethel 2 @ Carleton 3 (OT) St. Olaf 0 vs. Southwestern 1 Central 0 @ Gustavus 2 Hamline 0 @ Saint John’s 1 Saint Mary’s 1 @ Augsburg 3 10/11/2006 (Wednesday) Hamline 3 @ Bethel 0 St. Thomas 0 @ Gustavus 2 Saint Mary's 0 @ St. Olaf 4 Macalester 1 @ Saint John's 2 Carleton 4 vs. Northwestern 0 10/10/2006 (Tuesday) Augsburg 3 @ Concordia 0 10/8/2006 (Sunday) Saint John's 4 vs. Millsaps 0 Carleton 3 @ Simpson 2 St. Olaf 0 @ Luther 1 (2OT) 10/7/2006 (Saturday) Concordia 0 @ Bethel 1 St. Thomas 2 @ Saint Mary's 1 Carleton 0 @ Hamline 2 10/6/2006 (Friday) Saint John’s 1 @ Colorado College 2 Gustavus 1 @ Macalester 0 10/5/2006 (Thursday) UW­Superior 3 @ Concordia 6 Dordt 0 @ Bethel 0 (2OT) 10/4/2006 (Wednesday) Hamline 0 vs. St. Scholastica 1 Martin Luther 0 @ Augsburg 4

2006 TEAM STATISTICS Concordia College (Through Saturday’s game) ## Name G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK­ATT 10 Brandon Root 5 1 11 22 .227 15 .682 2 0­0 13 Caleb Husmann 2 3 7 27 .074 14 .519 0 0­0 8 Lane Muzzana 2 1 5 13 .154 8 .615 0 0­0 11 Kwaku Opoku 1 2 4 21 .048 7 .333 0 0­0 22 Genna Patselov 1 1 3 10 .100 4 .400 0 0­0 20 Mergim Vllahiu 1 1 3 4 .250 1 .250 0 0­0 16 Chase Hegarty 1 0 2 8 .125 2 .250 1 0­0 4 Chad Morlock 0 1 1 5 .000 3 .600 0 0­0 7 Kevin Quimby 0 0 0 13 .000 5 .385 0 0­0 6 Ryan Albrecht 0 0 0 12 .000 6 .500 0 0­0 5 Matt Klein 0 0 0 8 .000 2 .250 0 0­0 17 Ryan Elling 0 0 0 4 .000 2 .500 0 0­0 21 Kirby Johnson 0 0 0 3 .000 1 .333 0 0­0 24 Matt Prendergast 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0­0 19 Kyle Walerius 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0­0 15 Aaron Klein 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0­0 9 Miguel Angel Diaz 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0­0 3 Shane Evenstad 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0­0 26 Alexander Jorgensen 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0­0 23 Jered Magsam 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0­0 2 Robbie Tungseth 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0­0

Total............... 13 10 36 155 .084 74 .477 3 0­0 Opponents........... 29 24 82 223 .130 95 .426 8 1­2

GOALKEEPING ## Name GP­GS Min GA Avg Svs Pct W­L­T Sho 00 Mads Schmidt 12­12 1080 29 2.42 76 .724 3­8­1 1

Total........ 12 1080 29 2.42 76 .724 3­8­1 1 Opponents.... 12 1080 13 1.08 65 .833 8­3­1 7

Upper Iowa University (Through Saturday’s game) ## Name G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK 20 Pacheco, Chris 4 2 10 16 .250 7 .438 1 0 6 Signorin, Craig 4 0 8 16 .250 9 .563 0 0 12 Rasbeck, Jacob 1 3 5 25 .040 12 .480 0 0 10 Perez­Villa, Carlos 1 2 4 19 .053 8 .421 0 0 3 Nettleton, Daniel 1 2 4 12 .083 5 .417 1 0 8 Sabin, Jeff 2 0 4 4 .500 3 .750 0 0 13 Holm, Casey 0 3 3 18 .000 9 .500 0 0 19 Fellhauer, Steven 1 1 3 5 .200 3 .600 0 0 5 Andersen, Ken 0 1 1 2 .000 1 .500 0 0 11 Sabin, Joshua 0 0 0 9 .000 5 .556 0 0 17 Gomez, Tavo 0 0 0 5 .000 2 .400 0 0 7 White, Jaryd 0 0 0 4 .000 3 .750 0 0 16 Oja, Derek 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0 0 23 Thome, Brandon 0 0 0 2 .000 1 .500 0 0 18 Jacobson, Jeremy 0 0 0 2 .000 1 .500 0 0 24 Gates, Joseph 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0 21 Rodewald, Dan 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0 2 Blatchford, Israel 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 1 Watkins, Tyler 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 14 Plantage, Brady 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 9 Plantage, Brett 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0

Total............... 15 14 44 146 .103 73 .500 2 0 Opponents........... 29 19 77 237 .122 95 .401 8 1

GOALKEEPING ## Name GP­GS Min GA GAAvg Svs Pct W­L­T Sho 1 Watkins, Tyler 12­11 1070 24 2.02 60 .714 1­7­0 1.0 11 Sabin, Joshua 13­1 90 3 3.00 3 .500 0­1­0 0.0 24 Gates, Joseph 9­1 48 2 3.75 2 .500 0­0­0 0.0

Total........... 13 1208 29 2.16 68 .701 1­8­0 1 Opponents....... 13 1208 15 1.12 58 .795 8­1­0 4