NOTABLES• The Flames returned home for the first time in 13 days andcame away with a 2-1 victory over Duquesne, Tuesday nightat Osborne Stadium. With the victory, the Flames evened theirhome record at 2-2. Liberty has won its last two home contests.

• Seth Clark scored his first career goal and Tyler Welch nettedhis second goal of the season in the victory on Tuesday. Withhis goal, Clark leads the Flames in points with five (a goal andthree assists).

• Freshman goalkeeper Danny Cordero made a career high fivesaves in Tuesday’s win. Cordero has started seven games forthe Flames, posting a 1.43 goals-against average and a .655save percentage.

• Senior midfielder Ruben Garcia has started 35 straight con-tests for the Flames. The streak spans three seasons.

• The Flames will host Stetson in an ASUN Conference conteston Saturday. Currently, the Hatters sit atop the ASUN standingswith a 1-0-1 record in conference play. Stetson and Liberty metin Flames’ first-ever ASUN Conference contest, last season.The two teams tied in DeLand, Fla., 3-3.

• Liberty heads back out on the road, Tuesday. The Flames willtravel to Baltimore, Md., for a contest at UMBC. Liberty andUMBC have not meet on the pitch since 1997, when the twoschools were part of the Big South Conference.

• Entering their second season of ASUN play, the Flames werepicked to finish fourth in the 2019 ASUN Preseason CoachesPoll. Last season, Liberty posted a 2-3-1 mark in league play,placing fifth.

MEN’S SOCCER2019 WEEKLY NOTES @LibertySoccer

Ryan Bomberger, Senior Associate Director of Communications · Office: (434) 582-2292 · E-mail: rbomberger@liberty.edu

WEEK 6

LIBERTYFLAMES

(4-6, 0-2 ASUN)

Head Coach: Kelly FindleyOverall Record: 125-104-28 (14)Record at Liberty: 4-6 (1)

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SERIES HISTORY VS. STETSONOverall ......................................................... 0-0-1Streak ............................................................... T1Liberty’s Last Win ..........................................N/A

Last Five MeetingsSept. 13, 2018 ....................................T 3-3 2OT (A) Sept. 24,1994 ..............................................L 1-0 (N)

SERIES HISTORY VS. UMBCOverall ................................................................ 4-1Streak ..................................................................... W1Liberty’s Last Win ..Sept. 20, 1997 at UMBC (2-1)

Last Five Meetings:Sept. 20, 1997 ........................................... W 2-1 (A)Sept. 21, 1996 .......................................L 1-0 OT (H)Oct. 27, 1995 ............................................. W 2-1 (A)Oct. 15, 1994 .............................................W 5-0 (H)Oct. 10, 1992 .............................................W 3-1 (H)

AUGUST30 at Radford W/2-1

SEPTEMBER1 INCARNATE WORD L/0-16 at Pittsburgh L/0-310 GEORGE WASHINGTON L/0-314 at George Mason W/3-117 VMI W/1-021 at North Florida* L/0-124 at No. 25 Navy L/0-128 at NJIT * L/0-3

OCTOBER1 DUQUESNE W/2-15 STETSON * 1 p.m.8 at UMBC 7 p.m.12 ELON 6 p.m.19 FLORIDA GULF COAST * 2 p.m.22 USC UPSTATE 7 p.m.26 at Jacksonville* 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER2 LIPSCOMB* 7 p.m.8 ASUN Quarterfinals TBA ^10 ASUN Semifinals TBA ^16 ASUN Championship TBA ^

Home Games in BOLD CAPSAll times are listed in Eastern Time

* - ASUN Conference Game

2019 SCHEDULE

WHERE TO FOLLOWSaturday at StetsonVideo ........................................................ ESPN+Live Stats ....................................LibertyFlames.comTwitter .................................@LibertySoccer

Tuesday at UMBCVideo ........................................... Stretch InternetLive Stats ....................................LibertyFlames.comTwitter .................................@LibertySoccer

LAST WEEKSept. 28 - Newark, N.J.

1 2 TLiberty 0 0 0NJIT 1 2 3

Oct. 1 - Lynchburg, Va.1 2 T

Duquesne 0 1 1Liberty 2 0 2

@libertymenssoccer

STETSONHATTERS

(5-5-1, 1-0-1 ASUN)

Head Coach: Christian Neagu Overall Record: 40-28-5 (5)Record at Stetson: 7-10-2 (1)

UMBCRETRIEVERS

(3-5, 0-1 America East )

Head Coach: Pete Caringi Jr.Overall Record: 466-207-82 (39)Record at UMBC: 296-182-74 (29)

PROJECTED STARTERS

5 VALDEZ

3 DUTEY

2 SMITH

15 BORUTSKIE

6 GARCIA

8 CASTRO

11 CLARK

14 ZACYZK

11 CLARK

26 WELCH

10 MORRIS

27 CORDERO

SECOND YEAR IN ASUNLiberty is in its second year in the ASUN Conference. The Flames posted a 2-3-1 record during league play in 2018. Liberty placed fifth in the conference standings and fell 2-0 to No. 4 seed Jacksonville in the ASUN Quarterfinals.

CHANGE AT THE TOPFor the first time in 20 years, the Flames have a new leader this season. Kelly Findley has taken over as head coach of the Liberty men’s program. Jeff Alder, who helmed the pro-gram for 19 years, stepped down to take another position within the athletic department.

A veteran of the coaching ranks, Findley is in his 14th year as a head coach. His previous stops have been at N.C. State, Butler and Mars Hill.

AMONG THE ASSIST LEADERSLiberty freshman Seth Clark enters the weekend second in the ASUN Conference with three assists. Clark has started every game of his first season with the Flames and scored his first career goal in Liberty’s 2-1 victory over Duquesne, Tuesday.

HOMEWORKStarting with Tuesday night’s 2-1 win over Duquesne, the Flames will play six of their last seven regular season match-es at home. Duquesne began Liberty’s October schedule on Tuesday.

COACHES POLL1. Lipscomb (6) ......................................................47 points2. FGCU ................................................................42 points3. Jacksonville (1) ..................................................28 points4. Liberty ............................................................. 26 points5. Stetson ..............................................................22 points6. North Florida ......................................................17 points7. NJIT ...................................................................14 pointsFirst place votes in ()

Preseason Player of the Year: Shak Adams, FGCUPreseason Defensive Player of the Year: Ian McCuley, StetsonPreseason Goalkeeper of the Year: Gustavo Vasconcelos, FGCU

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

GENERAL INFORMATIONSchool .......................................Liberty UniversityLocation ........................................Lynchburg, Va.Founded ....................................................... 1971Enrollment ................................................. 15,000Nickname ..................................................FlamesColors ...................................... Red, White & BlueAffiliation ..................................... NCAA Division IConference ................................................ ASUNHome Facility ............... Osborne Stadium (1,000)President ..................................... Jerry Falwell Jr.Director of Athletics ............................ Ian McCaw

COACHING STAFFHead Coach .................. Kelly Findley (First Year)Alma Mater ............................... Judson (IL), 1990Career Record.............................125-104-28 (14)Liberty Record ............................................4-6 (1)ASUN Record.................................................. 0-2Associate Head Coach..Jose Gomez (Sixth Year)Alma Mater .......................................Liberty, 2000Assistant Coach ............. A.J. Madero (10th Year)Alma Mater .......................................Liberty, 2010Director of Operations ...................Clay Copeland

TEAM 2018 Overall Record .................................... 7-7-12018 ASUN Record/Finish ................... 2-3-1/FifthStarters Returning/Lost ................................... 5/6Letterwinners Returning/Lost .......................... 8/9Newcomers ...................................................... 12ASUN Tournament Championships .................NAASUN Regular Season Championships...........NABig South Tournament Championships .............. 2Big South Regular Season Championships ....... 3

MEDIA INFORMATIONMen’s Soccer Contact .............. Ryan BombergerOffice Phone ................................(434) 582-2292Email .............................. rbomberger@liberty.eduMailing Address ...................1971 University Blvd. .........................................Lynchburg, Va., 24502Website .................................. LibertyFlames.comLiberty Men’s Soccer Twitter .......@LibertySoccerLiberty Athletics Instagram ...@libertymenssoccer

Credentials All members of the office follow the guidelines set forth by the NCAA and the ASUN Conference in governing the issuance of creden-tials. All credential requests should be submitted to the sport contacts.

E-mail Releases, game notes and advisories are e-mailed to media that cover Liberty on a regular basis. Media wishing to be added to the e-mail list for a particular sport should contact rbomberger@liberty.edu.

QUICK FACTS NOTES

2019 ASUN STANDINGS

First Season at Liberty14th Season as Head Coach Alma Mater: Judson (IL), 1990

COACHING RECORD Year School Record2019 Liberty 4-62016 N.C. State 5-122015 N.C. State 8-6-32014 N.C. State 7-7-42013 N.C. State 8-5-42012 N.C. State 10-102011 N.C. State 7-11-22010 Butler 16-1-32009 Butler 14-3-22008 Butler 13-3-42007 Butler 9-7-42006 Butler 7-11-22000 Mars Hill 10-81999 Mars Hill 7-14 Career Record: 125-104-28Record at Liberty: 4-6Record at N.C. State: 45-51-13Record at Butler: 59-25-15Record at Mars Hill 17-22ASUN Record: 0-3

COACHING LEDGER2019 .........................................Liberty (Head Coach)2018 ...................Davidson (Associate Head Coach)2017 .Sporting Kansas City Development Academy2011-16 ..............................N.C. State (Head Coach)2006-10 ..................................... Butlet (Head Coach)2004-05 .............. Charlotte (Associate Head Coach) 2001-03 ..........................Charlotte (Assistant Coach) 1999-2000 ........................... Mars Hill (Head Coach)1998 ..........................Miami, Ohio (Assistant Coach) 1996-97 .............Charlotte Eagles (Assistant Coach)1992 ............................Judson, Ill. (Assistant Coach)

KELLY FINDLEY

ASUN Pts. Overall Stetson 1-0-1 4 5-5-1North Florida 1-0-1 4 2-3-2Lipscomb 1-0 3 2-4-1NJIT 1-1 3 3-3-4Florida Gulf Coast 0-0-1 1 3-5-2Jacksonville 0-1-1 1 4-2-2Liberty 0-2 0 4-6-0

2019 ASUN PRESEASON COACHES POLL

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

2019 LIBERTY FLAMES ROSTERNO. NAME POS. CL. HGT. WGT HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS TEAM) 1 Brogan Engbers GK Jr. 5-11 160 Cumberland, Ontario, Canada/Toronto FC 2 Malik Smith D Jr. 6-0 180 Brampton, Ontario. Canada/Suzuki Seconday School (Grand Canyon) 3 Shalom Dutey D Sr. 6-2 175 Charlotte, N.C./Garringer 4 Frieder Wagner D Jr. 5-10 178 Weilheim/Teck, Germany/Wurttemberggymnasium (Tyler) 5 Sebastian Valdez MF So. 6-0 180 Queretaro, Mexico/Universidad del Futbol y Ciencias del Deporte 6 Ruben Garcia MF Sr. 5-8 160 Madrid, Spain/ IES Duque de Rivas (Universidad of Alcalá) 7 Jordan Barbara F Jr. 5-8 154 Lavardac, France/Girondins de Bordeaux (Presbyterian) 8 Rafael Castro MF Jr. 5-6 150 Durango, Mexico/Instituto Frances de la Laguna 9 Jack Worth F So. 5-11 157 Chester, N.J./ West Morris Mendham10 Musa Morris F Jr. 5-7 165 Lagos, Nigeria/Sandra Day O’Connor (Phoenix College/Grand Canyon)11 Seth Clark MF Fr. 5-8 143 Darfield, New Zealand/Middle Grange12 Rigo Rojas F Sr. 6-5 190 Chicago, Ill./Hinsdale 13 Evan Godfrey D Jr. 6-0 170 Millville, N.J./YSC Academy14 Matthew Zaczyk MF Jr. 6-0 185 Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville15 Brayden Borutskie D Fr. 6-2 178 Bradford, Ontario, Canada/Holy Trinity Catholic16 Andrew Taber D So. 5-10 160 Ottsville, Pa./YSC Academy17 Filip Burnett D Jr. 5-8 157 Germantown, Md./Poolesville (St. Francis, Pa.)18 Carter Burris F Sr. 5-9 165 Lewes, Del./Sussex Technical 19 Noah Senn MF So. 6-0 160 Stillwater, Minn./St. Croix Preparatory Academy20 Shane Geisler F Jr. 6-3 180 Germantown, Md./Poolesville21 James Worth D So. 5-8 140 Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham22 Blake Myers MF So. 5-8 140 Troutville, Va./Lord Botetourt23 Bobby Bynum MF Sr. 5-11 155 Colorado Springs, Colo./Battlefield (North Florida)24 Sam Schubert D So. 6-3 165 Evington, Va./Liberty Christian Academy25 Noah Holmes F Fr. 5-11 185 Apex, N.C./Cary Christian 26 Tyler Welch F So. 5-11 170 Hermon, Maine/Bangor Christian School (Northeastern)27 Danny Cordero GK Fr. 6-2 173 San Jose, Costa Rico/La Asuncion28 Nathan Yoder GK So. 6-3 185 Delaware, Ohio/Worthington Christian (Findlay)29 Hunter Heard D Fr. 6-2 183 Chesapeake, Va./Homeschooled

Head Coach: Kelly FindleyAssociate Head Coach: Jose Gomez Director of Performance Analysis: A.J. Madero Athletic Trainer: Dillion Lesniak

CLASSSenior ...................................................5Junior ..................................................10Sophomore ...........................................9Freshman .............................................5

POSITIONForward ................................................9Midfielder ..............................................7Defender .............................................10Goalkeeper ...........................................3

HOME STATE/COUNTRYColorado ...............................................1Delaware ..............................................1Illinois ....................................................1 Maryland ...............................................2New Jersey ...........................................3North Carolina ......................................2Maine ....................................................1Minnesota .............................................1Ohio ......................................................1Pennsylvania ........................................1Tennessee ............................................1Virginia ..................................................3

Canada .................................................3Coasta Rica ..........................................1France ..................................................1Germany ...............................................1Mexico ..................................................2Nigeria ..................................................1New Zealand ........................................1Spain ....................................................1

3 Dutey ....................................................................... DUE-tay (like may with a t)4 Frieder Wagner ................................................... FRIY-deh-R Vog (like fog)-ner7 Barbara ............................................................................................Bar-bear-ah12 Rigo ......................................................................................................Ree-go14 Zacyzk ...............................................................ZAY (like may with a z)-check15 Borutskie ....................................................................................Bore-wrote-ski17 Filip ........................................................................................................Phil-up20 Geisler ................................................................................................GICE-ler23 Bynum ............................................................................................BYE-Numb24 Schubert ...........................................................................................Shoe-bert28 Nathanael ................................................................................... Nuh-THAN-ul

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ROSTER BREAKDOWN

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

1 BROGANENGBERS 2 MALIK

SMITH 3 SHALOMDUTEY 4 FRIEDER

WAGNER 5 SEBASTIANVALDEZ

8 RAFAELCASTRO 9 JACK

WORTH 10 MUSAMORRIS 11SETH

CLARK

15 BRAYDENBORUTSKIE 16 ANDREW

TABER14 MATTHEWZACZYK

20 SHANEGEISLER

18 CARTERBURRIS

19 NOAHSENN

17 FILIPBURNETT

6 RUBENGARCIA

12 RIGOROJAS

13 EVANGODFREY

21 JAMESWORTH 22 BLAKE

MYERS 24 SAMSCHUBERT

25 NOAHHOLMES

23 BOBBYBYNUM

26 TYLERWELCH 27 DANNY

CORDERO

7 JORDANBARBARA

28 NATHANYODER 29 HUNTER

HEARD

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTESThe Automated ScoreBook

Liberty Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 02, 2019)All games

Overall: 4-6-0 Conf: 0-2-0 Home: 2-2-0 Away: 2-4-0 Neut: 0-0-0

## Player gp-gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc gwg pk-att11 CLARK, Seth 10-10 1 3 5 16 . 0 6 2 9 . 5 6 2 1 0 1 0-010 MORRIS,Musa 10-9 2 0 4 25 . 0 8 0 9 . 3 6 0 2 0 2 0-026 WELCH, Tyler 7-2 2 0 4 10 . 2 0 0 5 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-07 BARBARA, Jordan 8-4 1 0 2 7 . 1 4 3 3 . 4 2 9 2 0 0 1-15 VALDEZ, Sebastian 9-8 1 0 2 6 . 1 6 7 1 . 1 6 7 2 1 1 0-018 BURRIS, Carter 8-1 1 0 2 3 . 3 3 3 2 . 6 6 7 0 0 0 0-03 DUTEY, Shalom 10-9 0 1 1 6 . 0 0 0 2 . 3 3 3 0 0 0 0-06 GARCIA, Rueben 10-10 0 0 0 11 . 0 0 0 3 . 2 7 3 3 0 0 0-014 ZACYZK, Matthew 10-8 0 0 0 9 . 0 0 0 3 . 3 3 3 1 0 0 0-023 BYNUM, Bobby 8-6 0 0 0 5 . 0 0 0 1 . 2 0 0 2 0 0 0-08 CASTRO, Rafael 8-4 0 0 0 5 . 0 0 0 2 . 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-016 TABER, Andrew 7-5 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 1 0 0 0-015 BORUTSKIE, Brayden 8-6 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-09 WORTH, Jack 7-0 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-02 SMITH, Malik 10-10 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 1 0 0 0-029 HEARD, Hunter 1-1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-025 HOLMES, Noah 2-0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-024 SCHUBERT, Sam 1-0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-020 GEISLER, Shane 4-0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-017 BURNETT, Filip 1-1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-013 GODFREY, Evan 5-3 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-04 WAGNER, Freider 4-3 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0

Total 10 8 4 20 111 . 0 7 2 43 . 3 8 7 17 1 4 1-1Opponents 10 15 9 39 109 . 1 3 8 49 . 4 5 0 24 0 6 1-2

Goal Average Saves Record# Goalie gp-gs min ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho/cbo27 CORDERO, Danny 7-7 630:00 10 1.43 19 . 6 5 5 3 3 0 1/01 ENGBERS, Brogan 3-3 270:00 5 1.67 13 . 7 2 2 1 2 0 0/0TM TEAM - 0:00 0 0.00 2 1.000 0 0 0 0/0

Total 10 900:00 15 1.50 34 . 6 9 4 4 5 0 1Opponents 10 900:00 8 0.80 35 . 8 1 4 5 4 0 6

Team saves: 2

Goals by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 5 3 8Opponents 8 7 15

Shots by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 61 50 111Opponents 53 56 109

Saves by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 17 17 34Opponents 23 12 35

Corners by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 26 25 51Opponents 23 23 46

Fouls by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 54 64 118Opponents 68 63 131

Attendance Summary LIBERTY OpponentTotal 1765 2844Dates/Avg Per Date 4/441 6/474Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0