2012 Winthrop Men’s Soccer Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Rock Hill, SC Founded: 1886 Enrollment: 6,400 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Big South Conference Nickname: Eagles Colors: Garnet (PMS 201) and Gold (PMS 201) Home Field/Capacity: Eagle Field/ 1,600 President: Dr. Anthony J. DiGiorgio Alma Mater/Year: Gannon/ 1964 Athletic Director: Tom Hickman Alma Mater/Year: Wake Forest/ 1970
HISTORY First Year of Soccer: 1975 Overall All-time Record/Years: 348-323-45/ 36 years Overall Home Record: 200-109-14 Overall Big South Conference Record: 100-84-13 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (2002, ‘06, ‘08, ‘09)
MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant AD for Media Relations: Jack Frost Alma Mater/Year: Eastern Kentucky/ 1972 Office Phone: (803) 323-2129 ext. 6245 FAX Phone: (803) 323-2433 E-Mail Address:
[email protected] Asst. Media Relations Director/Soccer contact: Brett Redden Office Phone: (803) 323-2129 ext. 6246 E-Mail Address:
[email protected] Soccer Contact: Brett Redden Media Relations Intern: Wes Herring E-Mail Address:
[email protected] Office Phone: (803) 323-2129, ext. 6067 Mailing Address: Winthrop Coliseum Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC 29733
TEAM INFORMATION 2011 Overall Record: 7-12 2011 Big South Record/Finish: 4-5/7th Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4 Letterman Returning/Lost: 17/9 Key Losses: Matt Horn, Josh Goldstein
TOP RETURNERS Daniel DiBiagio, Sr., Defender - 3-year starter, 2009 Second Team All-Big South - 2009 Big South All-Tournament Team Tomas Brennan, Sr., Midfielder - 2 goals, 2 assists (2010)/ goal, assist (2011) - Injury plagued junior season Alex Isern, Sr., Midfielder - 2011 Big South All-Tournament Team - Started 18 games mainly on defense (goal, 2 assist) Enrique Miranda, Sr., Goalkeeper - Started 15 games, 4 shutouts - Starter for 2009 Big South Championship squad
TOP NEWCOMERS Tobi Abel, 6-2, Fr., Forward Kyle Kennedy, 6-3, Fr., Defender Achille Obogou, 6-5, Jr., Forward Jordi Lluch, 6-1, Fr., Defender
COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Rich Posipanko E-Mail Address:
[email protected] Alma Mater/ Year: Slippery Rock/ 1974 Record at Winthrop/Years: 228-194-31/23 years Career Record/Years: 345-243-51/ 33 years Soccer Office Phone: (803) 323-2129 ext. 6236 Associate Head Coach: Daniel Ridenhour (6256) Assistant Coach: Patrick Mitrovich (6213) Director of Soccer Operations: Cameron Alksnis (6213) Athletic Trainer: Daniel Lundy Strength Coach: Brian Boos
For More Information On The Men’s Soccer Program visit: www.winthropeagles.com
2012 Winthrop Men’s Soccer Schedule DATE
OPPONENT
PLACE
TIME
Aug. 15
North Carolina(Exhibition)
Rock HIll, SC
7:00
Aug. 20
UNC Greensboro (Exhibition)
Rock Hill, SC
7:00
Aug. 24
Brevard College
Rock Hill, SC
7:00
Aug. 31
$ Georgia Southern
Spartanburg, SC
5:00
Sept. 2
$ Wofford
Spartanburg, SC
3:30
Sept. 7
& Virginia Commonwealth
Norfolk, VA
4:30
Sept. 9
& Old Dominion
Norfolk, VA
2:00
Sept. 19
College of Charleston
Mt. Pleasant, SC
7:00
Sept. 22
East Tennessee State
Rock Hill, SC
7:00
Sept. 25
USC Upstate
Rock Hill, SC
7:00
Sept. 29
* Asheville
Asheville, NC
12:00
Oct. 6
* High Point
Rock Hill, SC
7:00
Oct. 9
* Presbyterian College
Clinton, SC
7:00
Oct. 13
* Campbell
Buies Creek, NC
5:00
Oct. 17
* Coastal Carolina
Conway, SC
7:00
Oct. 20
* Liberty
Rock Hill, SC
2:00
Oct. 24
* Gardner-Webb
Rock Hill, SC
7:00
Oct. 27
* Virginia Military Institute
Rock Hill, SC
2:00
Oct. 31
* Longwood
Rock Hill, SC
7:00
Nov. 3
* Radford
Radford, VA
6:00
Nov. 6
Big South Tournament Quarter-Finals
Higher Seeds
TBA
Nov. 9
Big South Tournament Semi-Finals
Greensboro, NC
TBA
Nov. 11
Big South Tournament Championship
Greensboro, NC
TBA
$ Big South/Southern Shootout (Spartanburg, SC) & Stihl Soccer Classic (Norfolk, VA) * Denotes Big South Game Home Games in Bold
2012 Winthrop Men’s Soccer Roster NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 33 34 35
PLAYER Tom Banfield Patrick Barnes Josh Mort Sean Comer C.J. Miller Alex Isern Achille Obogou Magnus Thorsson Mason Lavallet Adriano Negri Tobi Abel Adam Brundle Matt Sluga Walker Johnson Jordi Lluch Josh Choice Nick Nova Tomas Brennan Kyle Kennedy Daniel Di Biagio Nick Kowalski Max Davidson Zac Gordon Marc Segarra Hunter Riddle * Nate Torbett $ Enrique Miranda Patrick Walsh Dylan Bauver
POS. GK F F D D MF F MF MF MF F MF F MF D D D MF D. D MF MF MF F D MF GK GK GK
YR. R-Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. R-Jr. Fr. R-Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Grad. R-So.
HT. 6-0 5-8 5-9 6-0 5-7 5-9 6-5 5-9 5-10 6-1 6-2 6-2 5-9 6-3 6-1 5-11 5-9 5-9 6-3 6-2 5-10 5-8 5-10 6-3 5-9 5-8 6-3 6-1 6-3
WT. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 170 Melbourne Australia (Melbourne Grammer) 155 Halifax, Nova Scotia (Shattuck-St. Mr) 160 Winchester, VA (Cherando) 165 Chesapeake, VA (Great Bridge) 150 Raleigh, NC (Cardinal Gibbons) 170 Barcelona, Spain (Frederic Mistra Tech Euladia) 195 Barcelona, Spain (Universidad Augonoma de Barcelona) 155 Reykjavik, Iceland (Commerical College of Iceland) 160 Birmingham, AL (Auburn) 170 Vancouver, British Columbia (Monroe CC) 172 Lagos, Nigeria (Brooke House) 170 London, England (Norwich) 155 Gree, SC (Riverside) 175 Fort Mill, SC (Fort Mill) 180 Matoro, Spain (Amor de’ Dios) 175 Thomasville, GA (Thomas County Central) 150 Alpharetta, GA (Milton) 160 Co. Wexford, Ireland (Griffiths College) 185 Dublin, Ireland (Colaiste Eanna) 185 Toronto, Ontario (Danta Aligri Academy) 165 Smyrna, GA (St. Pius) 150 Roanoke, VA (Patrick Henry) 160 Winchester, VA (John Handley) 185 Barcelona, Spain (L’Estonnac) 150 Greenwood, SC (North Greenville) 150 Rock Hill, SC (Northwestern) 190 Norcross, GA (Norcross) 175 Laguana Niguel, CA (Lipscomb) 185 Long Island, NY (Commack)
Head Coach: Rich Posipanko (24th season) Associate Head Coach: Daniel Ridenhour (9th season) Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach: Patrick Mitrovich (4th season) Director of Soccer Operations: Cameron Alksnis (2nd Season) * Redshirt $ Will join team in spring of 2013 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 4 Sean (Ko-Mer) 6 Alex ISS-urn 8 Mag-Noose Thor-son 9 Mason Lava-Let 11 Tobi Able 13 Matt Slew-Guh 20 Daniel Dee-Be-Ah-gio 21 Nick Ko-wall-ski 33 Enrique Mer-an-duh 35 Dylan Bo-ver
7 U-Shill O-bo-go-you 10 Adriano Nuh-Gree 15 Jordie Yuke 25 Mark Si-gar-uh
2012 Winthrop Men’s Soccer Final Stats RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date $ $
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Aug 26 Sep 01 Sep 03 Sep 09 Sep 11 Sep 14 Sep 18 Sep 25 Oct 01 Oct 05 10-9-11 Oct 12 Oct 15 10-22-11 Oct 26 Oct 29 11-02-11 Nov 05 11-10-11
Opponent BREVARD COLLEGE GSU WOFMSOC vs Coll. of Charleston at Furman at Davidson at Marshall at Wake Forest at High Point at Appalachian State at VMI UNC ASHEVILLE CAMPBELL at LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE #13 COASTAL at Gardner-Webb RADFORD at Gardner-Webb
OVERALL 7-12 4-5 3-7
W Wo2 Wo2 L L L L L L L W L L Wot W L W L L
Score 2-0 5-4 3-2 1-4 0-2 0-2 0-4 0-1 0-6 0-3 1-0 0-2 1-3 1-0 2-1 0-6 1-0 1-3 1-2
Att. 493 383 472 106 743 212 520 321 1301 216 127 303 253 415 510 213 235 221 275
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Player
10 9 12 6 7 25 8 22 18 21 16 23 3 11 4 20 2 19 15 14 35 17
MANTCHEV, Alex MATTHEWS, Akeem BRUNDLE, Adam ISERN, Alex PULLIN, Andres SEGARRA, Marc Mpumelelo Matutu LAVALLET, Mason BRENNAN, Tomas KOWALSKI, Nick GOLDSTEIN, Josh SLUGA, Matt MORT, Josh HORN, Matt COMER, Sean DIBIAGIO, Daniel BOLTON, Alex CHOICE, Josh REA, Wylie TRIMBLE, Grady WALSH, Patrick NOVA, Nick Total Opponents
OPP
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$ Big South/Southern Shootout & Diadora/Spinx Furman Inv. * Big South Game # Big South Tournament Game TEAM STATISTICS SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct. Shots on goal-Attempts SOG pct. Sh o t s / G a m e GOAL BREAKDOWN Penalty Unassisted Over tim e CORNER KICKS Goals off corners PENALTY KICKS PENALTIES Fo u l s Yellow cards Red cards ATTENDANCE To t a l Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg
WINTHROP 19-219 1.00 .087 83-219 .379 11.5
HOME 4-4 1-4 3-0
45-345 2.37 .130 154-345 .446 18.2
1 7 3 63 0 1-1
1 13 0 116 4 1-3
254 28 1
205 15 0
2848 8/356 1/106
4365 10/436
Goalie 33 MIRANDA, Enrique 35 WALSH, Patrick 01 BANFIELD, Tom
Total Opponents
AWAY 3-7 3-1 0-6
NEUTRAL 0-1 0-0 0-1
gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att 14 5 1 11 26 .192 10 .385 1 0-0 19 3 1 7 26 .115 10 .385 0 0-0 17 3 0 6 28 .107 7 .250 2 1-1 18 1 2 4 19 .053 10 .526 0 0-0 15 1 1 3 20 .050 8 .400 1 0-0 15 1 1 3 18 .056 7 .389 0 0-0 17 1 1 3 9 .111 6 .667 1 0-0 16 1 1 3 8 .125 5 .625 0 0-0 11 1 1 3 4 .250 2 .500 0 0-0 17 1 0 2 7 .143 4 .571 1 0-0 19 0 2 2 14 .000 5 .357 0 0-0 15 0 2 2 5 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 17 0 1 1 7 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 18 0 1 1 2 .000 1 .500 0 0-0 9 0 0 0 7 .000 4 .571 0 0-0 17 0 0 0 6 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 14 0 0 0 6 .000 2 .333 0 0-0 12 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0 0-0 3 0 0 0 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 16 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 19 19 15 53 219 .087 83 .379 7 1-1 19 45 39 129 345 .130 154 .446 12 1-3 GP 15 4 1 19 19
Min. 1361:13 360:00 24:33 1745:46 1745:46
GA
31 13 1 45 19
GAAvg Saves
2.05 3.25 3.67 2.32 0.98
Goals by Period Winthrop University Opponents
1st
2nd
OT
OT2
6 19
10 26
1 0
2 0
Shots by Period Winthrop University Opponents
1st
2nd
OT
OT2
89 121 158 183
5 2
4 2
Saves by Period Winthrop University Opponents
1st
2nd
OT
OT2
54 33
54 30
1 1
0 0
Corners by Period Winthrop University Opponents
1st
2nd
OT
OT2
24 58
37 58
1 0
1 0
1st
2nd
OT
OT2
129 119 103 96
6 3
0 3
Fouls by Period Winthrop University Opponents
78 23 3 109 64
Total 19 45 Total 219 345 Total 109 64 Total 63 116 Total 254 205
W-L-T
Sho
.716 7-8-0 .639 0-4-0 .750 0-0-0 .708 7-12-0 .771 12-7-0
Pct
4 0 0 4 8