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PANTHERS’ 2008 SCHEDULE
– A First-Time Foe Visits Lakeside Field – CENTRAL ARKANSAS (2-5) at EASTERN ILLINOIS (3-2-1) Saturday, September 20 • 2 p.m. Lakeside Field • Charleston, Illinois All-Time Series: First Meeting Live Stats: www.EIUpanthers.com
2008 Stats Record Conference Home Away Neutral Goals Assists Goals Allowed Goal Diff. GAA Shutouts Saves Shots Corner Kicks Fouls Preseason Poll
STATISTICAL STACK-UP EIU 3-2-1 MVC 1-0 2-1-1 0-1 12 11 10 +2 1.61 1 26 86 29 71 5th (of 6)
UCA 2-5 Independent 1-2 0-1 1-2 5 1 16 -11 2.17 1 28 52 26 75 NA
NIU TOURNEY RECAP: Eastern Illinois was unable to pick up a win but did salvage a draw against Northern Illinois at the rainy NIU Invitational in DeKalb last weekend. The Panthers were done in by a secondhalf hat trick in the loss to Northwestern. Goalkeeper Mark Hansen responded with a season-high six saves against NIU. The Panthers also withstood NIU’s 18 corner kick opportunities. Chris Pearson and Brad Peters represented EIU on the All-Tournament Team. Gartner Joins the Top 10: Adam Gartner assisted on EIU’s lone goal at the NIU Invitational, registering the 17th of his career and moving into 10th place on the program’s all-time list. Prior to last season when the now-graduated Mick Galeski also joined the Top 10 assists list, those career leaders had remained stagnant since 1993... Gartner will start his 50th consecutive game Saturday when EIU hosts Central Arkansas. Another Pearson Score in Tourney Play: Center back Chris Pearson has not only played all 560 minutes of the first six games this season, but also found time to score the game-tying goal in the draw against Northern Illinois Sunday. It was his fourth career goal, three of which have come in tournament games. As a freshman, he scored against Missouri State at the MVC Tournament and accounted for EIU’s first goal of last season at Bradley’s City Centre Classic. Burned by a Hat Trick: Matt Eliason scored all three of his team’s goals in 14th-ranked Northwestern’s 3-0 victory against the Panthers Sept 12. It marked the first time since September 2004 that an opponent posted a hat trick against Eastern. Nowaf Jaman of Western Illinois accomplished the feat in Macomb that season. Since then an EIU player has accounted for three hat tricks: Jimmy Klatter vs. Longwood and at Evansville in 2005, and Brad Peters at IPFW in 2006.
(3-2-1 • 2007: 12-6-3, 2-3-1 Missouri Valley) 15 21 24 29 31 5 7 12 14 20 26 1 5 8 13 15 18 21 25 1 8 12 14 16
X AUGUST X SAINT XAVIER (Exhibtion).........................................W 1-0 Kupiec at Indianapolis (Exhibtion)........................................... L 2-0 INTRASQUAD GAME (Exhibition)............ White Team, 4-3 Underclassmen Goals: Harrison, Genenbacher-2, CHILD Upperclassmen Goals: Horing, Peters, Kupiec at Valparaiso (EIU now leads 10-2-1).......................... L 2-1 Gartner UMKC (EIU now leads 8-3)........................................W 3-2 Adee, Lewis, PETERS X SEPTEMBER X at Western Michigan (EIU now leads 4-0)...................W 2-0 PHILLIPS, Harrison at IPFW (EIU now leads 5-1)......................................W 5-2 Harrison, Peters, HARRISON, Own Goal, Gartner % vs #14 Northwestern (Series now tied 4-4-5)........... L 3-0 % at Northern Illinois (EIU now leads 15-7-3)..............T 1-1 Pearson CENTRAL ARKANSAS (First Meeting)....................2 p.m. _ Senior Day Series: Mark Hansen & Patrick Mabeya at Wright State (Series tied 4-4)................................. 6 p.m. X OCTOBER X at IUPUI (Series Tied 2-2-1)........................................ 6 p.m. at #15 Ohio State (EIU leads 2-1)............................. 11 a.m. at Western Illinois (EIU leads 31-11-4).................. 4:30 p.m. ORAL ROBERTS (EIU leads 3-2)..............................4 p.m. _ Senior Day Series: James Scheffers • at Bradley (BU leads 10-7-1).................................... 7 p.m. • at Drake (DU leads 8-5-3)........................................ 7 p.m. at Butler (EIU leads 2-1)............................................. 3 p.m. • EVANSVILLE (UE Leads 11-9-4)............................2 p.m. _ Senior Day Series: Mike Lewis & Brad Peters X NOVEMBER X • at Missouri State (MSU leads 13-4)......................... 7 p.m. • #12 CREIGHTON (CU leads 14-4-1).......................2 p.m. _ Senior Recognition Day – STATE FARM MVC TOURNAMENT • EVANSVILLE – Opening-Round Match.................................................. TBA Semifinal Match............................................................. TBA Tournament Championship Match............................. 1 p.m. Televised Live on FSN Midwest % NIU/adidas Invitational (DeKalb, Ill.) • Missouri Valley Conference match HOME GAMES AT LAKESIDE FIELD All Times CDT/CST
Eastern Illinois Men’s Soccer Hosts Central Arkansas
NSCAA MIDWEST REGION TOP 10 (Sept. 16)
Team Record 1. SMU 5-0-1 2. Oakland 5-1 3. Drake* 6-0 Western Illinois* 6-0 5. Creighton* 3-1-1 6. UMKC* 2-1-2 7. Evansville* 5-0 8. Tulsa 2-3-1 9. Kentucky 3-2 10. Bradley* 3-2-1 *On EIU’s 2008 Schedule
EIU RECORD WHEN HE SCORES...
Player (Goals, GWGs) Jim Adee (1, 0) Adam Gartner (8, 2) Alex Harrison (8, 3) Darby Kehoe (2, 0) Jeff Kupiec (1, 0) Mike Lewis (3, 0) Chris Pearson (4, 0) Brad Peters (25, 11) Jeff Phillips (1, 1) Evan Philpott (1, 0)
EIU Record 1-0 7-1 5-0-1 2-0 0-1 2-0-1 2-1-1 17-2-1 1-0 1-0
Win % 1.000 .875 .917 1.000 .000 .833 .625 .875 1.000 1.000
WHERE & WHEN HAS HE SCORED...
Player (Goals) H A J. Adee (1) 1 – A. Gartner (8) 2 4 A. Harrison (8) 1 6 D. Kehoe (2) 2 – J. Kupiec (1) – 1 M. Lewis (3) 2 1 C. Pearson (4) 1 1 B. Peters (25) 11 9 J. Phillips (1) – 1 E. Philpott (1) 1 –
N – 2 1 – – – 2 5 – –
NC MVC PS 1 – – 6 2 – 8 – – 1 1 – – 1 – 2 1 – 2 1 1 17 6 2 1 – – – 1 –
H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral NC = Non-Conference, PS = Post Season
Multi-Goal & Assist Efforts
Player Multi-Goal Multi-Asst Goal&Asst* B. Peters 4 3 8 A. Harrison 2 – 1 A. Gartner – 2 2 M. Lewis – 1 – *Goal&Asst = a game in which he had at least one goal & one assist.
Consecutive Games Started Adam Gartner – 49 (Since Nov. ‘05) Brad Peters – 32 (Since Oct. ‘06) Patrick Mabeya – 17 Mark Hansen – 11 Alex Harrison – 10 Chris Pearson – 8 Nick Bonacker – 6 Mike Picinich – 6
TEAM LEADERS IN MINUTES PLAYED
Player Minutes Active Streak ‘08 Long Chris Pearson 560 740 560 Brad Peters 553 290 290 Adam Gartner 550 380 380 Mark Hansen 515 200 315 Patrick Mabeya 501 200 200 Nick Bonacker 494 38 315 Alex Harrison 480 117 117 Evan Philpott 407 – 173 Mike Picinich 362 65 65 Eddie Barnes 334 65 76 Darby Kehoe 331 110 110 Jeff Kupiec 265 65 65 Mike Lewis 251 – 47 Jim Adee 179 – 31 Jeff Phillips 177 – 28 Matt Crowley 91 – 40 Jonathan Hinds 62 – 45 Mark Essary 45 – 45
SCoRING STREAK ENDS: Northwestern’s shutout victory against EIU ended the Panthers’ regular-season scoring streak at 14 consecutive games. It marked the first time EIU was blanked in a regular-season game since Sept. 25, 2007 vs. Western Illinois. The 14-game streak was the longest of the program’s MVC era (1996-present). Previously, the longest MVC-era streak was 11, posted in 1998 when EIU scored in the first 11 contests of the season. Eastern compiled a 9-3-2 record during its 14-game streak. In 2004, the Panthers scored in eight straight games but went just 2-6.... Eastern scored in each of the last 10 regular-season contests of the 2007 campaign. A shutout loss to Bradley in the ‘07 MVC Tournament ended the overall scoring streak at 11 games. GOING THE DISTANCE: Chris Pearson has played the entire game in each of the first six contests this season. Dating back to the 2007 MVC Tournament, he has played 740 consecutive minutes. Among the field players, Adam Gartner (5), Nick Bonacker (4), Brad Peters (4), Patrick Mabeya (3) and Evan Philpott (2) have also gone the distance on multiple occasions this season.
CAREER GW GOAL TALLY Brad Peters – 11 08/31/08: UMKC, 3-2 10/27/07: at Western Kentucky, 3-1 10/17/07: Missouri State, 4-2 10/07/07: Valparaiso, 4-0 09/09/07: at UMKC, 1-0 09/07/07: vs Oral Roberts, 1-0 (OT) 09/01/07: vs Lipscomb, 2-0 11/01/06: vs Missouri State, 3-1 10/08/06: Evansville, 3-1 09/08/06: at IPFW, 3-1 09/03/06: UMKC, 1-0 Alex Harrison – 3 09/07/08: at IPFW, 5-2 11/07/07: at Asbury, 2-1 (OT) 08/31/07: vs Belmont, 2-1 (OT) Adam Gartner – 2 10/25/06: at Valparaiso, 1-0 09/16/05: Valparaiso, 2-0 Jeff Phillips – 1 09/05/08: at Western Michigan, 2-0
GARTNER A CLASS CANDIDATE: Adam Gartner’s all-around excellence as a student-athlete has led to him being named one of 30 candidates nationally for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the award was launched during the 2001-02 season in response to the trend of college basketball players leaving college early to turn professional. In 2007 the sport of soccer was brought into the fold. Gartner was the lone candidate chosen from the Missouri Valley Conference this year. ROAD TRIP SWEEP: The Panthers swept their Western Michigan-IPFW road trip the weekend of Sept. 5-7, outscoring their opponents, 7-2. Since the beginning of the 2006 season, Eastern has now posted 18 wins away from home in either road or neutral-site matches. However, the shutout victory at Western Michigan was the Panthers’ first in a true road game since defeating Kentucky in overtime in September of 2007... Eastern’s five goals at IPFW represent the team’s most in a game since also scoring five times in a 2005 win at Evansville. Adam Gartner scored in both games. HARRISON PLAYER OF THE WEEK: After scoring three times and setting up another goal as EIU swept its weekend road trip to Western Michigan and IPFW, Alex Harrison was named the MVC Offensive Player of the Week. The sophomore forward accounted for EIU’s final goal in the 2-0 win at WMU and two of the team’s first two scores in the 5-2 victory at IPFW. The Englishman currently leads the team with three goals and three assists, recording a point in each of the first four games. He also leads the league in points (9) while ranking second in goals and assists. Harrison scored three minutes and 31 seconds into the IPFW match, the quickest goal by a Panther since Brad Peters scored in the first minute against Valparaiso last year. He scored again 24 minutes later to record his second career multi-goal game. FRESHMAN’S FIRST GOAL A GAME-WINNER: Freshman Jeff Phillips scored EIU’s first goal in the win at Western Michigan and it proved to be the game-winner after the Panthers finished off the shutout. Phillips joined teammate Alex Harrison as active EIU players whose first career goal turned out to be the game-winner. However, when Harrison accomplished the feat last season, it was an overtime score in the first game of the year... In other freshman news, Mike Picinich has now started each of the first four games of the year. Goalkeeper Mark Essary saw his first regular-season action against IPFW, playing the entire second half and being credited with two saves. ACTIVE LEADERS ABOUND: Eastern features the Valley’s active career leader in four statistical categories. Brad Peters is tops in goals (25) and points (65), while also ranking third in assists (15). Adam Gartner is tops with 16 career assists and also ranks among the Top 10 in goals and points. Mark Hansen’s 0.96 career goals against average is also the best among multi-year starting goalkeepers... Additionally, Peters is now just two goals and two assists shy of breaking into the EIU all-time Top 10 in both categories. Gartner needs just one helper to add his name to the assists leaderboard. ASSISTING BOTH SCORES: Brad Peters assisted on both EIU goals in the win at Western Michigan, recording his third career multi-assist effort. He also setup a pair of his teammates’ goals in games against Valparaiso (scored by Darby Kehoe and Mick Galeski) last season and Olivet Nazarene (scored by Mick Galeski and Brad Earl) in 2005.
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PANTHERS SPLIT OPENING WEEKEND: Eastern earned a split during its season-opening weekend, losing at Valparaiso, 2-1, but bouncing back with a 3-2 home victory against UMKC. Adam Gartner, Jim Adee, Mike Lewis and Brad Peters accounted for EIU’s four goals. Alex Harrison led the way with two assists, setting up the goals by Gartner and Peters. Peters Passes Thompson: Brad Peters scored the game-winning goal against UMKC for the third year in a row Aug. 31, becoming the program’s all-time leader in the Valley era (1996present) in the process with 11 for his career. Peters entered his senior season sharing the record with Jason Thompson (2000-02). After assisting on EIU’s first goal of the game, it marked the eighth time as a Panther that he has recorded a goal and assist in the same contest. Another Goal vERSUS Valpo: Adam Gartner scored EIU’s first goal of the season 2:46 into the opener at Valparaiso Aug. 29. It marked the third time in the last four years he has found the back of the net against the Crusaders. While the goal was the seventh of his career, it was also his first since Oct. 25, 2006 at Valpo. When the Crusaders scored twice in the second half to rally for a 2-1 victory over EIU, it marked the first time the Panthers had lost a game when Gartner scored during his career. FIRST GOAL AT HOME: Jim Adee gave EIU a halftime lead against UMKC Aug. 31 by scoring his first career goal in the 17th minute. Of the other nine active players that have scored a goal at EIU, only three – Darby Kehoe, Brad Peters and Evan Philpott – also recorded their first career goal at home. PETERS NAMED TO HERMANN WATCH LIST: Brad Peters has been named to the preseason Watch List for the most prestigious award in collegiate soccer, the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy. The initial list is comprised of 48 NCAA Division I players, including the 2007 recipient, O’Brian White of the University of Connecticut. The Hermann Trophy winner is selected by DI head coaches that are members of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. The list is reduced to 15 semifinalists by a coaches committee in November, from which the three finalists are later chosen. The Missouri Athletic Club will announce the winner Jan. 9 in St. Louis... Peters was one of three Missouri Valley Conference players selected to the preseason Watch List, joining Creighton’s Byron Dacy and Andrei Gotsmanov. MORE ON PETERS: Brad Peters enters his senior season as the MVC’s active career leader with 23 goals. He has led the league with 11 scores each of the last two years, earning First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-Midwest Region honors at the end of both seasons. In 2007, the St. Peters, Mo. native became the first player in EIU’s Valley era (1996-present) to record consecutive double-figure goal seasons. Eastern has posted a 15-2-1 record when he has scored a goal during his career... Peters was also named a Preseason Player to Watch by College Soccer News.
MISSOURI VALLEY Conference Standings
As of Sept. 16 Drake Evansville Creighton Eastern Illinois Bradley Missouri State
– MISSOURI VALLEY – – OVERALL – W L T PCT PTS GF GA W L T PCT GF 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 6 0 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 5 0 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 1 0 .750 9 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 2 1 .583 12 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 2 1 .583 8 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 3 2 .333 3 The Week of September 18-24 Thursday, September 18 Evansville at #24 UC Santa Barbara, 9 p.m. Friday, September 19 Bradley at Xavier, 6 p.m. Drake vs #6 California, 6:30 p.m. (Palo Alto, Calif.) Valparaiso at Missouri State, 7 p.m. #12 Creighton at Stanford, 10 p.m. Saturday, September 20 Central Arkansas at Eastern Illinois, 2 p.m. Evansville at Cal Poly, 9 p.m. Sunday, September 21 #12 Creighton vs #6 California, 2 p.m. (Palo Alto, Calif.) Drake at Stanford, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 24 Missouri State at Memphis, 7 p.m.
EIU Leaders in the Valley Era
GOALS 1. Jason Thompson........... 40................ ‘00-02 2. Jimmy Klatter............... 31................ ‘02-05 3. Derrick Perry. ............ 26................ ‘98-01 4. Brad Peters................ 25................ ‘05-Pr 5. Jeff Nix. ...................... 17................ ‘96-98 6. Two Tied with............... 14 8. Brad Earl.................... 12................ ‘04-07 9. Adam Gartner.............. 8................. ‘05-Pr Alex Harrison.............. 8................. ‘07-Pr GW GOALS 1. Brad Peters................ 11................ ‘05-Pr 2. Jason Thompson........... 10................ ‘00-02 5. Two Tied with................ 5 7. Three Tied with............. 4 10. Alex Harrison.............. 3................. ‘07-Pr Aaron Aguirre.............. 3................. ‘98-02 Adam Gartner.............. 2................. ‘05-Pr ASSISTS 1. Mick Galeski................ 24................ ‘04-07 2. Adam Gartner............. 17................ ‘05-Pr 3. Jason Thompson........... 16................ ‘00-02 4. Brad Peters................ 15................ ‘05-Pr Jimmy Klatter............... 15................ ‘02-05 6. Jake Spain.................... 13................ ‘97-00 7. Derrick Perry. ............ 12................ ‘98-01 8. Two Tied with............... 10 10. Two Tied with................ 9 Alex Harrison.............. 7................. ‘07-Pr POINTS 1. Jason Thompson........... 96................ ‘00-02 2. Jimmy Klatter............... 77................ ‘02-05 3. Brad Peters................ 65................ ‘05-Pr 4. Derrick Perry. ............ 64................ ‘98-01 5. Mick Galeksi................ 52................ ‘04-07 6. Jeff Nix. ...................... 40................ ‘96-98 7. Adam Gartner............. 33................ ‘05-Pr 8. Henry Ospina............... 30................ ‘96-97 9. Two Tied with............... 26 Alex Harrison............. 23................ ‘07-Pr SAVES 1. Ryan Waguespack. ...... 306............... ‘97-00 2. Mark Hansen.............. 144............... ‘05-Pr MINUTES IN GOAL 1. Ryan Waguespack. ..... 5534.............. ‘97-00 2. Mark Hansen............. 3933.............. ‘05-Pr
EIU All-Time Leaders
GA 0 3 2 10 3 6
ASSISTS 1. Carmelo Rago. ............ 31................ ‘69-71 2. Neil Swindells............. 25................ ‘82-85 3. Two tied with............... 24................ ‘04-07 7. Two tied with............... 20 9. Paul Agyeman. ............. 18................ ‘91-93 10. Adam Gartner............. 17................ ‘05-Pr Two others tied with.... 17 Brad Peters................ 15................ ‘05-Pr GOALS 1. Damien Kelly................ 53................ ‘80-83 2. Tony Durante.............. 48................ ‘69-72 3. Jason Thompson........... 40................ ‘00-02 7. Two Tied with............... 31 9. Ross Ongaro............... 28................ ‘77-79 10. Henry Ospina............... 27................ ‘93-97 Brad Peters................ 25................ ‘05-Pr POINTS 1. Damien Kelly............... 128............... ‘80-83 2. Tony Durante.............. 99................ ‘69-72 3. Jason Thompson........... 96................ ‘00-02 8. David Kompare. ............ 78................ ‘86-89 9. Jimmy Klatter............... 77................ ‘02-05 10. Agyeman Prempeh. ....... 73................ ‘80-83 Brad Peters................ 65................ ‘05-Pr
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Active Valley Leaders
GOALS 1. Brad Peters.................. EIU....................... 25 2. Byron Dacy................... CU....................... 16 Chris Cutshaw. ..............BU....................... 16 4. Garrett Webb............... DU....................... 13 5. Mike Luttrull.................UE....................... 10 6. Jeff Thayer................... CU......................... 9 Kevin Shrout................. DU......................... 9 8. Adam Gartner............... EIU......................... 8 Alex Harrison............... EIU......................... 8 Three Others Tied with................................ 8 ASSISTS 1. Adam Gartner............... EIU....................... 17 2. Byron Dacy................... CU....................... 16 3. Brad Peters.................. EIU....................... 15 4. Tom Irvin........................UE....................... 10 5. Kieran Purcell...............UE......................... 9 6. Jeff Thayer................... CU......................... 8 Garrett Webb............... DU......................... 8 8. Alex Harrison............... EIU......................... 7 Six Others Tied with..................................... 7 POINTS 1. Brad Peters.................. EIU....................... 65 2. Byron Dacy................... CU....................... 48 3. Chris Cutshaw. ..............BU....................... 38 4. Garrett Webb............... DU....................... 34 5. Adam Gartner............... EIU....................... 33 6. Jeff Thayer................... CU....................... 26 7. Kevin Shrout................. DU....................... 24 8. Alex Harrison............... EIU....................... 23 Two Others Tied with................................. 23 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE 1. Mark Hansen................. EIU.................... 1.01 2. Alex Riggs. .................. MSU................... 1.29 Alec Dufty.....................UE.................... 1.48
Comparison: Shots-SOG-Corners
Opponent at Valparaiso UMKC at Western Michigan at IPFW vs #14 Northwestern at Northern Illinois Central Arkansas at Wright State at IUPUI at #15 Ohio State at Western Illinois Oral Roberts at Bradley at Drake at Butler Evansville at Missouri State #12 Creighton Season Totals
OPP 12-5-2 9-6-6 8-5-9 12-6-0 17-6-10 25-8-18
EIU 10-6-8 23-11-6 10-6-4 23-14-5 12-4-5 8-2-1
HANSEN POSTS THREE OF THE TOP FIVE: Mark Hansen entered his senior season as the active leader in the Valley with a career 0.92 goals against average. He has posted a sub-1.00 GAA each of his first three years at EIU, registering three of the top 5 marks by a Panther goalkeeper in the program’s MVC era (1996-present). Eastern has recorded 15 of its 23 victories the last two seasons in shutout fashion. Hansen has been credited with nine of those shutouts while seeing action in 13 of the shutout victories total. GOING FOR 10-PLUS IN THREE STRAIGHT: A recent program renaissance has produced 23 victories and consecutive appearances in the semifinals of the MVC Tournament the last two seasons. If the Panthers can reach the 10-win plateau again this year, it would mark the first time since 1987-89 that EIU posted 10-plus victories for three straight seasons. EXHIBITION ACTION: Eastern posted a 1-1 record during its exhibition season, defeating Saint Xavier at home and losing at the University of Indianapolis. Additionally, the underclassmen won EIU’s intrasquad game, 4-3. Jeff Kupiec scored on a penalty kick for the lone tally in the SXU win. The junior scored the upperclassmen’s final goal in the intrasquad as well. Grey Genenbacher (twice), Alex Harrison and Ryan Child scored for the underclassmen, while Ari Horing and Brad Peters also found the back of the net for the upperclassmen... Goalkeepers Mark Hansen, Brad Ryan and Mark Essary all performed well. Hansen played the entire intrasquad game and finished with six saves. Ryan started the Saint Xavier game and the intrasquad (for the underclassmen). Essary finished with a combined six saves in his 60 minutes of action. SUCCESS AWAY FROM HOME: Eastern has enjoyed quite a bit of success away from home the last two seasons, a feat the team will look to duplicate again this year. With only five of EIU’s 18 regularseason games slated to be played at Lakeside Field, the Panthers will have to be good away from home to have another successful season. The last two years, EIU has posted a 16-9-3 record in road (10-6-3) and neutral-site games (6-3). Eastern was an impressive 6-3-1 in road games in 2006, and 4-1 in neutral-site affairs in 2007. MVC Preseason Coaches Poll
PRESEASON POLL: After playing a role in 22 of EIU’s 34 Team Poll Pts Starters R/L goals a year ago, Adam Gartner and Brad Peters have been Creighton (5) 35 7/4 selected to the Missouri Valley’s Preseason All-Conference Evansville 27 8/3 Team by the league coaches. The two seniors also earned Bradley 20 6/5 All-MVC honors at last year’s postseason banquet on the Drake 19 7/4 eve of the conference tournament semifinals. Peters led the EASTERN 14 8/3 7/4 league in goals (11) and points (28) a season ago. Gartner, Missouri St. (1) 11 (First Place Votes) meanwhile, ranked second in the conference to only graduated teammate Mick Galeski with nine assists, tallying a helper on three of Peters’ goals... Despite returning eight starters from last year’s 12-win team, the Panthers were picked fifth in the six-team preseason poll. Every MVC squad automatically qualifies for the conference tournament this season after Western Kentucky dropped its men’s program in February. Evansville serves as the tourney host, Nov. 12-16. Eastern hosts the top two teams – Creighton and Evansville – in the preseason poll and travels to the other three league squads. Next season the Valley schedule is expected to feature a double round-robin format. STACKED SCHEDULE: The EIU men’s soccer schedule is regularly one of the most daunting slates that any Panther athletic program faces. The always-challenging Missouri Valley Conference schedule is the primary reason why. Currently, three of EIU’s 18 regular-season opponents – No. 9 Northwestern (Sept. 12 in DeKalb, Lost 3-0), No. 12 Creighton (Nov. 8 in Charleston) and No. 15 Ohio State (Oct. 5 in Columbus) – are all ranked among the NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll... Last season, five of the Top 10 teams in the NSCAA Midwest Region Poll were from the Valley – including Eastern.
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10-Plus Goals in the Valley Era
Player Goals Class Jason Thompson 21 Freshman Jason Thompson 14 Junior Derrick Perry 14 Senior Jeff Nix 12 Senior Brad Peters 11 Junior Brad Peters 11 Sophomore Jimmy Klatter 10 Junior
HAT TRICKS IN THE VALLEY ERA
Year 2000 2002 2001 1998 2007 2006 2004
Year Player Opponent Result ‘06 Brad Peters at IPFW W, 3-1 ‘05 Jimmy Klatter $ at Evansville W, 5-1 ‘05 Jimmy Klatter vs Longwood W, 4-1 ‘03 Jimmy Klatter vs Rhode Island W, 4-1 ‘02 J. Thompson* ILL-Chicago W, 8-0 ‘01 Derrick Perry Western Illinois W, 5-2 ‘01 Derrick Perry^ IPFW W, 8-2 ‘00 J. Thompson^ $ at Vandy W, 5-1 ‘00 J. Thompson* $ at Belmont W, 8-1 ‘00 J. Thompson^ at DePaul W, 6-2 ‘98 Jeff Nix at W. Michigan W, 4-0 *Scored 6 goals • ^Scored 4 goals • $MVC game
CONFERENCE COMPETITION: Twelve of EIU’s 13 non-conference opponents hail from four Midwest-based leagues: the Summit League (five – IPFW, IUPUI, Oral Roberts, UMKC and Western Illinois), the Horizon League (three – Butler, Valparaiso and Wright State), the Big Ten (two – Northwestern and Ohio State) and the Mid-American Conference (two – Northern Illinois and Western Michigan). Only Central Arkansas, which competes in the Southland Conference but is independent for men’s soccer, hails from a different league... The last two seasons, EIU has posted an 8-1 mark against Summit League squads and a 3-3-1 record against Horizon League teams. OFTEN TIMES INDIANA: The Panthers are scheduled to make a number of trips east to the state of Indiana this season. Eastern is slated to play regular-season games at Valparaiso (Aug. 29 – L, 2-1 ), IPFW (Sept. 7 – W, 5-2), IUPUI (Oct. 1) and Butler (Oct. 21). With the MVC Tournament set to be hosted by Evansville this season, the Panthers will also play at least one and up to three postseason games in the Hoosier State. And the team already traveled to the University of Indianapolis for an Aug. 21 exhibition game. 2007, THE YEAR OF OVERTIME: Eastern played in eight overtime games last year, a program high in the Valley era. The Panthers went 4-1-3 in games longer than the regulation 90 minutes. Those four wins were also a program best since 1996. Additionally, each of EIU’s three draws last season ended in a 2-2 score. Forward Alex Harrison was involved in all four golden goals, scoring two and assisting on the other two.
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2008 Eastern Illinois Men's Soccer Eastern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 14, 2008) All games RECORD: OVERALL ALL GAMES........... ( 3- 2- 1) CONFERENCE.......... ( 0- 0- 0) NON-CONFERENCE...... ( 3- 2- 1) DATE OPPONENT ------------------------------08-29-08 at Valparaiso 08-31-08 UMKC 09-05-08 at Western Michigan 09-07-08 at IPFW %09-12-08 vs #14 Northwestern %09-14-08 at Northern Illinois * = Missouri Valley Conference match % = NIU Invitational (DeKalb, Ill.)
W/L SCORE ATT ------- ----L 1-2 349 W 3-2 221 W 2-0 257 W 5-2 192 L 0-3 47 T O2 1-1 215
TEAM STATISTICS EIU OPP --------------------------------------------------SHOT STATISTICS.......... Goals-Shot attempts.... 12-86 10-83 Goals scored per game.. 2.00 1.67 Shot pct............... .140 .120 Shots on goal-Attempts. 43-86 36-83 SOG pct................ .500 .434 Shots/Game............. 14.3 13.8 CORNER KICKS............. 29 45 PENALTY KICKS............ 1-1 1-2 PENALTIES................ Yellow cards........... 9 10 Red cards.............. 0 1 ATTENDANCE............... Total.................. 221 1013 Dates/Avg Per Date..... 1/221 4/253 Neutral Site #/Avg..... 1/47
HOME ( 1- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 1- 0- 0)
AWAY ( 2- 1- 1) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 2- 1- 1)
NEUTRAL ( 0- 1- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 1- 0)
## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT -------------------------------------------------------------------7 HARRISON, Alex 6 3 3 9 10 .300 8 .800 1 0-0 10 PETERS, Brad 6 2 3 7 19 .105 11 .579 1 1-1 23 GARTNER, Adam 6 2 2 6 15 .133 7 .467 0 0-0 18 PHILLIPS, Jeff 6 1 0 2 7 .143 4 .571 1 0-0 21 ADEE, Jim 6 1 0 2 3 .333 1 .333 0 0-0 15 LEWIS, Mike 6 1 0 2 3 .333 2 .667 0 0-0 26 PEARSON, Chris 6 1 0 2 2 .500 1 .500 0 0-0 5 KEHOE, Darby 6 0 1 1 5 .000 2 .400 0 0-0 6 BARNES, Eddie 6 0 1 1 3 .000 1 .333 0 0-0 20 PHILPOTT, Evan 6 0 1 1 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 22 KUPIEC, Jeff 6 0 0 0 7 .000 1 .143 0 0-0 8 PICINICH, Mike 6 0 0 0 7 .000 1 .143 0 0-0 11 MABEYA, Patrick 6 0 0 0 2 .000 2 1.000 0 0-0 16 CROWLEY, Matt 4 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0-0 34 ESSARY, Mark 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 33 HANSEN, Mark 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 12 HINDS, Jonathan 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 3 BONACKER, Nick 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Total............... 6 12 11 35 86 .140 43 .500 3 1-1 Opponents........... 6 10 7 27 83 .120 36 .434 2 1-2
|-GOAL AVERAGE-| |-SAVES-| ## GOALTENDERS GP Minutes GA Avg Sv Pct W L T Sho --------------------------------------------------------------------33 HANSEN, Mark 6 515:00 9 1.57 23 .719 3 2 1 1 34 ESSARY, Mark 1 45:00 1 2.00 2 .667 0 0 0 0 Total............... 6 560:00 10 1.61 26 .722 3 2 1 1 Opponents........... 6 560:00 12 1.93 31 .721 2 3 1 1
GOALS BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........
1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --7 5 0 0 2 8 0 0
Total ----12 10
SHOTS BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........
1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --40 44 2 0 39 40 2 2
Total ----86 83
SAVES BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........
1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --15 11 0 0 12 19 0 0
Total ----26 31
CORNER KICKS BY PRD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........
1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --10 19 0 0 16 25 1 3
Total ----29 45
FOULS BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........
1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --38 31 1 1 34 43 3 2
Total ----71 82
MEN’S S CCER
PANTHERS’ 2008 SCHEDULE
– A First-Time Foe Visits Lakeside Field – CENTRAL ARKANSAS (2-5) at EASTERN ILLINOIS (3-2-1) Saturday, September 20 • 2 p.m. Lakeside Field • Charleston, Illinois All-Time Series: First Meeting Live Stats: www.EIUpanthers.com
2008 Stats Record Conference Home Away Neutral Goals Assists Goals Allowed Goal Diff. GAA Shutouts Saves Shots Corner Kicks Fouls Preseason Poll
STATISTICAL STACK-UP EIU 3-2-1 MVC 1-0 2-1-1 0-1 12 11 10 +2 1.61 1 26 86 29 71 5th (of 6)
UCA 2-5 Independent 1-2 0-1 1-2 5 1 16 -11 2.17 1 28 52 26 75 NA
NIU TOURNEY RECAP: Eastern Illinois was unable to pick up a win but did salvage a draw against Northern Illinois at the rainy NIU Invitational in DeKalb last weekend. The Panthers were done in by a secondhalf hat trick in the loss to Northwestern. Goalkeeper Mark Hansen responded with a season-high six saves against NIU. The Panthers also withstood NIU’s 18 corner kick opportunities. Chris Pearson and Brad Peters represented EIU on the All-Tournament Team. Gartner Joins the Top 10: Adam Gartner assisted on EIU’s lone goal at the NIU Invitational, registering the 17th of his career and moving into 10th place on the program’s all-time list. Prior to last season when the now-graduated Mick Galeski also joined the Top 10 assists list, those career leaders had remained stagnant since 1993... Gartner will start his 50th consecutive game Saturday when EIU hosts Central Arkansas. Another Pearson Score in Tourney Play: Center back Chris Pearson has not only played all 560 minutes of the first six games this season, but also found time to score the game-tying goal in the draw against Northern Illinois Sunday. It was his fourth career goal, three of which have come in tournament games. As a freshman, he scored against Missouri State at the MVC Tournament and accounted for EIU’s first goal of last season at Bradley’s City Centre Classic. Burned by a Hat Trick: Matt Eliason scored all three of his team’s goals in 14th-ranked Northwestern’s 3-0 victory against the Panthers Sept 12. It marked the first time since September 2004 that an opponent posted a hat trick against Eastern. Nowaf Jaman of Western Illinois accomplished the feat in Macomb that season. Since then an EIU player has accounted for three hat tricks: Jimmy Klatter vs. Longwood and at Evansville in 2005, and Brad Peters at IPFW in 2006.
(3-2-1 • 2007: 12-6-3, 2-3-1 Missouri Valley) 15 21 24 29 31 5 7 12 14 20 26 1 5 8 13 15 18 21 25 1 8 12 14 16
X AUGUST X SAINT XAVIER (Exhibtion).........................................W 1-0 Kupiec at Indianapolis (Exhibtion)........................................... L 2-0 INTRASQUAD GAME (Exhibition)............ White Team, 4-3 Underclassmen Goals: Harrison, Genenbacher-2, CHILD Upperclassmen Goals: Horing, Peters, Kupiec at Valparaiso (EIU now leads 10-2-1).......................... L 2-1 Gartner UMKC (EIU now leads 8-3)........................................W 3-2 Adee, Lewis, PETERS X SEPTEMBER X at Western Michigan (EIU now leads 4-0)...................W 2-0 PHILLIPS, Harrison at IPFW (EIU now leads 5-1)......................................W 5-2 Harrison, Peters, HARRISON, Own Goal, Gartner % vs #14 Northwestern (Series now tied 4-4-5)........... L 3-0 % at Northern Illinois (EIU now leads 15-7-3)..............T 1-1 Pearson CENTRAL ARKANSAS (First Meeting)....................2 p.m. _ Senior Day Series: Mark Hansen & Patrick Mabeya at Wright State (Series tied 4-4)................................. 6 p.m. X OCTOBER X at IUPUI (Series Tied 2-2-1)........................................ 6 p.m. at #15 Ohio State (EIU leads 2-1)............................. 11 a.m. at Western Illinois (EIU leads 31-11-4).................. 4:30 p.m. ORAL ROBERTS (EIU leads 3-2)..............................4 p.m. _ Senior Day Series: James Scheffers • at Bradley (BU leads 10-7-1).................................... 7 p.m. • at Drake (DU leads 8-5-3)........................................ 7 p.m. at Butler (EIU leads 2-1)............................................. 3 p.m. • EVANSVILLE (UE Leads 11-9-4)............................2 p.m. _ Senior Day Series: Mike Lewis & Brad Peters X NOVEMBER X • at Missouri State (MSU leads 13-4)......................... 7 p.m. • #12 CREIGHTON (CU leads 14-4-1).......................2 p.m. _ Senior Recognition Day – STATE FARM MVC TOURNAMENT • EVANSVILLE – Opening-Round Match.................................................. TBA Semifinal Match............................................................. TBA Tournament Championship Match............................. 1 p.m. Televised Live on FSN Midwest % NIU/adidas Invitational (DeKalb, Ill.) • Missouri Valley Conference match HOME GAMES AT LAKESIDE FIELD All Times CDT/CST
Eastern Illinois Men’s Soccer Hosts Central Arkansas
NSCAA MIDWEST REGION TOP 10 (Sept. 16)
Team Record 1. SMU 5-0-1 2. Oakland 5-1 3. Drake* 6-0 Western Illinois* 6-0 5. Creighton* 3-1-1 6. UMKC* 2-1-2 7. Evansville* 5-0 8. Tulsa 2-3-1 9. Kentucky 3-2 10. Bradley* 3-2-1 *On EIU’s 2008 Schedule
EIU RECORD WHEN HE SCORES...
Player (Goals, GWGs) Jim Adee (1, 0) Adam Gartner (8, 2) Alex Harrison (8, 3) Darby Kehoe (2, 0) Jeff Kupiec (1, 0) Mike Lewis (3, 0) Chris Pearson (4, 0) Brad Peters (25, 11) Jeff Phillips (1, 1) Evan Philpott (1, 0)
EIU Record 1-0 7-1 5-0-1 2-0 0-1 2-0-1 2-1-1 17-2-1 1-0 1-0
Win % 1.000 .875 .917 1.000 .000 .833 .625 .875 1.000 1.000
WHERE & WHEN HAS HE SCORED...
Player (Goals) H A J. Adee (1) 1 – A. Gartner (8) 2 4 A. Harrison (8) 1 6 D. Kehoe (2) 2 – J. Kupiec (1) – 1 M. Lewis (3) 2 1 C. Pearson (4) 1 1 B. Peters (25) 11 9 J. Phillips (1) – 1 E. Philpott (1) 1 –
N – 2 1 – – – 2 5 – –
NC MVC PS 1 – – 6 2 – 8 – – 1 1 – – 1 – 2 1 – 2 1 1 17 6 2 1 – – – 1 –
H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral NC = Non-Conference, PS = Post Season
Multi-Goal & Assist Efforts
Player Multi-Goal Multi-Asst Goal&Asst* B. Peters 4 3 8 A. Harrison 2 – 1 A. Gartner – 2 2 M. Lewis – 1 – *Goal&Asst = a game in which he had at least one goal & one assist.
Consecutive Games Started Adam Gartner – 49 (Since Nov. ‘05) Brad Peters – 32 (Since Oct. ‘06) Patrick Mabeya – 17 Mark Hansen – 11 Alex Harrison – 10 Chris Pearson – 8 Nick Bonacker – 6 Mike Picinich – 6
TEAM LEADERS IN MINUTES PLAYED
Player Minutes Active Streak ‘08 Long Chris Pearson 560 740 560 Brad Peters 553 290 290 Adam Gartner 550 380 380 Mark Hansen 515 200 315 Patrick Mabeya 501 200 200 Nick Bonacker 494 38 315 Alex Harrison 480 117 117 Evan Philpott 407 – 173 Mike Picinich 362 65 65 Eddie Barnes 334 65 76 Darby Kehoe 331 110 110 Jeff Kupiec 265 65 65 Mike Lewis 251 – 47 Jim Adee 179 – 31 Jeff Phillips 177 – 28 Matt Crowley 91 – 40 Jonathan Hinds 62 – 45 Mark Essary 45 – 45
SCoRING STREAK ENDS: Northwestern’s shutout victory against EIU ended the Panthers’ regular-season scoring streak at 14 consecutive games. It marked the first time EIU was blanked in a regular-season game since Sept. 25, 2007 vs. Western Illinois. The 14-game streak was the longest of the program’s MVC era (1996-present). Previously, the longest MVC-era streak was 11, posted in 1998 when EIU scored in the first 11 contests of the season. Eastern compiled a 9-3-2 record during its 14-game streak. In 2004, the Panthers scored in eight straight games but went just 2-6.... Eastern scored in each of the last 10 regular-season contests of the 2007 campaign. A shutout loss to Bradley in the ‘07 MVC Tournament ended the overall scoring streak at 11 games. GOING THE DISTANCE: Chris Pearson has played the entire game in each of the first six contests this season. Dating back to the 2007 MVC Tournament, he has played 740 consecutive minutes. Among the field players, Adam Gartner (5), Nick Bonacker (4), Brad Peters (4), Patrick Mabeya (3) and Evan Philpott (2) have also gone the distance on multiple occasions this season.
CAREER GW GOAL TALLY Brad Peters – 11 08/31/08: UMKC, 3-2 10/27/07: at Western Kentucky, 3-1 10/17/07: Missouri State, 4-2 10/07/07: Valparaiso, 4-0 09/09/07: at UMKC, 1-0 09/07/07: vs Oral Roberts, 1-0 (OT) 09/01/07: vs Lipscomb, 2-0 11/01/06: vs Missouri State, 3-1 10/08/06: Evansville, 3-1 09/08/06: at IPFW, 3-1 09/03/06: UMKC, 1-0 Alex Harrison – 3 09/07/08: at IPFW, 5-2 11/07/07: at Asbury, 2-1 (OT) 08/31/07: vs Belmont, 2-1 (OT) Adam Gartner – 2 10/25/06: at Valparaiso, 1-0 09/16/05: Valparaiso, 2-0 Jeff Phillips – 1 09/05/08: at Western Michigan, 2-0
GARTNER A CLASS CANDIDATE: Adam Gartner’s all-around excellence as a student-athlete has led to him being named one of 30 candidates nationally for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the award was launched during the 2001-02 season in response to the trend of college basketball players leaving college early to turn professional. In 2007 the sport of soccer was brought into the fold. Gartner was the lone candidate chosen from the Missouri Valley Conference this year. ROAD TRIP SWEEP: The Panthers swept their Western Michigan-IPFW road trip the weekend of Sept. 5-7, outscoring their opponents, 7-2. Since the beginning of the 2006 season, Eastern has now posted 18 wins away from home in either road or neutral-site matches. However, the shutout victory at Western Michigan was the Panthers’ first in a true road game since defeating Kentucky in overtime in September of 2007... Eastern’s five goals at IPFW represent the team’s most in a game since also scoring five times in a 2005 win at Evansville. Adam Gartner scored in both games. HARRISON PLAYER OF THE WEEK: After scoring three times and setting up another goal as EIU swept its weekend road trip to Western Michigan and IPFW, Alex Harrison was named the MVC Offensive Player of the Week. The sophomore forward accounted for EIU’s final goal in the 2-0 win at WMU and two of the team’s first two scores in the 5-2 victory at IPFW. The Englishman currently leads the team with three goals and three assists, recording a point in each of the first four games. He also leads the league in points (9) while ranking second in goals and assists. Harrison scored three minutes and 31 seconds into the IPFW match, the quickest goal by a Panther since Brad Peters scored in the first minute against Valparaiso last year. He scored again 24 minutes later to record his second career multi-goal game. FRESHMAN’S FIRST GOAL A GAME-WINNER: Freshman Jeff Phillips scored EIU’s first goal in the win at Western Michigan and it proved to be the game-winner after the Panthers finished off the shutout. Phillips joined teammate Alex Harrison as active EIU players whose first career goal turned out to be the game-winner. However, when Harrison accomplished the feat last season, it was an overtime score in the first game of the year... In other freshman news, Mike Picinich has now started each of the first four games of the year. Goalkeeper Mark Essary saw his first regular-season action against IPFW, playing the entire second half and being credited with two saves. ACTIVE LEADERS ABOUND: Eastern features the Valley’s active career leader in four statistical categories. Brad Peters is tops in goals (25) and points (65), while also ranking third in assists (15). Adam Gartner is tops with 16 career assists and also ranks among the Top 10 in goals and points. Mark Hansen’s 0.96 career goals against average is also the best among multi-year starting goalkeepers... Additionally, Peters is now just two goals and two assists shy of breaking into the EIU all-time Top 10 in both categories. Gartner needs just one helper to add his name to the assists leaderboard. ASSISTING BOTH SCORES: Brad Peters assisted on both EIU goals in the win at Western Michigan, recording his third career multi-assist effort. He also setup a pair of his teammates’ goals in games against Valparaiso (scored by Darby Kehoe and Mick Galeski) last season and Olivet Nazarene (scored by Mick Galeski and Brad Earl) in 2005.
Eastern Illinois Men’s Soccer: Panther Pride
on the
Pitch
PANTHERS SPLIT OPENING WEEKEND: Eastern earned a split during its season-opening weekend, losing at Valparaiso, 2-1, but bouncing back with a 3-2 home victory against UMKC. Adam Gartner, Jim Adee, Mike Lewis and Brad Peters accounted for EIU’s four goals. Alex Harrison led the way with two assists, setting up the goals by Gartner and Peters. Peters Passes Thompson: Brad Peters scored the game-winning goal against UMKC for the third year in a row Aug. 31, becoming the program’s all-time leader in the Valley era (1996present) in the process with 11 for his career. Peters entered his senior season sharing the record with Jason Thompson (2000-02). After assisting on EIU’s first goal of the game, it marked the eighth time as a Panther that he has recorded a goal and assist in the same contest. Another Goal vERSUS Valpo: Adam Gartner scored EIU’s first goal of the season 2:46 into the opener at Valparaiso Aug. 29. It marked the third time in the last four years he has found the back of the net against the Crusaders. While the goal was the seventh of his career, it was also his first since Oct. 25, 2006 at Valpo. When the Crusaders scored twice in the second half to rally for a 2-1 victory over EIU, it marked the first time the Panthers had lost a game when Gartner scored during his career. FIRST GOAL AT HOME: Jim Adee gave EIU a halftime lead against UMKC Aug. 31 by scoring his first career goal in the 17th minute. Of the other nine active players that have scored a goal at EIU, only three – Darby Kehoe, Brad Peters and Evan Philpott – also recorded their first career goal at home. PETERS NAMED TO HERMANN WATCH LIST: Brad Peters has been named to the preseason Watch List for the most prestigious award in collegiate soccer, the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy. The initial list is comprised of 48 NCAA Division I players, including the 2007 recipient, O’Brian White of the University of Connecticut. The Hermann Trophy winner is selected by DI head coaches that are members of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. The list is reduced to 15 semifinalists by a coaches committee in November, from which the three finalists are later chosen. The Missouri Athletic Club will announce the winner Jan. 9 in St. Louis... Peters was one of three Missouri Valley Conference players selected to the preseason Watch List, joining Creighton’s Byron Dacy and Andrei Gotsmanov. MORE ON PETERS: Brad Peters enters his senior season as the MVC’s active career leader with 23 goals. He has led the league with 11 scores each of the last two years, earning First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-Midwest Region honors at the end of both seasons. In 2007, the St. Peters, Mo. native became the first player in EIU’s Valley era (1996-present) to record consecutive double-figure goal seasons. Eastern has posted a 15-2-1 record when he has scored a goal during his career... Peters was also named a Preseason Player to Watch by College Soccer News.
MISSOURI VALLEY Conference Standings
As of Sept. 16 Drake Evansville Creighton Eastern Illinois Bradley Missouri State
– MISSOURI VALLEY – – OVERALL – W L T PCT PTS GF GA W L T PCT GF 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 6 0 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 5 0 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 1 0 .750 9 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 2 1 .583 12 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 2 1 .583 8 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 3 2 .333 3 The Week of September 18-24 Thursday, September 18 Evansville at #24 UC Santa Barbara, 9 p.m. Friday, September 19 Bradley at Xavier, 6 p.m. Drake vs #6 California, 6:30 p.m. (Palo Alto, Calif.) Valparaiso at Missouri State, 7 p.m. #12 Creighton at Stanford, 10 p.m. Saturday, September 20 Central Arkansas at Eastern Illinois, 2 p.m. Evansville at Cal Poly, 9 p.m. Sunday, September 21 #12 Creighton vs #6 California, 2 p.m. (Palo Alto, Calif.) Drake at Stanford, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 24 Missouri State at Memphis, 7 p.m.
EIU Leaders in the Valley Era
GOALS 1. Jason Thompson........... 40................ ‘00-02 2. Jimmy Klatter............... 31................ ‘02-05 3. Derrick Perry. ............ 26................ ‘98-01 4. Brad Peters................ 25................ ‘05-Pr 5. Jeff Nix. ...................... 17................ ‘96-98 6. Two Tied with............... 14 8. Brad Earl.................... 12................ ‘04-07 9. Adam Gartner.............. 8................. ‘05-Pr Alex Harrison.............. 8................. ‘07-Pr GW GOALS 1. Brad Peters................ 11................ ‘05-Pr 2. Jason Thompson........... 10................ ‘00-02 5. Two Tied with................ 5 7. Three Tied with............. 4 10. Alex Harrison.............. 3................. ‘07-Pr Aaron Aguirre.............. 3................. ‘98-02 Adam Gartner.............. 2................. ‘05-Pr ASSISTS 1. Mick Galeski................ 24................ ‘04-07 2. Adam Gartner............. 17................ ‘05-Pr 3. Jason Thompson........... 16................ ‘00-02 4. Brad Peters................ 15................ ‘05-Pr Jimmy Klatter............... 15................ ‘02-05 6. Jake Spain.................... 13................ ‘97-00 7. Derrick Perry. ............ 12................ ‘98-01 8. Two Tied with............... 10 10. Two Tied with................ 9 Alex Harrison.............. 7................. ‘07-Pr POINTS 1. Jason Thompson........... 96................ ‘00-02 2. Jimmy Klatter............... 77................ ‘02-05 3. Brad Peters................ 65................ ‘05-Pr 4. Derrick Perry. ............ 64................ ‘98-01 5. Mick Galeksi................ 52................ ‘04-07 6. Jeff Nix. ...................... 40................ ‘96-98 7. Adam Gartner............. 33................ ‘05-Pr 8. Henry Ospina............... 30................ ‘96-97 9. Two Tied with............... 26 Alex Harrison............. 23................ ‘07-Pr SAVES 1. Ryan Waguespack. ...... 306............... ‘97-00 2. Mark Hansen.............. 144............... ‘05-Pr MINUTES IN GOAL 1. Ryan Waguespack. ..... 5534.............. ‘97-00 2. Mark Hansen............. 3933.............. ‘05-Pr
EIU All-Time Leaders
GA 0 3 2 10 3 6
ASSISTS 1. Carmelo Rago. ............ 31................ ‘69-71 2. Neil Swindells............. 25................ ‘82-85 3. Two tied with............... 24................ ‘04-07 7. Two tied with............... 20 9. Paul Agyeman. ............. 18................ ‘91-93 10. Adam Gartner............. 17................ ‘05-Pr Two others tied with.... 17 Brad Peters................ 15................ ‘05-Pr GOALS 1. Damien Kelly................ 53................ ‘80-83 2. Tony Durante.............. 48................ ‘69-72 3. Jason Thompson........... 40................ ‘00-02 7. Two Tied with............... 31 9. Ross Ongaro............... 28................ ‘77-79 10. Henry Ospina............... 27................ ‘93-97 Brad Peters................ 25................ ‘05-Pr POINTS 1. Damien Kelly............... 128............... ‘80-83 2. Tony Durante.............. 99................ ‘69-72 3. Jason Thompson........... 96................ ‘00-02 8. David Kompare. ............ 78................ ‘86-89 9. Jimmy Klatter............... 77................ ‘02-05 10. Agyeman Prempeh. ....... 73................ ‘80-83 Brad Peters................ 65................ ‘05-Pr
Eastern Illinois Men’s Soccer Hosts Central Arkansas
Active Valley Leaders
GOALS 1. Brad Peters.................. EIU....................... 25 2. Byron Dacy................... CU....................... 16 Chris Cutshaw. ..............BU....................... 16 4. Garrett Webb............... DU....................... 13 5. Mike Luttrull.................UE....................... 10 6. Jeff Thayer................... CU......................... 9 Kevin Shrout................. DU......................... 9 8. Adam Gartner............... EIU......................... 8 Alex Harrison............... EIU......................... 8 Three Others Tied with................................ 8 ASSISTS 1. Adam Gartner............... EIU....................... 17 2. Byron Dacy................... CU....................... 16 3. Brad Peters.................. EIU....................... 15 4. Tom Irvin........................UE....................... 10 5. Kieran Purcell...............UE......................... 9 6. Jeff Thayer................... CU......................... 8 Garrett Webb............... DU......................... 8 8. Alex Harrison............... EIU......................... 7 Six Others Tied with..................................... 7 POINTS 1. Brad Peters.................. EIU....................... 65 2. Byron Dacy................... CU....................... 48 3. Chris Cutshaw. ..............BU....................... 38 4. Garrett Webb............... DU....................... 34 5. Adam Gartner............... EIU....................... 33 6. Jeff Thayer................... CU....................... 26 7. Kevin Shrout................. DU....................... 24 8. Alex Harrison............... EIU....................... 23 Two Others Tied with................................. 23 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE 1. Mark Hansen................. EIU.................... 1.01 2. Alex Riggs. .................. MSU................... 1.29 Alec Dufty.....................UE.................... 1.48
Comparison: Shots-SOG-Corners
Opponent at Valparaiso UMKC at Western Michigan at IPFW vs #14 Northwestern at Northern Illinois Central Arkansas at Wright State at IUPUI at #15 Ohio State at Western Illinois Oral Roberts at Bradley at Drake at Butler Evansville at Missouri State #12 Creighton Season Totals
OPP 12-5-2 9-6-6 8-5-9 12-6-0 17-6-10 25-8-18
EIU 10-6-8 23-11-6 10-6-4 23-14-5 12-4-5 8-2-1
HANSEN POSTS THREE OF THE TOP FIVE: Mark Hansen entered his senior season as the active leader in the Valley with a career 0.92 goals against average. He has posted a sub-1.00 GAA each of his first three years at EIU, registering three of the top 5 marks by a Panther goalkeeper in the program’s MVC era (1996-present). Eastern has recorded 15 of its 23 victories the last two seasons in shutout fashion. Hansen has been credited with nine of those shutouts while seeing action in 13 of the shutout victories total. GOING FOR 10-PLUS IN THREE STRAIGHT: A recent program renaissance has produced 23 victories and consecutive appearances in the semifinals of the MVC Tournament the last two seasons. If the Panthers can reach the 10-win plateau again this year, it would mark the first time since 1987-89 that EIU posted 10-plus victories for three straight seasons. EXHIBITION ACTION: Eastern posted a 1-1 record during its exhibition season, defeating Saint Xavier at home and losing at the University of Indianapolis. Additionally, the underclassmen won EIU’s intrasquad game, 4-3. Jeff Kupiec scored on a penalty kick for the lone tally in the SXU win. The junior scored the upperclassmen’s final goal in the intrasquad as well. Grey Genenbacher (twice), Alex Harrison and Ryan Child scored for the underclassmen, while Ari Horing and Brad Peters also found the back of the net for the upperclassmen... Goalkeepers Mark Hansen, Brad Ryan and Mark Essary all performed well. Hansen played the entire intrasquad game and finished with six saves. Ryan started the Saint Xavier game and the intrasquad (for the underclassmen). Essary finished with a combined six saves in his 60 minutes of action. SUCCESS AWAY FROM HOME: Eastern has enjoyed quite a bit of success away from home the last two seasons, a feat the team will look to duplicate again this year. With only five of EIU’s 18 regularseason games slated to be played at Lakeside Field, the Panthers will have to be good away from home to have another successful season. The last two years, EIU has posted a 16-9-3 record in road (10-6-3) and neutral-site games (6-3). Eastern was an impressive 6-3-1 in road games in 2006, and 4-1 in neutral-site affairs in 2007. MVC Preseason Coaches Poll
PRESEASON POLL: After playing a role in 22 of EIU’s 34 Team Poll Pts Starters R/L goals a year ago, Adam Gartner and Brad Peters have been Creighton (5) 35 7/4 selected to the Missouri Valley’s Preseason All-Conference Evansville 27 8/3 Team by the league coaches. The two seniors also earned Bradley 20 6/5 All-MVC honors at last year’s postseason banquet on the Drake 19 7/4 eve of the conference tournament semifinals. Peters led the EASTERN 14 8/3 7/4 league in goals (11) and points (28) a season ago. Gartner, Missouri St. (1) 11 (First Place Votes) meanwhile, ranked second in the conference to only graduated teammate Mick Galeski with nine assists, tallying a helper on three of Peters’ goals... Despite returning eight starters from last year’s 12-win team, the Panthers were picked fifth in the six-team preseason poll. Every MVC squad automatically qualifies for the conference tournament this season after Western Kentucky dropped its men’s program in February. Evansville serves as the tourney host, Nov. 12-16. Eastern hosts the top two teams – Creighton and Evansville – in the preseason poll and travels to the other three league squads. Next season the Valley schedule is expected to feature a double round-robin format. STACKED SCHEDULE: The EIU men’s soccer schedule is regularly one of the most daunting slates that any Panther athletic program faces. The always-challenging Missouri Valley Conference schedule is the primary reason why. Currently, three of EIU’s 18 regular-season opponents – No. 9 Northwestern (Sept. 12 in DeKalb, Lost 3-0), No. 12 Creighton (Nov. 8 in Charleston) and No. 15 Ohio State (Oct. 5 in Columbus) – are all ranked among the NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll... Last season, five of the Top 10 teams in the NSCAA Midwest Region Poll were from the Valley – including Eastern.
83-36-45
86-43-29
10-Plus Goals in the Valley Era
Player Goals Class Jason Thompson 21 Freshman Jason Thompson 14 Junior Derrick Perry 14 Senior Jeff Nix 12 Senior Brad Peters 11 Junior Brad Peters 11 Sophomore Jimmy Klatter 10 Junior
HAT TRICKS IN THE VALLEY ERA
Year 2000 2002 2001 1998 2007 2006 2004
Year Player Opponent Result ‘06 Brad Peters at IPFW W, 3-1 ‘05 Jimmy Klatter $ at Evansville W, 5-1 ‘05 Jimmy Klatter vs Longwood W, 4-1 ‘03 Jimmy Klatter vs Rhode Island W, 4-1 ‘02 J. Thompson* ILL-Chicago W, 8-0 ‘01 Derrick Perry Western Illinois W, 5-2 ‘01 Derrick Perry^ IPFW W, 8-2 ‘00 J. Thompson^ $ at Vandy W, 5-1 ‘00 J. Thompson* $ at Belmont W, 8-1 ‘00 J. Thompson^ at DePaul W, 6-2 ‘98 Jeff Nix at W. Michigan W, 4-0 *Scored 6 goals • ^Scored 4 goals • $MVC game
CONFERENCE COMPETITION: Twelve of EIU’s 13 non-conference opponents hail from four Midwest-based leagues: the Summit League (five – IPFW, IUPUI, Oral Roberts, UMKC and Western Illinois), the Horizon League (three – Butler, Valparaiso and Wright State), the Big Ten (two – Northwestern and Ohio State) and the Mid-American Conference (two – Northern Illinois and Western Michigan). Only Central Arkansas, which competes in the Southland Conference but is independent for men’s soccer, hails from a different league... The last two seasons, EIU has posted an 8-1 mark against Summit League squads and a 3-3-1 record against Horizon League teams. OFTEN TIMES INDIANA: The Panthers are scheduled to make a number of trips east to the state of Indiana this season. Eastern is slated to play regular-season games at Valparaiso (Aug. 29 – L, 2-1 ), IPFW (Sept. 7 – W, 5-2), IUPUI (Oct. 1) and Butler (Oct. 21). With the MVC Tournament set to be hosted by Evansville this season, the Panthers will also play at least one and up to three postseason games in the Hoosier State. And the team already traveled to the University of Indianapolis for an Aug. 21 exhibition game. 2007, THE YEAR OF OVERTIME: Eastern played in eight overtime games last year, a program high in the Valley era. The Panthers went 4-1-3 in games longer than the regulation 90 minutes. Those four wins were also a program best since 1996. Additionally, each of EIU’s three draws last season ended in a 2-2 score. Forward Alex Harrison was involved in all four golden goals, scoring two and assisting on the other two.
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2008 Eastern Illinois Men's Soccer Eastern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 14, 2008) All games RECORD: OVERALL ALL GAMES........... ( 3- 2- 1) CONFERENCE.......... ( 0- 0- 0) NON-CONFERENCE...... ( 3- 2- 1) DATE OPPONENT ------------------------------08-29-08 at Valparaiso 08-31-08 UMKC 09-05-08 at Western Michigan 09-07-08 at IPFW %09-12-08 vs #14 Northwestern %09-14-08 at Northern Illinois * = Missouri Valley Conference match % = NIU Invitational (DeKalb, Ill.)
W/L SCORE ATT ------- ----L 1-2 349 W 3-2 221 W 2-0 257 W 5-2 192 L 0-3 47 T O2 1-1 215
TEAM STATISTICS EIU OPP --------------------------------------------------SHOT STATISTICS.......... Goals-Shot attempts.... 12-86 10-83 Goals scored per game.. 2.00 1.67 Shot pct............... .140 .120 Shots on goal-Attempts. 43-86 36-83 SOG pct................ .500 .434 Shots/Game............. 14.3 13.8 CORNER KICKS............. 29 45 PENALTY KICKS............ 1-1 1-2 PENALTIES................ Yellow cards........... 9 10 Red cards.............. 0 1 ATTENDANCE............... Total.................. 221 1013 Dates/Avg Per Date..... 1/221 4/253 Neutral Site #/Avg..... 1/47
HOME ( 1- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 1- 0- 0)
AWAY ( 2- 1- 1) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 2- 1- 1)
NEUTRAL ( 0- 1- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 1- 0)
## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT -------------------------------------------------------------------7 HARRISON, Alex 6 3 3 9 10 .300 8 .800 1 0-0 10 PETERS, Brad 6 2 3 7 19 .105 11 .579 1 1-1 23 GARTNER, Adam 6 2 2 6 15 .133 7 .467 0 0-0 18 PHILLIPS, Jeff 6 1 0 2 7 .143 4 .571 1 0-0 21 ADEE, Jim 6 1 0 2 3 .333 1 .333 0 0-0 15 LEWIS, Mike 6 1 0 2 3 .333 2 .667 0 0-0 26 PEARSON, Chris 6 1 0 2 2 .500 1 .500 0 0-0 5 KEHOE, Darby 6 0 1 1 5 .000 2 .400 0 0-0 6 BARNES, Eddie 6 0 1 1 3 .000 1 .333 0 0-0 20 PHILPOTT, Evan 6 0 1 1 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 22 KUPIEC, Jeff 6 0 0 0 7 .000 1 .143 0 0-0 8 PICINICH, Mike 6 0 0 0 7 .000 1 .143 0 0-0 11 MABEYA, Patrick 6 0 0 0 2 .000 2 1.000 0 0-0 16 CROWLEY, Matt 4 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0-0 34 ESSARY, Mark 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 33 HANSEN, Mark 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 12 HINDS, Jonathan 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 3 BONACKER, Nick 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Total............... 6 12 11 35 86 .140 43 .500 3 1-1 Opponents........... 6 10 7 27 83 .120 36 .434 2 1-2
|-GOAL AVERAGE-| |-SAVES-| ## GOALTENDERS GP Minutes GA Avg Sv Pct W L T Sho --------------------------------------------------------------------33 HANSEN, Mark 6 515:00 9 1.57 23 .719 3 2 1 1 34 ESSARY, Mark 1 45:00 1 2.00 2 .667 0 0 0 0 Total............... 6 560:00 10 1.61 26 .722 3 2 1 1 Opponents........... 6 560:00 12 1.93 31 .721 2 3 1 1
GOALS BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........
1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --7 5 0 0 2 8 0 0
Total ----12 10
SHOTS BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........
1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --40 44 2 0 39 40 2 2
Total ----86 83
SAVES BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........
1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --15 11 0 0 12 19 0 0
Total ----26 31
CORNER KICKS BY PRD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........
1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --10 19 0 0 16 25 1 3
Total ----29 45
FOULS BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........
1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --38 31 1 1 34 43 3 2
Total ----71 82
