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– The Regular-Season Finale – EASTERN ILLINOIS (10-5-3) at ASBURY COLLEGE (9-11)

Wednesday, November 7 • 3 p.m. (CST) Asbury Soccer Field • Wilmore, Kentucky All-Time Series: EIU leads 1-0 Last Meeting: EIU 2, Asbury 0 (2006 in Charleston) third straight tourney berth: Looking to cut into a potential 10day layoff between last Saturday’s home finale against Bradley and the opening of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on Nov. 14, head coach Adam Howarth finalized the addition of Wednesday’s game at Asbury College. The Panthers are assured of being the fifth seed at the MVC Tournament, hosted by Creighton in Omaha this season. This marks the third straight year EIU has earned a tournament a berth, a program first in the Valley era (1996-present). Previously the Panthers had made back-to-back appearances in 1997-98 and 2005-06. Pearson and Peoria: Chris Pearson scored his first career goal at Lakeside Field in the loss to Bradley Saturday. Coincidentally, the sophomore’s other two careers goals have been scored in Peoria at BU’s Shea Stadium in neutral site games... Pearson joined Brad Peters as the only current Panthers with a non-conference, MVC and postseason goal on their résumés. Tip of the Hat to Haynes: Sometimes when a team out shoots the opposition but fails to win the game, the coaching staff talks about a failure to finish on its scoring opportunities. Other times it’s a tip of the hat to the opposing goalkeeper that’s in order. Saturday’s game against Bradley was a case of the latter from an EIU point of view. BU’s senior goalkeeper Mike Haynes made a pair of remarkable punch saves on balls destined for the top 90 of the goal. He stopped a rising blast from Patrick Mabeya in the eighth minute of a then scoreless game and preserved the victory for his team by deflecting a Mick Galeski header in the 88th minute. Red Card Revival: For the third year in a row, an ill-timed red card came back to haunt Eastern Illinois during the conference season. A second yellow card issued to Chris Pearson forced the Panthers to play a man down for a good portion of the second half versus Bradley. The Braves scored the game-winner during the 11-on-10 action. Last season it was Brad Peters who received a red card in the loss at Bradley and had to sit out the subsequent game against Creighton. EIU lost both games, 1-0. In 2005 it was 1-0 losses to Missouri State and Vanderbilt that were impacted by Adam Gartner’s red card in the MSU game. SCORED IN EVERY MVC GAME: For the first time in the MVC era, Eastern scored in each of its conference games. Granted, with only seven league teams the last two years, the total number of conference games is way down from the 2000 season when it the schedule featured 11 games. However, with five of the league’s seven current teams ranked among the NSCAA Midwest Top 10 for much of the year, scoring in each game is an accomplishment that shouldn’t be overlooked. NINE STRAIGHT: Eastern has also scored in nine consecutive games overall, the team’s longest streak since 1998 when it scored in each of the first 11 contests of the season. Eastern is 4-3-2 during its current nine-game streak. In 2004, EIU scored in eight straight games but went just 2-6. Terrific 10: Eastern Illinois recorded its 10th win of the season Oct. 27 at Western Kentucky, marking the second year in a row that EIU has reached the 10-win plateau. The 1988 and ’89 seasons marked the last time the Panthers won 10 games in back-to-back years. Adam Howarth and Dino Raso – the current EIU coaching staff – were teammates on the 1989 squad. The Panthers clinched a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament berth with the WKU victory.

PANTHERS’ 2007 SCHEDULE (10-5-3, 2-3-1 Missouri Valley)

X AUGUST X 31 # vs Belmont (EIU now leads 4-0)............ W 2-1 - OT Pearson, HARRISON X SEPTEMBER X 1 # vs Lipscomb (EIU now leads 1-0).................. W 2-0 PETERS, Galeski 7 & vs Oral Roberts (EIU now leads 3-2)... W 1-0 - 2OT PETERS 9 & at UMKC (EIU now leads 7-3)....................... W 1-0 PETERS 12 at Loyola (LU now leads 5-4-1)...........................T 2-2 Galeski, Harrison 14 at Dayton (UD now leads 3-1)............................. L 2-0 19 IUPUI (Series now tied 2-2-1)........................... W 2-0 EARL, Harrison 21 at Kentucky (EIU now leads 1-0)............ W 1-0 - 2OT EARL 25 WESTERN ILLLINOIS (EIU now leads 31-11-4)...L 3-0 28 IPFW (EIU now leads 5-1)................................ W 2-0 FRIESEN, Peters X OCTOBER X 3 at UAB (Series now tied 0-0-1)...........................T 2-2 Galeski, Galeski 7 % VALPARAISO (EIU now leads 10-1-1)........ W 4-0 PETERS, Peters, Kehoe, Galeski 10 • DRAKE (DU now leads 8-4-3).........................T 2-2 Peters, Lewis 13 • at #12 Creighton (CU now leads 14-4-1).. L 2-1 - 2OT Peters 17 • MISSOURI STATE (MSU now leads 13-4).... W 4-2 Galeski, Peters, PETERS, Kehoe 20 • at Evansville (UE now leads 11-9-4)................. L 4-1 Kupiec 27 • at Western Kentucky (EIU now leads 6-5-3)... W 3-1 Maubach, PETERS, Galeski X NOVEMBER X 3 • BRADLEY (BU leads 8-7-1)............................L 2-1 Pearson 7 at Asbury College (EIU leads 1-0)..................... 3 p.m. – STATE FARM MVC TOURNAMENT • OMAHA – 14 vs. #4 Seed.................................................. 7:30 p.m. 16 Semifinal Match.................................................... TBA 18 Tournament Championship Match.................... 1 p.m. Televised Live on FSN Midwest

Eastern Illinois Men’s Soccer Travels

# Holiday Inn City Centre Classic (Peoria, Ill.) & UMKC Invitational (Kansas City, Mo.) % EIU Soccer Doubleheader • Missouri Valley Conference match HOME GAMES AT LAKESIDE FIELD All Times CDT/CST to

Asbury College

NSCAA MIDWEST REGION TOP 10 (11/6)

Team Record 1. Tulsa 11-2-2 2. SMU 11-3-2 3. Crieghton* 9-1-5 4. Bradley* 11-4-3 5. Memphis 9-4-4 6. Drake* 9-4-4 7. EASTERN ILLINOIS 10-5-3 Evansville* 10-7 Oakland 9-6-2 10. Marshall 8-8-1 *On EIU’s 2007 Schedule

EIU RECORD WHEN HE SCORES...

Player (Goals, GWGs) Joel Del Toro (5, 2) Brad Earl (12, 4) Ben Friesen (1, 1) Mick Galeski (13, 4) Adam Gartner (6, 2) Alex Harrison (3, 1) Darby Kehoe (2, 0) Jeff Kupiec (1, 0) Mike Lewis (2, 0) Jeremy Maubach (1, 0) Chris Pearson (3, 0) Brad Peters (23, 10) Evan Philpott (1, 0)

EIU Record 3-2 6-3-2 1-0 8-1-3 6-0 2-0-1 2-0 0-1 1-0-1 1-0 2-1 15-2-1 1-0

Win % .600 .636 1.000 .792 1.000 .833 1.000 .000 .750 1.000 .667 .861 1.000

WHERE & WHEN HAS HE SCORED...

Player (Goals) H A J. Del Toro (5) 2 3 B. Earl (12) 4 5 B. Friesen (1) 1 – M. Galeski (13) 4 7 A. Gartner (6) 2 2 A. Harrison (3) 1 1 D. Kehoe (1) 2 – J. Kupiec (1) – 1 M. Lewis (2) 1 1 J. Maubach (1) – 1 C. Pearson (3) 1 – B. Peters (23) 10 8 E. Philpott (1) 1 –

N – 3 – 2 2 1 – – – – 2 5 –

NC MVC PS 4 1 – 10 2 – 1 – – 10 3 – 4 2 – 3 – – 1 1 – – 1 – 1 1 – – 1 – 1 1 1 15 6 2 – 1 –

H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral NC = Non-Conference, PS = Post Season

Consecutive Games Started Mick Galeski - 51 (Since ‘05) Adam Gartner - 40 (Since ‘05) Brad Peters - 23 (Since ‘06) Brad Earl - 21 (Since ‘06) Nick Bonacker - 18 (Every Game of ‘07) Multi-Goal & Assist Efforts Player Multi-Goal Multi-Asst Goal&Asst* B. Peters 4 2 7 M. Galeski 1 5 5 B. Earl 1 – – A. Gartner – 2 2 J. Del Toro – 1 1 M. Lewis – 1 – *Goal&Asst = a game in which he had at least one goal & one assist. HAT TRICKS IN THE VALLEY ERA 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

MINUTE MEN: Mick Galeski leads the team in minutes (1,674 of 1,741) played, but Brad Peters sports the longest consecutive minutes played streak (580). Peters has been on the field for every minute since the Valley opener agaisnt Drake. Besides Galeski, Peters (1,638), Nick Bonacker (1,595), Adam Gartner (1,594), Brad Earl (1,481) and Jeremy Maubach (1,360) have also played 1,200-plus minutes this season. Alex Harrison (1,082) leads the freshman class in minutes. 1-2 IN THE VALLEY: A pair of Panthers enter the final week of the regular season ranked first and second in the conference in two different notable statistical categories. Brad Peters (11, 28) and Mick Galeski (7, 25) are 1-2 in goals and points, and Galeski (11) and Adam Gartner (9) are 1-2 in assists. Both Galeski and Gartner have eclipsed the single-season assist record for a Panther in the Valley era, which previously stood at seven and Galeski tied last season. Additionally, Peters (6) leads the league game-winning goals, having scored twice as many as anyone else in the conference... As a team, Eastern enters the week leading the Valley in shutouts (7), while ranking second in assists (44) and corner kicks (109). THIRD POW HONOR FOR GALESKI: Mick Galeski was named MVC Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after registering a goal and two assists in the win at Western Kentucky. He’s the first Panther to be honored three times in the same year in the program’s Valley era. During that same time, seven players have accomplished the trifecta. Former Bradley goalkeeper Chris Dunsheath (in 2005) was the last to do it. The other Offensive honorees include BU’s Gavin Glinton (‘99), Creighton’s Mike Tranchilla (‘02) and Tulsa’s Ryan Pore (‘03 and ‘04). PETERS SCORES 10TH GAME-WINNER: Brad Peters scored his 10th career game-winning goal in the win at Western Kentucky, tying Jason Thompson’s career record during the program’s MVC era. Peters has scored in five of the last seven games, netting a game-winner in three of the seven. His six total game-winners this year easily eclipsed the single-season MVC era record that he tied last year. BONACKER’S STREAK ENDS: Eddie Barnes started the second half at Western Kentucky in place of Nick Bonacker, ending Bonacker’s consecutive minutes played streak at 935. Bonacker had played every minute since being relieved in the second half of the home-opening win against IUPUI on Sept. 19. GALESKI & GARTNER CONTINUE CLIMB: Mick Galeski (11) and Adam Gartner (9) have combined for 20 of EIU’s 44 assists this season. Not only do they rank 1-2 among the Valley leaders, but they’re also rewriting the EIU all-time single season list. Galeski has recorded the first double-figure assist total by a Panther since 1988. Additionally, with one more assist for Gartner, they will become the first set of teammates in program history to record 10-plus helpers in the same year. Mark Noffert (12) and Garry Laidlaw (9) were the last set of EIU teammates to combine for 20 assists in a season (1988). Even Steven: Brad Peters scored his 11th goal and Mick Galeski recorded his 11th assist of the season in the win at WKU. Both players enter the week leading the conference this season and for their careers (among active players) in those categories. Galeski has assisted on 12 of Peters’ 23 career goals. Coincidentally, Galeski has recorded 23 assists in his career as well. HANSEN RETURNS TO STARTING LINEUP: Goalkeeper Mark Hansen returned to the starting lineup for the Western Kentucky match, making his first start since the Western Illinois game on Sept. 25. Nick Alexander had started seven consecutive games, including the first four MVC contests, since the loss to WIU. Last season, Hansen also returned to the starting lineup in time for the team’s 10th win of the season (at Valparaiso) after backing up Paul Jennison for a four-game stretch. First GoalS For Kupiec & MAUBACH: Jeff Kupiec and Jeremy Maubach have both scored the first goals of their careers in the last two games. Maubach scored EIU’s first goal at Western Kentucky, while Kupiec netted the team’s lone goal in the loss at Evansville. Five Panthers have now scored their first career goals this season, but Kupiec and Maubach are the first non-freshmen. Both joined Evan Philpott as current EIU players whose first career goal was registered in a regular-season Valley game. Philpott scored against Evansville last season. Chris Pearson, meanwhile, scored his first goal against an MVC team (Missouri State), but it was in the 2006 Conference Tournament. an up-and-down week: The second week (Oct. 15-21) of Missouri Valley Conference play featured some highs and lows for EIU. The Panthers matched their season high with four goals in the win against Missouri State Wednesday, but then gave up four goals in a frustrating 4-1 loss at Evansville Saturday. The positive four goals represented EIU’s highest total against MSU since 1991, and the most scored against an MVC opponent since 2005’s 5-1 victory at Evansville. Conversely, the four goals surrendered at Evansville represent the most EIU has given up to any opponent since losing 5-0 at Creighton in ‘05. Burned By Restarts: All six goals that EIU surrendered the week of Oct. 15-21 came off restarts. Missouri State scored off a pair of free kicks, and Evansville found the back of the net after two free kicks, a corner kick and a penalty kick. The first of the four goals at UE was an own goal. The 2004 season marked the last time EIU conceded multiple goals in four straight games.

Eastern Illinois Men’s Soccer: Panther Pride

on the

Pitch

Scoring Streak Ends: Brad Peters saw his consecutive games with a goal streak end at four in the loss at Evansville. The junior bookended the second four-game streak of his career with multi-goal games. His two goals against Missouri State Wednesday marked his second multi-goal effort in as many games against the Bears. In the four consecutive games that Peters scored, he accounted for six of EIU’s 11 goals. The junior began the streak with two goals against Valparaiso on Oct. 7. ANOTHER SEASON WITH 10-PLUS: Brad Peters scored his conference-leading 11th goal of the season in the win against Western Kentucky, matching his league-best total of a year ago. He’s the first Panther in the program’s Valley era (1996-present) to post back-to-back 10-plus goal seasons. Additionally, he joined Jason Thompson as the only EIU players with two such seasons since EIU became a Valley member. BIG GAMES FOR GALESKI & LEWIS: Brad Peters wasn’t the only Panther to have a big game in the win over Missouri State. Midfielders Mick Galeski and Mike Lewis were also big reasons why EIU scored four times and picked up its first Valley win of the year. Galeski scored EIU’s first goal and assisted on both of Peters’ goals. Lewis, meanwhile, recorded his first career multi-assist effort with helpers on Peters’ first goal and the insurance score by Darby Kehoe. 20-20 TEAMMATES: Mick Galeski has assisted on 12 of Brad Peters’ 23 career goals. Thus, it seemed fitting that the two players would record their 20th career goal and assist in back-to-back games. Peters scored his 20th goal in the loss at Creighton, EIU’s first score against the Bluejays since 2002. And Galeski recorded his 20th assist on the first of Peters’ two goals against Missouri State. Both players rank as the active leader in the Valley with their impressive career totals... Earlier this season Galeski broke the program record (previously 16) for assists in the Valley era (1996-present) and cracked the all-time Top 10 for helpers. Not only is the senior the first Panther to join the all-time list since Paul Agyeman (18 helpers from 1991-93), but even more impressively he’s the first EIU player to register 20 career assists since Garry Laidlaw (24 helpers from 1986-89).

Galeski Assists on Peters Goals

Year Opponent Game Result 2006 at BGSU W, 2-1 2006 UMKC W, 1-0 2006 at IPFW* W, 3-1 2006 vs Georgia St. W, 4-2 2006 vs Missouri St.* W, 3-1 2007 at UMKC W, 1-0 2007 IPFW W, 2-0 2007 Valparaiso^ W, 4-0 2007 Missouri St.^ W, 4-2 2007 at W. Kentucky W, 3-1 *Assisted on the 1st of his multi goals ^Assisted on both of his 2 goals

Heartbreak City: Eastern Illinois was seconds away from earning its first standings point against Creighton since 1998, and first ever in Omaha, when Tony Schmitz scored a heartbreaking overtime game-winner with four-tenths of a second remaining. The loss ended EIU’s 12-game unbeaten streak (4-0-8) in contests that went to overtime. The Panthers’ last overtime loss was against Tulsa in late October of 2004. BIG WEEK FOR LEWIS: Mike Lewis enjoyed the most productive week of his career as EIU opened Valley play. He scored a go-ahead goal early in the second half against Drake and assisted on Brad Peters’ score at Creighton. His goal was the first of his career at Lakeside Field and in conference play. Head coach Adam Howarth called Lewis the most improved player on the team this season after the Missouri State win. ALEXANDER’S HOMECOMING: Omaha native Nick Alexander made five saves, one shy of his career high, in the double-overtime loss at Creighton. Even though EIU lost in heartbreaking fashion, it was a much better showing for Alexander than his first game back in Omaha. As a true freshman in 2005, he got blitzed by 14 first-half shots and surrendered four goals before being relieved at halftime... All three of Alexander’s saves in the draw against Drake were of the top-notch variety. He made a pair of big first half saves to keep EIU in the game and preserved the draw in the second overtime period with another key save.



MISSOURI VALLEY Conference Standings

– MISSOURI VALLEY –

– OVERALL –

As of Nov. 6 W L T PCT PTS GF GA W L T x-Creighton 3 0 2 .800 11 8 5 9 1 5 x-Bradley 3 0 2 .800 11 8 4 11 4 3 x-Evansville 3 2 0 .600 9 10 8 10 7 0 x-Drake 2 1 2 .600 8 10 7 9 4 4 x-Eastern Illinois 2 3 1 .417 7 12 13 10 5 3 Missouri State 0 3 2 .200 2 4 8 5 10 3 Western Kentucky 0 4 1 .100 1 4 11 3 11 4 x-Clinched an MVC Tournament Berth The Week of November 5-11 Eastern Illinois at Asbury College, Wednesday at 3 p.m. Bradley at #6 SMU, Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. #11 Creighton at Evansville, Saturday at 7 p.m. Western Kentucky at Bradley, Saturday at 7 p.m. Drake at Missouri State, Saturday at 7 p.m.

PCT .767 .694 .588 .647 .639 .361 .278

Eastern Illinois Men’s Soccer

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GF 25 27 42 34 31 22 21

GA 14 17 24 22 23 24 29

EIU Leaders in the MVC Era

GOALS 1. Jason Thompson........... 40................ ‘00-02 2. Jimmy Klatter............... 31................ ‘02-05 3. Derrick Perry. ............ 26................ ‘98-01 4. Brad Peters................ 23................ ‘05-Pr 5. Jeff Nix. ...................... 17................ ‘96-98 6. Henry Ospina............... 14................ ‘96-97 7. Mick Galeski. .............. 13................ ‘04-Pr 8. Brad Earl................... 12................ ‘04-Pr 9. Casey McCormac.......... 8................. ‘97-00 10. Two Tied with................ 7 Adam Gartner.............. 6................. ‘05-Pr GW GOALS 1. Brad Peters................ 10................ ‘05-Pr Jason Thompson........... 10................ ‘00-02 3. Jimmy Klatter................ 9................. ‘02-05 4. Derrick Perry. ............. 6................. ‘98-01 5. Henry Ospina................ 5................. ‘96-97 6. Mick Galeski. ............... 4................. ‘04-Pr Brad Earl.................... 4................. ‘04-Pr 10. Aaron Aguirre.............. 3................. ‘98-02 Adam Gartner.............. 2................. ‘05-Pr ASSISTS 1. Mick Galeski. .............. 23................ ‘04-Pr 2. Jason Thompson........... 16................ ‘00-02 3. Adam Gartner............. 15................ ‘05-Pr Jimmy Klatter............... 15................ ‘02-05 5. Jake Spain.................... 13................ ‘97-00 6. Brad Peters................ 12................ ‘05-Pr POINTS 1. Jason Thompson........... 96................ ‘00-02 2. Jimmy Klatter............... 77................ ‘02-05 3. Derrick Perry. ............ 64................ ‘98-01 4. Brad Peters................ 58................ ‘05-Pr 5. Mick Galeksi. .............. 49................ ‘04-Pr 6. Jeff Nix. ...................... 40................ ‘96-98 7. Henry Ospina............... 30................ ‘96-97 8. Adam Gartner............. 27................ ‘05-Pr 9. Brad Earl................... 26................ ‘04-Pr SAVES 1. Ryan Waguespack. ...... 306............... ‘97-00 2. Ryan Eams. ................. 119................. 2002 3. Mark Hansen.............. 118............... ‘05-Pr MINUTES IN GOAL 1. Ryan Waguespack. ..... 5534.............. ‘97-00 2. Mark Hansen............. 3201.............. ‘05-Pr

Active Valley Leaders

Goals Points B. Peters, EIU - 23 B. Peters, EIU - 58 I. McAuley, UE - 20 C. Elenio, UE - 52 C. Elenio, UE - 17 M. Galeski, EIU - 49 B. Dacy, CU - 15 I. McAuley, UE - 49 M. Galeski, EIU - 13 B. Dacy, CU - 45 B. Earl, EIU - 12 D. DeGurian, BU - 35 Assists GAA M. Galeski, EIU - 23 M. Allen, CU - 0.84 T. Bohnenkamp, CU - 20 M. Hansen, EIU - 0.93 C. Elenio, UE - 18 M. Haynes, BU - 0.98 D. Awe, UE - 18 L. Parker, MSU - 1.01 B. Dacy, CU - 15 P. Breuer, DU - 1.22 A. Gartner, EIU - 15 P. Rickman, WKU - 1.43 B. Peters, EIU - 12 N. Alexander, EIU - 1.50

10-Plus Goals

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Valley Era

Player Goals Class Jason Thompson 21 Freshman Jason Thompson 14 Junior Derrick Perry 14 Senior Jeff Nix 12 Senior Brad Peters 11 Sophomore Brad Peters 11 Junior Jimmy Klatter 10 Junior

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Year 2000 2002 2001 1998 2006 2007 2004

Statistical Stack-Up

Record Conference Goals Assists Goals Against Goal Differential GAA Shutouts Saves Shots Shots on Goal Corner Kicks

EIU AC 10-5-3 9-11 MVC KIAC 31 37 44 17 23 51 +8 -14 1.19 2.60 7 0 70 125 266 UA 110 153 109 UA

Comparison: Shots-SOG-Corners

Opponent OPP vs Belmont 12-4-3 vs Lipscomb 14-3-1 vs Oral Roberts 11-7-6 at UMKC 10-5-3 at Loyola 14-7-8 at Dayton 14-10-4 IUPUI 7-1-3 at Kentucky 6-2-9 Western Illinois 14-10-4 IPFW 6-3-1 at UAB 15-4-8 Valparaiso 12-4-0 Drake 11-5-8 at #12 Creighton 11-7-9 Missouri State 10-5-4 at Evansville 18-5-5 at Western Kentucky 9-6-9 Bradley 16-5-4 Totals 210-93-89

EIU 12-6-6 18-8-7 10-3-5 13-5-8 7-6-7 16-4-5 24-8-8 5-2-8 13-2-7 21-10-5 12-5-3 11-6-3 17-7-5 20-8-7 19-10-11 18-7-4 11-6-5 19-7-5 266-110-109

2007 INDIVIDUAL HONORS

Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week Mick Galeski (Offensive, Oct. 29) Mick Galeski (Offensive, Oct. 8) Brad Earl (Offensive, Sept. 24) Adam Gartner (Defensive, Sept. 24) Mick Galeski (Offensive, Sept. 4) Chris Pearson (Defensive, Sept. 4) National Team of the Week Mick Galeski (TopDrawerSoccer.com, Oct. 8) Brad Earl (College Soccer News, Sept. 24) Adam Gartner (TopDrawerSoccer.com, Sept. 24) Adam Gartner (Soccer America, Sept. 24) UMKC Invitational All-Tourney Team Brad Peters (MVP), Mark Hansen & Mick Galeski City Centre Classic All-Tourney Team Mick Galeski (MVP), Brad Peters, Alex Harrison & Chris Pearson Preseason All-MVC Brad Peters, Mick Galeski & Brad Earl

OT WINS IN THE MVC ERA

Year Opponent Score GW Goal 2007 at Kentucky 1-0 B. Earl 2007 vs Oral Roberts 1-0 B. Peters 2007 vs Belmont 2-1 A. Harrison 2006 at W. Illinois 1-0 B. Earl 2004 Drury 2-1 J. Klatter 2001 W. Kentucky 2-1 D. Perry 2001 Vanderbilt 3-2 C. Dumonceaux 2001 vs UW-Green Bay 3-2 J. Thompson 2000 vs Drury 3-2 D. Perry 2000 W. Michigan 3-2 E. Diaz 1998 at W. Illinois 2-1 J. Nix 1998 Ohio State 2-1 D. Shaughnessy 1998 at UW-Green Bay 1-0 M. Czarnecki 1996 Northwestern 2-1 D. LaFrance 1996 NE Illinois 3-1 B. Kelly

THE YEAR OF OVERTIME: Eastern has played in seven overtime games this year, a program high in the Valley era. The Panthers are 3-1-3 in games that have gone longer than the regulation 90 minutes. Additionally, all of EIU’s three draws this season have ended in a 2-2 score. Eastern and Drake, meanwhile, have played to a draw in each of the last three years. SEVENTEEN STARTERS: While Mick Galeski, Brad Peters, Nick Bonacker, Brad Earl and Adam Gartner have been constants in the starting line-up this season, 17 different Panthers have started at least one match. The 2006 season saw 18 EIU players start at least one game. Jeff Kupiec is the latest Panther to make his first start of ‘07, taking the place of the injured Evan Philpott in the Creighton game and remaining in the starting lineup for the Western Kentucky and Bradley contests. Jim Adee, meanwhile, has played the most minutes (281) of the eight Panthers that have not started this season. GALESKI HONORED: Mick Galeski put forth a strong showing during the final week of pre-conference play, recording his first career multi-goal game in the draw at UAB and finishing the week with three goals and two assists. He was recognized by both the Missouri Valley Conference and TopDrawerSoccer.com for his impressive performances. The senior captain captured his second MVC Offensive Player of the Week honor and was also selected to TDS’s Men’s College Team of the Week. The Panthers have had five MVC Player of the Week honorees this season, a new program high in the Valley era. Galeski joins Ryan Waguespack, Derrick Perry and Jason Thompson as Panthers to win a POW award twice in the same season. THIRD FRESHMAN TO SCORE: Darby Kehoe scored the third of EIU’s four goals in the win over Valparaiso, joining Alex Harrison and Ben Friesen as EIU freshmen to find the back of the net this season. Kehoe added his first career Valley goal in the win over Missouri State. PETERS’ SIX POINTS: Brad Peters matched his career high with six points thanks to his goals and two assists in the win over Valparaiso. It was his third career multi-goal game and the sixth time he’s had at least one goal and one assist in a contest. The junior enters the week as the Missouri Valley Conference’s active career leader in points (51). FIRST-MINUTE GOAL: Brad Peters scored the game-winner just 40 seconds into the Valparaiso game. It was the first goal by a Panther in the first minute of a game since Derrick Perry scored 55 seconds into a 2001 overtime win at home against Vanderbilt... Mick Galeski and Jeremy Maubach have scored EIU’s other goals in the first 10 minutes of a match this season. Galeski did it at Loyola and Maubach at Western Kentucky. Eastern scored in the first 10 minutes of match twice last year and went on to win both games. Chris Pearson found the back of the net in the fifth minute of the MVC Tournament win against Missouri State and Brad Peters scored 73 seconds into the victory against Georgia State. Looking Back at 2002: Eastern scored a season-high four goals in the win over Valparaiso. Additionally, Mick Galeski and Brad Peters both recorded a multi-goal effort during the first week of October. The 2002 season marked the last time EIU had scored at least four times at Lakeside Field and gotten multi-goal showings from two different players in back-to-back games. Jason Thompson and Jimmy Klatter accomplished the feat in wins at IPFW and versus Illinois-Chicago. Thompson scored six times total against UIC as EIU went on to win 8-0. Non-Conference Shutouts: Dating back to the start of the 2006 season, EIU has posted a 17-6-2 record in non-conference action. Thirteen of those 17 wins have come in shutout fashion. The Panthers have already matched last year’s total with seven clean sheets this fall, tying the program record in the Valley era (1996-present). Friesen Finds Net: Ben Friesen scored the game-winning goal in EIU’s 2-0 victory against IPFW. Current teammate Joel Del Toro was the last Panther whose first career goal proved to be the gamewinner in an EIU home victory. Del Toro accomplished the feat in the 2004 season opener against Butler. Friesen has played 268 consecutive minutes entering the opening week of MVC play. MAUBACH’S STREAKS END: Jeremy Maubach sat out the IPFW win, ending his consecutive games started (26) and minutes played (1,811) streaks, both of which dated back to last season. Other notable consecutive minutes played streaks that ended in September were those by Mark Hansen (1037) and Eddie Barnes (838), again both of which dated back to 2006. MOST GOALS BY A VISITING FOE: Western Illinois’ three goals in its Sept. 25 victory in Charleston were the most goals by a visiting team at Lakeside Field since No. 3 SMU beat EIU 4-1 in the 2004 season finale. EARL & GARTNER HONORED: For their parts in the three goals the week of Sept. 17-23 that lifted EIU to victories against IUPUI and Kentucky, Brad Earl and Adam Gartner were named MVC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week, respectively. Both players also received national recognition from notable soccer web sites. Earl was named to the College Soccer News’ National Team of the Week and Gartner garnered similar recognition from TopDrawerSoccer.com and Soccer America. Earl scored the game-winning goal in both EIU wins last week, highlighted by his second career overtime goal in the win at Kentucky. Gartner, meanwhile, assisted on both EIU goals in the home-opening win against IUPUI, setting up each score with a free kick. It was his second career multi-assist game... This marks the second time this season that the Panthers have swept the weekly honors from the conference office. Prior to this year, EIU had not had both the Offensive and Defensive honoree in the same week in the Valley era (1996-present). Mick Galeski and Chris Pearson grabbed the awards following the season-opening weekend.

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2007 EASTERN ILLINOIS MEN'S SOCCER Eastern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 03, 2007) All games RECORD: OVERALL ALL GAMES........... (10- 5- 3) CONFERENCE.......... ( 2- 3- 1) NON-CONFERENCE...... ( 8- 2- 2) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATT ------------------------------- ------- ----!08-31-07 vs Belmont W OT 2-1 800 !09-01-07 vs Lipscomb W 2-0 175 #09-07-07 vs Oral Roberts W O2 1-0 316 #09-09-07 at UMKC W 1-0 275 09-12-07 at Loyola T O2 2-2 132 09-14-07 at Dayton L 0-2 1100 09-19-07 IUPUI W 2-0 225 09-21-07 at Kentucky W O2 1-0 758 09-25-07 WESTERN ILLINOIS L 0-3 176 09-28-07 IPFW W 2-0 146 10-03-07 at UAB T O2 2-2 477 10-07-07 VALPARAISO W 4-0 240 *10-10-07 DRAKE T O2 2-2 209 *10-13-07 at #12 Creighton LO2 1-2 1418 *10-17-07 MISSOURI STATE W 4-2 131 *10-20-07 at Evansville L 1-4 565 *10-27-07 at Western Kentucky W 3-1 242 *11-03-07 BRADLEY L 1-2 508 ! - Holiday Inn City Centre Classic (Peoria, Ill.) # - UMKC Invitational (Kansas City, Mo.) * - Missouri Valley Conference game TEAM STATISTICS EIU OPP --------------------------------------------------SHOT STATISTICS.......... Goals-Shot attempts.... 31-266 23-210 Goals scored average... 1.60 1.19 Shot pct............... .117 .110 Shots on goal-Attempts. 110-266 93-210 SOG pct................ .414 .443 Shots/Game............. 14.8 11.7 Assists................ 44 19 CORNER KICKS............. 109 89 PENALTY KICKS............ 0-2 0-1 PENALTIES................ Yellow cards........... 33 35 Red cards.............. 3 3 ATTENDANCE............... Total.................. 1635 4967 Dates/Avg Per Date..... 7/234 8/621 Neutral Site #/Avg..... 3/430

HOME ( 4- 2- 1) ( 1- 1- 1) ( 3- 1- 0)

AWAY ( 3- 3- 2) ( 1- 2- 0) ( 2- 1- 2)

NEUTRAL ( 3- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 3- 0- 0)

## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT -------------------------------------------------------------------10 PETERS, Brad 18 11 6 28 66 .167 42 .636 6 0-0 18 GALESKI, Mick 18 7 11 25 53 .132 22 .415 0 0-0 7 HARRISON, Alex 16 3 4 10 20 .150 8 .400 1 0-0 23 GARTNER, Adam 18 0 9 9 25 .000 5 .200 0 0-0 5 KEHOE, Darby 18 2 2 6 8 .250 3 .375 0 0-0 15 LEWIS, Mike 17 1 3 5 16 .062 6 .375 0 0-0 8 EARL, Brad 18 2 0 4 15 .133 5 .333 2 0-2 26 PEARSON, Chris 15 2 0 4 12 .167 5 .417 0 0-0 3 BONACKER, Nick 18 0 3 3 3 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 4 MAUBACH, Jeremy 15 1 0 2 6 .167 1 .167 0 0-0 22 KUPIEC, Jeff 13 1 0 2 5 .200 3 .600 0 0-0 12 FRIESEN, Ben 12 1 0 2 2 .500 1 .500 1 0-0 21 ADEE, Jim 15 0 2 2 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 11 MABEYA, Patrick 18 0 1 1 16 .000 5 .312 0 0-0 20 PHILPOTT, Evan 14 0 1 1 4 .000 1 .250 0 0-0 14 CIUCKI, Joe 8 0 1 1 3 .000 1 .333 0 0-0 6 BARNES, Eddie 15 0 1 1 3 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 9 DEL TORO, Joel 8 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0 0-0 2 SWARTZ, Buddy 6 0 0 0 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 25 RIGBY, Dave 3 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0-0 17 SCHEFFERS, James 5 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 16 CROWLEY, Matt 5 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 34 ALEXANDER, Nick 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 33 HANSEN, Mark 12 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 24 HORING, Ari 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Total............... 18 31 44 106 266 .117 110 .414 10 0-2 Opponents........... 18 23 19 65 210 .110 93 .443 5 0-1

|-GOAL AVERAGE-| |-SAVES-| ## GOALTENDERS GP Minutes GA Avg Sv Pct W L T Sho --------------------------------------------------------------------33 HANSEN, Mark 12 1032:15 11 0.96 45 .804 7 3 1 4 34 ALEXANDER, Nick 9 709:29 12 1.52 19 .613 3 2 2 1 Total............... 18 1741:44 23 1.19 70 .753 10 5 3 7 Opponents........... 18 1741:44 31 1.60 79 .718 5 10 3 2

GOALS BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........

1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --16 12 1 2 9 13 0 1

Total ----31 23

SHOTS BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........

1st --125 87

2nd OT OT2 --- --- --127 6 8 107 4 12

Total ----266 210

SAVES BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........

1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --26 40 0 4 37 40 1 1

Total ----70 79

CORNER KICKS BY PRD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........

1st 2nd OT OT2 --- --- --- --49 57 2 1 33 45 4 7

Total ----109 89

FOULS BY PERIOD -------------------Eastern Illinois.... Opponents...........

1st --127 131

Total ----274 249

2nd OT OT2 --- --- --131 10 6 107 10 1

Soccer Box Score (Final) 2006 Eastern Illinois Men's Soccer Asbury College vs Eastern Illinois (Sep 02, 2006 at Charleston, Ill.) Asbury College (1-2) vs. Eastern Illinois (2-1) Date: Sep 02, 2006 Attendance: 157 Weather: Sunny, breezy

Goals by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------Asbury College...... 0 0 - 0 Eastern Illinois.... 1 1 - 2

Asbury College Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A -----------------------------------------GK 1 BROWN, Cory......... - - 2 NEWLIN, Mike........ - - 3 BRYAN, Drake........ - - 4 DELONG, Matt........ - - 5 APPEL, Josh......... - - 7 PREPTIT, Manes...... - - 9 DEFREITAS, Nate..... 1 - - 11 RADER, Paul......... - - 12 LESCH-WRAGGE, Drew.. - - 13 BIAS, Mike.......... - - 17 UWREN, Jason........ - - ---------- Substitutes ---------0 PONCHAK, Brandon.... - - 8 MENEAR, Richie...... - - 10 CREECH, Harry....... - - 15 TAYLOR, Liles....... - - 16 GILL, Brock......... - - 18 KERHOULAS, Andrew... - - 19 MCGEE, Brent........ - - 20 ECKERT, Seth........ - - Totals.............. 1 0 0 0

Eastern Illinois Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A -----------------------------------------GK 32 JENNISON, Paul...... - - 4 MAUBACH, Jeremy..... - - 6 BARNES, Eddie....... 1 - - 1 8 EARL, Brad.......... 6 2 1 10 PETERS, Brad........ 7 2 1 12 CLEMMER, Phil....... - - 14 AMDOR, David........ 2 - - 18 GALESKI, Mick....... 4 3 - 20 PHILPOTT, Evan...... 2 - - 23 GARTNER, Adam....... - - 25 RIGBY, Dave......... - - ---------- Substitutes ---------2 SWARTZ, Buddy....... - - 3 BONACKER, Nick...... - - 5 COMISKEY, Mike...... 1 - - 11 LEBEAU, David....... - - 15 LEWIS, Mike......... - - 21 ADEE, Jim........... - - 22 KUPIEC, Jeff........ - - 24 HORING, Ari......... 2 1 - 1 Totals.............. 25 8 2 2

Asbury College ## Player MIN GA Saves --------------------------------------1 BROWN, Cory......... 68:40 2 6 0 PONCHAK, Brandon.... 21:20 0 0

Eastern Illinois ## Player MIN GA Saves --------------------------------------32 JENNISON, Paul...... 90:00 0 0

Shots by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------Asbury College...... 0 1 - 1 Eastern Illinois.... 17 8 - 25

Saves by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------Asbury College...... 6 0 - 6 Eastern Illinois.... 0 0 - 0

Corner kicks 1 2 Tot ------------------------------Asbury College...... 1 0 - 1 Eastern Illinois.... 5 3 - 8

Fouls 1 2 Tot ------------------------------Asbury College...... 4 3 - 7 Eastern Illinois.... 3 3 - 6

SCORING SUMMARY: GOAL Time Team Goal Scorer Assists Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. 37:10 EIU EARL, Brad (1) HORING, Ari Left post after pass across 6-yard box 2. 60:07 EIU PETERS, Brad (2) BARNES, Eddie Cross from right side headed in

CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS: YC-ASBURY #13 (36:57) Officials: Referee: George Major; Asst. Referee: Doug Gault; Dan Edgar; Scorer: Ben Turner; Offsides: Asbury College 2, Eastern Illinois 2. ___________________________ Officials signature