2013 MEN’S SOCCER PRESEASON INFORMATION ABOUT SAINT FRANCIS Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loretto, Pa. Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1847 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,400 Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Flash Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red (PMS 1805) & White Mascot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frankie the Friar President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Gabriel Zeis, T.O.R. NCAA Faculty Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Ed Zovinka Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Krimmel COACHING STAFF Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Casper, 7th year Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UMBC ‘00 Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-51-16 (.482) Record at SFU (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-51-16 (.482) Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Fread, Second year Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penn State ‘09
PROGRAM HISTORY First Year of Varsity Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984 All-Time Varsity Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171-306-45 (.371) All-Time NEC Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-108-27 (.435) NEC Playoff Appearances (Last) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Five (2012) HOME GAMES Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stokes Soccerplex Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Grass TEAM INFORMATION Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northeast 2012 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-7 2012 NEC Record / Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3-3/4th Letterwinners Returning / Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23/5 Starters Returning / Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6 Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Captain(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA
PRESEASON ROSTER # 2 4 5 7 8 9 11 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 33
Name Christian Harrington Tobi Iguade Tahlon Kirkland Alex Hainault Mitch Kavlick Bryan Causey Wallis Debourou Nick Kolarac Ty Geesey Shaun Russell David Trunzo Andrew Garcia Andrew Hajec Eric Colon Ryan Byers Pablo Medina Jack Webber Daniel Valcicak Blaine Arney Kirby Brazelton Francis de Vries Matt Loughnane Anthony Lozupone Dominic Ramirez Marcus Rojas
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Mitchell Associate Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Beal Graduate Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Kazery Graduate Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dann Whitmore Men’s Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Kazery Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[email protected] Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814-472-3912 Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.SFUathletics.com Mailing Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Evergreen Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loretto, Pa. 15940
2013 SCHEDULE Yr. Pos. So. M Sr. M/D Jr. D Jr. D Jr. M Jr. D So. F Sr. M So. F Jr. D/M Sr. M/F So. GK So. F So. M/F Jr. D Jr. M/F So. D R-Sr. GK Fr. D/M Fr. D Fr. D Fr. D Fr. M Fr. F/M Fr. GK
Ht. 5-11 5-11 5-10 5-9 5-9 6-0 5-11 5-9 5-8 6-0 5-8 6-1 5-9 5-5 5-11 5-8 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-3 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-1 6-0
Wt. 160 170 170 155 160 155 160 160 175 150 150 160 155 125 180 150 170 165 155 190 176 170 130 180 178
Hometown / High School / Previous School Warren, Pa. / Warren Area Bowie, Md. / DeMatha Catholic Freeport, Pa. / Freeport Montreal, Quebec / Westwood Erie, Pa. / Erie McDowell Virginia Beach, Va. / Salem Cotonou, Benin / Blair Academy Pittsburgh, Pa. / West Allegheny Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Cumberland Valley Chesapeake, Va. / Norfolk Collegiate State College, Pa. / State College Sicklerville, N.J. / Timber Creek Regional Corry, Pa. / Corry Grand Island, N.Y. / Grand Island High Scottdale, Pa. / Southmoreland Monterrey, Mexico / IMG Academies Bernville, Pa. / Tulpehocken High Herndon, Va. / Gonzaga College Washington, Ind. / Washington Denver, Colo. / Mullen Christchurch, New Zealand / Cashmere Pittsburgh, Pa. / Penn Trafford Rockville, Md. / Our Lady of Good Counsel Johnstown, Pa. / Westmont Hilltop Fremont, Calif. / Bellarmine College Prep
2012 HIGHLIGHTS 4 NEC Finalist – upset no. 1 seed to advance to championship match
4 James Price – All-NEC first team; NSCAA All-North Atlantic Region of the Week
4 Nick Kolarac – All-NEC second team; NSCAA All-North Atlantic Region
4 Wayne Tiller – NEC Player of the Week (10/1)
4 Pedro Machado – NEC Rookie of the Week (10/1) 4 Tamas Maffey-Stumpe – Captial One Academic AllDistrict II first team; NEC Men’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year
4 Daniel Valcicak – All-NEC first team 4 Team Academic Award from National Soccer Coaches Association of America
AUGUST Fri. 30 William & Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 p.m. SEPTEMBER Sun. 1 Wed. 4 Sat. 7 Fri. 13 Sun. 15 Sun. 22 Fri. 27 Sun. 29
CANISIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Bucknell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Loyola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. IPFW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 p.m. Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p.m. NIAGARA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. DUQUESNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m.
OCTOBER Wed. 2 Penn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Sun. 6 ST. BONAVENTURE . . . . . . . . . . 2 p.m. Fri. 11 * FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON . . . . . . . 4 p.m. Sun. 13 * BRYANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. Fri. 18 * St. Francis Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Sun. 20 * LIU Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Sun. 27 * SACRED HEART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. NOVEMBER Fri. 1 * Central Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Sun. 10 * ROBERT MORRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Northeast Conference Tournament Fri. 15 NEC Semifinals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA Sun. 17 NEC Final . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA * - denotes NEC contest Home contests in BOLD CAPS