MEN S SOCCER 2021 FALL WEEKLY NOTES

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NOTABLES

• On a three-game win streak, the Liberty Flames will host the FGCU Eagles for an ASUN Conference match on Saturday, before facing the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in a non-conference road contest on Tuesday.

• After playing fi ve of its fi rst six games on the road, Liberty will return home for its fi rst ASUN home match of fall of 2021. The Flames will host FGCU. The two teams have met only twice, both in conference play since Liberty joined the ASUN in 2018.

FGCU has won both meetings.

• Liberty opened ASUN Conference play with a 2-1 win at Stet- son, Saturday. Noah Holmes gave the Flames a 1-0 lead on a ﬁ rst-half goal and Michael Huss scored the game-winner late in the second half of the victory. Goalkeeper Richard Franzen made a career-high six saves in his second Liberty start.

• Liberty has scored eight goals and allowed eight goals through its ﬁ rst six games. During its three-game winning streak, the Flames have outscored their opponents, 7-2. Liberty began its winning streak with a 3-0 win at Radford on Sept. 11., its lone shutout of the season so far.

• Holmes leads the Flames with four goals. The forward has scored a goal in three of the four games he has played in this season. The forward is tied for third in the ASUN Conference in goals scored.

• Four other Flames have each scored one goal apiece. Fresh- man Michael Catanzarite and Jarrod McKechnie each have registered the ﬁ rst goal of their collegiate careers, while Marko Mitrevski and Huss have each scored a goal.

• Midﬁ elder Seth Clark leads the Flames with three assists.

Catanzarite is second with two assists.

MEN’S SOCCER

2021 FALL WEEKLY NOTES

Ryan Bomberger, Senior Associate Director of Communications · Oﬃ ce: (434) 582-2292 · E-mail: [email protected]

WEEK 4

LIBERTY

FLAMES

(3-3, 0-0 ASUN) Head Coach: Kelly Findley Overall Record: 136-117-30 (15) Record at Liberty: 15-19-2 (3)

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SERIES HISTORY VS. FGCU

Overall ... 0-2 Streak ...L 2 Under Findley ... 0-1 Liberty’s Last Win ...N/A Series Meetings:

Oct. 19, 2019 ...L 2-0 (H) Sept. 19, 2018 ...L 2-0 (A)

SERIES HISTORY VS. WAKE FOREST

Overall ... 2-4-1 Streak ... W1 Under Findley ...N/A Liberty’s Last Win ... Sept. 12, 2000 at Liberty 4-2 Last Five Meetings:

Sept. 12, 2000 ...W 4-2 (H) Sept. 8, 1999 ...L 1-2 (A) Oct. 18, 1995 ...L 0-1 (A) Sept. 9, 1986 ...T 0-0 OT (A) Sept. 26, 1984 ...L 0-3 (A)

AUGUST

27 at Duke L/0-3

30 at Elon L/0-1 2 0T

SEPTEMBER

3 WINTHROP Canceled

7 at George Washington L/1-2

11 at Radford W/3-0

14 GARDNER-WEBB W/2-1

18 at Stetson * W/2-1

25 FGCU * 6 p.m.

28 at Wake Forest 7 p.m.

OCTOBER

2 at Lipscomb * 7 p.m.

8 JACKSONVILLE * 6 p.m.

12 VMI 6 p.m.

16 at Bellarmine * 7 p.m.

19 LONGWOOD 6 p.m.

23 at Central Arkansas * 7 p.m.

30 NORTH FLORIDA * 6 p.m.

NOVEMBER

5 ASUN Quarterﬁ nals TBA

7 ASUN Semiﬁ nals TBA

13 ASUN Championship TBA

18 NCAA First Round TBA

Home Games in BOLD CAPS Schedule is Tenative and Subject to Change

All times are listed in Eastern Time

* - ASUN Conference Game

2021 FALL SCHEDULE

WHERE TO FOLLLOW Saturday vs. FGCU

Video ...ESPN+

Live Stats ...LibertyFlames.com Tuesday vs. Wake Forest

Video ...ACCN+

Live Stats ...LibertyFlames.com

LAST WEEK Sept. 18 - DeLand, Fla.

1 2 T

Liberty 1 1 2

Stetson 0 1 1

Sept. 14 - Lynchburg, Va.

1 2 T

Gardner-Webb 0 1 1

Liberty 2 0 2

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EAGLES FGCU

(1-4-1, 1-0 ASUN) Head Coach: Jesse Cormier Overall Record: 144-35-7 (18) Record at FGCU: 30-27-12 (5)

PROJECTED STARTERS

3 BETTS 2 SMITH

15 BORUTSKIE

7 FINDLEY

9 HOLMES 27 FRANZEN

13 MCKECHNIE 6 MITREVSKI

17 EBERLE 11 CLARK

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16 GARDNER

WAKE FOREST

DEMON DEACONS

(4-2, 1-1 ACC) Head Coach: Bobby Muuss Overall Record: 180-77-36 Record at WFU: 106-21-11 (7)

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• Freshman forward Michael Catanzarite is second to Holmes with four points. The freshman has either a goal or assisted on a goal in each of the last three games.

• All three goalkeepers on Liberty’s roster made at least one start so far this season. The Flames have posted a 1.30 team goals against average. Franzen has started each of the last two games for Liberty and has allowed two goals, both penalty kicks while posting a .800 save percentage.

• Liberty will face Wake Forest for the ﬁ rst time since 2000 on the soccer pitch, Tuesday. The Flames enter the week 2-3 in non-conference action.

• After scoring three goals during the week, Noah Holmes was named the ASUN Player of the Week for Sept. 14.

Holmes netted his ﬁ rst goal of the season in a 2-1 loss at George Washington on Sept. 7, before posting the ﬁ rst multi-goal game of his career with two goals in Liberty’s 3-0 victory at Radford this past Saturday.

• In the 2021 Fall ASUN Preseason Poll, the conference’s head coaches voted Liberty to tie Lipscomb for third place in the eight-team league. FGCU, the Flames’ Saturday op- ponent, was picked to ﬁ nish second.

Pl. Team (1st Place Votes) ...Points

1. Jacksonville (4) ... 57

2. FGCU (2) ...46

3. Liberty ... 43

Lipscomb (2) ...39

5. North Florida ...33

6. Bellarmine ...29

7. Central Arkansas ...26

8. Stetson ...11

Preseason Player of the Year: Reed Davis, Jacksonville Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Noah Gulden, Lip- scomb Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year: Gustavo Vasconcelos, FGCU ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team Pos. Player, School GK Gustavo Vasconcelos, FGCU D Alberto Suarez, Central Arkansas D LJ Estes North Florida D Nil Ringstrand, Jacksonville D Malik Smith, Liberty D Noah Gulden, Lipscomb MF Haziq Zed, Bellarmine MF Ethan Dudley, FGCU MF Seth Clark, Liberty MF Marko Mitrevski, Liberty F Olivier Correa Jacksonville F O’Vonte Mullings FGCU F Reed Davis Jacksonville

2021 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

GENERAL INFORMATION School ...Liberty University Location ...Lynchburg, Va. Founded ... 1971

Enrollment ... 15,000 Nickname ...Flames Colors ...Red, White & Blue Afﬁ liation ...NCAA Division I Conference ... ASUN Home Facility ...Osborne Stadium (1,000) President ...Jerry Prevo Director of Athletics ... Ian McCaw COACHING STAFF Head Coach ... Kelly Findley (Third Year) Alma Mater ... Judson (IL), 1990 Career Record...136-117-30 (15) Liberty Record ...15-19-2 (3) ASUN Record...3-7-1 Assistant Coach ... Jake Berry (Second Year) Alma Mater ...Messiah, 2013 Assistant Coach . Douglas Oliviera (Second Year) Alma Mater ...Indiana Wesleyan, 2017 Director of Operations ...Clay Copeland TEAM Starters Returning/Lost ... 10/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ... 13/1 Newcomers ... 6

ASUN Tournament Championships ...NA ASUN Regular Season Championships...NA Big South Tournament Championships ... 2

Big South Regular Season Championships ... 3 MEDIA INFORMATION

Men’s Soccer Contact ... Ryan Bomberger Ofﬁ ce Phone ...(434) 582-2292 Email [email protected] Mailing Address ...1971 University Blvd.

...Lynchburg, Va., 24502 Website ...LibertyFlames.com Liberty Men’s Soccer Twitter ....@LibertyMSoccer Liberty Athletics Instagram ... @libertymoccer

QUICK FACTS NOTES

Third Season at Liberty 16th Season as Head Coach Alma Mater: Judson (IL), 1990

COACHING RECORD

Year School Record

2021 Fall Liberty 3-3

2021 Spring Liberty 7-3-2

2019 Liberty 5-13

2016 N.C. State 5-12

2015 N.C. State 8-6-3

2014 N.C. State 7-7-4

2013 N.C. State 8-5-4

2012 N.C. State 10-10

2011 N.C. State 7-11-2

2010 Butler 16-1-3

2009 Butler 14-3-2

2008 Butler 13-3-4

2007 Butler 9-7-4

2006 Butler 7-11-2

2000 Mars Hill 10-8

1999 Mars Hill 7-14

Career Record: 136-117-30

Record at Liberty: 15-19-2

Record at N.C. State: 45-51-13

Record at Butler: 59-25-15

Record at Mars Hill 17-22

ASUN Record: 3-7-1

COACHING LEDGER

2019-Present ...Liberty (Head Coach) 2018 ...Davidson (Associate Head Coach) 2017 .Sporting Kansas City Development Academy 2011-16 ...N.C. State (Head Coach) 2006-10 ... Butlet (Head Coach) 2004-05 ...Charlotte (Associate Head Coach) 2001-03 ...Charlotte (Assistant Coach) 1999-2000 ...Mars Hill (Head Coach) 1998 ...Miami, Ohio (Assistant Coach) 1996-97 ...Charlotte Eagles (Assistant Coach) 1992 ...Judson, Ill. (Assistant Coach)

KELLY FINDLEY

2021 FALL ASUN PRESEASON POLL

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2021 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

2021 LIBERTY FLAMES ROSTER

NO. NAME POS. CL. HGT. WGT HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS TEAM)

1 Danny Cordero GK So. 6-2 173 Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rico/La Asuncion

2 Malik Smith D Sr. 6-0 190 Brampton, Ontario. Canada/Suzuki Seconday (Grand Canyon)

3 Brandt Betts D Fr. 5-11 155 Raymore, Mo./Raymore-Peculiar

4 Filip Burnett D Sr. 5-8 157 Germantown, Md./Poolesville (St. Francis, Pa.)

5 Brandon Ott D Sr. 6-0 175 Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts (St. Francis, Pa.)

6 Marko Mitrevski MF Jr. 5-11 165 Rochester, N.Y./Churchville Chili (Louisburg)

7 Gabe Findley F Fr. 5-6 150 Lynchburg, Va./Findley Academy

8 Arnold Onyango MF Fr. 5-8 165 Nairobi, Kenya/Laiser Hill Academy (Indiana Wesleyan)

9 Noah Holmes F So. 5-11 185 Apex, N.C./Cary Christian

10 Luke Eberle MF/F Fr. 6-0 185 Arnold, Md./Annapolis Area Christian

11 Seth Clark MF So. 5-8 150 Darﬁ eld, New Zealand/Middle Grange

12 Sam Schubert D So. 6-3 165 Evington, Va./Liberty Christian Academy

13 Jarrod McKechnie MF Fr. 5-11 170 Wellington, New Zealand/Tawa

14 Kyle Garnett D Fr. 5-9 150 Auburn, Ga./Flowery Branch (Furman)

15 Brayden Borutskie D So. 6-2 178 Bradford, Ontario, Canada/Holy Trinity Catholic

16 Grayson Gardner D Fr. 6-2 175 Lexington, N.C./Wesleyan Christian

17 Michael Catanzarite F Fr. 5-6 150 Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt

18 Gora Gora F/MF Fr. 6-1 155 Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area

19 Skyler Stricker D Fr. 6-2 170 Dallas, Texas/Coppell

20 Shane Geisler F Jr. 6-3 180 Germantown, Md./Poolesville

21 Zack Rivas D Fr. 5-10 170 Bercy, Haiti/Quisqueya Christian School

22 Blake Myers MF Jr. 5-8 140 Troutville, Va./Lord Botetourt

23 Michael Huss F Fr. 6-1 175 Phoenix, Ariz./Northwest Christian

24 Bodie Bice D Fr. 6-1 180 Mooresville, N.C./Lake Norman

25 Konner Robbins F Fr. 6-1 195 Randleman, N.C./Wesleyan Christian Academy

27 Richard Franzen GK Fr. 6-2 158 Johannesburg, South Africa/South Kent School

28 Nathan Yoder GK Jr. 6-3 185 Delaware, Ohio/Worthington Christian (Findlay)

29 James Worth D Jr. 5-8 155 West Chester, NJ/West Morris Mendham

33 Hunter Heard D Jr. 6-2 180 Chesapeake, VA/Homeschooled

STAFF

Head Coach: Kelly Findley Assistant Coach: Jake Berry Assistant Coach: Douglas Oliveira Athletic Trainer: Zach Hopkins

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2021-22 Liberty Men's Soccer Individual Statistics

All games

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Game Records

Overall Conference Home Away Neutral

3 - 3 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 2 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

Team Box Score

No. Player GP-GS MIN G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% YC RC GWG PK-ATT FG OT HAT GTG FOUL

9 Holmes, Noah 4-4 245 4 0 8 12 .333 6 .500 0 0 1 0-0 2 0 0 0 3

17 Catanzarite, Michael 6-1 251 1 2 4 4 .250 2 .500 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

11 Clark, Seth 6-6 427 0 3 3 7 .000 5 .714 3 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 5

6 Mitrevski, Marko 5-5 404 1 0 2 6 .167 4 .667 1 1 0 1-1 1 0 0 0 7 23 Huss, Michael 6-3 202 1 0 2 5 .200 2 .400 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 13 McKechnie, Jarrod 6-1 250 1 0 2 1 1.000 1 1.000 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

7 Findley, Gabe 6-6 425 0 1 1 6 .000 3 .500 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 4

18 Gora, Gora 6-0 152 0 1 1 5 .000 2 .400 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 5

10 Eberle, Luke 6-6 518 0 0 0 3 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 10

2 Smith, Malik 6-6 555 0 0 0 3 .000 2 .667 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3

15 Borutskie, Brayden 6-6 505 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Onyango, Arnold 6-4 336 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 4 Burnett, Filip 6-3 269 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

14 Garnett, Kyle 2-0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1

27 Franzen, Richard 2-2 180 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Stricker, Skyler 2-0 45 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cordero, Danny 3-3 285 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

20 Geisler, Shane 1-0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

16 Gardner, Grayson 6-3 317 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1

3 Betts, Brandt 6-6 451 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 7

21 Rivas, Zack 2-0 16 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

22 Myers, Blake 4-0 44 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1

5 Ott, Brandon 4-0 98 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

28 Yoder, Nathan 1-1 90 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 6 - 8 7 23 55 .145 27 .491 11 1 - 1-1 3 0 0 - 56

Opponents 6 - 8 8 24 82 .098 27 .329 13 0 - 2-3 2 2 0 - 63

Goal Average Saves Record

No. Goalie GP-GS MINS GA GAAVG SAVES PCT W L T SHO/CBO

27 Franzen, Richard 2-2 180:00 2 1.00 8 .800 2 0 0 0/0

1 Cordero, Danny 3-3 285:10 6 1.89 10 .625 0 3 0 0/0

28 Yoder, Nathan 1-1 90:00 0 0.00 0 .000 1 0 0 1/0

TM TEAM - 00:00 0 0.00 1 1.000 0 0 0 0/0

Total 6 555:10 8 1.30 19 .704 3 3 0 1

Opponents 6 555:10 8 1.30 19 .704 3 3 0 2

Goals by Periods

Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL

Lib 5 3 0 0 8

Opponents 2 5 0 1 8

Corners by Periods

Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL

Lib 13 13 1 0 27

Opponents 17 13 1 0 31

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2021-22 Liberty Men's Soccer Individual Statistics

All games

Page 2/2 as of Sep 20, 2021

Shots by Periods

Lib 26 29 0 0 55

Fouls by Periods

Lib 23 33 0 0 56

Saves by Periods

Lib 11 8 0 0 19

Attendance Summary

LIB Opponents

Total 625 1902

Dates/Avg Per Date 1 / 625 5 / 380 Neutral Site #/Avg 0 / 0