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Bearcats Travel to Marquette, Notre Dame

Bearcats Travel to Marquette, Notre DameBearcats Travel to Marquette, Notre Dame

Sept. 24, 2009

Game Notes

STORY LINES

  • The University of Cincinnati men's soccer team hits the road after a six-match homestand to continue BIG EAST inter-divisional play with a conference weekend on Sept. 25-27 at Marquette and Notre Dame. The Bearcats take on Marquette on Friday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. ET in Valley Fields before a nationally-televised match against Notre Dame on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 3:30 p.m. in Alumni Stadium.
  • UC's match vs. Notre Dame will be televised live on CBS College Sports Network with Jason Knapp calling the action and Shep Messing providing analysis. UC's last televised match came at St. John's on Halloween night at St. John's in 2008. The Bearcats fell, 2-0, to the Red Storm on Fox Soccer Channel.
  • Head coach Hylton Dayes is in his ninth season at Cincinnati and 19th season as a head coach overall. Dayes is 173-150-41 overall and 77-65-21 at UC. With the win against Dayton in the 2009 season opener, Dayes moved past Jim McDowell into sole possession of second place in coaching wins in program history. Bob Muro is the program's winningest head coach at 114-111-13.
  • After a 5-2 victory over No. 18 Dayton on Sept. 1, UC defeated Canisius 5-0. It marked the first time the Bearcats have scored five or more goals in back-to-back matches since the 1983 season. UC defeated Virginia Tech, 10-2, before falling at Bellarmine by a 7-6 count.
  • A 3-0 win over Western Illinois pushed the Bearcats' record to 4-0-0 for the first time since 1989, when the Bearcats finished with a school-record 14 wins (14-4-1).
  • UC has scored 16 goals in the first seven matches of the season after tallying just 13 scores in 19 matches in 2008.
  • Junior forward Branden Stelmak (Broadview Heights, Ohio/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) took home two awards in the season's opening week, being named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll on Monday, Sept. 7, and being named to the Collegesoccernews.com National Team of the Week. Stelmak scored three goals in the first three matches and is tied for the team lead with three goals.
  • Redshirt freshman defender Kit North (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Watterson) was named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week on Sept. 7. North, who scored his first career goal in his first career appearance against Dayton on Sept. 1, helped lead the defense to consecutive shutouts.
  • Miguel Rosales (Aurora, Colo./Smoky Hill) posted three shutouts in his first four appearances of the season. He moved ahead of teammate Matt Williams (Portland, Maine/Cheverus) and into a tie for seventh in school annals with his 11th career shutout against Pittsburgh.
  • The Bearcats return 10 starters from last year's squad, including leading scorer Branden Stelmak and goalkeeper Matt Williams, who posted nine shutouts a season ago. The Bearcats have experience in goal as Williams - the 2008 starter - and Miguel
  • Rosales, who started all but one match in 2007, return this season. Williams posted his second career assist from his goalkeeper position against Dayton. He cleared a Dayton crossing pass out of his own end and onto the foot of Nick Weightman (Lanark, Scotland/Webber International), who scored his second career goal on the breakaway.
  • UC is looking for its fifth consecutive trip to the BIG EAST Tournament. The Bearcats have qualified for the conference tourney in each of the first four years of affiliation with the powerful soccer league. UC won the school's first BIG EAST regular season title in 2006.

WEIGHT OF THE WORLD

  • Junior Nick Weightman tallied a goal and three assists in UC's season-opening 5-2 win at Dayton on Sept. 1. The Scotland native surpassed his 2008 production in one game (2008: 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 points).
  • Weightman became the first Bearcat to record three assists in a match since current MLS star Omar Cummings posted three helpers against Louisville on Sept. 26, 2006.
  • Weightman is No. 1 in the NCAA in single-game assists with three vs. Dayton on Sept. 1.

LAST TIME OUT

  • UC dropped a 2-0 decision to West Virginia on a rainy Sunday (Sept. 20) afternoon at Gettler Stadium.
  • The Bearcats fall to 5-2-0 overall and 1-1-0 in BIG EAST play. West Virginia evened its record at 2-2-2 overall and 1-1-0 in conference action.
  • The Mountaineers scored late in the first half after a miscommunication by the UC defense allowed Uwem Etuk into the box, where he beat goalkeeper Miguel Rosales for a 1-0 lead. It was the first goal allowed by Rosales in just over 300 minutes in goal this season.
  • The Bearcats finished with a 9-5 edge in shots and 6-2 advantage in corner kicks.

UP NEXT

  • Cincinnati renews its crosstown rivalry with Xavier on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The Bearcats and Musketeers will kick off at 7 p.m. in Gettler Stadium.