NORTHERN ILLINOIS MEN S SOCCER GAME NOTES

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1 NORTHERN ILLINOIS MEN S SOCCER GAME NOTES Jeremy Reid, Assistant Director of Media Relations - (815) , jreid1@niu.edu Date: Friday, August 24, 2012 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Morrison Stadium, Omaha, Neb. Live Video: GoCreighton.com Live Stats: GoCreighton.com Twitter NORTHERN ILLINOIS Overall: MAC: Home: Away: Neutral: GF: 0 GA: 0 GD: 0 Last 5: N/A CREIGHTON Overall: MVC: Home: Away: Neutral: GF: 0 GA: 0 GD: 0 Last 5: N/A 2012 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Site Time Fri, Aug. 24 at Creighton Omaha, Neb. 7:30 p.m. Fri, Aug. 31 at UW Green Bay Green Bay, Wis. 6 p.m. NIU ADIDAS INVITE FRI, SEPT. 7 RHODE ISLAND DEKALB, ILL. 5 P.M. SUN, SEPT. 9 DRAKE DEKALB, ILL. 2 P.M. Northwestern Lakeside Classic Fri, Sept. 14 vs. UW Milwaukee Evanston, Ill. 2 p.m. Sun, Sept. 16 vs. Iona Evanston, Ill. 11:30 a.m. New Mexico TLC/Nike Invitational Fri, Sept. 21 vs. Denver Albuquerque, N.M. 5:30 p.m. Sun, Sept. 23 at New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. 2 p.m. Sun, Sept. 30 at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 9 a.m. SAT, OCT. 6 HARTWICK* DEKALB, ILL. 1 P.M. Tues, Oct. 9 at Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. 7:05 p.m. SAT, OCT. 13 AKRON* DEKALB, ILL. NOON Wed, Oct. 17 at Valparaiso Valparaiso, Ind. 6:30 p.m. SAT, OCT. 20 BOWLING GREEN* DEKALB, ILL. 1 P.M. Wed, Oct. 24 at Northwestern Evanston, Ill. 6 p.m. SAT, OCT. 27 WEST VIRGINIA* DEKALB, ILL. 1 P.M. Tues, Oct. 30 at Western Michigan* Kalamazoo, Mich. Noon Fri, Nov. 2 at Buffalo* Buffalo, N.Y. 6 p.m. Mid-American Conference Tournament Fri, Nov. 9 Semifi nals at Regular Season Champion Sun, Nov. 11 Championship at Regular Season Champion NCAA Tournament Thurs, Nov. 15 NCAA First Round TBA TBA Sun, Nov. 18 NCAA Second Round TBA TBA Sun, Nov. 25 NCAA Third Round TBA TBA Sat, Dec. 1 NCAA Quarterfi nals TBA TBA Fri, Dec. 7 NCAA Final Four Hoover, Ala. TBA Sun, Dec. 9 NCAA Championship Hoover, Ala. TBA * - Mid-American Conference Match Home games in BOLD CAPS All times central Follow the Northern Illinois Huskies and Northern Illinois Men s Soccer on Social Media Like NIU Huskies Like NIU Men s - Huskie athletic - In-game NIU - Huskie men s soccer YouTube.com/NIUHuskiesdotcom About Creighton Creighton comes into the 2012 season on the heels of a mark a season ago. The Blue Jays advanced to the semifi nals of the College Cup in 2011 before falling on penalty kicks to Charlotte. Creighton went 14-0 at home last season, outscoring the opposition, Last weekend, the Blue Jays played a pair of exhibitions, tying No. 9 Maryland, 3-3, on Friday before bettering Nebraska Omaha, 1-0, on Sunday. Right Where We Left Off NIU begins the 2012 season in the same place it ended the 2011 campaign. The Huskies fell in the NCAA Second Round, 3-0, at Creighton last season, ending a season in which the Huskies went , tying a school-record for wins. In the Rankings The Huskies begin the season receiving votes in the preseason NSCAA/ Continental Tire poll. NIU ranks 26th in the current College Soccer News poll and 39th in the Top Drawer Soccer rankings. Huskies Tabbed Third in MAC Northern Illinois was picked to fi nish third in the preseason coaches poll released Aug. 13. Tenth-ranked Akron was picked to win the conference while league newcomer West Virginia was tabbed to fi nish second behind the Zips. Preseason Recap NIU capped its preseason slate on Aug. 18 with a 1-0 victory over DePaul, Gael Rivera scored the lone goal of the match against the Blue Demons. A week earlier, the Huskies played Notre Dame in a pair of split squad matches, falling to the Fighting Irish, 2-0 and 3-0. Climbing the Charts NIU senior goalkeeper Jordan Godsey continues to put his name into the NIU record books. Godsey set a single-season shutout record in 2011 when he posted 12 clean sheets, giving him 26 total in his Huskie career. With one more shutout, Godsey will set a new school-record for career shutouts, breaking the mark currently held by Markus Roy ( ). Godsey also had a 0.70 goals against average last season, the second-best single-season mark in program history. Godsey s career goals against average of 0.71 is currently the best in NIU history, bettering Joe Zimka s ( ) mark of A Challenging Slate The 2012 schedule for NIU features four games against foes ranked in the preseason NSCAA Top 25. In addition to its season opener against third-ranked Creighton, the Huskies will play No. 6 New Mexico, No. 10 Akron and No. 20 Northwestern. An Omaha Homecoming Huskie freshman Kyle Pritchard will be making a homecoming on Friday night when the Huskies play at Creighton. Pritchard, an Omaha native, attended Creighton Prep High School, helping the school win a pair of soccer state championships. A Historic Season Northern Illinois is coming off a historic 2011 season in which the Huskies

2 went and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in school history. NIU won the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, beating in-state rival Western Illinois in the opening round. NIU climbed as high as No. 13 in the NSCAA national poll last season and as high as No. 16 in the RPI. The Huskies fi nished 2011 ranked 24th in RPI. 50 Seasons of Huskie Soccer This season, Northern Illinois is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its inaugural season. NIU played its fi rst varsity soccer match on October 5, 1962, a 6-0 loss at Grinnell College. The Huskies will be celebrating this anniversary at their Oct. 13 match against Akron. A Lonestar Trio Among the nine newcomers on the Huskie roster this season, three hail from the State of Texas and were members of the same youth club. Bertrand Gaschot, Kyle McDonald and Parker Thornton were all members of the Lonestar Soccer Club based in Austin, Texas. The Luzzi File Eric Luzzi enters his fourth season as the head coach at Northern Illinois. Luzzi has compiled a record at the helm of the Huskies. Luzzi spent three seasons as an assistant at NIU before taking over the program in On May 24, NIU announced that Luzzi had signed a contract extension through the 2015 season. Welcome West Virginia On March 27, the Mid-American Conference announced the addition of West Virginia to the league as a soccer affi liate member. The Mountaineers join Florida Atlantic and Hartwick as soccer-only members of the conference. Up Next Following the season opener at Creighton, NIU will remain on the road as it travels to UW Green Bay on Friday, Aug. 31. Kickoff against the Phoenix is scheduled for 6 p.m. #00 Miles Herbert : Did not see action Junior, Goalkeeper, Libertyville, Ill. Has yet to see game action in two seasons behind Jordan Godsey Chicago area native, played club soccer with the Chicago Magic #0 Mark Kosobucki - First Season Freshman, Goalkeeper, Cedarburg, Wis. Attended Marquette University High School where he won a Division I state championship with a record last season #1 Jordan Godsey : 21 GP/21 GS, 15 W, 12 SO, 1932 Min Senior, Goalkepper, Ocean Springs, Miss. Last Match: Played 90 min, 11/20/11 at Creighton in a 3-0 loss Last Win: 11/17/11 vs. Western Illinois (NCAA Tournament First Round) Last Shutout: 11/17/11 vs. Western Illinois (NCAA Tournament First Round) Earned NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Third Team, All-MAC First Team and MAC All-Tournament Team honors last season Set new school records for wins (15) and shutouts (12) last season Has appeared in 54 career matches with 32 wins and 26 shutouts #2 Miles Stockman-Willis - First Season Freshman, Defender, Woodbury, Minn. All-State honoree at Hill-Murray High School last season Played club soccer with the Minnesota Thunder Academy #3 Kyle Crichton - First Season Freshman, Midfielder, Ajax, Ontario, Canada Attended Pickering High School Played club soccer for Ajax FC Strikers, winning back-to-back Canadian national championships in 2010 and 2011 #4 Gael Rivera : 21 GP/19 GS, 4 G, 3 A Junior, Midfielder, Oslo, Norway Last Goal: 11/11/11 vs. Buffalo (MAC Semifi nals) ( 63) Last Assist: 10/29/11 at Bowling Green ( 19, Sloan) Earned MAC All-Tournament honors last season Has appeared in 37 career matches with four goals and four assists #5 Jabari Danzy : Did not see action Sophomore, Midfielder, Park Forest, Ill. Did not see game action last season Played club soccer with the Chicago Fire Academy and the Chicago Magic #6 Paul Hogan : 20 GP/4 GS, 3 G Sophomore, Forward, Downers Grove, Ill. Last Match: 11/17/11 vs. Western Illinois (NCAA First Round) Last Goal: 9/11/11 vs. Portland ( 66) Scored in his collegiate debut last season at Saint Louis Named Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year as a high school senior in 2010 #7 Isaac Kannah : 21 GP/20 GS, 2 G, 6 A Sophomore, Midfielder/Forward, Plymouth, Minn. Last Goal: 11/17/11 vs. Western Illinois (NCAA First Round) ( 43) Last Assist: 11/13/11 vs. Western Michigan (MAC Final) ( 84, Totsch) Earned All-MAC Second Team honors last season Attended a U.S. Under-18 National Team camp in April 2011 #8 Gabe Christianson - First Season Freshman, Midfielder, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Named the 2011 Gatorade Iowa State Player of the Year at Kennedy High School Played club soccer with Eastern Iowa United

3 #9 Parker Thornton - First Season Freshman, Midfielder/Forward, Buda, Texas of NIU teammates Kyle McDonald and Bertrand Gaschot #10 James Stevenson : 17 GP/15 GS, 6 G, 3 A Junior, Forward, Falkirk, Scotland Last Goal: 11/5/11 at Hartwick ( 64) Last Assist: 11/17/11 vs. Western Illinois (NCAA First Round) ( 73, Kannah) Earned All-MAC First Team and NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team honors last season Played with the Scottish Schoolboys National Team Has played in 33 career matches with nine goals and three assists #11 Sean Totsch : 17 GP/7 GS, 3 G Junior, Midfielder, Oswego, Ill. Last Goal: 11/17/11 vs. Western Illinois (NCAA First Round) ( 20) Last Assist: 10/5/10 at Wisconsin ( 95, King) Scored the lone goal in last season s MAC Championship win over Western Michigan, clinching NIU s NCAA Tournament berth Has appeared in 33 career matches, scoring three goals with one assist #12 Jayson LeSeth : 21 GP/19 GS, 2 G, 5 A Sophomore, Midfielder, Des Plaines, Ill. Last Goal: 10/29/11 at Bowling Green ( 85) Last Assist: 11/17/11 vs. Western Illinois (NCAA First Round) ( 20, Totsch) Native of Des Plaines, Ill., played club soccer with the Chicago Magic Spent the summer with the Chicago Inferno PDL Team #13 Rocco Taglia : 21 GP/21 GS Senior, Defender, Caledonia, Ill. Last Assist: 9/17/10 vs. Holy Cross ( 56, Otira) Played all 1,932 minutes for the Huskies last season Has appeared in 37 career matches, recording three assists #18 Kyle McDonald - First Season Freshman, Defender, Austin, Texas of NIU teammates Parker Thornton and Bertrand Gaschot #19 Dusty Page : 4 GP Sophomore, Defender, Germantown, Wis. Last Match: 11/17/11 vs. Western Illinois (NCAA First Round) Earned All-State fi rst team honors at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School as a senior in 2010 Played club soccer with FC Milwaukee #20 Bertrand Gaschot - First Season Freshman, Midfielder/Defender, Austin, Texas of NIU teammates Kyle McDonald and Parker Thornton #21 Hooman Shams : Did not see action Senior, Forward, Deerfield, Ill. Last Match: 11/4/10 at UW Milwaukee Missed the entire 2011 season due to injury Has appeared in 13 matches in his career #22 Pat Sloan : 20 GP/14 GS, 4 G, 2 A Senior, Defender, Lisle, Ill. Last Goal: 10/29/11 at Bowling Green ( 19) Last Assist: 10/19/11 vs. Western Michigan ( 84, Stevenson) Earned All-MAC Honorable Mention recognition last season Named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week on Sept. 6, 2011 after netting game-winning goals in both matches of the Michigan Invitational Has appeared in 21 career matches with four goals and two assists #23 Mike Mascitti : 13 GP/1 GS, 1 G Senior, Midfielder/Defender, Downers Grove, Ill. Last Goal: 11/17/11 vs. Western Illinois (NCAA First Round) ( 73) Has appeared in 17 career matches with two goals #14 Karim Darbaki : 21 GP/20 GS, 2 G, 5 A Junior, Midfielder/Foward, Crystal, Minn. Last Goal: 9/11/11 vs. Portland (x2, 6, 28) Last Assist: 11/17/11 vs. Western Illinois (NCAA First Round) ( 20, Totsch) Named to the All-MAC Second Team and the NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Third Team last season Played in 28 career matches with two goals and fi ve assists Father, Youssef, played for the Moroccan National Team #15 Charlie Oliver - First Season Freshman, Defender/Midfielder, Crystal Lake, Ill. Two-time All-State honoree at Crystal Lake South High School Member of the Chicago Fire Academy, helping the U18 team reach the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Finals Week #16 Shawn Vroom : Did not see action Sophomore, Defender, Kohler, Wis. Did not see game action last season Played club soccer for FC Milwaukee #17 Matt Pritchard - First Season Freshman, Forward, Omaha, Neb. Named All-Nebraska last season by the Omaha World Herald at Creighton Prep Played club soccer with Omaha FC Elite

4 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Year Hometown 00 Miles Herbert GK Jr. Libertyville, Ill. 0 Mark Kosobucki GK Fr. Cedarburg, Wis. 1 Jordan Godsey GK Sr. Ocean Springs, Miss. 2 Miles Stockman-Willis D Fr. Woodbury, Minn. 3 Kyle Crichton MF Fr. Ajax, Ontario, Canada 4 Gael Rivera MF Jr. Oslo, Norway 5 Jabari Danzy MF So. Park Forest, Ill. 6 Paul Hogan F So. Downers Grove, Ill. 7 Isaac Kannah MF/F So. Plymouth, Minn. 8 Gabe Christianson MF Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 9 Parker Thornton MF/F Fr. Buda, Texas 10 James Stevenson F Jr. Falkirk, Scotland 11 Sean Totsch MF Jr. Oswego, Ill. 12 Jayson LeSeth MF So. Des Plaines, Ill. 13 Rocco Taglia D Sr. Caledonia, Ill. 14 Karim Darbaki MF/F Jr. Crystal, Minn. 15 Charlie Oliver D/MF Fr. Crystal Lake, Ill. 16 Shawn Vroom D So. Kohler, Wis. 17 Matt Pritchard F Fr. Omaha, Neb. 18 Kyle McDonald D Fr. Austin, Texas 19 Dusty Page D So. Germantown, Wis. 20 Bertrand Gaschot MF/D Fr. Austin, Texas 21 Hooman Shams F Sr. Deerfi eld, Ill. 22 Pat Sloan D 5th Sr. Lisle, Ill. 23 Mike Mascitti MF/D Sr. Downers Grove, Ill. ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Year Hometown 8 Gabe Christianson MF Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 3 Kyle Crichton MF Fr. Ajax, Ontario, Canada 5 Jabari Danzy MF So. Park Forest, Ill. 14 Karim Darbaki MF/F Jr. Crystal, Minn. 20 Bertrand Gaschot MF/D Fr. Austin, Texas 1 Jordan Godsey GK Sr. Ocean Springs, Miss. 00 Miles Herbert GK Jr. Libertyville, Ill. 6 Paul Hogan F So. Downers Grove, Ill. 7 Isaac Kannah MF/F So. Plymouth, Minn. 0 Mark Kosobucki GK Fr. Cedarburg, Wis. 12 Jayson LeSeth MF So. Des Plaines, Ill. 23 Mike Mascitti MF/D Sr. Downers Grove, Ill. 18 Kyle McDonald D Fr. Austin, Texas 15 Charlie Oliver D/MF Fr. Crystal Lake, Ill. 19 Dusty Page D So. Germantown, Wis. 17 Matt Pritchard F Fr. Omaha, Neb. 4 Gael Rivera MF Jr. Oslo, Norway 21 Hooman Shams F Sr. Deerfi eld, Ill. 22 Pat Sloan D 5th Sr. Lisle, Ill. 10 James Stevenson F Jr. Falkirk, Scotland 2 Miles Stockman-Willis D Fr. Woodbury, Minn. 13 Rocco Taglia D Sr. Caledonia, Ill. 9 Parker Thornton MF/F Fr. Buda, Texas 11 Sean Totsch MF Jr. Oswego, Ill. 16 Shawn Vroom D So. Kohler, Wis. NSCAA/Continental Tire Preseason Poll (Aug. 7, 2012) Rank School Prev. W-L-T 1 North Carolina UCLA Creighton Connecticut South Florida New Mexico Louisville Charlotte Maryland Akron UC Santa Barbara Indiana UC Irvine Boston College St. John s SMU Coastal Carolina Saint Mary s (Calif.) James Madison Northwestern UAB Brown Old Dominion Furman RV Bradley fi nal record and ranking shown. Also receiving votes: Virginia, Rutgers, Duke, Wake Forest, California, Monmouth, West Virginia, Central Florida, William & Mary, Xavier, CSU Bakersfi eld, Northern Illinois, South Carolina Other Polls (NIU and 2012 Opponents) College Soccer News: #2 New Mexico, #6 Akron, #14 Creighton, #16 Northwestern, #26 Northern Illinois Top Drawer Soccer: #4 Akron, #6 New Mexico, #7 Creighton, #18 West Virginia, #39 Northern Illinois, #40 Iona Soccer America: #2 Akron, #7 New Mexico, #15 Creighton, #17 Northwestern, #23 West Virginia Head Coach: Eric Luzzi (Fourth Season) Assistant Coach: Garrett Biller Assistant Coach: Mike Boland Volunteer Assistant: Nick Stirrett

5 The Automated ScoreBook Northern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (2011 Final Stats) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date Opponent Score Att. Aug 27 at Saint Louis W Sep 02 at Oakland W Sep 04 at MICHIGAN W Sep 09 VALPARAISO W Sep 11 PORTLAND W Sep 16 vs Xavier Lot Sep 18 vs UC Davis Wot Sep 24 at Drake W * Oct 01 BUFFALO Lo Oct 04 at Marquette Wo * Oct 08 at #3 AKRON L Oct 12 at Northwestern L * Oct 19 WESTERN MICHIGAN W * Oct 23 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W * Oct 29 at Bowling Green W Nov 02 at Milwaukee L * Nov 05 at Hartwick W # Nov 11 BUFFALO W # Nov 13 WESTERN MICHIGAN W ^ Nov 17 WESTERN ILLINOIS W ! Nov 20 at #2 Creighton L # Mid-American Conference Tournament (Akron, Ohio) ^ NCAA Tournament First Round (DeKalb, Ill.)! NCAA Tournament Second Round (Omaha, Neb.) TEAM STATISTICS NIU OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct Shots/Game CORNER KICKS PENALTY KICKS PENALTIES Yellow cards Red cards 0 0 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 8/541 11/1153 Neutral Site #/Avg 2/130 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att 10 STEVENSON, James RIVERA, Gael SLOAN, Pat KANNAH, Isaac DARBAKI, Karim LeSETH, Jayson TOTSCH, Sean HOGAN, Paul KRANZ, Kenny MASCITTI, Mike HOFFMAN, Houston JOR, Finn HORTON, Brad OTIRA, Francis TYMA, Johnny FRAEDRICH, Matt PAGE, Dusty KING, Tim TAGLIA, Rocco GODSEY, Jordan Total Opponents ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho 1 GODSEY, Jordan : Total : Opponents : Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Northern Illinois Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Northern Illinois Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Northern Illinois Opponents Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Northern Illinois Opponents Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Northern Illinois Opponents