MATCH NOTES KANSAS CITY KANGAROOS (4-6-3, 2-3 WAC) FALCONS (9-1-3, WAC)

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1 MEN S SOCCER MATCH NOTES Josh Hauser, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Office: (60) Cell: (0) josh.hauser@gcu.edu GRAND CANYON LOPES (-6, - WAC) Head Coach: Schellas Hyndman (rd) Offensive Standout: Niki Jackson (Sr.) 06 WAC POY, 6 goals in 8 games last year (rd in Div. I) Probable Keeper: Jeremy Pollard Him and GCU defense have posted four shutouts this season V S FRIDAY, OCT. 0 (PM) DURWOOD STADIUM (80) KANSAS CITY, MO. KANSAS CITY KANGAROOS (4-6-, Head Coach: Rick Benben (9th) Offensive Standout: Eric McWoods (Sr.) Has eight goals on the season including five in WAC play Probable Keeper: Filippo Errico (So.) starts on the year with 8 goals against SUNDAY, OCT. (PM) SOCCER STADIUM (,000) USAFA, COLO. #6 AIR FORCE FALCONS (9--, -0- WAC) Head Coach: Doug Hill (th) Offensive Standout: Tucker Bone (Jr.) Team s point-leader with 9 on season (g/a) Probable Keeper: John Wendt (Sr.) WAC leader in Goals Against Average (7 goals in 0 games) GRAND CANYON OPPONENTS GRAND CANYON OPPONENTS SERIES HISTORY Kansas City (GCU leads series -, tied - at UMKC) Last meeting: GCU wins - in Phoenix (Oct., 06) Air Force (GCU trails series --, 0- at AFA) Last meeting: Air Force wins -0 in Phoenix (Oct. 8, 06) PROJECTED STARTERS 7 Sasivarevic WATCH FOLLOW ANALYZE READ WAC Digital GCUStats.com GCULopes.com based on last three matches Pollard GOAL FLOWCHART Afonso 4 Jellah 9 Jackson 8 Radilla Keating 8 Seye McGlothan 6 Smith Slack AT A GLANCE GCU heads out onto the road for its final two road games of the regular season. Prior to allowing two goals at UTRGV, the Lopes were coming off of their best defensive stretch since 0. GCU recorded its fourth shutout win of the season, a program Division I record. Between games at San José State, Incarnate Word, and the first half at UTRGV, the Lopes defense held opponents scoreless for 4 minutes. Niki Jackson had scored in four consecutive matches prior to Sunday, running his goal total to 7 on the year. The senior ranks 47th in the country in goals per game (0.8). As a team, GCU isn t afraid to take shots -- the Lopes rank th nationally at. shots per match. The Lopes have already played six games that have gone to overtime this season. GCU is - in such matches. The six OT games ties 04 for the most in a Division I season. GCU hasn t played more than six OT games in a season since playing eight in 007. GCU freshmen are making a mark. Musa Morris Demos has scored three goals this year. Marco Afonso assissted on two goals in the Oct. 6 game at CSUB alone. Josh Drack has scored and assisted this year. Malik Smith scored his first collegiate goal on Oct. 6. Freshmen have combined to tally points this season. LAST TIME OUT Visit Pg for more details.» GCU s defensive dominance showed in a -0 win over Incarnate Word in a rare afternoon home game on Friday. The Lopes limited the Cardinals to just six shots with none on goal. Despite outshooting UTRGV, the Vaqueros snuck in a goal in the early moments of the second half to upset GCU -0. WHAT S NEXT Grand Canyon closes out the regular season with three critical home games against Seattle U, Utah Valley and UNLV in a 0-day span that will directly impact potential WAC Tournament seeding. 07 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 6-7 OVERALL / - WAC / - HOME / -6 AWAY AUGUST (0-) Aug. at Omaha L, - (OT) Aug. 7 at 4 Creighton L, -0 (OT) SEPTEMBER (-) Sept. at Wisconsin L, - Sept. 7 RV Evansville (YurView / ESPN) W, -0 Sept. 0 at Pacific L, - Sept. 4 UC Riverside W, -4 (OT) Sept. 7 Cal State Northridge L, 4- Sept. Oral Roberts W, -0 (OT) OCTOBER (-) Oct. Houston Baptist* W, - Oct. 6 at CSU Bakersfield* L, - (OT) Oct. 8 at San José State* W, -0 (OT) Oct. Incarnate Word* W, -0 Oct. at UT Rio Grande Valley* L, -0 Oct. 0 at Kansas City* p.m. Oct. at 6 Air Force* p.m. Oct. 7 Seattle U* 7 p.m. Oct. 9 Utah Valley* 7 p.m. NOVEMBER (0-0) Nov. 4 UNLV* (YurView / ESPN) 7 p.m. Nov. 8- WAC Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) * Denotes WAC games Home games in bold All times listed in Arizona Time (MST), equivalent to PT STAT COMPARISON 6-7 W-L O F F E N S E G / G.4.. SH / G... SH% SOG% D E F E N S E GAA SV / G SV% M I S C E L L A N E O U S FL / G..0 0 / YC / RC 4 / 4 /

2 MEDIA INFORMATION SUMMED UP Current placing t-4th Current streak L- Longest winning streak Longest unbeaten streak Longest losing streak Last - Last - Day games (before 6 p.m.) - Night games (6 p.m. or later) 4-6 top- teams* - *in Coaches Poll or Top Drawer Soccer Poll QUICK FACTS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Men s Soccer Contact Josh Hauser josh.hauser@gcu.edu Office Phone (60) Cell Phone (0) UNIVERSITY INFO School Grand Canyon University Location Founded 949 Enrollment 9,00 President Brian Mueller Vice President of Athletics Mike Vaught Affiliation NCAA Division I Nickname Lopes Mascot Thunder Colors Purple, Black & White Conference Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Athletics Website SOCCER FACILITY Home Facility (Capacity) GCU Stadium (6,000) Record at GCU Stadium 0-4- (.700) Opened 06 PROGRAM HISTORY First Year 98 All-Time Record -4- (.7) Division I 9--7 (.64) WAC 4-6- (.4) Conference Titles (Div. I) 0 Conference Titles (Div. II) 7 National Championships (Div. II) TO THE MEDIA The Grand Canyon Athletics Department is served by a communications office staff that works diligently to promote the individual and team accomplishments of student-athletes, coaches and staff. Our staff will fulfill all reasonable requests. Physical Address: 00 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 807 Stadium Location: Southwest edge of campus Parking: Available in Halo garage, enter at th Ave., turn right CREDENTIALS All members of the office follow the guidelines set forth by the NCAA and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in governing the issuance of credentials. All credential requests should be submitted to the sport contacts. INTERVIEW REQUESTS When making interview requests through the communications office, please allow at least 4 hours notice. If the time requested with a student-athlete or coach is longer than normal (for photography or videography purposes), more advance notice will help ensure that your request will be handled efficiently. Home and cell phone numbers for players will not be provided. Please do not contact a player or coach without scheduling the interview through the communications office. Releases, game notes and advisories are ed to media that cover GCU on a regular basis. Media wishing to be added to the list for a particular sport should contact the sport contact. ONLINE SUNDAY, OCT. 8 SAN JOSÉ, CALIF. OT OT T GCU San José St Updated bios, notes, rosters, schedules, statistics and more will be available throughout the season for every sport on GCULopes.com. Specific information not readily available on the website may be available through the communications office. Please contact the sport representative with your request. LAST THREE GAMES FRIDAY, OCT. PHOENIX, ARIZ. T Incarnate Word GCU 0 SUNDAY, OCT. EDINBURG, TEXAS T GCU UTRGV 0 INJURY INFORMATION Grand Canyon University athletics will abide by HIPAA - a federal privacy act with regard to the release of injury information. GCU athletes will be required to sign a waiver before their injury information is released to the media. If the athlete chooses to withhold that information, GCU officials will be restricted to informing the media members of their playing status only. HOME MEDIA SERVICES Pre-game notes packets Pre-game lineups and post-game statistics A running play-by-play Game programs Statistical monitors are provided to the TV and radio broadcasts based on availability. The media is encouraged to follow live statistics online through StatBroadcast (GCUstats.com). DIVISION I STATUS After accepting an invitation from the Western Athletic Conference in November 0, Grand Canyon University underwent the NCAA s mandated fouryear transition period from Division II to Division I. While competing against a fully-division I schedule in all sports, GCU was ineligible for postseason play. Beginning this year, GCU is a fully-transitioned member of NCAA Division I athletics and, for the first time, is eligible for Western Athletic Conference and NCAA postseason events. LIVE STATS Stat Broadcast GCUstats.com MEDIA CENTER Notes, Photos, Highlights, & More GCULopes.com/msoccermedia

3 07 NUMERICAL ROSTER ROSTER NO NAME POS HT WT YR HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL PREVIOUS 0 Corey Marques GK R-Fr. Mississauga, Ontario, CA St. Aloysius Gonzaga Jeremy Pollard GK R-Fr. Sydney, Australia Freshwater Senior Akron Jordan Slack D R-Sr. Ashfield, England Chesterfield Charlie Keating M 6-6 Sr. Palos Verdes, Calif. Palos Verdes UC San Diego 4 Nikolai Shumov M Fr. Keaau, Hawaii Mission Heights Prep Musa Morris Demos M -8 0 R-Fr. Lagos, Nigeria Sandra Day O Connor 6 Malik Smith D Fr. Brampton, Ontario, CA David Suzuki Secondary 7 Amer Sasivarevic D - 70 R-Sr. Munich, Germany Olympus 8 Alex Radilla M Jr. El Paso, Texas Lone Star 9 Niki Jackson F Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. Cactus Shadows 0 Evan Waldrep M - 70 Jr. Vista Grande Creighton Damian German F -9 Jr. Maryvale Justin Rasmussen M Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. Bishop Gorman 4 Jackson Jellah M Jr. Sandra Day O Connor Portland Bennett Lehner F So. Camas, Wash. Camas Dayton 6 Christian Ramirez F -7 Jr. Dallas, Texas Lone Star 7 Marco Afonso M 6-0 Fr. Sandton, Johannesburg, SA St. David s Marist Inanda 8 Andy Alanis F R-Jr. Glendale, Ariz. Apollo 0 Alex Ramirez M Sr. Ironwood Josh Drack M/F -7 0 Fr. Chandler, Ariz. Hamilton Marlon Atondo M/D -7 4 Jr. San Luis, Ariz. San Luis Az. Western Austin Day D -9 4 So. Frisco, Texas Centennial 6 Daniel Moreno M -8 0 So. Desert Mountain 7 Brandon Johnson D R-Fr. Tempe, Ariz. Mountain Pointe 8 Khadim Seye D 6-8 Sr. Dakar, Senegal Kent School Monroe 9 Tyler Hughes M -8 4 Fr. Bellingham, Wash. Squalicum 0 Cesar Mendez-Garcia D Fr. Spearfish, S.D. Spearfish Aidan McGlothan D Sr. Gilbert, Ariz. Basha 99 Shawn Spitzer GK 6-8 R-Jr. Tucson, Ariz. Sabino Head Coach Schellas Hyndman Eastern Illinois (97), rd Season Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator Kevin Doyle Assistant Coach Cizo Mosnia Volunteer Assistant Boris Teoharevic Grad Assistant Juan Gonzalez Athletic Trainer Octavio Tobar Performance Coach Ben Paneccasio PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Corey MARQUES Charlie KEATING Nikolai SHUMOV MUSA DEMOS Amer SASIVAREVIC Evan WALDREP DAMIAN GERMAN Bennett LEHNER MAR-kezz KEE-ting SHU-mahv MOO-sah DEE-mos sauce-ih-vair-ih-vich WALL-drup DAH-mee-on HER-mahn LAY-ner KHADIM SEYE MALIK Smith SCHELLAS HYNDMAN CIZO MOSNIA Boris TEOHAREVIC ha-deem SAY MAL-lick SHELL-iss HIND-man CHEE-zo MOZ-nee-uh TEE-oh-hare-ih-vich POSITIONAL BREAKDOWN GOALKEEPERS () No. Name Yr. 0 Corey Marques R-Fr. 6 Jeremy Pollard R-Fr. 99 Shawn Spitzer R-Jr. DEFENDERS (9) No. Name Yr. Jordan Slack R-Sr. 6 Malik Smith Fr. 7 Amer Sasivarevic R-Sr. Marlon Atondo Jr. Austin Day So. 7 Brandon Johnson So. 8 Khadim Seye Sr. 0 Cesar Mendez-Garcia Fr. Aidan McGlothan Sr. MIDFIELDERS (4) No. Name Yr. Charlie Keating Sr. 4 Nikolai Shumov Fr. Musa Morris Demos So. 8 Alex Radilla Jr. 0 Evan Waldrep Jr. Justin Rasmussen Fr. 4 Jackson Jellah Jr. 7 Marco Afonso Fr. 0 Alexander Ramirez Sr. Josh Drack Fr. Marlon Atondo Fr. 6 Daniel Moreno So. 9 Tyler Hughes Fr. Aidan McGlothan Sr. FORWARDS (6) No. Name Yr. 9 Niki Jackson Sr. Damian German Jr. Bennett Lehner R-Fr. 6 Christian Ramirez Jr. 8 Andy Alanis R-Jr. Josh Drack Fr. CLASS BREAKDOWN Freshmen Sophomores Juniors 8 Seniors 7 HOME STATE Arizona Texas Washington California Nevada Hawaii South Dakota International 8

4 MEN S SOCCER BROADCAST ROSTER 4 COREY MARQUES JEREMY POLLARD JORDAN SLACK CHARLIE KEATING NIKOLAI SHUMOV MUSA MORRIS-DEMOS MALIK SMITH AMER SASIVAREVIC GK R-FR. Mississauga, Ontario GK R-FR. Sydney, Australia D R-SR. Ashfield, England M 6-6 SR. Palos Verdes, Calif. M FR. Keaau, Hawaii M -8 0 R-FR. Lagos, Nigeria D FR. Brampton, Ontario D - 70 R-SR. Munich, Germany // ALEX RADILLA NIKI JACKSON EVAN WALDREP DAMIAN GERMAN JUSTIN RASMUSSEN JACKSON JELLAH BENNETT LEHNER CHRISTIAN RAMIREZ M JR. El Paso, Texas F SR. Scottsdale, Ariz. M - 70 JR. F -9 JR. M FR. Las Vegas, Nev. M JR. F SO. Camas, Wash. F -7 JR. Dallas, Texas MARCO ALFONSO ANDY ALANIS ALEX RAMIREZ JOSH DRACK MARLON ATONDO AUSTIN DAY DANIEL MORENO BRANDON JOHNSON M 6-0 FR. Sandton, Johannesburg F R-JR. Glendale, Ariz. M SR. M/F -7 0 FR. Chandler, Ariz. M/D -7 4 JR. San Luis, Ariz. D -9 4 SO. Frisco, Texas M -8 0 SO. D R-FR. Tempe, Ariz. 8 0 KHADIM SEYE 9 TYLER HUGHES CESAR MENDEZ-GARCIA AIDAN McGLOTHAN 99 SHAWN SPITZER D 6-8 SR. Dakar, Senegal M -8 4 FR. Bellingham, Wash. D FR. Spearfish, S.D. D SR. Gilbert, Ariz. GK 6-8 R-JR. Tucson, Ariz. SCHELLAS HYNDMAN KEVIN DOYLE CIZO MOSNIA BORIS TEOHAREVIC JUAN GONZALEZ Head Coach rd Season Associate Head Coach st Season Assistant Coach st Season Volunteer Assistant rd Season Graduate Assistant rd Season 4

5 OVERALL STATS RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date Opponent Score Att. Aug at Omaha Mavericks Lot - 8 Aug 7 at #4 Creighton Lo 0-6 Sep 0 at Wisconsin L - 9 Sep 07 EVANSVILLE W /0/07 at # Pacific L - 00 Sep 4 UC RIVERSIDE Wot Sep 7 CSUN L Sep ORAL ROBERTS Wot * Oct 0 HOUSTON BAPTIST W - 7 * Oct 6 at CSU Bakersfield Lot - 7 * Oct 08 at San Jose State Wo -0 0 * Oct INCARNATE WORD W * Oct at UT Rio Grande Valley L 0-07 TEAM STATISTICS GCU OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct...0 Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct Shots/Game..6 GOAL BREAKDOWN Penalty Unassisted 6 Overtime CORNER KICKS Goals off corners PENALTY KICKS - - OFFSIDES 7 9 PENALTIES Fouls 6 Yellow cards 0 8 Red cards ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 6/74 7/709 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sogsog% gw pk-att 9 Jackson, Niki German, Damian Keating, Charlie Morris-Demos, Mus McGlothan, Aidan Drack, Josh Sm ith, M alik Afonso, Marco Johnson, Brandon Hughes, Tyler Jellah, Jackson Seye, Khadim Lehner, Bennett Waldrep, Evan Radilla, Alex Sasivarevic, Amer Pollard, Jeremy Marques, Corey Moreno, Daniel Morris Demos, Mus Alanis, Andy Day, Austin Slack, Jordan Rasmussen, Justin Ramirez, Alex Atondo, Marlon Total Opponents ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Save Pct W-L-T Sho Pollard, Jeremy 946: Marques, Corey 4 78: Total : Opponents : Goals by Period st nd OT OT Total Grand Canyon 8 Opponents Shots by Period st nd OT OT Total Grand Canyon Opponents Saves by Period st nd OT OT Total Grand Canyon 4 0 Opponents Corners by Period st nd OT OT Total Grand Canyon 9 64 Opponents Fouls by Period st nd OT OT Total Grand Canyon Opponents

6 A SUSPENSEFUL SEASON Entering the weekend, the Lopes have already played in six overtime matches this season, going -. The mark already ties the 04 season for the most overtime games played in a Division I season for GCU. The Lopes have not played in more than six overtime games in a season since 007 where they played eight. 07 OVERTIME GAMES Date Opponent OTs Result Game-winner 8/ at Omaha OT L - Left box at 98 8/7 at Creighton OT L -0 Header off corner at 06 9/4 UC Riverside OT W -4 McGlothan header at 00 9/ Oral Roberts OT W -0 Keating header at 9 0/6 at CSU Bakersfield OT L - Drive from left wing at 94 0/8 at San José State OT W -0 Jackson leaves feet in box at 07 POLLARD AND THE DEFENSE Redshirt freshmen goalkeeper Jeremy Pollard and the Lopes defense posted their fourth shutout of the season last weekend in a -0 win over Incarnate Word. GCU set the Division I record for shutout wins in a season, surpassing last year s mark. Three weeks ago, Pollard won the WAC s Defensive Player of the Week Pollard award for his role in the Lopes shutout win over Oral Roberts to close out non-conference play on Sept.. The Sydney, Australia native came up with three big saves to keep the Golden Eagles off the scoreboard and eventually lead the Lopes to a -0 win in overtime. OFFENSE EXPLODES TO OPEN WAC Grand Canyon opened WAC play with an offensive explosion, taking shots and scoring five goals in a decisive - win over Houston Baptist on Sunday, Oct.. QUICK BOX (OCT. VS. HBU) Team Shots SOG Shot % SOG % Corner Fouls Houston Baptist GCU.6. The Lopes set a pair of Division I program records in the win. GCU s shots surpassed the previous high of 0 set at Stetson on Sept. 8, 0. It also marked the first time GCU recorded two games of five or more goals in a single season. FRESHMEN MAKING A MARK The future of GCU soccer looks bright if the play of the Lopes freshmen is any indicator. Four key freshmen have continually made impacts in their first years playing for the Lopes. Smith Afonso Morris-Demos Drack After scoring his first collegiate goal against Houston Baptist on Oct., Marco Afonso recorded two assists last Friday against CSU Bakersfield. Malik Smith, a key contributor on the Lopes back line in 07, scored his first collegiate goal against CSU Bakersfield on Oct. 6. Musa Morris Demos, a redshirt freshmen, was the offensive star of the Oct. WAC opener against Houston Baptist. He scored twice and added an assist on the evening. Morris Demos is up to goals on the season. Josh Drack has been busy for GCU in 07 and he added another point to his ledger on Oct.. He assisted on GCU s second goal of the night, feeding a ball to Niki Jackson. NEWS, NOTES, NUMBERS GOALS COME IN BUNCHES FOR McGLOTHAN In his fourth year with the GCU program, Aidan McGlothan, a defender who spends most of his time distanced from the goal, had never scored. That changed on Thursday, however, as McGlothan scored, perhaps, the biggest goal of the season as GCU topped UC Riverside. It came with under :0 to play in the first OT off of a beautiful free kick from Josh Drack. Less than five minutes in game time later, McGlothan was on the scoring ledger once again. After a Charlie Keating attempt was deflected by the goalkeeper, it fell at the feet of McGlothan who found the back of the net once again. JACKSON YEAR 4 Senior forward Niki Jackson is back for his final season with the Lopes. The Scottsdale, Ariz. native is easily Grand Canyon s most decorated Division I soccer player, coming off of a year where he was named the WAC Offensive Player of the Year and earned NSCAA All- West Region recognition. Jackson scored 6 goals in 8 matches last season, a goals per game average (0.89) that ranked third nationally. The forward was named to the MAC Hermann Award Preseason Watch List for the nation s top collegiate soccer player. Curiously, Jackson will have to prove himself again in 07 as the conference s coaches did not select him as the WAC Preseason Player of the Year, although he did land a spot on the Preseason All-WAC team. 06 TOP GOAL SCORERS (GOALS PER GAME) Rank Player School Goals Games Avg. Albert Ruiz FGCU 0.0 Cameron Harr Marist Niki Jackson Grand Canyon Gordon Wild Maryland Chris Arling New Hampshire AMONG THE TOUGHEST Entering the season, Grand Canyon knew it had a tough non-conference schedule lined up. But there was no predicting that it would be this tough. Six of the Lopes seven opponents to date have been in the top- at some point this season, while Omaha and Pacific each have an impressive 7- mark on the year. As of Sept. 4, GCU s strength of schedule ranked th nationally. TOUGHEST SCHEDULES Rank Team Conference Rank Team Conference Northern Kentucky Horizon 7 Army Patriot Virginia Tech ACC 8 Louisville ACC Rutgers Big Ten 9 Northeastern Colonial 4 Florida Int l C-USA 0 Dartmouth Ivy Iona MAAC Grand Canyon WAC 6 LIU Brooklyn NEC UTRGV WAC POLLARD SETS RECORD IN FIRST START In last week s home opener against Evansville, redshirt freshmen Jeremy Pollard earned his first collegiate start. It went well for the Australia native, finishing the evening with a clean sheet -0 victory to go along with 9 saves. The 9 saves set a GCU Division I single-game record, besting a mark of 8 saves last set by Kendyl Day. McGlothan Jackson T ROPH Y Pollard 6

7 GCU STADIUM PROVIDES BIG EDGE The much-anticipated inaugural season of GCU Stadium was a huge success, with attendance for men s games jumping from,09 per match in 0 to,08 per match last season. The debut of the facility saw 6,40 fans watch the Lopes double up UCF the most fans to ever watch a college soccer game in the state. GCU is off to a good start so far in 07, ranking fourth in average attendance. 07 TOP ATTENDANCE (FANS PER MATCH) Rank School Average Rank School Average Maryland 4,04 UCLA,094 UConn,8 Louisville,08 South Carolina,08 Virginia,96 4 UC Santa Barbara,890 4 Utah Valley,98 Clemson,69 Akron,840 6 Indiana,464 6 Grand Canyon,74 7 Wake Forest,87 7 UMBC,6 8 Michigan State,0 8 Kentucky,48 9 Creighton, 9 Binghamton,44 0 Portland, 0 Omaha,94 COACHING STAFF SHIFT The Grand Canyon coaching staff added two new members in the offseason to replace departing assistants. Hyndman added Kevin Doyle and Tarcisio Cizo Mosnia to his staff for the 07 season. Kevin Doyle comes to GCU with a long resume of impressive coaching stops in collegiate soccer. He Doyle Mosnia spent the last five seasons at Air Force and had previous stints as the top assistant at Creighton, as well as assistant coach stops at Virginia Tech, Penn State, William & Mary, and Mercer. Cizo Mosnia has an extensive coaching background including an -year stint as the head coach at Eastern Illinois, taking over for Hyndman at the time. Under his direction, the Panthers went and claimed four Summit League Championships. Mosnia most recently taught and coaches soccer at Belton High School in Belton, Texas. OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL Word was handed down on Wednesday, Aug. that Grand Canyon University s move to NCAA Division I Athletics had been officially approved by the NCAA. The celebratory notice capped off a four-year transition period across all of the school s varsity sports teams. During that time, GCU athletic teams competed against a fully-division I schedule, however could not qualify for postseason events such as conference tournaments and/or national tournaments. With the official stamp of approval, the Lopes can now qualify for WAC Tournaments and NCAA Tournaments immediately. GCU accepted an invite to join the Western Athletic Conference on Nov. 7, 0 and began the transition during the 0-4 academic year. While ineligible for postseason competition during the transition, Grand Canyon found success during the four years including numerous WAC regular season titles as a department. During the transitional period, Grand Canyon claimed 4 WAC titles in sports ranging from baseball and softball to golf, tennis and track & field. NEWS, NOTES, NUMBERS SCOUTING KANSAS CITY 06 Record 6- (4-6) 07 Record 4-6- (-) Conference WAC Conference Finish th Postseason -- AT-A-GLANCE Head Coach Rick Benben Season 9th Record at School Head Coach Record same Location Kansas City, Mo. The Roos finished 06 with a six-game losing streak and have lost their last three games in 07, scoring one goal in each contest. UMKC has committed more yellow cards (4) than any other Division I team. Eric McWoods leads the team with 8 goals, second in the league this season -- tied for first in WAC games with five goals. UMKC has already doubled its win total from 06 with four wins this season. The Roos last win came against Incarnate Word -0. LAST TIME OUT Seattle scored a game late in the first half before scoring again in the 8th. LAST TIME THEY MET Grand Canyon pulled off its biggest margin of victory of the year in front of,78. Niki Jackson and Damian German each scored twice with each playing 60 minutes or less. GCU rattled off shots in the contest with coming on target. SCOUTING AIR FORCE 06 Record 4-7- (6--) 07 Record 9-- (-0-) Conference WAC Conference Finish rd Postseason L in WAC Championship AT-A-GLANCE Head Coach Doug Hill Season th Record at School Head Coach Record same Location USAFA, Colo. OVer the last two games, the Falcons have tied back-to-back games against Seattle U and Utah Valley, their first non-winning results in the WAC this season. Fell to New Mexico top open the season, -. Teams have not faced any common opponent outside of WAC play. The Falcons leading scorer is John Sims with 4 goals, but four Falcons have + goals. Air Force has outscored its opponents 9-7 this year. LAST TIME OUT Drew with Utah Valley - in Orem, Utah - a first-half goal from Jaric Marton was countered by a late first half goal from Utah Valley. LAST TIME THEY MET»» A back-and-forth chess match in front of,849 fell in favor of Air Force in the 7rd minute through Tucker Bone, his first goal of the season. Both teams got four shots on goal. 7

8 BACK FOR FIFTHS A pair of GCU defenders, Jordan Slack and Amer Sasivarevic, will return for their fifth years at Grand Canyon after both being granted medical redshirt seasons. Slack s 0 season was cut short due to injury (limited to just five games) and Sasivarevic s 06 was ended after just one game. The two bring a tremendous Slack Sasivarevic amount of experience to GCU s backline in 07, combining for 9 games of collegiate experience in their careers with the Lopes. BRING ON THE TRANSFERS GCU s 07 roster features a handful of transfers from other four-year schools, with two returning to their Phoenix-area roots after brief stays elsewhere. 07 TRANSFERS (FROM FOUR-YEAR PROGRAMS) Player From Hometown Evan Waldrep, Defender Creighton Jackson Jellah, Midfielder Portland Jeremy Pollard, Goalkeeper Akron Sydney, Australia Bennett Lehner, Forward Dayton Camas, Wash. #LopesInThePros: TURNING PRO A couple of members of the 06 GCU Men s Soccer team have joined the professional soccer ranks. Freshman defender Hector Montalvo earned All-WAC and All-West Region honors last season for his defensive prowess in 06 and was rewarded with a professional contract. Montalvo departed GCU to join Tigres in Liga MX. Montalvo is a product of the FC Dallas Academy. Graduated senior Jose Rodriguez Nieblas also took his talents to the professional level, joining nearby FC Arizona, a Mesa-based club that competes in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). Rodriguez Nieblas actually got the unique opportunity to compete against his alma mater when the two teams squared off in spring soccer, a - draw. DOUBLE-TRIPLE Montalvo Some would say that a hat trick is a once-in-a-lifetime achievement. Niki Jackson proved otherwise in 06 when he recorded two hat tracks in a single season. The first came in GCU s shutout -0 win over IUPUI on Sep. at GCU Stadium. Less than a month later, Jackson posted a road hat trick in a - win over Houston Baptist on Oct. 6. Jackson was one of just five players in the country to record two games of three or more goals each. Rodriguez Nieblas Jackson Player School Game Game Cameron Harr Marist Hartwick 4 Manhattan (8/0) (0/9) Niki Jackson Grand Canyon IUPUI Houston Bapt. (9/) (0/6) Niklas Brodacki Central Arkansas Central Bapt. Memphis (9/) (0/8) Albert Ruiz FGCU UNCW Rutgers (9/7) (9/7) Hannes Burmeister Georgia State Memphis Lipscomb (8/8) (9/) NEWS, NOTES, NUMBERS THE CHASE FOR 00 Currently at 48 career victories, head coach Schellas Hyndman is looking to join the illustrious 00-win club. Already cemented as one of the greatest collegiate soccer coaches ever, Hyndman needs just 0 victories to reach 00 wins, something that only three coaches have achieved previously. As it stands now, Hyndman is the sixthwinningest Division I coach all-time and the second-winningnest active coach. DIVISION-I ALL-TIME VICTORIES Coach Years W L T Pct. Jerry Yeagley Indiana, Stephen Negoesco San Francisco, Jack Mackenzie Quincy, *Mark Berson The Citadel 977; South Carolina 978-Pres Michael Parker Lock Haven 976-8; UNCG *Schellas Hyndman Eastern Illinois 977-8; SMU ; Grand Canyon 0-Pres Tom Martin Trine 977; West Virginia Wesleyan 978-8; James Madison *Bob Warming Transylvania 976; Berry 977-8; Charlotte 98-88; Creighton ; Old Dominion 996; Saint Louis ; Creighton 00-09; Penn State 00-Pres John Rennie UMass Dartmouth 97; Columbia 97-78; Duke Bob Gray Charleston So. 977; Alderson Broaddus 978-9; Mobile 99-94; Marshall WALDREP NAMED TOP IMPACT TRANSFER Creighton transfer Evan Waldrep is coming to Grand Canyon with high honors. As named by Top Drawer Soccer, Waldrep is one of this offseason s Top Impact Transfers. The midfielder has two seasons under his belt at Creighton and 6 matches. He scored two goals in his freshman campaign including one in the NCAA Tournament. Waldrep returns home to his Phoenix roots where he played for CCV Stars, Real Salt Lake Academy and Vista Grande High School. He reunites with teammates Musa Morris Demos, Jackson Jellah and Damian German. From Top Drawer Soccer: A quality, technical midfielder that spent the past two seasons at Creighton, Waldrep moves closer to home with his transfer to the budding Arizona program. Composed in the middle of the park with a quality passing range, playing time shouldn t be a problem for the former U.S. youth international to make an impression in DI soccer. TOP IMPACT TRANSFERS (TOP DRAWER SOCCER) Hyndman Waldrep Player From To Alexander Knox, Defender Wake Forest UCLA Evan Waldrep, Midfielder Creighton Grand Canyon Cameron Harr, Forward Marist Virginia 8

9 NEWS, NOTES, NUMBERS SEDONA CERTIFIED For the second straight season, the men s soccer team headed about two hours north of campus to Sedona, Ariz. for their preseason training. The 0-day trip serves not only as a destination with cooler temps, but also as an opportunity to get away from everyday distractions and focus on just soccer while building team chemistry in the process. Hyndman: It s a beautiful area. The community has really embraced us. It s an easy ride. We re up in the altitude so we re getting a little bit of fitness training too. LOPES PUT IN THE SUMMER TIME Anticipating another program leap in GCU s first year of Division I postseason eligibility, most Lopes players chose to be on campus since May for five days per week of building strength in the weight room or fitness on the field. That put Coach Schellas Hyndman s team in midseason fitness before this month s 0-day training camp in Sedona, which trickles into making them more apt to be the team that players and coaches envision for a season-opening road trip. It makes me happy to say that I didn t even have to organize it, said GCU senior forward Niki Jackson. It was more of an individual effort. Everyone wanted to be here. Players wanted to work hard to have a good season. One of the biggest differences from last year to this year is we re all on the same page this time. We came in early. We weren t worried about getting fit. We were already fit. We just worried about our tactics and what we ll do to solidify wins on and off the field. Read more >> CONFERENCE EXPANDING While the WAC will be without a transitioning school this year now that GCU is a fullyfledged Division I institution, a new transitioning school is set to join the conference for the 08-9 year. The Western Athletic Conference announced the addition of California Baptist University to the conference on January, 07. The Lancers will begin competition in WAC-sanctioned sports in the 08-9 academic year. The university continues a meteoric rise which will see it begin the transition to Division I after just five years at the Division II level, the minimum allowable time period. The Lancers have had noted success in men s soccer including an NCCAA Championship in 0 and 0. The Lopes are -- against the Lancers all-time. As the conference sits today, the addition of California Baptist will bring the WAC up to men s soccer schools (the most of any WAC sport) and nine full members. The school is located in Riverside, Calif., the third WAC men s soccer school in California (San José State, CSU Bakersfield). LOPES TABBED TH PRESEASON In the way preseason polling generally goes, the Lopes were picked to finish fifth in the Western Athletic Conference in 07 after finishing in fifth place in 06. Niki Jackson was the lone GCU player to earn All-WAC Preseason honors, but was not named Preseason Player of the Year despite winning the award last season. PRESEASON COACHES POLL ALL-WAC TEAM Rank School Points Pos Name School UNLV () 90 F Austin Dewing, Jr. AFA Utah Valley () 89 F Paul Hoffmeister, Sr. UVU Seattle U () 87 F Niki Jackson, Sr. GCU 4 Air Force 7 F Danny Musovski, Sr. UNLV Grand Canyon 70 M Tucker Bone, Jr. AFA 6 CSU Bakersfield 4 M Timo Mehlich, So. UNLV 7 San José State 7 M Sergio Rivas, Jr. SU 8 UTRGV D Nathan Aune, Jr. SU 9 Incarnate Word 9 D Jamie Carey-Morrell, Sr. CSUB T0 Houston Baptist D Giovanny Vazquez, Sr. UVU T0 Kansas City GK John Wendt, Sr. AFA SPRING HAS SPRUNG Spring soccer provided a great opportunity for Grand Canyon to welcome in some of the newcomers to develop chemistry prior to Fall 07. The Lopes went toe-to-toe with some professional competition at GCU Stadium throughout March and April. With developmental training sessions every morning, the Lopes were then able to put their game to the test against some of the top competition on the Southwest. GCU s five-game spring schedule consisted of two matches with Phoenix Rising FC (United Soccer League) as well as one game each against FC Arizona (National Premier Soccer League), University of New Mexico and Yavapai College. Coach Hyndman: We are very fortunate that we have some professional teams in the environment that are also looking for their preseason games. We were also able to play New Mexico, an NCAA Tournament-type of team. We were able to do a final game with Yavapai College where we played our second team and got them some playing time. In the three contests versus the professional soccer teams, the Lopes were able to record a draw in all three matches. GCU tied Phoenix Rising - and - before also tying FC Arizona -. 9

10 THE CONFERENCE AROUND THE WAC WAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Aug. 8 Sep. 4 Sep. Sep. 8 Sep. Oct. Oct. 9 Oct. 6 Oct. Oct. 0 Nov. 6 (Offense)...Eric McWoods, UMKC (Defense)... Nathan Aune, Seattle U (Offense)... Ryan Osborne, Incarnate Word (Defense)... Filippo Errico, UMKC (Offense)...Gui Leme, Utah Valley (Defense)...Andy Rios, UTRGV (Offense)... Damian German, GCU (Defense)...Trey Pujats, Air Force (Offense)... Danny Musovski, UNLV (Defense)... Jeremy Pollard, GCU (Offense)...Eric McWoods, UMKC (Defense)... Josh Adachi, Seattle U (Offense)... Danny Musovski, UNLV (Defense)... Jeremie Charron, CSUB (Offense)... Paul Hoffmeister, Utah Valley (Defense)...Andy Rios, San José State (Offense)... (Defense)... (Offense)... (Defense)... (Offense)... (Defense)... PRESEASON ALL-WAC All-WAC Team Austin Dewing Jr. F Air Force Paul Hoffmeister Sr. F Utah Valley Niki Jackson Sr. F Grand Canyon Danny Musovski Sr. F UNLV Tucker Bone Jr. M Air Force Timo Mehlich So. M UNLV Sergio Rivas Jr. M Seattle U Nathan Aune Jr. D Seattle U Jamie Carey-Morrell Sr. D CSUB Giovanny Vazquez Sr. D Utah Valley John Wendt Sr. GK Air Force Offensive Player of the Year: Danny Musovski, UNLV Defensive Player of the Year: Nathan Aune, Seattle U Projected Order of Finish () UNLV, () Utah Valley, () Seattle U, (4) Air Force, () Grand Canyon, (6) CSU Bakersfield, (7) San José State, (8) UTRGV, (9) Incarnate Word, (T0) Houston Baptist, (T0) Kansas City PAST CHAMPIONS Year Regular Season Tournament 06 Utah Valley UNLV 0 Seattle U Seattle U 04 UNLV UNLV 0 Seattle U Seattle U 07 STANDINGS CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT PTS W-L PCT H A N STRK Seattle U W UNLV W Air Force T Grand Canyon L CSU Bakersfield L UTRGV W Kansas City L Houston Baptist L Utah Valley T San José State W Incarnate Word L 0 Danny Musovski UNLV INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARDS GOALS ASSISTS POINTS GOALS AGST AVG Austin Dewing Danny Musovski John Wendt Air Force UNLV Air Force 8 Eric McWoods UMKC T- 7 Niki Jackson Grand Canyon T- 7 tied GCU: Marco Afonso 9 Eric McWoods UMKC 6 Niki Jackson Grand Canyon TEAM LEADERBOARDS 0.8 Josh Adachi Seattle U 0.97 Harrison Veith Houston Baptist GOALS ASSISTS GOALS AGAINST AVG SAVES 6 Seattle U UNLV Grand Canyon T-4 9 UTRGV 9 Air Force 6 8 UMKC T-7 4 CSUB & HBU UNLV T- 4 UTRGV 4 Grand Canyon 4 Seattle U 8 Air Force 6 UMKC T-7 HBU, UVU, SJSU 0. Air Force 0.8 Seattle U. UTRGV 4. UMKC. UNLV 6.4 Incarnate Word 7. Houston Baptist 6 CSUB 60 UMKC 8 Grand Canyon 4 Utah Valley 0 Grand Canyon 6 48 Incarnate Word 7 4 UNLV 0

11 NOTABLES MULTI-GOAL GAMES Date Opponent Result G Player (MGGs) 9/4 UCR W -4 D. German () 0/ HBU W - M. Morris Demos () STREAKS BIG GAMES SHUTOUTS HIGH-POINT GAMES Date Opponent Result Pts Player 9/4 UCR W -4 6 D. German (g) 0/ HBU W - M. Morris Demos (g/a) 9/4 UCR W -4 4 Josh Drack (a/g) 0/ HBU W - N. Jackson (g/a) ACCUMULATION CARDS Player Ramirez, A Seye 4 Keating Afonso Sasivarevic Smith Radilla Lehner German Marques Slack 0 Jackson *any player or coach who reaches an accumulation of five yellow cards must, by rule, serve a one game suspension in the next regularly-scheduled match (includes postseason). No. Date Opponent Result Shots SOG Saves Keeper(s) 9/7 Evansville W Jeremy Pollard 9/ Oral Roberts W Jeremy Pollard 0/8 San José State W Jeremy Pollard 4 0/ Incarnate Word W Jeremy Pollard RECORD WHEN In regulation...-4 In one overtime In two overtimes Shutouts Scoring first goals goal goals goals goals Opponent scores first goals goal goals goals goals goal games goal games At halftime Lead Trail Tied Through 80 minutes Lead Trail Tied More shots than opponent Less shots than opponent Equal shots as opponent More shots on goal than opponent Less shots on goal than opponent Equal shots on goal as opponent More fouls than opponent Less fouls than opponent Equal fouls as opponent More corner kicks than opponent Less corner kicks than opponent Equal corner kicks as opponent Score in one half Score in both halves Opponent scores in one half Opponent scores in both halves TIME & DATE MONTH Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec DAY OF WEEK S M T W T F S TIME OF DAY (local to site) Before :00 :00-4:9 :00-6:9 7:00 or later

12 TRACKING LOPES OPPONENTS OFFENSE MONTH-BY-MONTH 9 4 GOAL CHART Month GOALS GOALS PG SHOTS SHOTS PG SHOTS ON GOAL SOG % August September October November TOTALS GOALS ST HALF MOST IN A ST HALF ND HALF MOST IN A ND HALF Lopes ( Houston Bap.) 0 (x, Houston Bap.) Opponent (x) ( UC Riverside) PENALTY KICKS 6 LOPES GOAL TICKER # Date Opponent Scorer Assist Min. 8/ at Omaha N. Jackson C. Keating 40 * Keating with back touch to Jackson, one-on-one w/ keeper 9/ at Wisconsin N. Jackson M. Afonso 6 * Afonso crosses to Jackson for first collegiate assist 9/7 Evansville N. Jackson A. Ramirez 7 * Jackson redirects ball off free kick to goal 4 9/0 at Pacific D. German N. Jackson * German scores on open net after rebound off Jackson shot 9/4 UC Riverside D. German M. Morris * German beats defender -on-, clear look from top left box 6 9/4 UC Riverside D. German -- 4 * Penalty kick after handball in box 7 9/4 UC Riverside J. Drack A. Sasivarevic * Sasivarevic crosses from left wing to Drack from mid box 8 9/4 UC Riverside D. German Day/Drack 86 * Passed from low right box 9 9/4 UC Riverside A. McGlothan J. Drack 00 * Free kick, header deflected in to top right of net 0 9/7 CSUN A. McGlothan A. Day 4 * Save from Regitnig paired to left 9/7 CSUN M. Morris Afonso/German 49 * Cross from Afonso off German to the foot 9/ Oral Roberts C. Keating Radilla/Seye 9 * Gets two touches, scores on header after keeper vacates 0/ Houston Bap. C. Keating Morris-Demos * Setup to Keating, shot from middle-top of box 4 0/ Houston Bap. N. Jackson J. Drack 40 * Low, grounded ball from left of box to right net 0/ Houston Bap. Morris-Demos N. Jackson 4 * Shot from just inside box to bottom left goal 6 0/ Houston Bap. M. Afonso -- 9 * Beats three defenders, pokes ball past approaching GK 7 0/ Houston Bap. Morris-Demos * Shot deflection falls to Morris Demos who cleans up chance 8 0/6 at CSUB Smith Afonso, Seye 40 * Sent from corner, headed to Smith, header to goal 9 0/6 at CSUB N. Jackson M. Afonso 6 * Served in by Afonso, shot from Jackson 0 0/8 at San José State N. Jackson A. Radilla 07 * Game-winning goal on deflection to foot of Jackson 0/ Incarnate Word C. Keating M. Afonso 4 * Off free kick, scores from right outside goal line 0/ Incarnate Word N. Jackson Radilla, Keating 7 * Quick developing one touch to Jackson from top of box NOTABLES First minutes: : A. McGlothan (9/7, 4 ) Last minutes (reg.): : M. Morris Demos (0/, 87 ) Overtime: : A. McGlothan (9/4, 00 ); C. Keating (9/, 9 ); N. Jackson (0/8, 07 ) First career: : A. McGlothan (9/4, 00 ); J. Drack (9/4, ); M. Morris Demos (9/7, 49 ); M. Afonso (0/, 9 ) M. Smith (0/6, 40 ) Multi-goal games: : D. German (9/4, ); M. Morris Demos (0/, )

13 RANKINGS WEEKLY Aug Sep. 4 Sep. 76 Sep Sep. 08 Oct. 96 Oct. 9 Oct. 6 Oct. Oct. 0 Nov. 6 Nov. GCU IN THE POLLS RPI TRACKER OPPONENTS IN TOP 00 NATIONAL POLLS PREVIOUSLY PLAYED Omaha 86 Pacific 0 Evansville 7 Creighton Wisconsin 4 Houston Baptist 96 TO BE PLAYED Air Force Seattle U 40 Week Coaches TDS Aug. 8 NR NR Sep. 4 NR NR Sep. NR NR Sep. 8 NR NR Sep. NR NR Oct. NR NR Oct. 9 NR NR Oct. 6 NR NR Oct. Oct. 0 Nov. 6 Nov. COACHES POLL TOP DRAWER SOCCER POLL RANK SCHOOL PREV RECORD Indiana (9) -0- Wake Forest () --0 Maryland () North Carolina () 4 -- Louisville Stanford Clemson Western Michigan -- 9 Michigan State Virginia Florida International Notre Dame Georgetown Southern Methodist Duke Air Force California NR New Hampshire Akron NR Dartmouth NR 8-- Washington Rider 0--0 Michigan New Mexico NR 8-- Seattle NR 9-- RANK SCHOOL RECORD Indiana -0- Maryland 0-- Wake Forest North Carolina -- Virginia Clemson Louisville Notre Dame Western Michigan -- 0 Stanford 0-- Georgetown 0-- Michigan State 0-- Duke SMU --0 Akron Air Force Pittsburgh Columbia Butler UNC Wilmington 9--0 Florida International 8-0- Dartmouth 8-- Michigan New Hampshire 9-- Connecticut 7-4- STAT RANKINGS Assists Per Game.8 nd in WAC 6th nationally Points Per Game. nd in WAC 8th nationally Goals Per Game.69 nd in WAC 48th nationally Shots Per Game. nd in WAC th nationally Shots On Goal Per Game 6.69 nd in WAC 0th nationally INDIVIDUAL STATS Assists Per Game Marco Afonso 0.8 th in WAC 7th nationally Goals Per Game Niki Jackson 0.8 nd in WAC 47th nationally Shutouts Jeremy Pollard 4 rd in WAC t-49th nationally

14 COACHING STAFF SCHELLAS HYNDMAN rd season at Grand Canyon 4th season as collegiate head coach 00 MLS Coach of the Year (FC Dallas) 00 MLS Cup Final appearance 000 College Cup appearance (SMU) 00 College Cup appearance (SMU) Qualified for NCAA Tournament in 0 of eligible seasons quarterfinals appearances ROAD TO GCU PRES Eastern Illinois Head Coach Southern Methodist Head Coach FC Dallas Head Coach Grand Canyon Head Coach KEVIN DOYLE Asst. Coach / Recruiting Doyle comes to GCU for his first season in 07. Most recently at Air Force, Doyle has a resume of impressive coaching stops including Creighton, Virginia Tech and Penn State. COACHING STAFF SCHELLAS HYNDMAN enters his third year at the helm after he was named the third men s soccer coach at GCU on Jan., 0. In his two seasons as head coach, Hyndman has taken great strides in more than just wins and losses. In 06 the team debuted at GCU Stadium to the largest crowd to watch a college soccer game in Arizona history, 6,40 fans. GCU finished No. 7 in the country in average attendance last season with,08. While at GCU he has a record of 4-9- and finished fifth in the WAC in 06, five spots up from the year before. Hyndman brings with him extensive head coaching experience, including years of collegiate experience -- 4 years at Southern Methodist and the remaining seasons at Eastern Illinois. Hyndman has compiled a record of entering the 0 campaign, which marks the th-highest winning percentage in Division I men s soccer (.770). Hyndman most recently served as the head coach for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer from He took Dallas to the MLS Cup Final in 00, when he was named Coach of the Year. Before serving as the head coach for FC Dallas, Hyndman took over the SMU men s soccer program in 984 and produced winning seasons in each of his 4 years at the school, finishing with a record. With Hyndman at the helm of the men s soccer program, SMU made NCAA tournament appearances, advancing to the quarterfinals times and the College Cup twice. Hyndman won eight conference coach-of-the-year and five regional coach-of-theyear honors with the Mustangs. Prior to his tenure at SMU, he was named the 98 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Coach of the Year while serving as the head coach at his alma mater, Eastern Illinois. That season, Hyndman s team finished third in the NCAA playoffs in its first year at the Division I level. Hyndman was inducted into the EIU Hall of Fame in 00 after taking the Panthers to the NCAA playoffs in each of his seven seasons. In 00, Hyndman was selected to serve as a member of the NSCAA Executive Committee and served as president of the organization in 00. He was awarded with the NSCAA Director of Coaching Emeritus title in recognition of outstanding coaching achievements in 00, becoming just the fourth coach in the history of the organization to achieve the title. Following his collegiate playing days, Hyndman played professionally for the Cincinnati Comets of the American Soccer League in 97. A four-year letterwinner at Eastern Illinois who started for the 969 NAIA championship team, Hyndman earned a bachelor s degree in physical education in 97. He then completed his master s degree in physical education and recreation from Murray State in 97. Hyndman added a degree from EIU in guidance and counseling in 977. CIZO MOSNIA Asst. Coach Mosnia joins the staff in 07 after serving as high school teacher and soccer coach in Texas. Mosnia previously took over for Hyndman at Eastern Illinois, winning four league titles. YEAR-BY-YEAR COLLEGE COACHING RECORD Div. I unless denoted Year Team / School Record 977 Eastern Illinois (Div. II)* Eastern Illinois (Div. II)* Eastern Illinois (Div. II)* Eastern Illinois (Div. II)* Eastern Illinois (Div. I)* Eastern Illinois (Div. I)* Eastern Illinois (Div. I)* 6--0 RECORD AT EASTERN ILLINOIS (7 yrs) Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* Southern Methodist* 4-- RECORD AT SMU (4 yrs) Grand Canyon (transitioning) Grand Canyon (transitioning) Grand Canyon -6-0 RECORD AT GRAND CANYON ( yrs) 0-6- HC Overall Record (4 yrs) (.748) * denotes NCAA Tournament qualifier Western Athletic Conference Regular Season Championship Missouri Valley Conference Regular Season Championship Conference USA Regular Season Championship 4 Western Athletic Conference Tournament Championship Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Championship 6 Conference USA Tournament Championship 7 NCAA rd Place Finish 8 College Cup Participant, Runner-Up BORIS TEOHAREVIC Volunteer A graduate of GCU, Teoharevic is active in the Arizona soccer community. He served as the head coach at Paradise Valley CC while also working with local clubs throughout the area. JUAN GONZALEZ Graduate Asst. Gonzalez is in his third season as the director of operations graduate assistant after previous stops at LSU, his alma mater, and FC Dallas. Gonzalez handles the day-to-day operations. 4

15 GCU STADIUM 06 NCAA DIVISION I MEN S SOCCER AVERAGE ATTENDANCE 4,0 Maryland (Big 0),8 UConn (American),46 UC Santa Barbara (Big West),84 Cal Poly (Big West),66 Clemson (ACC),60 Creighton (Big East),08 Grand Canyon (WAC),48 South Carolina (SEC),9 Louisville (ACC),98 Portland (WCC) With the completion of the new, highly anticipated stadium for the Grand Canyon men s and women s soccer programs, the Lopes ushered in a new era of GCU soccer as they began calling one of the country s preeminent collegiate soccer stadiums home on Friday, Aug. 6, 06. GCU Stadium is a state-of-the-art facility, which features seating capacity for more than 6,000 spectators and includes an academic wing underneath the stadium. At 4,8-square-feet, the stadium will provide,000 shaded individual chairback seats and is located in the heart of GCU s campus. The all-natural turf is surround by a 0-foot grass berm on three sides to house,000 additional spectators. Students and alumni enjoy an exclusive tailgating area on a,00-square-foot raised, concrete platform on the east side for extra seating that houses the raucous, nationally-recognized Havocs Student Section. In addition to the pitch, the complex includes a spacious indoor facility that features team locker rooms and a satellite training room. Fans also have access to a Lopes team store and a concession stand. GCU Stadium hosted its first competitive match on Friday, Aug. 6, 06 as the men s soccer team took on Central Florida. In front of 6,40 fans -- the largest crowd to ever see a collegiate soccer game in Arizona -- the Lopes topped the Knights 4-. In its first season, GCU Stadium averaged,08 fans per match for men s soccer, a mark which ranked No. 7 nationally. THE BUZZ Already with the only major college men s soccer program in the state, Grand Canyon now is laying in an elite facility and drawing a rabid following for its fall equivalent of football. Jeff Metcalfe, AZ Central This is truly one of a kind. To see soccer taken to heart by faculty, administrators, students, and management -- that s something special. Cobi Jones Credit Grand Canyon for creating one of the premier atmospheres in college soccer. Bryan Cunningman, UCF Head Coach It was a brilliant atmosphere. They ll win a lot of games here. Simon Tobin, San José State Head Coach

16 INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Points 6, Damian German, UC Riverside, 9/4/7, W -4 (OT) Goals, Damian German, UC Riverside, 9/4/7, W -4 (OT) Assists (x), last: Marco Afonso, at CSU Bakersfield, 0/6/7, L - (OT) Shots 7, Niki Jackson, Houston Baptist, 0//7, W - Shots on Goal 4 (x), last: Niki Jackson, at CSU Bakersfield, 0/6/7, L - (OT) Saves 9, Jeremy Pollard, Evansville, 9/7/7, W -0 TEAM HIGHS/LOWS HIGHS Points, UC Riverside, 9/4/7, W -4 (OT) Goals (x), last Houston Baptist, 0//7, W - Assists, UC Riverside, 9/4/7, W -4 (OT) Shots, Houston Baptist, 0//7, W - Shots on Goal (x), last: at CSU Bakersfield, 0/6/7, L - (OT) Saves 9, Evansville, 9/7/7, W -0 Corner Kicks 0, Oral Roberts, 9//7, W -0 (OT) Fouls 9, at Wisconsin, 9//7, L - LOWS Points 0 (x), last at UTRGV, 0//7, L -0 Goals (x), last at UTRGV, 0//7, L -0 Assists (x), last at UTRGV, 0//7, L -0 Shots, at Creighton, 8/7/7, L -0 (OT) Shots on Goal (x), last: at San José State, 0/8/7, W -0 (OT) Saves 0, Incarnate Word, 0//7, W -0 Corner Kicks (x), last at Creighton, 8/7/7, L -0 (OT) Fouls, CSUN, 9/7/7, L 4- OPPONENT HIGHS/LOWS HIGHS Points, CSUN, 9/7/7, L 4- Goals 4 (x), last: CSUN, 9/7/7, L 4- Assists 4, CSUN, 9/7/7, L 4- Shots, at Creighton, 8/7/7, L -0 (OT) Shots on Goal 9, Evansville, 9/7/7, W -0 Saves 7, UC Riverside, 9/4/7, W -4 (OT) Corner Kicks, at Creighton, 8/7/7, L -0 (OT) Fouls, CSUN, 9/7/7, L 4- LOWS Points 0 (4x), last Incarnate Word, 0//7, W -0 Goals 0 (4x), last Incarnate Word, 0//7, W -0 Assists 0 (4x), last Incarnate Word, 0//7, W -0 Shots 6, Incarnate Word, 0//7, W -0 Shots on Goal 0, Incarnate Word, 0//7, W -0 Saves, at Creighton, 8/7/7, L -0 (OT) Corner Kicks 0, Oral Roberts Fouls 6, Evansville, 9/7/7, W -0 SUPERLATIVES LAST TIME IT HAPPENED TEAM OFFENSE Scored 4 goals ( goals) Houston Baptist, 0//7, W - Scored goals ( goals) Houston Baptist, 0//7, W - Scored 6 goals (7 goals) at Point Loma, 0//, W 7- Scored 7 goals (7 goals) at Point Loma, 0//, W 7- Scored 8 goals (9 goals) at Hawaii-Hilo, 0//, W 9-0 Scored 9 goals (9 goals) at Hawaii-Hilo, 0//, W 9-0 Scored 0 goals ( goals) College of the Southwest, 0/0/88, W - Took 0+ shots ( shots) at CSU Bakersfield, 0/6/7, L - (OT) Took + shots ( shots) Houston Baptist, 0//7, W - Took 0+ shots ( shots) Houston Baptist, 0//7, W - Took + shots -- Took + shots on goal -- Took 0+ shots on goal -- Scored goals in a minute at UNLV, 0/4/6, T - Scored goals in a half ( goals) Houston Baptist (st Half), 0//7, W - Scored 4 goals in a half -- Scored + goals in a half -- INDIVIDUAL OFFENSE Had points ( points) Musa Morris Demos, Houston Baptist, 0//7 Had 6 points (6 points) Damian German, UC Riverside, 9/4/7 Had 7 points -- Had 8+ points -- Scored goals ( goals) Musa Morris Demos, Houston Baptist, 0//7 Scored goals ( goals) Damian German, UC Riverside, 9/4/7 Scored 4 goals Scored + goals ( goals) David Hague, Chaminade, 0/4/06 Had assists ( assists) Marco Afonso, at CSU Bakersfield, 0/6/7 Had assists -- Had 4+ assists -- Took 8 shots (9 shots) Niki Jackson, San José State, 9/0/6 Took 9 shots (9 shots) Niki Jackson, San José State, 9/0/6 Took 0+ shots (0 shots) Alberto Sanchez-Garcia, Sac State, 9// Took 4 shots on goal -- Took shots on goal -- Took 6 shots on goal -- Took 7+ shots on goal -- Game-winning goal in OT Niki Jackson (OT), at San José State, 0/8/7 Scored a goal in straight games (4 games) Niki Jackson, 0/ - 0/, 07 Scored a goal in straight games (4 games) Niki Jackson, 0/ - 0/, 07 Scored a goal in 4 straight games (4 games) Niki Jackson, 0/ - 0/, 07 Scored a goal in + straight games -- TEAM DEFENSE Did not allow a goal Incarnate Word, 0//7, W -0 Did not allow a goal in straight games ( games) 0/8-0/, 07 Did not allow a goal in straight games ( games) 0/8-0/, 00 Did not allow a goal in 4+ straight games -- Limited opponent to under shots ( shots) IUPUI, 9//6 Limited opponent to under 4 shots ( shots) IUPUI, 9//6 Limited opponent to under shots ( shots) IUPUI, 9//6 INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE Had saves (7 saves) Jeremy Pollard, at CSU Bakersfield, 0/6/7, L - (OT) Had 6 saves (7 saves) Jeremy Pollard, at CSU Bakersfield, 0/6/7, L - (OT) Had 7 saves (7 saves) Jeremy Pollard, at CSU Bakersfield, 0/6/7, L - (OT) Had 8 saves (9 saves) Jeremy Pollard, Evansville, 9/7/7, W -0 Had 9 saves (9 saves) Jeremy Pollard, Evansville, 9/7/7, W -0 Had 0+ saves -- 6

17 PLAYER CAPSULES 00 COREY MARQUES Goalkeeper R-Fr Mississauga, Ontario JEREMY POLLARD Goalkeeper R-Fr Sydney, Australia JORDAN SLACK Defender R-Sr Ashfield, England CHARLIE KEATING Midfielder Sr. 6-6 Palos Verdes, Calif. 4 NIKOLAI SHUMOV Midfielder Fr Keaau, Hawaii MUSA MORRIS-DEMOS Midfielder R-Fr Lagos, Nigeria 6 MALIK SMITH Defender Fr Brampton, Ontario 7 AMER SASIVAREVIC Defender R-Sr Munich, Germany 8 ALEX RADILLA Midfielder Jr El Paso, Texas 9 NIKI JACKSON Forward Sr Scottsdale, Ariz. Shots Faced at Creighton 8/7 Saves at Omaha 8/ Goals Allowed (x) last: UCR 9/4 (*redshirted 06 season at Akron) Shots Faced 7 Evansville 9/7 Saves 9 Evansville 9/7 Goals Allowed 4 CSUN 9/7 Shots Shots on Goal (*played 04 season at UC San Diego) GP/GS G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GW PK-ATT MIN Total G-GS MIN GAA AVG SV SV% W L T SHO SF 06 Redshirt season : TOTAL 4-78: G-GS MIN GAA AVG SV SV% W L T SHO SF 06 Redshirt season : TOTAL : TOTAL * TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL Goals (x) Last: UIW 0/ Assists (x) Last: UIW 0/ Points UIW 0/ Shots (x) Last: at CSUB 0/6 Shots on Goal Oral Roberts 9/ Shots Shots on Goal Goals HBU 0/ Assists (x) last: HBU 0/ Points HBU 0/ Shots 6 HBU 0/ Shots on Goal HBU 0/ Goals at CSUB 0/6 Points at CSUB 0/6 Shots at CSUB 0/6 Shots on Goal (x) at CSUB 0/6 Assists UCR 9/4 Points UCR 9/4 Shots Evansville 9/7 Shots on Goal (x) at CSUB 0/6 Shots (x) last: HBU 0/ Shots on Goal (4x) last: UCR 9/4 Goals (7x) last: UIW 0/ Assists (x) last: HBU 0/ Points HBU 0/ Shots 7 HBU 0/ Shots on Goal 4 at CSUB 0/6 Started the first three games of 07 season. Played for Sigma Soccer club of Ontario league and was a member of the Canadian U-0 National Team pool. Chose Grand Canyon because of the excellent brand new facilities and good fanbase. Favorites: movie - Friday Night Lights; place to visit - Florida. WAC Defensive Player of the Week with shutout of ORU on Sept.. Has earned starting GK role, recording a GCU Division I record 9 saves in a win over Evansville in his first career start on Sept. 7. A member of Akron s 06 recruiting class that was ranked third nationally. Zips made an NCAA Tournament in his year with program. Was Sportsperson of Year and played on state and national team. One of four players to start all 9 games last season. Had one assist in 06, coming on a Niki Jackson goal in the season opener against UCF on Aug. 6. Career interest is strength and conditioning / performance coach. Also ran 00m and 400m in high school in addition to cross country. Made it back-to-back goals after opening HBU game with a goal. Netted game-winner in OT on header Oral Roberts on Sept.. Assisted on GCU s first goal of 07, a back heel feed to Jackson. Scored first career goal in a tight game at Seattle U in 06. In high school, was named Bay League MVP. Hobbies outside of soccer include photography, surfing, hiking.. Played for Real Salt Lake Academy, and favorite moment was playing against Manchester United in the Dallas Cup. Received All-Conference first team recognition at Casa Grande s Mission Heights Prep. Hobbies outside of soccer include jiu jitsu, judo and surfing. Chose GCU because it s a new program with tons of potential. Recorded first multi-goal game against HBU on Oct.. Scored first collegiate goal against CSUN on Sept. 7. Out of Phoenix s O Connor HS, ranked a top-7 player nationally by Top Drawer Soccer and was 0 Gatorade Player of the Year. Father, Harry, played collegiate soccer at Santa Clara and spent some time in the professional ranks as a reserve. Saw first action at GCU with a start against Wisconsin on Sept.. Two-year team captain and two-year starter at David Suzuki Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Made debut for Canadian national soccer program in 04 at age 4. Played for Toronto FC. Also enjoys playing basketball and likes to vacation in Spain. Received medical redshirt in 06 after playing one game and getting injured. Returns for fifth season at GCU. Entering the season, has the most career starts (4) on team. Was an All-State selection at Salt Lake City s Olympus HS in 0-. Played club soccer with Utah Soccer Alliance and the prestigious Real Salt Lake-AZ U8 Academy. One of four players to start all 9 games last season. Played for FC Dallas Academy. Has reached the final four of the USSDA Academy League, played with the reserves first team of FC Dallas, and was called to the Men s U.S. National Team training. Why GCU? The environment at this school is incomparable. If he wasn t playing soccer, he d be playing sand volleyball. Has scored 4 goals in 07 (8/; 9/; 9/7; 0/). Named the 06 WAC Offensive Player of the Year after finishing third in the country in goals per game (6 goals in 8 matches). Named to the 07 MAC Hermann Watch List for the nation s top collegiate soccer player; Senior CLASS Award candidate. Recorded two hat tricks in 06 (9/ IUPUI, 0/6 Hou. Bapt.) 7

18 PLAYER CAPSULES 0 EVAN WALDREP Midfielder Jr DAMIAN GERMAN Forward Jr. -9 JUSTIN RASMUSSEN Midfielder Fr Las Vegas, Nev. 4 JACKSON JELLAH Midfielder Jr BENNETT LEHNER Forward So Camas, Wash. 6 CHRISTIAN RAMIREZ Forward Jr. -7 Dallas, Texas 7 MARCO AFONSO Midfielder Fr. 6-0 Sandton, Johannesburg 8 ANDY ALANIS Forward R-Jr Glendale, Ariz. 0 ALEX RAMIREZ Midfielder Sr JOSH DRACK Midfielder / Forward Fr Chandler, Ariz. (*played 0-6 seasons at Creighton) 0* * TOTAL TOTAL GP/GS G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GW PK-ATT MIN 07 / Total / Shots Shots on Goal Goals UCR 9/4 Assists CSUN 9/7 Points 6 UCR 9/4 Shots UCR 9/4 Shots on Goal 4 UCR 9/4 Shots Shots on Goal (*played 0-6 seasons at Portland) 04* * TOTAL Shots (x) Last: HBU 0/ Shots on Goal (x) Last: HBU 0/ (*played 06 season at Dayton) 06* TOTAL GP/GS G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GW PK-ATT MIN 0 / / Total / TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL Shots Oral Roberts 9/ Shots on Goal (4x) last: HBU 0/ Shots Shots on Goal Goals HBU 0/ Assists at CSUB 0/6 Points (x) last: at CSUB 0/6 Shots 4 at CSUB 0/6 Shots on Goal HBU 0/ Shots CSUN 9/7 Shots on Goal Evansville 9/7 Assists Evansville 9/7 Points Evansville 9/7 Shots (x) last: at Pacific 9/0 Shots on Goal at Pacific 9/0 Goals UCR 9/4 Assists UCR 9/4 Points 4 UCR 9/4 Shots 4 UCR 9/4 Shots on Goal (4x) last: UCR 9/4 Sustained injury in season opener at Omaha. Top three Division I impact transfers (Top Drawer Soccer). Notched his second career goal during an NCAA Tournament match against Drake on Nov.. Played for CCV Stars with fellow GCU soccer players Musa Morris and Jackson Jellah, won State Cup three times. Recorded first career hat trick against UC Riverside on Sept. 4. Added assist on Sept. 7 for 7-point weekend. WAC Offensive POW. Scored the first goal in the history of GCU Stadium against UCF on Aug. 6, 06. During his senior year of high school, scored times in 40 games. U7/U8 top goal scorer for the U.S. Soccer Academy Development. Has played in two matches for first action of collegiate career. Nevada State Offensive MVP two years in a row and high school Offensive Player of the Year. Earned Southwest League Offensive Player of the Year after scoring goals, the seventh-best mark in the region. Chose GCU because he was in love with the campus and program. Transferred from University of Portland where he spent the last two seasons, playing in all 9 games as a sophomore including starts. Netted the game-winning goal in Portland s victory over DePaul in 06; named to the Hensor/Zaher Classic All-Tournament team. Played for CCV Soccer Club with Musa Morris and Evan Waldrep. If he wasn t playing soccer, he d be playing basketball. Transferred from University of Dayton where he spent one season and appeared in 6 games for the Flyers, scoring two goals. Named Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Washington. Scored 9 goals and tallied assists over high school career. Played 7 games with the Portland Timbers Academy. Cites older brother, Evan, as his reason for his passion of soccer. Has seen action in contests during his two years with the program. Played for FC Dallas Academy and the US National Team. Chose GCU because of the world class coaching staff and being in a great learning environment to achieve my goals academically. Also considered Tulsa, USF, Syracuse, Kentucky and Elon. Scored first collegiate goal against HBU on Oct.. Logged first assist of collegiate career on Sept. at Wisconsin. Was selected to play for the U- Reserve side of the Premier Soccer League Team, Mpumalanga Black Aces, at Age 7. Also played cricket. Hobbies outside of soccer include fishing and riding motor bikes. Has scored twice during his GCU career including a narrow - victory at Pacific on Sep., 0 and at Utah Valley on Oct. 7, 06. Named Glendale Union District First Team and Division II Sectional First Team in 0-4. Brother, Daniel, played soccer at Pine Manor College in Mass. Father, Jose Martin, played semi-pro soccer in La Pieda, Michoacan. Returned to the pitch in 07 after missing time with injuries. Competed in 9 matches as a freshman in 04, earning starts. Had both a goald and an assist in a win at UMKC on Oct. 7, 04. Named MVP of his team, District Player of the Year, District First Team, and Second Team All-State in 0- and 0-4. Enjoys watching stand-up comedy shows. Posted a four-point performance against UC Riverside on Sept. 4, recording first collegiate goal to go along with two assists. Compiled an impressive prep resume, scoring 6 goals and tallying assists in two seasons. Won state championship in Arizona Gatorade Player of Year and Big Schools Player of Year. Was named to the Top Drawer Soccer All-American team twice. Has trained with the Portland Timbers Academy. 8

19 PLAYER CAPSULES MARLON ATONDO Midfielder / Defender Jr San Luis, Ariz. AUSTIN DAY Defender So Frisco, Texas 6 DANIEL MORENO Midfielder So BRANDON JOHNSON Defender R-Fr Tempe, Ariz. 8 KHADIM SEYE Defender Sr. 6-8 Dakar, Senegal 9 TYLER HUGHES Midfielder Fr Bellingham, Wash. AIDAN McGLOTHAN Defender Sr Gilbert, Ariz. 99 SHAWN SPITZER Goalkeeper R-Jr. 6-8 Tucson, Ariz. (*played 0-6 seasons at Ariz. Western) GP/GS G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GW PK-ATT MIN 0* 7/ * / Total 8/ TOTAL TOTAL Redshirted season TOTAL Shots Shots on Goal Assists UCR 9/4 Points UCR 9/4 Shots Shots on Goal Shots Shots on Goal Shots Shots on Goal (*played 04- seasons at Monroe College) 04* * TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL G MIN GA AVG SV SV% W L T SHO SF 04 Redshirted season 0 0/ / Total / Shots Evansville 9/7 Shots on Goal Evansville 9/7 Shots Shots on Goal Goals (x) last: CSUN 9/7 Points (x) last: CSUN 9/7 Shots Evansville 9/7 Shots on Goal (x) last: CSUN 9/7 Shots Faced Saves Goals Allowed Arizona Community College All-Region first team and Scholar All-American. One of two players on team to start all games as a sophomore in 06. Scored one goal and assisted on five more. Scored goals and assisted on 48 more during his HS career. Also ran track & field in high school. Assisted on one of German s three goals on Sept. 4 UC Riverside. Appeared in 6 of the Lopes games as a freshman last season. Played for FC Dallas Premier where he was a team Dallas Cup Champion. Qualified for nationals after winning region. First team All-Region in 06 and second team All-State in 0. Favorite quote is Winning is not everything but wanting to win is. Played in four games and started once as a freshman for the Lopes. Played club soccer for Real Salt Lake where he helped the team break the national goal record of 0 goals in 7 games in 0, chipping in eight of the goals himself. Helped lead his team to a National Championship game. Favorite car is Mustang. Saw first action of GCU career against CSUN on Sept. 7. Ready for second year at GCU after redshirting 06 season. Helped his club team, Sereno SC, to a State League Championship. Part of a team that competed in Surf Cups finals and was once crowned President s Day Tournament Champion. Also played baseball and football at Phoenix s Mountain Pointe HS. Scored two goals in the debut of GCU Stadium last year against UCF. Played in 8 of the team s 9 games in 06. Transferred from Monroe College (New York, N.Y.) where the team made an appearance in the XV Region Championship. NJCAA All-American honors and postseason All-Tournament team. At Kent HS (Conn.), led team to league title. Also played basketball. Saw first action of GCU career against CSUN on Sept. 7. At Bellingham, WA s Squalicum HS, was a varsity member all four years and the team s MVP three of the years. Won State Championship as a freshman, scoring twice in the final. Gained experience with Seattle United and Crossfire Academy U8. If he wasn t playing soccer, he d be playing tennis. Scored first two goals of career within five minutes of game time, including an OT game-winner against UC Riverside on Sept. 4. Assisted on goal in team s regular season finale at Akron last season. His favorite high school sports memory was recording a hat trick. Also ran cross country in high school and featured a 4.0 GPA. Brother, Gabe, plays basketball at Army. Enters fourth season with GCU program. Named All-Conference and All-Southern Arizona first team as a senior at Sabino HS in Tucson in 0. In club soccer, collected shutouts in 0 games as his squad finished third in the state championships. Father, Eric, played college basketball at Pacific. 9

20 GAME-BY-GAME GAME GAME GAME FRI. AUG. Caniglia Field Omaha, Neb. 4 p.m. MST Attendance: 8 SUN. AUG. 7 Morrison Stadium Omaha, Neb. p.m. MST Attendance: 6 SAT. SEPT. McClimon Soccer Complex Madison, Wisc. p.m. MST Attendance: Mark Segbers () 40 Niki Jackson () 74 Xavier Gomez () 6 Niki Jackson () Chris Mueller () 48 Mike Catalano () 98 Emmanuel Hamzat () 06 Marios Lomis () SHOTS OT T GCU 7 (6) OMAHA 8 () SAVES OT T GCU 0 OMAHA CORNER KICKS OT T GCU 0 OMAHA FOULS OT T GCU OMAHA 0 8 SHOTS OT OT T GCU 0 0 () CREIGHTON 9 6 () SAVES OT OT T GCU 0 0 CREIGHTON CORNER KICKS OT OT T GCU CREIGHTON 7 FOULS OT OT T GCU CREIGHTON SHOTS T GCU 8 () WISCONSIN (6) SAVES T GCU WISCONSIN 0 CORNER KICKS T GCU 4 WISCONSIN 0 FOULS T GCU WISCONSIN 4 9 IN 00 WORDS... After scoring the first goal of the game, Grand Canyon went on to lose to Omaha in overtime, -, in the season opener. The Mavericks (-0-0) used an impressive game-winning goal to the top right corner of the net to complete the comeback win over GCU (0--0). Niki Jackson scored his first goal of the season in the 40th minute on a nice entry from Charlie Keating. GCU led for nearly minutes, before controversy struck when an official ruled that goalkeeper Corey Marques stepped too far back into the goal when he made a save. The call sent the game to OT where Omaha prevailed. IN 00 WORDS... For the second time in as many matches, GCU allowed an overtime goal and dropped a tough decision to No. 4 Creighton. The Bluejays golden goal came in the 06th minute, ending the match just four minutes shy of ending in a scoreless draw. Hyndman was impressed with the Lopes effort against a top team, but noted that Creighton had GCU back on its heels for most of the contest. Creighton finally broke through off of a set piece on a corner in the 06th. Subbing in a taller player, the Bluejays scored on a header off the corner. IN 00 WORDS... Grand Canyon ended its three-game stretch of road games to open the season with a - loss to Wisconsin. In the process, Niki Jackson picked up his second goal of the season. Jackson cut the Badgers lead to two with his goal in the 6th minute. Freshman Marco Afonso was credited with the assist, the first of his collegiate career. Unlike GCU s first two matches of the season where neither opponent was able to score in the first 70 minutes, Wisconsin got on the board early. After Amer Sasivarevic took the game s first shot, the Badgers quickly responded with a goal just 4:04 into the game. 0

21 GAME-BY-GAME GAME 4 GAME GAME 6 THUR. SEPT. 7 GCU Stadium 7 p.m. MST Attendance: 06 SUN. SEPT. 0 Knoles Field Stockton, Calif. 7 p.m. MST Attendance: 00 THUR. SEPT. 4 GCU Stadium 7 p.m. MST Attendance:, Niki Jackson () Damian German () 6 Tyson Fox () 6 Alfredo Alcala () 0 Emilio Huerta () 64 A. Lokossou () 8 Anthony Lopez () 86 R. Garcia-Vargas () Damian German () 4 Damian German () Josh Drack () 86 Damian German (4) 00 A. McGlothan () SHOTS T EVANSVILLE (9) GCU 6 8 (7) SAVES T EVANSVILLE 6 GCU 4 9 CORNER KICKS T EVANSVILLE 4 9 GCU 0 FOULS T EVANSVILLE 4 6 GCU 6 7 SHOTS T GCU 7 () PACIFIC 7 8 (6) SAVES T GCU PACIFIC 4 CORNER KICKS T GCU 0 PACIFIC 4 7 FOULS T GCU 4 PACIFIC 4 8 SHOTS OT T UC RIVERSIDE (8) GCU () SAVES OT T UC RIVERSIDE 0 7 GCU 0 4 CORNER KICKS OT T UC RIVERSIDE 0 GCU FOULS OT T UC RIVERSIDE GCU 0 0 IN 00 WORDS... In another amazing home opener at GCU Stadium, the Lopes pleased a crowd of,06 by bringing home a victory for the first time in 07. In the 7th minute, Alex Ramirez took a free kick from well outside the box. After grazing the head of a Purple Aces defender, Niki Jackson headed the ball into the net for his third goal of the year. Jeremy Pollard set the GCU Division I record with 9 saves, coming in the redshirt freshmen s first ever collegiate start. Pollard relied heavily on the crossbar, which prevented Evansville from or 4 scores alone. IN 00 WORDS... Thanks to an early goal from Damian German -- his first of the season -- the Lopes led undefeated and No. -ranked Pacific -0 at the break. The tides turned in the second half, however, with the Tigers scoring twice in a 0-minute span. This gave the home team a - lead with under 0 minutes to play, and they would not relinquish the lead. Grand Canyon dropped its third game by a one-goal margin this season, all coming against top- competition. The Lopes were without three starters in Charlie Keating, Jordan Slack and Khadim Seye. IN 00 WORDS... A wild shootout of a soccer match was ended just seconds shy of the 00-minute mark as Aidan McGlothan s first career goal was a golden goal as the Lopes staved off UC Riverside -4. The visiting Highlanders scored three unanswered goals to take a 4- lead with under five minutes to play. But Damian German netted the equalizer and McGlothan headed in the game-winner. German recorded a hat trick in regulation to send the Lopes to their fifth consecutive home victory, dating back to 06.

22 GAME-BY-GAME GAME 7 GAME 8 GAME 9 SUN. SEPT. 7 GCU Stadium 7 p.m. MST Attendance:,474 FRI. SEPT. GCU Stadium 7 p.m. MST Attendance:,89 SUN. OCT. GCU Stadium 7 p.m. MST Attendance:, E. Usen Jr. () 4 Nicholas Grinde () A. McGlothan () 49 M. Morris Demos () Dominick Faletto () -4 (0-) 4- (-0) Charlie Keating () 40 Niki Jackson (4) 4 M. Morris Demos () 9 Marco Afonso () 8 Papi Diouf () 86 Daniel Trejo () 9 Charlie Keating () 77 Gianluca Natera () 87 M. Morris Demos () SHOTS T CSUN 7 (7) GCU 6 6 () SAVES T CSUN GCU CORNER KICKS T CSUN GCU FOULS T CSUN 9 GCU 6 SHOTS OT T ORAL ROBERTS 0 8 () GCU 7 () SAVES OT T ORAL ROBERTS 0 GCU 0 CORNER KICKS OT T ORAL ROBERTS GCU 4 0 FOULS OT T ORAL ROBERTS 4 0 GCU 8 0 SHOTS T HOUSTON BAPTIST 8 7 (7) GCU 6 () SAVES T HOUSTON BAPTIST 4 6 GCU 4 CORNER KICKS T HOUSTON BAPTIST 4 7 GCU 4 FOULS T HOUSTON BAPTIST GCU 6 7 IN 00 WORDS... After a red card issuing in the 6th minute, GCU held a - score with CSUN despite being down a man. The Matadors finally broke through, however, scoring twice in the final 0 minute and handing GCU its first home loss of the season on Sunday night. GCU s fivematch winning streak was snapped. An odd deflection of a GCU shot led to a quick-developing CSUN run-out on the counter attack. Jordan Slack was whistled for the red card on the takedown. The Lopes were forced to play the final 4 minutes down a man, 0-v-. IN 00 WORDS... Charlie Keating s first touch on the ball went straight in the air. But when he landed back on the turf, he was facing an open net with the ball floating back within his reach. The second touch found the back of the net, and the Lopes topped Oral Roberts -0 less than two minutes into overtime. GCU was without reigning WAC Offensive Player of the Week Damian German and Niki Jackson played just minutes. The Golden Eagles committed a red card in the th minute that had the Lopes up a man for the final. IN 00 WORDS... GCU opened WAC play with a decisive - victory over Houston Baptist, tying a season-high with five goals in the process while recording its largest margin of victory in 07. We caused a lot of problems for them, head coach Schellas Hyndman said. I thought we created a lot of really good chances in the first half, especially on the left flank... GCU s shots set a new Division I program record, surpassing the 0 shots taken at Stetson on Sept. 8, 0.

23 GAME-BY-GAME GAME 0 GAME GAME FRI. OCT. 6 CSUB Main Soccer Field Bakersfield, Calif. 7 p.m. MST Attendance: 7 SUN. OCT. 8 Spartan Soccer Complex San José, Calif. p.m. MST Attendance: 0 FRI. OCT. GCU Stadium 4 p.m. MST Attendance: (-) 4-6 (-) -6 (-) -9- (0-4-) 0-8- (-4) 6-6 (-) 0 4 Charlie Keating () 7 Niki Jackson (7) 40 Malik Smith () 6 Niki Jackson () 6 Jeremie Charron () 79 J. Carey-Morrell (4) 94 S. Mentel () 07 Niki Jackson (6) SHOTS OT T GCU () CSUB 6 (9) SAVES OT T GCU 4 6 CSUB CORNER KICKS OT T GCU 0 6 CSUB FOULS OT T GCU 9 CSUB SHOTS OT OT T GCU 6 () SAN JOSÉ STATE 6 7 (7) SAVES OT OT T GCU SAN JOSÉ STATE CORNER KICKS OT OT T GCU 4 SAN JOSÉ STATE 0 0 FOULS OT OT T GCU SAN JOSÉ STATE SHOTS T INCARNATE WORD 4 6 (0) GCU (8) SAVES T INCARNATE WORD 6 GCU CORNER KICKS T INCARNATE WORD GCU 4 7 FOULS T INCARNATE WORD GCU 7 IN 00 WORDS... The Lopes fired off shots with coming on goal, but CSU Bakersfield pulled off a come-from-behind victory to defeat Grand Canyon - in overtime. The Roadrunners scored in the 79th minute to force overtime and had a few more good looks as regulation ran out. CSUB controlled the possession in the overtime period and broke through in the 94th minute. GCU got the better of the scoring opportunities on the evening, but an impressive performance turned in by CSUB goalkeeper Detre Bell kept the Runners in the game. Bell finished with 0 saves. IN 00 WORDS... Behind the late-game heroics of Niki Jackson, the Grand Canyon men s soccer team won in two overtimes at San José State. Jackson scored in the 07th minute, just three minutes shy of the match ending in a draw. To begin the play, Marco Afonso keyed a free kick from near midfield. Afonso s kick sailed down into the box where Alex Radilla left his feet to send the ball towards the goal. The ball found the vicinity of Jackson who left his feet to redirect the ball to the back of the net. IN 00 WORDS... Charlie Keating scored a goal and assisted on a goal while Niki Jackson scored for the fourth consecutive match as the Lopes cruised to a -0 win. GCU s defense limited UIW to 6 shots, none on target, in its fourth shutout victory of the season. Just twothirds of the way through the season, Grand Canyon already set a program Division I record for shutout wins in a season. I was really pleased with the defense and how well we worked, Hyndman said. I thought Charlie had a really good game.

24 GAME-BY-GAME SUN. OCT. GAME UTRGV Soccer Complex Edinburg, Texas p.m. CT Attendance: (-) -- (--) 0 46 Angel Lopez () 90 Angel Lopez () SHOTS T GCU 8 () UTRGV () SAVES T GCU 0 UTRGV 4 CORNER KICKS T GCU 4 UTRGV FOULS T GCU UTRGV 4 9 IN 00 WORDS... The first 60 seconds of the second half didn t go as planned as GCU was whistled for a yellow card and proceeded to allow the game-defining goal in a -0 loss at UTRGV. Less than one minute into the second half, UTRGV sent a cross into the box that was headed home by Angel Lopez. GCU gave up a meaningless goal in the final seconds when it had all of its bodies forward looking for the equalizer. The Vaqueros ended a stretch of 4 minutes where the Lopes had not allowed an opposing goal. 4