2018 WEEKLY NOTES. Ryan Bomberger, Senior Associate Director of Communications Office: (434)

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1 MEN S SOCCER 2018 WEEKLY Ryan Bomberger, Senior Associate Director of Communications Office: (434) rbomberger@liberty.edu LIBERTY FLAMES (5-5-1, ASUN) V S LIPSCOMB BISONS (3-8, ASUN) OCT. 13 AMERICAN EAGLES (2-5-4, PATRIOT) OCT. 16 WEEK 7 SERIES HISTORY Liberty and Lipscomb will be meeting for the first time in program history on Saturday. Liberty and American will meet for the sixth time on Tuesday afternoon. The Flames hold a advantage in the all-time series. American and Liberty tied 1-1 when they last met in 2016 at Osborne Stadium in Lynchburg. PROJECTED STARTERS 2 NICO BELLARDE 3 SHALOM DUTEY 4 GEOVANNY MURILLO 6 RUBEN GARCIA 7 SHAUN STOCKER 8 RAFAEL CASTRO 10 KEVIN MENDOZA 11 TRESOR MBUYU 14 MATTHEW ZACZYK 15 ISIDORO GARCIA 27 BROGAN ENGBERS HOW TO FOLLOW Video... Sat. - Facebook Live Live Stats...Sat. - StatBroadcast, Tues. - PrestoSports NOTABLES The Flames will end a stretch of three consecutive ASUN Conference matches at Lipscomb on Saturday. Liberty has split the first two matches of the trio, defeating NJIT 2-1 on Saturday and falling to Florida Gulf Coast 2-0 on Tuesday. American and Liberty will meet in a non-conference contest on Tuesday. The Flames are 4-3 in non-conference matches in 2018 Liberty is on the road in On Monday, midfielder Kevin Mendoza was named the ASUN Player of Week and goalkeeper Brogan Engbers was selected the ASUN Defensive Player of the Week. Liberty leads the ASUN in scoring with a 2.18 goals per game average. The Flames are 11th nationally in scoring offense. Liberty forward Tresor Mbuyu leads the ASUN with eight goals. He is tied for the ASUN lead with 21 points. Mbuyu moved in Liberty s top 10 career leaders in goals and points with two goals on Oct. 2 at Longwood. Mendoza is currently second in the conferene with seven goals and third in the ASUN with 19 points. Engbers enters Saturday s match second in the ASUN with a 1.48 goals-against average TEAM STATS vs W-L GOALS GPG SOG-ATT SHOT % SPG CORNER PENALTY Y-R SHUTOUTS LAST TIME OUT Liberty had its two-game winning streak snapped at Florida Gulf Coast 2-0 in an ASUN match, Tuesday. Flames goalkeeper Brogan Engbers made a careerhigh seven saves in the contest. It is only the second time this season that Liberty has been shutout in a contest SCHEDULE & RESULTS AUGUST 24 NORTH GREENVILLE W/2-1 OT 28 at VMI W/ at UCF L/1-4 SEPTEMBER 4 at ETSU L/0-1 OT 7 NIAGARA W/3-0 9 MANHATTAN L/ at Stetson * T/ OT 29 NORTH FLORIDA * L/2-3 OCTOBER 2 at Longwood W/5-0 6 NJIT * W/2-1 9 at FGCU * L/ at Lipscomb * 7 p.m. 16 at American 12 p.m. 20 JACKSONVILLE * 7 p.m. 30 at Winthrop 7 p.m. NOVEMBER 2 ASUN Quarterfinals TBA ^ 4 ASUN Semifinals TBA ^ 10 ASUN Championship TBA ^ Home Games in BOLD CAPS All times are listed in Eastern Time * - ASUN Conference GameChampionship

2 MEN S SOCCER 2018 WEEKLY NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION School... Liberty University Location... Lynchburg, Va. Founded Enrollment...15,000 Nickname... Flames Colors... Red, White & Blue Affiliation... NCAA Division I Conference...ASUN Home Facility... Osborne Stadium (1,000) President...Jerry Falwell Jr. Director of Athletics...Ian McCaw COACHING STAFF Head Coach... Jeff Alder (19th Year) Alma Mater... Liberty, 1991 Career Record Liberty Record... Same ASUN Record jtalder@liberty.edu Associate Head Coach... Jose Gomez (Fifth Year) Alma Mater... Liberty, 2000 Assistant Coach... A.J. Madero (Ninth Year) Alma Mater... Liberty, 2010 Director of Operations... Clay Copeland TEAM QUICK FACTS 2017 Overall Record Big South Record/Finish /Fourth Starters Returning/Lost...8/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...14/3 Newcomers...10 Big South Tournament Championships...2 Big South Regular Season Championships...3 MEDIA INFORMATION Men s Soccer Contact...Ryan Bomberger Office Phone... (434) rbomberger@liberty.edu Mailing Address University Blvd.... Lynchburg, Va., Website... LibertyFlames.com Liberty Athletics Facebook.../LibertyFlamesAthletics Liberty Athletics Twitter...@LibertyFlames Liberty Athletics Instagram...@LibertyFlames Liberty Soccer Credentials All members of the office follow the guidelines set forth by the NCAA and the Big South Conference in governing the issuance of credentials. All credential requests should be submitted to the sport contacts. Releases, game notes and advisories are ed to media that cover Liberty on a regular basis. Media wishing to be added to the list for a particular sport should contact rbomberger@ liberty.edu. 3 STRAIGHT ASUN TILTS Saturday s match at Lipscomb ends a stretch of three straight ASUN Conference contests for the Flames. Liberty has split the first two games of the stretch, winning its first ever ASUN match 2-1 over NJIT on Saturday and falling at Florida Gulf Coast 2-0 on Tuesday. The Flames enter the weekend with a mark and four points in ASUN Conference play. MENDOZA AND ENGBERS EARN WEEKLY HONORS Liberty midfielder Kevin Mendoza was selected the ASUN Player of the Week and goalkeeper Brogan Engbers was named the ASUN Defensive Player of the Week for games played Oct Both players helped Liberty post a 2-0 record and played key roles in Liberty s first ever ASUN Conference victory, a 2-1 win over NJIT, last Saturday. Mendoza scored three goals during the week and scored at least one goal in five straight contests. The senior recorded his first multi-goal match in Liberty s 5-0 victory at Longwood on Tuesday, before tallying the Flames first goal on a header during the 36th minute in the victory over NJIT at Osborne Stadium on Saturday. Engbers becomes the first Liberty player to receive ASUN Defensive Player of the Week honors. Engbers came within 29 seconds of recording two shutouts this past week. The goalkeeper made several keys saves among his four in the Flames win over NJIT. LIBERTY PACES ASUN IN SCORING OFFENSE The Flames enter the weekend, leading the ASUN conference in scoring offense. Liberty has scored 2.18 goals per game and netted 24 goals to pace the conference. The Flames are 11th nationally in scoring offense. MBUYU LEADS THE ASUN IN GOALS Currently, Liberty senior Tresor Mbuyu leads the ASUN Conference with nine goals. He is tied for the conference lead with 21 points. Mbuyu s Flames teammate Kevin Mendoza is tied for second with eight goals and is third with 19 points. MBUYU MOVES INTO CAREER TOP 10 Seniors Tresor Mbuyu has moved into Liberty s Top 10 in career goal and points with two goals in the Flames 5-0 win over Longwood on Oct. 2. The forward enters the weekend with 28 goals and 78 points for his career. Career Goals 1. Darren Amoo ( ) Darryl Roberts ( ) 36 James Wright ( ) Mark Senitz ( ) Adrian Bumbut ( ) 32 Jose Gomez ( ) Craig Bell ( ) 30 Marshall Worthington ( ) Brian Stephens ( ) Tresor Mbuyu (2016-Present) LIBERTY NOTES 2018 ASUN STANDINGS ASUN Pts. Overall FGCU Jacksonville Lipscomb Liberty North Florida Stetson NJIT Career Points 1. Darryl Roberts ( ) James Wright ( ) Darren Amoo ( ) Mark Senitz ( ) Adrian Bumbut ( ) Jose Gomez ( ) Tresor Mbuyu (2016-Present) Jesse Barrington ( ) Dan Devilbiss ( ) 68 Chuck Wemp ( ) 68 MATCH ADDED AT AMERICAN Tuesday s match against American was added to both teams schedules after losing contests due to Hurricane Florence. The Flames had games with James Madison on Sept. 18 and USC Upstate on Sept. 25 canceled ASUN PRESEASON COACHES POLL 1. Lipscomb (4) 42 points 2. FGCU (1) 41 points 3. Jacksonville (1) 28 points 4. NJIT (1) 25 points 5. Stetson 23 points 6. Liberty 22 points 7. North Florida 15 points First place votes in () Player of the Year: Logan Paynter, Sr., Lipscomb Defender of the Year: Preston Kilwien Sr., FGCU Goalkeeper of the Year: Patrick Harding, Sr., Jacksonville Joseph Melong, Sr., Stetson PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM GK Patrick Harding, Sr., Jacksonville GK Joseph Melong, Sr., Stetson D Preston Kilwien Sr., FGCU D Austin Eager, Jr., Lipscomb D Tawan Seles, Sr., North Florida D Ian McCauley, Sr, Stetson MF Dennis Zapata, Sr., FGCU MF Kevin Mendoza, Sr., Liberty MF Pablo Jimenez, So., NJIT F Shak Adams,Jr., FGCU F Kai Bennett, Sr., Jacksonville F Tresor Mbuyu, Sr., Liberty F Logan Paynter, Sr., Lipscomb 2

3 MEN S SOCCER GAME NOTES HEAD COACH JEFF ALDER THE ALDER FILE HEAD COACH 19th Season Alma Mater: Liberty, 1991 COACHING RECORD Year Record Career Record: Big South Record: ASUN Record: The Liberty men s soccer program has achieved new heights during Jeff Alder s tenure at his alma mater. In 2001, Alder took over a program which had been a consistent winner and built it into a perennial contender for the conference title. During his tenure, the Flames have won the program s only two conference championships (2007 & 2011), earning Liberty s inclusion in the NCAA Tournament field. This year, Alder will take his program into new territory as the Flames join the ASUN Conference. Alder s Flames have posted 10 or more wins in eight of their last 11 seasons, including five consecutive 10-plus win seasons ( ) for the first time in program history. The run of double-digit wins began with a record, the most victories in a season during his tenure, as the Flames captured their first ever Big South title in The Liberty alum captured his 100th coaching win on Sept. 13, 2011, with a 2-0 victory over No. 10 Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Alder has seen 23 of his players move on to the professional ranks, with Sachem Wilson becoming the first Liberty player to ever play in the Europa League. Wilson made his debut in the June 2016 as a member of ND Gorcia. In addition, Alder has seen midfielder Joshua Boateng taken in the 2009 Major League Soccer (MLS) Super Draft and seven others picked in the MLS Supplemental Draft. Alder has seen several of his players earn prestigious honors during his tenure. In 2008, Boateng was listed on the Hermann Trophy watch list throughout the season and became the program s first Division I All-American. In 2002, Darryl Roberts, the program s all-time point leader, became Liberty s first Freshman All-American. Roberts and defender Osei Telesford went on to play for their country s national team, Trinidad and Tobago in In addition, junior forward Tresor Mbuyu became the first Liberty player to be named the Big South Attacking Player of the Year in 2016 and the second Flame in program history to be selected as a Big South Player of the Year. Mbuyu led the Big South with 29 points and tied for the conference lead with 10 goals. He finished the year second in the conference with nine assists. Off the field, Alder s program continues to make its mark in the classroom as well. The men s soccer team was recognized by the NCAA with a Public Recognition Award in 2012 and The award honors teams for their most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, and are given each year to teams with The facility, named after Liberty alumni Richard and Karin Osborne who gave the lead donation for the entire complex project, includes a 1,000 chairback seat grandstand, a fully-functioning press box with a permanent sound system and booth for video streaming use and red brick and wroughtiron fencing which surrounds the entire complex. APRs in the top 10 percent of their sport. Also, Alder has had two of his players named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in midfielder Phillip Aseweh in 2011 and defender Michael Gelatt in 2007 and The Flames also were honored with a NSCAA Team Academic Award for the academic year. Alder spent nine years as an assistant and four seasons as a player for 21-year head coach Bill Bell, before taking over as the program s third head coach. Alder also spent six years as the Director of Academics for Athletics, giving him more than 25 years on Liberty Mountain. During Alder s previous 17 years at the helm of the men s soccer program, the Flames have not only captured their first two Big South Conference titles in school history (2007 & 2011), but have recorded a top-three finish in the conference s regular-season standings nine times. Liberty has finished first (2001) in the Big South regularseason standings once, placed second (2003, 2004, 2007) three times and completed conference play third (2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012) five times during his tenure. The Flames have also played in the Big South Championship title game five times under Alder, reaching the title contest in 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011 and Student-athletes under Alder have combined to earn one All-American honor, two Freshman All-American awards, three Capital One Academic All-America accolades, 18 all-region recognitions, one Big South Player of the Year honor, three Big South Freshman of the Year awards and 61 all-conference selections, including 32 first-team members. OSBORNE STADIUM ASSISTANT COACHES JOSE GOMEZ Associate Head Coach The former Flames standout has been a member of the LU coaching staff since He enters his second year as the Associate Head Coach. A.J. MADERO Director of Performance Analysis/Assistant Coach After joining Alder s staff as a graduate assistant in 2010, the former Flames goalkeeper has served as assistant coach with the program since

4 MEN S SOCCER GAME NOTES 2018 LIBERTY FLAMES ROSTER NO. NAME POS. CL. HGT. WGT HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS TEAM) 1 James Knoebel GK Jr Warren, Va./Home Schooled (Old Dominion) 2 Nico Bellarde D Sr Sao Paulo, Brazil/The Pine School 3 Shalom Dutey D Jr Charlotte, N.C./Garringer 4 Geovanny Murillo D Sr San Jose, Costa Rica/Colegio Marista 5 Jafeth Santiago MF Fr Durango, Mexico/Cecytec 6 Ruben Garcia MF Jr Madrid, Spain/ IES Duque de Rivas (Universidad of Alcalá) 7 Shaun Stocker MF Sr Kings Lynn, England/St. Clements (Tyler) 8 Rafael Castro MF Fr Durango, Mexico/Instituto Frances de la Laguna 9 Chase Hovious F Jr Auburndale, Fla./Auburndale 10 Kevin Mendoza MF Sr Mexico City, Mexico/Colegio de Bachilleres 11 Tresor Mbuyu F Sr Charlotte, N.C./Garringer (Trinity Baptist) 12 Rigo Rojas F Jr Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale 13 Evan Godfrey D So Millville, N.J./YSC Academy 14 Matthew Zaczyk MF So Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville 15 Isidoro Garcia D Jr Madrid, Spain/Santisimo Cristo de la Sangre (Universidad Camilo Jose Cela) 16 Andrew Taber D Fr Ottsville, Pa./YSC Academy 17 Jack Worth F Fr Chester, N.J./ West Morris Mendham 18 Carter Burris F Jr Lewes, Del./Sussex Technical 19 Noah Senn MF Fr Stillwater, Minn./St. Croix Preparatory Academy 20 Trent Tarnstrom F So Fredrick, Md./Urbana 21 Mauricio Ochoa F Fr Arboledas, Mexico/Instituto Cumbres Alpes Queretaro 22 Blake Myers MF Fr Troutville, Va./Lord Botetourt 23 Bobby Bynum F Jr Isle of Palms, S.C./Battlefield (North Florida) 24 Sam Schubert D Fr Evington, Va./Liberty Christian Academy 25 James Worth D Fr Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham 26 Shane Geisler F Fr Germantown, Md./Poolesville 27 Brogan Engbers GK Fr Cumberland, Ontario, Canada/Toronto FC 28 Noah Dunn MF Fr Charlotte, N.C./Hickory Grove Christian Head Coach: Jeff Alder Associate Head Coach: Jose Gomez Director of Performance Analysis: A.J. Madero Head Athletic Trainer: Dan Pruesser PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Alder... All-dur 1 Knoebel... Noble 2 Bellarde...Bah-lard-ee 3 Dutey... DUE-tay (like say with a t) 4 Geovanny Murillo... Gee-Oh-Vaugh-EE Mur-REEL-low 5 Japeth... JAY-FETH 9 Houvious...HOE-viss 11 Tresor Mbuyu... TREY-sore M-boo-YOU 12 Rigo...Ree-go 14 Zaczyk...ZAY (like say with a z)-check 15 Isidoro...is-E-door-oh 20 Tarnstrom...Tarn (like Barn with a t)-strum 21 Mauricio Ochoa... MORE-ree-SEE-o Oh-cho-ah 23 Bynum...BYE-Numb 24 Schubert...Shoe-bert 26 Geisler...GICE-ler BY CLASS Senior...5 Junior...8 Sophomore...3 Freshman...12 BY POSITION Forward...9 Midfielder...9 Defender...8 Goalkeeper...2 ROSTER BREAKDOWN WHERE ARE THEY FROM? Delaware...1 Florida...1 Illinois...1 Maryland...2 New Jersey...3 North Carolina...3 Minnesota...1 Pennsylvania...1 South Carolina...1 Tennessee...1 Texas...1 Virginia...3 Brazil...1 Canada...1 Coasta Rica...1 England...1 Mexico...4 Spain...2 4

5 MEN S SOCCER 2018 GAME NOTES NOTES 2017 GAME 1 JAMES KNOEBEL 2 NICO BELLARDE 3 SHALOM DUTEY 4 GEOVANNY MURILLO 6 GARCIA 7 SHAUN STOCKER 8 RAFAEL CASTRO 9 CHASE HOVIOUS 10 KEVIN MENDOZA 11 TRESOR MBUYU 12 RIGO ROJAS 13 EVAN GODFREY ISIDORO MATTHEW ZACZYK GARCIA 16 ANDREW TABER 17 JACK WORTH 18 CARTER BURRIS 19 NOAH SENN MAURICO TRENT OCHOA TARNSTROM 22 BLAKE MYERS 23 BOBBY BYNUM JAMES SAM WORTH SCHUBERT 26 SHANE GEISLER 27 BROGAN ENGBERS 5 RUBEN

6 Liberty Men's Soccer LIBERTY Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 11, 2018) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date Opponent Score Att. Aug 24 NORTH GREENVILLE Wot Aug 28 at VMI W Aug 31 at UCF L Sep 04 at ETSU L o t Sep 07 NIAGARA W Sep 09 MANHATTAN L * Sep 13 at Stetson T o * Sep 29 UNF L Oct 02 at Longwood W * Oct 06 NJIT W * Oct 09 at FGCU L TEAM STATISTICS LIBERTY OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct S h o t s / G a m e CORNER KICKS PENALTY KICKS OFFSIDES PENALTIES Yellow cards Red cards 1 2 ATTENDANCE T o t a l Dates/Avg Per Date 5/562 6/248 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att 11 MBUYU, Tresor MENDOZA, Kevin ZACZYK, Matthew ROJAS, Rigo STOCKER,Shaun BYNUM, Bobby DUTEY, Shalom MYERS, Blake GEISLER, Shane MURILLO, Geovanny BELLARDE, Nico GARCIA, Ruben CASTRO, Rafael WORTH, Jack GARCIA, Isidoro HOVIOUS, Chase OCHOA, Mauricio ENGBERS, Brogan WORTH, James TARNSTROM, Trent TABER, Andrew GODFREY, Evan SANTIAGO, Jafeth KNOEBEL, James Total Opponents ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho 27 ENGBERS, Brogan 9 790: /0 1 KNOEBEL, James 4 227: /0 Total : Opponents : Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total LIBERTY Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total LIBERTY Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total LIBERTY Opponents Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total LIBERTY Opponents Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total LIBERTY Opponents