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UAB In The NCAA Tournament
1994 - BLAZERS FALL TO UCLA
UAB went into the game in Los Angeles with a school best 15-3-1 record. UCLA was 15-4 and ranked No. 7 in the nation after earning an at-large bid.
1999 NCAA Championship – Second Round 1 2 F UAB 1 1 2 SMU 0 0 0 Nov. 27, 1999, Dallas, Texas
UAB struck first at the 37:59 mark on a rebound shot goal by Mats Hagedorn. UCLA answered with a goal less than five minutes later by Robbie LaBelle. The Bruins took at 2-1 lead in the second half when Tahj Jakins poked a shot in at the 64:42 mark. Mark Tracy scored on a breakaway to tie the game just two minutes after UCLA had taken the lead. The score stayed that way until the 115th minute of the game, when Ante Razov took a cross pass and put it in for the Bruins win.
SCORING SUMMARY: 7:30 UAB Monteiro (Pratt, Brinkley) 89:54 UAB Brinkley (unassisted) Shots: UAB 11, SMU 24 Saves: UAB 9 (Clemente 9 ), SMU 4 (Foss 4)
1994 NCAA Championship – First Round 1 2 OT O2 F UAB 1 1 0 0 2 UCLA 1 1 0 1 3 Nov. 20, 1994, Los Angeles, Calif.
SCORING SUMMARY: 41:55 SCU Davis (Percell) 61:57 UAB Monteiro (unassisted) 78:56 SCU Goehring (Callahan) 88:33 UAB Byaruhanga (unassisted) 102:22 SCU Goehring (Canel) Shots: SCU 21, UAB 13 Saves: SCU 2 (Johnson 2), UAB 6 (Clemente 6)
SCORING SUMMARY: 37:59 UAB Hagedorn (Corcoran) 42:25 UCLA LaBelle (Frye) 64:42 UCLA Jenkins (Lewis, Frye) 66:45 UAB Tracy (O’Keefe) 114:22 UCLA Razov Shots: UAB 15, UCLA 19 Saves: UAB 6 (Papaconstantinou 6), UCLA 4 (Snitko 4)
2000 - BLAZERS DROP 4 OT MATCH
1999 - UAB MAKES ELITE EIGHT RUN It had been five years since the Blazers’ first trip to the NCAA Tournament. This time UAB had won the title of a different league, Conference USA. The Blazers went 15-5 and won the C-USA regular season title and the C-USA tournament. UAB hosted its first NCAA match, against Southwest Missouri, a team with a 20-game unbeaten streak and a 17-0-3 record. UAB extended its streak to 12 straight wins, however, as C-USA Player of the Year Peter Byarahunga and Flavio Monteiro scored, and UAB won, 2-1. UAB then knocked off SMU on the road in round two. Monteiro and Josh Brinkley scored in the 2-0 win. The Blazers’ run ended on their home field as Santa Clara’s Michael Goehring scored his second goal of the match in the 103rd minute to lift the Broncos to a 3-2 win over UAB and advance to the Men’s College Cup in Charlotte, N.C. Monteiro and Byarahunga scored for the Blazers. 1999 NCAA Championship – First Round 1 2 F Southwest Missouri 1 0 1 UAB 1 1 2 Nov. 21, 1999, Birmingham, Ala. SCORING SUMMARY: 4:03 SMSU Lwali (Williams, Watson) 11:47 UAB Monteiro (Byaruhanga, Deras) 50:53 UAB Byaruhanga (Smith) Shots: SMSU 25, UAB 12 Saves: SMSU 2 (Modersohn 2), UAB 4 (Clemente 4)
1999 NCAA Championship – Third Round 1 2 OT F Santa Clara 1 1 1 3 UAB 0 2 0 2 Dec. 5, 1999, Birmingham, Ala.
UAB and Washington battled in what may have been the most exciting NCAA Tournament game ever – a four-overtime thriller won by the Huskies. Washington defender Bryn Ritchie scored at the 141:57 mark to give the Huskies the win. The goal came off a corner kick from Mark Hogenhout. The Blazers were making their first ever appearance as an at-large team in the tournament. 2000 NCAA Championship - First Round 1 2 OT O2 O3 O4 F UAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Nov 17, 2000, Seattle, Wash. SCORING SUMMARY: 141:57 WASH Ritchie (Hogenhout) Shots: UAB 16, Washington 34 Saves: UAB 12 (Clemente 12), Washington 6 (Olsen 6)
2001 - BLAZERS MAKE SECOND SWEET 16 For the third consecutive year, the UAB men’s soccer team appeared in the NCAA Tournament. The Blazers opened tournament play in Columbia, S.C., against Furman. C-USA Freshman of the Year Clint Baumstark stole the show, making six saves on his way to a single-season school record ninth shutout. Martin Rey converted a penalty kick 13 minutes into the first overtime to give UAB the win. The Blazers then played region host South Carolina. Rey scored two goals and Flavio Monteiro scored seven minutes into overtime to send UAB to its second Sweet 16 in three years.
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