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UAB In The NCAA Tournament
UAB moved on to play No. 5 overall seed Clemson in Clemson, S.C. Monteiro and Rey scored in the 40th and 50th minute, respectively, to give UAB a two-goal lead. Clemson scored its first goal of the game with 10:06 remaining and tied the game with 1:38 left in regulation. Clemson All-American Oguchi Onyewu scored his second goal of the match two minutes into the second overtime. 2001 NCAA Championship – First Round 1 2 OT F UAB 0 0 1 1 Furman 0 0 0 0 Nov. 23, 2001, Columbia, S.C.
from senior forward Jersen Monteiro. The Blazers led Gardner-Webb, 23-11, in shots with senior forward/midfielder Lukasz Kwapisz getting most of the looks with 11 shots, five of which were on goal. Sophomore midfielder TwoBoys Gumede had three shots for the game. 2006 NCAA Championship – First Round 1 2 OT O2 F Gardner-Webb 1 0 0 0 1 (PK 3-1) UAB 1 0 0 0 1 Nov. 11, 2006, Birmingham, Ala. SCORING SUMMARY: 2:46 GW Godfrey (Salvaggione, Pinzon) 39:48 UAB Elsner (Monteiro) Shots: UAB 23, Gardner-Webb 11 Saves: UAB 4 (Johnson 3), Gardner-Webb 9 (Kettering 9)
SCORING SUMMARY: 102:30 UAB Rey (Penalty Kick) Shots: UAB 11, Furman 17 Saves: UAB 6 (Baumstark 6), Furman 5 (Blount 5) 2001 NCAA Championship – Second Round 1 2 OT F UAB 1 1 1 3 South Carolina 0 2 0 2 Nov. 25, 2001, Columbia, S.C. SCORING SUMMARY: 11:09 UAB Rey (Unassisted) 48:16 USC Daley (Penalty Kick) 75:07 UAB Rey (Unassisted) 76:01 USC Quinn (Barber) 96:47 UAB Monteiro (Off corner kick) Shots: UAB 10, USC 15 Saves: UAB 3 (Baumstark 3), USC 4 (Bachmeyer 4) 2001 NCAA Championship - Third Round 1 2 OT O2 F UAB 1 1 0 0 2 Clemson 0 2 0 1 3 Dec. 2, 2001, Clemson, S.C. SCORING SUMMARY: 39:59 UAB Monteiro (Mata) 49:06 UAB Rey (Garcia) 79:54 CLEM Rivera (Hilgenbrinck, Branan) 88:22 CLEM Onyewu (Gibson, Souders) 106:55 CLEM Onyewu (Bringsved) Shots: UAB 5, CLEM 23 Saves: UAB 9 (Baumstark 8), CLEM 2 (Warren 2)
2006 - BLAZERS RETURN TO NCAAs For the fourth time in the last eight years, and fifth time overall in program history, the UAB men’s soccer team made an appearance in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament. The Blazers also hosted an NCAA Tournament game for just the third time in program history. Unfortunately, the appearance was a short one as the No. 23-ranked UAB men’s soccer team played to a 1-1 tie with Gardner-Webb. However the Bulldogs advanced to the next round after out-shooting the Blazers, 3-1, on penalty kicks. UAB redshirt-freshman goalkeeper Wes Johnson gave up an early goal before going on to shut down the Bulldogs throughout the rest of the contest. Junior forward Shane Elsner scored UAB’s only goal of the game off an assist
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Lukasz Kwapisz had a school record 11 shots in the 2006 NCAA Tournament first round game against Gardner-Webb.
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