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2001 MEMPHIS TIGER SOCCER Table of Contents Quick Facts Media Information

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inlversity of Men Media Guide is intended for the editorial use of media organizations covering the Lady Tiger and Tiger soccer programs. Any reprinting, reproduction or other use of the contents of this guide for any commercial use is prohibited. Any questions or requests shouli reefed to the Athletic Media Relations Office at (901) 678-2337. Fax requests can be sent to (901) 678-4134. The University of Memphis Athletic Media Relations Office mailing address is:

2001 Tiger Soccer 2001 Season Outlook Head Coach Richie Grant Asst. Coach Paul Conway •rad. Asst. Coach Ryan Shea Vol. Asst. Coach Troy Norwood 2001 Tiger Roster Player Bios Players in the Pro's Tiger Camps

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2000 In Review 2000 Season Recap 2000 Statistics/Results

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MISSION STATEMENT The primary mission of the Department of Athletics is to provide a successful athletic program at the highest level of competition. Characterized by academic, athletic and moral excellence in a diverse collegiate environment, the program will abide by the spirit of the rules governing students and intercollegiate athletics and will be known for its good sportsmanship and integrity. The University of Memphis is a comprehensive UIUUII UIIIVGISIiy UUllIM UM1C3U NJ UIO

scholarly accomplishments of our students and faculty and to the enhancement of our community, state and the nation through principles of academic integrity, sound management and equal opportunity.

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UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Memphis, Tennessee FOUNDED: 1912 ENROLLMENT: 20,100 NICKNAME: Tigers COLORS: Blue and Gray HOME STADIUM (CAPACITY): Mike Rose Soccer Complex (3,000) CONFERENCE: Conference USA AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I PRESIDENT: Dr. Shirley Raines ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: R.C. Johnson SWA: Lynn Parkes ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: (901)678-2335

TIGER SOCCER HEAD COACH: Richie Grant ALMA MATER, YEAR: Green Mountain College, 1993 RECORD AT MEMPHIS: 2 1 - 1 7 - 0 ( 2 seasons) OVERALL RECORD: 78-52-2 (6 seasons) ASSISTANT COACHES: Paul Conway, Ryan Shea, (Vol. Coach) Troy Norwood SOCCER OFFICE PHONE: (901) 678-4141 ALL-TIME RECORD: 1 92-1 54-33 2000 RECORD: 14-6 (Home: 6-3; Away: 4-1,-Neutral: 4-2) 2000 CONFERENCE USA RECORD/FINISH: 6-4-0/4th 2000 CONFERENCE USA TOURNAMENT: Lost in semi-final to No. 14 St. Louis STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 8/3 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 14/7 KEY RETURNERS: Sean Fraser, Sr. F; Stephen Lewis, Sr. MF; Justin Stralka, Sr. MF; Lars Thorstensen, Sr. F; Grant Paule, So. MF; Clark Talley, So. GK

MEDIA INFORMATION ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR MEDIA RELATIONS: Bob Winn SOCCER CONTACTS: Bryan Reyna, Brian Lavoie OFFICE PHONE: (901) 678-2337 FAX NUMER: (901) 678-4134 E-MAIL ADDRESS: breyna@memphis.edu FAXON DEMAND: (770) 558-6000 TIGER CODES: Release, 1841#; Stats/ Results, 1842#; Roster/Schedule, 1843#; Latest Box Score, 1844. WEBSITE: www.gotigersgo.com

Quick Facts/ Media Information

Welcome to University of Memphis Soccer CREDENTIALS - Those members of the media traveling with the team to Mike Rose Soccer Complex will have no problem entering the premises. Those not traveling with the team need to contact Brian Lavoie or Bryan Reyna in The University of Memphis Athletic Media Relations Office for press credentials. A pass list will be kept at the main gate area, which also serves as the media gate. Seating in the press area is limited and will be restricted to filing press, radio, and television representatives' needs according to NCAA regulations. PARKING - Media parking is located in the parking lot adjacent to the main gate. No parking pass is required to park in that parking lot. PHOTOGRAPHERS - Press and television photographers are requested to stay at least 10 feet away from the playing surface. A photo deck is located behind press row for teams wishing to shoot coaches video. STATISTICS -The U of M media relations office will provide game notes, statistics, rosters and media guides throughout the game to all members of the media. At the reporter's request, The U of M media relations office will also provide complete game statistics to each media member shortly after each contest. INTERVIEWS - Memphis soccer practices are closed to the media. However, special arrangements may be made by contacting the Media Relations Office well before practice time. All interviews are coordinated with head coaches Richie Grant and Brooks Monaghan through the Athletic Media Relations Office. The office staff can also set up interviews throughout the season with Grant or Monaghan as well as player interviews which will be set up around the player's academic and practice schedules. Coaches and players are available for postgame interviews 10 minutes following the end of the game. TICKETS - Tickets for Lady Tiger and Tiger soccer games are available at The U of M Ticket Office at the corner of Southern and Normal, or by calling (901) 678-2331. Tickets are also available at the gate the day of the game.

PRIMARY MEDIA OUTLETS Phil Stukcnborg The Commercial Appeal 495 Union Avenue Memphis, TN 38103 Phone:901-529-2360 FAX: 901-529-2362

Jarvis Greer WMC-TV 5 (NBC) 1960 Union Ave. Memphis, TN 38103 Phone:901-726-0410 FAX: 901-278-7633

Greg Gaston WPTY-TV (ABC) 2701 Union Ave. Memphis, TN 38104 Phone:901-323-2430 Fax:901-452-1820

Wally Wcllman Shelby Sun Times 7508 Capital Dr. Cordova, TN 38138 Phone:901-755-7386 FAX: 90 1-755-0827

David Lee WHBQ-TV 13 (Fox) 485 S. Highland Memphis, TN 38111 Phone:901-320-1345 FAX: 90 1-320- 1366

Chris Przbybszewski Memphis Flyer 460 Tennessee St. Memphis, TN 38101 Phone: 901-521-9000 FAX: 901-521-0129

Heath Guertner WUMR-FM 91.7 University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152 Phone:901-678-3176 FAX: 90 1-678-4331

Glen Carver WREG-TV 3 (CBS) 803 Channel Three Dr. Memphis, TN 38103 Phone:901-543-2117 FAX: 90 1-543-2 167

Sports Editor The Daily Helmsman University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152 Phone: 901-678-2192 FAX: 901- 678-4792

Dan Morris The Jackson Sun 245 W. Lafayette Jackson, TN 38301 Phone:901-427-3333 FAX: 90 1-423-0345 Sports Editor Memphis Dateline 3340 Poplar Ave. Ste 324 Memphis, TN 38111 Phone:901-458-5222 FAX: 90 1-327-6442 Dan Moore Germanlown News 7545 North Street Germantown. TN 38138 Phone:901-754-0337 FAX: 90 1-754-2961

Media Relations Contacts

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2001 Season Outlook

TIGERS BEEF UP SCHEDULE IN HOPES OF NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTH THE UNTOUCHABLES During Ihc 20(X) season, the Tigers improved by leaps and bounds and went on to record a six-game turnaround from the 1999 season, thanks to an offense that finished the year ranked as high as fifth nationally, led by senior strikers Sean Eraser and Lars Thorstensen. Last season, both Eraser and Thorstensen ranked among the top five in Conference USA in scoring with Eraser leading all scorers with a schoolrecord 41 points and 16 goals. Thorstensen managed to keep pace with the his fellow striker and wasn't far behind with 13 strikes and 34 points on the year which led to a third-team all-conference selection while Eraser took it a step further and was honored as the Tigers lone first-team all-conference representative. This season, coach Grant welcomes four new forwards to his already potent offensive arsenal and hopes to spice up his attack up front with the infusion of new talent stemming from Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana while also picking up a local player from Memphis. Peter Cummings (Ennis, TX), Reid Greenslade (Horn Lake, MS), David Sommers (Mandeville, LA) and local product Matt Bryant (Memphis, TN/Ridgcway HS) will look to back-up the Tigers starting all-conference duo of Eraser and Thorstensen while also preparing to tackle similar supporting roles for Memphis in the near future. "Up front, we clearly distinguished ourselves from other squads with our .superior forwards in both Sean and Lars. " said Grant. " That was the best part of our game last season and we feel by adding four quality players in Peter, Reid, Matt and David, if we do have to make changes we won't lose much on top. Both Sean and Lars played extremely well this summer and if they can pickup where they left-off from last season, they have the potential to become unstoppable."

MEMPHIS CONNECTION The Tiger midfield displayed a true "Memphis" flavor after being led by two local products, in senior midfielder Justin Stralka and sophomore sensation Grant Paule. A second-team all-conference selection in 2000, Stralka left the Reebok South Florida Classic with tournament MVP honors while Paule earned a spot on the all-tournament team. Memphis also returns starting senior Ken Matsuba junior Kirk Ricketts and sophomore Dusty Brezovsky. Matsuba finished the season with three assists from his outside midfielder position and Ricketts spent last season as one the first substitutes off the bench while Brezovsky began earning quality back-up minutes during the last half of the season. Add true freshman Daniel Dobson (Garland, TX) hailing from the Lone Star state and Sommers who will pull double-duty at both forward and midfielder.and the Tigers appear to have a solid core of supporting midfielders. "Across the middle, we brought in Daniel and David and with the older players who played there last season in Justin, Kenny, Grant, Kirk and Dusty, it's a great problem for me to have when I'm figuring out playing time, " said Grant. "Justin was a big part of our success last season and he helped us with his outstanding fitness and energy on the field. He played well on both sides of the ball and should only get better this season."

LAST LINE OF DEFENSE Defensively, the Tigers will look to fill the role of departing senior Ryan Schweigert with two incoming freshman, but still remain intact returning three everyday starters in local senior Stephen Lewis, junior Chris Schmidt and freshman phenom Graham Gibbs. Lewis, a 2000 second-team all-conference selection, finished the year with eight points and three goals from his outside defender position and will serve as the Tigers' team captain this season. Schmidt, a native of Clarksville, Tenn., led all defenders with nine points including three assists and like Lewis, played in 18 matches for Memphis. Gibbs displayed an

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uncommon sense of maturity and poise while starting in the back for U of M and finished the year as one of the most dominant defenders in all of CUSA while also collecting his first career assist. Junior Darren Bevard, who saw action in six contests during the 2000 season, has looked especially promising during the spring and summer training sessions and should challenge for a starting role in the fall. While local incoming products Justin Dyer and Jake German enter the U of M after enjoing stellar playing careers at local powerhouses CBHS and Ridgcway HS where both freshman led their respective programs to state runner-up finishes. "By bringing back three of our four starters from last years defense in Stephen, Chris and Graham, we are extremely confident in our back line," Grant stated. "Darren played very well in the spring and looked even better this summer, so he should get a chance to start for us. With Justin and Jake we think they can step in immediately off the bench and give us good cover on the flanks. With the experience gained from last season and the fact that they are a little bit older, our starting defense should become that much better this season."

BETWEEN THE POSTS At the goalkeeping position, the Tigers' freshman duo of Clark Talley and Josh Isaacs worked well together last season but it was Talley who earned the starting job before the season was underway. The native Memphian went on to post four shutouts during his inaugural campaign including two conference victories against the likes of Louisiville and Marquette (both 1-0 decisions), while also earning allfreshman team accolades. Isaacs played in three matches during the 2000 season, turned away three shots and failed to surrender a single goal. The third addition to the line of Tiger keepers is Kansas City native Jason O'Bryan, who begins his career at the U of M after leading his Blue Valley North HS squad to a No. 15 national ranking and also an appearance in the Missouri state tournament. "We feel one of our strengths has been goalkeeping and with the addition of Jason, we should be even better," offered Grant. " He is a raw talent but after working with coach Norwood we are seeing vast improvement. We expect a lot from Clark this season. He gained a tremendous amount of experience last year in conference matches and showed great poise. Josh has also played well this summer and hopefully with three quality keepers we should be fine throughout the course of the season."

TIGERS GEAR UP FOR NATIONAL SCENE "We are extremely excited about our schedule and are anxious to play some of these teams because of the higher level of competition, said Grant." "We told the players coming in, that our team was going to play the best and we feel that be adding the No. 2 (Creighton) and No. 3 (SMU) teams in the nation, that we can accurately gauge our talent and also achieve our goal of the making the NCAA tournament. Plus with our conference schedule we face the No. 15 team in Saint Louis and also the NO. 19 squad in UAB. Throw in a early non-conference match with No. 21 Illinois-Chicago d u r i n g our Diadora Memphis Invitational and our schedule looks pretty solid. If we achieve our goal and we're playing well into the postseason, we will d e f i n i t e l y be well prepared and ready to do some damage."

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Head Coach Richie Grant

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Don't let the brogue fool you. players from his home country, three In his two years since becoming head from Canada and one from England. Culture aside, Grant has also men's soccer coach at the University grown accustomed to winning in of Memphis, Richie Grant has made himself familiar with the culture of the Memphis. After posting a 7-11 record in his first year, Grant's Tigers put up Mid-South without hesitation. Grant a 14-6 record in 2000, doubling their has shown an uncanny ability to recruit a steady flow of talent from the win total from the previous season and helping Grant become the first Tiger southern United States: this year's coach to earn Conference USA Coach roster features nine Tennessee natives, two Texans and a host of top of the Year honors. Last season, Grant led Memphis players from Oklahoma, Kansas, to its second-best record in school Mississippi and Louisiana. history as the Tigers advanced to the Grant has not abandoned his semi-finals of the C-USA Championinternational roots, though. The ship Tournament. The squad spent the Dublin, Ireland, native employs three vast majority of the season ranked in the NSCAA Midwest Region poll and finished the year rated fifth. Grant's offensive Coaching Background scheme also helped the Tigers finish their Director of Coaching, Minnesota Thunder Inner City 2000 campaign ranked Soccer Camp, 1993 5"1 in NCAA Division I Assistant Coach, Bloomsburg (Pa.) University, 1993-1995 for overall offense. Head Coach, Lambuth University, 1995-1999 As a player, Director of Jackson (Term.) Soccer Club, 1996-1999 Grant was a three-time NAIA All-American and Playing Experience two-time NAIA District Green Mountain College (Vt.), 1989-1993 V Player of the Year at Minnesota Thunder, 1993 Green Mountain Valley College in Poultney, Vt., where he received Honors and Awards his bachelor's degree in Leisure Resources and Facilities Management in 1993. Grant then went on to play for the Minnesota Thunder, a semi-pro club team that competes in the A-league.

The Grant File

Conference USA Coach of the Year, 2000 Mid-South Conference Champions, 1997, 1998 Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference Title, 1995 TCAC Coach of the Year, 1995 3-Time Ail-American 2-Time NAIA District 5 Player of the Year NSCAA 1st Team All-American, 1992 NSCAA Advanced National Diploma, 1997 FAI Qualified Coach, 1989

After a season with the Thunder, Grant hung up his spikes for a coaching job at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, where he earned his master's degree in communication studies. However many years later, Grant took his first head coaching job at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tenn. In his four seasons at Lambuth, Grant compiled a 53-29-2 record and won back-to-back Mid South Conference Championships. In his final season there, Grant led the Eagles to the NAIA Mid-South Regional Final. Grant earned his national Soccer Coaches Association of America Advanced National Diploma in 1997 and currently serves as the head coach of Tennessee's Under-23 Olympic Development Team. Grant has been an instructor at the YES Clinic for the past two seasons, which is held every year at the NCAA Division I Men's Final Four. He also acted as the head coach of the U-17 SuperClubs national all-star team, which toured England this summer for a week of matches against top international competition. Grant is single and has four siblings; two sisters who live in England and two brothers who reside in Ireland and Australia. His parents, Richie and Annette, live in Dublin, Ireland.

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Assistant Coaches

Paul Conway

Ryan Shea

Assistant Coach

Graduate Assistant

Paul is entering his second season with Tiger Soccer. A native of Dublin, Ireland, Paul first came to the U.S. to play for Coach Grant at Lambuth University. He previously coached the Jackson (Tenn.) Soccer Club for the last four years, and holds an FAI coaching certification. This past summer, Paul served as an assistant coach for the U-23 Tennessee state teamand is presently the head coach for the '91 Germantown Fury club within the Premier boys division in Memphis.. In his playing days, Conway graduated from Ireland's Soccer School of Excellence, whose team he captained in 1995 when they captured a national title. The Dublin native has one brother James, sisters Marie and Jackie and parents Phillip and Christina Conway, all of which reside in Dublin.

Ryan Shea joined the University of Memphis staff along with head coach Richie Grant, after a strong career as a player and coach at Viterbo College in LaCrosse, Wise. He earned his bachelor's degree, double majoring in business marketing and management in May of 1999. The Council Bluffs, Iowa, native had a four-year playing career at Viterbo that ended in 1997. Following his playing days, Shea joined the Viterbo coaching staff as an assistant. Shea assisted in all aspects of the Viterbo program and served as the school's interim head coach in the spring of 1998. In the fall of 1998, his first full season as a coach, the V-Hawks went undefeated in conference play and advanced to the regional finals. Shea served as the V-Hawks team captain during his junior and senior seasons, leading them to back-to-back Midwest Classic Conference Championships. A defender, Shea was named to the first-team all-conference team in 1997 and was an honorable mention all-conference pick the year before. Shea was a four-year starter and a two-time all-city conference selection at St. Albert High School in Council Bluffs. He was named the team's MVP and the City Player of the Year during his senior year. Shea earned his National Coaching Diploma through the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in July. The 25-year old is single and has two siblings. His parents Dennis Shea and Patsy Swigg still reside in Iowa.

Troy Norwood Volunteer Assistant (Goalies) Troy Norwood begins his third season as a graduate assistant for the University of Memphis. Norwood is familiar with the Tiger Soccer program, having played for Memphis in 198889. As a starting goalkeeper, Norwood made 134 saves in 31 games and posted a 1.53 goals against average. Prior to his collegiate career, Norwood prepped at White Station High School in Memphis. He was twice

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named the Commercial Appeal's Best of the Preps soccer Player of the Year, and helped lead White Station to the Tennessee State Finals his senior year. Norwood was also the goalkeeper for the Olympic Development Pool Southern Regional team from 1985-1987. After his two seasons with the Tigers, Norwood transferred to crosstown rival Christian Brothers Uni-

versity where he graduated with a degree in business administration. Over the next eight years, Norwood coached various Memphis youth sports, including the Rangers, Fury, and United Soccer Clubs. He has coached Boys Varsity Soccer at Lausaane Collegiate School and taught elementary physical education. Norwood's parents Stan and Bonnie Norwood reside in Cordova.

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2001 Memphis Tiger Roster

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Seniors (5): Sean Fraser, Stephen Lewis, Ken Matsuba, Justin Stralka, Lars Thorstensen Juniors (3): Darren Bevard, Kirk Ricketts, Chris Schmidt Sophomores (5): Dusty Brezovsky, Graham Gibbs, Josh Isaacs, Grant Paule, Clark Talley Freshmen (10): Jesus Aguillon, Matt Biyant, Peter Cummings, Daniel Dobson, Justin Dyer, Jake German, Reid Greenslade, Jason O'Biyan, John Reilly, David Sommers

Goalkeepers (3): Josh Isaacs, Jason O'Brian, Clark Talley Defenders (6): Darren Bevard, Justin Dyer, Jake German, Graham Gibbs, Stephen Lewis, Chris Schmidt Midfielders (9): Jesus Aguillon, Dusty Brezovsky, Daniel Dobson, Ken Matsuba, Grant Paule, John Reilly, Kirk Ricketts, David Sommers, Justin Stralka Forwards (5): Matt Biyant, Peter Cummings, Sean Fraser, Reid Greenslade, Lars Thorstensen

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Player Profiles -- Seniors

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2000: One of Conference USA's most lethal strikers, almost always demanding the double-team...Played and started in every game but one...Led C-USA in goals (16) and points (41), almost doubling his goals from the previous season...Ranked first among fellow Tigers in every offensive category including assists (9) and shots taken (52)...Averaged just under three shots-permatch (2.7)...Set new Memphis single-season scoring record for points (41)...Established new single-game record for points at Memphis (10)...Tied Memphis single-game record with four-goal effort...Recorded three multi-goal matches, two hat-tricks and one game-winner...Posted four matches with five or more points...Secured seven-point, hat-trick effort in Tigers 6-2 rout over New Mexico at Southwest Missouri State Tournament, also added an assist...In Memphis's 2-1 league victory at Cincinnati, provided the assist on the equalizer, after trailing 0-1...At Charlotte Puma Classic against Central Florida, posted six-point effort with two strikes and two assists...During crucial conference win against Marquette, scored the game-winner 10 minutes into the second half...Set school single-game record with 10-point outburst against Lipscomb, tallying second hat-trick (four goals) of the season to go along with two assists...Notched five-point match during 4-3 win at cross-town rival Christian Brothers, scoring once and adding a season-high three assists, two of which led to Memphis' third and fourth strikes...During 2-3 semifinal loss to No. 14 Saint Louis at C-USA Tournament, struck for the equalizer (16th goal of the season) after being down, 0-1 ...Selected C-USA Offensive Player of the Week (9/11) for seven-point performance versus New Mexico...Pre-season all-conference selection...Tigers lone First-Team AllC-USA honoree...Played with U-23 Canadian national team during the Francothone Games this summer, held in Ottawa Hull, Canada... 1999: Led the Tigers in goals scored (9) and points (19)...Scored two game-winners against Charlotte and Centenary, and against the latter scored a hat trick...Led

2000: Team Captain...Starting defender since freshman campaign, spanning 55 games...Played and started in all but two games last season...Routinely guarded opposition's top player...Helped Tiger defense collect three shutouts...Finished with eight points, including three goals and two assists...Took 16 shots, averaging just under one-per-contest (0.9)...Recorded Tigers' first goal of the season during 4-0 opening-day win over Belmont in Memphis Invitational ...Very next day, ignited Tigers' 3-1 comefrom-behind victory over Birmingham Southern with a three-point effort, netted Memphis' first goal and then assisted on the second after the Tigers had inherited the early 0-1 deficit....During 6-2 victory over New Mexico in Southwest Missouri State Tournament (9/10), collected second assist of the season...Tallied third goal of the year during 7-1 romp over Central Florida at Charlotte Puma Classic (9/24)...One of four Tigers selected for Reebok USF Classic All-Tournament team ...Second-Team AII-CUSA selection...Selected for 2001 U-23 Olympic Developmental Program Region III team, this summer... 1999: Was one of three Tigers to start every game, serving as a defensive leader during his sophomore campaign...Played with older sibling Joey, during first two seasons at the U of M. 1998: Played in 19 games, starting 18 of them... His first career point was a game-winning assist against Belmont. PREP: Prepped at Houston H.S., where he lettered three years and helped lead his team to the 1996 state championship...Was a Commercial Appeals Best of the Preps winner in 1998 and a finalist in 1997...Collected all-district, all-metro, and allstate honors in 1997 and 1998....Plays club soccer for the Memphis Futbol Club, which won the Region III title in 1999 and finished third in the National Tournament in Philadelphia during summer of '99. Played along side fellow Tiger Justin Stralka in the tournament...Also a member of the Tennessee Under-23 team which finished second in the regional final this past summer, after reaching the regional semi-final in '00.

the team in shots taken, with 54... 1998: Had a three-point game against Western Kentucky, and assisted on the game-winner against Louisville... named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team ... PREP: Preppedat Holy Tinity in Edmonton, where he had 14 goals in 18 games as a senior...Also played on the Canadian U-20 national team in the CONCACAF qualifying round.

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Classic ...Produced two assists in Tigers 3-1 league win at DePaul ...Provided game-winning assist during 1 -0 victory against visiting conference foe Marquette ...During 10-0 demolition over Bison of Lipscomb, recorded eight.tr^_.^^^9J^^^^^ I point effort after notching first career hat-trick to go with two assists. ..In Tigers' 2-1 home victory over Alabama A&M, notched the game-winner with less than one minute remaining in regulation. ..Selected as the CUSA Offensive Player of the Week for two-goal performance at Cincinnati. ..2000 Third-Team all-C-USA honoree... AT LAMBUTH: Spent two seasons as the offensive leader for Lambuth in the Mid South Conference. ..Scored 56 goals through his first two seasons there and was a First-Team NAIA Ail-American selection as a sophomore. ..Was named the Mid South Conference Most Valuable Player both years at Lambuth. ..First season at Lambuth was spent under current Tiger head coach Richie Grant, who recruited him to Lambuth from his hometown of Sandesfjord, Norway.

2000: Team Captain. ..Emerged as one of the Tigers' most consistent and physical players... One of only two Tigers to start and play in every match... Recorded 17 points, including five goals, seven assists and one game-winner.. .Finished with 36 shots; averaging just under two per game (1.8). ..Assisted on the game-winning strike in 2-1 league win at Cincinnati ...Scored the initial goal and assisted on the third Tiger goal during 7-1 blowout over Central Florida ...At Reebok South Florida Classic, netted Tigers' first goal of the match against USF, igniting 3-2 comeback win after being down 0-2 at the half.. .Scored game-winner during 1-0 conference win over Louisville ...Struck for initial goal of the match during 3-1 road victory over league foe DePaul. ..Produced five-point effort versus Lipscomb, including a goal and three assists. ..Selected MVP of Reebok USF Classic C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll. ..Second-Team All-Conference-USA selection. ..One of two Tigers chosen as alternates for 2001 U-23 OOP Region III team... 1999: Started all 16 matches in which he played that season. ..Scored the game winning goal in a 3-0 win

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2000: Made six appearances, including one start. ..Saw action against Belmont, Western Illinois, New Mexico and Central Florida.. .Posted first career shot versus Western Illinois at Southwest Missouri State Tournament ...Played considerable minutes during physical conference match against No. 18 UAB ...Got the start against Lipscomb ... 1999: Made no appearances for the Tigers...1 998: Redshirted... PREP: Prepped at Park Hill HS where he was a three-year letterman. ..Helped lead his team to the Suburban Big 8 Conference Championship. ..Earned all-district honors and had a six-point game against St. Joe Central. ..Was also valedictorian of Park Hill and a member of the National Honor Society.

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2000: One of the Tigers top recruits last fall. ..Played in 17 games as a true freshman, starting all but one. ..Moved into starting lineup as defender during second game of the season.. .Extremely tough, physical defender with knack for keeping opponents off-balance. ..Posted one assist to go along with three shots on the season. ..During Tigers' double-overtime loss at Charlotte, assisted on the opening goal of the match. ..One of eight Tigers selected for the 2000-01 C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll, for maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher... PREP: Played for the Swords Celtic Football Club and was a member of the Irish School's International Team.

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2000: Anchored left side of Tiger defense last season...Played and started in 18 matches as an outside defender...Finished with eight points, scoring three goals and grabbing two assists...Recorded two goals against Conference USA opponents including one game-winner...Grabbed two points during 2000 C-USA tournament...During 6-2 vicotory over New Mexico Lobos in the SMS Tournament, netted Tigers second goal of the match...Posted one assist in 7-1 romp over Central Florida in the Charlotte Puma Classic...Five days later, scored game-winner during 3-2 comeback win against conference opponent South Florida in Reebok USF Classic...Assisted on opening strike during 3-1 road victory over league rival DePaul...During semi-finals of 2000 C-USA tournament, scored Tigers second goal before dropping a 3-2 decision to eventual champion No. 14 Saint Louis ...Selected for Reebok USF Classic All-Tournament team...2000-01 C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll recipient... 1999: Played in nine matches...Started three of the final four home matches and played primarily in the Tiger defense...Posted six shots... PREP: Prepped at Clarksville HS...Three-year letterman, named all-state during his senior season...Led Clarksville HS to the Regional Finals twice.

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SOPHOMORE, GK GERMANTOW, TN 2000: Had an outstanding freshman campaign...Immediately assumed starting keeper spot during pre-season...Oneof only two Tigers to start and play in every match...Registered 1.41 goals against average while maintaining .743 save percentage...Posted four shutouts, two of which came at home against C-USA opponents Louisville (1 -0) and Marquette (1 -0)...Registered a combined 14 saves through just two games during 2000 Conference USA tournament...Recorded at least seven saves on three separate ocassions, all of which were league matches...Notched seven saves against No. 18 UAB and then 10 days later, while hosting No. 20 Saint Louis, turned away all five Billiken shots in regulation before allowing only goal of the match in overtime...Recorded eight saves during Memphis' 2-1 opening round victory over Cincinnati in 2000 C-USA tournament...Conference USA All-Freshman Team selection...One of four Tiger freshman selected for the 2000-01 C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll... PREP: Goalkeeper for the two-time NSCAA National Champions Houston H.S. and was a three-year letterman there...Club team won the Tennessee State Championship in 1997...Has been on the Tennessee State Select Team since 1994...Older brother, Carey, currently plays in MLS for D. C. United.

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Tigers in the Pro's

Tigers in the Pro's ^^^J uring head coach Richie Grant's two-year tenure at the U of M, three of his former players have progressed towards the next level. Memphis alums, Nick Glaser, Carl Schmitt and Tommy White each signed professional contracts, during the offseason and are looking to impress at the next level. Glaser officially joined the Nashville Metros in late January. The former Tiger midfielder is now logging minutes as a central midfielder for the Mid-South based-club. At the point of this publication, Glaser had logged over 270 minutes with the Metros. The Hendersonville, Tenn., native was a four-year member of the Tiger program and finished with career totals of 34 points on 11 goals and 12 assists. Glaser saw action in

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over 70 matches throughout his career, but it was his freshman season that earned him a permanent spot in the starting lineup. In 1997, he tallied career-highs in points (15), goals (5), assists (5) and shots (21). Schmitt, another former midfielder at Memphis, also inked a deal with Metros in March of 2001. The lifelong Memphian spent just one season in a Tiger uniform, after transferring from South Alabama following his junior season. Known for his hard-nosed style of play, Schmitt

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played in every game but one during his stop at Memphis and tallied an assist during a 4-2 win over Centenary. As a defender/midfielder with the Metros this season, Schmitt had recorded over 400 minutes, while notching his first career point with an assist. White, a former striker at Memphis, also inked a professional deal after signing with the Milwaukee Wave of the NPSL (indoor league). The former Memphian and Germantown high school alum, left his mark as one of the most physical players to have ever donned a Tiger uniform, who blended speed and strength to give opposing defenders headaches. White is tied for 10th in career points (50) at the U of M and finished with 18 goals and 14 assists in 73 total matches. His senior season proved to be his best, as White posted careerhighs in goals (11) and points (27) with the former landing him among the top ten in Conference USA.

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Memphis Camps

Memphis Camps hroughout the summer, the men's soccer team keeps busy by sponsoring, coordinating and staffing several camps within the Memphis community. This past summer was no different as Tiger coaches and players alike, worked steadily throughout the summer months, putting on the 2001 Richie Grant Soccer Camp and then later, staffing Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton's 2001 InnerCity Youth Soccer Camp. Coach Grunt's camp (in it's second year of existence), took place June 25-29 on the U of M's South Campus and focused on youths, ages 5-14. Tiger coaches Richie Grant, Paul Conway and Troy Norwood helped run the camp while current Tigers Stephen Lewis. Justin Stralka and Lars Thorstensen served as counselors. Former Tigers and current Nashville Metros Nick Glaser and Carl Schmitt, gave the camp an added attraction by making guest appearances throughout the week. Mayor Herenton's camp (also an annual event) took place a few weeks later in early July, at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex located in Collierville. Tennessee. Instead of running the camp however. Tiger coaches and players instead served as instructors at the camp and worked with over 400 youngsters during the weeklong event. Helping staff the camp were: Tiger assistant Paul Conway and current players. Justin Dyer, Jake German. Reid Greenslade, Stephen Lewis, Jason O'Bryan, Justin Stralka and Clark Talley.

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2000 Season Recap

GRANT CAPTURES COACH OF THE YEAR HONORS YOUR WISH IS GRANTED Head coach R i c h i e G r a n t secured Conference USA Coach of the Year honors in just his second season at the U of M, after guiding the Tigers to 14-6-0 mark and a fourth place regular season finish, despite being picked to finish last in preseason polls. Grant now owns the d i s t i n c t i o n of becoming the U of M's first head coach to receive the honor, since the conference's inception back in 1995.

GET FRASER Forward Sean Fraser torched opposing defenses throuhout the season, en route to establishing the new single-season record for points at the U of M with a 41point explosion during his junior campaign. His leagueleading 16 strikes were enough to prompt an all-conference selection (Tigers lone first-team honoree), the first since former Tiger Rogerio Lima secured consecutive honors d u r i n g the 1996-97 seasons. Fraser's conference-leading scoring mark stands as the second-highest single-season mark in the programs history, while his four-goal performance against Lipscomb tied the school's all-time single-game record which had stood untouched for over 13 seasons. The Edmonton. Alberta, native went on to make a name for himself on the national stage, finishing the year tied for 8"' in points per game (2.16) and tied for 15"' in goals per game (0.84) in NCAA Division I.

TIGERS ROAR ONTO NATIONAL SCENE W h i l e Memphis clearly distinguished themselves on a regional scale, they also made waves throghout the national scene, as well. With the offense in high gear, the Tigers ended the season ranked as the fifth-highest scoring unit in the nation and also posted the 27'" highest w i n n i n g percentage in the country. Memphis owned the distinction of becoming the eighth most improved squad in the country, after a six-same turnaround from the 1999 season.

Once the final whistle had blown, the Tiger offense had not only doubled it's 1999 total of 25 goals with 59 strikes in 2000, but also established a new singlegame record for goals with a 10-0 romp over Lipscomb in late October. The Tigers 14 wins in 2000 tied the school record for the most victories in a season, m a t c h i n g the 1992 squad that finished at an all-time high of 14-3-2.

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS Heading into the final two weeks of the regular season, Memphis suffered a minor setback, dropping a heartbreaking double-overtime conference loss to then No. 18 UAB but then rebounded for a crucial league match versus Marqtiette that possessed tournament implications. A win for the Tigers guaranteed that Memphis would enter the tournament less with no less than a fourth seed, while a loss meant a late season race for the remaining two spots in the conference tournament. The first half was a defensive battle and featured a total of nine shots, five of which came courtesy of the potent Tiger attack. The second half began just as intense and appeared destined for extra-time until the 56"' minute, when the Tigers dynamic duo of Fraser and third-team all-conference forward Lars Thorstensen struck first blood for Memphis. However, the Tigers solid pressure in the midfield allowed Thorstensen to collect an errant Golden Eagle pass, where he sprinted down the middle and fed a wide-open Fraser with a d e l i g h t f u l through-ball, which froze the defense and eventually found the net. Fraser took over and capitolized with a deft one-on-one finish that beat a sprawling Marquette keeper, for the game's only goal and an exciting 1-0 Memphis victory. The U of M went on to take three of their last four regular season matches, before entering the tournament as the fourth seed and sporting a 13-5 mark. Memphis then defeated first-round opponent C i n c i n n a t i for the second time that year and advanced to the semi-final round with a 2-1 victory.

HOME COOKIN' CHANGING OF THE GUARD Statistically. Memphis appeared to be a different team, actually doubling their win total (7) from the previous season and spent the majority of the 2000 campaign ranked throughout the Midwest region, finishing as high as fifth at the close of business. From a technical standpoint, the Tigers were indeed a new team displaying a quick and aggressive style of play. The strategy seemed to work, as the U of M eventually closed out league play with a 5-3 mark (compared with a 2-6 record in 1999) and advanced to the semi-finals of the conference t o u r n a m e n t (after a oneyear absence) before bowing out to eventual champion and No. 14 Saint Louis, 3-2. A l o n g the way, M e m p h i s put together the programs longest winning-streak in four years, posting five consecutive victories d u r i n g the months of September and October. D u r i n g the streak, the Tigers posted c o n v i c i n g league victories over L o u i s v i l l e and DePaul while also coming out on top during a 3-2 overtime thriller at South Florida and a 5-2 win over Stetson, to capture the Reebok USF Classic crown.

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Homegrown Memphians and fellow juniors Stephen Lewis and Justin Stralka had more than just their hometown in common at the end of the year, after both players honored with second-team all-conference selections. Lewis and Stralka have an extended playing history together, after having been teammates at every level from club to state/regional ODP squads while also serving as team captains last season. Lewis, a defender, led the Tiger defense with eight points and three goals on the season. While Stralka, a midfielder, finished with 17 points (5 goals), one game-winner and was chosen MVP of the Reebok South Florida Classic.

LEAVING AN IMPRESSION Starting goalkeeper Clark Talley, was superb in just his first season bewteen the posts for the U of M, as the Memphis native went on to record two conference shutouts over Louisville and Marquette (both 1-0 victories) while also b l a n k i n g non-conference opponent Belmont d u r i n g the season opener. The true freshman was one of only two returning Tigers to have played in every match last season and became the first Memphis keeper to earn a spot on the all-freshman squad, since former Tiger Brian Covey in 1996.

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Record Book Record Book -- Records/ Honor Roll INDIVIDUAL RECORDS CAREER

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Name Bernard Licari Tommy Smith

Year 1993 1993

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Name Morton Akerfors Gareth O'Sullivan Donal McDonagh

Years 1987-90 1989-92 1986-88

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Name Morton Akerfors SeanFraser Larry Creson

Year 1987 2000 1984

Assists Name 22 Rogerio Lima 22 Donal McDonagh

Years 1996-97 1986-88

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Name Rogerio Lima Rogerio Lima David Jackson

Year 1997 1996 1984

Points Name 104 Morton Akerfors 90 Donal McDonagh 89 Gareth O'Sullivan

Years 1987-90 1986-88 1989-92

Points 41 37 36

Name SeanFraser Morton Akerfors Rogerio Lima

Year 2000 1987 1997

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Name Donal McDonagh

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Saves 416 298 275

Name E.J. Gilley Brooks Monaghan Brian Covey

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Year 1986

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2 (Evunsville, 1989. South AlubciiTui, 1993, Saint Louis, 1998) 3 (vs. Lipscomb, 2000) 10 (10-0 vs. Lipscomb, 2000) 11 (0-11 at Alabama A&M, 1982)

All-South Region Rogerio Lima (1996, 1997) Thomas Ohlmeier ( 1 993) Trevor Buckland( 1988, 1989) Donal McDonagh (1988) First Team All-Conference USA SeanFraser (2000) Rogerio Lima (1996, 1997) Second Team All-Conference USA Stephen Lewis (2000) Justin Stralka (2000) FergalFordc(1996) FergalForde(1995) Bernard Licari (1995) Third Team All-Conference USA Lars Thorstsensen (2000) Matt Briggs( 1998) Steven Brooks (1998) Jeremy Tutor (1997) Conference USA All-Freshman Team Clark Talley (2000) SeanFraser (1998) Nick Glaser( 1997) Steven Brooks (1996) Brian Covey (1996) GTE Academic Third Team All-American Matt Briggs( 1998) Conference USA Player of the Week Lars Thorstensen (9- 1 8-00) SeanFraser (9- I I -00) Steven Brooks (9-14-98) Brian Covey (11 -2-96) Rolando Aguillon (9- 18-95) Conference USA Coach of the Year Richie Grant (2000) First Team All-Great Midwest Conference Russell Church (1993) GarethO'Sullivan(1992) Scott Spencer (1992) Brooks Monaghan (1992) JimHink"(l991) Gareth O'Sullivan (1991) Second Team All-Great Midwest Conference Thomas Ohlmeier (1992, 1993) Frank Pileggi(1991, 1992) Scott Spencer (1991) Newcomer of the Year Bernard Licari (1993) CMC Championship MVPs Brooks Monaghan (defense) ( 1 993) Bernard Licari (offense) (1993) CMC Coach of the Year Chris Bands (1991) Soccer America National Player of the Week Brooks Monashan, 1 1 -9-93

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Opp. Date Rhodes 9/28/88 Opp. Date Wake Forest9/29/84

SEASON Winning Streak ....8 (1986-1987) Home 9 (1992-1993) Away 4 (1996-1997) Losing Streak 7 (199!) Home 3 (1996) Away 11(1994-95) Unbeaten Streak ...10 (1986-1987) Home IS (1992-1993) Winless Streak 7(1991) Away 18 (1993-1995)

Consecutive Shutout Minutes: Brian Covey, 489, 1996 Consecutive Shutouts: Brian Covey, 5, 1996 CAREER 20 Goals/ 20 Assists: Rogerio Lima 23/22/96-97 Donald McDonagh 34/22, '86-88

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7-11-2

Opponent Score Covenant W 4-3 Bclhavcn L 1-4 Southwestern (Rhodes) W 4-0 Alabama-Huntsville L 2-4 Vanderbilt T 0-0 at Alabama A&M L O-ll South Alabama W 3-2 at UAB L 2-3 at Georgia State L 1-5 Tennessee Teeh W 3-1 at Northeast Missouri State L O-l at Southeast Missouri State .... W 3-2 Southeast Missouri State L 0-2 at Southern Methodist L 0-9 at Texas Christian L I-3 Milsaps W 3-0 Ole Miss L O-l at Southwestern (Rhodes) T 2-2 at Tennessee L 2-3 Tennessee-Martin W 3-1 Total Goals Scored 34-57

1983

9-8-3

Date Opponent Score 9/3 Texas Christian T 2-2 9/9 at Wake Forest L 0-6 9/11 at Alabama-Huntsville ... L 1-4 9/I4 Southwestern (Rhodes). W 6-0 9/16 at Vanderbilt L 1-2 9/17 at Tennessee Tech W 3-0 9/24 UAB W2-I 9/25 Lindenwood T l-l Metro Invitational at Cincinnati I0/l vs. Virginia Tech A T 0-0* 10/2 vs. Louisville A L 0-3 10/8 Georgia Slate L 0-3 10/9 Tennessee-Martin W5-l 10/15 Tennessee W 2-1 10/21 at South Alabama W I -0 IO/29 at Belhaven L 0-2 10/30 at Milsaps L 0-3 11/1 at Southeast Missouri ... W 1-0 11/5 Alabama A&M L 0-2 1 1 / 1 2 al S'wcstcrn (Rhodes) W 2-1 11/20 Ole Miss W4-0 Totals Goals Scored 32-32 ;:;Won 4-2 in shootoul

1984 Date 8/31 9/7 9/8 9/12 9/14 9/21 9/23 9/29 10/5 10/7 10/12 10/14 10/19 10/21 10/25 10/27 I 1/2 1 1/5

10-9-3

Opponent . Score Vanderbilt . W 5-1 al Northeast Louisiana . L 1-6 John Brown . W 5-0 Rhodes College ... . W 3-2 Alabama-Huntsville L 1-2 at Missouri-Saint Louis LO-5 at Lindenwood T3-3 Wake Forest . W2-I at UAB W 3-2 LO-I at Georgia State South Alabama L2-3 . W2-1 Southeast Missouri at South Florida L 0-2 at Tennessee T l-l Missouri-Rolla L 2-3 Belhaven W 3-2 al Alabama A&M L I-4 Tennessee Tech W 4-1

Record Book- Year-Bv-Year Results n/a Tennessee-Martin W 7-2 10/9 at Belhaven W 4-2 9/8 Nicholls State W 6-0 SIU-Edwardsville W 1-0 L 0-3 9/9 Metro Tournament at Louisville 10/10 at South Alabama W 2-1 l l / 9 vs. Cincinnati A W 6-1 10/14 Ark.-Little Rock ( o l ) . L 1-2 9/15 at DePauI L 1-3 9/16 at Wisconsin-Parkside L 0-4 I l / I O vs. Virginia Tech A T l - l 10/16 Georgia State vs. New Mexico L 1-2 I 1/17 Rhodes College L 2-3 10/18 Southwest Missouri.... W 8-1 9/21 vs. UNC Charlotte L 0-4 Total Goals Scored 54-47 10/21 at Alabama-HuntsvilleW 5-1 9/23 10/28 at Vanderbilt L 2-4 Metro Tournament at 10/30 Western Kentucky L 0-2 Blacksburg I 1/1 at Evansville L 0-1 9/29 vs. Cincinnati (ol) A ... L 3-4 Date Opponent Score Metro Invitational at Cincinnati 9/30 vs. Louisville A W 4-1 vs. Louisville A T l-l @ 10/5 al E v a n s v i l l e L 0-2 9/1 Earlham College W 4-0 1 1/7 vs. Virginia Tech A T 2-2 7c 10/6 Bradley L 0-2 9/4 at Appalachian State L 0-1 1 1/8 9/6 at #9 Wake Forest W 2-1 Total Goals Scored 49-39 10/10 B e l h a v e n W 2-1 9/1 I Rhodes College W 2-0 (ÂŤ) Lost 2-3 in shootout 1 0 / 1 2 Vandcrbill W 2-1 9/13 Northeast Louisiana T l - l c/c Lost 2-4 in shootoul 10/14 Christian Brothers W 3-2 10/20 at Liberty L 1-2 9/18 at Vanderbilt L 0-3 9/21 Missouri-Saint Louis L 2-4 L 0-2 8-7-3 10/21 at Radford 9/28 at Missouri-Rolla W 4-1 10/26 Southeast Missouri .... W 5-1 9/29 at Southeast Missouri .... T 3-3 Date Opponent Score 10/31 at Ark.-Little Rock ... W 3-0 Alabama A&M .. W 4 - 1 I 1/3 Ala.-Huntsvillc (ot) T l-l 10/4 UAB W4-0 8/31 at UNC Charlotte .........40-36 lO/l I Alabama A&M W l-O* 9/3 . L 0-3 Total Goals Scored vs. Davidson W 5-3 10/16 at Alabama-Huntsville ... L 0-3 9/4 at Missouri-Saint Louis . L 2-3 10/18 Georgia Stale L 0-2 9/9 10/20 Tennessee W 4-1 9/16 at Western Kentucky ..... T 2-2 vs. Marquetle 10/26 at Belhaven W 3-2 9/17 . L 0-3 Date Opponent Score Rhodes W3-1 10/27 at South Alabama W 2-1 9/24 Alabama-Huntsville . T 1-1 8/31 Rhodes 1 1/2 at John Brown L O - 1 9/28 W 9-0 9/1 Boca Raton L 1-3(OT) Belhaven Kentucky W l-O 1 1/8 Christian Brothers W 6-0 10/1 W 3 - 1 9/14 Eastern Michigan W 3-1 1 1 / 1 3 Rhodes College W 2-0 10/14 Vanderbilt W2-0 9/15 W 6-0 9/18 Metro Invitational at Memphis 10/19 at UAB South Alabama LO-1 . T 2-2 9/21 UAB * W 2-1 1 1/16 Cincinnati A L 1-3 10/23 at Georgia Slate W 5-0 9/22 Marquette * W 1-0 1 1 / 1 7 Louisville A W 2-0 10/24 at Mercer L O - I 9/28 at Cincinnati * W2-1 Total Goals Scored 43-27 10/27 Christian Brothers 10/29 South Alabama L 1-3 9/29 vs. Louisville T 2-2 ol '"Forfeit due to ineligible players Metro Tournament at Louisville 10/2 Christian Brothers T 2-2 ot 1 1/5 vs. Cincinnati A L 0-3 10/5 vs. DePaul * W2-I 1986 1 1/6 at Louisville A L 0-2 10/6 at New Mexico L 0-1 Arkansas-Little Rock .... L 1-2 Date Opponent Score 1 1 / 1 1 Southern Mississippi.... W 3-0 10/9 L 1-2 9/3 South Alabama W 3 0 Total Goals Scored 45-28 10/13 at SIU-Edwardsville 10/23 at Saint Louis :;: L 2-6 9/6 Belhaven W l-O 9/10 Rhodes College W 2-1 10-10-1 10/27 at Southwest Missouri... L 2-4 9/I2 Christian Brothers W 3-0 I 1/2 at Vanderbilt L 1-3 Score 9/17 Vanderbilt W l-O Date Opponent Great Midwest Tournament 9/I9 at SIU-Edwardsville LO-5 9/6 Ark.-Little Rock (ol) ... W 2-1 (Saint Louis) 9/21 at Missouri-Saint Louis . L I-2 9/9 at Bradley (ot) .T 1-1 11/8 vs. Cincinnati L 0-2 at Illinois State . L 1-5 Total Goals Scored 26-33 9/27 vs. Xavicr W 4-2 9 / I O 9/28 al Western Kentucky L 0-1 9/13 Georgia State W 5-0 *Great Midwest Conference match lO/l Alabama-Huntsville W 3-0 9/20 at SIU-Edwardsville ...... L 1-3 . W 2-1 10/4 at Illinois State T 2-2 ot 9/23 al Alabama-Huntsvi 10/5 vs. Missouri-Rolla W 2-1 9/24 at Alabama A&M .. L 1-2 Score 10/11 al Georgia State L 1-4 9/28 Western Kentucky .. L O - 1 Date Opponent Vanderbilt W l-O 10/12 at UAB" W 2 - 1 10/4 al Vanderbilt .W 2-0 9/6 Southern I n d i a n a W 3-0 10/18 Appalachian] State T 0-0 10/7 al Bowling Green.. .. L 1-3 9/7 vs. Miami (Ohio).. . W 4-2 9/1 3 at Ark.-Littlc Rock ... W 2-0 10/30 Missouri-Rolla W 2 - 1 10/8 L 0-4 . W 3-1 9/18 at South Florida I I/I John Brown W 2-0 I ()/1 I Oral Roberts al Central Florida W 2-0 . L 1-2 9/20 Metro Tournament at Blackshurg I O/1 3 Missouri-Rolla vs. DePaul * W 2-0 I 1/8 vs. Cincinnati A W 2-0 10/18 Christian Brother W 1-0 9/26 at Marquette * W l-O I 1/9 at Virginia Tech A W 3-1 10/20 at South Alabama . L O-l 9/27 W 4-1 1 1 / 1 1 at Rhodes College W 5-1 10/22 Evansville . L 0-4 10/4 at UAB ::: W 6-0 10/7 Western K e n t u c k y .... W l-O Total Goals Scored 39-22 10/25 Rhodes T l-l W 2-1 l O / I O Saint Louis * 10/27 at Belhaven W 2-0 . L 0-1 I 0 / l I Cincinnati * 10/30 Liberty Metro Tournament at Me m phis I O/1 6 Southwest Missouri.... W 3-0 T l-l I 1/4 C i n c i n n a t i A L 0-1 I O / I 8 at South Alabama L I-2 I 1/5 Louisville A W 4-1 10/23 at K e n t u c k y W 2-1 Total Goals Scored .37-31 10/25 Quincy College 10/28 Christian Brothers W 3-2 11/1 Centenary W 4-0 10-9-1 Great Midwest Tournament 1990 (Saint Louis) Score 1 1/7 vs. UAB W 4-0 LO-5 1 1/8 at Saint Louis L 1-4 W 6 - l Total Goals Scored 38-16 ::: Great Midwesl Conference match

1985

12-7-2

1988

1991

7-9-2

14-4-2

1989

1992

1987

Date 9/4 9/9 9/1 3 9/1 6 9/19 9/23 9/25 9/30 10/3

14-3-2

9-9-2

Opponent Score SIU-Edwardsville W l-O Rhodes W 7-1 at North Texas Stale . W 3-2 at Indiana L 1-3 Missouri-Saint Louis .. L I-3 Christian Brothers W 4-1 UAB W 3-2 at Alabama A&M (ot) L 4-5 Illinois State W l-O

Date 9/1 9/2

Opponent Florida Tech Rhodes

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1993

13-9-2

Date O p p o n e n t Score 9/4 Louisville VV 4-0 9/5 West Virginia VV 2-0 9/8 A r k a n s a s - L i u l c Rock VV 1-0 9/10 al Western K e n t u c k y W 4-2 9/12 al Southern Indiana ... VV 3-2 9/17 at Saint Louis * L 0-4 9/19 at Quincy College L 0-2 9/24 DePaul * VV 3-1 ; ;/26 Marqnclle * T 1-1 ol 10/2 vs. Florida A t l a n t i c T l-l ot 10/3 al Coastal Carolina .... W 2-1 10/8 al Dayton * L 0-3 10/10 at Cincinnati * L 0-3 10/15 SlU-Edwardsville W 3-1 1 0 / 1 7 Soulh Alabama L 0-3 10/20 at Vandcrbill L 1-5 10/22 Oral Roberts W 2-0 10/24 UAB * L 1-3 10/27 C h r i s t i a n Brothers W 1-0 10/30 al Centenary L 0-1 Great Midwest Tournament (Memphis) UAB W 2-1 Marquette VV 2-1 Saint Louis W 1-0 NCAA Tournament 1 1 / 1 5 at I n d i a n a L 0-6 Total Goals Scored 34-41 *Greal Midwest Conference malch

1994 Date 9/3 9/4 9/7 9/ll 9/I6 9/I8 9/23 9/25 9/28 9/30 10/2 10/7 10/9 10/14 10/16 10/2 I

11-8-2 Opponent Result Illinois-Chicago W 4-1 Western Michigan VV 3-0 at South Alabama L 2-4 at Ark.-Lillle R o c k T 3-3 ot al DePaul * L I-2 al Marquellc * L O-l vs. New Mexico L 0-2 vs. N'easlcrn 111 VV 5-1 ol Centenary VV 4-2 ot Dayton ::: W3-l Cincinnati * W 8-0 Saint Louis * L 2-3 Vanderbilt T 3-3 Alabama A&M W l-O Oral Roberts W 4-0 Southern Indiana VV 3-0

at Duke L 0-4 Great Midwest Tournament I Birmingham ) 1 1 / 1 1 vs. DePaul W 2-0 1 1/12 at UAB L 1-2 Total Goals Scored 55-32 ' : 'Greal Midwesl Conference malch

1995 Date 9/3 9/4 9/6 9/10 9/13 9/17 9/20 9/24

6-10-2 Opponent Score at #19 Portland L 0-7 vs. W a s h i n g t o n L 1-8 Soulh Alabama W l-O al UNC Charlotte ::'.... L 1-6 A r k a n s a s - L i t t l e Rock VV 5-1 DePaul * T 0-0 ot al Marqueue * L 1-4 Louisville * W 3-1

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10/1 @ Cincinnati * L 0-2 10/6 @ #1 Saint Louis * L 0-4 1 0 / 1 3 South Florida * L 0-4 10/15 UAB * L 0-1 10/20 @ Centenary L 2-4 10/25 C h r i s t i a n Brothers W 5-1 10/27 @> Vanderbilt VV 5-2 10/29 <s> Evansville T l-l ol 11/4 New Mexico VV 5-2 Conference USA T o u r n a m e n t (Milwaukee) 1 1/8 vs. Saint Louis L 0-1 Total Goals Scored 30-48 ''Conference USA match

1996

11-7-1

Date 8/31 9/7 9/8 9/15 9/20 9/22 9/29 10/4 10/6 10/11 10/13 10/18 10/20 10/25 10/27

Opponent Score @ Bowling Green ... T l-l ol vs. Soulhwesl Missouri W 2-0 @ Tulsa W 3-0 #12 UNC Charlotte * . L 0-1 Vanderbilt VV 3-2 ol @ Soulh Florida * L 1-6 Cincinnati * VV 3-0 Marquette ::' L 0-2 @ DePaul ::: W 1-0 #25 E v a n s v i l l e L 0-1 Saint Louis * L 0-1 @ Louisville ::; VV 6-1 @ UAB * L 1-3 Western K e n t u c k y W 2-0 Alabama A&M W 6-0 Christian Brothers W 5-0 Bclmonl VV 6-0 Conference USA T o u r n a m e n t 1 1 / 1 2 al Saint Louis VV 1-0 1 1 / 1 5 at South Florida L 0-3 Total Goals Scored 41-21 ^'Conference USA match

1997

10-8-2

Date O p p o n e n t Score 8/30 vs. Tulsa VV 3-2 ot <s> SVV Missouri T 1-1 ol 8/31 9/6 #23 Bowling Green L 0-5 9/7 #8 Portland (Ore.) W 3-1 9/12 at Western Kentucky VV 5-2 9/14 at Vanderbilt VV 3-2 9/19 South Florida ::: T 2-2 ot 9/21 at Belmont L 1-2 9/26 #22 Saint Louis :;: ....L 1-2 ot 10/3 at Cincinnati * L 2-3 ol 10/5 at Louisville * VV 3-1 10/10 at UAB * L 1-2 10/12 at UNC Charlotte * .... L 2-3 1 0 / 1 9 Drury College W 5-1 10/22 Alabama A&M W 10-1 10/24 DePaul * VV l-O 10/26 #17 Marquctlc * L 3-4 ol 10/30 Christian Brothers W 6-1 Conference USA T o u r n a m e n t I 1/4 DePaul VV 3-1 1 1/8 at Soulh Florida L 2-4 Total Goals Scored 57-40 ''Conference USA match

10 29 Central Arkansas L 2-4 10/3 I Oral Roberts W 3-0 South Florida L O-l Date Opponent Score I 1/5 26-36 9/5 vs. #23 SVV Missouri ... L O-l Total Goals Scored 9/6 at Western Illinois ..L I-2 ot 9/1 I at UNLV W 2-1 9/1 3 vs. UC Santa Barbara . W 2-1 9/18 @> South Florida * .. T 3-3 ol Date Opponent Score 9/20 Central Arkansas W 5-1 9/1 Belmont W 4-0 W 3-2 9/2 9/25 @ DePaul * Birm. Southern W 3-1 9/27 @ Marquette * L 0-1 9/8 vs. ' Western Illinois ... L 0-3 I 0/2 Cincinnati * .... L 0-3 9/10 vs. ' New Mexico W 6-2 W 2-1 9/13 10/4 Louisville * Western K e n t u c k y L 0-1 10/7 B c l m o n l VV 1-0 9/17 @ Cincinnati * W 2-1 10/9 UAB * L 0-2 9/23 @ ' ; Charlotte * L3-4(2ot) I ()/1 I #23 UNC Charlotte * . L 2-3 9/24 vs.'' Central Fla W 7-1 I ()/16 @ #8 Saint Louis * L 0-2 9/29 @ " South Florida ':' . W3-2(ol) I ()/1 8 <Âť Drury College L 0-1 ol 10/1 vs. " Stetson W 5-2 10/25 Western Kentucky W 5-1 10/7 Louisville * W l-O I I/I @ Christian Brothers. VV 3-0 10/13 @ DePaul * W 3-1 Conference USA T o u r n a m e n t 10/18 # 1 8 UAB * L 2-1 (2 ot) I 1/7 at #9 Saint Louis ... W l-O ot 10/21 Marquette * W l-O 1 1 / 1 3 vs. Marquette VV 3-0 10/24 Lipscomb W 10-0 1 1 / 1 5 at Soulh Florida L 2-4 10/28 # 20 Saint Louis * L 0-1 (ot) Total Goals Scored 35-29 1 1 / 1 @ Christian Brothers .... W4-3 '"Conference USA match 11/5 Alabama A&M W 2-1 Conference USA T o u r n a m e n t (St. Louis, Mo.) 1 1/9 vs. Cincinnati W 2-1 Date Opponent Score 1 1 / 1 0 vs. #14 Saint Louis L 3-2 9/4 Centenary W 4-2 Total Goals Scored 59-27 9/5 Southwest Missouri L 0-3 * Conference USA malch 9/12 UNC Charlotte W 3-2 ! Southwest Missouri Slate Tourn. 9/17 @ Hartwick W 1-0 ' ; Charlotte Puma Classic 9/18 vs. Fordham W 3-2 " Reebok Soulh Florida Classic 9/22 C h r i s t i a n Brothers L 1-3 @ Saint Louis L 0-4 9/25 10/1 @ Marquette L 0-1 10/3 @ UW-Milwaukcc L 1-2 10/7 @ Western K e n t u c k y L 0-2 10/9 Cincinnati W 1-0 10/14 @ UAB L 1-5 10/17 DePaul L 3-4 OT 10/22 @ Louisville L 0-1 10/24 @ Belmont VV 3-0

1998

10-9-1

14-6-0

2000

1999

7-11-0

RECORD SUMMARY Year Coach Peter Bcrmel 1982 Peter Bcrmel 1983 1984 Peler Bermel Peler Bermel 1985 1986 Peler Bermel 1987 Peler Bermel Totals 1988 Chris Barlels 1989 Chris Bartels Chris Bartels 1990 1991 Chris Bartels Chris Bartels 1992 Chris Bartels 1993 Chris Bartels 1994 Chris Bartels 1995 Chris Bartels 1996 1997 Chris Barlels Chris Bartels 1998 Totals 1999 Richie Grant 2000 Richie Grant Totals All-Time Totals

W-L-T 7-11-2 9-8-3 10-9-3 12-7-2 14-4-2 9-9-2 61-48-14 8-7-3 10-10-1 10-9-1 7-9-2 14-3-2 13-9-2 I 1-8-2 6-10-2 11-7-1 10-8-2 10-9-1 110-89-19 7-1 1-0 14-6-0

21-17-0 192-154-33

Conference Home 6-4-1 a/a 5-2-2 n/a n/a 8-4-0 n/a 8-3-1 8-0-1 n/a 6-4-0 n/a 41-17-5 n/a 5-2-1 n/a n/a 6-5-0 n/a 7-2-1 4-1-0 5-3-1 4-0-1 8-0-1 1-4-1 10-2-1 9-1-1 2-4-0 5-2-1 1-6-1 3-5-0 6-4-0 2-5-1 6-3-1 4-3-0 2-5-1 19-30-5 77-27-8 4-5-0 2-6-0 6-4-0 6-3-0 10-8-0 8-10-0 27-40-5 122-52-13

Road Neutral 1-7-1 4-5-0 0-1-1 1-5-2 1-0-1 4-4-1 3-4-1 3-0-0 0-0-2 3-5-0 16-30-5 4-1-4 2-3-2 1-2-0 1 -0-0 3-5-1 2-4-0 1 -3-0 1-1-1 1-5-0 2-0-0 4-3-1 0-0-1 3-7-0 2-1-0 0-6-1 1 -6-1 0-2-0 4-3-1 1 -0-0 3-5-1 1-0-0 4-5-1 2-1-0 27-52-9 12-10-2 2-6-0 1-0-0 4-2-0 4-1-0 5-2-0 6-7-0 49-89-14 21-124

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OPPONENT Alabama A&M UAB Alabama-Huntsville Appalachian State Arkansas-Little Rock Belhaven Belmont Birmingham Southern Boca Ralon Bowling Green State Bradley DC Santa Barbara Centenary Central Arkansas Central Florida Charlotte Christian Brothers Cincinnati Coastal Carolina Covenant Dayton Davidson DePaul Drury College Duke " Earlham College Eastern Michigan Evansville Florida Atlantic Florida Tech Fordham Georgia Stale Hartvvick Illinois State Illinois-Chicago Indiana John Brown Kentucky Liberty Lipscomb Lindenwood Louisville Marquette

W-L-T 6-5-0 10-10-0 3-4-2 0-1-1 5-2- 1 7-2-0 4-1-0 -0-0 0-1-0 0-2- 1 0-1-1 1-0-0 3-2-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 1-7-0 13-2-1 9-9-0 1-0-0 1 -0-0 1-1-0 1 -0-0 10-2-1 1-1-0 0-1-0 1 -0-0 1-0-0 0-4-1 0-0- 1 0-1-0 -0-0 -6- 1 -0-0 -1-1 -0-0 0-2-0 2-1-0 1-1-0 0-2-0 1 -0-0 0-0-2 9-3-2 5-7-1

V or M GOALS 30 42 16 0 18 19 15 3 1 9

1 2 14 7 11 8 45 38 2 4 3 5 25 5 0 4 3 1 1 0 3

10 1 4 4 1 7 2 1 10 4 32 13

On< GO.\LS 27 35 17 1 9 15 2 1 3 9 3 1 9 5 1 25 15 31 1 3 4 3 13 2 4 0 1 9 1 5 2 20 0 7 1 9 1 2 3 0 4 15 1 1

All-Time Series Records YEARS 1982-00 1982-00 1982-90 1985-86 1987-95 1982-90 1996-00 2000 1 99 1 1989-97 1989-90 1998 1992-99 1998-99 1992 & 00 1988-00 1985-00 1984-00 1993 1982 1 993-94 1988 1990-00 1997-98 1994 1985 1991 1987-96 1 993 1990 1999 1982-89 1 999 1986-89 1994 1987-93 1984-96 1991-92 1989-90 2000 1983-84 1983-00 1988-00

OPPONENT Mercer Miami (Ohio) Millsaps Ole Miss Missouri-Rolla Missouri-St. Louis New Mexico Nicholls State UNLV North Texas Northeast Louisiana Northeast Missouri Northeastern Illinois Oral Roberts Portland (Ore.) Quincy College Radford " Rhodes College Saint Louis South Alabama South Florida Southeast Missouri SIU-Edwardsville Southern Indiana Southern Methodist Southern Mississippi Southwest Missouri Stetson Tennessee Tennessee Tech Tennessee-Martin Texas Christian Tulsa Vanderbilt Virginia Tech Wake Forest Washington West Virginia Western Illinois Western Kentucky Western Michigan Wisconsin Parkside Xavier Totals

W-L-T 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 3-2-0 0-5-0 2-3-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-0 1-0-0 4-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-1-0 13-1-1 3-12-1 5-7-1 1-8-2 4-1-1 3-3-0 3-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 3-3-1 1-0-0 2-1-1 3-0-0 3-0-0 0-1-1 2-0-0 9-5-2 I -0-3 2-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 0-2-0 5-5-1 1-0-0 0- 1 -0 1-0-0 192-154-33

GOALS 5 4 3 4 11 6 12 6 2 3 2 0 5 12 3 2 0 61 12 16 13 14 7 9 0 3 16 5 9 10 15 3 6 32 6 4 1 2 1 19 3 0 4 684

GOALS 0 2 3 1 8 17 9 0 1 2 7 1 1 1 8 3 2 13 36 22 35 9 II 2 9 0 10 2 6 2 4 5 2 28 4 8 8 0 5 14 0 4 2 540

YLAKS 1988 1989 1982-83 1982-83 1984-89 1984-88 1 990-00 1 990 1998 1987 1984-95 1982 1994 1 989-99 1995-97 1992-93 1990 1982-91 1991-00 1982-95 1984-00 1982-91 1 986-93 1992-94 1982 1988 1987-99 2000 1982-85 1982-84 1982-84 1982-83 1996-97 1982-97 1983-87 1983-85 1995 1993 1998&00 1986-00 1994 1990 1986 (19 years)

THE LAST TIME A TIGER... Scored 4 Score d 3 Recorded Recorded

Goals: Goals: . 4 Assists: 3 Assists:

pscomb (2000) cw Mexico (2000) John Cooke vs SW Missouri State (1987) Sean Fraser vs. C hristian Brothers University (2000) . So. Mississippi (1988), 15 shots E J Gilley vs Wak 3 Forest (1984), 24 saves EJ Gilley vs Wak ; Forest (1984) "M saves Brian Covey vs Po rtland (1997), 11 saves Brian Covey (5) (1 J96) '. Kentucky (1997), 0:53 s. Southern Indiana

Recorded 10 Shots: Recorded 20 Saves: Recorded 15 Saves: Recorded 10 Saves: Recorded Back-to-Back Shutouts: . Scored two goals in under a minute Stopped a Penalty Kick'

SINGrLE-SEASONTEAM

RECORDS Goals 57 ^5

Assists 59 49 46

Year 2000 1997

vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs

T insrnmh f"?onf ) 10-0 Central Florida (2000), 7-1 New Mexico (^ 000), 6-2 Lipscomb (9000 ), 8 ( 1 s t half) Lipscomb (2000 ), 12 Rhodes (1988) 41 shots Rhodes (1988) 41 shots Lipscomb (''TOO ) "} 1 dints DePaul (1995)

Shots Against 220

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Year

Year

Sho.

Year 1983

Saves 174

11 9 8

1992 1996 1986

1997 Goals Against

16 Shots 420

2000

1994 Year 2000 1997

1996

(1992) Points 177 163

THE LAST TIME THE TIGERS. Scored 10 Goals In a Game:,. ... Scored Seven Goals In a Game: . .. Scored Six Goals In a Game: Scored Five Goals in a Half:.. Notched 10 Assists In a Game: Attempted 40 Shots: Atempted 35 Shots: Attempted 30 Shots: Involved in a 0-0 Tie'

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Year

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Ail-Time Letterwinners Name POS Abbott, P a t M Abbott, Paul D Aguillon, Ramon M Aguillon, Rolando M Akcrfors, Morton F Allen, Rob F Arrandale, John M Aur, Didicr M Aur. Paulo M

YRS 1988-92 1983 1994-97 1994-97 1987-90 1987-90 1989-91 1982-83 1984-85

Name POS Bailey, Matt D Balmori, Fabian F Bevard, Darren D Breslau, Jeff F Brezovsky.Dusty M Bridges, Tony M Briggs, Matt M Browne, Clint M-D Brooks, Steven F Buckland, Trevor D-F

YRS 1991-93 1995 2000 1984-87 2000 1982-86 1995-98 1991-94 1996-99 1987-89

Name Church, Russell Clark, Brad Clemencc, Kurt Creson, Larry Crossett, Brandon Cooke, John Cutter, Jason

POS M M M F M F M

YRS 1992-94 1997-98 1994-97 1983-84 1996-99 1984-87 1998-99

Name Dang, Phoung Davis, Damon Devall, Dan Dunn, Jason

POS F-D M D-M D

YRS 1982-84 1992-93 1 990 1994-97

Name Ennis, Nelson

POS YRS D 2000

Name Fairley. Carter Ferrera, Bonnie Finlason, T i m Fischer, Pat Fletcher, Chris Floyd, Michael Forde, Fergal Fraser, Sean

POS F D-M D M D M M F

YRS 1992-95 1984-86 1995 1983-86 1989 2000 1993-96 1998-00

Name Gaither, Russ Gallina, Greg Gibbs, Graham Gilley, E.J. Gilley, Sean Glaser, Nick Goad, Jon Grant, Scott Gregory, Kris

POS D F-D D D M M M F M

YRS 1989 1992-95 2000 1983-84 1988 1997-00 1987 1993-95 1997

Name POS Halford. Scott M Halliburton, Dale M Hauss, Scott M Heckman, Kenny M Hink, Jeff F Hink, Jim M Holland, Jimmy D - F Hormazabal, John M

YRS 1 987 1 993 1983-84 1982-85 1984-88 1988-91 1984-86 1996

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Huck, Joe M Hynson, Michael D

1989 1995

Name Jackson, David Jordan, Brent Johnson, Pat

YRS 1982-85 1991-93 1982-84

POS D-F D F

Name POS Kauker, Mike D-M Kauker, Robi M GP G A PTS Keene, Richard D 3 0 0 0 Kelley.Lee F 5 0 2 2 Knight, Eddie D 6 0 0 0 Konieczny, Jeff M 51 2 3 7 Kuns, Ross F 3 0 0 0 40 6 3 15 Name POS 59 6 5 17 Larsson, Goran D 51 6 5 17 Laster, Steve M 71 3 3 1 4 80 Letterman, Matt F 5 1 1 4 1 0 38 Lewis, Joey M Lewis, Stephen D GP G A PTS Lhommeau, Patrice M 61 9 10 28 Licari, Bernard F 11 0 1 1 Lima, Rogerio F 69 4 14 22 Locks, Greg M 42 2 4 9 57 Luzuka, Kwasi M 24 3 3 9 78 29 19 77 Name POS 4 0 0 0 Martin, Bruce M Matsuba, Ken M GP G A PTS McCage, T i m F 50 3 8 14 McCluskey, Mike D 33 2 3 7 McDonagh, Donal M 1 7 2 0 4 McDonnell, Philip M 72 3 4 10 McGrath, Liam D McKnight, Quincy D GP G A PTS Medlock, David D 3 0 0 0 Mehrhoff, J a y M Melkent, Tony M GP G A PTS Melson, Bo F 57 9 3 21 Middleton, Chad D 52 1 4 6 Miller, Brad M 2 0 0 0 Morris, Chris D 83 1 2 1 8 42 Morris, Rick M 1 4 0 1 1 Moses, Brandon F 1 0 1 1 3 Mueller, Mike D-M 73 3 0 1 3 73 Munoz, Eric M 57 2713 67 Musicante, Jorge F Musicante, Sergio F GP G A PTS 1 8 2 1 5 Name POS M-D 21 1 0 2 Neff, Johnny 1 7 0 1 1 Neff, Michael M 1 8 2 1 5 Nemens, Jeremy D 1 0 0 0 Norris, David F M 73 1 1 12 34 Morris, John 2 0 1 4 6 POS 55 146 36 Name 4 0 0 0 Ohlmeier. Thomas M Orellana, Jody D GP G A PTS O'Sullivan, Gareth F 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Name POS 41 4 2 10 Panic, Grant M 82 1 3 5 Pcttinger, Matt F 27 1 0 2 Pepper, Robert D 65 1 0 1 6 36 Peil, Troy D 6 1 3 1 7 Pike, Kevin M 14 0 0 0 Pilesgi, Frank D

YRS 1982-86 1987 1997-99 1994 1986-89 1987-88 1985-86 YRS 1992-93 1986-88 1998-99 1995-98 1998-00 19 90-92 1993-95 1996-97 1988-91 1995-96 YRS 1 989 1998-00 1990 1993-94 1986-88 1992-95 1998-99 1995 1998-00 1990 1987 1982 1990-91 1997-99 1994-97 1989-92 1993, 95 1982-84 1996 1986-87 1986-87

1 0 0 3 0 0

0 0

Poczobut, David F

1986-88 5 1 3 2

Name POS YRS GP G A PTS D 1 995 1 1 0 0 0 G A PTS Rawlings, Kirk D 1990-92 53 7 6 20 1 7 1 9 5 Redd, Alan D 1993 17 0 2 2 3 3 9 Reddin, Brian 5 5 15 Ricketts, Kirk F 1999-00 28 2 0 4 Rose, Justin D 1992-95 47 0 1 1 GP G A PTS 82 2 7 1 1 Name POS YRS GP G A PTS 20 1 1 3 Sailer, Billy D 1985 21 0 I 1 1999-00 27 3 3 9 37 0 10 10 Schmidt, Chris D 10 2 1 5 Schmitt, Carl M 1999 1 7 0 1 1 75 3 3 9 Schmitt, Keith M 1999 6 1 0 2 F 1984 1 0 0 1 1 36 3 4 10 Schiffer, Mike 40 2 1 8 50 Schumann, Volkcr F - D 1989-91 5 4 3 5 II Schwaigert, Ryan F-D 1998-00 50 7 5 19 GP G A PTS Shipman, Michael M 1999-00 37 2 1 2 1 6 D 2000 1 0 0 1 1 18 0 0 0 Shumate, Cory F 1991 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 Smith, Marty 25 1 1 3 Smith, Tommy F 1992-95 77 1 5 1 1 41 62 0 2 2 Spencer, Scott D 1990-92 56 0 3 3 D 1987-88 36 8 6 22 55 3 4 10 Spilker, Carl 1991 7 0 0 0 45 8 5 21 Sprout, Bryant M 1999-00 4 6 6 9 2 1 62 1 9 1 7 55 Stralka, Justin M 1997 20 1 5 7 37 2 3 2 2 68 Steinkampf, Hanjo M 16 4 3 11 72 4 9 17 Stirling, Taylor M-F 1998 5 1 0 2 Name POS YRS GP G A PTS GP G A PTS Tappan, David M 1984-88 78 6 5 17 D 1996-99 67 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 Thiele, Philip F 2000 20 138 34 40 0 3 3 Thorstsensen,Lars M 1992 16 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 Turner, Gerald D 1987-88 37 1 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 Turner, Scott D 1995-97 53 2 0 1 4 54 54 3 4 2 2 90 Tutor, Jeremy 63 0 5 5 POS YRS GP G A PTS 1 8 1 0 2 Name F 1 996 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 Voight, John 24 0 1 1 Vopel, Bill D 1982 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Name POS YRS GP G A PTS 1997-00 73 1 8 1 4 50 20 1 0 8 28 White, Tommy F 35 1 0 2 Whitworth, Butch M 1985-86 32 0 2 2 D 1984 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 Wiabel, Bobby 1984-85 35 0 3 3 58 1 0 2 Williams, Mickey D M 1988-89 34 2 7 11 68 5 4 14 Winfrey, Rob 4 I 1 3 61 9 3 21 Name POS YRS GP G A PTS F 1982-83 28 1 0 6 26 1 9 1 5 7 Yun, Won 24 1 2 4 28 3 1 7 GOALKEEPING REGISTER GP 74 52 49

Name YRS GP GA SV A PTS Campbell. Clay 1995 3 1 1 14 3 3 Covey, Brian 1996-99 72 1 1 9 335 1 1 Gilley, E.J. 1983-8768 118416 0 0 Green, Chris 1 9 9 5 - 9 6 1 3 22 63 8 24 Hagemann, Robby 1998 3 2 6 6 8 Isaacs, Josh 2000 3 0 3 Letterman, Mike 1999 5 4 10 YRS GP G A PTS Markway, Nathan 1990-91 10 14 74 1992-93 42 1 3 9 35 Meyer, Jake 1993 4 7 12 1995-96 24 0 0 0 Monaglmii. Brooks 1992-9461 82 298 1989-92 74 37 15 89 Norwood, Troy 1 9 8 8 - 8 9 3 1 47 134 Price, Matt 1 9 8 5 - 8 7 4 3 51 189 YRS GP G A PTS Pogue, Tim 1995 5 15 10 2000 19 1 6 8 Romeg, Robbie 1982 N/A N/A N/A 1983 20 3 3 9 Scarpace, Todd 1988-91 44 68 207 1993-94 27 0 1 1 Talley, Clark 2000 20 28 81 1987-89 40 0 0 0 Williams, Bobby 1983 5 2 5 1982 1 0 0 0 0 1989-92 75 3 6 12 „ , . , Bold face indicates active players.

YRS 1993-96 1 996 1993 1990-93 1987-90

8

GP G 39 0 9 0 1 0 62 8 65 1

GAA 4.40 1.65 N/A 1.74 0.64 0.00 0.80 2.00 1.97 1.40 1.53 N/A 3.85 N/A 1.67 1.41 N/A

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BELMONT UNIVERSITY Location ------------------ Nashville, Tenn. Mascot ------------------------------ Bruins Enrollment ---------------- - --------- 3,000 Stadium — — — -------- ViliaiS30oa<!om|iE(5(10) Conference—-- ----------- -;;ThiKAmeucaAlhlelic 2000 Record— -"—-—— ------ 1-17-0 Head Coach ------ - ------ -- Earle Davidson School Record -«-—>---- 14-57-07 4 yrs. j Career Record — - — 14-57-07 4 yrs. Assistants ----------- - Chris Boswoith, Ben Fisher SID ------ ..... ----------------- Matt Wilson Office Phone -------------- 615-460-6698 SID Fax --------------------- 615-460-5584

DRAKE Location --------------- Des Moines, Iowa Mascot --------------------------- Bulldogs Enrollment •^J^"-----------3'500 Stadium —-Ij^. ,DrakeSocoerHdd(l100) Conference —-^^^J-- 'Missouri Valley 2000 Record HPfc xPS 742-° Head Coach —'%Jr~>j£$&& Holmes School Record i]nj^--1^6-2/ 3 yrs. Career Record -"""-4- 95-62-47 8 yrs. Assistants-—-j—fr^j--------BtKbeppen Sn)----------(j£j~S -------------- TEA Office Phone -------------- 515-271-3012 SID Fax --------------------- 515-271-3015

Non-Conference Opponents

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium Conference2000 Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistants SID Office Phone SID Fax

Memphis, Tenn. Buccaneers 2,000 SignngoMd (2,000) Gulf South (Div. II) - 16-5-0 Gareth O'Sullivan 41-33-47 4 yrs. 41-33-47 4 yrs. GmyQeaiyJoniGiAongnaiii Keith Smith 901-321-3378 901-321-3570

ILLINOIS-CHICAGO Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium Conference 2000 Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistants SID Office Phone SID Fax

Chicago, 111. Flames 24,514 Flames Field (500) Horizon League 18-4-2 Sasha Begovic 100-101-8711 yrs. 100-101-8711 yrs. JohnGollins Anne Schoenherr 312-966-5880 312-996-5882

Location —- Nashville, Tenn. Mascot Commodores Enrollment 6,037 Stadium Vanderbilt Soccer Field Conference Missouri Valley 2000 Record 9-11-0 Head Coach Randy Johnson School Record —- 249-231-427 28 yrs. Career Record 249-231 -427 28 yrs. Assts. —- RobAamto,QiaiiesMonio\\iFjic\^te SID Chris Weinman Office Phone 615-322-4121 SID Fax 615-343-7064

Location -------- ..... -------- Dallas, Texas Mascot --------------------------- Mustangs Enrollment ------------------------- 10,038 Stadium --------- Westcott Field (4,000) Conference ---------------- Missouri Valley 2000 Record -------- ......... ----- 20-5-0 Head Coach ------------ Sheilas Hyndman School Record — - ....... 257-71-22/17yrs. Career Record ------------- 355-95-33/24yrs. Assts. — - ..... ------ TmMcdernaits,BraTlEnwi Sn) -------------------------- Claire Schmitt Office Phone -------------- 214-768-1054 SID Fax --------------------- 214-768-2044

VANDERBILT

SMU

CREIGHTON Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium Conference 2000 Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistants — SID Office Phone SID Fax

Omaha, Neb. Bluejays 6,316 TranqulyPark (5,000) Missouri Valley 22-4-0/#2inDiv.I Bob Warming 72-19-7(1990-94) 266-135-37/23yB. - KevmDovleJasonMims Rob Simms 402-280-2433 402-280-2495

LIPSCOMB Location Nashville, Tenn. Mascot Bison Enrollment 2,700 Stadium Campus Soccer Complex Conference Independant 2000 Record 4-14-0 Head Coach - Jon Goad School Record 13-22-17 2 yrs. Career Record — 62-68-47 7 yrs. Assistants Chris Ayer, Jim Maddux SID Ricky Miller Office Phone 615-279-5990 SID Fax 615-269-1806

WESTERNMICHIGAN Location Kalamazoo, Mich. Mascot Broncos Enrollment 28,657 Stadium WMU Soccer Complex Conference Mid-American 2000 Record ----- ----- 6-13-1 Head Coach — Chris Karwoski School Record 12-43-67 3 yrs. Career Record — 12-43-67 3 yrs. Assts. Mike Mason Sn) Scott Kuykendall Office Phone 616-387-4138 SID Fax 616-387-4139

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Conference USA Opponents

CINCINNATI Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium 2000 C-USA Record 2000 Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistant SIDOffice Phone SID Fax

Cincinnati, Ohio Bearcats 34,000 -—Meyers Field (500) 3-3-3 7-9-3 Hylton Daves First year 32-37-8/4 yrs. Greg Bowman -TBA 513-556-5191 513-556-0619

DEPAUL Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium 2000 C-USA Record 2000 Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistants SID Office Phone SID Fax

Chicago, III. Blue Demons - 20,535 Wish Field (1,000) 0-8-0 1-16-0 Tom Secco 8-24-0/2 yrs. 8-24-0/2 yrs. Jeff Coelho, Craig Blazer Greg Greenwell 773-325-7546 773-325-7531

EAST CAROLINA

Location -.......-------------------Greenville, N.C. Mascot --------------------- ...... -------------- Pirates Enrollment ------------------------ ....... — 17,857 Stadium --------- ....... -------------------------- N/A 2000 CAA Record -----.......----------------2-6-0 2000 Record .............. ------------------ 8-11-0 Head Coach ............ --------- - ------ Devin O'Neil School Record — ............. --------- N'/A, 3 yrs. CareerRecord.........— -......-------......- N/A Assistants --------- Micheal Benn, Chad Halverson SID ------------- ....... ---------------- Aaron Jordan Office Phone ------------------------ 252-328-4522 SID Fax ------------------------------ 252-328-4528

CHARLOTTE

UAB

TCU

Location Charlotte, N.C. Mascot 49ers Enrollment 16,670 Stadium Transamerica Field 2000 C-USA Record 5-3-1 2000 Record 8-8-2 Head Coach -—John Tart School Record 66-46-97 6 yrs. Career Record 203-138-30/19 yrs. Assistants LeoChappel, Scott Schweitzer SID Brent Stastny Office Phone 704-510-6313 SID Fax 704-547-4918

Location Birmingham, Ala. Mascot Blazers Enrollment 15,921 Stadium —- West Campus Field 2000 C-USA Record — -— 5-1-2 2000 Record ——— - 14.5.2 Head Coach — Mike Getman School Record 111-61-9/ 9 yrs. CareerRecord 153-87-18/ 14 yrs. Assistants — Justus Griffin, David Giffard SID —-——— Riley Adair Office Phone ——205-934-0722 SID Fax 205-934-7505

Location --------------------------- Fort Worth, N.C. Mascot ------------- .................. - Horned Frogs Enrollment--— -4-/CZZl\p^^_p,j,800 Stadium ---------- (taty-RosendtdScxxxTStidiuiii (1,500) 2000 MVC Record— -r-—---=,---—r—— 3-8-0 2000 R e c j o r d U r - - ; - ^ 4 — -j 7-11-0 Head Coach — \ ^R------ -David Rubinson School Record -----^---^-119-207-15/20 yrs. Career RecortDt^X^?---- 1W-207-15/ 20 yrs. Assistants ------ ..... ------- Blake Amos, Jay Fitzgerald SID Office Phone --------------- ...... — 817-257-7969 SID Fax ------------------------------ 8 1 7-2 57-7964

SOUTH FLORIDA

MARQUETTE

Location Tampa, Fla. Mascot Bulls Enrollment 37,000 Stadium —- USF Soccer Stadium (4,000) 2000 C-USA Record --4-4-0 2000 Record 10-9-0 Head Coach — John Hackworth School Record —-— 32-25-2/3 yrs. Career Record - 32-25-2/3 yrs. Assts. Mike Duncan, Jim Felix SID/Soccer Mike Potteiger Office Phone — - 813-974-4092 SID Fax 813-974-5.328

Location Milwaukee, Wise. Mascot Golden Eagles Enrollment 10,600 Stadium Valley Fields (1,750) 2000 C-USA Record 2-6-0 2000 Record 10-7-2 Head Coach 4»^;: Steve Adlard School Record -98-75-16/9 yrs. CareerRecord98-75-16/9 yrs. Assis. - Bryan Mogford SID/Soccer — —Blain Fowler Office Phone 414-288-6980 SID Fax 414-288-6519

LOUISVILLE Location Louisville, Kent. Mascot Cardinals Enrollment 22,000 Stadium — —- Cardinal Park (2,200) 2000 C-USA Record — 3-4-1 2000 Record — 12-9-1 Head Coach — - Tony Colaveccia School Record —- - 43-51-6/5 yrs Career Record -----140-110-19/14 yrs Assts — Dale Henrich SID Kim Pemberton Office Phone 502-852-6581 SID Fax 502-852-7401

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SAINT LOUIS Location Louisville, kY Mascot Cardinals Enrollment ----22,000 Stadium — Cardinal Park 1999 C-USA Record 4-5 1999 Record 9-8-2 Head Coach — Tony Colaveccia School Record - 31-42-5/4 yrs CareerRecord 128-101-18/ 13 yrs Assts - — Chad Harmon, Dale Henrich SID Kim Pemberton Office Phone -- 502-852-6581 SID Fax 502-852-7401

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2001 CONFERENCE USA MEN' S SOCCER COMPOSITE SCIHEDULE Friday. August 31 Gardner Webb at Charlotte Western Illinois at Cincinnati East Carolina at North Carolina Louisville at Evansville USF Classic (Tampa, Fla.) Lafayette at South Florida TCUatVanderbilt UAB at Coastal Carolina Saturday. September 1 DePaul at Wis. -Milwaukee Marquette at Oakland Memphis at Creighton Eastern Illinois at Saint Louis Sunday. September 2 East Carolina at Charlotte Cincinnati at Dayton Vanderbilt at Louisville Memphis vs. Drake (Omaha, Neb.) USF Classic (Tampa. Fla.) Florida Intl. at South Florida TCU at Belmont

Saturday. September 15 Charlotte at South Florida Cincinnati at Oakland Leatherneck Kelme Classic (Macomb, III.) DePaul vs. Centenary SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas) Saint Louis vs. Florida International Sunday. September 16 Louisville Soccer Classic (Louisville, Ky.) East Carolina vs. Cal Poly SLO Michigan at Louisville Marquette at Evansville Western Michigan at Memphis Birmingham-Southern at UAB Tuesday. September 18

Friday. October 5 UAB at South Florida Saturday. October 6 DePaul at Cincinnati Marquette at Louisville Memphis at Saint Louis Sunday. October 7 Charlotte at TCU South Florida at East Carolina Alabama A&M at UAB Tuesday. October 9 Memphis at Belmont

Thursday. October 11 East Carolina at Marquette

Wednesday. September 19 South Carolina at Charlotte Xavier (Ohio) at Cincinnati Campbell at East Carolina

Wednesday. October 10 Wake Forest at Charlotte TCU at Cincinnati

DePaul at TCU

Thursday. September 20 Indiana at Louisville Marquette vs. San Francisco

Monday. September 3 DePaul at Marquette Friday. September 7 D/adora Invit. (Memphis, Tenn.) Charlotte at Memphis Nike Classic (St. Louis, Mo.) Cincinnati vs. North Carolina Rutgers at Saint Louis Louisville at Akron Valparaiso at Marquette Duke Classic (Durham, N.C.) South Florida at Duke Coll. Of Charleston Toum. (Charleston S.C.) TCU at College of Charleston Saturday. September 8 Duke Classic (Durham, N.C.) South Florida vs. N.C. State UAB Nike Classic (Birmingham. Ala.) Pittsburgh at UAB Sunday. September 9 D/adora Invit. (Memphis. Tenn.) Charlotte vs. Alabama A&M Illinois-Chicago at Memphis M'fte Classic (St. Louis, Mo.) Cincinnati vs. Rutgers North Carolina at Saint Louis Detroit at DePaul Wofford at East Carolina Coll. Of Charleston Toum. (Charleston S.C.) TCU vs. South Carolina UAB Nike Classic (Birmingham. Ala.) Florida Atlantic at UAB

Louisville at Western Kentucky

Friday. September 21 Adidas/TCU Classic (Fort Worth, Texas) Memphis at TCU Yale Classic (New Haven. Conn.) UAB vs. Brown Saturday. September 22 Charlotte at Davidson Cincinnati at South Florida Marquette at Santa Clara Sunday. September 23 Louisville at DePaul Saint Louis at East Carolina Adidas/TCU Classic (Fort north, Texas) Memphis vs. SMU Wisconsin at TCU Yale Classic (New Haven, Conn.) UAB at Yale Wednesday. September 26 Charlotte at Cincinnati DePaul at IPFW East Carolina at UNC Wilmington

Friday. October 12 Louisville at UAB UNC Greensboro Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) South Florida at UNC Greensboro Saturday. October 13 Saint Louis at Cincinnati East Carolina at DePaul Sunday. October 14 Memphis at Marquette UNC Greensboro Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) South Florida vs. North Carolina Centenary at TCU Furman at UAB Monday. October 15 Drury at Louisville

Louisville at Kentucky

Sunday. September 30 UAB at Charlotte Kentucky at Cincinnati

Wednesday. September 12 South Florida at Stetson

Sunday. October 28 Big Four Classic (Durham. N.C.) Charlotte at Duke UAB at Cincinnati DePaul at Stetson South Florida at Memphis Drury at TCU Wednesday. October 31 Cincinnati at Wright State Northwestern at DePaul N.C. State at East Carolina Wis. -Green Bay at Marquette Western Illinois at Saint Louis Central Florida at South Florida Thursday. November 1 Louisville at Charlotte Friday. November 2 DePaul at Valparaiso TCU at UAB Saturday. November 3 Marquette at Saint Louis Sunday. November 4 Charlotte at DePaul Cincinnati at East Carolina Memphis at Louisville TCU at South Florida Wednesday. November 7 Marquette at South Florida Lipscomb at Memphis Friday. November 9 Saint Louis at Charlotte UAB at East Carolina

Thur.. Nov. 15-Sun.. Nov. 18 Conference USA Tournament

Memphis at UAB

Sunday. November 11 Cincinnati at Marquette Louisville at TCU

Wednesday. October 17 North Carolina at Charlotte Bowling Green at Cincinnati DePaul at Loyola-Chicago Marquette at Northwestern

Saturday. October 20 Cincinnati at Memphis UAB at DePaul South Florida at Saint Louis

Florida Atlantic at South Florida

SW Missouri State at Saint Louis

Vanderbilt at Memphis

Friday. September 14 Leatherneck Kelme Classic (Macomb. III.)

Saturday. November 10 DePaul at Memphis

(Tampa, Fla.)

Thursday. October 18 Louisville at Wright State

Sunday. October 21 Marquette at Charlotte TCU at East Carolina

Thursday. September 27 Marquette at Wisconsin SMU at TCU Saturday. September 29 East Carolina at Memphis South Florida at Louisville TCU at Saint Louis

Wednesday. October 3 fj on at Charlotte Saint Louis at DePaul Appalachian State at East Carolina Wis.-Milwaukee at Marquette

DePaul at Western Illinois Louisville Soccer Classic (Louisville. Ky.) East Carolina at Louisville Marquette at UAB SMU Classic (Dallas. Texas) Saint Louis at SMU Oral Roberts at TCU

Wednesday. October 24 Cincinnati at Louisville East Carolina at Virginia Saint Louis at UAB

All Schedules as of July 10. Times are subject to change. Conference USA matches in bold.

Friday. October 26 Big Four Classic (Durham, N.C.) Charlotte vs. N.C. State DePaul at South Florida Marquette at TCU Saturday. October 27 Louisville at Saint Louis

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Table of Contents/ 2001 Schedule

2001 MEMPHIS LADY TIGER SOCCER Table of Contents Quick Facts Media Information

27 27

2001 Tiger Soccer Head Coach Brooks Monaghan 28 Brooks Monaghan Q & A 29 Coaching Staff 30 Preview 31 2001 Lady Tiger Roster 32 Player Bios 33-38

2000 In Review 2000 Season Recap 2000 Statistics/Results

2001 Lady Tiger Soccer Schedule Southeast Missouri St.&

39 40

@ Missouri Southwest Missouri St. @ Evansville

History Record Book/ All-Time Records All-Time Results Letterwinners

41 42 43

44 45 46 47-48

The 2001 University of Memphis Soccer Media Guide is intended for the editorial use of media organizations covering the Lady ier and Tiger soccer programs. Any reprint3, reproduction or other use of the contents this guide for any commercial u~~ ohibited. Any questions or requests shoul directed to the Athletic Media Relations Office at (901) 678-2337. Fax requests can be sent to (901) 678-4134. The University of Memphis Athletic Media Relations Office mailing address is: Athletic Media Relations 570 Normal, Room 203 Memphis, TN 38152

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@ Mississippi State

Sept. 9th, 5 p.m.

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@ Marquette* —-

Non-Conference Opponents C-USA Opponents C-USA Composite Schedule C-USA Information

- S e p t . 16th, 4 p.m. Sept. 21st, 7 p.m. Sept. 23rd, 1 p.m.

Sept. 28th, 7 p.m.

DePaul*

Sept. 26th, 7 p.m.

Vanderbilt

Cincinnati"* Christian Brothers" @ Tennessee Tech

Sept. 30, 2 p.m. — Oct. 3rd, 7 p.m. Oct. 9th, 3 p.m.

—- Oct. 26th, 7 p.m.

@ UAB*

Oct. 21st, 1 p.m.

@TCU*

Oct. 19th, 7 p.m.

@ Houston*

Oct. 14th, 1 p.m.

Tulane*

Oct. 12th, 7 p.m.

Southern Miss*

South Florida"*

Oct. 28th, 3 p.m.

Conference USATourn. -- Nov. 7-10, Milwaukee, Wis. Home matches in boldface & -Pre-season

match

A -Home match played at Mike Rose Soccer Complex * Denotes C-USA games

e University of Memphis is see Board of Regents Instil

MISSION STATEMENT The primary mission of fhe Department of Athletics is to provide a successful athletic program at the highest level of competition. Characterized by academic, athletic and moral excellence in a diverse collegiate environment, the program will abide by the spirit of the rules governing students and intercollegiate athletics and will be known for its good sportsmanship and integrity. The University of Memphis is a comprehensive urban university committed to the scholarly accomplishments of our students and faculty and to the enhancement of our community, state and the nation through principles of academic integrity, sound management and equal opportunity.

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Quick Facts/ Media Information

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS LADY TIGERS QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Memphis, Tennessee FOUNDED: 1912 ENROLLMENT: 20,100 NICKNAME: Tigers COLORS: Blue and Gray HOME STADIUM (CAPACITY): Echles Field

Welcome to University of Memphis Soccer CREDENTIALS - Members of the media following the Tigers need to contact Brian Lavoie or Bryan Reyna in The University of Memphis Athletic Media Relations Office for press credentials priorto the event. A pass list will be kept at the main gate area, which also serves as the media gate. Seating in the press area is limited and will be restricted to filing press, radio, and television representatives' needs according to NCAA regulations. PARKING - Media parking is located in the parking lot adjacent to the main gate. No parking pass is required to park in that parking lot.

(1,500) PHOTOGRAPHERS - Press and television photographers are requested to stay at least 10 feet away from the playing surface. A photo deck is located behind press row for teams wishing to shoot coaches video.

CONFERENCE: Conference USA AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I PRESIDENT: Dr. Shirley Raines ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: R.C. Johnson SWA: Lynn Parkes ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: (901) 678-2335

STATISTICS - The U of M Media Relations Office will provide game notes, statistics, rosters and media guides throughout the game to all members of the media. At the reporter's request, The U of M media relations office will also provide complete game statistics to each media member shortly after each contest.

LADY TIGER SOCCER HEAD COACH: Brooks Monaghan ALMA MATER, YEAR: Memphis, 1994 RECORD AT MEMPHIS: 9-10(1 year) OVERALL RECORD: 9-10 (1 year) ASSISTANT COACHES: Jodi Fisher, Mike Thomas SOCCER OFFICE PHONE: (901) 678-2315 ALL-TIME RECORD: 43-70-4 2000 RECORD: 9-10 (Home: 6-3-0; Away: 3-7-0) 2000 CONFERENCE USA RECORD/FINISH: 3-8-CV 9th 2000 CONFERENCE USA TOURNAMENT: N/A STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 6/5 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 12/7 KEY RETURNERS: JenniferThiele, Sr. D; Michelle Meduri, Sr. MF; Suzanne Williams, Sr. D; Alison Baker, Jr.. F/MF; Becca Amrozowicz, Jr. F/MF; Katarina Wicksell, So. GK; Kari Rawe, So. GK.

MEDIA INFORMATION ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR MEDIA RELATIONS: Bob Winn SOCCER CONTACTS: Bryan Reyna, Brian Lavoie OFFICE PHONE: (901) 678-5294 FAX NUMER: (901) 678-4134 E-MAIL ADDRESS: breyna@memphis.edu FAX ON DEMAND: (770) 558-6000 TIGER CODES: Release, 1841#; Stats/ Results, 1842#; Roster/Schedule, 1843#; Latest Box Score, 1844. WEBSITE: www.gotigersgo.com

INTERVIEWS- Memphis soccer practices are closed to the media. However, special arrangements may be made by contacting the Media Relations Office well before practice time. All interviews are coordinated with head coaches Richie Grant and Brooks Monaghan through the Athletic Media Relations Office. The office staff can also set up interviews throughout the season with Grant or Monaghan as well as player interviews which will be set up around the player's academic and practice schedules. Coaches and players are available for postgame interviews 10 minutes following the end of the game. TICKETS - Tickets for Lady Tiger and Tiger soccer games are available at The U of M Ticket Office at the corner of Southern and Normal, or by calling (901) 678-2331. Tickets are also available at the gate the day of the game.

PRIMARY MEDIA OUTLETS Phil Stukenborg The Commercial Appeal 495 Union Avenue Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: 901-529-2360 FAX: 901-529-2362

Jarvis Greer WMC-TV 5 (NBC) 1960 Union Ave. Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: 901-726-0410 FAX: 901-278-7633

Greg Gaston WPTY-TV (ABC) 2701 Union Ave. Memphis, TN 38104 Phone: 901-323-2430 Fax: 901-452-1820

Dan Morris The Jackson Sun 245 W. Lafayette Jackson, TN 38301 Phone: 901-427-3333 FAX: 901-423-0345

Sports Editor The Daily Helmsman University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152 Phone: 901-678-2192 FAX: 901- 678-4792

Glen Carver WREG-TV 3 (CBS) 803 Channel Three Dr. Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: 901-543-2117 FAX: 901-543-2167

Heath Guertner WUMR-FM91.7 University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152 Phone: 901-678-3176 FAX: 901-678-4331

Sports Editor Memphis Dateline 3340 Poplar Ave. Ste 324 Memphis, TN 38111 Phone: 901-458-5222 FAX: 901-327-6442

Chris Przbybszewski Memphis Flyer 460 Tennessee St. Memphis, TN 38101 Phone: 901- 521-9000 FAX: 901-521-0129

David Lee WHBQ-TV 13 (Fox) 485 S. Highland Memphis, TN 38111 Phone: 901-320-1345 FAX: 901-320-1366

Wally Wellman Shelby Sun Times 7508 Capital Dr. Cordova, TN 38138 Phone: 901-755-7386 FAX: 901-755-0827

Dan Moore Germantown News 7545 North Street Germantown, TN 38138 Phone: 901-754-0337 FAX: 901-754-2961

Media Relations Contacts

Bryan Reyna Student Intern

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Brian Lavoie Graduate Assistant

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With no prior head coaching experience, it would suffice to say that first-year coach Brooks Monaghan had his work cut out for him last season. Add to that the fact that the University of Memphis had enjoyed only one winning season in the program's five year existence, some might have even thought he was trying to sabbotage his own young career. For Monaghan, however, the opportunity to leave his mark on a struggling Memphis Lady Tigers soccer program was a no-brainer. As a lifelong Memphian and a 1994 graduate of the U of M, Monaghan

Head Coach Brooks Monaghan

Head Coach Brooks Monaghan

has found the head coaching position a perfect fit. In just his first season, Monaghan's squad picked-up four more wins than the season before and missed the Conference USA Championship Tournament by just one game. With his inaugural season firmly behind him, Monaghan has had a chance to develop a team of his own heading into this season. He has brought in what is considered the finest recruiting class in the program's history and his returning players have adjusted to his coaching style.

The Monaghan File One Season: 9-10-0 Honors and Accolades Member of U-20 U.S. National Team Soccer America National Player of the Week, 11-3-93 GMC Tournament Defensive MVP 1993

First Team all-GMC, 1992 Goals Against Average - 0.80,1992 Shutouts-11,1992 All-Time leader in shutouts (24) and goals against average (1.40) Personal Info 29 years old Born in Memphis, Tennessee 1 st Season at the University of Memphis

"It's hard to turn things around on a short-term basis," said Monaghan. "With new coaches come new ideas, and it's hard for players and coaches to get used to one another." "This year we've brought in an outstanding group of players who we think will fit the mold of what we're trying to do," Monaghan continued. "We already have a very strong nucleus of upperclassmen and this year should set the standard in developing the future of our program."

Lady Tigers' goals against average dropped from 2.743 in 1995 to 1.89 in 1998. As a player, Monaghan enjoyed a monster collegiate career. After spending his freshman year at Evansville, Monaghan transferred to the U of M and helped lead the Tigers to a share of the conference championship in 1992 and an outright title in 1993. As the Tiger goalkeeper, Monaghan posted a 0.80 goals against average to go with 11 shutouts and was named First Team All-Great Midwest Conference as a junior. A prep standout at Christian Brother's High School in Memphis, Monaghan's college career earned him a spot on the U-20 national squad. Monaghan is hoping that the success he enjoyed as a player will continue as a coach. "This is a team that could challenge for a conference title," said Monaghan. "Myself and our entire staff are very excited about what this season holds for us."

Prior to becoming the Lady Tiger head coach, Monaghan served as the primary goalkeeper's coach and was a vital part of the Memphis coaching staff during the program's first four seasons. Under Monaghan's guidance, the

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Q &c A with Coach Monaghan

'It's going to be an exciting season Q. During your first season at the helm of Lady Tiger soccer, your squad posted the second-highest win total in the program's six-year existence. Talk a little about how the season unfolded and what overall approach seemed to yield the best results? A. Overall, I was very happy with the end results of last season. Unfortunately we didn't make the conference tournament but we did put up a good overall record. Still, from a coaching standpoint, you can't be satisfied. We lost some close games that we should have won and we probably got lucky in a few that we actually did win, but we definitely have to credit the players. We took a different approach and tried to take the intensity a little higher but ultimately the players stepped up and did everything we asked. Plus, with a fresh coaching staff and a hungry team, it all paid off for us. Q. You lost five starting players (four seniors) including the reigning Conference USA Freshman of the Year (Jessica Gjertsen) from last year's squad, while this season you have just five or six starters coming back, three of which are seniors plus 12 incoming freshman. What type of formula will you use to counter those key losses and what type of changes, if any, can we expect from the 2001 Lady Tigers? A. We did lose some key players from last season, but we feel that this year's crop may very well be one the strongest in the program's history. We realize however, that while they may look good on paper it remains to be seen how well they will do. Still, we feel that with several of our incoming players possessing a high level of international experience, it will make us better. We wanted to focus our recruiting efforts on our defense and we feel that we have done that. Offensively, we will miss the goals we received from Jessica (Gjertsen) and Candice (Spiniolas) but we think we have some players coming in that can help us regain our form. It's going to be very competitive and with our solid group returning from last season, it should be exciting to watch once the season arrives. Q. This season's non-conference schedule includes matches against SEC foes Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt, while your squad will also travel to take on a Big-12 opponent in Missouri. Considering the fact that TCU has officially entered C-USA this year, it's no secret that this season will serve as an even bigger challenge for your squad. How will you prepare for the long haul and aside from just merely win/losses, what type of overall results will you be looking for? A. We scheduled these teams to make our season tougher. We felt that by playing these teams it will hopefully make us better. By playing a tough non-conference schedule it makes you that much better prepared for conference play which will, in turn, decide how long we will continue to play this season. No matter where you look on this season's schedule, there aren't any "gimmie"games, because everyone we play will be a challenge. We want to win every game but our long-term goal is to make the conference tournament and with the addition of TCU and East Carolina, there are several teams that can make a run in the tournament. With a little luck on our side, we feel that we can become one of those teams. Q. From a certain standpoint, the majority of your starting line-up remains intact, yet there are still a few holes to fill, primarily beginning with your defense after losing three out of four starters. How will you balance playing time and aside from the defense, will we see any drastic changes to your line-up? A. Once everyone has reported, they will all start with a clean slate and will compete for starting jobs. Nothing is set in stone and with our returning nucleus of solid players and our large incoming freshman class, we won't be set on anything until we are all on the same page. Regardless of who played where last season, right from the beginning, the players who are demonstrating the best overall ability will get the playing time, be it freshman or senior.

Q. Talk a little about your three seniors, Michelle Meduri, Jen Thiele and Suzanne Williams. You've obviously been around the program and have witnessed all three of them develop during their careers at the U of M. Shed a little light on what they have meant to the program and what you expect from them during their final season at Memphis? A. / can't begin to say enough about these three kids. This spring, we sat down with each of them and talked about what they wanted to accomplish during their senior seasons. I think all three of them are looking to end their careers on a high note, they've all been working extremely hard this summer and it should pay off. Individually speaking, Michelle had a brilliant spring season and has been in town for the majority of the summer, working hard and getting ready for the fall. I think her confidence is soaring. Jen Thiele spent a large portion of the season last fall recovering from an ACL injury. She started slow in the beginning but finished strong. This year, she shouldn't have any setbacks. I think she was a little timid about the strength of her knee but once she regained it, she was fine. As long as Jen is confident, she will do wonders for us. Suzanne Williams had a great year last season and has been working very hard this summer. She is going to be one of our most solid players in the back, more or less the anchor of our defense, and she knows this. We've put a lot of pressure on her, but we feel confident that she'll step up and do the job. Q. On paper you seem to be roughly two-deep at every position, yet there is definitely an abundance of midfielders. Is this an early indication that you will use primarily midfield-oriented formations or will several players be used at more than one position? A. / don't think that we will necessarily utilize a midfield-oriented attack, simply because we won't know our strengths until we have seen our whole team practice together. Still, we do have several players that we can play at more than one position. Obviously we will try some new things and there may be some returning players that get shifted around a bit to some unfamiliar positions but again, we are going to let the best players get the playing time. Q. Anja Nielsen and Katarina Wicksell were two freshman who emerged as everyday starters last season, early on. Talk a little about how they developed into the team's overall success, what aided them along the way and what type of roles you will expect them to tackle this year? A. They were definitely a big part of our team's success last season. They came out a little slow but eventually jumped out in a big way. A big reason for that was that both players seemed to adapt to their new lifestyles and surroundings quicker than usual. When you factor in the new language, weather and teammates it could ha ve gone the other way but both players did a great job adjusting and because of that we went out and recruited some of our new freshmen from Anja and Katarina's home nations, Denmak and Sweden. Both players possess great leadership qualities and should return ready to go after having gained a year of experience under their belts. Q. Any lasting remarks you'd like to add? A. We've got very high expectations for this season. We are going to be a young team but a lot of the newer players have tremendous amounts of experience among them. As for our coaching staff, we have a year under our belts so we know what to expect from the players and vice-versa. Now it's up to the returning players to step up and become leaders. We do have some freshmen coming in with international experience and once we can blend that with our returning players talent and knowledge of the game, we should be a/right. We are expecting our defense to become even stronger this season and we feel that with the talent we've brought in, we can surprise some people with our play. It's going to be an exciting season.

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Assistant Coaches/Manager/Trainer

Jodi Fisher

Mike Thomas

Thomas begins his first season as a graduate assistant coach with the Lady Tigers after spending two seasons at Wisconson-Green Bay. There is no part of the University of Memphis women's soccer program that Jodi Fisher is unfamiliar with. Fisher was a forward for the Lady Tigers during the season of the program's inception in 1995 and was named graduate assistant coach in 1999. After former U of M assistant coach Clinton Browne announced his plans to move to Lambuth University last spring, Fisher was named the full-time Lady Tigers assistant coach by head coach Brooks Monaghan. Over four seasons in her Memphis career, Fisher compiled school records for goals (33) and points (92). She played in 79 career matches and was named to the C-USA AllFreshman Team in 1995 and third-team all-conference in 1997. She was a two-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week, once as a freshman and once as a senior. A native of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, Fisher graduated from Memphis in 1999 and is currently pursuing a masters degree in student personal services.

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As a player, Thomas was an all-conference performer at his alma mater, Fort Lewis. He has professional playing and coaching experience and has assisted at Christian Brothers. Thomas holds a USSF "B" coaching license and an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma.

Emma DiCesare Assistant Coach Memphis, 2002 DiCesare enters her first season as a volunteer assistant for the Lady Tigers. The Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has two years playing experience at Kansas and is cuurently interning with the Tigers to partially fulfill a requirement toward a bachelor's degree in sports science from KU.

Stephen Fuller

Lesley Tschume

Fuller is entering his fourth season as the Lady Tigers manager. Fuller, a Collierville resident, is a graduate student at the University. He has playing and coaching experience and is a native of Brandon, Mississippi.

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Tschume enters her third year as a student trainer in the Tigers' Sport Medicine department. A native Memphian, she is currently working towards a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science.

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2001 Season Outlook A TEAM ON THE RISE: 2001 Lady Tiger Soccer The polished accolades on the desk and hanging from the walls in Brooks Monaghan's office reflect the success that he constantly demanded from himself and from his teammates during his stellar career as the U of M goalkeeper. As a member of the 1992 Co-Great Midwest Conference champions and a key player in the Tigers' outright conference championship in 1993, Monaghan became familiar with the taste of victory. In just his second season as the University of Memphis women's soccer coach, Monaghan is hoping that this year's Lady Tigers squad will share the same experience by the end of the season. "This is one of the hardest working and deepest teams I have ever been around," said Monaghan. "I think that our strength comes from a strong nucleus of returning players and what could pan out to be the best recruiting class in the history of the program." This year's crop of newcomers, like the game of soccer itself, has a large international appeal. Monaghan has brought in two English players, a duo from Denmark, a Canadian and a Swedish defender. Four other incoming freshmen didn't have to worry about visas or passports: the American contingent includes preps from Wisconsin, Oklahoma and a trio of Memphians. Regardless of the immense talent of their newcomers, the Lady Tigers will be leaning heavily upon the leadership of three veteran seniors to lead the way. According to Monaghan, midfielder Michelle Meduri and defenders Jen Thiele and Suzanne Williams are fully prepared to assume their important roles. "We [the coaching staff] sat the seniors down at the beginning of the season and let them know that we need their leadership all the way," said Monaghan. "They're a very mature group and they're ready to get the season going, I have a ton of confidence in their ability." According to Monaghan, the 2001 Lady Tigers have the ability to leave their mark on the University of Memphis record books. "If we play the soccer that I know we're capable of playing, this team will compete for a Conference-USA title," Monaghan said. DEFENSE... Talented sophomore goalkeeper Katarina Wicksell will be the anchor for this year's Lady Tiger defense. The Katrineholm, Sweden, native earned the starting keeper's job during the second game of the season and finished the year with 17 starts. Wicksell's stingy goaltending helped her earn four shutouts last season. "Wicksell should be one of the top keepers in the conference this year," said Monaghan. "Last season she went through a brief adjusting period, but she will be much more comfortable in goal when we get going this year." Wicksell is lucky enough to be joined by two experienced defenders in seniors in Thiele and Williams, who have combined for 89 games played. Williams is regarded as the most physical player on the Lady Tigers' roster and Thiele bounced back from a knee injury to start six of Memphis' final seven games last season.

Moller and Willoughby could even be major contributors right away. "There are some holes we are looking to fill immediately," said Monaghan. "Willoughby is a central defender who wil provide us a big presence in the middle of the park and Moller has top-notch experience that you just can't teach." MIDFIELD... Summer experience always helps to keep athletes at their best and two Lady Tiger midfielders were busy honing their skills in top-flight leagues during the summer of 2001. Junior Allison Baker starred for the W League's Memphis Mercury this summer and will anchor the Memphis midfield this fall. Sophomore Anja Nielsen returned home to Horsens, Denmark, where she competed in the prestigious Denmark League. Baker and Nielsen were the only Lady Tigers to play in every match last season, Nielsen was the only player to start all 20 games in 2000. Senior Michelle Meduri returns for her fourth season as a Lady Tiger midfielder. Last season, the Germantown, Tenn., native appeared in 17 matches, starting 10, and will be looked to as a vocal leader this year. "Midfield is a position where leadership is very important," said Monaghan. " We're looking to Meduri to pull things together for us both on and off the field this year." Junior Rebecca Amrozowicz was fourth on the squad in total points last season and should provide more offensive firepower from the outside midfield position again this year. Looking to challenge the aforementioned upperclassmen is a talented group of five freshmen, including: Laura Barse, Amy Ciezki, Delilah Hogan, Carina Vilhodt and Susannah Wells. FORWARDS... After losing over 70 percent of last year's offense, it would be more than fair to say that Monaghan was pressed to find players who can score. "It's tough to bring in two goal-scorers who can match the kind of output that we had last year," admitted Monaghan. Ironically, that may have been exactly what the head coach did in the offseason. Monaghan had to literally look near and far before signing a pair of forwards who he hopes will have an immediate impact on his team. Local standout Mary Shelton of St. Benedict High School in Memphis and foreign product Michelle Sorensen of Denmark are the leading candidates to start at forward after an impressive pre-season camp. Sophomores Jennifer Goff and Jennifer Bronars are the lone returnees at the forward spots. Goff played in 15 matches and was often the first player off the bench last season and Bronars may have been the good luck charm for the Lady Tigers last season - Memphis was a perfect 5-0 and outscored opponents 20-3 with her on the field in 2000. Freshman Monica Powell is a speedster who adds versatility to the Lady Tigers' offensive scheme. THE SEASON... The Lady Tigers begin their 2001 campaign on the road in Colombia, Mo., against Missouri on August 31 and play their home opener two days later against Southwest Missouri St. on September 2. Conference-USA play opens with the Lady Tigers traveling to St. Louis to take on the Billikens and wraps-up at home against Southern Florida. The Conference USA Championships Tournament will be held November 6-9 in Milwaukee, Wis., at Marquette.

Also figuring to add to the defensive mix are junior Tiffany Thompson, sophomore Veronica Ruiz and newcomers Annika Moller and Angela Willoughby.

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2001 Lady Tiger Roster

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Goalkeepers (2): Kari Rawe, Katarina Wicksell Defenders (5): Annika Moller, Veronica Ruiz, Tiffany Thompson, Suzanne Williams, Anglea Willoughby Midfielders (11): Rebecca Amrozowicz, Allison BAker, Laura Barse, Amy Ciezki, Delilah Hogan, Michelle Meduri, Anja Nielsen, Mary Shelton, Jen Thiele, CarinaVilhodt, Susannah Wells Forwards ^5^' Jenifer Bronars, Jennifer Goff, Monica Powell, Michelle Sorensen, Rebecca Sparrow

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SENIOR, MF GERMANTOWN, TN

2000: Steady and controlled possession player...Played in 17 games, with 10 starts... Recorded a goal and an assist for three points on the season...Fired eight shots from center midfield slot...Posted three-point effort in Lady Tigers 3-0 shutout over visiting Louisiana-Monroe, netting the final goal of the match while also adding an assist...Registered three shots in 4-0 shutout over Middle Tennessee... 1999: Saw action in 17 matches breaking into the starting line-up 16 times...Recorded two assists during a 6-1 blow-out over Belmont to finish with two points on the year... 1998: Played in all 18 matches as a freshman, starting 15 times...Picked up first career goal against league foe Cincinnati...Registered first two career assists in 9-0 shutout over UT-Martin... PREP: Prepped locally at Germantown H.S., scoring 31 career goals, good for 85 points while serving as co-captain of her GHS squad...Member of Tennessee OOP team from 1993-96..Twotime Commercial Appeals Best of the Preps all-metro selection...All-state selection during senior year, helping lead GHS to state crown...Voted best midfielder and female athlete at Germantown H.S. YR. GP 00 17 99 17 98 18 TOT.5 2

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2000: Nicknamed "ENJEN," for revved-up style of play...Struggled with re-ocurring knee injury...Saw action in 13 matches, starting six of Memphis' final seven games...Started against SEC foes Mississippi State and Vanderbilt...Received starting nod against Conference USA opponents, Louisville, Cincinnati and Saint Louis...Finished with one goal (two points) and three shots on the year...During conference loss at SLU, scored first career goal and the U of M's only goal of the match. ..2000-01 Conference USA Commissioners Honor Roll recipient for maintaining cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better... 1999: Played in 17 matches, starting 12 times...Posted eight shots... 1998: As a true freshman, played in all 18 matches, getting the start nine times...Recorded first career assist during 9-0 shutout over UT-Martin... PREP: Prepped at Holy Trinity H.S. ...Voted team captain and MVP during junior and senior seasons...Named Holy Trinity's most outstanding senior athlete after leading squad to city championship...Played club soccer for the Warriors, leading them to the Provincial Finals three consecutive years...Led Warriors to a first-place finish at the Alberta Summer Games in 1993... Also captained her basketball and volleyball squads while at Holy Trinity. YR. GP GS 0 0 1 3 6 9 9 1 7 1 2 9 8 1 8 9 TOT.4 8 2 7

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2000: One of the Lady Tigers' most 2000: Quick, speedy player with above-avphysical and aggressive players...Played in just 14 matches erage touch on the ball...Played in every game but three, starting 16 due to concussion suffered during first weekend of the sea- times...Tied for fourth on the team in scoring with two goals, while adding two assists for six points...Posted two game-winners (three son, starting each of those but two...Tallied second career career)...Took 13 shots, averaging just under one-per-game assist from outside defender position during 4-0 shutout over (0.8)...Notched first goal of the year (game-winner) during 2-1 road visiting cross-town rival Christian Brothers ... 1999: Suf- victory over San Francisco ..Added an assist in Lady Tigers 3-0 shutfered stress-fracture midway through the season...Played in out over Louisiana-Monroe...One day later, chalked up the gamewinner during 4-0 romp over visting Middle Tennessee ...Provided an 10 matches, starting six times...Recorded eight shots... 1998: assist in league loss at Charlotte...2000-01 Conference USA ComStarted the team's final 11 matches as a true missioners Honor Roll recipient... 1999: Finished second on the freshman...Posted three goals and one assist...Registered team in scoring with six goals, for 12 points...Scored the game-winfirst career point with game-winning assist during Memphis' ner in Memphis' 2-1 OT win versus Toledo in the Lady Tiger Invitational...Recorded U of M's final goal during 4-0 road shutout first win of the year against Rhodes College...Struck for first victory over SEC opponent Mississippi State...Posted initial strike in career goal during UT-Chattanooga win...Posted U of M's Memphis' lone conference victory, a 2-1 road win over last goal of the season in 2-1 loss to conference opponent Louisville...Conference USA all-freshman team selection... UAB... PREP: Propped locally at Briarcrest H.S., recording PREP: Prepped at Holy Name H.S. ...Holds school record for career goals (63) and assists (55)...First-Team All-Greater Cleveland, All41 goals for 99 career points...Member of Commercial Ap- Cuyahoga County by the Plain Dealer ...Named to the All-Sun team peals Best of the Preps all-metro team four consecutive in both junior and senior seasons...Third-Team Oil-Ohio selection duryears...Two-time all-distict and all-tournament (state) ing senior year. selection...Three-year member of Tennessee OOP Y R . GP A PTS squad...Chosen for Region III pool in 1995.

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2000: The heart of the Lady Tiger midfield...One of only two returning Lady Tigers to have played in every single match, including 17 starts...Tied for fourth on the team in points (6)...Finished with a goal and four assists...Posted 14 shots...Picked up an assist in U of M's 4-0 romp over Middle Tennessee ...Notched two assists during 6-2 conference win over Louisville Cardinals...Found the net against league foe Cincinnati on season-high three shots...Recorded an assist against cross-town rival Christian Brothers...Spent the summer playing locally with the Memphis Mercury of the W League...Honored with W League's Team of the Week selection, after posting two assists for Mercury's fourth shutout of the season... 1999: As a true freshman, posted four goals and an assist to finish with nine points...Netted first career goal in 2-1 loss to league rival South Florida...Recorded first multigoal performance during 6-2 thumping of Belmont...Also found the net during 3-1 conference loss to Houston... PREP: Played for Alberta Select team and Foothills Soccer Club...High school (Henry Wise) did not sponsor a team...Captained gold medal winning Alberta Select side at 1999 All-Star Championships in Granby, Quebec...Also received gold medal during 1995 Alberta Summer Games...Led Henry Wise H.S. track and field and field hockey teams to city championships...MVP of city field hockey league.

Senior Suzanne Williams is considered the Lady Tigers' most physical defender.

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SOPHOMORE, F COLLIERVILLE, TN

2000: Saw action in five matches during freshman ampaign...Earned minutes during conference home victories against DePaul and Louisville...Finished with two shots from outside defender position...Lady Tigers were a perfect 5-0 and outscored opponents 20-3 with Bronars on the ield... PREP: Split prep career in both Tennessee and North Carolina...Last lalf of high school career spent locally at Briarcrest H.S. ...Led Briarcrestto he TSSAA State Championship in 1998 where she was selected Team VIVP...All-conference and all-region selection in 1998...Played club soccer rar Memphis Futbol Club, helping leading MFC side to the Germantown Invitational crown in 1998 and also the Memphis Invitational Tournament title in 1997...Priorto family's reloction to the Mid-South, originally hailed from North arolina...Lettered two seasons for the Habelock H.S. varsity, leading them to a second consecutive quaterfinal finish at the North Carolina state games where she was chosen for the N.C. State Games regional team..Tabbed allconference and led HHS to the regional quarterfinals in 1997...Club team secured 1994 North Carolina state championship...Member of the Tennessee OOP team in 1998...Graduated locally from CHS with a 3.9 GPA.

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SOPHOMORE, F OAK RIDGE, TN 2000: Earned significant minutes thorughout 15 matches during freshman season...One of the first players off the Lady Tiger bench...Ranked second among fellow returnees in scoring with five points on a goal and three assists...Recorded Lady Tigers second goal of 2000...Posted two separate five-game playing streaks...Registered threepoint effort during a two-game span...In Memphis's season-opener at Sacramento-State, notched first career strike; then the very same day, recorded first career assist during 2-1 Memphis victory at San Francisco...Picked up two assists within league play during consecutive home matches against DePaul and Marquette... PREP: Prepped at Oak Ridge H.S. ...Enjoyed an illustrious prep career to finish as the all-time leading scorer in ORHS history, netting 92 goals while chalking up 32 assists in 84 matches, for a total of 216 career points...Team captain during junior and senior seasons...Leading scorer during both junior and senior years...Senior year, led the team in scoring with 32 goals and 12 assists, good for 76 points...During junior campaign, established singleseason scoring record of 37 strikes and single-game scoring mark with five goals in a single match...Four-year all-district and all-region selection...Three-year TACA all-state selection...NSCAA all-south team member during final two seasons at ORHS...Tennessee OOP team member from 1995-96...OOP Region III pool player in 1996.

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2000: As a true freshman, immediately stepped into starting central midfield slot during pre-season workouts...Skilled, aggressive player who possesses solid offensive awareness...Owns distinction of being the only returning Lady Tiger to have played and started in every match...Tied for fourth in scoring with six points, including two goals and two assists...Finished third on the team with 17 shots from center midfield position...Converted Memphis' only penalty kick opportunity of the season...Posted three-point match during Memphis' 4-0 shutout over Middle Tennessee, finishing with a goal and an assist...Notched another assist in Lady Tigers' non-conference win over Southeastern Louisiana ...In Memphis' 6-2 home victory over league opponent Louisville, secured first conference goal and also first goal of the match with Lady Tigers lone penalty kick conversion of'00... PREP: Played for the second-division Horsens SIK club under coach Nicholai Madsen, helping them secure a fourth-place finish in 1999...Prior to '99 finish, club also secured a Denmark and Juliant championship in both indoor and outdoor play...Both parents and older sister were former players...Lists handball, tennis and theater as hobbies...Also coached two different youth teams while in high school.

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2000: Showed exceptional promise during limited duty as a freshman...Primarily served as back-up keeper but did manage to gain minutes in eight matches, with three starts...Posted 1-1 overall record, logging over 400 total minutes between the posts...Registered 2.47 goals against average after allowing 11 goals and posting 19 total saves...Notched first career start during Lady Tigers opener at Sacramento State...Recorded first career shutout versus SEC opponent Mississippi State...Posted consecutive starts at Mississippi State and against conference foe Louisville...While posting 1-0 shutout at Mississippi State, turned away all six shots from the Bulldogs for Memphis' seventh win of the season...Combined with regular starting keeper Wicksell for 6-2 league victory over visiting Louisville... PREP: Prepped at Strathcona Composite H.S. ...Four-sport athlete, also lettering in volleyball, basketball and track and field...Led H.S. soccer team to second-place finish in league play, registering a 14-3-3 record to go with a 1.1 goals against average and nine shutouts...U-17 Southwest United club took home the gold medal at 2000 USA Cup, posting an 8-0 mark, all of which were shutouts...Guided same squad to first-place finish in 2000 indoor season before getting promoted to the premier division, where squad took home second place, Rawe's stellar goals against average earned her an all-star selection...Starting goalkeeper for Alberta Provincial team during the 1995 Alberta Summer Games...Member of the Regional High Performance Provincial Training pool since 1995...Most recently chosen for the U-20 RHPPT pool for the 2001 Canada Summer Games...Member of the 1998 Regional Select team for basketball...Key forward for U-18 Bantam/Midget AA hockey team, helping them secure two Provincial titles: a silver medal at the 1998 Canadian Western Hocky Championships and the gold medal at the 1998 Alberta Winter Games...Graduated with a 4.0 GPA. YR.

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2000: Quick and speedy player with a knack for finding holes in the defense...played in 12 matches...Played in five consecutive matches during the last month of the season, including conference opponents Louisville, Cincinnati, Houston and Saint Louis...Played in a total of seven league matches...Finished with one point and three shots taken...Notched first career point with an assist during 6-2 conference victory against Louisville ... PREP: Four-year varsity letterwinner at A&M Consolidated H.S. ...All-district selection during sophomore and junior seasons...Three-year member of '81 Demolition club out of Houston, Texas...Teamed with fellow sophomore Rebecca Sparrow to help lead Demolition side to Texas state tournament finals in 1998-99 and also a second-place finish at the Orange Classic in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., during fall of '99...Also lettered three years in cross-country, becoming a regional qualifier in her sophomore season...Two-year letterman in softball...Received the Wayne Smith Award during her senior year, given annually to the athlete who demonstrates heart, courage and endurance.

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2000: Saw action in 14 matches, getting the start at league opponent DAB...Came off the bench frequently during the Lady Tigers' first ten matches of '00...Earned minutes against C-USA foes Charlotte, South Florida, DePaul, Marquette, UAB and Houston while also making the trip to do battle against SEC opponents Mississippi State and Vanderbilt...Registered first career assist in Memphis' 5-1 win against Southeastern Louisiana... PREP: Attended Dulles H.S. ...Fouryear starter, leading the team in scoring her freshman, junior and senior seasons; sitting out her sophomore year due to injury..Tabbed all-district during freshman and junior seasons while being selected for South Texas Olympic Devolopmental team and also participating in the Region III camp...Starred for '81 Demolition along with teammate and fellow Texan Veronica Ruiz...Has been an integral member of Demolition club since joining at age 10, leading them to over 200 wins, 14 tournament titles, three South Texas state championships while advancing to the state cup finals all but one year...Has participated in three WAGS, two Surf Cups and three Orange Classics since joining the '81 Demolition.

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2000: Served as a backup defender after transferring from Louisville...Played in four matches, logging time against South Florida, Southeastern Louisiana, Charlotte and Southern Miss...PREP: Lettered four years for coach Mike Irby at Houston H.S. ...Helped lead the Mustangs to state titles in 1997 and 1999...Member of MFC Dana Cup championship team in 1998...Part of three Tennessee club championships in 1996, '98 and '99.

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2000: Took over as the Lady Tigers' starting keeper during the second game of her freshman season...Guarded the net in 18 matches, receiving the starting nod 17 times...Posted 7-9 overall mark while logging over 1,300 minutes between the posts...Maintained 2.78 goals against average and turned away 76 shots for a save percentage of .655...Recorded at least seven saves in four separate matches...Registered a three-game non-conference winning streak during the first two weeks of the season...Notched four shutouts including a 2-0 conference win over DePaul...Turned away eight shots versus conference foe Cincinnati...Had a career-high nine saves during league match at Charlotte... PREP: Spent last few seasons playing in the top women's league in Sweden...Debuted as the starting keeper for the U-18 Swedish National team in 1997...Led Swedish national side to a third-place finish at the U-18 European tournament in 1998.

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Monaghan on Ciezki: "Amy is a fierce competitor who we look to play on the outside midfield or as a marking back. She is a workhorse with a solid work ethic." PREP: Also comes to the U of M from Sherwood Park along with fellow frosh Shaelan Assmus. ..Three-year letterman at Archbishop Jordan H.S. ...Senior year, served as co-captain of AJHS squad and averaged 1 .3 goals per game. ..Chosen Rookie of the Year, as a sophomore. ..Teammates with Assmus on Rangers club side. ..Also starred in basketball and volleyball to earn nine total varsity letters as a three-sport athlete.

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Monaghan on Hogan: "I had a chance to coach Delilah when she was with the Fury and I was very impressed with her play. Her work ethic is exceptional and she offers us some depth at the midfield position." PREP: Played four years for head coach Bobby Ireland at St. Agnes Academy... Named all-state, allregion and all-southern-state in her senior year.. .Also lettered in Dasketball.

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Monaghan on Wells: "Susannah is probably going to be one of our most versatile players because she is great going both right and left. She is a true outside midfielder who can play on both sides and should contribute for us immediately." PREP: Starred for Haydon School eastcote in Ruislip, England. ..The talented midfielder represented England on the Under-18 British National Team.

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Monaghan on Shelton: "We are looking to play her on the outside. She has great pace and work ethic. She will fit in with the team immediately." PREP: Local standout at forward and midfielder for Saint Benedict High School in Memphis. ..Senior year served as co-captain while being named all-district and the alltournament team at the state finals. ..Commercial Appeals Best of the Preps winner during sophomore and senior seasons. ..Plays club soccer for the '83 Germantown Fun/---Guided Fury to three of the last four Tennessee state championships before finishing as runner-up in 2000.

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2000 Lady Tigers Season In Review Despite missing the conference playoffs by less than two games, the 2000 Lady Tigers managed to put-up nine impressive victories to finish the season with the second-highest win total in the history of the program - two wins shy of the 11-10-1 Lady Tigers of 1997. Head Coach Brooks Monaghan blended the invaluable experience of four workhorse seniors with the youthful exuberance of two freshmen and two sophomores to make up the nucleus for his 2000 starting lineup. Seniors Nicole Bates-Earner, Michele Meehan, Candice Spiniolas and Tori Winslett combined for 219 starts, 40 goals and 111 points in their four years as Lady Tigers. Their experience rubbed-off on underclassmen Molly Danaher, All Baker, Anja Nielsen and Jessica Gjertsen; all of whom started every game for Memphis. The result was as mixed as the experience of Monaghan's starters. The 2000 Lady Tigers managed stunning wins over Tulane, DePaul and SEC rival Mississippi State, but dropped decisions against traditionally weaker programs such as DAB and Southern Mississippi. RAWE 'DOGS' SEC FOE... Freshman keeper Kari Rawe was unbeatable in Memphis' 1-0 victory over Mississippi State on October 10. After Meehan's goal 20:10 into the first half, Rawe blanked the Bulldogs for the remainder of the opening period and the entirety of the second. The Alberta, Canada, native was much busier than her Bulldog counterpart, posting six saves on 11 MSU shots, while the Lady Tigers managed one tally on only seven shots on goal. Rawe appeared between the posts in eight games in 2000, holding a team-leading .633 saves percentage and an overall record of 1-0. CONFERENCE CLASSICS... The 2000 season saw the Lady Tigers pick up memorable in-conference victories over DePaul, Tulane and Louisville. On September 27, Memphis and DePaul were engaged in a scoreless tie with nearly 48 minutes left to play, until Spiniolas erupted for back-to-back goals - the second coming at the 63:12 mark - on assists from freshman forward Jennifer Goff and Winslett, respectively. The 2-0 victory was the Lady Tigers first conference victory of the season.

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What originally began as a defensive battle quickly turned into second-half fireworks when the Lady Tigers squared-off against Tulane on September 29. Gjertsen, the 2000 Conference USA Freshman of the Year, found the back of the net on back-to-back goals at the 51:16 and 69:37 mark, but the Green Wave responded with two goals from Megan Stack to tie the game with under six minutes remaining. The resilient Lady Tigers saw their chance with less than three minutes to play and capitalized when Spiniolas served a perfect cross to Winslett, who finished with a dramatic header. The win evened the Lady Tigers' overall record at 6-6. Memphis' final C-USA victory of the season came in a 6-2 drubbing of Louisville. Tied 2-2 going into the break, Monaghan's adjustments paid instant dividends in the second half as Spiniolas collected a hat trick on three-consecutive goals and Gjertsen capped the scoring at the 82:03 mark. LATE SEASON SLIDE... Coming off a 6-2 Conference USA victory over Louisville and with three C-USA games remaining, the Lady Tigers were poised to make their first postseason appearance since 1997. Instead, they hit their lengthiest skid of the season, beginning with a heartbreaking 2-1 loss at the hands of Cincinnati, followed by defeats at St.Louis and Houston. Memphis was outshot by 30 attempts and outscored by a margin of 8-2 over its final three conference contests and the Lady Tigers missed the Conference USA Championship Tournament by a game-and-a-half. PAYBACK'S A 4-0 SHUTOUT... With their late season blunder - and their chance for a C-USA playoff berth - behind them, the Lady Tigers used senior day 2000 to take out their frustration on local rival Christian Brothers. Spiniolas ended her stellar U of M career on a first-half goal at the 5:29 mark and passed the torch to Gjertsen, who fired a hat trick on assists from Spiniolas, Suzanne Williams and Baker. The win left the Lady Tigers just one win away from .500... and with a sense that better things await them in the future

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TEAM STATISTICS

2000 Statistics and Results University of Memphis Lady Tiger Soccer Memphis Overall Team Statistics All games Overall: 9-11-0 Conf: 3-8-0

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2000 Schedule and Results

L, 0-7 W, 2-0

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L, 2-3

Sep. 15

L, 0-4 W,5-1

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Coff (n/a) Spiniolas (n/a) Meehan (Coff) Amrozowicz (Trautman) Gjertsen (Amrozowicz, Meduri) Bates-Earner (unassisted) Meduri (Gjertsen) Amrozowicz (Baker) Nielsen (Gjertsen) Gjertsen (unassisted) Gjertsen (Nielsen) Gjertsen (unassisted) Meehan (Bates-Earner) Gjertsen (Spiniolas) Winslett (Sparrow) Gjertsen (Nielsen) Meehan (unassisted) Gjertsen (Amrozowicz)

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Sep. 29

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Record Book/ Ail-Time Records

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

Goals Scored 4 by Shelley Heinz vs. Christian Brothers ( I O / 27/95); by Lesley Zmurchuk vs. Stephen F. Austin (9/13/96) Assists 4 by Chatcrine Brunnon vs. Rhodes College (10/30/96); by Jodi Fisher vs. Rhodes College (10/30/96) Points 9 by Shelley Heinz vs. Christian Brothers ( I O / 27/95) Shots 10 by Shelley Heinz vs. Christian Brothers (10/27/95) Saves 15 by Frances Currin vs. Marquetle (9/23/99)

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Year 1997

Goals 18 12 11

Name Jessica Gjerlsen Shelley Heinz Meredith Smith

Year 2000 1995 1996

Assists 12 11

Name Christy Caswell Jodi Fisher

Year 1 996 1996

Points 40 29 28

Name Jessica Gjerlsen Shelley Heinz, Jennifer Vossen

Year 2000 1995 1996

Shots 73

Name Shelley Heinz

Year 1995

Saves 96 86 79

Name Frances Currin Frances Currin Heather Chinellato

Shutouts N a m e 4 Frances Currin

Year 1999 1996 1998 Year 1997

GAA Name Year 1.73 Frances Currin 1 9 9 9 1.80 Heather Chinellato 1998 (minimum 1000 minutes)

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Assists 32 26

Name Christy Caswell Jodi Fisher

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Points 94

Name Jodi Fisher

Years 1995-98

Shots 178

Name Jodi Fisher

Years 1995-98

Saves 326 168

Name Frances Currin Heather Chinellato

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First Team All-Conference USA Jessica Gjertsen (2000) - Forward Shelley Heinz (1996, 1995) - Midfield Second Team All-Conference USA Christy Caswell (1998) - Defense Christy Caswell (1997, 1995) - Midfield Shelley Heinz (1997) - Defense Jennifer Vossen (1996) - Midfield Third Team All-Conference USA Jodi Fisher (1997) - Forward All-Conference USA Freshman Team Jessica Gjertsen (2000) - Forward Rebecca Amrozowicz (1999) - Forward Lisa Gnasler (1997) - Defense Meredith Smith (1996) - Forward Christy Caswell (1995) - Midfield Jodi Fisher (1995) - Forward Conference USA Freshman of the Year Jessica Gjertsen (2000) Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week Jessica Gjertsen (10/30/00) Jodi Fisher (10/23/98) Christy Caswell (9/22/97) Lesley Zmurchuk (9/16/96) Shelley Heinz (10/30/95) Jodi Fisher (9/18/95)

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Opponent Christian Brothers Stephen F. Austin

Date 10/27/95 09/13/96

Assists 12 12 12

Opponent UT Martin Rhodes College Stephen F. Austin

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Points 32 30 30

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Date 09/13/96 9/16/98 10/27/95

Shots 44

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Date 10/27/95

Saves 15

Opponent Marquette

Date 9/23/99

Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week Frances Currin (9/22/97)

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8/30 at UT-ChalUmooga W 1-0 9/5 SW Missouri State W3-1 9/6 Brewton Parker W4-0 9/12 at Tulanc * LO-1 9/14 at UAB * W 1-0 9/17 Mississippi State T 1-1 ot 9/19 Louisville* W2-0 9/21 Cincinnati* L2-3ot 9/26 at UNC Charlotte * LO-2 9/28 Eastern Illinois LO-1 ot 10/3 Marquette * Ll-5 10/5 DePaul* W4-1 10/8 at Ole Miss LO-6 10/14 Arkansas-Little Rock W3-0 10/17 at South Florida * LO-4 10/19 Saint Louis * W 3-2 ot 10/26 Belmonl W4-2 10/29 Rhodes College W3-0 10/31 at Arkansas L2-4 C-USA Tournament, Saint Louis, Mo. 11/4 vs. DePaul W4-1 11/6 vs. Marquette LO-2 * Conference USA match

RECORD: 8-73 HOME: 5-5 C-USA: 3-6 AWAY: 2-7 COACH: Irs SZABO NEUTRAL: 1-1 Date Opponent Score 9/2 at Mississippi State LO-4 9/7 at Arkansas-Little Rock Ll-3 9/13 Stephen F. Austin W 10-1 9/15 utEvansville L l-3ot 9/20 Tulanc* W2-0 9/22 UAB* L3-4 9/29 at Cincinnati * Ll-5 10/4 UNC Charlotte* LO-4 10/5 LSU LO-4 10/6 South Florida * W4-2 10/12 Arkansas L2-3 10/13 Tennessee W2-1 Ole Miss L3-5ot 10/15 at Saint Louis * L1-2 10/18 10/20 at Eastern Illinois W 1-0 10/25 at Marquette * Ll-3ot 10/27 at DePaul * Ll-3 10/30 Rhodes College W6-4 11/2 at Louisville* W2-1 C-USA Tournament, Charlotte,N.C. 11/6 vs. DePaul W5-1 11/7 vs. Cincinnati LI-2 * Conference USA match

RECORD: 5-14 HOME: 4-5 C-USA: 1-4 AWAY: 1-7 COACH: LES SZABO NEUTRAL: 0-2 Date Opponent Score 9/2 at UNC Charlotte * L2-7 9/4 at South Carolina LO-5 9/10 Louisville* LO-1 9/13 Arkansas-Little Rock W7-1 9/15 atLSU LO-5 9/16 vs. Florida State L 1-3 9/22 Evansville* W2-1 9/26 Rhodes College LO-1 9/30 at Arkansas LO-2 10/1 at Tulsa LO-5 10/6 Mississippi State LO-1 10/8 Cincinnati * LO-6 10/14 South Alabama L2-4 10/15 Eastern Illinois W3-0 10/20 at Marquette * Ll-3 10/22 at Loyola-Chicago W2-0 10/25 at Ole Miss LO-1 10/27 Christian Brothers W 10-2 C-USA Tournament, Cincinnati, Ohio 11/2 vs. UNC Charlotte Ll-4 * Conference USA match

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RECORD: 5-10-3 C-USA: 2-8-1

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9/6 at Southwest Missouri 9/11 at Oklahoma 9/16 UT-Manin 9/18 at Southern Miss * 9/20 at Tulane * 9/25 DePaul* 9/27 Marquette * 10/2 at UNC Charlotte * 10/4 at South Florida * 10/8 Mississippi 10/13 at Mississippi State 10/16 at Saint Louis * 10/18 at Houston * 10/23 Louisville* 10/25 Cincinnati* 10/30 UAB* * Conference USA match

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RECORD: 11-10-1 C-USA: 4-5-0

HOME: 8-3-J AWAY: 2-6-0

COACH: LES SZAKO Date Opponent 8/29 at Tennessee

RECORD: 9-11-0 C-USA: 3-8-0 COACH: BROOKS MONAGHAN Date

Opponent

NEUTRAL: 1-1-0 Score LO-3

HOME: 6-3-0 AWAY: 3-8-0 NEUTRAL: 0-0-0 Score

8/25 at Sacramento State 8/25 at San Francisco 9/1 Louisiana-Monroe 9/2 Middle Tennessee State 9/8 at Southwest Missouri State 9/10 Southeastern Louisiana 9/15 at Charlotte * 9/17 South Florida * 9/22 DePaul * 9/24 Marquette * 9/29 at Tulanc * 10/1 at Southern Miss * 10/7 at UAB* 10/10 at Mississippi State 10/13 Louisville* 10/15 Cincinnati* 10/20 at Saint Louis * 10/22 at Houston * 10/25 atVanderhilt 10/28 Christian Brothers * Conference USA match

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Letterwinners/ Team Photo Name Amrozowicz, Rebecca Baker, Allison Bates-Earner, Nicole Bellamy, Elizabeth Bourigalt, Stephanie Breton, Marcie Bronars, Jennifer Brown, Vicki Brannon, Catherine Buttermore, Jessica Caswell, Christy Chinellato, Heather Cotton, Nancy Currin, Frances Danaher, Molly Dodd, Erin Feddema, Jamie Fisher, Jodi Fulbright, Amy Gjertsen, Jessica Gnaster, Lisa Goff, Jennifer Harrison, Lindley Heinz, Shelley Hill, LaVonne Horton, Jackie Kelley, Shannon Kelsall, Kim Marsh, Tiffany Meduri, Michelle Meehan, Michele Moghim, Leila Murphy, Kara

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2001 Lady Tigers Soccer: (Standing); Asst. Coach Mike Thonas, Asst. Coach Emma DiCesare, Laura Barse, Delilah Hognan, Mary Shelton, All Baker, Annika Moller, Kari Rawe, Kat Wicksell, Rebecca Sparrow, Michelle Meduri, Jennifer Thiele, Angels Willoughby, Susie Wells, Asst. Coach Jodie Fisher, Head Coach Brooks Monaghan, (Kneeling); Jennifer Goff, Veronica Ruiz, Anja Nielsen, Tiffany Thompson, Becca Amrozowicz, Jennifer Bronars, Suzanne Williams, Michelle Sorensen, Carina Vilholdt, Monica Powell, Amy Ciezki.

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2000 Non-Conference Opponents

Sept. 7, Evansville, Ind.

Sept. 2, Springfield, Mo.

Aug. 31, Columbia, Mo.

EVANSVILLE

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ST.

MISSOURI Location Mascot • Enrollment Stadium Conference — 2000 Record — 2000 Conf. Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistants SID Office Phone SID Fax

- Columbia, Mo. Tigers

23,280 - Audrey].W*onStacliium(2500) Big 12 10-10

5-5 Bryan Blitz 48-53-2/5 yrs. 131-140-12/14 yrs. Manoj Khettry Whitney Vernieuw (573) 882-2531 (573)882-4720

Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium Conference 2000 Record 2000 Conf. Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistants SID Office Phone SID Fax

Springfield, Mo. Bears 18,96" Cooper Sports Compk Missouri Vallc 12-114Rob Brew< 51-50-5/5 yr 119-78-717 yr Jeff Freema Michael DeForu (417) 836-5402 (417) 836-4868

Sept. 74, Starkville, Miss.

Sept. 9, Memphis, Tenn.

MISSISSIPPI STATE

TENNESSEE-MARTIN Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium Conference 2000 Record 2000 Conf. Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistants SID Office Phone SID Fax

Martin, Tenn. Skyhawks 5881 Skyhawk Field (500) Ohio Valley 0-18 0-5 Nathan Pifer 0-18 (1 yr.) 229-110-16 (16 urs.) Julie Zbozien Lee Wilmot (731) 587-7630 (731) 587-7624

Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium Conference 2000 Record 2000 Conf. Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistants SID Office Phone SID Fax

Starkville, Miss. Bulldogs 16,047 MSU Soccer Fieldd 500) Southeastern 8-11-1 3-5-1 Neil McGuire 8-11-1 (1yr.) 8-11-1 dyr.) Jennie Altherr, Scott Ebke Todd Anderson (662) 325-7556 (662)325-3654

Oct. 3, Memphis, Tenn.

Sept. 26, Memphis, Tenn.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS

VANDERBILT Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium Conference 2000 Record —-— 2000 Conf. Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistants SID Office Phone SID Fax

Nashville, Tenn. Commodores 6,037 VarKlerr*SoeoerField(1,000) Southeastern —-— 12-9 5-4 Ronnie Coveleskie Hill First Season 15-21-3 (2 yrs.) Jarrett Smith, EricVaughter Steve Kirkland (615) 322-4121 (615)343-7064

Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium Conference 2000 Record 2000 Conf. Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistants SID Office Phone SID Fax

Memphis, Tenn. Buccaneers 2,000 Signiago Field(2,000) Gulf South 17-3-0 8-0 GarethO'Sullivan 37-17-213 yrs. 37-17-213 yrs. Gerry Cleary, Shawn Luth Kevin Smith (901) 321 -3378 (901) 321 -3570

Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium Conference 2000 Record 2000Conference Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assistants SID Office Phone SID Fax

Evansville, Ind. Purple Aces 2400 Black Beauty Field Missouri Valley 15-5-2 6-0-1 Mick Lyon 94-58-17 (8 yrs.) 94-58-17 (8yrs.) Laura Poland Bob Boxell (812) 479-2084 (812)479-2090

OLE MISS Sept.16, Memphis, Tenn. Location ffX..^.^^II^. Oxford, Miss Mascot —---4-y*^-j Rebels Enrollment —{-—-^— 13,928 Stadium ----*-4He Miss Soccer Stadium (1500) Conference r xSoutJjeastern (SEC West) 2000 Record j-r^ 13-6-1 2000 Conf. Record -~-yfv 5-3-1 Head Coach -— »-• Steve Holeman School Record -"--"62-52-4/6 yrs. Career Record 69-58-7/7 yrs. Assistants Louis Richaid, Lori Spitler SID Kyle Campbell Office Phone (662) 915-7522 SID Fax

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TENNESSEE TECH Oct. 9, Cookeville, Tenn. Location Cookesville, Tenn. Mascot Golden Eagles Enrollment 8560 Stadium Tech Soccer Complex (500) Conference Ohio Valley 2000 Record --— 12-8-0 2000 Conf. Record 3-3-0 Head Coach Greg Stone School Record ~ - 19-21 -O/ 2 yrs. Career Record 160-62-6/13 yrs. Assistants ——Justin Zoslow SID MattSchabert Office Phone (931) 372-3088 SID Fax

(931) 372-6139

ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. 2001 OPPONENTS Missouri SW Missouri St. Evansville UT Martin Mississippi St. Ole Miss

St. Louis Marquette Vanderbilt DePaul Cincinnati CBU

0-0-0 1-3-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 2-2-2 0-4-1

2-3-0 0-6-0 0-0-0 2-2-1 0-6-0 2-0-0

Tennessee Tech Southern Miss Tulane Houston TCU UAB USF

0-0-0 0-3-0 2-3-0 0-3-0 0-0-0 1-4-0 1-4-0

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2001 Conference USA Opponents SAINT LOUIS

MARQUETTE

DePAUL

Sept. 21, St. Louis, Mo.

Sept. 23, Memphis, Tenn.

Sept. 28, Memphis, Tenn.

Location -£-—^St. Louis, Mo. Mascot Billikens Enrollment 1 1,069 Stadium Robert R. Hermann Stadium(6050) 2000 C-USA Record 8-0-3 2000 Record 15-5-3 HeadCoach Tim Champion School Record ————- 57-31-12/5 yrs. Career Record 11 7-45-15/ 8 yrs. Assts. Janet Oberle, Jay Zaber SID Diana Koval Office Phone —- (314) 977-3463 SID Fax —..— (314)977-7193

Location Milwaukee, Wis. Mascot Golden Eagles Enrollment 10,600 Stadium Valley Fields (1,750) 2000 C-USA Record — 10-0-1 (C-USA Champs) 2000 Record 20-3-1 Head Coach Markus Roeders School Record 81-23-10/5 yrs. Career Record 81-23-10/5 yrs. Assts. Frank Peleaz, Dan Holcomb SID Josh Suiter Office Phone (414) 288-6980 SID Fax (414) 288-6519

Location • Mascot Enrollment — Stadium 2000 C-USA Record 2000 Record Head Coach School Record — Career Record Assts. Derrek Falor, Marisa Czapka SID Scott Reed Office Phone (773) 325-7546 SID Fax (773) 325-7531

CINCINNATI

SOUTHERN MISS

TULANE

Sept. 30, Memphis, Tenn.

Oct. 72, Memphis, Tenn.

Oct. 14, Memphis, Tenn.

Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium 2000 C-USA Record 2000 Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assts. SID Office Phone SID Fax

Cincinnati, Ohio Bearcats 34,000 Meyers Field (500) 11-3-0/3rd 16-6-0 Meridy Glenn 193-119-24/18 yrs. 193-119-24/18 yrs. Shannon Jewell Pat Wixted (513) 556-5191 (513) 556-0619

Location Hattiesburg, Miss. Mascot Lady Eagles Enrollment 14,495 Stadium Marshall BellTrackandSoccerComplex 2000 C-USA Record 6-5-0/ 5th 2000 Record 9-8-0 Head Coach Matt Clark School Record 9-8-0/ 1 yr. Career Record 103-75-8/11 yrs. Assts. Beth Leaver, Stacy Hall SID Jonathan R Howe Office Phone (601) 266-4503 SID Fax (601) 266-4507

Location New Orleans, La. Mascot Green Wave Enrollment 11,900 Stadium McWilliams/^*:Q)tii[)lex(3,000) 2000 C-USA Record 5-6-0/ 7th 2000 Record 8-11 -0 Head Coach Betsy Anderson School Record First season Career Record First season Assts. Kim Murphy, Dano Holcomb SID Phillip Allison Office Phone (504) 865-5506 ext. 3 SID Fax (504)865-5512

HOUSTON

TCU

UAB

Oct. 19, Houston, Texas

Oct. 27, Da//as, Texas

Oct. 26, Birmingham, Ala.

Location Houston, Texas Mascot Cougars Enrollment 30,757 Stadium O'Quinn Field at Robertson Staduim (32,000) 2000 C-USA Record 5-5-1 2000 Record 9-9-1 Head Coach Bill Solberg School Record 9-9-1/1 yr. Career Record 9-9-1/1 yr. Assts. Joe Kirt, Crystalin Montgomery SID Dashawnda Mayberry Office Phone (713) 743-9408 SID Fax (713) 743-9411

SOUTH FLORIDA Oct. 28, Memphis, Tenn. Location Tampa, Fla. Mascot Bulls Enrollment 37,000 Stadium USF Soccer Stadium (4,000) 2000 C-USA Record 4-6-1 / 8th 2000 Record 6-9-1 Head Coach Logan Fleck School Record 59-38-6/6 yrs. Career Record 73-4S-7/ 8 yrs. Assts. TEA SID Mike Potteiger Office Phone -(813) 974-4029 SID Fax (813} 974-5328

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Location Dallas, Texas Mascot Horned Frogs Enrollment --7,800 Stadium Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium (1500) 2000 WAC Record -[—~~1—!•—}-— 5-2 2000 Record -——_.Ji—L—L.,— 10-9-1 Head Coach ^-— Daye Robinson School Record 127-146-15/15 yrs. Career Record ———, 127-146-15/15 yrs. Assts. Blake Amos, Jay Fitzgerald, Dewi Hardman SID -—— Matt Freed Office Phone (81 7) 257-5379 SID Fax (817) 257-7964

Location Mascot Enrollment Stadium 2000 C-USA Record 2000 Record Head Coach School Record Career Record Assts.

SID Office Phone SID Fax

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Birmingham, Ala. Blazers 15,921 West Campus Field 2-8-1/I Oth 3-14-2 Paul Harbin 45-47-8/5 yrs. 82-73-10/9 yrs.

• Todd Yelton, Ashley Hart Jack Duggan • (205) 934-0722 (205)934-7505

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2001 C-USA Women's Composite Schedule

2000 C-USA WOMEN'S SOCCER COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Friday. August 31 Charlotte at Virginia Tech Cincinnati at Indiana Indiana State at DePaul Eastern Michigan at East Carolina Louisville at IUPUI Oakland at Marquette Memphis at Missouri Go/den Eagle Soccer Classic (Hattiesburg, Miss.) Middle Tennessee at Southern Miss TCU at Texas Tech Tulane at Mississippi State DAB at Creighton Sunday. September 2 Minnesota at Indiana Western Illinois at DePaul Army at Houston Iowa at Marquette Southwest Mo. St. at Memphis Utah at South Florida Go/den Eagle Soccer Classic (Hattiesburg, Miss.) Alabama A&M at Southern Miss Oklahoma at TCU Tulane at Alabama UAB at Nebraska Monday. September 3 Elon at East Carolina Saint Louis at Creighton Tuesday. September 4 Houston at Rice Wednesday. September 5 Wis. -Green Bay at Marquette Stetson at South Florida Friday. September 7 Carolina Classic (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Charlotte at North Carolina Cincinnati at Cal Poly SLO Valparaiso at DePaul East Carolina at Md. -Baltimore County Houston at SMU Louisville vs. UCLA (Champaign, III.) Memphis at Evansville Virginia Tournament (Charlottesville, Va.) Saint Louis vs. Auburn Jacksonville Tourn. (Jacksonville, Fla.) South Florida vs. The Citadel Gardner Webb at Southern Miss Nike Classic (Birmingham, Ala.) TCU vs. Mississippi State Mississippi at UAB Sunday. September 9 Carolina Classic (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Charlotte vs. Duke Cincinnati at Sacramento State Wis. -Green Bay at DePaul East Carolina at Maryland Houston at North Texas Miami (Ohio) at Louisville Central Michigan at Marquette Tenn. -Martin at Memphis Virginia Tournament (Charlottesville, Va.)

Saint Louis vs. West Virginia Jacksonville Tourn. (Jacksonville, Fla.) South Florida vs. High Point Southern Miss at Arkansas-Little Rock Tulane at Northwestern (La.) State Nike Classic (Birmingham, Ala.) TCU vs. Mississippi Mississippi State at UAB Tuesday. September 11 SE Louisiana at Houston Wednesday. September 12 Charlotte at UNC Greensboro McNeese State at Southern Miss TCUatUTEP Thursday. September 13 East Carolina at Richmond Louisville at Indiana Marquette at Utah Friday, September 14 DePaul at Eastern Illinois SW Texas State at Houston Memphis at Mississippi State Saint Louis at Kansas South Florida at Miami (Fla.) Pepperdine at TCU Tulane at College of Charleston Saturday. September 15 Xavier (Ohio) at Cincinnati Marquette at Brigham Young Southern Miss at Nicholls State Adidas Classic (Portland, Ore.) UAB at Portland Sunday, September 16 IPFW at DePaul East Carolina at Radford UTEP at Houston Louisville at Ohio Mississippi at Memphis Iowa at Saint Louis South Florida at Florida Atlantic TCU at Southwest Texas State Tulane at South Carolina Adidas Classic (Portland, Ore.) UAB vs. Washington Monday. September 17 Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati South Alabama at Southern Miss Tuesday. September 18 Davidson at Charlotte Friday. September 21 Houston at Charlotte Southern Miss at Cincinnati South Florida at DePaul TCU at East Carolina Tulane at Louisville UAB at Marquette Memphis at Saint Louis Sunday. September 23 Tulane at Charlotte South Florida at Cincinnati UAB at DePaul Houston at East Carolina Southern Miss at Louisville Memphis at Marquette TCU at Saint Louis

Wednesday. September 26 N.C. State at Charlotte Vanderbilt at Memphis Friday. September 28 Charlotte at Southern Miss Cincinnati at UAB DePaul at Memphis East Carolina at Tulane Saint Louis at Houston Louisville at South Florida Marquette at TCU Sunday. September 30 Charlotte at South Florida Cincinnati at Memphis DePaul at TCU East Carolina at Southern Miss Marquette at Houston Louisville at Florida State Saint Louis at Tulane North Carolina at UAB Tuesday. October 2 Florida State at South Florida SW Missouri State at Saint Louis Wednesday. October 3 Christian Brothers at Memphis Thursday. October 4 Furman at Charlotte Butler at Cincinnati Campbell at East Carolina Louisville at Murray State UAB at Birmingham-Southern Friday. October 5 Purdue at DePaul Houston at Texas A&M Marquette at Harvard TCU at Centenary Saturday. October 6 Jacksonville at South Florida William Carey at Tulane Sunday. October 7 Cincinnati at Toledo Houston at Texas Louisville at UAB Monday, October 8 Loyola-Chicago at DePaul Tuesday. October 9 East Carolina at UNC Wilmington Louisiana-Lafayette at Houston Memphis at Tennessee Tech Saint Louis at Evansville Wednesday. October 10 Rice at TCU Friday. October 12 Charlotte at Marquette Cincinnati at Saint Louis East Carolina at DePaul Houston at UAB Tennessee-Martin at Louisville Southern Miss at Memphis TCU at South Florida Tulane at Wake Forest

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Sunday. October 14 Charlotte at DePaul East Carolina at Marquette Houston at South Florida Louisville at Saint Louis Tulane at Memphis TCU at UAB Tuesday. October 16 Evansville at Cincinnati Friday. October 19 Saint Louis at Charlotte DePaul at Louisville East Carolina at High Point Memphis at Houston Marquette at Cincinnati South Florida at Tulane UAB at Southern Miss Sunday. October 21 DePaul at Cincinnati Saint Louis at East Carolina Marquette at Louisville Memphis at TCU South Florida at Southern Miss UAB at Tulane Tuesday. October 23 Charlotte at Wake Forest UAB at Vanderbilt

Wednesday. October 24 South Florida at Central Florida Friday, October 26 Cincinnati at Charlotte DePaul at Drury Louisville at East Carolina Southern Miss at Houston Saint Louis at Marquette Memphis at UAB Tulane at TCU Sunday. October 28 Louisville at Charlotte East Carolina at Cincinnati DePaul at Saint Louis Tulane at Houston Marquette at Wisconsin South Florida at Memphis TCU at Southern Miss Thursday, November 1 Marquette at Wis.-Milwaukee Fridciv November 2 Charlotte at East Carolina Cincinnati at Louisville Houston at TCU UAB at South Florida Saturday, November 3 Marquette at DePaul Southern Miss at Tulane Sunday, November 4 Wisconsin at Saint Louis Wed.. Nov. 7-Sat.. Nov. 10 Conference USA Tournament (Milwaukee, Wis.)

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Conference USA

° Mike Slive Commissioner

Brenda Weare Associate Commissioner

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Sandra Biiler Assistant Commissioner

John McNamara Associate Commissioner

Russell Anderson Dir. of Information Services

ErikaHirschfield Director of Creative Services

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In the world of intercollegiate sports, many considered the formation of Conference USA a bold move. Its formation occurred during a significant period of major conference realignment and restructuring of the NCAA. C-USA established a strong foundation while quickly earning a reputation of successfully competing at the highest levels of intercollegiate athletics. Capitalizing on the strengths of its 15 distinguished and diverse universities, Conference USA has quickly emerged as one of the nation's top conferences. The millennium brings a new look to the league with membership expansion and the introduction of a brand identity program, featuring a family of new marks. East Carolina and TCU will join the league in all sports this season and South Florida will become a football member in 2003. The new marks reflect the urban, progressive and bold nature of the C-USA brand and are part of a comprehensive marketing and promotional program designed to reinforce the conference's athletic and national emergence. C-USA member institutions span 13 states, more than any other Division I-A conference and are located in 13 major television markets. Along with the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC, Conference USA is one of the seven conferences that has significant representation in the NCAA governance structure. The conference enjoys prominent national television exposure, NCAA automatic qualifications and major bowl tie-ins.

in golf, tennis and track and field. Overall, Conference USA teams and individuals have made more than 190 NCAA appearances. Among C-USA's 5,000 student-athletes, there are champions off the playing field as well. In six years, 49 student-athletes earned national Academic All-America honors, while 106 were named All-District. In addition, more than 5,000 student-athletes have been named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll or received the Commissioner's Academic Medal, indicative of outstanding achievement in the classroom. The conference annually awards six postgraduate scholarships, along with the Sport Academic Award, Scholar Athletes of the Year and the Institutional Academic Excellence Award. ESPN, Inc. and Conference USA recently entered into an exclusive eight-year agreement, beginning with the 2001 football season and the 2001 -2002 basketball season. The multi-faceted agreement, which incorporates ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN.com and ESPN Classic, is highlighted by: ESPN/ ESPN2's first-time coverage of C-USA football featuring weeknight games; televising future CUSA Football Championship Games on ABC Sports; men's basketball coverage Fridays on ESPN and Wednesdays on ESPN2; syndication and network rights for the conference's football and basketball coverage through ERT; continued exposure for women's basketball, along with volleyball, baseball, soccer and Softball, as well as marketing rights.

SUCCESS ON AND OFF THE PLAYING FIELD

A PROUD HISTORY

Conference USA performers have achieved success in competition, placing the league among the top conferences in the nation. The league has consistently rated as one of the top basketball leagues in the country, producing 37 postseason teams (21 NCAA and 16 NIT). The conference also enjoys strong fan support, drawing more than 1.5 million fans each year and placing the league among the nation's best in home attendance. C-USA football, which began competition in 1996, has rated among the top seven conferences in the nation. Nine football teams have earned bowl bids in the last four years, including Southern Miss which finished last season nationally ranked for the second time in three years. C-USA is a member of the Bowl Championship Series, and sends its regular season champion to the AXA Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., and teams to the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala., the galleryfurniture.com Bowl in Houston and the Motor City Bowl in Pontiac, Mich. Conference USA women's sports have also enjoyed success. In women's basketball, the league has produced 22 NCAA teams in its first five campaigns, including one team in the Sweet 16, along with 10 WNIT appearances. In volleyball, the league has earned 13 NCAA bids, with Louisville reaching the Sweet 16 in 1996 and 1998. In addition, 12 soccer teams, 14 baseball teams and five Softball teams have earned NCAA Tournament bids. Last season, Tulane made its first appearance at the College World Series. CUSA has also sent two men's soccer teams to the Final Four and two teams to the Women's College World Series. The league has also had numerous NCAA individual and team competitors

The conference unveiled its name, logo and commissioner on April 24,1995 in Chicago. Mike Slive was named the first commissioner of Confer ence USA. Eleven of the institutions began athletic participation in 1995, while Houston joined competition in the fall of 1996. Conference USA added East Carolina (September, 1996) and the United States Military Academy (March, 1997) as football members. ECU began league competition in 1997; Army in 1998 and UAB in 1999. TCU will begin league play this season, along with ECU in all sports, and USF football in 2003. Conference USA sponsors 19 sports - baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and track and field (indoor and outdoor) for men and basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field (in door and outdoor), and volleyball for women. The league's championship competition is enhanced by NCAA automatic bids in volleyball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis and baseball. Men's basketball and volleyball compete in two divisions. Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, East Carolina, Louisville, Marquette, and Saint Louis comprise the American Division, while Houston, Memphis, South Florida, Southern Miss, TCU, Tulane and UAB make up the National Division. All other sports compete in a single division. The Presidents of the member institutions serve as Conference USA's Board of Directors. Dr. Joseph Steger of Cincinnati has served as the chair for the first four years and was succeeded by Dr. J.H. Woodward of Charlotte. In addition to Drs. Steger and Woodward, Rev. Lawrence Biondi of Saint Louis and Dr. Horace Fleming of Southern Miss serve on the Board's Executive Committee. Commissioner Slive serves on the NCAA Management Council.

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2001Women's Soccer

Team Marquette Saint Louis Cincinnati Charlotte Southern Miss Houston Tulane South Florida Memphis

UAB DePaul Louisville

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Conference USA

2000 Women's Soccer All-Conference-USA First Team All-Conference USA Jill Currie, Charlotte Kate Gordon, Marquette Jessica Gjertsen, Memphis Jenny Kehl, Saint Louis SiriNordby, South Florida Kristina Jensen, Marquette Tiffany Ogden.Cincinnati RheganHyypio, Marquette Heather O'Neil, Marquette Kelly Young, Saint Louis Meghann Burke, Saint Louis

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Conference

Pet. .995 .864 .818 .773 .545 .500 .455 .409 .273 .182 .182 .000

W 20 13 16 12 9 9 8 6 9 3 3 1

Second Team All-Conference USA F Jen Meiners, Cincinnati F Meredith Mayo, Charlotte F Stacey Hall, Southern Miss NF Erin Maysent, Marquette Mr Laura Lockwood, Charlotte M= Tia Oplinger, South Florida Mr Kathleen Schager, Saint Louis D Sarah Judy, Charlotte D Megan McNiff, Saint Louis D Stephanie Welch, Marquette GK Jennifer Howell, Charlotte

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PLAYER OF THE YEAR Meghann Burke, Jr., GK, Saint Louis

2001 C-USA PRESEASON POLL (as selected by C-USA coaches) 1. Marquette 2. Saint Louis 3. Charlotte 4. Cincinnati 5. Houston 6. TCU 7. East Carolina 8. South Florida 9. Tulane 10. UAB 11. Memphis 12. Southern Miss 13. DePaul 14. Louisvill

ALL-CONFERENCE Kara Bullinger, Sr., MF, Houston Meghann Burke, Jr., GK, Saint Louis Sherry Dick, Jr., F, TCU Kate Gordon, Jr., F, Marquette Jill Hayes, So., F, Charlotte Kristen Jensen, So., MF, Marquette Jenny Kehl, Jr., MF/F, Saint Louis Colleen Lake, Jr., MF/F, Tulane Tia Opliger, Jr., MF, South Florida Denise Peters, Sr., F, UAB Vin Thomas, Sr., F, Cincinnati cia Wiles, Jr., F, Southern Miss

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he University of Memphis was founded under the auspices of the General Education Bill, enacted by the Tennessee Legislature in 1909. Known originally as West Tennessee Normal School, the institution opened its doors Sept. 10, 1912, with Dr. Seymour A. Mynders as president. Students in the first classes selected blue and gray as the school colors and the Tiger as the mascot. (Tradition holds that the colors, those of the opposing armies during the Civil War, were chosen in commemoration of the reuniting of the country after that divisive conflict.) Over the next decade, The Desoto yearbook was created, the first library was opened in the Administration Building, the first dining hall was built and the first men's dorm was built; today that dorm, Scales Hall, houses the academic counseling offices. In 1925 the name of the college changed to West Tennessee State Teachers College. Three years later, the Brister Library was built, named after two-term president John W. Brister. In 1931 the students created a campus newspaper, The Tiger Rag; and in 1935 the school's agriculture department was discontinued. The college changed names again in 1941, becoming Memphis State College, and in 1946 the first alumnus was named president, J. Millard "]ack" Smith. In 1950 graduate studies were initiated, and in 1954 the school switched from a quarter to a semester system. In 1957 the state legislature designated Memphis State full university status. In 1959 the university admitted its first black students, and the first doctoral programs began in 1966. The 1970s, under President Cecil C. Humphreys, saw new buildings constructed across the campus, including a University Center and a 12-story library. In 1983 MSU became the first public university in Tennessee to gain accreditation of its entire curriculum. The 1990s were characterized by another name change and another building boom. In 1994 MSU became The University of Memphis, and the Ned R. McWherter Library was completed. As the century closed, a 1,200-seat theater was being completed, and plans were underway for the FedEx Emerging Technology Center adjacent to the Fogelman College of Business and Economics and a full-service hotel and hospitality training facility, a $ 15 million gift from Holiday Inns founder Kemmons Wilson. Today, The University of Memphis is one of Tennessee's two comprehensive institutions of higher learning. Situated on an urban campus in the state's largest city, it is the flagship of the Tennessee Board of Regents system. It awards more than 3,000 degrees annually. With an enrollment of approximately 20,000 students, The University of Memphis has 24 Chairs of Excellence, more than any other Tennessee university, and five stateapproved centers of excellence. Mission: The University of Memphis is a doctoral degree-granting urban research university committed to excellence in undergraduate, graduate, and professional education; in the discovery and dissemination of knowledge; in service to the metropolitan community, state, and nation; and in the preparation of a diverse student population for successful careers and meaningful participation in a global society. The University of Memphis remains committed to the education of a non-racially identifiable student body and promotes diversity and access without regard to race, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

U of M Fall 2000 Enrollment Data • Total Enrollment: 19,986


Accreditation: The University of Memphis is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, first professional, master's, educational specialist's and doctoral degrees. Campus Size: 1,160 acres and nearly 200 buildings at four sites. Operating Budget: $220 million Local Economic Impact: More than $ 1 billion University Focus: Opened in 1912 as a teacher training college, The University of Memphis has grown into one of the largest comprehensive universities in the southeast United States. Still offering the teaching, research and service functions it was founded to provide, The University of Memphis has established five destination areas: information technology, international studies, performing arts, public health and undergraduate education. Campus Location: Located in a suburban, residential section of Memphis - the 18th largest U.S. city - our beautifully landscaped campus is easily accessible to shopping, recreation and entertainment. The University also has teaching sites throughout Shelby County and West Tennessee. Major Divisions of the University: College of Arts and Sciences, Fogelman College of Business and Economics, College of Communication and Fine Arts, College of Education, Herff College of Engineering, University College, Loewenberg School of Nursing, School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and the Graduate School. Degrees: The University of Memphis offers 15 bachelor's degrees in more than 50 majors and 70 concentrations, master's degrees in 45 subjects and doctoral degrees in 18 disciplines in addition to the Juris Doctor (law) and a specialist degree in education. More than 3,000 degrees are awarded annually. Library: The University's Ned R. McWherter Library provides one of the most electronically up-to-date information repositories within hundreds of miles. Students are able to tap into information stored in libraries around the world. Library collections contain more than 13 million items, which include monographs, periodical volumes, federal and state documents, maps and manuscripts. Holdings include nearly 3.1 million microformat materials and more than a million bound volumes. Information Technology: The U of M provides state-of-the-art computing facilities for student and faculty use, including a 24-hour TigerLAN lab. Thirty-five additional labs with more than 700 PC and Macintosh workstations and eight "smart" classrooms complement the teaching and research activities of the University. Center and Chairs of Excellence: The University of Memphis has five state-approved Centers of Excellence: Center for Applied Psychological Research, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, Center for Research Initiatives and Strategies for the Communicatively Impaired, Center for Research in Educational Policy, and the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology. There are 24 endowed Chairs of Excellence, which boast some of this country's top scholars and researchers.

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PERFORMING ARTS CENTER The University and surrounding community is extremely deficient in respect to a facility that will adequately accomodate major cultural events. Teaching and interpretation through exhibition experience benefits the students of the University and the general community. The proposed structure would provide a performing arts theater seating 1,200 to allow opera, ballet, musical and theatrical productions to be conducted in a world class atmosphere. The Performing Arts Center is envisioned as the focal point of the campus entry and a hub for community-related activities.

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The bookstore will complete the walkway from the newly constructed parking garage to the Unviersity Center, and will include service functions such as a post office, copy center, bank and convenience store. The main floor of the facility will replace the current bookstore, which is located in the lower level of the University Center. Construction is expected to be complete during the summer of 2002.

FEDEX EMERGING TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX This jointly-funded project will represent the most advanced and evolving methods in teaching and learning the technology skills of today and tomorrow. The idea behind the facility is that students will be better prepared for the fast-paced, rapidly-changing business world. The facility will provide a technologically equipped 200-seat forum, computer labs, training room, collaboration suites, and hardware and software development labs as well as a cyber cafe and exhibit area. The University of Memphis is already established in the area of technology and research with over 1 7 doctoral programs as well as an advanced masters program in e-commerce, opportunities in cycle time research and participation in its highly recognized, Institute for the Management of Emerging Technology. As an Internet2 campus and a Carnegie Classification of Extensive Doctoral Research University, The U of M has made a commitment to move to the next level with the FedEx Emerging Technology Complex. There was a ground-breaking ceremony on May 2, 2001 and construction is expected to be complete in spring of 2003.


KEMMONS WILSON SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY AND RESORT MANAGEMENT The site construction for this exciting new facility has begun. The hotel will include 82 suites, a fullservice restaurant, meeting and ballroom facilities. Accomodations for the academic program includes offices, a computer lab, service rooms, classrooms, demonstration kitchen and other associated space.

STUDENT PLAZA The Student Plaza project is funded and construction is expected to begin in the near future with a projected completion in the fall or winter of 2001. Major features will include a center fountain, seating areas, surrounding mall development and landscaping.

future MICHAEL D. ROSE THEATER LECTURE HALL This facility, which was completed this past summer and is now open, will provide students with 1,000 seats in an auditorium configuration for student and other university events, lectures, films, etc.


FtuiCitics The University of Memphis Tiger basketball team has played for the past nine seasons in The Pyramid, which seats 20,142. Highlighting its contents is one of the finest locker room facilities in all of basketball, including the NBA. This 2,200 square-foot room is equipped with a lounge and team meeting area, dressing room, training room and storage area. In the dressing room each player has his own personal vanity and locker, while the lounge area is furnished with couches, a 35-inch color television, a stereo sound system and a color pulldown projection screen. It also has an entrance way that includes a stainless steel door and a lighted U of M logo that hangs on a marble wall. The Tigers made good use of their new home in their first season as they went on to have the nation's largest attendance increase (5,207) and were ranked eighth overall in per game attendance (16,142). Memphis' 10year record at The Pyramid is 125-38. The Pyramid sits on the bank of the Mississippi River and is visible to motorists as they cross the Tennessee-Arkansas bridge into Memphis. It was the site of the 1993 Great Midwest Conference Men's and Women's basketball tournaments, the 2000 C-USA Men's Basketball Championship and the 2000 NCAA Women's Mideast Regional. The Pyramid has played host to the first and second round of the Men's NCAA Tournament three times (1995, 1997, 2001).

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The University of Memphis women's basketball and volleyball teams play all home events at the 2,800-seat Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Situated in the heart of U of M's campus, the Fieldhouse is equipped with lockerroom and training facilities for the five Lady Tiger athletic teams. The Fieldhouse received an $80,000 renovation in August of 1993 as the gym itself was completely painted and entry ways were improved with lighting and a totally different design. In the summer of 1998, a new floor was put down, and that floor will receive a new paint scheme for the 2001-02 season. The lighting in the building was improved prior to the 1999-2000 season, and plans are in the early stages to add air conditioning to the arena. The fieldhouse was nicknamed "The Jungle" this past basketball season, and the building will undergo another facelift in 2001 as awnings will be added to the outside and over the concession and ticket areas. There is also discussion to change all seating to chairback seating. The Lady Tiger basketball team set a record for attendance in 1997-98, hosting 3,410 fans for the matchup with cross state rival Tennessee. The Lady Tiger basketball team owns an impressive 75-16 record at The Fieldhouse. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium is the site of all the University of Memphis home football games, as well as the Liberty Bowl postseason game. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, "built by the citizens of Memphis," is a memorial to the veterans of World War I, World War II and the Korean War. The 62,380-seat facility, operated by the Memphis Park Commission, was built in 1965 at a cost of $3.7 million by the city of Memphis and renovated in 1987 for $19.5 million. The Tigers opened the stadium with a meeting against Ole Miss on Sept. 1 8, 1965, and over 35 years have compiled a 108-92-7 record in the Liberty Bowl. The stadium features a new "prescription turf" playing surface, spacious lockerrooms, and a four-level press box, which features a stadium club for VIPs. In 1983, city of Memphis officials named the playing surface Rex Dockery Field in honor of the late Tiger coach who was killed in a plane crash. Included in the 1987 renovations were new sky suites, approximately 12,000 new seats, a new stadium club, new lighting system, the new playing surface, a new handicap seating area, and numerous concession stands and restroom facilities for the new sections. The largest crowd to witness a Tiger football game at the Liberty Bowl was the 65,885 who attended the Tigers' stunning upset of sixth-ranked Tennessee in 1 996. Memphis defeated the Vols, 21-17, in a game televised by CBS. In 1970, the U of M Athletic Department officially opened the Kennedy Sportsplex, a 1 40-acre complex located just south of the main campus. The complex serves as the home of the Tiger football, baseball, soccer and track teams and offers workout facilities for all U of M sports. In the mid-80s, the facility was renamed the Billy ]. Murphy Complex in honor of former Memphis head football coach and athletic director Billy ]. Murphy. The main building features a 50-yard indoor practice field with an artificial surface. This field is used for workouts when the weather prohibits outdoor practices and is also used by the baseball team for winter workouts. Located behind the main building are four outdoor football fields, used for fall and spring practices. Other features of the complex include a golf driving range and a 5,000 square foot Novagrass artificial green. The green, which features four sand bunkers, allows both golf teams to practice their short games.The building will undergo a much needed $ 10 million renovation in the coming year. Included in the renovation is a main lobby which will feature a Hall of Fame as well as Tiger athletic memoribilia. The lobby will accomodate up to 1 50 people and will also be used for special events. Two large meeting rooms will be added in order for the Tiger football team to meet prior to practices. The main meeting room will seat up to 100 people and the smaller room will accomodate up to 75 people. There will also be individual meeting rooms for all of the position coaches to hold meetings. The equipment room will receive an overhaul as will the athletic training facility. The equipment room will also receive an expanded laundry facility, and the training room will add two underground aquatic pools for rehabilitation. The football lockerroom will be completely revamped and players will now have a lounge area to relax and study in. Also included are new lockerrooms for track and a visitor's changing area. The current lockerrooms for the spring sports teams will be updated.


The newly-constructed Larry O. Finch Center opened in the spring of 2000 and serves as the practice facility for men's basketball. The 31,000 square foot facility features a regulation court which runs east to west. With the removal of portable goals, the building can be divided into three north-south courts for intramural play. Each court has its own Scoreboard and clock. The center's fully-equipped training room includes heat packs, electrical stimulation units, ultrasound, whirlpools, three treatment and two taping tables as well as a separate doctor's examination room. Additionally, the center includes a locker room for the U of M basketball team, player lounge and storage area as well as a complete weight room. Overlooking the courts is a media room as well as coaching staff offices and a coaches' lockerroom. The Finch Center is attached to the Student Recreation and Fitness Center, which was completely remodeled in 1999. Improvements include a state-of-the-art air conditioning and dehumidification center, an aerobics room, larger free weight and nautilas/cardivascular fitness rooms and additional basketball courts. Also a part of the improvements was the complete renovation of the center's aquatics facilities, including four swimming pools. The SRFC has two identical indoor and outdoor aquatic facilities. The two Olympic-size pools have 10, seven-foot lanes with a minimum pool depth of four feet while the two, 25-yard short course diving wells have a minimum depth of eight feet. The pools include both short course and long course non-turbulent lane lines, 32 starting blocks, underwater observation window, two Colorado 4000 timing systems with display, audio system and spectator seating. Located adjacent to the indoor pools are a whirlpool, sauna, and steam room. The center includes two gymnasiums with multi-court floors as well as additional outdoor basketball and tennis courts across Echles Street. There are also 10 racquetball courts located in the building. The SRFC also includes remodeled lockerroom facilities. All of the University of Memphis' home baseball games are played at Nat Buring Stadium, a 1,200seat facility adjacent to the Murphy Athletic Complex, which opened with an 11-2 Tiger victory over Mississippi State on March 14, 1972. Just 1 3 days after celebrating the 19th anniversary of opening day at Nat Buring, Memphis played its first-ever night game with a 5-4 win over Ole Miss on March 27, 1991. Nat Buring Stadium is named after the owner of Buring Food Packing who is an avid supporter of Memphis baseball. The stadium has had several renovations over the years, including the addition of chairback seating, an enclosed press box and most recently, new dugouts. Feasibility studies are currently underway to approach the construction of a new stadium for Tiger baseball. In 30 years at Nat Buring, the Tigers own a 591-21 7-1 record, and recorded their best home record of 32-1 in 1981.

Located next to the baseball stadium is Murphy Track, an eight-lane, polyurethane tartan surface track used by the U of M track teams for home meets. During the summer of 1 991, the University of Memphis hosted the World Police and Fire Games. The track meet featured over 700 athletes from around the world. During the summer of 1992, U of M served as host of the Tennessee Sports Festival which featured athletes from around the state. Murphy Track was also the host site of the 1992 and 1993 Great Midwest Conference Track and Field Championships.

The 2001 soccer season is sure to be an exciting one as the men's team will play all of their matches at the newly-constructed Mike Rose Soccer Complex. The women's team will is expected to play at least four games at the complex. The facility, which is privately managed and operated, sits on 1 36.1 7 acres and was designed to accomodate exhibition games, tournaments, special events, camps and clinics. There are 16 fields which have Bermuda grass and an underground drainage system. Completed most recently is the stadium which will feature more than 5,000 seats and will be the host to Tiger soccer. The stadium facility also includes showers, lockerrooms, a food court, a retail store, full media services, administrative offices, Trophy Suites and a conference room. Matches not played at Mike Rose will be played on campus at Echles Field. The 900-seat facility is located adjacent to the Health Physical Education and Recreation Building and received a $20,000 facelift in the summer of 1992. The renovations include a new electronic Scoreboard, concrete slabs for bleachers, and the purchase of additional seats.

The men's and women's tennis teams host their opponents on the HMSE courts located just two blocks from the Athletic Office Building. There are 21 laykold-surfaced courts which allow the Tiger tennis teams to host multi-team tournaments. The courts received some much needed renovation in 2000. Concrete was poured underneath the lower courts, while the remaining courts were resurfaced. The light poles and the courts were painted blue and gray, and new windscreens were installed that announce the facility as the "home of Tiger and Lady Tiger Tennis." Plans are also in the works to add a gazebo and sand volleyball courts for student use outside of the facility.


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The Tiger defense, which was ranked 106"' in 1999, finished the 2000 season ranked fifth in the nation, jumping as high as second after just two weeks. In the season opener against Mississippi State, the Tiger defense limited the Bulldogs to just 127 yards in total offense. In a game against Louisiana-Monroe, the defensive unit gave up just 176 yards in total offense and just 44 yards on the ground. The defense, which was headed by now-head coach Tommy West, was ranked No. 1 in the country against the rush. Memphis allowed just 72.7 yards per game en route the national honor. Five defensive Tigers were named to the all-Conference USA first team including Andre Arnold, Marcus Bell, Kama! Shakir, Idrees Bashir and Michael Stone, while tight end Billy Kendall received second-team honors.

Led by senior April Harriman's record book-worthy season, the Tiger volleyball team won five of their final seven matches to finish the season f 3-20 overall. Memphis went 4-2 through its first six matches, including a 3-0 stretch where they did not drop a game en route to the tournament championship at the College of Charleston. Harriman was named tournament MVP. The Tigers struggled through the middle part of the season, but used a 3-0 win at Jacksonville State to begin an end-of-the-season run that resulted in five wins in seven matches. Harriman nailed her 1,000"' career kill on senior night in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, and finished 2000 with 494 kills, the fifth-highest single-season total in school history. Freshman Brittany Barnett also moved into the record book with 105 block assists, the sixth-highest single-season mark in school history. Barnett became the second Tiger in three years to earn C-USA All-Freshman team honors.

Head coach Brooks Monaghan's first season at The U of M resulted in a 9-11 finish, marking the best record by a Lady Tiger team since the 1997 season. After grabbing just one victory in league play during the 1999 season, Memphis registered three in 2000, and also improved their home mark at Echles Field, going 6-3 this past season. Freshman striker Jessica Cjertsen was a force to be reckoned with after setting new singleseason records for points (40) and goals (18). She was honored by C-USA as a first-team all-league pick as well as the C-USA Freshman of the Year.

The 2001 season went down as one of the best in Tiger soccer history as The U of M's 14-6 overall record marked the best finish since the 1992 season. Memphis went on to earn a berth in the C-USA Tournament, advancing to the semi-finals before bowing out to eventual champion Saint Louis University. The Memphis offense ranked fifth nationally, and junior striker Sean Fraser set a school record with 41 points. Several Tigers were named to the all-Conference USA teams, including Fraser (first-team), Stephen Lewis (second-team), Justin Stralka (second-team), Lars Thorstensen (third-team) and Clark Talley who was selected to the all-freshman team. Coach Richie Grant was named the C-USA Coach of the Year.

After a regular season where she had three top 10 and one top 15 finish, redshirt sophomore Wendy Ragle led the Lady Tigers with a 40Ih-place finish at the conference championships. The Lady Tigers finished 12th overall with 298 points. Three Lady Tigers advanced to the NCAA Regionals, where sophomore Leslie-Ann Daley led Memphis with a time of 24:25.11 for the 6,000-meter course, finishing 110"'.

Led by sophomore, Balazs Laszlo, the men's cross country team finished 10th at the conference championships with 294 points. Laszlo finished 14 th overall, earning All-Conference Honors after covering the 8,000-meter course in 25:38.69. Just five Memphis student-athletes competed in the meet after sophomore Ryan Smith was forced to miss the meet due to illness.

Led by two newcomers, the Memphis men's tennis team became the first Tiger tennis team in 25 years to make it into the national rankings. Junior Michael Chamberlain, a transfer from Middle Tennessee State University, and sophomore Joe Schmulian, who joined the Tigers in the fall from Devon, South Africa, each earned third-team all-conference honors after helping Memphis to a 15-7 overall record and a fifth-place finish at the conference championships. Chamberlain led all Tigers with 16 singles wins, while Schmulian and senior Alistair Todd each added 15 singles wins during 2001.

The women's tennis team saw the completion of the career of one of the greatest players in school history when senior Christina Ladyman finished her senior season. The Perth, Australia, native's return helped Memphis to a top 10 ranking in their region in the fall, and Memphis used that momentum to qualify three individuals for the ITA Southeast Regional for the first time in three years. Ladyman, who earned second-team all-conference honors for the fourth consecutive year, finished her career with 94 singles wins, the second-most in school history. The Lady Tigers finished eighth at the conference championships, finishing the season with a mark of 11-15 overall.

The men's golf team saved its best team finish for the Conference USA Championship, finishing sixth with a team score of 910. Memphis was led by freshmen David Jeans, who tied for 13th overall with a three round total of 223. That was one of a year of highlights for Jeans, after the freshman got his first collegiate hold-in-one at the Alabama Spring Invitational.


Memphis exceeded expectations under first-year coach John Calipari in posting a 21-15 record in 2000-01. The Tigers advanced to the C-USA Tournament semifinals for the first time since 1996 and capped off the year with a third-place finish at the TiVo NIT. For the first time since becoming a charter member of C-USA, Memphis swept four, two game series against National Division opponents. At the turnstile. The U of M set records, averaging 17,110 per game (sixth best in the nation) and finishing the year with a total paid attendance mark of 290,864. On the court, junior forward Kelly Wise was named to the all-C-USA first team. Wise was the only player in C-USA to average a double-double, leading the Tigers with a 15.1 scoring average while pulling down 10.1 rebounds per game. Rookie guard Scooter McFadgon was named to C-USA's allfreshman team. He averaged 9.3 points and was the team's leading free throw shooter at 77.5 percent.

The Lady Tiger Basketball team is one of the most successful programs at The U of M. This past season, head coach ]oye Lee-McNelis led her squad to their seventh consecutive post-season appearance as Memphis participated in the WNIT. The 2001 Lady Tigers finished the year with a 17-13 record and an appearance in their third straight WNIT tournament. The Lady Tigers opened the season with a 5-0 record for the first time in 12 years, recording victories over SEC foes Arkansas and then-15th ranked Mississippi State. Memphis placed two Lady Tigers on the all-Conference USA team as senior Tiffany Adkins was named to the first-team, and Princess Swilley was named to the all-freshman squad. Adkins also received national exposure as an all-America candidate after leading the Lady Tigers in scoring and rebounding throughout the season. This past season Memphis recorded a 9-3 record at home, improving to 75-16 at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse in the last seven years.

Under first-year head coach Dave Anderson, the U of M baseball team experienced a resurgence in 2001. The Tigers had the best turnaround in NCAA Baseball from 2000 to 2001, improving from 15 wins in 2000 to 34 in 2001, the highest win total for Memphis since 1994. Memphis improved by leaps and bounds both at the plate and on the mound. The Tigers slugged 70 home runs this season after hitting only 26 in 2000, and they improved their team batting average from .255 in 2000 to .271 in 2001. First team all-C-USA selection Daniel Uggla was also named a 2001 Louisville Slugger nil-American at second base. Uggla slugged 18 home runs, knocked in 67 RBI, batted .379, held a C-USA leading slugging percentage of .790, and set a new school record with 28 doubles on the season. The Tigers made such drastic improvements while receiving significant contributions from several freshmen. Josh Payne, Bill Edwards, Kyle Scott, and Michael Lewis all played in at least 20 games, with Edwards serving as a conference starting pitcher and Payne starting 56 of 58 games in the Tiger outfield.

The Lady Tiger golf team overcame a six-stroke deficit at the Conference USA Championship to win the league title by two strokes with a team score of 904. The Lady Tigers were led by true freshman Meaghan Francella, who captured the individual title by a stroke after posting twoconsecutive one-under par 71's for a three-day total of 221. Francella was also named C-USA Freshman of the Year, and also earned AllConference USA and alj-tournament honors. Sophomore Marianne Ruud and freshman Jennifer Jaszek also earned all-tournament honors. At the NCAA West Regional in Oregon, the Lady Tigers' season completed with a 14Ih-place finish. Francella continued her outstanding season by finishing the NCAA West Regional tied for 11"', qualifying her for the NCAA Women's Golf Championship in Florida.

Led by a group of seniors that featured Larry Crawford, Chris Ingram and Stefan Matschiner, the Tiger track and field team fell just one point shy of its first-ever C-USA outdoor championship with a second-place finish of 103 points. Ingram won the Tigers' only outdoor individual event championship when he won the 400-meter dash, his first-ever league title. The Tiger sprinters, led by Crawford, captured both relay titles (4x100 and 4x400) en route their best-ever finish since 1996. The Tigers' indoor season was equally successful, finishing third overall while capturing four events. Senior Stefan Matschiner won the 3000-meter run, while Crawford repeated his 60-meter dash win from 2000. The Tigers also won the 4x400-meter and distance medley relays at the indoor championships. Crawford and Matschiner set new meet records. Junior Delvit Rogers continued his successful Tiger career after qualifying and competing in both the 2000 NCAA Outdoor Championships and the 2000 US Olympic Trials by qualifying and competing in the 2001 NCAA Indoor Championships in the triple jump.

Led by junior Barbara Wine's win in the shot put, the Lady Tigers finished the outdoor conference championships in seventh-place, their best finish in six years. Wine won the shot with a school-record performance of 14.29 meters (46-10.75). Wine now holds the school record in both the indoor and outdoor shot. She became the first Lady Tiger since 1997 to win a conference title. The Memphis freshman had a big outdoor conference championships, with freshman Keenan Gibson, who earned C-USA Runner of the Week honors once during the outdoor season, finishing fourth in the 100 and second in the 200, while fellow freshman Shamieka Johnson finished third in the 100-high hurdles. Lisa-Marie Hyman, another of the fabulous freshmen, finished seventh in the triple jump despite never competing in the event prior to coming to Memphis. The Lady Tigers finished eighth in the indoor league championships, where Wine was second in the shot and Gibson was fourth in the 60-meter dash and fifth in the 200. Junior Kameilah Amaya continued a dominant year in the throws, provisionally-qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the weight throw. Amaya's distance did not qualify her for a spot in the NCAA's, but the junior currently holds the indoor record in the 20-lb. weight throw and the outdoor record in the _ hammer.

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onsidered the Home of the Blues and the Birthplace of Rock 'n Roll the city of Memphis' musical roots run deep. However, music is just a chapter in the history as well as the future of the city located in the heart of MidAmerica. Memphis, named after the capital of ancient Egypt, boasts all the amenities you would expect in a city with over 1.000,000 residents while retaining the charm and down-to-earth feel of a small town. Downtown Memphis is in the midst of a building boom valued at $2.3 billion which is transforming the heart of the city. One of the most visible projects has been the construction of AutoZone Park, the downtown ballpark which is the home of the Memphis Redbirds. the St. Louis Cardinals" Triple-A club. The new 14,320-seat stadium includes 1,500 club seats, 48 luxury suites and is located at the corner of Third Street and Union Avenue across from the world-famous Peabody Hotel. Downtown is served by the Main Street Trolley. The trolley system, which first opened in April of 1993, currently consists of the Main Street Line which passes near such Memphis landmarks as Beale Street, the Pinch District. Court Square and the National Civil Rights Museum. The Riverfront Loop includes a station in front oi The Pyramid and offers riders a unique vista of the Mississippi River. Memphis musical roots can be traced to band leader W.C. Handy who wrote the first blues song here in 1909. a campaign theme for Memphis mayor "Boss" Crump called "Boss Crump Blues" and later published as "The Memphis Blues.'" The sound soon caught on and blues bands filled the clubs along Beale. Young musicians who performed along Beale included Muddy Waters, Furry Lewis, Albert King, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and B.B. King. Where Beale Street meets the Mississippi River is Tom Lee Park, site of the annual Beale Street Music Festival. The weekend-long musical festival is just a part of the month-long Memphis in May International Festival which also includes the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and the Sunset Symphony. Located just off Beale Street is the Peabody Place Retail and Entertainment Center which is slated to open late this year. The 300,000 square foot retail complex will feature a 21-screen movie the-

ater and 3D IMAX as well as several theme restaurants. Also located within a block of Beale Street is Gibson Guitar Memphis which includes factory tours and cultural exhibits. Also on the same property is the Smithsonian's Rock 'n' Soul Museum which includes artifacts documenting music's past. Memphis' musical roots also includes Stax and HiRecords as well as Sun Records recording studios. Stax became known for "sweet soul music" through such artists as the MarKeys, Booker T. and the MGs, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave and Isaac Hayes. One of Hi-Records premier artists was Al Green. Sun Records' most famous recording artist was Elvis Presley and also boasted Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Pickens and J o h n n y Cash among its recording artists. Elvis Presley's Graceland is one of the five most visited home tours in America and is the most famous home in America after the White House. In 1991, Graceland was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Over 600.000 visitors tour Graceland each year. Also located downtown is the refurbished Orpheum Theater which serves as a venue for performances by Ballet Memphis, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and t r a v e l i n g broadway shows as well as the Orpheum Classic Movies series and other concerts. The city's location makes Memphis a major distribution hub with two interstate highways intersecting in the city. Memphis is also home of FedEx, the nation's largest package carrier which makes Memphis International Airport the world's busiest cargo airport in the world. Over 500 commercial passenger flights originate from Memphis International each day. Memphis is also a twice daily stop by Amtrak's City of New Orleans which runs from Chicago to New Orleans.

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University President Dr. Shirley C. Raines has been named the 11th president of The University of Memphis. She will assume the office July 1,2001. She had previously been vice chancellor for academic services and dean of the College of Education at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. She will be the first woman to hold the presidency of the University, which was founded in 1912. She is also the first woman to be named president of a major public university in the MidSouth. Dr. Raines, 55, earned her doctorate in education from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, as well as her master of science degree. Her bachelor of science degree is from the University of Tennessee at Martin. She also completed the Management Development Program from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Executive Education Program from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. She is the author or co-author of 11 books and numerous journal articles, and is widely regarded as an expert in early childhood and teacher education. She is the president of the Association for Childhood Education International, a 108-year-old education organization with members in 72 different nations. She serves on the selection committee for the National Teacher of the Year and has received honors for her leadership in teacher education, including a Phi Delta Kappa

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Chapter Award for Distinguished Service to Education, and two distinguished paper awards from the Eastern Educational Research Association. Before her appointment at UK, Dr. Raines was professor and department chair of Childhood/Language Arts/Reading at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and associate professor of education at George Mason University in Fairfax,Va., where she received the Distinguished Faculty Award. She also held higher education academic appointments at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, North Carolina Wesleyan, and the University of Alabama. She was founder and director of the Child Care Center at Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tenn., and director of the Knox County Schools Head Start in Knoxville, Tenn. Early in her career, Dr. Raines was a teacher in Louisville, Ky., and Sellersberg, Ind. Dr. Raines is known for her effective work with legislators on public policy issues related to higher education, literacy projects, and community initiatives. Major themes of her higher education leadership have been interdisciplinary research; improving teaching, retention, and graduation rates; and building partnerships on and off the campus. Described in the Memphis Commercial Appeal as "powerful, prepared, and personable," she is a much sought after speaker at conferences, schools, and civic organizations. A native of Bells, Tenn., about an hour's drive east of Memphis,

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Grant's take on Bryant: "Matt was one of top players in Memphis. He is a strong, technical player and has the skills and attributes required of a Division I player." PREP: Prepped at Ridgeway H.S. ...During senior season, helped lead Roadrunners to Tennessee state crown along with fellow Tiger freshman Jake German under head coach David Wolff...Has been a member of the Tennessee OOP team since 1995 and also played for the Region III team from 1999-2000...Played club soccer for the Germantown Fury and was recently selected for the Adidas ESP select camp in 2000.

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Athletic Director R.C. Johnson, who has worked for 29 years in athletic administration and served as athletic director at Temple University, was named the Director of Athletics at The University of Memphis on December 29, 1995. "Clearly, R.C. Johnson is one of the premier athletic directors in the country," said former U of M President Dr. V. Lane Rawlins. "We were seeking an individual with people skills, as well as a deep caring about student-athletes and their futures. "We searched long and hard for someone whom we felt had the talents to fit The University of Memphis and the Memphis community, someone who was well respected in NCAA circles. We checked every resource that was available and feel that we could not have found a more qualified individual with a better record." Johnson initiated the start of a capital campaign to add a new 8,000-squarefoot football and basketball office complex to the current Athletic Office Building, a new basketball practice facility and a complete renovation of the Murphy Athletic Complex on Memphis' south campus. The eight million dollar campaign is the largest fund raising effort in the history of Memphis athletics and should bring the Tiger athletic facilities on-line with Conference USA sister institutions. During the spring of 1999, Johnson negotiated one of the richest radio broadcast package in Tiger athletic history with WMC-AM 79 in Memphis. The threeyear agreement calls for WMC to pay the University approximately $1.2 million for football and men's basketball rights. In his short tenure, Johnson has created the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, the Tiger Clubs Board of Directors and the athletic director's Ambassador's Club. Johnson has conducted several meetings with the Memphis Park Commission to add a greater presence for the Tigers in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Numerous signs appear in the Liberty Bowl indicating that the stadium is

the "home of the Tigers." At Temple, Johnson was responsible for directing a program with more than 500 student-athletes in 20-men's and women's intercollegiate sports, including nationally visible programs in men's basketball and football. He was named Temple's director of athletics on May 9, 1994, after a national search. The former Temple athletic director enjoys a reputation for building private and corporate support for intercollegiate athletics and for developing strong academic services for student-athletes. Highlights of his tenure at Temple include: the origination of a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee; the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for student-athletes; the reorganization of the Athletic Department infrastructure; chairing the Atlantic 10 Conference Membership Committee and representing the Big East Conference on the Gender-Equity Task Force. Johnson was hired at Temple after nearly six years as director of athletics at Miami (Ohio) University. During his tenure at Miami University, Johnson was responsible for numerous programs that enhanced the stature and image of the Ohio institution. A strong believer in a quality education for student-athletes, Johnson emphasized academic integrity and excellence during his time at Miami University. At the time he departed for Temple, Miami University had 15 student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA, 62 student-athletes with a 3.50 or better GPA and 191 studentathletes with a 3.00 GPA or better. Before becoming athletic director at Miami University, Johnson was athletic director at Eastern Illinois from 1980-88. He was the associate athletic director at Northern Iowa from 1974 to 1980. A former football coach himself, Johnson served as an assistant football coach at

R.C. Johnson Mankato State University from 196874. He coached at Youngstown State University during the 1967 and '68 seasons. Prior to joining the staff at Youngstown State, Johnson served as an assistant coach at Northern Iowa for two years (1965-67) and the University of Iowa (1963-65). A native of Ottawa, III., Johnson has his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Iowa and a master's in physical education from the University of Northern Iowa. He is a member of the Football Issues Committee of the NCAA, the National Association of College Directors of Athletics, the Executive Committee of the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association, the C-USA Representative on the Board of Directors of the AFCA, and he serves on the Finance, Nominating, Planning, Football Scheduling, and Expansion & Bowl Committees for Conference USA. He is also a member of the Shelby County Sports Authority. Johnson and his wife, Melba, have three children and three grandchildren.

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KEVIN GROTHE Associate AD Kevin Grothe is in his sixth year as associate athletic director for advancement at The University of Memphis. He is responsible for overseeing the athletic department's external operations, including fund raising, marketing and promotions, media relations, ticketing, merchandising and licensing, and the spirit squads. Grothe came to Memphis after spending two years as assistant commissioner for corporate development at the Mid-America Conference in Toledo, Ohio. His responsibilities included coordinating and developing sponsorship packages for the MAC television and radio networks. The 38-year-old Grothe worked as assistant athletic director for marketing and promotions at Miami University from 1989-1993. He coordinated marketing and promotions for 19 men's and women's intercollegiate sports programs at Miami and managed all activities for the Red and White Club. Prior to joining the staff at Miami, Grothe worked as the assistant director of sports marketing and promotions at the University of Iowa for four years. Grothe received his bachelor of arts degree from Iowa in 1985. He is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators and the National Association of Athletic Development Directors.

LYNN PARKES Lynn Parkes is in her 18th year as the senior women's administrator for The U of M. As such, she oversees eight intercollegiate sports of women's basketball, volleyball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's track and men's and women's tennis. Parkes also oversees the areas of compliance and student-athlete services. Prior to devoting full-time to her role as associate athletic director, Parkes spent 11 years as the head women's golf coach at Memphis. A native of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Parkes is a 1973 graduate of the University of Alabama. She was a member of the Crimson Tide women's golf team and competed in the National Collegiate Championship Tournament her final three years of college. Following graduation, she taught for two years at Loretto (TN) High School as a physical education instructor. Parkes came to The University of Memphis in 1975 to complete her graduate degree in physical education and at the same time, started the women's golf program. In addition to her administration of the women's sports programs, Parkes is compliance coordinator for the University of Memphis Athletic Department. As such, she is Memphis' liaison to Conference USA and the NCAA in ad-

herence to the rules and regulations of those two organizations. She also served on the NCAA Task Force which designed the recently approved restructure of the NCAA. A former member of the LPGA, Parkes served as chair of the NCAA Women's Golf Committee. She has served as tournament director of the 1995 NCAA East Golf Regional hosted by Memphis, as well as the 2000 NCAA Women's Basketball Mideast Regional Tournament. She most recently earned a spot on the NCAA Women's Basketball Selection Committee. Parkes also is active in numerous civic organizations and serves on the Board of the American Cancer Society.

BILL LOFTON Associate AD Bill Lofton came to the Tiger athletic department in 1994 as associate athletic director for finance and management. He is responsible for overseeing the athletic department budget and the day-to-day operation of the department in the absence of the athletic director. A graduate of Memphis, Lofton came to the athletic department after serving for 10 years as the manager of financial planning for the University. Lofton, who was named the University's Administrative Employee of the Year in 1990-91, has over 20 years of financial management experience in the areas of budget management, implementation of computer systems, cost accounting and auditing financial procedures. A native of Memphis, Lofton graduated from Trezevant High School in 1968 and enrolled at Memphis. He received his B.B.A. in management and marketing in 1972. He began his business career with International Harvester in 1972, starting as a cost accountant and advancing to senior cost accountant and office systems and procedures analyst. In 1981 he left International Harvester to become vice president of business affairs for The Memphis College of Arts. He was responsible for the budgeting, purchasing and fund raising, while supervising the financial operation and facility management. Lofton joined the staff at the University of Memphis in 1984 as the manager of Financial Planning.

BOB WINN Assistant AD Bob Winn, a native of Roanoke, Virginia, is in his 27th year with The University of Memphis athletic department. For the past 14 years Winn has served as assistant athletic director for media relations.

The chairman of the Conference USA Sports Information Directors in 1995-96, Winn is a 1974 graduate of the University of Memphis, holding a B.A. degree in journalism. During his tenure with the Tigers, he has promoted 22 football All-Americans, including national award winners Joe Allison, who received the Lou Groza Award in 1993, and Ryan White, who was named to the 2000 Playboy All-American squad, 12 basketball All-Americans, five baseball All-Americans and three track All-Americans. In addition, Winn served as media coordinator for four NCAA Regionals (1984, 1995, 1997, 2001), five NIT Tournaments, five Metro Conference Tournaments, one Great Midwest Conference Tournament and two Conference USA Tournaments. He also served as the official scorer for the Women's NCAA East Regional Golf Tournament in Memphis. Winn was inducted into the All-American Football Foundation Hall of Fame in May 1998, receiving the Scoop Hudgins award for media relations. In addition to his duties with The U of M, Winn has served as the media coordinator for the PGA Tour stop in Memphis, the FedEx St. Jude Classic for 27 years and has assisted with the press box operation for the annual St. Jude Liberty Bowl, which is played in Memphis in December. A 1966 graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Winn is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America and recently received recognition by CoSIDA for 25 years of service in the SID profession.

BOB KILPATRICK Assistant AD Bob Kilpatrick is in his seventh year as an assistant athletic director at the University of Memphis. Prior to assuming his role as assistant AD, he was the spring sports coordinator for eight years. For 21 years Kilpatrick served as head baseball coach for the Tigers. He became baseball coach in 1972 and turned the program into one of the most successful programs in the nation. In his first year at The U of M, Kilpatrick's team posted a 19-14 record, the first winning mark in two years. The native Memphian soon became the winningest baseball coach in Tiger history and completed his tenure as head coach with a record of 653-341-2 during his 21 seasons. Before stepping down, he was ranked in the Top 40 among active coaches in victories and winning percentage. Kilpatrick's 1978 team led the nation in batting average with a .357 team mark, won the Metro Conference championship and advanced to the finals of the NCAA Southeast Regional. The former professional infielder played his prep baseball at Memphis Central High School


and continued his career collegiately at Mississippi. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox and played in the Sox system for four years. He was named the Midwest League's top second baseman in 1962 and earned Minor League Player of the Month in May of 1962. After his professional career, Kilpatrick returned to Memphis and began teaching and coaching in the city school system.

MELISSA MOORE Melissa Moore, a graduate of The University of Memphis, is in her 16th year as a member of the athletic department and her 13th with the Tiger Clubs staff. She has served as Tiger Clubs coordinator for six years and has been an assistant athletic director for the past seven years. A 1985 graduate of the University of Memphis, Moore received her BBA with a major in accounting. During her tenure as a student, Moore worked in the Athletic Academic Office and moved to the Athletic Department, working in the athletic director's office and the basketball office before joining the staff of the Tiger Clubs in 1986. Moore oversees the operation of the Tiger Clubs, which includes contributions for the general scholarship fund, gift-in-kind, the Tiger Clubs Auction and the Tiger Club Golf Tournament. She most recently was instrumental in initiating the on-line auction for The U of M. As an undergraduate student, Moore received an early taste of athletics. She was a featured majorette with the University of Memphis band, the Mighty Sound of the South, from 1980-84. The band performed at all U of M football and basketball games. She was named to the Outstanding Young Women of America in 1985. The native Memphian is a graduate of Germantown High School.

SCOTT RABENOLD One of the newest additions to the staff, Scott Rabenold serves as the assistant athletic director for annual giving. He is responsible for the Tiger Clubs annual giving campaign, which includes overseeing the Tiger Clubs Fund Drive and working closely with many of the over 3000 Tiger Club donors who last year contributed $3.14 in unrestricted donations. Rabenold graduated from the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the men's basketball team from 1993-1998 and was recognized as an Academic All-Big 10 performer.

While at Iowa, he received his BBA with a double major in marketing and finance. He recently completed his MBA from Drake University in August 2000. A native of Montezuma, Iowa, Rabenold joined The U of M staff from Wake Forest University where he worked in a similar capacity for three years. During his time there, Wake Forest raised over $20 million and successfully completed a $7.5 million facility campaign. Scott and his wife Sarah, a pharmaceutical sales representative for Pharmacia Corporation, reside in Memphis.

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moved into the accounting office at Harvester in 1978 and remained there for seven years. Stewart, who enjoys playing and reading about sports, was hired as athletic business manager at the University of Memphis in 1986.

SALLY ANDREWS A Sally Andrews, who previously served as women's golf coach for the Lady Tigers, is in her 10th year as assistant compliance coordinator for The U of M. A 1982 graduate of Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Andrews lettered for four years in basketball and volleyball. A golfer who took up the game at an early age, the native Memphian established herself as one of the top women players in the MidSouth. She was a six-time Memphis city women's champion. Andrews was named as the head women's golf coach in 1987 and remained in that position for five years. Her 1988 team won the UAB Lady Blazer Tournament, the first victory ever for a Lady Tiger golf team.

Murray Armstrong has served under eight head football coaches during his 38-year tenure at the University of Memphis. He was hired by former head coach and athletic director Billy J. Murphy in 1962. Armstrong has been involved with every facet of college football at Memphis. He has been an assistant freshman coach, head freshman coach, varsity defensive end coach, kicking coach, special teams coach, academic advisor and administrative aid during his tenure with the Tigers. He serves as the coordinator of the Billy J. Murphy Athletic Complex. A 1961 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Armstrong was a first team all-Southeastern Conference academic selection in Al Brown is in his 11th year as the direc1961. Armstrong was a three-year letterman for the Volunteers. He received his degree in tor of The University of Memphis M Club. The sociology and biology from Tennessee and M Club is the letterman's organization for the has since earned his master's degree at The institution. A former letterman himself, Brown played University of Memphis. Armstrong and his wife, Joan, have two baseball for the Tigers from 1947-48. He played children Sterritt, a 1990 West Point graduate, professional baseball and worked as a professional scout in the Chicago White Sox organiand Brence, a 1997 graduate of Memphis. zation in the 1950s and returned to Memphis in the 1960s as head baseball coach. During his tenure as the Tigers' baseball coach, Brown compiled an overall record of 156-118-4 in nine seasons. His 1964 and 1965 teams won 21 games, marking the first 20-win seasons in the school's history. Brown's teams posted winning records in seven of his nine seasons at the helm. When he left The U of M in 1971, he joined Fred Stewart is in his 15th year as the athletic business manager at the University of the Memphis Park Commission and later was Memphis. Among his duties is advancing travel named as the manager of Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. He remained with the city of Memfor the Tiger football team. A native of Bruce, Mississippi, Stewart phis until rejoining the staff at Memphis in 1991. Brown's duties with the M Club include hostmoved to Memphis with his family in 1963 and ing the annual M Club Sports Hall of Fame bangraduated from Frayser High School in 1967. Stewart entered the United States Navy in quet and induction ceremonies each fall.P 1968 and served for two years on the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge CVA-21. He began working at International Harvester in 1968 before joining the Navy and returned to the company in 1970. Stewart enrolled in The U of M while working at IH and received his BBA in accounting in 1978. He

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EDDIE CANTLER 111Athletic Training Eddie Cantler is beginning his 32nd season at the University of Memphis. Head trainer since 1980, Cantler is in charge of all men's sports with football as his primary duty. Cantler, a native of Bowling Green, Ky., came to Memphis in 1970, and received his undergraduate degree in biology in 1974. He later received his master's degree in health education in 1976. Cantler has been the host of local cable television's Trainer's Corner for the last nine years. He was inducted into the Tennessee Athletic Trainer's Hall of Fame in 1996. Cantler, who enjoys singing, has also been honored as the state's Trainer of the Year in 1994, and received the NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award in May of 1998. Cantler is married to the former Jenina Martin of Memphis, who received her doctorate degree from the U of M. The couple has two children, Michael (12) and Andrew (13). Cantler is also the director of Music Ministries at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

JENNIFER RODRIGUES Jennifer Rodrigues enters her fourth year as the associate athletic media relations director at The University of Memphis. She is responsible for the publicity and promotion of The U of M women's athletic programs. The primary media contact for women's basketball, Rodrigues also assists with gameday operations for football, and is responsible for overseeing the work of the athletic media relations graduate and student assistants. This past year, she served as the assistant Media Coordinator of the NCAA Men's 1st and 2nd Round tournament, and last year, she was the media coordinator for the NCAA Women's Basketball Mideast Regional. A 1995 graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Rodrigues joined The U of M after serving two years as an assistant media relations director at Mississippi State where she was the primary contact for women's basketball and Softball. She also assisted in the game-day operations for football, volleyball and men's basketball. Her 1998 Softball media guide was judged third in the nation by CoSIDA and her cover received the Best In the Nation honor. Prior to Mississippi St., Rodrigues served as assistant SID for women's athletics at Northern Arizona University. She also served as interim SID at NAU and handled men's basketball and football prior to accepting the job at MSU. The New Orleans, La., native received her

bachelor's degree in journalism at USL. While at USL, she served as a student assistant in the sports information office, where she was the media contact for volleyball and the nationally-ranked Lady Cajun Softball team. Rodrigues, 28, is married to Mike Rodrigues, who is an athletic trainer for Baptist Hospital.

RON HEARS Asst. SID Ron Mears begins his fourth season as the primary contact for men's basketball in the Office of Athletic Media Relations after a 10-year stint as the director of sports information at Nicholls State University. Mears, a 1986 graduate of Oklahoma State University, was named Nicholls State's SID in 1988 and received additional responsibilities as the assistant director of university relations in 1991. While at the south Louisiana university, Mears produced the 1996 Nicholls State football media guide which was named Best in the Nation by CoSIDA. The football publication was named one of the top five nationally three times during Mears' final four years at the university. Mears was also honored in 1995 by CoSIDA, penning the Best Historical Feature. While at Nicholls State, Mears was involved with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, coordinating the LSWA's basketball player of the week program for five years as well as various LSWA all-Louisiana teams. He served a two-year term as the LSWA's treasurer. He has also assisted with media coordination at several NCAA and amateur athletic events including the 1992 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials and two NCAA Final Fours. Mears previously worked as a sports writer at the Bartlesville, OK, Examiner-Enterprise covering Big 8 and prep athletics.

]OEL BARON Joel Baron joined the atheltic department staff at the U of M in February 2001, and will serve as the video coordinator. He replaces Bill Sisler who left in August 2000 to accept a similar position at UMass. A native of Lansdale, Pa., Baron attended North Penn High School before enrolling at Millersville University in Millersville, Pa. Baron worked as the video coodinator for the Millersville football program for four years and was responsible for shooting and editing all of the Marauder's football tapes. He received his bachelor's degree in communications from MU in 1999. In addition to his duties at Millersville, he served as a video intern with the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL in 1998.

SYRA THIBAULT Syra Thibault is in her first year as the director of marketing and promotions for The Uof M. Thibault joins the staff from the University of South Alabama where she served in a similar capacity for the last three years, while earning her degree. She graduated from USA in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in sport and event marketing. She has also worked as the game director for the 2000 GMAC Mobile Alabama Bowl as well as the 2001 Sun Belt Conference basketball tournament. A native of Bay St. Louis, Miss., Thibault worked two years at the Casino Magic in Biloxi, Miss., prior to attending USA. She also worked at Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis from 1994-96 as the marketing/group sales coordinator.

MARC HOHORST Marc Hohorst joined the athletic department this past summer, replacing former equipment manager Chris Williams. Hohorst is responsible for purchasing, issuing, and maintaining all athletic equipment, as well as supervising several student managers. He will also oversee the day-to-day operations of the equipment room at South Campus, which services football, baseball, soccer, track and golf. A native of Lafayette, La., Hohorst joins The U of M staff from Arkansas State where he was the supervisor of equipment for the last three years. Prior to his duties at Arkansas State, Hohorst worked for one year at his college alma mater, the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, in a game management capacity. He worked various ULL events, serving as the visiting team host and organizing ticket sales and records. Hohorst graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now called ULL) in 1997 with a degree in physical education. He received his Louisiana teaching certification that same year and served as a substitute teacher in 1997 and 1998 at Youngsville Middle School. While at USL, Hohorst also assised in the equipment room as a student and worked both the NCAA Softball regional tournament and the Sunbelt Conference baseball tournament as a tournament official. He spent one year with the Lafayette Swamp Cats as the head equipment manager before the team folded.


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Alma Mater Yrs. at DM UM Record Career N/A 9 years N/A N/A Butch Woolbright has spent the last nine years at the helm of the U of M rifle squad. He has been honored as Coach of the Year by both Conference USA (1998) and the Great Midwest (1993). I Woolbright's shooters have won three gold, two silver and one I bronze individual conference medals, and his squads have placed in the top tier of league competition during his tenure as coach. He also holds the Distinguished Rifleman Award for excellence in service rifle competition.

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career Memphis 1 year 34-24 34-24 Dave Anderson led his squad to one of the greatest turnarounds of any NCAA baseball program in 2001. Memphis increased its win total from 15 in 2000 to 34 in 2001. Junior Daniel Uggla was named to the all-C-USA first team and to two all-America squads, and he was also selected as a semifinalist for the Dick Howser National Player of the Year award. Memphis jumped from a ninthplace finish in the C-USA standings last season to a semifinal DAVE ANDERSON appearance in the post-season tournament in 2001. Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career Clarion State, 1982 1 year 21-15 214-86 John Calipari led Memphis to a third-place finish at the TiVo NIT in his first season at Memphis, and through nine collegiate seasons has the fifth-best career start in wins in NCAA Division I history. The Tigers swept four, two-game Conference USA series for the first time in school history in 2001 while also setting a school record for attendance (290,864). Kelly Wise was named to the C-USA first-team, and Scooter McFadgon received C-USA all-freshman team honors. Alma Mater Southern Miss, 1984

RICHIE GRANT Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career Memphis, 1994 1 year 9-11 9-11 Brooks Monaghan served last year as the interim head coach for the Lady Tiger soccer program. He is no stranger to the program, having enjoyed a stellar goalkeeping career at The U of M in the early 90s. Monaghan led Memphis to a 9-11 record in his first year, which was the second-best finish by a UM squad in six years. He also coached one all-C-USA performer, as Jessica Gjertsten was named the 2000 C-USA Freshman of the Year.

Yrs. at UM UM Record Career 10 years 184-114 184-114

Joye Lee-McNelis has done wonders for the Lady Tiger basketball program. This past year, she led Memphis to their seventh straight post-season appearance and a 17-13 overall record. She has coached 12 all-conference players and two WNBA players, and has won five conference championships in her 10 years at Memphis. A former Southern Miss basketball player, McNeils JOYE LEE-MCNELIS was inducted into tne USM Ha " of Fame in 1997. Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career 0/e Miss, 1983 4 years N/A N/A Stan Hollenbeck prepares for his fifth season at the helm of the U of M women's cross country team as well serving as the assistant coach for the women's track and field squad. Under Hollenbeck's tutelage, the Lady Tigers have advanced to the NCAA Cross Country Regionals in each of the past two years. As the track and field coach in charge of middle distance and distance runners, six different school records have been reset STAN HOLLENBECK under Hollenbeck's watch at Memphis. Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career Tennessee, 1976 1st year 0-0 31-28 The 21st head football coach at The U of M, Tommy West is the newest head coach as he looks to lead the Tiger football squad this season. West served last season as the Defensive Coordifl I nator and his defense received national recognition as The U of i M ranked first in rushing defense and sixth nationally in total de\ -Âť: fense. Seven members of West's defense were named to the TOMMY WEST a""c"USA tearn last year' and tnree were drafted by the NFL. * * West came to Memphis after six years as Clemson's head coach.

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Alma Mater Yrs. at DM UM Record Career Green Mountain College, 1993 2 years 21-17 78-52-2 Richie Grant is in his third year at the helm of the men's soccer program after guiding Memphis to a 14-6 record last season and earning C-USA Coach of the Year honors. Memphis finished fifth in the country in scoring, and was rated the eighth most improved squad in NCAA Division I soccer. In his tenure, Grant has coached five C-USA all-conference honorees.

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career Memphis, 1968 30 years N/A N/A Jim Cook has just completed his 30th season as the head golf coach for The U of M. He has led his Tiger golf team to 12 tournament championships, including the 1976 and 1988 Metro Conference titles, and the 1992 Great Midwest Conference championship. In addition to his coaching duties, he serves as director of the Hillman Robbins Memorial Tournament, and is a committee member for the NCAA Golf Championships and the Southern Golf Association.

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career Florida Atlantic, 1982 6 years N/A N/A Debby King completed her sixth season as the Lady Tiger golf coach with a come-from-behind victory in the C-USA Golf Championship in Birmingham, Ala. During her tenure, King has led her Lady Tigers to six tournament titles, including the 1997 and 2001 C-USA championships. King's squads have received five NCAA tournament invitations over the last six years, and freshman Meaghan Francella was invited to the NCAA Finals in 2001. KING King has coached 14 all-conference honorees while at Memphis.

BROOKS MONAGHAN Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career Memphis, 1976 3 years 52-32 52-32 Phil Chamberlain is already making an impact at The U of M. This year, he guided his squad to its first appearance in the ITA's national-rankings in 25 years. The last time the Tigers were nationally-ranked, Chamberlain was a senior on the squad. Chamberlain has coached two individuals to all-C-USA honors. He was inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 2001 and also serves as an assistant tournament director of the ATP/Kroger St. Jude International tennis tournament. Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career Memphis, 1972 26 years 299-373 299-373 A member of The U of M women's tennis program for over three decades as both a coach and a player, Charlotte Peterson has seen much of Memphis' tennis history, including coaching the top two career singles victories leaders—Annika Ewaldson and Christina Ladyman. The U of M sent three individuals to the ITA Southeast Regionals for the first time in four years in 2000. CHARLOTTE PETERSON Peterson Plaved for Tne U of M from 1970-72. Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career Rhodes College, 1962 31 years N/A N/A Glenn Hays has coached 7 all-Americans, 6 national champs, 1 world record holder and 4 conference freshmen of the year in his 31 years. Since joining C-USA in 1996, Hays has guided19 conference champs, including Larry Crawford's win I in the 60-meter dash and the 100-meter dash in 2000. During I the 2000 outdoor season, Hays also coached Delvit Rogers to I a qualifying distance in the triple jump for both the NCAA outGLEN HAYES door championships and the U.S. Olympic Trials. Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career Arizona State, 1981 16 years N/A N/A The U of M reinstated women's track in 1985 after a three-year hiatus and Brenda Cash has been rebuilding the program ever since. The results are most obvious in the record book, where all but six school records have been reset, including 13 during 2000. Freshman Keenan Gibson made an impact during the 2001 season, earning C-USA Runner of the Week honors after tying track and stadium records at Arkansas St. in the 200-meter dash en BRENDA CASH route a 100 and 200-meter dash sweep. Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Career Washington St., 1992 5 years 69-97 69-97 Carrie Yerty begins her sixth season at the helm of the volleyball program. In the past three years, she has guided two freshmen to C-USA all-freshman team honors. In just her second year, she helped a U of M team that finished 6-29 her first season to an impressive turn-around, finishing 19-14 her second year. The Tigers followed that year with an 18-14 season. Yerty most recently helped senior April Harriman step into the Memphis record CARRIE YERTY D00ks as Harriman downed the fifth-highest single season kill total in school history with 494 kills in 2000.

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RICK MALLORY Football

BLAIR SAVAGE-LANSDEN BEN LAW Women's Basketball Women's Basketball

PAUL GOEBEL Men's Tennis

JOHN FLOWERS Football

RANDY FICHTNER Football

FIONA BOLTEN Volleyball

TONY BARBEE Men's Basketball

TIM BANKS Football

CHARLIE COE Football

CLAY HELTON Football

JOE CULLEN Football

GEORGE HOLT Baseball

JOHN DOWDY Rifle

RUSS HUESMAN Football

JODI FISHER Women's Soccer

DEREK KELLOGG Men's Basketball

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MAURICE STAFFORD Women's Basketball

MILT WAGNER Men's Basketball

TIM WALTON Football

LARRY OWENS Baseball

STEVE WHISTLER Track & Field

STEVE ROCCAFORTE JENNI ROSSELLI Men's Basketball Volleyball

RYAN SHEA Men's Soccer

RICK WHIT Football

Support Staff

ROBBIE ALLRED W. Basketball Secretary

JOEL BARON Videographer

SUSAN BLACKWELL Business Office

RAY BURR Asst. Athletic Trainer

DAVE BUTLER Dorm Cafe Director

BARBARA CHAPMAN Olympic Sports Secretary

LAWSON CULVER Computer Specialist


Support Staff

SHANNON DeSANCTIS Administrative Secretary

CONNIE DIFFEE Tiger Clubs

DR. NATE ESSEX PEGGY FITZGERALD CAROL FREDERICK Faculty Representative Football Office Coord. Ticket Office

RAY OLIVER Strength & Conditioning

SHAWNA POTTS Ticket Supervisor

LUNETHA PRYOR BETH RAITZ Basketball Secretary Asst. Athletic Trainer

KELLY SAMPSON Accountant

CHERI SCHWARTZ Football Recruiting Secretary

MIKE STARK Strength & Conditioning

LOU STRASBERG Travel Coordinator

TAUYNA JUMPER CAROL MURRRAY Marketing

Olympic Sports Secretary

CHITRA RAMPERSAD Basketball Secretary

CHERI GANONG-ROBINSON Spirit Coordinator

BETTY RUSSELL W. Basketball Secretary

LISH TRICE Assistant to the AD

RONNIE VINSON Business Office

LETONIA WILLIAMS Ticket Office

U of M ATHLETIC COMMITTEE

ROSANNE WILLIAMS Athletic Director's Office

JENNIFER WALKER Administrative Asst.

LEE YERTY Strength & Conditioning

TIGER CLUB BOARDS Harold Collins, Hillard Crews, Mark Crihfield,Bruce Demps, Bex Dunn, Diane Fry, Winston Gipson, Alan Graf, John Kelley, Jim Kelly, Rick Masson, George Mayo, Bill Menkle, Jackson Moore, William N. Morris - President, Kandye Smith, Steve Smith, Rick Spell, Tom Watson, Van Weinberg, Phil White and John Wilfong. The Board of Visitors Athletic Advisory Committee includes: Mike Rose - chairman, Ben Bryant, Harold Byrd, Bridget Chisholm, Frank Flautt, James Harwood, Dean Jerigan, John Kelley, William N. Morris, Jim Phillips. Willard Sparks, Rick Spell, Ron Terry, Pat KerrTigrett and Tom Watson. Members of the Ambassador's Club are: Ben Bryant, Milliard Crews, William Dunavant, Frank Flautt, Pitt Hyde, Janet January, Mike Rose, Fred Smith, Willard Sparks, Rick Spell, Elaine Springer and Tom Watson.

e ai me u or Wl is comprised of a chairman, Nate Essex, vice-president, provost, the Director of Business and Administrative Services and eight faculty and staff members who serve four-year terms on a staggered basis. The committee also includes two student voting members and two student alternate members who vote only in case a voting student member is not in attendance. The purpose of the committee is to serve in a advisory capacity to the president on matters involving athletics. The committee assists in the development of broad program policies for the University men's and women's intercollegiate athletic programs. The committee also reviews and approves the policies and procedures for awarding grant-in aid to student athletes. They certify, through the chairman, the eligibility of student athletes for intercollegiate sports. The committee reviews proposed appointments to the coaching staff made by the Director of Athletics and recommend to the President for appointment by him candidates deemed qualified for the position. They review scheduling of intercollegiate athletic contests and proposed budgets prepared by the Director of Athletics and submit recommendations through standard University budget review procedures. Members of the U of M Athletic Committee include: Dr. Nate Essex (chairman), Dr. Don Carson, John W. Cothern, Dr. James Fickle, Roxana Gee, Dr. Phillip T. Kolbe, Dr. Martin Lipinski.Dr. Amy Dietrich, Dr. Rodney Smith, Dr. David Cox, Dr. Nicholas White, Dr. Kevin Carreathers, R.C. Johnson, Lynn Parkes, Dr.Shirley Raines (president) and Dr. Tim Sumner. Student members include Claire O'Donoghue and Quincy Stephenson.


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fTTn DR. TIM SUMNER Director

Dr. Tim Sunnier has directed the athletic academic services program for the last 14 years. He and his staff of 'counselors and tutors are instrumental in the success of U of M student-athletes in the classroom. Over the years, several U of M student-athletes have received recognition as Academic allAmericans and have been listed on the C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll. A native of Hammond, Ind., Sunnier received his bachelor's degree in political science and historv from Taylor University and his master's in world history from Ball State. He completed his doctorate in education leadership and administration at Mississippi State. Summer's program at The U of M is so successful that nine Division I institutions have visited Memphis to evaluate the center for academic sen'ices and its policies.

The Center provides an atmosphere of GOALS OF THE UNIVERSITY personal attention and encouragement as well as tutorial assistance and academic support. The primary purpose of the University of The Center's services includes advice in all Memphis is to advance learning. Memphis is [ aspects of the student athlete's academic lifededicated first to the traditional ideals of learning registration, study skills; degree planning; inforby focusing its attention and efforts upon the mation regarding University programs, and policreation, transmission, and application of knowl- cies and procedures. The Center also sponsors edge. Secondly, it is committed to goals that are programs and workshops to enhance the perutilitarian in (1) preparing students to serve in a sonal development of the student athlete. Inforvariety of professions and occupations, and in (2) , mation regarding NCAA rules and compliance providing services to society for improving the are made available to the student athlete and quality of life and environment. Through instruc- coaches by the Center. Additionally, the Center tion, research, and public service, the University monitors the student athlete's progress toward offers a diversity of learning opportunities for the his/her degree objective. The facility contains: pursuit of knowledge and truth in an atmosphere two tutor rooms, each eight-person capacity; of free inquiry and open discussion. A community two computer labs, outfitted with eight PCs and of learning, the University exists to nurture stu- seven Maclntoshs; three types of study area dents in achieving intellectual competence, matu- seating; 16 individually-lighted study carrels; rity, and self development. four counselor offices; check-in area; kitchen area for staff and evening workers; director's suite with conference area, reception/secretary area and assistants' offices.

ORGANIZATION

The University of Memphis is comprised of six undergraduate colleges, The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, The Loewenberg School of Nursing and The Graduate School. The undergraduate colleges are the College of Arts and Sciences, The Fogelman College of Business and Economics, The College of Communication and Fine Arts, The College of Education, The Herff College of Engineering, and The University College. There are also several special programs: Air Force, Army and Navy ROTC; Audiology and Speech Pathology; City and Regional Planning, International Studies and Urban Studies. The Office of Continuing Education coordinates CEU (Continuing Education Unit) credit through conferences, institutes, short courses, etc.; and noncredit courses designed to provide increased opportunities for the people of this area to avail themselves of University facilities and services. Reflecting its commitment to high-quality teaching and national prominence in research, The University of Memphis has five Centers of Excellence and 18 Chairs of Excellence.

CENTER FOR ATHLETIC ACADEMIC SERVICES The Center for Athletic Academic Services, which has been nationally recognized for its efforts by USA Today, The College Football Association, Sports Illustrated, ABC World News Tonight and The Chronicle of Higher Education, is committed to assisting student athletes in earning a college degree. Over the past four years, Tiger student athletes have the highest graduation rate for any public Division I institution in Tennessee, Arkansas or Mississippi.

Tiger volleyball player April Harriman (right) was named a Verizona Academic all-American in 2000. She is pictured with Coach Carrie Yerty.

Tiger football player Rodney Lanctot (right) was honored at the 2001 National Football Foundation's 28th Annual Black Tie ScholarAthlete dinner. Lanctot finished his master's degreee in marketing with a 4.0 GPA. He is pictured with head coach Tommy West.

2001 C-USA MEDALISTS The following is a list of Tiger studentathletes who attained a grade point average of 3.75 during the 2000-01 academic year and were honored as C-USA Medalists: Malissa Bush, Women's Basketball Laura Clark, Women's Track Ginger Garrett, Volleyball Jessica Gjertsen, Women's Soccer April Harriman, Volleyball Jack Hu, Men's Tennis Laura Hughes, Women's Tennis Lisa Marie Hyman, Women's Track Lauren Jackson, Women's Basketball Jennifer Jaszek, Women's Golf Michael LaHaie, Men's Tennis Sabrina Lindemann, Women's Tennis Ryan Mallory, Football Abigail More, Women's Golf Anja Nielsen, Women's Soccer Kari Rawe, Women's Soccer Scott Scherer, Football Cory Shumate, Men's Soccer Cameron Thomas, Men's Track Jarod Wilson, Baseball

CHECK IT OUT... d In the last 14 years, Memphis' freshman graduation rate has risen from 16% to 59% in 2000. O In 1986, Memphis'exhausted eligibility rate was 47% according to the NCAA. In 2000, that rate for Memphis was 89%. d According to the College Football Coaches Association's graduation rate report, Memphis has improved from 52% to 66% in the last four years. O In 2000-01, 121 Memphis student-athletes received the C-USA medalist or commissioner's list honor - the highest ever in U of M history.


Support Lexicon Video Sports Editing System. Recently, the club funded lights for Memphis' practice facility. The club also sponsors the Senior Banquet. The group, once featured in Sports Illustrated, received national attention in 1972, when it purchased a Bengal Tiger mascot, TOM (which standsforTigers-Of-Memphis). TOM I died in February 1992 and the Highland Hundred purchased TOM II, who is housed at Saint Nix Farms in his own 3,500 square-foot habitat.

TIGER CLUBS The Tiger Clubs are The University of Memphis' annual fund-raising program for intercollegiate athletics. The Tiger Clubs are managed in accordance with the policies and procedures established by The University of Memphis, Conference USA and the NCAA. The governing body of the Tiger Clubs is the Tiger Club Board of Directors. The president of this year's organization is former Shelby County Mayor Bill Morris. The main goal of the Tiger Clubs is to provide a base of fund-raising services for alumni and friends who support the following University of Memphis athletic programs: Baseball Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Men's Cross Country Women's Cross Country Football Women's Golf Men's Golf

Rifle Men's Soccer Women's Soccer Men's Tennis Women's Tennis Men's Track & Field Women's Track & Field Volleyball

Annual contributions extend scholarship opportunities to more than 300 student-athletes, maintain and improve physical facilities, and advance Memphis' place in the national spotlight. Members of the Tiger Clubs play a direct role in the success of Memphis Athletics. Annual gifts to the Tiger Clubs compliment and supplement the reserves from ticket sales, radio and television rights fees, corporate sponsorships and other sources of income. With more than 2,500 members, the Tiger Clubs raises approximately $3 million each year. Contributors to the Tiger Clubs receive many benefits, including priority seating for regular season home athletic events and post-season games, automobile decals, recognition in football game programs, newsletters, invitations to special functions and other interesting items. The Tiger Clubs are run by Associate Athletic Director Kevin Grothe, Assistant Athletic Director Melissa Moore, Assistant Athletic Director Scott Rabenold and Administrative Assistant Connie Diffee. The Tiger Club room at The Pyramid opened in December of 1997, serving as the hospitality area for Super, Scholarship and Platinum level donors. It is also home to various team banquets

LADY TIGERS FASTBREAK CLUB

FASTBREAK CLUB The Fastbreak Club is entering its 11th year as the support group for The University of Memphis women's basketball program. The organization is made up of more than 125 dedicated supporters who stand behind the Lady Tigers every step of the way. They start the season off with a welcome picnic as well as providing food and snacks after all the games. In addition, the group sponsors a Christmas dinner and an end-of-the-year banquet for the Lady Tigers and the staff in the Tiger Club Room at The Pyramid. The Fastbreak Club has also established a scholarship in memory of Eva Phillips' husband, Les, a long-time Lady Tiger fan, who died late in the 1998-99 season. The scholarship is given at the end of each season to a member of the Lady Tiger "family" that exemplifies hard work, dedication and spirit throughout the season. The first plaque has been awarded to Heather Phillips (1998-99), Toby Bush (1999-00) and Malissa Bush (2000-01).

HIGHLAND HUNDRED Over 40 years ago, several Memphis area business men gathered one night on Highland Avenue and formed the Memphis football booster group, the Highland Hundred. At its inception in 1954, the group, now regarded as one of the most energetic organizations in the nation, had just eight members and set its initial goal at a membership of 100. The group membership now totals over 600. But their goal remains the same, to promote Tiger football. The activities and projects of the Highland Hundred are many and varied. The group sponsors a barbecue contest, a preseason kickoff banquet and a golf tournament. In addition, the Highland Hundred has undertaken serveral major projects like the restoration of Murphy Athletic Training Center and the purchasing of a

REBOUNDERS CLUB The Rebounders Club is entering its 30th year as the support group for The University of Memphis men's basketball program. The organization consists of over 500 members. Again this season, the Rebounders will maintain a special room at all home games that is available to all members and their guests. The Rebounders promote the annual Blue-Gray scrimmage, the annual golf scramble, the end of the year awards banquet, Midnight Madness, the club room on the arena floor and many special projects which the coach asks the group to assist him with throughout the year. The group also publishes a monthly newsletterthat will be made available 10 months of the year. The publication is available the 15th of every month.

TIGER SPORTS PROPERTIES The 2001-02 school year marks the beginning of a new relationship between the Tigers Athletic Department and Tiger Sports Properties, adivision of Learfield Communications. Under a five-year agreement, Tiger Sports Properties focuses on the growth of the athletic department's corporate sponsorship programs,assisting with securing sponsors for radio and television broadcasts, promotions, signage and corporate hospitality. Consisting of three full-time employees in Memphis, the local operation is headed by General Manager Eric Buchanan. Buchanan comes to Memphis after working at Learfield's joint Indiana and Purdue properties. Prior to joining Learfield, Buchanan worked at ESPN Regional Television at the University of Oregon. Also on the staff of Tiger Sports Properties is Kris Kassel. Kris returns to the Memphis area where he previously worked for the Memphis Redbirds as an intern. Prior to joining Tiger Sports Properties, Kassel worked for two years at Indiana University as the Marketing and Advertising Manager for Inside Indiana Magazine, a publication dedicated to IU Sports. Rounding out the TSP staff are Memphian Chris Todd and Kim HuntMcNeil. Hunt-McNeil was an all-conference golfer for the Lady Tigers during the 1990s. OTHER

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Bullpen Club Side Out Club Friends of Soccer

Baseball Volleyball Soccer

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AtMatle Training The University of Memphis athletic training staff is second-to-none when it comes to ensuring that U of M student-athletes receive quality care in the areas of rehabilitation and preventative care. The athletic training staff uses a comprehensive approach to the injury care and the wellness of studentathletes by utilizing state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment equipment with the latest methods in the care and prevention of injuries. Head athletic trainer Eddie Cantler, in his 32nd year at The U of M, supervises the Memphis sports medicine program. Cantler is assisted by two full-time certified athletic trainers, two graduate assistants and 18 student trainers. Assistant athletic trainer Beth Raitz is in her third season working with the women's basketball team, while Ray Burr is in his fifth season as the head trainer for the men's basketball team. The athletic training staff is surrounded by many qualified and generous team doctors who are available to the many student-athletes at the U of M. Dr. Barry Phillips is directly responsible for the orthopedic needs of the Lady Tiger basketball team, while Dr. Thomas Meriweather serves as the team physician. Also serving as team doctors are Dr. T. David Sisk, Dr. Barney Freeman and Dr. Art Franklin. The athletic training staff is one support group that the athletic teams cannot do without. They are responsible for staffing all practices and games as well as handling the day-to-day rehabilitation of injured or post-surgery student-athletes. The goal of the sports medicine department is not only to care for injuries, but to assist the athletes in preventing the injuries from occurring.


&. Conditioning The Tiger Strength and Conditioning facility located next to the newly remodeled indoor turf room in the south campus' Billy J. Murphy Athletic Complex, opened in January 1993 and serves each of the University's intercollegiate sports programs. The 7,000-square foot varsity weightroom is equipped with rugged, versatile hardware such that groups of up to 70 student-athletes can train concurrently with optimal effectiveness and efficiency. Workouts are designed and supervised by one of the Strength and Conditioning staff's certified specialists, and each student-athlete's individual progress is projected via computerized database. The Tiger Power philosophy couples functional, mulit-joint movements with fundamental principles: exercise techniques are simplified and performed on an alternating heavy/explosive basis in order to maximize training effects while minimizing teaching and training time (as well as fatique). Performance based fitness and work quality are the bottom line objectives. The weightroom's equipment upgrade plan reflects this philosophy and includes: 10 self-contained Olympic platforms and power racks; a plyometric/ medicine ball area; a complete dumbbell line; and a variety of hip sleds, gluteham stations, cable stations and other supplemental pieces allowing student-athletes to perform an unlimited variety of exercises and movements. The modern and spacious facility is also equipped with dressing/restrooms; is naturally illuminated; and is maintained at a constant 70-74 degrees. In planning the long range Tiger Power programs, student-athletes are assigned to respective developmental levels based on individual ability and training history. For example, newcomers begin with an extensive volume of "foundational" or generalized movements; and progress toward more intensive and specialized exercises with each successive phase. The actual workout menu may remain fairly constant over a studentathlete's four or five year sport career, however broad variations in workload combine the program's simplicity with a measure of sophistication.

Mike Stark, who lettered for the Tigers for three years under former head coach Billy J. Murphy during the late 1960s and early 1970s, has returned to the University has the head strength and conditioning coach. Stark is entering his second year with the Tiger athletic department. A native Memphian, Stark comes to The U of M after serving as defensive coordinator and head strength coach at Cordova High School for two years (1998-99). In addition, he worked as the head wrestling coach for the Wolfpack. Prior to joining the staff at Cordova High, Stark spent 10 years as the defensive coordinator and strength coach at Bartlett High School in Memphis. During his tenure at Bartlett, the Panthers posted a 87-39 record, MIKE STARK made seven appearances in the state playoffs and reached the quarterfinals Director four times. As the strength coach, his teams won eight City Weightlifting Championships and three Tennessee Weightlifting Championships. Stark began his coaching and strength career at Trezevant High School in Memphis. From 1983-89 the Bears posted a 42-8 record, made the state playoffs three times and won a state championship. A 1972 graduate of The University of Memphis (then Memphis State University), Stark played football for the Tigers for four years serving as an offensive lineman. He was selected to the AllMVC Freshman Team in 1968 and received All-Missouri Valley Conference honors for the next three seasons. Stark received All-Midlands honors as a junior and senior and was named AllAmerican by Associated Press, UPI and Kickoff Magazine as a senior. He received his master's degree in education from the U of M in 1982.

LEE YERTY Assistant

Lee Yerty begins his third season as a full-time assistant strength and conditioning coach. Yerty, who works with all sports under the director of strength and conditioning, had served one year as an administrative assistant for women's athletics before he was appointed to his new position. Yerty was the assistant strength coach at Washington State from 1985-90 before acccepting the job of marketing director at Eastern Washington in 1991. Yerty was elevated to assistant athetic director in 1993 before becoming the recruiting coordinator for volleyball in 1995. Yerty is the husband of Carrie Yerty, Memphis' head volleyball coach. They have one son, Weslee, who is two years old.

Ray Oliver is in his second year as the director of performance enhancement for basketball. He joined the staff from the Columbia, S.C.,sports marketing company, Synergy, where he was involved in the strength and conditioning programs for more than 35 NFL athletes. From 1982-1997, Oliver refined his strength and conditioning skills at various levels. He worked collegiately at Kansas , Pittsburgh, Kentucky and South Carolina, and worked on the pro level with the Green Bay Packers, the Cincinnati Bengals and the New Jersey Nets. Oliver, 40, and his wife Winone have two children, Ashley Rhae, 13, and Michael Ray, 11. RAY OLIVER Assistant


Traditions WHY TIGERS? When the University of Memphis first fielded a football team in the fall of 1912, no one had selected a nickname for the squad. Early references to the football team, tabbed them only as the Blue and Gray Warriors of West Tennessee Normal School. After the final game of the 1914 season, there was a student parade. During this event, several Normal students shouted, "We fight like Tigers". The nickname was born. More and more the nickname "Tigers" was used, particularly in campus publications. But it did not catch on with the newspapers downtown. They continued to use "Normals" or the "Blue and Gray" when referring to the University. Under coach Lester Barnard in 1922, Normal's football team gave a ring of truth to that old student yell about Tigers. The team adopted a motto - "Every Man A Tiger" and went on to score 174 points while allowing their opponents just 29 points. In the late 1920s, student publications and downtown newspapers began referring to the football team as the "Teachers" or "Tutors". The Tiger nickname would return. But not until 1939 was it finally adopted as the official nickname for the University of Memphis.

A BENGAL FOR A MASCOT For almost 30 years, the sideline mascot for the University of Memphis athletics has been the Bengal Tiger. TOM II, the name of the current mascot, puts in personal appearances at all Tiger football games, as well as numerous basketball games. TOM II has also been seen at Tiger baseball, soccer and women's basketball games. The first tiger, purchased by the Highland Hundred (football booster group) in 1972, lived for 20 years and was housed at the Memphis Zoo. TOM died in February of 1992. The story of how the first Tiger cub arrived in Memphis is quite interesting. On November 9, 1972, the baby tiger was placed in a dog kennel in Michigan City, IN, and flown to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. There it was placed aboard a Delta flight and arrived in Memphis at 3:00 AM. C. Cleveland Drennon, an attorney and president of the Highland Hundred, approved a check for $ 1,500 to buy the animal, and TOM was taken to athletic director Billy Murphy's office for a press conference. In ceremonies at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, the Highland Hundred officially presented TOM to the University on November 11,1972. The zookeeper, at the suggestion of his daughter, called the little tiger, Shane. Once in Memphis, however, a contest was held to name the mascot. More than 2,500 entries came in to a committee chaired by Judge Harry Pierotti. The list ran from Spook, Sampson, Goliath, Bengo, Sultan, Sahib, Big Cat, Ptah, Touchdown, Sonny, and

Shiloh to Bengie Wougie Bengal Boy from Tennessee. Finally, the judges reduced the list to two: Shane and TOM, for Tigers of Memphis. TOM won. During his first few months in Memphis, Bill Proctor housed the tiger in his garage, which was redecorated by the Highland Hundred. TOM was guarded by Proctor's hound dog. TOM II came to the University of Memphis in the fall of 1992 and is housed at his new home at Nixon Farms in Collierville, Tenn. His new home is 3500 square feet and includes two pools, a waterfall, heated and air conditioned den box and has seperately, a complete medical facility for his care and upkeep. The young tiger is nearly 500 pounds and is expected to be as large or larger than his predecessor, TOM, who was once the largest Bengal Tiger in captivity at 550 pounds. There is even a birthday party for TOM II prior to each football season.

The U of M ALMA MA Stand Firm, O Alma Mater Through All The Years To Come; In Days Of Youth And Beauty Thy Halls Have Been Our Home. In Time Of Preparation Great Lessons Didst Thou Teach Till Now O Alma Mater, The Stars We'll Strive To Reach. Lead On, O Alma Mater They Sons To Highways, Give Light And Truth Unto Them For All Their Coming Days. To Thee We'll Give All Honor, Our Hopes Abide In Thee, For Thou, O Alma Mater, Hast Made Us Ever Free.

SCHOOL COLORS The University of Memphis' official school colors of Royal Blue and Gray were selected in the early 1900s. The colors were chosen in an effort to show unity in a nation that was still recovering from the effects of the Civil War. The student body thought that by picking the colors of the North and the South, the school would show a togetherness amons all students.

THE LOGO The University of Memphis' official logo has been redesigned by Craig Thompson, from Disciple Design in Memphis, Tenn. The original logo was an MSU with a leaping tiger coming out from behind the letters. The new logo is an "M" with a leaping tiger coming up over the center of the "M".

e U of M FIGHT SONG Go Tigers Go, Go On To Victory, Be A Winner Thru And Thru; Fight Tigers, Fight Cause We're Going All The Way Fight, Fight For The Blue And Gray And Say Let's Go Tigers Go, Go On To Victory. See Our Colors Bright And True; It's Fight Now Without A Fear, Fight Now Let's Shout A Cheer, Shout For Dear Memphis U. (Yell) Go Tigers Go Go Tigers Go Yea - Tiger Go!


Becca Amrozowicz Junior Midfielder


Justin Slralka Senior Midfielder 000 Second Team All Cor

Lars Thorstensen Senior Forward Pre-Season All Conference


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