Newberry College...
And The Newberry Community Newberry College has an annual budget of over $16,500,000. The College employs about 225 people—165 salaried and 60 hourly. The monthly payroll exceeds $600,000 and monthly purchases and contracts average $700,000. Over 900 students and 225 employees make purchases in the community every day. The College sponsors around 60 cultural events each year—concerts, plays, art exhibits, lectures. The College hosts around 175 sporting events per year with their 15 NCAA Division II teams—8 men, 7 women. A number of off-campus groups use college facilities for special events. For example, the SC Lutheran Synod Assembly and the SC Lutheran Youth Convention each bring over 400 people into the community. We also host the South Carolina Women of the ELCA, a state-wide ROTC camp, the South Carolina Middle and Senior High Jazz Band Competition, the South Carolina Middle and High School Science Olympiads, the South Carolina Guidance Counselor Conference, several athletic camps, and many more. Special events such as Homecoming, graduations in May and December, Convocations, and accreditation visits in multiple programs bring thousands of visitors to Newberry. A study conducted by the Newberry Chamber of Commerce in 1998 concluded the College has the following economic impact on the city. With major growth in enrollment and accounting for inflation, these numbers would be significantly higher today.
“The economic impact of the Newberry College payroll is $28,000,000.” “The economic impact of total Newberry College spending is $84,000,000.” “The economic impact of student spending is $10,000,000.” “The total economic impact of Newberry College is over $100,000,000 per year.”
Mitchell M. Zais, Ph.D. President
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Table of Contents
Contents
Media Outlets
1.............. Quick Facts, Media Outlets, and Credits 2..............................President and Athletic Director 3............................................................. 2007 Outlook 4........................................................... Coach Profiles 5..........................................................................Roster 6........................................................... Player Profiles 12..............................................2005 Recap and Stats 13.............................................. History and Records 15.................................... South Atlantic Conference 16...................................................... 2007 Opponents
Primary Radio............................... WKDK, AM-1240 Internet Webcast............www.RedZoneMedia.com Play-by-play.............................Jimmie Coggins Phone............................................ (803) 276-2957 E-mail................................. jcoggins@wkdk.com Primary Newspaper................Newberry Observer Sports Editor.....................................Kelly Snow Phone................................... (803) 276-0625 x117 E-mail............ kesnow@newberryobserver.com
Quick Facts
Credits
GENERAL School..........................................Newberry College City, Zip Code.........................Newberry, SC 29108 Founded.............................................................. 1856 Enrollment............................................................ 920 Nickname............................................................N/A Colors.............................................Scarlet and Gray Venue...........................Newberry Soccer Complex Affiliation................................................... NCAA II Conference........................................South Atlantic President........................................Dr. Mitchell Zais Alma Mater, Yr. ...... U.S. Military Academy, 1969 Athletic Director..................................Andy Carter Alma Mater, Yr. ................. Missouri Baptist, 1987 Website...............www.NewberryAthleticsite.com
Men’s Soccer SID................................Patrick McCoy Office Phone.........................................(803) 321-5603 SID Fax..................................................(803) 321-5660 E-Mail........................Patrick.McCoy@newberry.edu SID Mailing Address................. 2100 College Street Newberry, SC 29108 Design, writting and editing............ Patrick McCoy Cover Design........Patrick McCoy and Brice Zimmerman
COACHING STAFF Head Coach.........................................Sam Okpodu Alma Mater, Yr. ............................ N.C. State, 1987 Record at Newberry, Yrs. . ......33-25-4, four seasons Overall Record, Yrs. ..........109-135-15, 14 seasons Assistant Coach................................. Jeffrey Taylor Alma Mater, Yr. ............................Newberry, 2006
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Administration
Dr. Mitchell Zais
President of Newberry College Dr. Mitchell (Mick) M. Zais has been president of Newberry College since August of 2000. He earned an engineering degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; a Master of Arts degree in military history from the School for Advanced Military Studies at Leavenworth, Kansas; and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in social psychology and organizational behavior from the University of Washington. He is also a graduate of the National Defense University where he was a post-doctoral research fellow in national security affairs. Dr. Zais has been appointed by Governor Mark Sanford to represent the state’s 20 private colleges and universities on the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. He also serves as a member of the Governor’s Council for Educational Reform of secondary education in South Carolina. He is a member of the Newberry Opera House Foundation, the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, the Lutheran Education Conference of North America, and the Southeastern Region of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. In the South Atlantic (athletic) Conference, he serves as Chairman of the Presidents’ Council. He also represents the private college and university presidents of the southeastern United States on the Board of Directors of the national Foundation for Independent Higher Education. Dr. Zais also serves as Chairman of the Lieutenant Governor’s advisory council on aging. Dr. Zais has written and published extensively in the fields of organizational behavior, curriculum design, stress, military history and doctrine, and leadership and management, in such professional journals as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Armed Forces Journal International, Military Review, Parameters, etc. His opinion-editorial pieces, written while President of Newberry College, have appeared in newspapers across the state. Before becoming Newberry College’s 20th president, Dr. Zais served his country for over 30 years as an officer in the United States Army, attaining the rank of brigadier general. As an assistant professor at West Point, he taught management consulting, organizational behavior, and leadership. A paratrooper and Ranger, Dr. Zais served in a wide variety of infantry units, in Vietnam, the United States, and Korea. He commanded two rifle companies, an infantry battalion, a light infantry brigade, and served as deputy commanding general at Fort Riley, Kan. His experience is in military plans and operations, having worked as chief of operations, plans, and training for an infantry battalion; war plans officer for a corps; and Chief of War Plans for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dr. Zais was a White House aide and served in Panama as executive assistant to the four-star commander of all U.S. forces in Central and South America. In Kuwait, he was commanding general of U.S. and Allied forces. He also served as commanding general of Operation Provide Refuge, the task force that cared for the 4,000 Kosovo refugees who entered the United States. Prior to coming to Newberry College, Zais was the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, the headquarters that administers more than 200,000 military members of the Army Reserve. Dr. Zais’s military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Ranger, Airborne, and Combat Infantryman’s Badges, and the South Carolina Meritorious Service Medal. His wife, the former Susan Fincher, is from Columbia and a graduate of the University of South Carolina. Susan’s great-great-great-grandfather was a founding member of the Newberry College Board of Trustees. They have two children: Bradley is an infantry soldier in Iraq; Ashley, is an intern coordinator for presidential hopeful John McCain.
Andy Carter
Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Andy Carter is entering his seventh year as the Newberry College Director of Athletics, having joined the Newberry family in August of 2002. Since taking the helm, Carter has tackled several projects in order to turn Newberry Athletics into one of the premier programs in Division II. Carter came to Newberry after a 15-year tenure at Missouri Baptist College. Upon receiving his undergraduate degree from the NAIA institution, he began his career as an admissions recruiter and assistant baseball coach while working on his master’s of business administration at Lindenwood University. His degree completion led him to a faculty position as a professor of business administration and economics at Missouri Baptist, while at the same time serving the school as head baseball coach. Carter took over as baseball coach in 1991, a position he held for nine seasons. Seven years into a successful coaching career, highlighted by seven consecutive conference championships, he also took over as Missouri Baptist’s athletic director. He served in both roles for two years before leaving coaching in order to devote all his attention to administrative duties. Almost immediately upon his arrival at Newberry, Carter presented the faculty with the “Newberry College Athletic Initiative”, a long-term plan to secure future athletic success, while maintaining Newberry’s excellent academic record for its athletics teams. Since Carter’s arrival, Newberry has undergone an overhaul of its athletic program, instituting a stringent evaluation process for all varsity sports. The results were almost immediate, as the scarlet and gray have nearly doubled South Atlantic Conference victories in consecutive years under Carter’s reign. Also, for the first time since 1999, Newberry enhanced its offering of varsity sports, adding wrestling and competitive cheerleading. Another stage of Carter’s plan is a complete upgrade of Newberry’s facilities in order to showcase the college’s new athletic vision. Ground was broken in the summer of 2004 on the Newberry College Athletic Complex, which will be the future home to Newberry baseball and other teams. Also, the Newberry basketball and volleyball teams began playing last season on a new gym floor, powered by a brand new, state-of-the art lighting system. Future plans include new facilities for the men’s and women’s tennis teams, and determining the best course of action to give the football facilities at Seltzer Field its first facelift in almost 20 years. In addition to his duties at Newberry, Carter is an appointee to the NCAA National Division II Baseball Committee, where he serves as chairman for the South Region. He serves on the Newberry President’s Cabinet, under Dr. Zais. He is also a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. Carter is married to his wife of 23 years, Rena. They have seven children: Aaron (20), a senior cadet at USMA-West Point, Becca (19), Beth (16), Jake (14), Rachel (12), Caleb (10), and Micah (8).
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Season Outlook The Newberry College men’s soccer team enters the 2008 season with expectations of having a successful season and positioning itself for postseason success. According to head coach Sam Okpodu, the team will need to finish the season stronger than they have in the past. “The South Atlantic Conference is a very competitive league and we want to able to position ourselves in the top four teams so that we will be able to host a first round game,” said Okpodu. “We definitely have the talent to challenge for a top four ranking in the SAC tournament, it just depends upon if our team will play together throughout the season.” Newberry’s schedule sets up to be its toughest yet with matches against traditional powers Limestone, Lincoln Memorial, Tusculum and Wingate. Coach Okpodu believes this season will be the most competitive the SAC has ever been and will create great matches between Newberry and their opponents. The senior offensive trio of Debola Ogunseye (Lagos, Nigeria), Kwame Gyamfi (Accra, Ghana) and Shane Abbott (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) will lead the Newberry attack against their opponents. The trio returns from last year when they combined for 30 goals and 13 assists. All three players were named to all-South Atlantic Conference squads following the 2007 season. If they can build upon on their previous success, they should end the 2008 season on the same list. “I need them to play more as a team with more one- and two-touch play this season. They need to look to set up goal-scoring opportunities for one another, but at the same time in certain situations they need to be selfish when they have opportunities to score,” Okpodu said of the trio. The style of play for the team won’t differ much from previous seasons. Newberry will try to possess the ball as much as possible and take full advantage of scoring opportunities by getting shots on goal and finishing around the goal. Coach
Okpodu added, “If teams are able to stop or slow down our scoring attack we are going to posses the ball and be cautious with our attack to prevent us from being vulnerable on the defensive end.” The midfield will be led by Abbott and returning starter Brandon Baker (Conway, S.C.). They will be the foundation for possessing the ball and distributing scoring opportunities to Ogunseye and Gyamfi. The midfield will also be helped by the addition of several talented incoming players that will push for starts and playing time. “Shane has a serious role to play in the midfield for us this year. He will be a leader for our team, but also a distributor because his ability to hold the ball is simply incredible,” Coach Okpodu stated. Newberry’s defense will be anchored by returning starter Jeff Bell (North Augusta, S.C.). The defense will look to improve upon last year’s goal against average of 2.10. Last year’s reserves will need to step up and fill holes left in the defensive line by the 2007 senior class. The final line of defense for Newberry will be returning goalkeeper Will Dieterich (Tampa, Fla.), who started all of 2007’s games. Dieterich recorded four shutouts while leading Newberry to a 9-10 record. Dieterich, who already has the record for career shutouts, will need a good year in goal to make up for a inexperienced defense. Incoming players as always will need to adjust to the speed of the college game if they wish to play a significant role on the team. However, Coach Okpodu expects Trey Boyd, Stephan Bass, Jason Large and Justin Blomdahl to challenge for considerable playing time and possible starting positions. All in all, the Newberry men’s soccer team should have another exciting fall season and will be in serious contention to compete for one of the coveted top four positions in the SAC under the direction of coach Okpodu.
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Coaching Staff
Sam Okpodu enters his fifth year as the head coach of the Newberry men’s soccer team after four successful seasons at the helm of the scarlet and gray. The 2006 season saw coach Okpodu lead Newberry to a 9-10 record overall and a 2-5 record in the South Atlantic Conference, finishing sixth. Three total players were placed on the all-SAC first and second teams. In 2005, Newberry went 7-9-2 overall and 1-6 in SAC play. Okpodu led Newberry to a 9-7-2 overall record and a 3-3-1 South Atlantic Conference record in 2004, both tops in school history. The men also finished fifth in the SAC, their highest conference finish ever. The success found in 2004 included two all-conference selections and one allSam region selection. Newberry finished the season ranked eighth in the National SocOkpodu cer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Appalachian Region rankings, also Head Coach a first for the program. In addition to compiling the best overall and conference records in program North Carolina State history, the men also racked up an eight match unbeaten streak in 2004, another ‘87 school best. Record at Newberry......... 33-35-4 Prior to his work with Newberry, Okpodu boasts 18 years of coaching expeSeasons................................... Four Career Record............. 109-135-15 rience on the amateur, collegiate, semiprofessional, and international levels. He Collegiate Seasons.....................14 coached the Virginia Tech women’s Division I program for 10 seasons and he has served as a consultant for the Delta United Soccer Club, a professional men’s team in Nigeria. While overseas, he also guided the Nigerian women’s national team to its third African Women’s Soccer Championship in 2002. A graduate of North Carolina State University, Okpodu was a three-time All-American and still is the all-time Atlantic Coast Conference leading scorer with 193 points. He started all 77 games of his career, and participated in postseason play three of his four years. After his professional career with the Orlando Lions (United States Soccer Federation) and a stint at the helm of the Raleigh United Soccer Club, Okpodu returned to the Wolfpack as an assistant coach before taking the reins of the Virginia Tech program. His Hokie squads graduated 95% of its players. In 2002, Okpodu was recognized as one of 55 people to be selected to the ACC 50th Anniversary Team for his accomplishments as a player at N.C. State. The team was voted on by seven league institutions that sponsor men’s soccer as decided by the league’s 50th Anniversary Committee. Okpodu, a Nigerian-born U.S. citizen, holds licenses and diplomas with the USSF and the NSCAA. He fills the role of advisor and consultant for the International Soccer Network, Inc., based in Blacksburg, Va. Jeffrey Taylor begins his first season as assistant men’s soccer coach in 2008. Taylor graduated from Newberry in 2007 and served last year as the team’s student assistant. During the four years of his playing career at Newberry, Taylor amassed 17 goals and 13 assists, which ranks him fifth all-time with 47 career points. Taylor was a starter all four years at Newberry and was named to the preseason all-South Atlantic Conference second team in 2006. Jeffrey A native of Sumter, S.C., Taylor graduated from Sumter HS, where he played soccer all four years. His high school playing career was beyond successTaylor varsity ful as he finished as South Carolina’s all time leading scorer with 110 goals. Taylor Assistant Coach was also named an all-region player all four years and an all-state player his senior Newberry ‘07 year.
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Roster No.
Name
Pos. Ht.
00 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Will Dieterich GK James Woods GK Joel Johnson GK Justin Blomdahl M/F Stephan Bass D/F Shane Abbott M Jason Large M/F Samuel Cartin D Nathan Arroyo M Michael Bibbo F Scott Busbee D Kwame Gyamfi M/F Ruben Bravo M Brandon Baker M Trey Boyd M/F Philippe Millogo F Lucas Noboa D Ben Mottel M Jarvis Snyder M/F Debola Ogunseye F/M Marvin Torvic M/D Tornubari Nyonebue F Jeff Bell D/M David Contee D/F Kyle Murphy D Joe Begley M Trent Bagley D Matt Vaught D Ryan Fielden M William Harbuck D Jonathan Caratella D Jordan Walton D Jacob Lines D/F
6-3 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-9 5-10 6-0 5-11 5-9 5-8 5-8 5-11 6-2 6-3 5-6 5-6 6-3 5-11 6-1 5-8 5-6 5-6 5-10 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-9 5-9 6-1
Wt.
Yr.
Hometown
Previous School
180 190 160 170 160 164 160 150 160 150 160 190 135 155 170 175 165 180 165 167 192 150 180 145 168 157 180 185 140 125 160 165 151
Sr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Sr. So. Sr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr.
Tampa, Fla. Chamberlain HS Summerville, S.C. Summerville HS Sangre Grande, Trinidad St. Augustine Pawleys Island, S.C. Waccamaw HS Fayetteville, N.C. Sandy Creek HS Spartanburg Methodist College Myrtle Beach, S.C. Aiken, S.C. South Aiken HS Irmo, S.C. Irmo HS Spartanburg Methodist College Atlanta, Ga. Florence, S.C. South Florence HS Columbia, S.C. Brookland-Cayce HS Accra, Ghana Lander University Camden, S.C. Camden HS Conway, S.C. Carolina Forest HS Victoria, Texas Memorial HS Vienna, Va. Oakton HS Deltona, Fla. Deltona HS North Augusta, S.C. North Augusta HS Spartanburg Methodist College Alexandria, La. Lagos, Nigeria Olabisi Onabanjo University French Guiana South Aiken HS Rivers State, Nigeria Univ. of Calabar-Nigeria North Augusta, S.C. North Augusta HS Sumter, S.C. Crestwood HS Surfside Beach, S.C. Socastee HS Summerville, S.C. Summerville HS Chester, S.C. Chester Senior HS Aiken, S.C. South Aiken HS Tega Cay, S.C. Fort Mill HS Barnwell, S.C. Barnwell HS Spartanburg Methodist College Rock Hill, S.C. Charleston, S.C. Burke HS Florence, S.C. South Florence HS
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Senior Profiles
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Will Dieterich
Goalkeeper - 6-3 - 180 - Senior - Tampa, Fla. - Chamberlain HS - Business
2007: Started in all 19 matches... recorded four shutouts, good for first all-time... posted a 8-10 record... finished season with a 2.10 GAA, ranking sixth all-time... had 102 saves... 2006: Appeared in 13 matches, starting nine... shutout USC Aiken in first game of the season... recorded seven saves in loss to Lenoir-Rhyne... finished the season with a 2.01 GAA, good for fifth all-time...2005: Appeared in 10 matches, starting four... earned first start in 3-2 win at Charleston (W. Va.)... followed up with 1-0 shutout win at Brevard College (9/29)... High School: Played four years of varsity soccer... helped his team win a district playoff game for the first time in seven years...Personal: Born March 30, 1987... son of Terry and Shirley Dieterich... GP-GS 2005...10-4 2006...13-9 2007...19-19 TOTAL..42-32
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Minutes 455:13 895:37 1717:28 3068:18
GA 5 20 40 65
GAA 0.99 2.01 2.10 1.91
Saves 33 56 102 191
W 1 4 8 13
L 0 6 10 16
T 0 0 0 0
Sho 1 1 4 6
Shane Abbott
Midfield - 5-9 - 164 - Senior - Myrtle Beach, S.C. - Spartanburg Methodist Coll. - Business
2008: Named to preseason all-SAC Second Team... 2007: Named all-SAC Second Team... started in all 19 matches... lead the team with seven assists... his seven assists rank third all-time... recorded season high two assists against Brevard (9/5)... scored lone goal on the season against Erskine (8/25)... College: Played for two years at Spartanburg Methodist College... scored five goals and nine assists... ninth on all-time scorers list with 19 points... named team MVP... High School: Played four years of varsity soccer at Socastee High School... won the state championship his senior year... named to the all-region team... played in the CESA North-South Soccer Classic... Personal: Born August 16, 1987... son of Dawn Abbott... 2007....... TOTAL......
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GP-GS 19-19 19-19
G 1 1
A 7 7
Pts Shots Shot% 9 23 .043 9 23 .043
SOG 7 7
SOG% .304 .304
GW 1 1
Kwame Gyamfi
Forward/Midfield - 5-11 - 190 - Senior - Accra, Ghana - Lander - Business Marketing
2008: Named to preseason all-SAC Second Team... 2007: Named to all-SAC Second Team... started in all 19 games... was second on team in scoring with 12 goals, ranking seventh all-time... also tallied 3 assists to finish with 27 points, seventh all-time... scored two goals in the three different games: Anderson (8/23), Erskine (8/25) and Brevard (9/5)... College: Played two years varsity soccer for Lander University... played in 16 matches... scored two goals... High School: played four years of varsity soccer for North Augusta High School... Personal: Born August 12, 1986... son of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin... 2007....... TOTAL......
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GP-GS 19-19 19-19
G 12 12
A 3 3
Pts Shots Shot% 27 76 .158 27 76 .158
SOG 33 33
SOG% .434 .434
GW 1 1
Brandon Baker
Midfield - 5-8 - 155 - Senior - Conway, S.C. - Carolina Forest HS - Biology
2007: Played in 12 matches, while starting nine... 2006: Played in 16 matches, while starting six... scored two goals and recorded two assists... recorded two assists against Pfeiffer University (10/6)... 2005: Played in 10 matches, starting once... made debut with 31 minute appearance at Tusculum (9/11)... scored first collegiate goal in 2-1 win at Coker College (10/19)... High School: Played four years at Carolina Forest HS in Myrtle Beach... coached by Richard Groeneveld... holds the school record for most goals in a season... was an all-region selection as a junior and senior... participated with the Coastal Soccer Club... Personal: Born February 3, 1987... son of Karen and David Whaley... 2005....... 2006....... 2007....... TOTAL......
GP-GS 10-1 16-6 12-9 38-16
G 1 2 0 3
A 0 2 0 2
Pts Shots Shot% 2 3 .333 6 12 .167 0 2 .000 8 17 .176
SOG 1 4 1 6
SOG% .333 .333 .500 .353
GW 0 1 0 1
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Senior Profiles
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Jarvis Snyder
Midfield - 5-6 - 165 - Senior - Alexandria, La. - Spartanburg Methodist Coll. - Sport Manag.
2007: Appeared in all 19 matches... recorded four goals... scored a goal in back-to-back games against Anderson (8/23) and Erskine (8/25)... College: Played one year of varsity soccer at Spartanburg Methodist College... High School: Played four years of varsity soccer for Palmetto Academy... named team MVP... Personal: Born October 1, 1985... son of Brenda and James Snyder...
2007....... TOTAL......
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GP-GS 16-0 16-0
G 4 4
A 0 0
Pts Shots Shot% 8 22 .182 8 22 .182
SOG 11 11
SOG% .500 .500
GW 0 0
Debola Ogunseye
Midfield/Forward - 5-6 - 167 - Senior - Lagos, Nigeria - Olabisi Onabanjo U. - Sociology
2008: Named to preseason all-SAC first team... 2007: Named to all-SAC First Team... named to First Team all-Appalachian Region by DAKTRONICS and the NSCAA... finshed season with 17 G, 3 A for 37 points... his performance pushed him to second all-time in points and goals for his career at Newberry... 2006: Named to all-SAC First Team... named to the 2006 DAKTRONICS All-Appalachian Region Second Team... named to the First Team NSCAA Appalachian Region... started all 16 games he played... recorded back-to-back hat tricks on (10/04) and (10/06) against Catawba and Pfeiffer University... recorded four game winning goals... his 16 goals and 38 total points are the fourth and third highest single season totals in Newberry men’s soccer history... Previous School: Played at Olabisi Onabanjo U... team was silver medalist in the Nigerian University Football League... Personal: Born April 27, 1988... son of Elizabeth Ogunseye... 2006....... 2007....... TOTAL......
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GP-GS 16-16 17-17 33-33
G 16 17 33
A 6 3 9
Pts Shots Shot% 38 91 .176 37 79 .215 75 170 .194
SOG 44 42 86
SOG% .484 .434 .506
GW 4 7 11
Jeff Bell
Defense - 6-1 - 180 - Senior - North Augusta, S.C. - North Augusta HS - English
2007: Named to preseason all-SAC First Team... started in the 16 games that he played in... recorded one assist... 2006: Named to all-SAC First Team and to preseason all-SAC Second Team... played in 16 matches, starting all of them... recorded three goals and two assists... scored the game winning goal against Belmont Abbey (8/29) ... 2005: Started 16 of 18 matches... made collegiate debut at Mount Olive (9/3)... scored three goals for the season... recorded first collegiate goal at Tusculum (9/11)... scored twice in 2-2 draw against Lander... High School: Played four years at North Augusta HS... coached by Jason Spinks and Mike Allen... named team MVP in 2005 and defensive MVP in 2004... was an all-region selection in 2004 and 2005... helped his team to an 8-2 conference record his senior year... Personal: Born March 17, 1987... son of Rachel and Kenny Franklin... 2005....... 2006....... 2007....... TOTAL......
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GP-GS 16-16 16-16 16-16 48-48
G 3 2 0 33
A 0 3 1 9
Pts Shots Shot% 6 11 .273 7 15 .125 1 1 .000 75 170 .194
SOG 8 7 0 86
SOG% .727 .438 .000 .506
Kyle Murphy
GW 0 1 0 11
Defense - 5-6 - 168 - Senior - Surfside Beach, S.C. - Socastee HS - Business Admin.
Previous School: Played two years at Spartanburg Methodist College... was elected to all-south and all-region team... High School: Played four years of varsity soccer at Socastee HS for head coach Suarez... team was ranked number one in the nation for two weeks... was a three time all-region selection... selected to the all-state 4A team... played in the North-South All-Star game and the Super 18... was the Toast of the Coast player of the year... Personal: Born on July 20, 1986... son of Bridget and Daniel Murphy...
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Player Profiles
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Samuel Cartin
Defense - 6-0 - 150 - Junior - Irmo, S.C. - Irmo HS - Business Admin.
2007: Appeared in one game... 2006: Played in nine matches, starting one... played in his first collegiate match against Belmont Abbey (8/29)... started first career collegiate match against Wingate (9/6)... High School: Played two years of varsity soccer for coach Phil Savitz at Irmo HS... team was state runners-up in 2005 as well as Lower State champions... also involved with the Spanish club... Personal: Born June 6, 1988... son of Lucius and Martha Cartin...
7
Nathan Arroyo
Midfield - 5-9 - 160 - Junior - Atlanta, Ga. - Spartanburg Methodist Coll. - Sport Manag.
Previous School: Played at Spartanburg Methodist College for two seasons... compiled 19 G, 20 A in his two years of play... High School: Played four seasons of varsity soccer at Northwestern HS for coach Nick Fimotti... team was ranked number one in the NSCAA national poll in 2005... 2006 state champions... was named to all-state team his junior and senior year... was MVP at the Murray Challenge... was a four time region champion... Personal: Born on April 26, 1987... son of Stacy and Lisa Winne...
9
Scott Busbee
Defense - 6-0 - 160 - Junior - Columbia, S.C. - Brookland-Cayce HS - Biology
2007: Appeared in 17 matches, while starting nine... recorded lone goal on season against Brevard (9/5)... 2006: Played in 17 matches, while starting 15... started first collegiate match against USC Aiken (8/24)... recorded first collegiate point with an assist against Catawba (10/4)... High School: Played four seasons of varsity soccer at Brookland-Cayce High School... coached by Kevin Heise... region champs in 2005 and Lower State finalists in 2006... member of National Honor Society and Interact Club... Personal: Born September 8, 1988... son of Bruce and Carol Busbee...
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Ruben Bravo
Midfield - 5-9 - 135 - Junior - Camden, S.C. - Camden HS - Business Admin.
2007: Appeared in 10 matches, while starting three... recorded assist against Alderson-Broaddaus (10/6)... 2006: Played in one match... played in first collegiate match against Coker College (9/10)... High School: Played four seasons of varsity soccer at Camden High School... earned all-region honors in 2003, 2005 and 2006... team was region champions in 2006... Personal: Born April 1, 1988... son of Manuel Bravo and Maria B. Acevedo...
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Player Profiles
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Ben Mottel
Midfield - 6-3 - 180 - Junior - North Augusta, S.C. - North Augusta HS - Business Admin.
2007: Appeared in 14 matches, while starting once... recorded assist against Tusculum (9/29)... 2006: Played in 16 matches, starting 12... scored one goal on the year... started first collegiate match against Shepard University (9/2)... scored first collegiate goal against Catawba (10/4)... High School: Played four seasons of varsity soccer at North Augusta... coached by Jason Spinks... was all-region in his senior season, as well as the team’s captain and most valuable player... also a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes... Personal: Born September 2, 1987... son of David and Kathy Mottel...
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Jonathan Caratella
Defense - 5-9 - 160 - Junior - Rock Hill, S.C. - Spartanburg Methodist Coll. - Physical Ed.
Previous School: Played at Spartanburg Methodist College... recorded three goals and eight assists... High School: Played three years of varsity soccer under head coach Nick Finotti at Northwestern HS... was number one ranked team in NSCAA in 2005 for six weeks... accumulated several recognitions including; all-state, all-region and participant in North-South All-Star game... team was a two-time 4A State Finalist in 2003-04 and three time region champions... Personal: Born on April 9, 1987... son of Tamara and Gustavo Guinea...
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Michael Bibbo
Forward - 5-10 - 150 - Sophomore - Florence, S.C. - South Florence HS - Undeclared
2007: Appeared in two games... High School: Played four years of varisty soccer for South Florence High School... Personal: Born October 11th, 1988... son of Joe and Judy Bibbo...
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Philippe Millogo
Forward - 5-11 - 175 - Sophomore - Vienna, Va. - Oaktown HS - Undeclared
2007: Appeared in 14 games, while starting two... made first collegiate start at Lincoln Memorial (9/8)... scored first collegiate goal at Catawba (10/10)... High School: Played three years of varsity soccer at Oakton High School in Vienna, Va., for head coach Thomas White... team MVP his senior year... second team all-district... Personal: Born April 26, 1988... son of Jules Millogo and Anne Renee Heiningburg...
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Player Profiles
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Lucas Noboa
Defense - 6-2 - 165 - Sophomore - Deltona, Fla. - Deltona HS - Pre-Law
2007: Appeared in 11 matches, making one start... recorded first collegiate start against Limestone (8/29)... High School: Played four years of varsity soccer at Deltona HS... all-county first team his junior and senior years, as well as all-conference his senior year... all-star game participant his senior year... Player of the Week in both the News-Journal and the Orlando Sentinel... his club was champions of the First Coast Labor Day Shootout in Jacksonville... first place in Greater Central Florida Soccer League... 2007 State Cup Sweet 16 participant... National Honor Roll... named Who’s Who Among High School Athletes... also played two years of varsity tennis... Personal: Born March 31, 1989... son of Kate and Luis Noboa...
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Marvin Torvic
Midfield/Defense - 6-3 - 192 - Sophomore - French Guiana - South Aiken HS - Undeclared
2007: Started in all 19 matches... recorded three assists... played mostly in the midfield... High School: Played four seasons of varsity soccer at South Aiken HS...was a member of the 2004 and 2005 championship teams, and also won region champs in 2006...also earned personal all-region honors... member of varsity basketball squad for two seasons... Personal: Born January 5, 1988...son of Catherine Newton...
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Tornubari Nyonebue
Forward - 5-11 - 150 - Sophomore - Rivers State, Nigeria - U. of Calabar-Nigeria - Business Admin.
High School: Played two years of varsity soccer at Birabi Memorial Grammar School under coach G. Bagadam... was the team captain... won the team Offensive MVP and the Highest Goal Scorer award... was on the principal’s honor roll... also competed in track... Personal: Born on September 20, 1988... son of Sylvester and Penyie Doba...
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David Contee
Defense/Forward - 5-8 - 145 - Sophomore - Sumter, S.C. - Crestwood HS - Political Science
2007: Appeared in three games... High School: Played varsity soccer for three years at Crestwood High School... named to the All-Region team... Personal: Born May 22nd, 1989... son of Howard and Barbara Contee...
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2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Player Profiles
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Joe Begley
Midfield - 5-6 - 157 - Sophomore - Summerville, S.C. - Summerville HS - Undeclared
2007: Appeared in nine games... High School: Played two years of varsity soccer for Summerville High School... played in the 2007 CESA North-South Classic... Personal: Born November 1, 1988... son of Christine and Robert Begley...
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Trent Bagley
Defense - 5-10 - 180 - Sophomore - Chester, S.C. - Chester Senior HS - Business
2007: Did not play... High School: Played four years of varsity soccer at Chest Senior High School... three time all-region member... four time all-tournament team member... team MVP... Personal: Born October 28th, 1988... son of Gale Bagley...
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Jordan Walton
Defense - 5-9 - 165 - Sophomore - Charleston, S.C. - Burke HS - Communications
High School: Played one year of varisty soccer at Burke HS for coach Ogunsanya... was named Defensive MVP... was the team captain... achieved several academic awards; National Honor Society, Principal Honor Roll and was the President of the Magic club... Personal: Born on October 31, 1989... son of Tracy and Jennifer Walton...
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2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Freshmen Profiles
James Woods 0 Position................................Goalkeeper
Joel Johnson 1 Position................................Goalkeeper
Justin Blomdahl 2 Position.................... Midfield/Forward
Stephan Bass 3 Position..................... Defense/Midfield
Jason Large 5 Position.................... Midfield/Forward
Trey Boyd 13 Position.................... Midfield/Forward
Ht./Wt......................................... 6-1/190 Hometown.............. Summerville, S.C. Prev. School................Summerville HS Eligibility........................... R-Freshman Major....................................Psychology
Ht./Wt......................................... 6-0/170 Hometown.......... Pawleys Island, S.C. Prev. School.................. Waccamaw HS Eligibility............................... Freshman Major...................... Physical Education
Ht./Wt....................................... 5-11/160 Hometown.......................... Aiken, S.C. Prev. School.................South Aiken HS Eligibility............................... Freshman Major.........................................Business
Ht./Wt......................................... 6-0/160 Hometown............... Fayetteville, N.C. Prev. School................ Sandy Creek HS Eligibility............................... Freshman Major................................... Undeclared
Ht./Wt......................................... 5-8/170 Hometown.................... Victoria, Texas Prev. School..................... Memorial HS Eligibility............................... Freshman Major......................... Physical Therapy
Matt Vaught 27 Position......................................Defense
Ryan Fielden 28 Position.....................................Midfield
William Harbuck 29 Position......................................Defense
Jacob Lines 32 Position..................... Defense/Forward
Ht./Wt....................................... 5-11/185 Hometown.......................... Aiken, S.C. Prev. School.................South Aiken HS Eligibility............................... Freshman Major................................... Undeclared
Ht./Wt....................................... 5-11/125 Hometown..................... Barnwell, S.C. Prev. School.......................Barnwell HS Eligibility............................... Freshman Major......................................... Nursing
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Ht./Wt......................................... 6-1/160 Hometown.......Sangre Grande, Trinidad Prev. School..................... St. Augustine Eligibility............................... Freshman Major................................... Undeclared
Ht./Wt......................................... 5-9/140 Hometown..................... Tega Cay, S.C. Prev. School....................... Fort Mill HS Eligibility............................... Freshman Major.........................................Business
Ht./Wt......................................... 6-1/151 Hometown......................Florence, S.C. Prev. School............ South Florence HS Eligibility............................... Freshman Major................................... Undeclared
Newberry Men’s Soccer 2007 Season in Review 2007 Recap
The Newberry men’s soccer team took new steps in the 2007 season towards becoming a legitimate champion contender both in the South Atlantic Conference and in the Appalachian Region. Newberry matched their team record for wins in a season with nine victories. The team also managed to improve on the offensive end of the pitch after struggling to score in 2006. The scarlet and gray began the year with a 6-2 win over Anderson University and a 5-1 win over Erskine College. Debola Ogunseye (Lagos, Nigeria) scored four goals in the first two games, including a hat trick against Anderson. Kwame Gyamfi (Accra, Ghana), a junior transfer from Lander, also contributed four goals in the two games, scoring two in each contest. With the two dominant wins Newberry found itself nationally ranked for the first time in team history. Newberry was ranked 21st in the country in the adidas/NSCAA National poll released August 28. Ogunseye was also awarded the South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week for his four goal, one assist performance. The team next traveled to No. 15 ranked Limestone College for a battle of nationally ranked teams. Newberry came out flat and quickly fell behind the Saints, losing the game 3-0. Newberry recovered from the loss with two straight shutout victories over USC Aiken and Brevard. With the two shutouts Will Dieterich (Tampa, Fla.) tied the Newberry records for both career shutouts and shutouts in a season. Gyamfi scored two goals over Brevard while Ogunseye notched one goal in each game for Newberry. After starting 4-1, Newberry dropped its next two games to Lincoln Memorial and Belmont Abbey to fall to 4-3 heading towards the midway point of the season. The scarlet and gray returned home to host USC Upstate, a team that recently jumped to Division I. After falling behind 1-0 in the first half, Newberry controlled the second half, scoring three goals for a 3-1 victory. The win was the first in team history over a DI opponent. The victory over Upstate was the beginning of a three game win streak as Newberry beat Mars Hill, 1-0 and Francis Marion, 5-4. Dieterich’s shutout of Mar Hill gave him the records for shutouts in a season and career shutouts. While Ogunseye recorded five goals in the two games, including four against the Patriots of Francis Marion. Just over halfway through the season Newberry was in good shape with a record of 7-3. Unfortunately the team struggled through a second half swoon for the second straight year as the scarlet and gray went just 2-7 to end the year. Newberry’s two wins came in back to back games over West Virginia Wesleyan and Catawba College. Ogunseye scored three goals in the two games, winning SAC Player of the Week for the second time in the 2007 season. The junior forward was the only player all season to win the award twice. Newberry ended the regular season with a record of 9-9 and 2-5 in the ## 18 10 4 5 7 13 19 14 9 24 20 16 11 23 21 25 15 17 12 6 8 2 22
Name Debola Ogunseye Kwame Gyamfi Shane Abbott Jarvis Snyder Jovon Rochford Edsel Rudder Marvin Torvic Phillippe Millogo Scott Busbee Edgar Valencia William Koch Ben Mottel Ruben Bravo Kyle Rudder Jeff Bell Joe Begley Lucas Noboa Bernard Gilbert Brandon Baker Samuel Cartin Michael Bibbo Jason Obermiller David Contee Total............... Opponents...........
GP-GS 17-17 19-19 19-19 16-0 19-18 18-11 19-19 14-2 17-9 14-11 18-18 14-1 10-3 17-17 16-16 9-0 11-1 9-0 12-9 1-0 2-0 7-0 3-0 19 19
## Name GP-GS 00 Will Dieterich 19-17 Opponents........... 19
South Atlantic Conference. The six points they earned in conference play slotted them into the 6th seed which meant traveling to Wingate N.C. to play the Wingate Bulldogs in the first round. Newberry was never able to get going against Wingate losing 1-0. Dieterich played well in goal, making nine saves to keep Newberry in the match. Ogunseye ended the year leading Newberry in goals, with 17, and points, with 37. He finished third in the SAC in both categories and earned First Team All-SAC honors. The junior forward was also recognized as one of the best players in the region as he was named DAKTRONICS First Team All-Appalachian Region. Gyamfi and junior transfer Shane Abbott (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) were named Second Team All-SAC for their performances. Despite the disappointing finish, Newberry has a lot of positive points to build on heading into the 2008 season. Seven starters including the top four goal scorers are returning to a team that showed a lot of promise in the 2007 season, and Newberry will look to fulfill that promise in the future.
8/23 8/25 8/29 8/31 9/05 9/08 9/18 9/21 9/23 9/26 9/29 10/03 10/06 10/07 10/10 10/17 10/24 10/27 10/30
2007 Schedule ANDERSON @ Erksine @ #15 Limestone USC AIKEN BREVARD @ Lincoln Memorial @ Belmont Abbey USC UPSTATE @ Mars Hill FRANCIS MARION @ Tusculum #25 WINGATE @ Alderson-Broaddus @ W. Va. Wesleyan @ Catawba #20 LANDER LENOIR -RHYNE #25 CARSON-NEWMAN @ #8 Wingate
2007 Individual Statistics
Min 1404 1482 1679 460 1622 1268 1258 287 674 663 1563 502 409 1451 1324 120 297 202 333 5 24 133 20 -
Minutes 1717:28 1717:28
G 17 12 1 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 40
GA 40 41
A Pts 3 37 3 27 7 9 0 8 0 8 4 6 3 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 109 33 113
Avg Saves 2.10 102 2.15 107
Sh 79 76 23 22 12 17 26 9 9 6 13 7 4 2 1 7 4 3 2 2 1 1 0 326 277
Pct .718 .723
Shot% .215 .158 .043 .182 .333 .059 .000 .111 .111 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .126 .144
W 8 10
L 10 8
SOG 42 33 7 11 6 5 11 4 6 2 5 3 2 1 0 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 150 146 T 0 0
Sho 4 3
SOG% YC-RC .532 4-1 .434 2-0 .304 1-0 .500 2-1 .500 1-0 .294 3-0 .423 2-1 .444 0-0 .667 3-0 .333 0-0 .385 5-0 .429 1-0 .500 0-0 .500 0-0 .000 2-0 .429 0-0 .750 1-0 1.000 0-0 .500 0-0 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .460 27-3 .527 25-4
6-2 (W) 5-1 (W) 0-3 (L) 1-0 (W) 5-0 (W) 1-6 (L) * 1-2 (L) 3-1 (W) 1-0 (W) * 5-4 (W) 2-7 (L) * 2-3 (L) * 2-3 (LOT) 2-0 (W) 3-1 (W) * 1-2 (L) 0-2 (L) * 1-2 (LOT) * 0-1 (L) GW 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10
PK-ATT 2-3 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 6-9 1-1
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2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer History and Records Goals: Season Rick Ladimir 20 Debola Ogunseye 17 Rick Ladimir 17 Debola Ogunseye 16 Rick Ladimir 16 Chris Newcomb 13 Kwame Gyamfi 12 Shawn Liesch 12 Brian McBride 8 Brandon Cockrell 7 Troy Pinckney 7
2000 2007 1999 2006 2001 1996 2007 2002 1996 2002 2004
Assists: Season Brandon Cockrell 13 William Kish 8 Shane Abbott 7 Brandon Cockrell 7 Brandon Cockrell 7 Rick Ladimir 7 Matt Wolchok 7 Debola Ogunseye 6 Rick Ladimir 5 Jeffrey Taylor 5 Ricardo Silveira 5 Chad Domis 5 Brandon Cockrell 4 Jason Wiggins 4 Matt Pryor 4 Matt Pryor 4
2001 1997 2007 2004 2003 2001 1999 2006 2000 2006 2004 2004 2002 2001 2001 2000
Points: Season Rick Ladimir 45 Rick Ladimir 39 Debola Ogunseye 38 Debola Ogunseye 37 Rick Ladimir 35 Chris Newcomb 30 Kwame Gymafi 27 Shawn Liesch 25 Brian McBride 19 Brandon Cockrell 18 Brandon Cockrell 17
2000 2001 2006 2007 1999 1996 2007 2002 1996 2002 2003
Goals Against Avg.: Season Will Dieterich 0.99 2005 Bryan Linn 1.64 2006 Tim Seibert 1.64 2003 Bryan Linn 1.68 2005 Bryan Linn 1.84 2004 Will Dieterich 2.01 2006 Will Dieterich 2.10 2007 Dustin Workman 2.17 2001 Ashley Smith 3.92 2000 Joe Hamric 4.22 1995 Shutouts: Season Will Dieterich 4 David Liptak 2 Tim Seibert 2 Bryan Linn 2
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2007 2002 2003 2004
Goals: Career Rick Ladimir 53 Debola Ogunseye 33 Brandon Cockrell 20 Jason Wiggins 19 Matt Lemming 19 Shawn Liesch 17 Jeffrey Taylor 17 Chad Domis 15 Brian McBride 15 Kwame Gyamfi 12 Troy Pinckney 12 Shaun Drummond 10 William Kish 7 Ricardo Silveira 7
1999-2001 2006-pres. 2001-2004 2001-2004 2000-2003 2001-2003 2003-2006 2003-2006 1995-1998 2007-pres. 2002-2005 1995-1998 1995-1998 2004-2005
Assists: Career Brandon Cockrell 31 2001-04 Jeffrey Taylor 13 2003-06 Rick Ladimir 13 1999-2001 Jason Wiggins 11 2001-04 William Kish 11 1995-98 Debola Ogunseye 9 2006-pres. Points: Career Rick Ladimir 119 Debola Ogunseye 75 Brandon Cockrell 71 Jason Wiggins 49 Jeffrey Taylor 47 Matt Lemming 41 Chad Domis 38 Shawn Liesch 37 Brian McBride 33 Troy Pinckney 29 Kwame Gyamfi 27 William Kish 25 Ricardo Silveira 22
1999-2001 2006-pres. 2001-2004 2001-2004 2003-2006 2000-2003 2003-2006 2001-2003 1995-1998 2002-2005 2007-pres. 1995-1998 2004-2005
Goals Against Avg.: Career Tim Seibert 1.63 2003 Bryan Linn 1.81 2003-2006 Will Dieterich 1.91 2005-pres. Dustin Workman 2.17 2001 Joe Hamric 4.11 1995-1996 Joey Tuk 4.63 2002 Ashley Smith 4.67 1997-2000 Shutouts: Career Will Deiterich 6 2005-pres. Bryan Linn 4 2003-06 David Liptak 2 2002 Tim Seibert 2 2003
Team Records: Season
Most Wins: 9......2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 Most Losses: 20...................................1998 Most Consecutive Wins: 4.............................2005 Most Consecutive Losses: 26..........from 1997-99 Highest Win Percentage: .527...............2004 Most Goals Scored: 54...........................2001 Fewest Goals Allowed: 24.....................2005 Most Goals Allowed: 104......................1998 Most Shutouts: 4 . .........................2003, 2007 Team Records: Game Most Goals Scored: 9.........(Anderson, 2000) Most Goals Allowed: 11........(Tusculum, 2002) (UNC Charlotte, 1979) Individual Records: Game Most Goals: (Rick Ladimir, 5, Anderson, 2000) Most Points: (Rick Ladimir, 11, Anderson, 2000) All-Time Series Standings
Anderson Alderson-Broaddus Augusta State Baptist/CSU Barton Belmont Abbey Benedict Brevard Carson-Newman Catawba Central Wesleyan/SWU Charleston Southern/Charleston Baptist Chowan College The Citadel Clayton College & State Coastal Carolina Coker College of Charleston Columbia Bible Davis & Elkins Elon Erskine Francis Marion Gardner-Webb Johnson & Wales Lander Lees-McRae Lenoir-Rhyne Life College Limestone Lincoln Memorial Mars Hill Montreat Mount Olive North Georgia North Greenville Pfeiffer Presbyterian Queens Shepherd South Carolina Southern Methodist Coll Southern Wesleyan/Central Wesleyan St. Andrews St. Leo Tusculum UNC Charlotte UNC Pembroke USC Aiken USC Spartanburg/Upstate Univ. of Charleston Warren Wilson Webber Webber Int’l. West Virginia Wesleyan Wingate Winthrop Wofford
W 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 6 1 4 1 0 1 4 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
L 3 2 4 2 1 4 0 0 14 15 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 5 7 5 0 5 1 10 1 4 3 8 3 3 1 0 3 13 2 2 1 0 4 4 1 9 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 2 3
T 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer South Atlantic Conference Historical All-Conference Selections
1997 - Chris Newcomb, 2nd team 1999 - Rick Ladimir, 2nd team 2000 - Rick Ladimir, 1st team 2001 - Rick Ladimir, 1st team Brandon Cockrell, 2nd team Freshman of the Year Bobby Ladimir, co-Coach of the Year 2002 - Brandon Cockrell, 1st team 2003 - Brandon Cockrell, 1st team
2006-
2007-
Edsul Rudder, 1st team Jeff Bell, 1st team
Debola Ogunseye, 1st team
Kyle Rudder, 2nd team Debola Ogunseye, 1st team Shane Abbott, 2nd team Kwame Gyamfi, 2nd team
The South Atlantic Conference has experienced and enjoyed over 30 years of athletic tradition and excellence. The conference has been tremendously successful due to dedicated people building a premier athletic conference throughout its history. The distant forerunner of the South Atlantic Conference was the North State Atlantic Conference (NSIAC). The NSIAC was formed when the “Little Six”, as it was called, broke from the North Carolina Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1930. These charter members included Lenoir-Rhyne College, Atlantic Christian, Catawba College, Guilford College, Elon College, and High Point University. The North State continued to grow over the next 30 years, adding Western Carolina (1933), East Carolina (1947) and Pfeiffer (1960). A name change became necessary when the league accepted Newberry as its first South Carolina member in 1961. The league took on the name Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC) on May 20th of that year. The CIAC saw several changes in the following years as East Carolina withdrew from the league in 1962. Appalachian State and Western Carolina followed in 1971 and 1976. All three landed in the Southern Conference. The South Atlantic Conference was founded in 1975 solely as a football conference. The league received its name from a contest in which Kurt Brenneman of Greensboro, NC became the first to submit the SAC-8 moniker. The SAC-8 consisted of Carson-Newman College, Catawba College, Elon College, GardnerWebb University, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Mars Hill College, Newberry College, and Presbyterian College. Dr. Fred Bentley, of Mars Hill College, was named league president for its inaugural year, by a vote of the member institutions. After the first season of play in the SAC-8, the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne College captured the first football title. In 1989, the league’s 15th year of operation, the South Atlantic Conference became a comprehensive, all-sports conference. That year the South Atlantic Conference sponsored 10 sports - football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, men’s soccer, volleyball, men’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis. Later the conference grew to 14 championship sports by adding women ‘s soccer (1990), men’s and women’s cross country (1993) and women’s golf (1999). The South Atlantic Conference was composed of the same eight member institutions from 1975 until 1988, when Wingate University replaced Newberry College as the eighth member institution. Newberry later rejoined the conference in 1996. Today the conference is a group of nine private, liberal and civic arts colleges and universities, similar in size and athletic philosophy. Since becoming eligible for NCAA Division II postseason play in 1993, the league has sent representatives from all of its sponsored sports to NCAA postseason play. In July of 1998, Tusculum College was admitted as a member of the league, and Lincoln Memorial University began play in the conference in the 2006-07 academic year. The league membership now includes Brevard College in Brevard, N.C.; Carson-Newman in Jefferson City, TN; Catawba College in Salisbury, NC; Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC; Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN; Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, NC; Newberry College in Newberry, SC; Tusculum College in Greeneville, TN; and Wingate University in Wingate, NC.
2007 Final SAC Standings Conference Overall
School W-L-T Pts. PCT Lincoln Mem. 5-1-1 16 .786 Tusculum 5-1-1 16 .786 Wingate 5-2 15 .714 Carson-Newman 4-2-1 13 .643 Lenoir-Rhyne 3-4 9 .429 Newberry 2-5 6 .286 Mars Hill 1-5-1 4 .214 Catawba 1-6 3 .143 Brevard 0-0 0 .000
W-L-T PCT 20-4-1 .820 11-9-2 .545 16-5-1 .750 15-4-2 .762 13-6 .684 9-10 .474 8-9-3 .475 7-12 .368 4-14-1 .237
2008 SAC MEN’S SOCCER COACHES POLL
Pl School 1. Lincoln Memorial (6) 2. Tusculum (3) 3. Carson-Newman 4. Wingate 5. Lenoir-Rhyne 6. Newberry 7. Catawba 8. Mars Hill 9. Brevard (First place votes in parenthesis)
Pts. 78 73 58 56 42 34 27 26 11
2008 PRESEASON ALL-SAC
First Team Forward - Leandro Pereira, Lincoln Memorial Forward - Debola Ogunseye, Newberry Forward - Bruno Conceicão, Tusculum Forward - Junior Nyemb, Wingate Midfielder - Luis Carrizosa, Lenoir-Rhyne Midfielder - Lucas Paulini , Tusculum Midfielder - Luke Mulholland, Wingate Midfielder - Anteneh Lemma, Tusculum Defender - Thomas Ostvold, Carson-Newman Defender - Aaron Wheeler, Lenoir-Rhyne Defender - Felipe Nogueira, Lincoln Mem Defender - Gary Higgins, Lenoir-Rhyne Goalkeeper - Sean Merfeld, Mars Hill Second Team Forward - Omar Cooke, Carson-Newman Forward - Kwame Gyamfi, Newberry Forward - Rory Green, Wingate Midfielder - Shane Abbott, Newberry Midfielder - Gareth Williams, Tusculum Midfielder - Aaron McKenna, Lincoln Memorial Midfielder - Marcus Cabralis, Carson-Newman Defender - Everardo Flores, Carson-Newman Defender - Rondon Bacchus, Mars Hill Defender - Sven Meyer, Tusculum Defender - Shawn Brunk, Lenoir-Rhyne Goalkeeper - Jordan Moore, Carson-Newman
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2008 Newberry Men’s Soccer Opponents
Erskine Flying Fleet
Location: Due West, S.C. Affiliation: NCAA D-II, Conference Carolinas Head Coach: Warren Turner 2007 Record: 6-12-2 visits Newberry, 8/28 at 4 p.m.
Anderson Trojans
Location: Anderson, S.C. Affiliation: NCAA D-II, Conference Carolinas Head Coach: Rob Miller 2007 Record: 8-11 hosts Newberry, 8/30 at 7 p.m.
Limestone Saints
Location: Gaffney, S.C. Affiliation: NCAA D-II, Conference Carolinas Head Coach: Eric Aslop 2007 Record: 10-6-1 visits Newberry, 9/3 at 4 p.m.
Location: Greenville, Tenn. Head Coach: Brett Teach 2007 Record: 11-9-2 overall, 5-1-1 (t-1st in the SAC) visits Newberry, 10/4 at 4 p.m.
Wingate Bulldogs
Location: Wingate, N.C. Head Coach: Gary Hamill 2007 Record: 16-5-1 overall, 5-2 (3rd in the SAC) hosts Newberry, 10/8 at 7 p.m.
Montevallo Falcons
Location: Montevallo, Ala. Affiliation: NCAA D-II, Gulf South Conference Head Coach: Ryan Pratt 2007 Record: 18-4-2 hosts Newberry, 10/11 at 6 p.m.
Brevard Tornados
Catawba Catawba Indians
USC Aiken Pacers
Lenoir-Rhyne Bears
Location: Brevard, N.C. Head Coach: Juan Mascaro 2007 Record: 4-14-1 overall, (first year in the SAC) hosts Newberry, 9/10 at 4 p.m.
Location: Aiken, S.C. Affiliation: NCAA D-II, Peachbelt Conference Head Coach: Ike Ofoje 2007 Record: 7-9-2 hosts Newberry, 9/13 at 7 p.m.
Clayton State Lakers
Location: Salisbury, N.C. Head Coach: Craig Turnbull 2007 Record: 7-12 overall, 1-6 (8th in the SAC) visits Newberry, 10/15 at 4 p.m.
Location: Hickory, N.C. Head Coach: Adrian Blewitt 2007 Record: 13-6 overall, 3-4 (5th in the SAC) hosts Newberry, 10/18 at 4 p.m.
Pfeiffer Falcons
Location: Morrow, Ga. Affiliation: NCAA D-II, Peach Belt Conference Head Coach: Pete Petersen 2007 Record: 14-3-2 visits Newberry, 9/17 at 5 p.m.
Location: Misenheimer, N.C. Affiliation: NCAA D-II, Conference Carolinas Head Coach: Ken Hassler 2007 Record: 11-7-1 hosts Newberry, 10/22 at 3 p.m.
Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters
Carson-Newman Eagles
Location: Harrogate, Tenn. Head Coach: Helio D’Anna 2007 Record: 20-4-1 overall, 5-1-1 (t-1st in the SAC) visits Newberry, 9/20 at 3 p.m.
Location: Jefferson City, N.C. Head Coach: Allen Vital 2007 Record: 15-4-2 overall, 4-2-1 (4th in the SAC) hosts Newberry, 11/1 at 4 p.m.
Mars Hill Lions
SAC Men’s Soccer Tournament
Lander Bearcats
D-II Men’s Soccer Tournament
Location: Mars Hill, N.C. Head Coach: Scott Donnelly 2007 Record: 8-9-3 overall, 1-5-1 (7th in the SAC) visits Newberry, 9/27 at 2 p.m.
Location: Greenwood, S.C. Affiliation: NCAA D-II, Peachbelt Conference Head Coach: Van Taylor 2007 Record: 14-5-2 hosts Newberry, 10/1 at 7 p.m.
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Tusculum Pioneers
Location: Campus Sites (1st Round) Rock Hill, S.C. (Semifinals, Finals) Date: 11/4-11/9 Defending Champions: Lincoln Memorial
Location: Campus Sites (1st Round-Quarterfinal) Tampa, Fla. (Semifinals, Finals) Dates: 11/13-11/23 Defending Champion: Franklin Pierce
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