SANTA CLARA, Calif. – After making a cross country trip to earn a
2-0 shutout win against Lipscomb on Friday, Santa Clara men's soccer stay on the road to face Evansville on Sunday at Noon PT in just the second meeting against the Purple Aces. The first meeting came in 1988 when the two squads played to a 1-all draw.
The Broncos have won back-to-back matches for the first time this season behind a balanced scoring and steady defense. In the last two matches, a 3-1 win over UNLV and 2-0 shutout of Lipscomb, five different Broncos have scored, outshooting the opponents 29-19. Santa Clara defense has not allowed more than one goal a game in all eight matches.
THE PURPLE ACES (2-4-1)
Evansville is 2-4-1 this season but are 2-1 at home in McCutchan Stadium. The Broncos and the Purple Aces have one common opponent with both teams having played at Lipscomb. The Broncos shutout Lipscomb 2-0 on Friday and the Purple Aces tied with Lipscomb 1-1 back on Sept. 10.
Fifth-year head coach Marshall Ray leads his alma mater where he has compiled a 36-67-15 record.
On the season, Evansville has scored 10 goals while giving up 12. J. Stafford-Lacey and Ryan Harris have scored three goals each to lead the team.
Goalkeeper Frederik Reimer has started in all seven matches and has a .613 save percentage to go along with a 1.66 goals against average.
SERIES HISTORY
Sunday's match is the second meeting between Evansville and Santa Clara as the first match occured in 1988.
THE BRONCOS (4-3-1)
The 2019 campaign marks the 18th season at the helm for Santa Clara head coach Cam Rast who leads a squad that returns 23 players including three All-West Coast Conference honorees from a team that finished 5-10-2.
Nineteen of the returners saw action last season with 13 of them appearing in double digit matches to account for 80 percent of its goals and all of its assists.
Junior
Javier Ruiz Duran led the team in goals (six) and assists (five) to earn All-WCC Second Team recognition along with senior
Miles Robinson who scored four and assisted on three. Sophomore
Eduardo Lopez Perez tallied a pair of goals and was named to the WCC All-Freshman team.
Redshirt junior
Henning Jolivet brings the most experience between the woodwork playing in seven matches last season to finish with a 3-3-1 record and a 1.89 goals against average.
NOTES
Live Stream
• All Bronco home matches and West Coast Conference road matches are streamed live on the WCC Network with David Gentile doing the play-by-play for the home matches.
Broncos Team Information
• Twenty-three players return from the 2018 squad that finished with an overall record of 5-10-2 (1-5-1 in the West Coast Conference).
• Nineteen players with playing experience return including 13 who played 10 or more games last season.
Class Breakdown
Across the Globe
• The Bronco roster fields a squad composed of player hometowns from eight states and five countries.
o States: California, Colorado, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Washington
o Countries: Canada, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain, United States
All-West Coast Conference
United Soccer Coaches All-West Region
2019 Exhibition Matches
• Freshman goalkeeper
Guillem Badenes Mecho played in 135 of 180 minutes including starting the Sacramento State game.
Season Openers
• With the win against Holy Cross, Broncos head coach Cam Rast is 10-8 including 5-4 at home in season openers.
Firsts
Goals
• Senior
Sam Agosti and sophomore
Martin Aasen tallied their first goals as a Bronco in the season opener (Aug. 30) against Holy Cross.
• Junior
Terrell Smith scored his first career goal against San Diego State (Sept. 14).
• Junior
Isaac Addai scored his first career goal against Lipscomb (Sept. 27).
Assists
• Redshirt sophomore
Presten Manthey had his first career assists (two) against San Jose State (Sept. 6).
• Sophomore
Sakari Carter had his first career assist against San Diego State (Sept. 14).
• Sophomore
Alejandro Perez recorded his first career assist against Lipscomb (Sept. 27).
Starts
• Redshirt freshman
Presten Manthey made his first Bronco start against San Jose State (Sept. 6).
• Freshman
Damani Osei made his first Bronco start against Utah Valley (Sept. 19).
Bronco Debuts
• Freshman
Damani Osei made his Bronco debut coming off the bench against Missouri State (Sept. 2).
Shutous
• Badenes Mecho recorded his first career shutout against Holy Cross (Aug. 30) and his second against Lipscomb (Sept. 27).
Starting XI
• Alex Achramowicz started in the first two matches (vs. Holy Cross on Aug. 30 and Missouri State on Sept. 2).
• Alan Camacho Soto started against Holy Cross on Aug. 30, Missouri State on Sept. 2 and San Diego State on Sept. 14.
•
Nate Shue started against San Jose State (Sept. 6), Grand Canyon (Sept. 8) and San Diego State (Sept. 14).
• Presten Manthey started against San Jose State (Sept. 6) and Grand Canyon (Sept. 8).
Spreading the Wealth
• Twelve Broncos have scored a goal this season led by
Sam Agosti and
Alan Camacho Soto with two. The Broncos have scored a total of 14 goals on the season.
Steady D
• Santa Clara has not allowed more than a goal in any of the matches this season. After the opening day shutout against Holy Cross, the Broncos allowed one goal in each of the following six matches followed by a shut out.
Home, then away
• Santa Clara started its season with a five-match homestand, followed by five straight matches on the road before it starts West Coast Conference play at home on Oct. 12.
• The team finished with a 2-2-1 record in the homestand and are currently 2-1 on the road trip.
Two Goals Equal a Win
• In all four wins this season, the Broncos have scored two or more goals.
Close Margins
• All three Bronco losses this season have been by a score of 1-0, falling to Missouri State (Sept. 2), Grand Canyon (Sept. 8) and Utah Valley (Sept. 19).
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