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UConn Hosts BIG EAST Men's Soccer
Championships; Top-Seeded Huskies Take On Louisville
BIG EAST SEMIFINALS
Game 1: No. 11 Notre Dame vs.
DePaul
Game 2: No. 2 UConn vs. Louisville
Friday, Nov. 16 • 5/7:30 p.m.
Joseph J. Morrone Stadium • Storrs, Conn.
STORY LINKS
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Tournament Central •
Game Notes [pdf] •
Purchase Tickets
STORRS, Conn. (November 15, 2007) - The No. 2 nationally-ranked and
top-seeded University of Connecticut men's soccer team rides a four-game win
streak into the BIG EAST Semifinals against the red division’s second-seeded
Louisville. Game time set for Friday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Joseph J. Morrone
Stadium. This match follows the first semifinal contest between Notre Dame and
DePaul.
The winner of Friday’s matches advance to the championship game on Sunday, Nov.
18 at noon, also in Morrone Stadium. As Blue Division champions, UConn is
looking for the program’s seventh conference championship and third in the last
four years.
TICKETS: All tickets for the BIG EAST Semifinals and Championship, hosted
by UConn at Morrone Stadium, are general admission and are priced as follows:
adults ($5.00), children/senior citizens ($3.00) and BIG EAST students (free).
Tickets can be purchased from the UConn Ticket Office at (860) 486-2724/Toll
Free 1-877-AT UCONN (288-2666) or by ordering
online.
FOLLOW THE GAMES: College Sports Television (CSTV) will air both BIG EAST
Championship semifinal games ... The UConn-Louisville match can also be seen
live on UConnHuskies.com on a pay-per-view basis through the Huskies All-Access
feature ... The championship match will be broadcasted by BIG EAST TV and can be
seen live on Cox Sports Television (New England); Fox Sports Net, New York;
Comcast SportsNet Chicago; Time Warner Cable, Wisconsin and Cox Sports
Television (LA, TX, FLA) ... the game will be shown delayed on College Sports
Television (CSTV) (November 18, 2:00 p.m.); Comcast SportsNet, Philadelphia
(November 18, 2:00 p.m.); Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) (November 18, 7:30
p.m.); WVFX Fox 46, West Virginia (November 18, 10:00 p.m.) and Catch 47 (Tampa)
(November 19, 1:00 p.m.) ... Live stats for all matches are available via the
BIG EAST Web site: http://www.bigeast.org/liveStats/liveStats.dbml … BIG
EAST.org also has all of the up-to-date information concerning the conference
championship on its men’s soccer ‘Championship Central’ page.
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT TIDBITS
UConn is ...
• 25-14-3 all-time in tourney action
• 15-7-1 under head coach Ray Reid
• 23-2-6 all-time when playing in Morrone Stadium
• 11-5-0 as the No. 1 seed
UConn has ...
• Six tournament titles
• Two of the last three championships (2004 &2005)
• Two tourney crowns as the No. 1 seed
• Appeared in the semifinal game 18 times, advancing to championship match 11
• Seven years as the No. 1 seed
BIG EAST POSTSEASON PRAISE
UConn has received ...
• 18 BIG EAST Players of the Year awards
• 29 First Team All-BIG EAST selections
• Five Defensive Player of the Year awards
• Five Rookie of the Year awards
• Four Offensive Player of the Year awards
• Three Midfielder of the Year awards
RAY REID’S BIG EAST DOMINANCE
In the last 11 seasons, Ray Reid has ...
• More wins than any coach or program in the conference (162)
• Won more BIG EAST regular season AND tournament championships (6/3)
• Coached more All-American selections (13), conference Players of the Year (16)
and MLS draftees (15)
THE HUSKIES AT A GLANCE:
• The Huskies (16-2-1, 8-2-1) enter the BIG EAST Semifinals after defeating
South Florida, 2-0, in the quarterfinals on Nov. 10 ... Ryan Cordeiro
tallied both goals for UConn in the win, extending his game-winning goal streak
to three contests.
• UConn is currently No. 2 in the country in all four major polls (NSCAA/adidas,
Soccer America, College Soccer News and SoccerTimes.com), despite entering the
BIG EAST Tournament as the No. 1 team in the country and earning a victory over
ranked USF ... This season marked the first time UConn had entered the
postseason as the top-ranked squad.
• UConn’s 16 wins are tied for the most in the NCAA this season ... Furman
(Southern Conference) also has 16 wins, heading into its own conference
semifinal game Friday.
• The Huskies were the preseason favorite for the BIG EAST Blue Division title
this season before going on to win their 10th regular-season crown.
• UConn is now 10-4-2 (see chart on pg. 2) as the top-ranked team in the country
... The Huskies tied the program record for most weeks in the top spot in a
single season after holding court for four of the last five weeks ... During the
1998 season, they reigned over the NCAA for four consecutive weeks.
• Five-time BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week O'Brian White leads the
Husky attack that has outscored opponents 39-11 through 19 games, by scoring 41
points off 17 goals and seven assists ... White also leads the BIG EAST and NCAA
in points and goals scored.
• All-American and Hermann Trophy candidate Julius James and the UConn
defense have earned 11 shutouts through 19 games (0.56/11th in the NCAA) and
have allowed just 11 goals on the year.
• Sophomore Mike Pezza leads the team, conference and and NCAA in assists
with 16 on the season, including eight on game-winning goals ... Redshirt
freshman goalkeeper Josh Ford has earned 11 shutouts between the pipes, becoming
the most successful freshman keeper under Reid.
Vote JULIUS for Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award:
http://soccer.seniorclassaward.com/10316/playercard.aspx
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