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Tribe Travels to Hofstra, Northeastern

Williamsburg - The William and Mary men’s soccer team will open a four-match road swing with games at Hofstra on Sept. 29 and at Northeastern on Oct. 1. After beginning CAA play with a split of home contests against Drexel and Delaware, the Tribe will travel to Hempstead, N.Y., to face the Pride at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29. W&M will then face the Huskies in Boston at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1.

For complete W&M men's soccer notes, click HERE.

Tribe Home Matches Live Over the Internet
All eight W&M men’s soccer home matches will be broadcast live over Internet. Fernando Valle and Stephen Chanderbhan will have the call on TribeAthletics.com. Click on the Live Audio link at the top of the homepage or on the Listen Live link on the schedule.

Tribe News and Notes
- W&M opened the CAA portion of the schedule with a 4-0 victory over Drexel on Sept. 22. It marked the first time the Tribe had won its CAA opener in four seasons.

- The Tribe claimed its first ODU Stihl Soccer Classic since 1998 and the fourth overall with its perfect 2-0 mark at the event.

- W&M opened the season against five straight teams that played in the NCAA Tournament a season ago. It marked the first time in school history that had occurred. Included in those five contests were four against teams ranked among the top 25 in the country (No. 1 North Carolina, No. 16 Wake Forest, No. 24 South Carolina and No. 8 Virginia Tech).

- The Tribe scored five goals in its victory over VMI. It marked the most goals the Tribe has scored in a game since the season opener in 2005. In that contest, W&M put eight goals on the board against Saint Joseph’s.

- The Tribe scored five goals in its victories over VMI and UNCG, marking the first time since the 2003 campaign that the College had two games of five or more goals during a season.

- W&M notched back-to-back five-goal games against VMI and UNC Greensboro, marking the first time since the 2001 campaign that the College has accomplished the feat. In 2001, the Tribe defeated College of Charleston, 5-0, on Sept. 1, before notching a 6-1 win over Marist on Sept. 3.

- Senior goalkeeper Kris Rake ranks sixth nationally and No. 1 in the CAA in save percentage at .886. If Rake were to surpass the 1,000-minute mark and continue the percentage it would better Adin Brown’s single-season record of .876 set in 1998.

- The W&M-ODU game in Norfolk, Va., on Oct. 26 will be televised live on Fox Soccer Channel as part of the NSCAA/FSC College Soccer Game of the Week. It will be the 10th men’s contest on television and is slated for 8 p.m. at ODU.

- Senior goalkeeper Kris Rake recorded his 13th career shutout against Drexel to move past Trevor Upton (1999-02) into fifth on W&M’s career shutouts list.

- Senior forward Pat Scherder scored his 20th career goal in the Tribe’s 4-0 victory over Drexel. He leads all current W&M players in career goals.

- The schedule for the 2006 season will test the Tribe as half of its opponents made an appearance in the 2005 NCAA Tournament. Six of those teams were ranked in at least one of the major preseason top 25.

- Two former W&M players are currently playing in Major League Soccer (MLS) with another playing in the Norway. Steve Jolley (1993-96) is in his 10th season as an MLS vet, playing for Red Bull New York. He has appeared in 15 matches with 10 starts, while earning one assist. Wade Barrett (1994-97) is in his first season with the Houston Dynamo, earning 27 starts, while assisting on three goals. Former All-American Adin Brown (1996-99) is the first-team goalkeeper for Aalesunds FK in Norway. In total, over 27 former Tribe players have played pro soccer at some level.

Scouting Hofstra
Hofstra enters the match with W&M at 3-3-2 overall, following an 0-1-1 start to the CAA portion of the schedule. The Pride tied Towson, 1-1, before falling to George Mason, 3-2. Hofstra owns victories over Northern Illinois (3-2 in OT), Stony Brook (2-1) and New Hampshire (1-0).

Senior forward Michael Todd leads the Pride in scoring with 11 points on five goals and one assist. Senior midfielder Constantinos Christoudias is the only other Pride player with more than one goal having scored a pair, including a game winner in 2006. Senior midfielder Arman Osooli and freshman midfielder Rob Youhill share the team lead in assist with three. Junior goalkeeper Tom Johansen has played every minute in goal for Hofstra. He owns a goals against average of 1.17. Johansen has 38 saves and a pair of shutouts on the season.

Hofstra owns a 3-2-1 all-time record against the Tribe, including a 2-0-1 mark in the last three meetings. A season ago, the Pride overcame a 1-0 deficit, scoring twice, including the game-winner in overtime. Andrew Hoxie converted a penalty kick for the Tribe’s lone goal in the final seconds of the first half.

Scouting Northeastern
Northeastern opened the CAA season with losses to Towson (3-2) and George Mason (1-0) and are currently riding an eight-game winless streak. The Huskies have not won in the month of September and will host Old Dominion on Sept. 29, before facing the Tribe on Oct. 1. After the starting the season with victories over Quinnipiac (1-0) and Maine (2-1), Northeastern has lost six of its last seven, including five shutout defeats.

Junior forward Ahmed Talaat leads the Huskies with five points on two goals and an assist. Junior forward Greg Kilkenny is second on the squad with four points on a goal and two assists. Freshmen goalkeepers Mahmoud Talaat and Joe Monthey have both seen action in net for the Huskies, while splitting time over the last four matches. Talaat has a goals against average of 1.55, including 49 saves and one shutout. Monthey has allowed 2.00 goals per game with 10 saves in 225 minutes of action.

The Tribe and Huskies met for the first time a season ago with the teams playing to a 0-0 stalemate. The Tribe outshot the Huskies 15-9 in the contest, including 8-5 on goal. Kris Rake earned the shutout in net with four saves.

Scoring in Pairs
Sophomore forward Andrew Hoxie notched two goals in the Tribe’s CAA opening victory over Drexel, 4-0, on Sept. 22. He notched the College’s first two goals, including an impressive finish from a severe angle early in the second half to give the Tribe a 2-0 cushion. It marked his second two-goal game over a three game period. He also had a pair of tallies against UNC Greensboro on Sept. 15.

His pair of two-goal games over a three match stretch marked the first time the feat had been accomplished by a Tribe player since 2001. Carlos Garcia, currently playing for the Detroit Ignition in the MISL, scored two goals in a game twice over the three game stretch during that season. He tallied the final two W&M goals in a 3-1 win over Fairleigh Dickenson on Oct. 13, 2001, before scoring both Tribe goals in a 2-1 overtime win over George Mason on Oct. 27.

Answering the Call
Before the season, head coach Chris Norris said he had high expectations for junior midfielder Doug Ernst. The third-year head man of the Green and Gold felt it was time for the Alexandria, Va., native to step up his offensive production, given his success at the prep and club levels. This season, Ernst has answered the call and is enjoying a breakout season.

Ernst has found the back of the net on the occasions, but more impressively is tied for first in the CAA in assists with six. He also ranks 20th nationally in assists per game at 0.60 per contest.

In the CAA opening victory over Drexel, Ernst notched a pair of assists his second two-assist game of the season. He became the first W&M player to notched a pair of multiple assist games in a season since Phil Hucles had two, two-assist games in 2003. Ernst’s six assist this season are already the most in a campaign for a W&M player since Hucles had seven and Bryan Hinkle had nine in 2003.

Scoring with a Quickness Into the Record Books
The Tribe broke open a 1-0 halftime lead with goals 20 seconds apart in the 60th minute and a trio of tallies just over three minutes apart against VMI. Sophomore forward Andrew Hoxie chipped the goalkeeper from 35 yards after a failed clearance at 60:23, before freshman midfielder Price Thomas hammered home a volley from six-yards out on a cross from senior forward Pat Scherder at 60:43. Junior Chris Wayne added a bending free kick from 25 yards out at 63:28, giving W&M three straight scores in 3:05.

The 3:05 time span between the trio of Tribe goals was the 11th fastest between three goals by one team in NCAA history. The 3:05 was also the fastest in the NCAA since three UMBC players (Drew Perkins, John Clark and Larry Scheller) scored 1:46 apart in a victory over Valparaiso on Oct. 12, 2001.

The W&M goals 20 seconds apart established a school record for the fastest two consecutive goals. The 20-second mark also ranks as the 21st-fastest consecutive goals by a team in NCAA history. According to the 2006 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Record Book, it is also the fastest set of goals for a single team in nearly four years. The last time one team scored 20 seconds apart came on Sept. 27, 2002 when Mike Rosenthal and M.J. Serota of UMKC scored 20 seconds apart against Denver.

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