Tribe Set to Face Georgia State, UNCW

W&M will travel to play Georgia State on Oct. 26, before hosting UNCW on Oct. 28.

10/26/07 10:00AM

Williamsburg - The William and Mary men’s soccer team will split the weekend between the road and the friendly confines of Albert-Daly Field. The College will trek to Atlanta to face Georgia State on Friday, Oct. 26, at 3 p.m., before returning home to host UNCW on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m.

The College is currently 6-6-3 overall and 3-2-1 in the CAA. The Tribe’s league mark currently puts them in fourth place halfway through the long 12-match CAA schedule. The home game against UNCW will have the Football Futbol Game promotion. Admission to the contest will be free with an Oct. 27th W&M vs. UMass football game ticket stub.

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Tribe News and Notes
- W&M is currently receiving votes in the NSCAA South Atlantic Region poll.

- The Tribe was No. 64 in the Division I midseason RPI standings released by the NCAA on Oct. 15. W&M is listed third among CAA schools behind Old Dominion (No. 40) and Drexel (No. 52).

- W&M has started at least five freshmen in each of its last 12 contests, going 5-4-3 over the stretch. For the first time in school history, the Tribe started six freshmen in its CAA opening wins over Hofstra and Northeastern.

- Senior Ryan Overdevest and junior Doug McBride are the W&M captains for 2007.

- Sophomore Price Thomas had a seven-match point streak from Sept. 22-Oct. 14. Over the stretch, he scored six goals and dished out an assist.

- Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Andrew McAdams made his first collegiate start in the Tribe’s 3-1 win over Temple, finishing with three saves. In games in which McAdams starts, W&M is 5-4-3 with a goals against average of 0.86.

- Seven W&M player have garnered their first collegiate points in 2007. Redshirt freshman Alan Koger scored his first collegiate goal in the Tribe’s victory over Temple, while sophomore Jeremy Harris opened the season with his first marker against Elon and junior Doug McBride scored his first career goal at Stony Brook. Most recently, sophomore Roger Bothe tallied his first career goal on a PK against JMU. Reshirt freshman Andrew McAdams (assist vs. American) and freshmen Nathanial Baako (assist vs. Dartmouth) and Michael DiNuzzo (assist vs. Temple) tallied their first career points on assists this season.

- Two former W&M players are currently playing professionally in Major League Soccer (MLS) and with a club in the Norway. Wade Barrett (1994-97) is in his second season with the Houston Dynamo, after captaining the club to the 2006 MLS Cup. He has earned 29 starts this season, assisting on two goals. The Dynamo currently lead the MLS Western Division and having already secured a playoff spot. Former All-American Adin Brown (1996-99) is the first-team goalkeeper for Aalesunds FK in Norway. Brown has five shutouts in 20 games for Aalesunds FK and even scored the last-minute equalizing header against defending champion Rosenborg in July. In total, over 28 former Tribe players have played pro soccer at some level.
- The Tribe is 15-8-9 all-time at Albert-Daly Field, including a 5-1-1 mark this season.

- Senior Brennan Wergley began the season as the College’s starting goalkeeper, but has appeared in each of the last four games as a reserve forward.

- W&M improved to 30-6-2 all-time in home openers with its win over Elon. The Tribe is a perfect 4-0 under head coach Chris Norris in home openers.

- Juniors Nathan Belcher and Doug McBride were named to the Penn State Classic All-Tournament Team. Redshirt freshman Alan Koger, freshman Nathaniel Baako and junior Brock Jones were named to the ODU Stihl Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team.

-W&M was greeted by a boisterous crowd of 667 when its hosted then-No. 15 Virginia Tech. It was the largest crowd for the Tribe since a crowd of 850 versus North Carolina in 2005.

Scouting Georgia State
The Panthers enter the contest with the Tribe on a four-match losing streak. Georgia State is 4-8-1 on the season and 1-5 in the CAA. The Panthers are coming off a 1-0 loss to first-place Drexel in overtime on Oct. 19 and a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Delaware on Oct. 21.

Floreal Pedrazo tops the Panthers in scoring with 20 points on eight goals and four assists. His points per game total ranks 12th nationally, while his goals per game mark is the 17th-best in the country. Joe Devito ranks second on the team with eight points on three goals and two assists, while Brian Foreo and Tobias Nagy each of a pair of goals for GSU. Filipe Carvalho has started 12 matches in goal for the Panthers. He ranks sixth nationally in saves per game at 6.75 per contest. He has 81 saves, three shutouts and a goals against average of 1.83.

W&M is 2-1 all-time against Georgia State. Last season, the Tribe notched a 4-2 victory over GSU after falling behind the Panthers 2-0 in the opening 24 minutes of the game. The last time the Tribe played in Atlanta, W&M scored 30 seconds into the game, only to see GSU score on back-to-back penalty kick before halftime. The College found the equalizer in the second half, but GSU scored with just over two minutes remaining in the second overtime for the victory.

Scouting UNC Wilmington
UNCW enters the weekend with a 2-10-1 overall mark and a 1-5 ledger in the CAA. The Seahawks will host Old Dominion on Friday, Oct. 26, before traveling to face the Tribe in Williamsburg on Oct. 28. UNCW tallied its second victory of the season, 2-0, over Delaware on Oct. 19, before falling to double overtime to Drexel, 1-0. The Dragons currently sit atop the CAA standings with a perfect 6-0 mark.

UNCW and W&M have one common opponent aside from the CAA portion of the schedule in Elon. The Seahawks tied the Phoenix, 0-0, while the Tribe notched a 1-0 victory over Elon.

Daniel Roberts tops the Seahawks in scoring with 10 points on three goals and four assists. Allen Lomas is tied with Roberts to team-high honors in goals with three. He also has an assist for seven points. UNCW has struggled to score offensively, averaging only 0.74 goals per game. Brock Duckworth has started every game in goal for the Seahawks. He has 46 saves on the season to go along with three shutouts and a goals against average of 1.95.

W&M holds a 30-1-2 all-time record against UNCW, including a 14-0-1 mark in Williamsburg. The College has not lost to the Seahawks since the 1980 season, a streak of 27 matches (25-0-2). Last season, the Tribe tallied a 2-0 win over the Seahawks in Wilmington. Ryan Sells knocked home a rebound in the second half for the game-winner.

Down Right Defensive
W&M head coach Chris Norris tinkered with his defensive lineup over the opening part of the regular season, and if recent results are any indication, Norris has pushed the right buttons. The first change came prior to the ODU Stihl Soccer Classic moving redshirt freshman goalkeeper Andrew McAdams into the starting XI. The changes continued a week later as the fourth-year Tribe headman moved junior Brock Jones to center back in an attempt to solidify the backline prior to the North Carolina match.

The moves have paid dividends as W&M has posted a 5-4-3 mark to go along with a 0.86 goals against average in the 12 games since the initial change. In fact, over the Tribe’s last 10 matches, W&M has a GAA of 0.74, while registering five shutouts. The College shutout ACC foe North Carolina on the road on Sept. 19, before holding the nation’s No. 7-ranked scoring offense, Virginia Tech, to only one goal in 110 minutes of play. W&M also has clean sheets against American, Hofstra, VCU and George Mason.

To make the Tribe’s defensive strides more impressive is the influx of youth in the back third of the field. The W&M lineup not only sports a first-year goalkeeper in McAdams but also includes true freshmen Nick Orozco and Michael DiNuzzo in the back along with sophomore Roger Bothe. The trio of Orozco, DiNuzzo and Bothe has started every match this season for the Tribe.

In the Tribe’s CAA opening wins over Hofstra and Northeastern, freshman back Derek Buckley stepped in for an injury Brock Jones in the back. The starts were the first of Buckley’s W&M career.
GSU after falling behind the Panthers 2-0 in the opening 24 minutes of the game. The last time the Tribe played in Atlanta, W&M scored 30 seconds into the game, only to see GSU score on back-to-back penalty kick before halftime. The College found the equalizer in the second half, but GSU scored with just over two minutes remaining in the second overtime for the victory.