Thursday, October 13, 2011

• The annual Battle of the Boulevard was played on Sunday night between Lipscomb and Belmont with the Bisons coming away with a 2-1 victory at home. More importantly, the game kicked of the "Coaches vs. Cancer" week in the Atlantic Sun in which teams across the league raise awareness and funds for cancer research. The two teams combined to raise $1,300 through raffle tickets to be given to the American Cancer Society. Read about the Coaches vs. Cancer Game

• With the 2-0 win at North Florida on Sunday, USC Upstate's Head Coach Greg Hooks won his 200th game as the Spartans frontman. The milestone comes in his 17th season as the head coach in Spartanburg and has seen a long string of success including two appearances in the NCAA Division II National Championship (1995, 98). To go along with his six overall appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament, Hooks has coached 12 All-Americans, 33 All-Region selections, 44 All-Conference picks and 41 All-Tournament team selections. Seven of his players have been named a conference Player of the Year and five have earned league All-Tournament MVP honors.

Three conference games were decided by overtime last weekend; two of which came on Friday. FGCU took down Mercer, 2-1, in the first overtime period on Cristian Raudales' second goal of the match, while earlier on Friday ETSU rallied to tie the contest in the 89th minute before capping the game in the 101st minute on a Theo Yang game-winner. Stetson completed the dramatic weekend with a Ryan Asare-Bediako overtime winner in the 96th minute vs. the Bears.

A-Sun Active Career Points Leaders
Rank	Player (Team)	Points	Goals	Assists
1.	Garret Pettis (Lipscomb)	66	28	10
2.	Brandon Tarr (Belmont)	55	23	9
3.	Will Moorad (Belmont)	47	17	13
4.	Gonzalo de Mujica (Stetson)	46	15	16
5.	Aaron Schoenfeld (ETSU)	46	19	8
6.	Jonathan Mendoza (Stetson)	39	12	15
7.	Cristian Raudales (FGCU)	36	16	4
8.	Dan Meacock (Belmont)	33	15	3

• Through the first two weeks of conference play, Jacksonville, USC Upstate and FGCU are at the top of the league standings. The Dolphins lead the way with a 3-0 record and nine points. The Spartans have four games under their belt with a 2-1-1 record and seven points just ahead of FGCU with six points through two games. Jacksonville last won the A-Sun Regular Season title in 2007, while FGCU captured last season's title. USC Upstate is on track to set its highest point total since joining the A-Sun and will do so with its next victory.

• Currently, FGCU is on an 11-game winning streak in A-Sun games after finishing the 2010 season undefeated at 9-0. After winning the first two matches of the conference slate, FGCU looks to extend the streak this weekend on the road at USC Upstate and ETSU, the 2010 A-Sun Tournament Champions.

• FGCU remained at No. 4 in the NSCAA South Region Poll this week and was joined by Jacksonville in the rankings at No. 10. ETSU fell from the rankings, but still received votes in the coaches poll.

• Last week, FGCU's senior goalkeeper Adam Glick was named a Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Finalist for his achievements on the pitch, in the classroom and in his local community. Glick currently ranks 18th in A-Sun history for career saves, while his 19 career shutouts ranks third most in the A-Sun. Vote for Adam Glick

• A-Sun Record Book Chasing:
1 - shutout that ETSU's Ryan Coulter needs for T-8th in single-season shutouts
2 - shutouts that FGCU's Adam Glick needs to tie for second in career shutouts
3 - game-winning goals that Belmont's Brandon Tarr and ETSU's David Geno need to tie for third in single-season game-winners
2 - shutouts that Stetson's Andreas Schnabl need to tie for 13th in career shutouts
3 - shutouts that Lipscomb's Brent McGee and USC Upstate's Jason McCabe need to tie for 13th in career shutouts
7 - assists that Belmont's Nico Olsak needs to tie for ninth in single-season assists
8 - assists the Stetson's Gonzalo de Mujica needs to tie for 14th in career assists
7 - saves that USC Upstate's Jason McCabe needs for 21st in career saves
31 - saves that FGCU's Adam Glick needs for 17th in career saves

• This weekend, Jacksonville and North Florida travel to Nashville for a battle with Lipscomb and Belmont, while FGCU and Stetson head north to face USC Upstate and ETSU. Mercer takes a break from conference matches to play Central Arkansas in Macon on Saturday.

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