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Ever since joining the Big South Conference, the Liberty Flames men’s soccer program has set a goal of winning a conference champion-ship. And despite several championship ap-pearances and being a perennial contender in the Big South, the soccer season always seemed to come to an end without a confer-ence ti tle. However, the 2007 campaign had turned out to be a banner year for Head Coach Jeff Alder’s program during the regular season. For the fi rst ti me since 2002, the Flames had reached double-digits in wins with a 10-4-2 record. Behind an outstanding defensive ef-fort, Liberty had shut out eight opponents to place among the nati on’s elite in shutout per-centage. In additi on, for the fi rst ti me since its beginning, the squad was ranked every week in the NSCAA South Atlanti c Region weekly poll. Behind outstanding defense and a quick scoring, opportunisti c off ense, the Flames posted a 5-1 mark in regular season Big South acti on to place second in the league’s stand-ings and secure the No. 2 seed for the con-ference’s championship. Focused and deter-mined, Liberty headed to Rock Hill, S.C., the site of the Big South Championship, looking to reach a program goal, which had eluded Flames teams throughout the years. Liberty opened the tournament with a fi rst- round match against the No. 7-seeded UNC Asheville Bulldogs. In a physical fi rst half,

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neither team could tally the contest’s fi rst goal, as the match went to intermission, 0-0. Despite carrying play by outshooti ng the Bulldogs 9-1, the Flames could not get the up-per hand. A shot by midfi elder Josh Boateng in the opening fi ve mintues hit the crossbar and the UNC Asheville goalkeeper turned back two other att empts to keep the contest scoreless. In the second half, the defensive struggle conti nued with neither team att empti ng a shot through the fi rst 18 minutes. At 63:02, the half’s fi rst shot by UNC Asheville’s Scott Szy-manski found the left corner of the Liberty net, and the Flames found themselves down, 1-0. However, Liberty remained poised and con-ti nued to work its off ensive patt erns in search of tying the score. Over the next 18 minutes, the Flames were not able to get off a scoring chance, but their pati ence paid off with less than 10 minutes to play. Liberty midfi elder Cameron Chastain was able to get past the UNC Asheville defense and received a long feed from Justi n Willoughby. The junior, fi nding himself one-on-one against the keeper, drilled it past him, knotti ng the con-test at 1-1 with 9:58 remaining. Looking to give Liberty the lead, midfi elder Jeremiah Kappler broke free for a shot with four minutes remaining, but a diving block by the Bulldog keeper kept the score deadlocked. Pushing the att ack, the Flames found the game-winner moments later. Boateng dribbled down the right side of the fi eld and sent a cross-

ing pass through the UNC Asheville penalty area. The cross found an open Willoughby, who pushed home the goal at 87:19 to give Liberty a 2-1 win and advance the Flames into the semi-fi nals. In the semifi nals, Liberty faced the champion-ship’s host and No. 3 seed Winthrop Eagles. As with the day before, shots were once again at a premium in the fi rst half of the contest. Liberty would outshoot its hosts, 4-3, but neither team would be able to muster much off ense. The Flames did come close to scoring fi rst, in the 23rd minute. Midfi elder Brandon Patt erson directed a 30-yard kick toward the top of the net, but the Eagle keeper made a leaping save, defl ecti ng the shot over the crossbar and out of bounds. Both keepers made great saves within min-utes of each other, early in the second half. The Winthrop goalie jumped to his left to deny a shot in the 52nd minute. Three minutes later, 2007 Big South Freshman of the Year, Liberty goalie Paul Gilbert, raced to his right and turned away a header att empt by an Eagle player. Winthrop had another scoring opportunity in the 64th minute when an Eagle att acker turned and fi red from close range, but the Liberty de-fense defl ected the ball just to the left of the net and out of play. Conti nuing to provide an outstanding eff ort in net, Gilbert made several diving att empts to keep the No. 3 seed Eagles

Cameron Chastain2007 All-Tournament Team

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off the scoreboard, including a hard liner from close distance with ti me winding down in regu-lati on to send the contest to overti me. Neither team was able to score the game-winner in the fi rst overti me period. However in the second overti me, Alder’s team made good on the only shot att empt of overti me to claim victory. Boateng took a pass from Adrian Bumbut and blasted an 18-yard shot from the right side into the top right corner of the net, to give the No. 2-seeded Flames the 1-0, double overti me decision. The goal, coming with three minutes remaining in the second overti me, advanced Liberty to its fi rst ti lt since 2001. Two days later, the 12-4-2 Flames faced the No. 4-seeded Radford Highlanders in the Big South Title ti lt. The Highlanders had defeated No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina in the semifi nals, 3-1, and looked for a measure of payback on the Flames aft er an earlier season, a 3-0 blank-ing by Liberty in Radford during the regular sea-son. And while history rarely concerns the players on the current team, Liberty had been in this positi on four previous ti mes in its history and each ti me had come away empty handed. The Highlanders stake themselves to 1-0 advantage in the contest’s seventh minute. A crossing shot from the right side found the left corner of the net at 6:38 for Radford’s only score of the match. Liberty answered off its third corner kick of the half, evening the score in the 34th minute. On Boateng’s corner kick, Willoughby sent a crossing pass in front of the net, which defend-er Douglas Nyame headed into the top of the net. The goal was Nyame’s fi rst of the year and knott ed the score at 1-1. Once again, the Flames struck quickly to take a 2-1 advantage, before intermission. Less than two minutes aft er Nyame’s goal, Chastain found

himself one-on-one with the goalkeeper aft er receiving a pass on the right side by Bumbut. On the att ack, the midfi elder sidestepped the keeper and blasted his game-winning att empt into the bott om left -hand corner of the net for a 2-1 Liberty edge. In the second half, the Liberty defense took over. The back line of Michael Gelatt , Michael Ward, Andrew Kappler and Nyame, the back-bone of the Flames defense the whole season, helped to limit the Highlanders to four shot at-tempts during the period. Only one of the four shots reached Gilbert in net, and he success-fully repelled the att empt, as Liberty captured its fi rst-ever Big South Championship. “I said this since the beginning of the sea-son. God took a group of ordinary men and did something extraordinary,” stated Alder aft er the game. “I really feel he prepared us for this all year and am very proud of my team.” Boateng was named Tournament MVP for his play in Liberty’s three wins. Joining Boateng on the 2007 Big South Championship All-Tourna-ment Team were Andrew Kappler, Willoughby and Chastain. Later in the week, Boateng received selec-ti ons to both the College Soccer News Nati onal and Soccer Soccer America Players of the Week teams. The victory ran the Flames’ mark to 13-4-2. The 13 wins were the most by a Liberty men’s soccer squad since 1999. For their fi rst-ever NCAA Tournament ap-pearance, the Flames faced MAAC Champion Loyola (Md.) in Balti more, Md. Despite a sec-ond-half rally, Liberty fell 2-0. However, it could not undo a magical season for the Flames. A month later, the College Soccer News dubbed the 2007 Liberty season, “A Season to Remember.” It was defi nitely that, as the Flames fi nally obtained one of their program’s goals – a Big South Championship.

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Cameron Chastain, Liberty Andrew Kappler, Liberty Justi n Willoughby, Liberty Paul Caruso, Radford Davorin Husadzinovic, Radford Josh McCrary, Radford Kyle Russell, Coastal Carolina

Dane Whitman, Coastal Carolina John Gilkerson, Winthrop Ott o Loewy, Winthrop Will Quarles, VMI Scott Szymanski, UNC Asheville Michael Saryee, High Point

Joshua Boateng, Liberty - MVP

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THURSDAY, NOV. 15 - QUARTERFINALSGAME 1: NO. 4 RADFORD 2, NO. 5 VMI 0GAME 2: NO. 2 LIBERTY 2, NO. 7 UNC ASHEVILLE 1GAME 3: NO. 2 WINTHROP 3, NO. 6 HIGH POINT 0

FRIDAY, NOV. 16 - SEMIFINALSGAME 4: NO. 4 RADFORD 3, NO. 1 COASTAL CAROLINAGAME 5: NO. 2 LIBERTY 1, NO. 3 WINTHROP 0 (20T)

SUNDAY, NOV. 18 - CHAMPIONSHIPGAME 6: NO. 2 LIBERTY 2, NO. 4 RADFORD 1

Joshua Boateng 2007 Big South Championship MVP

LIBERTY 2, UNCA 1Nov. 15, Rock Hill, S.C.BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP - QUARTERFINALSScoring: 1. UNCA - SZYMANSKI, Scott (GALLAGHER, J.W.) 63:02 2. LIBERTY - CHASTAIN, Cameron (WILLOUGHBY, Justi n) 81:02 3. LIBERTY - WILLOUGHBY, Justi n (BOATENG, Joshua) 87:19

UNC Asheville 0 1 - 1LIBERTY 0 2 - 2

Shots: UNC Asheville 4, LIBERTY 12 Goalie Saves: Phillip Horner (UNC Asheville) 3, Paul Gilbert (LIBERTY) 1 Liberty Starters: Gilbert, J. Kappler, Gelatt , Ward, Bumbut, Guzman, Patt erson, Nyame, Boateng, A. Kappler, Mandell Liberty Subs: Chastain, Willoughby

LIBERTY 1, Winthrop 0Nov. 16, Rock Hill, S.C.BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP - SEMIFINALSScoring: 1. LIBERTY - BOATENG, Joshua (BUMBUT, Adrian) 107:01

Winthrop 0 0 0 0 - 0LIBERTY 0 0 0 1 - 1

Shots: LIBERTY 9, WU 7Goalie Saves: Paul Gilbert (LIBERTY) 2, Patrick Mitrovich (WU), 4 Liberty Starters: Gilbert, Gelatt , McGarry, Ward, Bumbut, Guzman,Patt erson, Nyame, Mandell, Boateng, A. Kappler. Liberty Subs: Chastain, Willoughby

LIBERTY 2, Radford 1Nov. 18, Rock Hill, S.C.

BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPScoring:1. RADFORD - McCRARY, Josh (ELIMBI, Franklin) 6:38 2. LIBERTY - NYAME, Douglas (WILLOUGHBY, Justi n; BOATENG, Joshua) 33:54 3. LIBERTY - CHASTAIN, Cameron (BUMBUT, Adrian) 35:00

Radford 1 0 - 1LIBERTY 2 0 - 2

Shots: RU 9, LIBERTY 6 Goalies Saves: Zach Rosel (RU) 2; Paul Gilbert (LIBERTY) 2 Liberty Starters: Gilbert, Gelatt , McGarry, Ward, Bumbut, Guzman,Patt erson, Nyame, Mandell, Boateng, A. Kappler. Liberty Subs: Chastain, Osborne, Willoughby.

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UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTSCity/Zip ................................................................ Lynchburg, Va. 24502Founded ........................................................................................ 1971Enrollment .......................................... 11,500 (Resident); 41,500 (Total)Nickname .....................................................................................FlamesSchool Colors ........................................................ Red, White and BlueAffi liati on ........................................................................ NCAA Division IConference .............................................................................. Big SouthFounder ........................................................................ Dr. Jerry FalwellChancellor ..................................................................... Jerry Falwell, Jr.Exec. Vice President.................................................. Dr. Ronald GodwinDirector of Athleti cs .............................................................. Jeff BarberAthleti cs Dept. Phone ......................................................(434) 582-2100Ticket Offi ce Phone ........................................................ (434) 582-SEAT

SOCCER QUICK FACTSHead Coach ............................................................................. Jeff AlderRecord at Liberty .................................................. 65-56-9 (Seven Years)Career Record ................................................................................. SameAssistant Coach ..................................................................... Dean ShortMen’s Soccer Offi ce Phone .............................................(434) 582-23812007 Record ................................................................................. 13-5-22007 Conference Finish ........................................................5-1/Second2007 Big South Championship .... Tournament Champions with 2-1 win ...................................................................................over No. 4 RadfordLett erwinners Returning/Lost ..........................................................14/6Newcomers........................................................................................... 9 Field ................................................................ Liberty Soccer Field (500)Surface ............................................................................Bermuda GrassFirst Year of Men’s Soccer ................................................................ 1975All-Time Record .................................................................... 289-221-49

LIBERTY ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONSAssistant A.D. for Communicati ons .................................................................................................................................................. Todd WetmoreOffi ce of Athleti cs Communicati ons Phone .................... 434 582 2292Cell Phone ....................................................................... 434 841 8974Email Address ..................................................... [email protected]. Athleti cs Communicati on Director/Men’s Soccer Contact ................................................... Ryan BombergerCell Phone ...................................................................... (434) 221-5576Email Address ................................................. [email protected] Athleti cs Communicati on Director .................................................................................................................................... Vincent BriedisCell Phone ...................................................................... (434) 841-0839Email Address .......................................................vebriedis@liberty.eduAssistant Athleti cs Communicati ons Director..................................................................................................................................... Paul CarmanyCell Phone ...................................................................... (434) 221-5575Email Address .....................................................pjcarmany@liberty.eduAthleti cs Communicati ons Fax ........................................(434) 582-2076Athleti cs Mailing Address ..................................... 1971 University Blvd. .............................................................................. Lynchburg, VA 24502

TABLE OF CONTENTSBig South Championship .......................................................................2Quick Facts ........................................................................................... 5Head Coach Jeff Alder .......................................................................... 6Assistant Coach Dean Short ..................................................................72008 Rosters ..........................................................................................8Pronunciati on Guide ..............................................................................8Meet the Flames ...................................................................................92008 Opponents ................................................................................. 18All-Time Series Records .......................................................................20The Big South Conference .................................................................. 212008 Season In Review ........................................................................222007 Stati sti cs......................................................................................242007 Results ........................................................................................252007 NSCAA South Atlanti c Region Weekly Polls ...............................262007 Big South Conference Results .....................................................27All-Time Honors & Awards ..................................................................28The Record Book .................................................................................30Coaching Record ..................................................................................31Year-By-Year Results ............................................................................33Flames in the Professional Ranks ........................................................38Flames on Nati onal Teams ...................................................................39All-ti me Roster .....................................................................................40Liberty University ................................................................................41University Administrati on ....................................................................45Athleti cs Administrati on ......................................................................46Academic Services ...............................................................................48Sports Medicine ..................................................................................49Athleti c Excellence ..............................................................................50Athleti cs Communicati ons ..................................................................52

The 2008 Liberty Men’s Soccer Media Guide has been produced by the Liberty Offi ce of Athleti cs Communicati ons.

Editor: Ryan Bomberger

Assistant Editors: Vincent Briedis, Paul Carmany and Todd Wetmore

Contributors: Owen Benson, Brad Johnson, Courtney Johnson, Khalil Reed and Brad Salois

Cover Photography: Les Schofer and Kevin Giedd

Contributi ng Photographers: Chicago Fire, Jordan Crossingham, Kevin Giedd, Jamie Hall, Todd Hundley, MLF Sports, Jeff Raymond, Richmond Kick-ers/Patti e Anderson, Les Schoff er, Jerome Sturm, W&G Photography, the Wilmington Hammerheads and the LU Archives

Cover Design: Ryan Bomberger, Paul Carmany and Brian Wallace of the Liberty Offi ce of Promoti onal Publicati ons

Printi ng: Morgantown Printi ng & Binding, Morgantown, W.Va.


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Jeff ALDERHead Coach

Eighth SeasonLiberty, ‘91

Under Jeff Alder, the Liberty men’s soccer program has fi rmly en-trenched itself among the elite of the Big South Conference. In 2001, Alder took over a program which had been a consistent winner, build-ing it into a perennial contender for the Big South Conference ti tle, as evidenced by the Flames’ fi rst Big South Championship last season and initi al NCAA Tournament appearance. Alder, a long-ti me fi xture on the Liberty campus, enters his eighth season as the head coach of the Liberty men’s soccer program. He spent nine years as an assistant and four seasons as a player for 21-year head coach Bill Bell, before taking over as the program’s third head coach in 2001, giving Alder more than 20 years on Liberty Mountain. During his seven years at the helm of the men’s soccer program, the Flames not only captured their fi rst Big South Conference ti tle, but have always recorded a top four fi nish in the conference’s regular sea-son standings. Liberty has fi nished fi rst (2001) in the Big South regular-season standings once, placed second three ti mes (2003, 2004, 2007) third (2002, 2005) twice and fourth (2006) once during his tenure. Stu-dent-athletes under Alder have also combined to earn two Freshman All-American honors, a ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American ac-colade, eight all-region recogniti ons, three Big South Freshman of the Year awards and 30 all-conference selecti ons, including 12 fi rst-team members. In additi on, he has seen eight of his players move on to the professional ranks and four picked in the Major League Soccer Draft . Alder has also been the driving force behind the growing visibility of the Liberty soccer program, both regionally and nati onally. Last season, Liberty was ranked every week among the top teams in the Nati onal Soccer Coaches Associati on of America (NSCAA) South Atlanti c Region Poll. In additi on, the Flames have traditi onally played several highly-ranked programs each season.

Under Jeff Alder the Libert

Last season, Alder saw his 2007 squad capture the Big South Title and move on to the NCAA Tournament for the fi rst ti me in program history. The Flames recorded the second-highest win total in school history with a 13-5-2 mark and fi nished second in the Big South with a 5-1 regular-season ledger. Defense was one of the keys to Liberty’s success, as the Flames posted nine shutouts and held opponents to a 1.07 goals against average. Al-der’s team outscored opponents 36-22 and allowed only one total goal in seven home games during the season. The Liberty head coach also saw forward Adrian Bumbut, who fi nished his career among the program’s all-ti me scoring leaders, move on to play professionally. In additi on, de-fender Mike Gelatt became the program’s fi rst ESPN The Magazine Aca-demic All-American. In 2006, Alder meshed a team of experienced veterans and several newcomers to post a 9-6 overall mark, overcoming early injury to several key players to close the season with fi ve consecuti ve victories, before fall-ing in overti me in the semifi nals of the Big South Championship. He also saw two of his players go on to play professionally and for their country’s nati onal team, Trinidad and Tobago, in Darryl Roberts and Osei Telesford. In additi on, under Alder’s guidance, Roberts fi nished his career as the school’s all-ti me scoring leader. In 2005, the Flames lost several key players to injury during the pre-season, yet even aft er a rough start, Alder had Liberty in a positi on to claim fi rst place in the conference going into the last day of the regular season, as the Flames fi nished 6-8-2. The previous season, Alder’s team once again overcame several inju-ries to key players and a tough schedule to fi nish with a 9-10-2 overall mark and a second-place Big South regular-season fi nish. Liberty fi nished second in the Big South with a 4-2-1 record and 8-9-1 overall under Alder in 2003. He guided the Flames to an 11-8-2 record, including a 4-2-1 mark in Big South play during the 2002 season. Later, Roberts was named the Liberty program’s fi rst Freshman All-American.

Jeff , Chandler, Lori and Grayson Alder

JEFF ALDER’S RECORD AT LIBERTY

2001 9-10-0 5-2-0 Big South Finals 2002 11-8-2 4-2-1 Big South First Round 2003 8-9-1 4-2-1 Big South Semifi nals 2004 9-10-2 4-3-0 Big South Semifi nals 2005 6-8-2 4-2-1 Big South First Round 2006 9-6-0 4-3-0 Big South Semifi nals 2007 13-5-2 5-1-0 Big South Champions NCAA First Round

Last season Alder saw his 2007 squad capture the Big South Title and

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Despite a 9-10 overall record in his fi rst season in 2001, the team fi n-ished the regular season ti ed for fi rst place in the Big South with a 5-2 league record and reached the ti tle game of the Big South Champion-ship. As an assistant coach, Alder served as the recruiti ng coordinator, a role in which he oversaw the recruiti ng process, including evaluati ons, home visits and offi cial visits. His other responsibiliti es included assisti ng in the preparati on, implementati on and supervision of daily practi ce sessions, scouti ng of opponents, team travel and scheduling. Alder also spent six years as the Director of Academics for Athleti cs, supervising the overall athleti c academic support program for all of Lib-erty’s student-athletes. In the fall of 2002, he relinquished those responsibiliti es to focus all of his ti me and energy into the men’s soccer program. Alder has acquired coaching experience under the directi on of Bruce Are-na and George Gelnovatch at the University of Virginia Camp of Champi-ons. He has also coached at the state and district levels for the Virginia Olympic Development program and has served under Gelnovatch as a guest evaluator with the U.S. Under-18 Nati onal Team. Two years ago, Alder att ended the United States Nati onal Team Camp as a guest of coach Bruce Arena, prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He holds a NSCAA Nati onal Coaching Diploma, a NSCAA Advanced Na-ti onal Diploma with Disti ncti on and a NSCAA Premier Diploma. Alder has served as a site supervisor for the NCAA Men’s Soccer Tourna-ment for fi ve years (2003-2007) and is a member of the NCAA South At-lanti c Regional Advisory Committ ee. He has also been a voti ng member for the NSCAA Top 25 College Rankings, the past three seasons. Alder received his bachelor’s degree in business management from Liberty in 1991. While playing at Liberty, he was a four-year starter on the men’s soccer team. In his fi rst season as a Flame, Alder earned the 1987 Most Promis-ing Freshman Award. He was also named all-conference in 1987 and was given the Coaches Award and made the Dean’s List in 1989. Aft er posti ng a 7-10-2 record in his freshman season, the Flames went on to have three straight winning seasons in Alder’s fi nal three years on the team. During his senior year, he helped lead the Flames to a 12-2-2 record. Jeff , his wife Lori, son Chandler (12) and daughter Grayson (6), reside in the Lynchburg area.

Dean SHORTAssistant Coach

Fift h SeasonLiberty, ‘02

Dean Short begins his fi ft h season as an assistant coach for the Lib-erty men’s soccer program. He assists in all aspects of program including re-cruiti ng, scouti ng, practi ce instructi on, goalkeeper coaching and game strat-egy. With his assistance, the Flames climbed to new heights in 2007, captur-ing their fi rst Big South Championship. A goalkeeper during his playing days, Short’s work with freshman keeper Paul Gilbert paid dividends, as the fi rst-year keeper went on to post eight shut-outs and a 1.08 goals-against-average in earning Big South Freshman of the Year honors. “Dean has been a great mentor for the players spiritually and has done a good job in the development of our goalkeepers and fi eld play-ers,” states head coach Jeff Alder. “He is a huge asset to our program.” Short, a 2002 Liberty graduate, was a four-year starter in goal for the Flames, completi ng his career with a 35-22-4 record. He also posted a 1.12 goals-against-average and recorded 19 shutouts during his ti me at Liberty. Both marks rank third all-ti me in program history. Short earned Big South all-conference fi rst-team honors three straight seasons (1999-2001), one of only three Flames in program history to do so. In additi on, he was named to the Nati onal Soccer Coaches Asso-ciati on of America (NSCAA) All-South Atlanti c Region team in 1999 and 2000. In the summer of 2005, Short earned a NSCAA Nati onal Coaching Di-ploma. He assists each summer with several camps. Before coming to Liberty, Short spent the fall of 2002 as an assistant coach at Haverling Central High School in Bath, N.Y. While in 2003, he played for the Charlott e Eagles in the A-League. Short graduated from Liberty with a degree in elementary educati on. Short and his wife, Kristi e, reside in Lynchburg.

Jeff Alder was a guest of then-U.S. Coach Bruce Arena at the Nati onal Team Camp prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Dean and Kristi e Short

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NUMERICALNo. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt Hometown/High School (Previous School)00 Kyle Probst GK Jr. 6-0 175 Northumberland, Pa./Shikellamy0 Panashe Nhekario GK So. 5-10 165 Smyrna, Ga./Wheeler1 Paul Gilbert GK So. 6-1 190 Rockvale, Tenn./Blackman2 Andrew Scheck F/M Jr. 6-0 160 Mt. Juliet, Tenn./North Cobb Christi an 3 Mike Gelatt D/M R-Sr. 5-10 190 Indianapolis, Ind./Heritage Christi an4 Juan Niño M/F Fr. 5-9 140 Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch5 Alex Verville M/F Fr. 6-0 175 Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams 6 Brian Edman D/M R-Fr. 5-10 160 Spring, Texas/Klein 7 Daniel McGarry M/F Sr. 6-0 160 Philadelphia, Pa./Northeast Catholic (Arcadia)8 Michael Ward M/D R-Jr. 5-9 170 Seff ner, Fla./Seff ner Christi an9 Karol Chorak M/F Fr. 5-11 160 Saint Louis, Mo./Chaminade College Prep10 Joshua Boateng M/F Sr. 5-9 160 Accra, Ghana/Nkwati a Presbyterian (Virginia Tech)11 Juan Guzman M/F Jr. 5-9 155 Charlott e, N.C./Charlott e Lati n12 Thad Taylor D/M So. 5-8 150 Spring, Texas/Klein13 Bill Pinett e M/D Sr. 5-9 155 Fredericksburg, Va./Staff ord Senior14 Andrew Jones D/M Fr. 5-11 168 Louisville, Ky./Kentucky Country Day15 Joe Piselli D/M So. 5-11 160 Portsmouth, Va./Home School (Tidewater CC)16 Cameron Chastain M/F Sr. 5-9 165 Millersville, Md./Chestertown Christi an17 Douglas Nyame D/M Sr. 6-0 180 Kumasi, Ghana/Premph (Anderson)18 Darren Amoo F/M R-Fr. 5-10 180 Accra, Ghana/Presbyterian19 Chris Phillips D/M Fr. 5-10 160 Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg20 Henock Snook M/F Fr. 5-7 140 San Diego, Calif./Francis W. Parker 21 Greg White M/D Fr. 5-11 150 Wellington, Nova Scoti a/Lockview22 Chris Osborne M/D Jr. 5-7 155 York, Pa./York Suburban 23 Justi n Willoughby F/M R-Sr. 5-10 145 Greenville, N.C./Trinity Christi an24 Chris Mandell M/D R-Jr. 6-4 200 Bowling Green, Va./Fredericksburg Christi an25 Timothy Bullock M/F Fr. 5-11 150 Forest, Va./Jeff erson Forest 26 Juan Carlos Chavez M/F Sr. 6-5 185 Lakeland, Fla./Harrison School for the Arts27 Andrew Madero GK So. 5-10 160 Tampa, Fla./Alonso (Thomas)

ALPHABETICALNo. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School (Previous School)18 Darren Amoo F/M Fr. 5-10 180 Accra, Ghana/Presbyterian10 Joshua Boateng M/F Sr. 5-9 160 Accra, Ghana/Nkwati a Presbyterian (Virginia Tech)25 Timothy Bullock M/F Fr. 5-11 150 Forest, Va./Jeff erson Forest 16 Cameron Chastain M/F Sr. 5-9 165 Millersville, Md./Chestertown Christi an26 Juan Carlos Chavez M/F Sr. 6-5 185 Lakeland, Fla./Harrison School for the Arts9 Karol Chorak M/F Fr. 5-11 160 Saint Louis, Mo./Chaminade College Prep6 Brian Edman D/M R-Fr. 5-10 160 Spring, Texas/Klein3 Mike Gelatt D/M R-Sr. 5-10 190 Indianapolis, Ind./Heritage Christi an1 Paul Gilbert GK So. 6-1 190 Rockvale, Tenn./Blackman11 Juan Guzman M/F Jr. 5-9 155 Charlott e, N.C./Charlott e Lati n14 Andrew Jones D/M Fr. 5-11 168 Louisville, Ky./Kentucky Country Day27 Andrew Madero GK So. 5-10 160 Tampa, Fla./Alonso (Thomas)24 Chris Mandell M/D R-Jr. 6-4 200 Bowling Green, Va./Fredericksburg Christi an7 Daniel McGarry M/F Sr. 6-0 160 Philadelphia, Pa./Northeast Catholic (Arcadia)0 Panashe Nhekario GK So. 5-10 165 Smyrna, Ga./Wheeler4 Juan Niño M/F Fr. 5-9 140 Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch17 Douglas Nyame D/M Sr. 6-0 180 Kumasi, Ghana/Premph (Anderson)22 Chris Osborne M/D Jr. 5-7 155 York, Pa./York Suburban19 Chris Phillips D/M R-Fr. 5-10 160 Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg15 Joe Piselli D/M So. 5-11 160 Portsmouth, Va./Homeschooled (Tidewater CC)13 Bill Pinett e M/D Sr. 5-9 155 Fredericksburg, Va./Staff ord Senior00 Kyle Probst GK Jr. 6-0 175 Northumberland, Pa./Shikellamy2 Andrew Scheck F/M Jr. 6-0 160 Mt. Juliet, Tenn../North Cobb Christi an 20 Henock Snook M/F Fr. 5-7 140 San Diego, Calif./Francis W. Parker 12 Thad Taylor D/M So. 5-8 150 Spring, Texas/Klein5 Alex Verville M/F Fr. 6-0 175 Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams8 Michael Ward M/D R-Jr. 5-9 170 Seff ner, Fla./Seff ner Christi an21 Greg White M/D Fr. 5-11 150 Wellington, Nova Scoti a/Lockview23 Justi n Willoughby F/M R-Sr. 5-10 145 Greenville, N.C./Trinity Christi an Head Coach: Jeff Alder (Eighth Year at Liberty)Assistant Coach: Dean Short (Fift h Year at Liberty)Athleti c Trainer: Jesse CopsStrength/Conditi oning: Matt Hagen

BY CLASSSeniors (8)Joshua BoatengCameron ChastainJuan Carlos ChavezMike Gelatt Daniel McGarryDouglas NyameBill Pinett eJusti n Willoughby

Juniors (6)Juan GuzmanChris MandellChris OsborneKyle ProbstAndrew ScheckMichael Ward

Sophomores (5)Paul GilbertAndrew MaderoPanashe NhekarioJoe PiselliThad Taylor

Freshmen (10)Darren AmooTimothy BullockKarol ChorakBrian EdmanAndrew JonesJuan NiñoChris PhillipsHenock SnookAlex VervilleGreg White

BY POSITIONGoalkeepers (4)Paul GilbertAndrew MaderoPanashe NhekarioKyle Probst

Defenders (7)Brian EdmanMike Gelatt Andrew JonesDouglas NyameChris PhillipsJoe PiselliThad Taylor

Midfi elders (15)Joshua BoatengTimothy BullockJuan Carlos ChavezCameron ChastainKarol ChorakJuan GuzmanChris MandellDaniel McGarryJuan NiñoChris OsborneBill Pinett eHenock SnookAlex VervilleMichael WardGreg White

Forwards (3)Darren AmooAndrew ScheckJusti n Willoughby

PRONUNCIATION GUIDEAmoo .........................................................................Ah-mooBoateng .................................................................. Bow-tangChastain ..................................................................Chas-taneGelatt ............................................................................ Jill-letGuzman ................................................................. Gooz-manNyame ..................................................................Ni-am-meePanashe Nhekario .......................... Pan-osh-ee Knee-care-ohWilloughby ........................................................ Will-low-bee

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2007 (Jr.): Started all 20 matches … scored 15 points on fi ve goals and fi ve assists … selected to NSCAA All-South Atlanti c Region team … VaSID all-state second team … All-Big South second team … Big South Tournament MVP … selected to College Soccer News Nati onal and Soccer America Teams of Week for games played the week of Nov. 12-18 … named Big South Player of the Week for Sept. 18 … fi nished ninth in the conference in points …. ti ed for fourth in the Big South in assists … scored game-winning goal and assisted on another in a 2-1 triumph at Gardner-Webb (9/8) … nett ed both Liberty goals in a 2-1 win over UNC Wilmington (9/16) … had a goal and an assist in 8-0 victory over Columbia Union (10/8) … assisted on game-winner in Big South Championship fi rst round win over UNC Asheville (11/15) … nett ed goal in second overti me for a 1-0 triumph over Winthrop in the Big South Championship semifi nals

(11/16) … had an assist in 2-1 vic-tory over Radford in the Big South Championship ti tle game (11/18) …

2006 (So.): Played in 12 games with nine starts … tallied eight points on three goals and two assists … selected to All-Big South second team … nett ed game-winner on penalty kick in 2-1 win over Gard-ner-Webb (9/25) … scored goal at Birmingham-Southern (9/30) … had fi rst LU goal in 2-0 win over Birmingham-Southern in fi rst round of Big South Championship (11/2) …

Previous School: Played for Virginia Tech in 2005 ... played in 14 games with 10

starts ... recorded 13 points on fi ve goals and three assists ...

Prep: Graduate of Nkwati a Presbyterian ... two-player of the year in Kwahu ... represented Ghana on the U-17 Na-ti onal team ... played club soccer with the Liberty Colts ...

Personal: Son of Samuel Boateng and Mary Osei ... birthday is on Jan. 2.

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1010Joshua BOATENG5-9, 160 - Sr. - Midfi elder/Forward

Accra, GhanaNkwati a Presbyterian (Virgina Tech)

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2007 20/20 44 5 5 152006 12/9 24 3 2 8

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Total 32/29 68 8 7 23

1616Cameron CHASTAIN5-9, 165 - Sr. - Midfi elder/Forward

Millersville, Md.Chestertown Christi an

CHASTAIN AT LIBERTY

2007 15/0 3 2 1 52006 14/0 8 0 1 12005 11/0 5 2 0 4


2007 (Jr.): Saw acti on in 15 contests … scored two goals and added an assist for fi ve points … Big South All-Tournament team member … net-ted fi rst goal in 2-1 victory over UNC Asheville in the fi rst round of the Big South Championship (11/15) … scored game-winning goal in 2-1 win over Radford in the Big South Championship ti tle game (11/18) …

2006 (So.): Appeared in 14 matches … picked up one helper in 6-0 victory over Southern Virginia (10/23) … named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll …

2005 (Fr.): Played in 11 matches ... scored two goals, including game-winner, in 3-2 win over VMI (10/26) ... named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll ...

Prep: Graduate of Chestertown Chris-ti an ... Athlete of the Year as a senior ... four-ti me school MVP ... led team to perfect 20-0 record and a state and regional championship ... four-ti me MACS all-tournament team ... four-ti me lett erwinner ... also member of basketball team, where he received both the Coaches Award and the Sportsmanship Award ...

Personal: Son of Mike and Joanne Chastain ... birthday is on May 16.

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2007 (Jr.): Did not see any playing ti me …

2006 (So.): Saw acti on in one contest …

2005 (Fr.): Did not see any playing ti me ...

Prep: Graduate of Harrison School for the Arts ... team MVP in both his junior and senior seasons ... all-conference fi rst-team honoree as a se-nior and second-team selecti on as a junior ... captained team to district championship as a senior ... two-ti me captain ... four-ti me lett erwinner ... received Coaches Award in sophomore year ...

Personal: Son of Guillermo and Pam Hernandez ... his uncle played pro-fessionally in Mexico ... birthday is on May 27.

2626Juan Carlos CHAVEZ6-5, 185 - Sr. - Midfi elder/Forward

Lakeland, Fla.Harrison School for the Arts

CHAVEZ AT LIBERTY

2006 1/0 0 0 0 0

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33Mike GELATT5-10, 190 - R-Sr. - Defender/Midfi elder

Indianapolis, Ind.Herti age Christi an School

2007 (R-Jr.): Started all 20 games … named to 2007 ESPN The Maga-zine Men’s Soccer Academic All-American fi rst team … only the fourth Liberty student-athlete ever to be selected to the nati onal fi rst team … named to VaSID all-state fi rst team … selected All-Big South fi rst team …helped Liberty post a conference-leading nine shutouts and ti e for No. 29 in the country with a 0.45 shutout percentage …key member of a Flames defense which had a 1.07 goals-against-average …. earned Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll menti on …

2006 (R-So.): Started all 15 games … scored fi rst collegiate goal in 2-0 win at UNC Asheville (10/14) … a key member of the defense which al-lowed one goal during a fi ve-game winning streak at season’s end, post-ing shutouts in four contests… over last three matches Flames held op-ponents scoreless for 347:54 … named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll …

2005 (R-Fr..): Played in 10 games, starti ng seven ... named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll ...

2004 (Fr.): Redshirted ... named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll ...

Prep: Graduate of Heritage Christi an School … team captain in 2004 ... named team MVP and best defender … selected to all-city fi rst team, all-metro and IHSSA all-district team in senior year … select-ed to all-city fi rst team his freshman sea-son ... played club soccer for FC Pride … team captain in 2002, 2003 and 2004 ... led FC Pride to State Cup championships in 2002 and 2003 …

Personal: Son of Phil and Carol Gelatt … pursuing master’s degree ... graduated last May with a degree in kinesiology … birthday is on Oct. 17.

GELATT AT LIBERTY

2007 20/20 4 0 1 12006 15/15 5 1 0 22005 10/7 1 0 0 0


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2007 (Jr.): Started 19 games … scored six points on one goal and four assists … named to All-Big South second team … ti ed for ninth in the Big South in assists ... assisted on game-winning goal in 1-0 triumph at Camp-bell (9/5) … had two assists in 3-0 victory over Radford (9/26) … scored

game-winning goal in 4-1 win over VMI (11/6) …

Previous School: Played two seasons for Arcadia University ... selected to 2004 and 2005 regional All-America fi rst-team roster ... Pennsylvania Athleti c Conference (PAC) all-confer-ence fi rst-team selecti on in both seasons ... in 2005, played in 18 games with 17 starts ... had 18 points on eight goals and two assists ... in 2004, led team to PAC ti tle and the third round of the NCAA Division III Tournament ...

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Philadelphia, Pa.Northeast Catholic HS (Arcadia)

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Prep: Graduate of Northeast Christi an School ... four-ti me lett erwinner ... all-conference member as both a junior and senior ...

Personal: Son of Sean and Ann McGarry ... majoring in criminal justi ce ... father played collegiate soccer at LaSalle, while brother Neil played for Manor ... birthday is on Aug. 28.

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2007 19/19 19 1 4 6


1717Douglas NYAME

6-0, 180 - Sr. - Defender/Midfi elderKumasi, Ghana

Premph HS (Anderson)

2007(Jr.): Started all 20 games … scored a goal … selected All-Big South second team … scored fi rst goal in 2-1 win over Radford in Big South Cham-pionship ti tle game (11/18) … helped Liberty post a conference-leading nine shutouts and ti e for No. 29 in the country with a 0.45 shutout per-centage … starter on a Flames defense which had a 1.07 goals-against-average …. earned Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll menti on …

Previous School: Played two seasons at Anderson University … NSCAA Division II Southeast region second-team selec-ti on and fi rst-team all-conference per-former in 2005 … selected team MVP as a freshman …

Prep: Graduate of Prempeh College … named all-region and team co-captain in senior season … helped team win regional championship … team fi nished second in the region as a junior … three-year starter … Dean’s and President’s List member …

Personal: Son of Douglas and Rose Nyame … birthday is on Feb. 26.

NYAME AT LIBERTY

2007 20/20 5 1 0 2


1313Bill PINETTE5-9, 155 - Sr. - Midfi elder/Defense

Fredricksburg, Va.Staff ord Senior HS

2007 (Jr.): Played in three games … tallied four points on a goal and two assists … had a goal and assisted on two others in 8-0 win over Columbia Union (10/8) … earned Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll menti on …

2006 (So.): Did not play … named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll ...

2005 (Fr.): Played in 12 games with one start ... scored fi rst collegiate goal at Campbell (9/7)... scored goal at Gardner-Webb (9/10) ... named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll ...

Prep: Graduate of Staff ord Senior High School ... second-leading goal scorer in school history ... all-area and all-district fi rst-team honoree as a senior ... all-district second-team performer as a junior ... led team to fi rst-ever state tournament

appearance as junior ... scored game-winning goal in district champion-ship in same season ... three-year lett erwinner in cross country ... as a junior, went to regionals for the pole vault in track and fi eld ... won Jimmy Jones Award, which is given to senior who has excelled in sports throughout high school ... three-ti me three-sport academic award win-ner ... editor of school newspaper for two years ... given fi rst in state and nati onal honorable menti on for page layout ...

Personal: Son of Mike and Laurie Pinett e ... birthday is on Sept. 24.

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2323Justin WILLOUGHBY5-10, 145 - R-Sr. - Forward/Midfi elder

Greenville, N.C.Trinity Christi an School

2007 (R-Jr.): Appeared in 18 contests … scored nine points on three goals and three assists … selected to the Big South All-Tournament team … nett ed a goal in 2-0 victory at UNC Asheville (10/18) … scored goal in 4-1 win over VMI (11/5) … had game-winning goal in 2-1 come-from-behind win over UNC Asheville in Big South Championship fi rst round game (11/15) … assisted on goal in 2-1 win over Radford in Big South Championship ti tle game (11/18) …

2006 (R-So.): Appeared in nine contests … scored fi rst goal of collegiate career in 6-0 win over Southern Virginia (10/23) …

2005 (R-Fr.): Played in 15 match-es ... had an assist in 3-2 victory over VMI (10/26) ...

2004 (Fr.): Did not see playing ti me ... redshirted …

Prep: Graduate of Trinity Chris-ti an School ... selected all-state each of his four seasons ... all-conference fi rst-team performer all four years ... prolifi c goal scor-er with over 40 goals in his last three seasons ...

Personal: Son of Kenneth Willoughby ... majoring in criminal justi ce ... birthday is on Aug. 5.

WILLOUGHBY AT LIBERTY

2007 18/0 14 3 3 92006 9/0 7 1 0 22005 15/0 4 0 1 1


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1111Juan GUZMAN5-9, 155 - Jr. - Midfi elder/Forward

Charlott e, N.C.Charlott e Lati n School

2007 (So.): Started all 20 games … selected to NSCAA All-South Atlanti c Region team … named to All-Big South fi rst team … scored seven points on two goals and three assists … nett ed game-winning goal in 3-0 triumph at Radford (9/26) … scored goal in 4-1 win over VMI (11/6) … earned Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll menti on …

2006 (Fr.): Started all 15 contests … tallied six points on two goals and two assists … selected to Big South All-Freshman team … assisted on goal which allowed Darryl Roberts to break Liberty all-ti me scoring mark in 3-2 win over VMI (10/12) … scored two goals and assisted on another in 6-0 victory over Southern Virginia (10/23) … named to Big South Presi-denti al Honor Roll …

Prep: Graduate of Charlott e Lati n School ... in 2005, led his team to 17-1-2 mark and into the state championship game ... in 2004, led his team to a state championship and a 21-1-2 record ... was selected All-South fi rst team along with NSCAA All-Region and All-State ... ranked among top 30 U.S. high school recruits in 2005 … made the all-star team at the Adidas elite soccer program two years (2004 and 2005), which recognizes the top 150 youth players in the program and has also been a member of the NSCAA/Adidas youth All-America team and the United States Boys Under-15 Nati onal team ...

Personal: Son of Camilo and Margarita Guzman ... birthday is on Aug. 31.

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2007 20/20 14 2 3 72006 15/15 16 2 2 6


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2424Chris MANDELL6-4, 200 - R-Jr. - Midfi elder/Defender

Bowling Green, Va.Fredricksburg Christi an HS

2007 (R-So.): Played in 12 games with eight starts … tallied fi ve points on a goal and three assists … nett ed goal in 8-0 win over Columbia Union

(10/8) … assisted on fi rst goal in 2-0 win at UNC Asheville (10/18) … named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll …

2006 (R-Fr.): Played in four games with one start … named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll …

2005 (Fr.): Did not see any playing ti me ... redshirted …

Prep: Graduate of Fredericksburg Christi an ... honorable menti on all-state player in senior year ... fi rst team all-conference as a junior and senior ... second-team all-confer-ence honoree as a sophomore ... led his school’s Fellowship of Chris-ti an Athletes ...

Personal: Son of Steve and Ellen Mandell ... birthday is on July 15.

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2007 (So.): Appeared in seven contests … had two shot att empts, one against Mount Vernon Nazarene and one against Columbia Union

2006 (Fr.): Did not see acti on … re-ceived Coaches Award, which recog-nizes the player who demonstrates growth as a player and a person, in-vests his life in the lives of others and is willing to serve his teammates and coaches on a consistent basis …

Prep: Graduate of York Suburban High School ... three-ti me lett erwinner ... selected to the York All-County fi rst team as a York County All-Star as a senior ... in 2005, had 34 points on 12 goals and 10 assists ...

Personal: Son of Richard and Karin Os-borne ... birthday is on Feb. 2.

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2007 7/0 2 0 0 0


0000Kyle PROBST6-0, 175 - Jr. - Goalkeeper

Northumberland, Pa.Shikellamy HS

2007 (So.): Did not see acti on in fi rst season at Liberty …

Prep: Graduate of Shikellamy High School … earned all-state, league MVP and fi rst-team all-conference honors as a senior … second-team all-conference and team defensive player of the year as a junior … also served as team captain as a junior … four-year starter …

Personal: Son of Brian and Angela Probst … birthday is on Nov. 27.

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22Andrew SCHECK6-0, 160 - Jr. - Forward/Midfi elder

Mt. Juliet, Tenn.North Cobb Christi an HS

2007 (So.): Played in 14 games with two starts … earned Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll menti on …

2006 (Fr.): Saw acti on in one match … received Coaches Award which recognizes the player who dem-onstrates growth as a player and a person, invests his life in the lives of others and is willing to serve his teammates and coaches on a consis-tent basis … named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll …

Prep: Graduate of North Cobb Christi an School … all-state honoree as a senior ... two-ti me all-region preformer as junior and senior ...

scored the game-winning goal in state quarterfi nals in senior season … led team to two state semifi nal appearances in three years … captain of team senior year … ranked in top 50 goal scorers in eighth grade year in Alabama … three-ti me lett erman at two separate schools… made state fi nals for 400 meter dash in track … student body president senior year …

Personal: Son of Greg and Lori Scheck ... birthday is on Nov. 10.

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2007 14/2 3 0 0 02006 1/0 0 0 0 0


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88Michael WARD5-9, 170 - R-Jr. - Midfi elder/Defender

Seff ner, Fla.Seff ner Christi an Academy

2007 (R-So.): Started all 20 games … had one assist … helped Liberty post a conference-leading nine shutouts and ti e for No. 29 in the country with a 0.45 shutout percentage … starter on a Flames defense which had a 1.07 goals-against-average …. earned Big South Presiden-ti al Honor Roll menti on …

2006 (R-Fr.): Received medical redshirt … named to Big South Presiden-ti al Honor Roll …

2005 (Fr.): Started 14 matches ... named to 2005 Big South all-confer-ence second team and All-Freshman team ... named to Big South Presi-denti al Honor Roll ...

Prep: Graduate of Seff ner Christi an Academy ... three-ti me Gatorade Will to Win Athlete of the Year ... four-ti me all-conference fi rst-team member ... three-ti me team MVP ... Most Outstanding Off ensive Player of the Year as a freshman ... four-ti me lett erwinner ... led team to district championship in senior season ... member of Florida Olympic Development (ODP) team and ODP regional team ... selected to Adidas/ESP team ... member of U-18 club state championship team ... honor roll and principal’s list ... valedictorian …

Personal: Son of Michael and Cynthia Ward … birthday is on May 5.

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11Paul GILBERT6-1, 190 - So. - Goalkeeper

Rockvale, Tenn.Blackman HS

2007 (Fr.): Started all 20 games … posted a 13-5-2 mark with a 1.08 GAA and .699 save percentage … allowed 22 goals and made 51 saves in 1,841 minutes … eight shutouts … Big South Freshman of the Year … selected to All-Big South second team … named to Big South All-Freshman team … led the conference in shutouts … recorded fi rst career win with 3-0 triumph over Mount Vernon Nazarene (9/1) … made a season-high seven saves in 1-0 victory at Campbell (9/5) … turned away four shots in 1-0 win over Winthrop (9/29) … shut out UNC Asheville 2-0 (10/18) … made two saves in 1-0, 2 OT win over Winthrop in Big South semifi nals (11/16) … recorded two saves in 2-1 win over Radford in Big South Championship ti tle game (11/18) … named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll …

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Prep: Graduate of Blackman High School … member of all-state and all-region teams in 2006 … selected Daily New Journal Player of the Year and fi rst-team all-district in senior season … two-year team captain … four-year lett erwinner … member of Tennessee ODP State team … Tennessee United Soccer Club 88 team captain for two years … Nati onal Honor Society member … honor roll member …

Personal: Son of Peggy Gilbert … birthday is on July 5.

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2007 20/20 1841:07 51 22 1.08 8

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2007 (So.): Sat out season aft er transfer …

Previous School: Lett erwinner at Thomas University in 2005 … redshirted the previous season at Northeastern University …

Prep: Graduate of Alonso High School … all-conference and all-county performer all four seasons … defensive MVP as a freshman … four-ti me lett erwinner … holds school record for saves and games played … mem-ber of Nati onal and Spanish Honor Societi es … Beta member …

Personal: Son of Martha Madero … birthday is on Sept. 12.

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Tampa, Fla.Alonso HS (Thomas)

Panashe NHEKARIO5-10, 165 - So. - Goalkeeper

Smyrna, Ga.Wheeler HS

2007 (Fr.): Saw acti on in one game … did not allow a goal in 15:54 in an 8-0 victory over Columbia Union (10/8) … named to Big South Presiden-ti al Honor Roll …

Prep: Graduate of Wheeler High School … team MVP and region hon-orable menti on as a senior … team rookie of the year as sophomore … three-year lett erwinner … member of Spanish Honor Society …

Personal: Son of Mabasa and Blessed Nhekairo … birthday is on Nov. 11.

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2007 1/0 15:54 0 0 0.00 0

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1515Joe PISELLI5-11, 160 - So. - Defender/Midfi elder

Portsmouth, Va.Home School (Tidewater CC)

1212Thad TAYLOR5-8, 150 - So. - Defender/Midfi elder

Spring, TexasKlein HS

2007 (Fr.): Played in nine games with three starts … named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll …

Prep: Graduate of Klein High School … all-district as a junior and senior … team won Texas 5A State Champion-ship in 2005 with record of 32-1 … in his three years as a member of the team, Klein posted a 82-2-4 mark … scored 30 or more points as both a junior and se-nior … Nati onal Honor Society member … teammate of fellow Flame Brian Ed-man at Klein

Personal: Son of Mike and Kookie Taylor … birthday is on July 6.

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2007 9/3 0 0 0 0


2007 (Fr.): Att ended Tidewater Community College ... played one season with the Storm ...

Prep: Homeschooled ... played for the Churchland Soccer Club ...

Personal: Son of Michael and Gloria Piselli.

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2525Timothy BULLOCK5-11, 150 - Fr. - Midfi elder/Forward

Forest, Va.Jeff erson Forest HS

Prep: Graduate of Jeff erson Forest High School ... named to the VACA all-state team three ti mes, garnering a fi rst-team selecti on as a senior ... played in Virginia State All-Star game in 2008 ... recieved all-regional and all-district fi rst-team menti ons, along with being named district member as a senior ... honorable menti on all-district as a junior ... NACA all-nati onal team and all-conference VACA MVP as a sophomore ... all-VACA conference squad ...

Personal: Son of Clay and Renae Bullock … birthday is on March 4.

99Karol CHORAK5-11, 160 - Fr. - Midfi elder/Forward

Saint Louis, Mo.Chaminade College Prep

Prep: Graduate of Chaminade College Prep ... three-year lett erwinner as a midfi elder ... invited to U.S. Men’s U-18 camp in Jan. 2006 ... gradu-ated Magna Cum Laude ...

Personal: Son of Richard and Michele Chorak … birthday is on Nov. 11.

1414Andrew JONES5-11, 168 - Fr. - Defender-Midfi elder

Louisville, Ky.Kentucky Country Day HS

Prep: Graduate of Kentucky County Day High School ... set high schools career assist record, eclipsing the previous mark in his junior season ... se-lected to all-state A team as a senior and sophomore ... captain and Board Award winner as a senior ... Freshman of the Year ... four-year starter at center midfi elder ... honor roll member ... honor council member ... six-ti me state champion with Javanon Soccer Club ...

Personal: Son of Robert and Margaret Jones … birthday is on Aug. 19.

44Juan NIÑO5-9, 150 - Fr. - Midfi elder/Forward

Koty, TexasCinco Ranch HS

Prep: Graduate of Cinco Ranch HS ... named by topdrawersoccer.com as one of the top 100 freshmen to watch in 2008 ... selected Houston Chronicle Player of the Year and fi rst team all-state as a senior ... two-ti me fi rst team all-region, all-greater Houston and all-district member as a junior and senior ... second team all-district as a sophomore ... four-year varsity starter at center midfi eld ... att ended Adidas ESP camp in 2007 ... also has parti cipated in two nati onal team camps ... a member of the Texas Olympic Development Team from 2002-08 ... led his club team, Texans FC, to the South Texas State Championship ... also parti cipated in the Houston Dynamo Academy ...

Personal: Son of Fernando and Adnona Niño … birthday is on Aug. 19.

1818Darren AM0O5-10, 180 - R-Fr. - Forward/Midfi elder

Accra, GhanaPresbyterian School

2007 (R-Fr.): Did not play ... sat out due to academic requirements .... garnered Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll menti on ...

Prep: Graduate of Presbyterian Boys Secondary School … named team sportsman of the year as junior … selected talent of the year as a sopho-more …

Personal: Son of Alex Amoo and Eunice Hodges … birthday is on June 2.

66Brian EDMAN5-10, 160 - R-Fr. - Defender/Midfi elder

Spring, TexasKlein HS

2007 (Fr.): Did not play ... redshirted ... earned Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll menti on ...

Prep: Graduate of Klein High School … lett ered as a defender in junior season … team went unbeaten with a 28-0-1 mark during the season … Nati onal Honor Society member … teammate of fellow Flame Thad Taylor at Klein …

Personal: Son of Larry and Maria Edman … birthday is on Nov. 4.

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2007 (Fr.): Started four games, before receiving medical redshirt … scored game-winning goal in 1-0 victory at Campbell (9/5) … earned Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll menti on …

Prep: Graduate of Brownsburg High School … all-state, all-district and all-conference in both senior and junior seasons … named team’s defender of the year as a senior … two-ti me team captain … four-ti me lett erwinner … A/B Honor Roll member as a junior and senior …

Personal: Son of Joseph and Cindy Phillips … birthday is on Jan. 25.

1919Chris PHILLIPS5-10, 160 - R- Fr. - Defender/Midfi elder

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2020Henock SNOOK5-7, 140 - Fr. - Midfi elder/Defender

San Diego, Calif.Francis W. Parker HS

Prep: Graduate of Francis W. Parker High School ... named most valuable off ensive player, recieved career achievement award and earned CIF-SDS all-academic team honors as a senior ... two-ti me all-coastal team mem-ber ... helped team to CIF-SDS D4 Championships as a sophomore and junior ... four-ti me lett erwinner ... was an honors graduate with disti nc-ti on ... 4 A’s of Excellence recogniti on ... member of Red Bull Nati onal League 17 Champion ... club was two-ti me regional champion

Personal: Son of Sandra Snook ... birthday is on Oct. 3.

2121Greg WHITE5-11, 150 - Fr. - Midfi elder/Defender

Wellington, Nova Scoti aLockview HS

Prep: Graduate of Lockview High School … team captain each of his three years of high school ... team MVP as both a junior and senior ... selected to all-star team in junior year ... selected to play for Dunbrack Soccer Club at 2008 U18 Tier I Club Nati onals ... trained with the Dart-mouth United Senior Men’s Division I team in 2008 ... team captain for U18 Tier I Scoti a Soccer Club ... selected for U16 Provincial team for the 2006-07 year ... MVP of 2007 Atlanti c U-16 Provincial Tournament ... member of two-ti me U16 Tier I Provincial and Nati onal champions Sco-ti a Soccer Club ... also played hockey and soft ball in high school ...

Personal: Son of Sherman and Bev White … birthday is on Feb. 2.

55Alex VERVILLE6-0, 175 - Fr. - Midfi elder/Forward

Rochester Hills, Mich.Rochester Adams HS

Prep: Graduate of Rochester Adams High School ... a four-ti me all-state team member, including fi rst-team selecti ons as a junior and senior ... two-ti me fi rst-team all-region member ... named to Dream Team as a senior ... key component in helping Rochester Adams to state semifi nal contests in 2004 and 2006 ... parti cipated in state Olympic Development Program since 2002 ... helped club team, Vadar, to six State Cup and regional championships ... was named State Cup MVP in 2004 ... also parti cipated in football, basketball and track ...

Personal: Son of David and Tami Verville ... birthday is on Aug. 15.


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North Carolina Tar Heels Sept. 16 Home 7 p.m. Locati on: Chapel Hill, N.C. Founded: 1789 Enrollment: 28,000 Conference: Atlanti c Coast Colors: Carolina Blue & White Head Coach: Elmar Bolowich Record at School: 223-130-31 (19 Years) Career Record: Same 2007 Record: 7-8-5 Conference Record: 3-5/Sixth Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 15/8 Soccer SID: John Marti n Email: johnmarti [email protected] SID Phone: (919) 962-0084 SID Fax: (919) 843-2309 Web Site: TarHeelBlue.com All-Time Against Liberty: UNC leads, 2-0

Bluefield Ramblin’ Rams Aug. 29 Home 7 p.m. Locati on: Bluefi eld, Va.Founded: 1922 Enrollment: 850Conference: AppalachianColors: Royal Blue, Red & White Head Coach: Steve Laraba Record at School: 13-21-2 (Two Years) Career Record: Same 2007 Record: 7-11-0Conference Record/Finish: 2-5/Sixth Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 12/3 Soccer SID: Jason Massey Email: jmassey@bluefi eld.edu SID Phone: (276) 326-4274 SID Fax: (276) 326-4210 Web Site: bluefi eld.edu All-Time Against Liberty: First Meeti ng

Campbell Fighting Camels Sept. 2 Home 7 p.m. Locati on: Buies Creek, N.C.Founded: 1887 Enrollment: 6,654Conference: Atlanti c Sun Colors: Orange & Black Head Coach: Doug Hess Record at School: 52-54-8 (6 Years) Career Record: Same 2007 Record: 13-6-3Conference Record: 5-2-2/Third Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 15/6 Soccer SID: Stan Cole Email: [email protected] SID Phone: (910) 893-1331 SID Fax: (910) 893-1330 Web Site: GoCamels.com All-Time Against Liberty: CU leads 10-6-1

Marshall Thundering Herd Sept. 6 Away 1 p.m. Locati on: Hunti ngton, W.Va. Founded: 1837 Enrollment: 13,814 Conference: Conference USA Colors: Green & White Head Coach: Bob Gray Record at School: 128-113-1 (12 Years) Career Record: 381-189-39 (30 Years) 2007 Record: 10-9-1 Conference Record: 3-5/Sixth Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 20/6 Soccer SID: Conor Laff ey Email: laff [email protected] SID Phone: (304) 696-4662 SID Fax: (304) 832-2426 Web Site: herdzone.com All-Time Against Liberty: LU leads, 3-1-1

Radford Highlanders Sept. 12 Away 7 p.m. Locati on: Radford, Va.Founded: 1910 Enrollment: 9,122 Conference: Big South Colors: Red and White Head Coach: Spencer Smith Record at School: 124-120-25 (14 Years) Career Record: 158-171-31 (19 Years) 2007 Record: 11-9-0Conference Record: 3-3-0/Fourth Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 16/10 Soccer SID: Joey Beeler Email: [email protected] SID Phone: (540) 831-5726 SID Fax: (540) 831-5556 Web Site: RadfordAthleti cs.comAll-Time Against Liberty: LU leads, 20-12-6

Howard Bison Sept. 19 Away 7 p.m. Locati on: Washington, D.C. Founded: 1867 Enrollment: 10,500 Conference: Atlanti c Soccer Colors: Navy Blue, Red & White Head Coach: Michael Lawrence Record at School: First Year Career Record: Same 2007 Record: 3-8-5Conference Record: 1-3-1/Sixth Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 14/4 Soccer SID: Chevonee Mansfi eld Email: cmansfi [email protected] SID Phone: (202) 806-7182 SID Fax: (202) 806-9595 Web Site: howard-bison.com All-Time Against Liberty: Howard leads, 6-0

High Point Panthers Sept. 30 Home 7 p.m. Locati on: High Point, N.C.Founded: 1924 Enrollment: 3,500Conference: Big South Colors: Purple and White Head Coach: Dusti n Fonder Record at School: 5-14-1 (1 Year) Career Record: Same 2007 Record: 5-14-1Conference Record: 1-5/Sixth Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 18/4 Soccer SID: Manny Nieves Email: [email protected] SID Phone: (336) 841-4638 SID Fax: (336) 841-9182 Web Site: highpointpanthers.com All-Time Against Liberty: LU leads, 9-8-4

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Oct. 4 Home 1 p.m. Locati on: Conway, S.C. Founded: 1954 Enrollment: 8,300 Conference: Big South Colors: Coastal Green, Bronze & Black Head Coach: Shaun Docking Record at School: 125-64-14 (10 Years) Career Record: 145-83-16 (12 Years) 2007 Record: 10-8-1 Conference Record: 6-0/First Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 11/11 Soccer SID: Scott Kemps Email: [email protected] SID Phone: (843) 349-2848 SID Fax: (843) 349-2819 Web Site: GoCCUSports.com All-Time Against Liberty: CCU leads, 12-6

Winthrop Eagles Sept. 18 Away 7 p.m. Locati on: Rock Hill, S.C. Founded: 1886 Enrollment: 6,500 Conference: Big South Colors: Garnett & Gold Head Coach: Rich Posipanko Record at School: 190-158-25 (19 Years) Career Record: 302-207-45 (29 Years) 2007 Record: 11-4-3 Conference Record: 3-2-1/Third Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 14/9 Soccer SID: Brett Redden Email: [email protected] SID Phone: (803) 323-2129 ext. 6246 SID Fax: (803) 323-2433 Web Site: withropeagles.com All-Time Against Liberty: LU leads, 18-7-1

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Virginia Cavaliers Oct. 7 Away 7 p.m. Locati on: Charlott esville, Va.Founded: 1819Enrollment: 13,401 Conference: Atlanti c CoastColors: Navy & Orange Head Coach: George Gelnovatch Record at School: 184-67-21 (12 Years) Career Record: Same 2007 Record: 12-8-2Conference Record: 1-5-2/8th Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 14/9 Soccer SID: Amy Mulligan Email: [email protected] SID Phone: (434) 982-5534 SID Fax: (434) 982-5525 Web Site: virginiasports.com All-Time Against Liberty: UVa leads, 16-0

Southern Virginia Knights Oct. 14 Home 7 p.m. Locati on: Buena Vista, Va.Founded: 1996 Enrollment: 725 Conference: Independent Colors: Green, Black & White Head Coach: Tom Longenecker Record at School: 5-10-0 (First Year) Career Record: Same 2007 Record: 5-10-0Conference Record: N/A Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 15/8 Soccer SID: Kyle [email protected] Email: [email protected] SID Phone: (540) 261-4524 SID Fax: (540) 261-8434 Web Site: svuknights.com All-Time Against Liberty: LU leads, 4-0

Presbyterian Blue Hose Oct. 18 Away 1 p.m. Locati on: Clinton, S.C.Founded: 1880 Enrollment: 1,200Conference: Big South Colors: Blue & Garnet Head Coach: Bret Boulware Record at School: 69-57-13 (Seven Years) Career Record: Same 2007 Record: 4-11-2Conference Record: N/ALett erwinners Return/Lost: 12/10 Soccer SID: Brian Hand Email: [email protected] SID Phone: (864) 833-8252 SID Fax: (864) 833-8323 Web Site: GoBlueHose.com All-Time Against Liberty: First Meeti ng

Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs Oct. 21 Away 7 p.m. Locati on: Boiling Springs, N.C.Founded: 1905 Enrollment: 3,900Conference: Big SouthColors: Red & Black Head Coach: Tony Setzer Record at School: 141-229-24 (19 Years) Career Record: Same 2007 Record: 3-16-1 Conference Record: 3-6-0/6th (A-Sun) Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 18/6 Soccer SID: Greg Humphrey Email:[email protected] SID Phone: (704) 406-3981 SID Fax: (704) 406-4739Web Site: gwusports.comAll-Time Against Liberty: LU leads, 7-1-1

Longwood Lancers Oct. 24 Away 7 p.m. Locati on: Farmville, Va. Founded: 1839 Enrollment: 4,500 Conference: Atlanti c Soccer Colors: Blue & White Head Coach: Jon Atkinson Record at School: 21-26-9 (Three years) Career Record: Same 2007 Record: 8-8-3 Conference Record: 3-2/2nd Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 11/16 Soccer SID: Kristi an Marti n Email: marti [email protected] SID Phone: (434) 395-2718 SID Fax: (434) 395-2568 Web Site: longwoodlancers.com All-Time Against Liberty: Liberty leads, 8-4-2

VMI Keydets Nov. 4 Away 3 p.m. Locati on: Lexington, Va. Found: 1839 Enrollment: 1,300 Conference: Big South Colors: Red, White & Yellow Head Coach: Ben Freakley Record at School: 8-25-4 (Two Years) Career Record: 19-44-6 (Four Years) 2007 Record: 6-10-3 Conference Record: 2-3-1/5th Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 17/8 Soccer SID: Brad Salois Email: [email protected] SID Phone: (540) 464-7015 SID Fax: (540) 464-7583 Web Site: vmikeydets.com All-Time Against Liberty: LU leads, 13-1-1

UNC Asheville Bulldogs Nov. 8 Home 1 p.m. Locati on: Asheville, N.C.Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 3,500 Conference: Big South Colors: Royal Blue and White Head Coach: Steve Cornish Record at School: 94-184-15 (16 Years) Career Record: Same 2007 Record: 4-13-1Conference Record: 0-6-0/7th Lett erwinners Return/Lost: 9/9 Soccer SID: Mike Gore Email: [email protected] SID Phone: (828) 251-6923 SID Fax: (828) 251-6386 Web Site: uncabulldogs.com All-Time Against Liberty: LU leads, 17-5-1

Big South Championship Nov. 13-16 Conway, S.C. CCU Soccer Field

First Round - Nov. 13 No. 1 seed vs. No. 8 seed No. 2 seed vs. No. 7 seed No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed

Semifi nals - Nov. 14 No. 1/8 winner vs. No. 4/5 winner No. 2/7 winner vs. No. 3/6 winner

Championship - Nov. 16 No. 1/8 vs. No. 4/5 winner vs. No. 2/7 vs. No. 3/6 winner

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First Round - Nov. 21 or 22 On Campus Sites - TBD

Second Round - Nov. 25 On Campus SItes - TBD

Third Round - Nov. 29 or 30 On Campus Sites - TBD Quarterfi nals - Dec. 5, 6 or 7 On Campus Sites - TBD Men’s College Cup - Dec. 12 & 14 Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas


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First Last Last W-L-T Meeti ng Played ScoreMars Hill 2-0-0 1990 1999 W, 2-1 (OT) Marshall 3-1-1 1996 2007 0-0, (2OT) Maryland 0-1-0 2001 2001 L, 1-2 UMBC 4-1-0 1992 1997 W, 2-1 Maryville 2-0-0 1988 1989 W, 2-1 Mary Washington 0-1-0 1984 1984 L, 0-1 Memphis 2-0-0 1989 1990 W, 2-0 Messiah 0-1-0 1980 1980 W, 2-0 Morehead State 2-0-0 1989 1992 W, 6-0 Mt. St. Mary’s, Md. 0-1-0 1984 1984 L, 0-3 Mt. Vernon Nazarene 2-0-0 1982 2007 W, 3-0 Navy 2-3-0 1989 2002 W, 1-0 North Carolina 0-2-0 2007 2007 L, 1-7North Carolina State 1-1-1 1998 2002 L, 1-2 North Carolina Wesleyan 1-0-0 1997 1997 W, 4-0 Old Dominion 1-1-0 2000 2001 L, 0-4 Pacifi c Lutheran 1-0-0 1986 1986 W, 2-0 Pembroke State 1-0-0 1976 1976 W, 4-3 Philadelphia Bible 1-0-2 1980 1982 T, 0-0 Piedmont Bible 1-0-0 1982 1982 W, 8-0Presbyterian First Meeti ng Radford 20-12-6 1975 2007 W, 2-1 Randolph-Macon 1-3-1 1981 1985 L, 2-3 Richmond 4-6-2 1977 1993 W, 2-1 Roanoke 7-2-2 1977 1987 W, 3-2 St. Mary’s 2 0-0 1978 1979 L, 1-3 Salem-Teikyo 1-0-0 1998 1998 W, 7-0 Seatt le Pacifi c 0-1-0 1986 1986 L, 0-3 Shenandoah 2-0-1 1985 1987 W, 3-0 South Alabama 0-5-0 1994 1998 L, 0-1 South Carolina Aiken 4-0-0 1989 1993 W, 7-1 USC Spartanburg 0-1-0 1980 1980 L, 0-4 Southern Virginia 4-0-0 2002 2006 W, 6-0 Spring Garden 0-1-0 1982 1981 L, 2-3 Stetson 0-1-0 1994 1994 L, 0-1 Tacoma Bible 1-0-0 1983 1983 W, 2-1 Tennessee 3-1-0 1976 1986 W, 3 1 Tennessee Tech 1-0-0 1988 1988 W, 1-0 Tennessee Temple 3-1-1 1976 1985 W, 2-1 Tennessee Wesleyan 1-1-0 1976 1983 W, 3-1Towson State 1-1-2 1987 1994 W, 2-1 UNC Asheville 17-5-1 1977 2007 W, 2-1 UNC Greensboro 3-8-0 1991 2002 L, 2-3 UNC Wilmington 1-0-0 2007 2007 W, 2-1 Vanderbilt 2-2-1 1989 1996 L, 2-5Virginia 0-16-0 1986 2007 L, 0-3 Virginia Commonwealth 5-8-3 1979 1999 W, 1-0 VMI 13-1-1 1975 2007 W, 4-1Virginia Tech 0-6-0 1975 2005 L, 0-1 Virginia Wesleyan 1-1-0 1977 1978 W, 6 1 Wake Forest 2-4-1 1979 2000 W, 4-2 Warren Wilson 2-0-0 1978 1979 W, 2-0 Washington Bible 5-1-2 1975 1982 T, 1-1 Washington & Lee 2-0-0 1976 1985 W, 2-0 Western Kentucky 1-0-0 1996 1996 W, 2-1 West Virginia 2-1-0 1988 2004 L, 1-2 West Virginia Tech 1-1-0 1977 1978 W, 3-2West Virginia Wesleyan 0-3-0 1985 1987 L, 0-2 William & Mary 0-4-0 1984 2001 L, 0-3 Winthrop 18-7-1 1978 2007 W, 1-0 (2 OT)Woff ord 4-1-1 1980 2006 W, 1-0

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The Big South Conference is celebrati ng its 25th Anniversary in 2008-09, a milestone com-ing on the heels of unprecedented achieve-ments and unparalleled success in League his-tory over the past few years. Since its founding in 1983, the Big South Con-ference has matured into a competi ti ve leader in college athleti cs, acti vely pursuing excellence on the fi eld of play and in the classroom. The league’s growing presence as an NCAA Divi-sion I athleti c conference is evident by athleti c accomplishments on the nati onal stage, inno-vati ve marketi ng and media partnerships, in-creased television packages, and quality athlet-ic competi ti on while intenti onally fostering the academic, personal, social, athleti c and leader-ship development of each student-athlete. The Big South Conference was formed on Aug. 21, 1983, when Charleston Southern (then Bapti st College) Athleti c Director Howard Bag-well and Augusta President George Christen-berry began recruiti ng members into the Big South, receiving initi al commitments from Au-gusta, Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina and Winthrop. One month later, Dr. Edward M. Singleton was selected as the league’s fi rst commissioner and conti nued to solicit new members. His ef-forts led to the additi ons of Armstrong State, Radford and UNC Asheville, giving the Big South more than the required six members to consti -tute an offi cial conference. The Big South’s fi rst year of competi ti on was in the Fall of 1984, and in September 1986, the Big South Conference was granted full-fl edged NCAA Division I sta-tus. During its infancy and prior to securing au-tomati c bids to NCAA Championships, the Big South made early strides in earning at-large berths in several nati onal postseason events, including volleyball, women’s basketball and women’s golf. The league received its fi rst auto-mati c bid in 1990 to the NCAA Baseball Cham-pionship. In 1989, George F. “Buddy” Sasser replaced the reti ring Dr. Singleton as commissioner. Un-der Sasser’s leadership, the conference imple-mented its public relati ons and compliance programs, and introduced its fi rst-ever men’s basketball television package, featuring the Big South competi ng among some of the fi nest teams in the nati on. In the last 15 years alone, the Big South Con-ference has experienced monumental growth and success in nearly every sport. During this ti me, the conference has had two individual NCAA nati onal champions, close to 200 All-Americans, has reached the “Sweet 16”in men’s soccer, women’s basketball and base-ball, has received nati onal Top 25 rankings in men’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s bas-ketball, baseball, men’s outdoor track & fi eld, and men’s golf, had an individual selected to

play in the NCAA Tennis Singles Championship three ti mes, had the No. 1 ranked men’s golfer in the country, had the nati onal team and indi-vidual scoring leader in men’s basketball twice, received an at-large playoff berth in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision in 2006, and had an insti tuti on fi nish fi ft h in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships – the conference’s highest-ever team fi nish in an NCAA event. In 2006-07 alone, the Big South was the only conference nati onwide to have an at-large par-ti cipant in the football playoff s (Coastal Caro-lina), a team in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (Winthrop) and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Baseball Regionals (Coastal Carolina). In fact, Coastal Carolina’s baseball program has been a No. 1 seed three out of the last four years, while its playoff berth in 2006 came in just the fi ft h-year of the Big South’s football existence. In August 1996, Kyle B. Kallander replaced Sasser as the league’s third Commissioner, and in his 12 years at the helm of the Big South, Kal-lander has been instrumental in aggressively promoti ng the conference to new levels. The conference has enjoyed record levels in marketi ng revenue during the past several years, he has brought television coverage to Big South women’s basketball, baseball and soft -

ball for the fi rst ti me in conference history, as well as increased nati onal television exposure to the League as a whole through aggressive and unique television packages. Under Kallander’s leadership, the Big South developed and initi ated its fi rst long range stra-tegic plan, re-affi rming the league’s vision as a disti ncti ve athleti c conference committ ed to the quality of insti tuti onal life through athleti c competi ti on. He also spearheaded the eff orts to add football as a championship sport, which came to fruiti on in 2002. Kallander’s long range vision has also included technological advancements, as the conference introduced its fi rst live event video streaming in 2005 and has since expanded its video off er-ings to more than 500 events annually through a partnership with the member insti tuti ons, as well as the creati on of a conference blog and an online merchandise store. The conference’s on-fi eld accomplishments have been duplicated in the classroom. An-nually, more than 40 percent of conference student-athletes are named to the Big South’s Presidenti al Honor Roll for maintaining a cumu-lati ve 3.0 grade-point average, and the league has had more than 90 Academic All-Americans in its quarter-century of existence.

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Dubbed by the College Soccer News as “A Season to Remember,” the Liberty Flames put together arguably the best season in school history in 2007, capturing the program’s fi rst-ever Big South Championship for its initi al NCAA Tournament appearance. Using head coach Jeff Alder’s philosophy of team over individual, the Flames’ group eff ort propelled the squad to 13 wins, the second- most victo-ries in a season in Liberty history. In each contest, a diff erent player stepped up for the Flames, who used a strong de-fensive eff ort to limit opponents’ shooti ng chances and a quick striking, opportunisti c of-fense, in fashioning a 13-5-2 overall mark and a 5-1 Big South record. In additi on, Liberty, for the fi rst ti me in the history of the NSCAA South Atlanti c Region Weekly Poll, was ranked among the region’s top 10 teams throughout the enti re season, reaching its highest ranking of No. 5 on Oct. 2. On a humid, overcast aft ernoon in Lynch-burg, the Flames opened their season at Lib-erty Soccer Field against the Mount Vernon Nazarene Mountain Lions with what would become a familiar sight throughout the sea-son in home contests, a shutout. Senior Adri-an Bumbut nett ed his fi rst two goals of the year and fellow senior Toby Lewis scored on a header to lead Liberty to a 3-0 triumph in its opening match of the season. Four days later, the Flames used an out-standing defensive eff ort at Campbell to hand the Fighti ng Camels only their second loss at home in two years. Freshman goalkeeper Paul Gilbert had an excellent night in goal, turning away seven shots, as Liberty made Chris Phil-lips’ blast on the fi rst shot of the game stand up for a 1-0 triumph. Solid defense conti nued to be a strong suit in the following contest at Gardner-Webb.

Despite seven corner kicks for the Runnin’ Bull-dogs in the fi rst half, the Liberty defenders al-lowed only one shot to reach Gilbert in a 0-0 draw at intermission. However, in the second half, the Flames quickly took control. Junior midfi elder Joshua Boateng pounced on a loose ball two minutes into the period and tallied his fi rst marker of the season. Bumbut followed 15 minutes later with a score of his own, as Liberty would go on to defeat Gardner-Webb, 2-1. The home team’s goal was the fi rst tally allowed by the Flames in 243:18 to open the year. During the ensuing week, Alder’s club was ranked in the fi rst regional poll. Looking to con-ti nue its momentum, Liberty squared off with unbeaten College of Charleston on the fi rst day of the UNCW/Jameson Inn Soccer Classic. The Cougars scored two quick goals aft er the 65th minute to hand the Flames their fi rst setback of the season in 2-0. However, the Flames rebounded two days later with a 2-1 victory over host UNC Wilming-ton. Bumbut found Boateng for a goal in each half of the Flames’ triumph. The duo, along with midfi elder Daniel McGarry, was named to the all-tournament team at its close. Early in the ensuing week, Boateng garnered Big South Player of the Week honors for his eff orts in the weekend tournament. Aft er four straight road games, the Flames returned home to host Longwood. In an evenly played defensive ti lt, the two clubs batt led to a 0-0, two overti me draw. A week later, Liberty hosted instate rival Radford in its fi rst confer-ence match-up of the season. The Flames made it two straight shutouts and four on the season in defeati ng the Highlanders, 3-0. Midfi elder Juan Guzman got Liberty on the scoreboard early with his fi rst goal of the year. Lewis and Bumbut added second-half goals in the victory. The Flames ended September looking to ex-tend their start to 2-0 in the conference and 6-1-1 overall when they closed out their three-game home stand against Winthrop in a much anti cipated early Big South match. On a warm aft ernoon, Liberty struck fi rst, as Bumbut con-verted a free kick just outside the penalty area for a 1-0 lead less than six minutes into the con-test. The Flames then held a talented Eagles defense in check the rest of the way for their third consecuti ve shutout and fi ft h of the year. Off to a good start in conference play and sporti ng a 7-1-1 record, Liberty entered the month of October with its highest-ever regional ranking in the Oct. 1 South Atlanti c Region Poll, being voted No. 5 in the region. In additi on, Bumbut was named the Big South Player of the Week for his performances against Radford and Winthrop. On the fi eld, the Flames’ struggled a bit at the start of the year’s 10th month. Liberty took to

the road for a match at North Carolina, coming up on the short end of a 7-1 score. Four days later, the Flames hosted Marshall in a back-and-forth defensive struggle which ended in a 0-0, two overti me draw. Liberty conti nued its shutout streak at home the following week with an 8-0 win over Colum-bia Union. Senior Brandon Patt erson nett ed a hat trick for the Flames in the win. Alder’s club then closed the week by traveling to Conway, S.C., for a meeti ng with Big South co-leader Coastal Carolina. The Chanti cleers scored two early fi rst-half goals, only to see the Flames mount a furious rally in the second half. Lewis cleaned-up a rebound in the contest’s 60th minute to cut the Liberty defi cit in half and then proceeded to force fi ve keeper saves in the closing minutes. However, the rally fell short as Coastal Carolina held on for a 2-1 win. Putti ng their fi rst conference defeat behind them, the Flames quickly got back into the win column in conference play with a 2-0 victory over UNC Asheville. Junior midfi elder Chris Mandell found Bumbut with a pass for a tally in the fi rst half, while forward Justi n Willoughby scored his fi rst goal of the year in the second half. The shutout ran Liberty’s season total to eight. Once again stepping out of conference, the Flames faced nati onally-ranked Virginia in a midweek ti lt. Despite outshooti ng the Cava-liers, 10-9, Liberty did not score in a 3-0 set-back. Standing 8-4-2 overall and 3-1 in the Big South standings, the Flames looked to make a push for a high seed in the conference tourna-ment in their fi nal two matches, both against league rivals. In their last road match of the regular season, Bumbut scored three ti mes and Liberty’s defense shut down High Point off en-sively, aft er allowing a fi rst half goal, in a 3-1 win to close out October.

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As November began, the Flames looked to secure second place in the Big South standings in its fi nal game, a match at home with VMI. Bumbut, McGarry, Guzman and Willoughby all nett ed goals, as Liberty closed the regular sea-son with a 4-1 win. The VMI goal was the only goal the Flames allowed at Liberty Soccer Field in seven games during 2007. Before the contest, the nine graduati ng se-niors on the Liberty roster were honored. Part of the largest recruiti ng class in the program’s history, the group played a key role in the devel-opment of Liberty soccer over their four years in Lynchburg. Bumbut, David Cassidy, Dan Garber, Andrew Kappler, Jeremiah Kappler, Jon Letsen, Toby Lewis, David McCall and Brandon Patt erson were each recognized for their contri-buti ons to Liberty soccer.

Finishing the regular season with a 5-1 con-ference record and a 10-4-2 overall mark, Lib-erty garnered the No. 2 seed in the 2007 Big South Championship in Rock Hill, S.C., where the Flames opened the tournament on Nov. 15 against the No. 7 seed, UNC Asheville. The night before the contest, several Flames took home honors at the annual awards ban-quet. Goalkeeper Gilbert was named the league’s Freshman of the Year, while seven Flames earned all-conference team menti ons. Bumbut, Guzman and defender Mike Gelatt were named to the All-Big South fi rst team, while Boateng, Gilbert, McGarry and defender Douglas Nyame were selected to the second team. The following aft ernoon, Liberty found it-self locked in a physical, defensive struggle through the fi rst 62 minutes of play, before UNC Asheville nett ed the contest’s fi rst goal for a 1-0 lead. However, the Flames struck quickly in the game’s fi nal eight minutes, as Chastain knott ed the game in the 82nd minute and Willoughby scored with 3:19 left to advance the Flames to the next round with a 2-1 win. In the semifi nals, Liberty squared off against No. 3 seed and tournament host Winthrop. Neither team could fi nd the mark in regulati on, as the contest headed to over aft er 90 minutes. And aft er a scoreless fi rst overti me, the Flames advanced to the Big South Final, when Boateng found the mark for a 1-0 victory. Two days later, Liberty claimed its fi rst-ever Big South Championship ti tle and an automati c berth to the NCAA Tournament, also its fi rst, with a 2-1 triumph over No. 4 seed Radford. Aft er falling behind 1-0 earlier, Nyame ti ed the contest late in the fi rst half on header off a cor-ner kick. A few moments later, Chastain beat the Radford keeper for the game-winner.

2007 Big South Champion Liberty Flames

2007 SEASON REVIEW

Brandon Patt erson

Liberty’s Boateng was named the tourna-ment’s MVP, while fellow Flames Chastain, Wil-loughby and defender Andrew Kappler joined the midfi elder on the all-tournament squad. Boateng also earned menti on on both the Col-lege Soccer News Nati onal and Soccer Weekly’s Player of the Week teams. The following week, the Flames played Metro Atlanti c Athleti c Conference champion Loyola, Md., in the fi rst round of the NCAA Tournament on the Greyhounds’ home fi eld in Balti more, Md. Host Loyola scored two goals in the fi rst half and then held off a strong second-half from the Flames for a 2-0 win in Liberty’s fi rst-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. A few days later, Gelatt became the fourth Liberty student-athlete to be named a fi rst- team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Amer-ican. In additi on, Boateng, Bumbut and Gelatt were named to the VaSID all-state squad, while Bumbut, Boateng and Guzman earned All-South Atlanti c region honors. The College Soccer News paid tribute to the 2007 Liberty season by recognizing the Flames as one of 17 Division I programs with “Seasons to Remember.” The disti ncti on paid tribute to the programs which “greatly exceeded expecta-ti ons, or won more games than ever before, or accomplished something that will be a spring-board for future seasons, or put together an im-probable run.” No matt er what the reason, the Flames certainly had a “Season to Remember.”

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2007 SEASON CAREER

PLAYER GP GS G A PTS SHOTS SHOT% GW PK ATT GP GS G A PTS SHOTS SHOT% GW PK ATT

Adrian Bumbut 20-20 12 5 29 66 .182 5 0-1 68-67 32 15 79 189 .169 9 0-1

Joshua Boateng 20-20 5 5 15 44 .114 2 1-1 32-29 8 7 23 68 .118 4 2-2

Toby Lewis 15-10 4 1 9 22 .182 1 0-0 59-45 19 7 45 118 .161 6 0-0

Justi n Willoughby 18-0 3 3 9 14 .214 1 0-0 42-0 4 4 12 25 .160 1 0-0

Juan Guzman 20-20 2 3 7 14 .143 1 1-1 35-35 4 5 13 30 .133 1 1-1

Brandon Patt erson 12-8 3 0 6 23 .130 0 0-0 52-33 3 9 15 83 .036 0 0-0

Daniel McGarry 19-19 1 4 6 19 .053 1 0-0 19-19 1 4 6 19 .053 1 0-0

Cameron Chastain 15-0 2 1 5 3 .667 1 0-0 40-0 4 2 10 16 .250 2 0-0

Chris Mandell 12-8 1 3 5 12 .083 0 0-0 16-9 1 3 5 12 .083 0 0-0

Bill Pinett e 3-0 1 2 4 1 1.000 0 0-0 15-1 3 2 8 5 .600 0 0-0

Douglas Nyame 20-20 1 0 2 5 .200 0 0-0 20-20 1 0 2 5 .200 0 0-0

Chris Phillips 4-4 1 0 2 4 .250 1 0-0 4-4 1 0 2 4 .250 1 0-0

Andrew Kappler 18-17 0 2 2 3 .000 0 0-0 59-46 0 3 3 7 .000 0 0-0

Mike Gelatt 20-20 0 1 1 4 .000 0 0-0 45-42 1 1 3 10 .100 0 0-0

Michael Ward 20-20 0 1 1 1 .000 0 0-0 34-34 0 1 1 1 .000 0 0-0

John Letsen 11-7 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0-0 34-11 0 0 0 11 .000 0 0-0

Jeremiah Kappler 12-2 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0-0 47-22 1 0 2 14 .071 0 0-0

Andrew Scheck 14-2 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0-0 14-2 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0-0

Chris Osborne 7-0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0-0 7-0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0-0

David McCall 10-0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0-0 38-4 0 1 1 24 .000 0 0-0

David Cassidy 2-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0 3-0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0-0

Thad Taylor 9-3 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0 9-3 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0

Dan Garber 3-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0 22-5 1 0 2 11 .091 0 0-0

Liberty ............... 20 36 31 103 250 .144 13 2-3

Opponents ........... 20 22 21 65 158 .139 5 0-1

Corner Kicks: Liberty 89; Opponents 53

Fouls: Liberty 221; Opponents 264

Yellow Cards: Liberty 22; Opponents 29

Red Cards: Liberty 0; Opponents 1

GOALTENDING STATISTICS

2007 AND CAREER

PLAYER GP-GS MINUTES GA AVG. SVS. PCT. W L T SHO

Paul Gilbert 20-20 1841:07 22 1.08 51 .699 13 5 2 8

Career ... 20-20 1841:07 22 1.08 51 .699 13 5 2 8

Panashe Nhekario 1-0 15:54 0 0.00 0 .000 0 0 0 0

Career ... 1-0 15:54 0 0.00 0 .000 0 0 0 0

Liberty ............. 20 1857:01 22 1.07 54 .711 13 5 2 9

Opponents ........... 20 1857:01 36 1.74 81 .692 5 13 2 5

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DATE OPPONENT SCORE OVERALL BIG SOUTH SITE WINNING GOAL

9/1 Mt. Vernon Nazarene W, 3-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 Lynchburg Adrian Bumbut

9/5 at Campbell W, 1-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 Buies Creek, N.C. Chris Phillips

9/8 at Gardner-Webb W, 2-1 3-0-0 0-0-0 Boiling Springs, N.C. Adrian Bumbut

9/14 vs College of Charleston^ L, 0-2 3-1-0 0-0-0 Wilmington, N.C.

9/16 at UNC Wilmington^ W, 2-1 4-1-0 0-0-0 Wilmington, N.C. Joshua Boateng

9/19 Longwood T, 0-0 2OT 4-1-1 0-0-0 Lynchburg

9/26 Radford* W, 3-0 5-1-1 1-0-0 Lynchburg Juan Guzman

9/29 Winthrop* W, 1-0 6-1-1 2-0-0 Lynchburg Adrian Bumbut

10/2 at North Carolina L, 1-7 6-2-1 2-0-0 Chapel Hill, N.C.

10/6 Marshall T, 0-0 2OT 6-2-2 2-0-0 Lynchburg

10/8 Columbia Union W, 8-0 7-2-2 2-0-0 Lynchburg Toby Lewis

10/12 at Coastal Carolina* L, 1-2 7-3-2 2-1-0 Conway, S.C.

10/18 at UNC Asheville* W, 2-0 8-3-2 3-1-0 Ashevile, N.C. Adrian Bumbut

10/23 at No. 13 Virginia L, 0-3 8-4-2 3-1-0 Charlott esville, Va.

10/31 at High Point* W, 3-1 9-4-2 4-1-0 High Point, N.C. Adrian Bumbut

11/6 VMI* W, 4-1 10-4-2 5-1-0 Lynchburg, Va. Daniel McGarry

11/15 vs UNC Asheville (Big South) W, 2-1 11-4-2 5-1-0 Rock Hill, S.C. Justi n Willoughby

11/16 at Winthrop (Big South) W, 1-0 2 OT 12-4-2 5-1-0 Rock Hill, S.C. Joshua Boateng

11/18 vs Radford (Big South) W, 2-1 13-4-2 5-1-0 Rock Hill, S.C. Cameron Chastain

11/24 at Loyola, Md. (NCAA) L, 0-2 13-5-2 5-1-0 Balti more, Md.

^ - UNCW/Jameson Inn Soccer Classic

* - Big South Conference Match

RECORD W L T PCT.

Overall: 13 5 2 .700

Conference: 5 1 0 .833

Home: 5 0 2 .857

Away: 6 4 0 .600

Neutral: 2 1 0 .667

Ahead at the Half: 9 0 0 1.000

Behind at the Half: 0 4 0 .000

Tied at the Half: 4 1 2 .714

Overti me Matches: 1 0 2 .667

ATTENDANCE DATES TOTAL AVERAGE

Home: 7 1495 214

Away: 10 5304 530

Neutral: 3 829 276

Total: 20 7628 381

SCORING BY PERIOD

1 2 1OT 2OT TOTALS

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For the fi rst ti me in the history of the NSCAA South Atlanti c Regional Rankings, Liberty was ranked each week.

NSCAA South-Atlanti c Regional Rankings Sept. 9 1. Virginia 3-1-0 2. Maryland 2-1-1 3. Virginia Tech 3-1-0 4. VCU 2-1-1 5. ODU 1-2-1 6. Towson 2-1-0 7. Boston College 2-1-0 8. George Mason 2-2-0 9. Winthrop 3-1-0 10. Liberty 3-0-0

Also receiving votes: Drexel

NSCAA South-Atlanti c Regional Rankings Sept. 16 1. Virginia 4-1-0 2. Virginia Tech 5-1-0 3. VCU 3-1-1 4. Boston College 3-1-0 5. Maryland 2-2-1 6. Old Dominion 2-3-1 7. (ti e) Winthrop 4-1-0 7. (ti e) George Mason 2-2-0 9. Liberty 4-1-0 10. Towson 2-2-1

Also receiving votes: Drexel

NSCAA South Atlanti c Regional RankingsSept. 23 1. Virginia 5-1-1 2. Virginia Tech 5-1-1 3. Boston College 5-1-0 4. VCU 4-1-1 5. Maryland 3-3-1 6. Winthrop 5-1-1 7. George Mason 3-2-1 8. Liberty 4-1-1 9. Towson 3-2-1 10. Drexel 2-2-2

NSCAA South Atlanti c Regional RankingsOct. 21. Virginia 6-1-22. Virginia Tech 6-1-2 3. Boston College 6-1-1 4. VCU 4-1-2 5. Liberty 6-1-1 6. Winthrop 5-2-1 7. (ti e) George Mason 3-3-1 7. (ti e) Towson 3-3-19 Drexel 3-3-2 10 Georgia State 3-3-1

NSCAA South Atlanti c Regional Rankings Oct. 9 1. Virginia 7-1-2 2. Virginia Tech 6-1-3 3. Boston College 7-1-1 4. VCU 5-2-2 5. Maryland 4-4-2 6. Drexel 5-2-2 7. Towson 5-3-1 8. Winthrop 6-2-1 9. Liberty 6-2-2 10. Old Dominion 5-4-1

NSCAA South Atlanti c Regional Rankings Oct. 161. Virginia Tech 7-1-4 2. Virginia 7-2-2 3. Boston College 7-2-1 4. Maryland 5-4-3 5. Drexel 7-2-2 6. Old Dominion 7-4-1 7. VCU 5-4-2 8. Towson 6-4-1 9. Winthrop 7-2-2 10. (ti e) Liberty 7-3-2 10. (ti e) William & Mary 6-5-2

Also receiving votes: Radford, Coastal Carolina

NSCAA South Atlanti c Regional Rankings Oct. 231. Virginia Tech 8-1-4 2. Boston College 8-3-1 3. Virginia 8-3-2 4.(ti e) Drexel 9-2-2 4. (ti e) Maryland 6-4-4 6. Towson 8-4-1 7. Old Dominion 8-5-1 8. VCU 6-5-2 9. Winthrop 8-2-2 10. Liberty 8-3-2

South Atlanti c Regional Rankings Oct. 30 1. Boston College 10-3-2 2. Virginia Tech 8-1-5 3. Virginia 9-4-2 4. Maryland 8-4-4 5. Old Dominion 10-5-1 6. VCU 8-5-2 7. Towson 8-5-1 8. Drexel 9-4-2 9. Winthrop 8-2-2 10. (ti e) Liberty 8-4-2 10. (ti e) William & Mary 8-6-3

Also receiving votes: Radford

NSCAA South Atlanti c Regional RankingsNov. 5 1. Virginia Tech 10-1-5 2. Boston College 11-4-1 3. Maryland 9-4-4 4. Virginia 10-5-2 5. VCU 10-5-2 6. Drexel 10-4-3 7. Old Dominion 10-4-3 8. Towson 9-7-1 9. Winthrop 9-2-3 10. (ti e) Liberty 9-4-2 10. (ti e) Northeastern 8-8-1

Also receiving votes: William & Mary, Radford, Coastal Carolina

NSCAA South Atlanti c Regional RankingsNov. 131. Boston College 12-4-1 2. Virginia Tech 10-1-5 3. Maryland 10-4-4 4. Virginia 10-5-2 5. VCU 11-5-2 6. Drexel 11-4-3 7. Old Dominion 11-6-3 8. Towson 11-6-1 9. Liberty 10-4-2 10. Coastal Carolina 10-7-1

Also receiving votes: Winthrop, William & Mary

College Soccer News Jan. 21 “A Season To Remember” Teams

Boston College Bradley Brown Campbell Central Connecti cut State Connecti cut DePaul Illinois-Chicago

Liberty Louisville Loyola (Md.) Massachusett s Ohio State Santa Clara UC Davis Virginia Tech Wake Forest

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CONFERENCE OVERALL

TEAM W L T PTS. PCT. GA GF W L T PCT. GA GFx- Coastal Carolina 6 0 0 18 1.000 12 2 10 8 1 .553 36 31y- Liberty 5 1 0 15 .833 14 4 13 5 2 .700 36 22

Winthrop 3 2 1 10 .583 7 5 11 4 3 .694 39 13z- Radford 3 3 0 9 .500 7 9 11 9 0 .550 24 28 VMI 2 3 1 7 .417 7 8 6 10 3 .395 18 36 High Point 1 5 0 3 .167 4 10 5 14 1 .275 25 40 UNC Asheville 0 6 0 0 .000 1 14 4 12 1 .265 18 37

x- Big South Regular Season Championy- Big South Tournament Championz- Big South Tournament Runner-up

2007 BIG SOUTH MEN’S SOCCER AWARDSALL-CONFERENCE TEAMFIRST TEAMSaidi Isaac, F, Winthrop Adrian Bumbut, F, Liberty Daniel Revivo, F, Winthrop Mkhokheli Dube, F, Coastal Carolina Stephen Nsereko, MF, Winthrop Kevin Van Den Berg, MF, Coastal Carolina Juan Guzman, MF, Liberty

Franklin Elimbi, MF, Radford John Gilkerson, D, Winthrop Kyle Russell, D, Coastal Carolina Mike Gelatt , D, Liberty Paul Caruso, D, Radford Patrick Mitrovich, GK, Winthrop

Davorin Husadzinovic, F, Radford Djamel Bekka, F, Coastal Carolina Joshua Boateng, F, Liberty Scott Szymanski, F, UNC Asheville Ott o Loewy, MF, Winthrop Daniel McGarry, MF, Liberty Scott Rojo, MF, High Point

Hilaire Babou, MF, High Point Henry Kalungi, D, Winthrop Douglas Nyame, D, Liberty Edwin Wotortsi, D, UNC Asheville Adam Hatem, D, High Point Paul Gilbert, GK, Liberty

SECOND TEAM

Kelly Porter, Coastal Carolina Matt Schroeder, Coastal Carolina Adam Hatem, High Point David Hill, VMI Scott Rojo, High Point Michael Saryee, High Point

Paul Gilbert, Liberty James Leith, Radford Zach Morgan, VMI Brian Sowell, VMI Miquel Casajuana, Winthrop

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

Kevin Van Den Berg, Coastal Carolina Cole Atkins, High Point Mike Gelatt , Liberty Paul Caruso, Radford

David Verga, UNC Asheville Daniel Welsh, VMI Ben Kieff ner, Winthrop John Odum, Presbyterian

ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

PLAYER OF THE YEARMkhokheli Dube, Coastal Carolina

FRESHMAN OF THE YEARPaul Gilbert, Liberty

COACH OF THE YEARShaun Docking, Coastal Carolina

SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Kevin Van Den Berg, Coastal Carolina

Paul Gilbert2007 Big South Freshman of the Year

Adrian Bumbut

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Paul Annan Jesse Barrington Mike Gelatt Samuel JohnsonPaul Annan Jesse Barrington Mike Gelatt Samuel Johnson

Freshman All-AmericanSoccer AmericaDarryl Roberts – 2002

College Soccer NewsDarryl Roberts – 2002Kyle Cupid – 2004

All-AmericanNCCAARobert Hammond - 1978

NCAA Division IIPaul Annan - 1984-85-86Sam Johnson - 1985-86

ESPN The Magazine Academic All-AmericanFirst TeamMike Gelatt - 2007

CoSIDA Academic All-DistrictFirst TeamPavel Cancura – 2002Mike Gelatt - 2007

Second TeamPavel Cancura – 2003Bryan Monka – 2003Kevin Mahan – 2006

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports ScholarFirst TeamRoberto Marquez – 2006

NSCAA South Atlanti c All-RegionPaul Annan - 1984Sam Johnson - 1985-86Freeman Turkson - 1988-90-91George Nimo - 1989James Otchere - 1990James Wright - 1992Jesse Barrington - 1996Joe Larson - 1996-97Gary Rickett s - 1997Dean Short - 1999-2000

Jose Gomez - 1999-2000Ben Strawbridge – 2000-01Derek Avilez - 2000Kian Brownlee – 2000Darryl Roberts – 2002-04-06Osei Telesford - 2005-06Adrian Bumbut – 2007Joshua Boateng – 2007Juan Guzman - 2007

VaSID All-State University DivisionFirst TeamGeorge Nimo - 1990Dean Short - 1999Jason Streets - 1999Kian Brownlee - 2000Derek Avilez - 2000Jose Gomez – 2000Darryl Roberts –2004Adrian Bumbut – 2007Mike Gelatt - 2007

Second TeamDarryl Roberts – 2003Adam Godwin – 2004

All-State College DivisionJohn Sprano - 1978

BIG SOUTH HONORS

Player of the Year Jose Gomez – 2000

Freshman of the YearDarryl Roberts – 2002Kyle Cupid – 2004Paul Gilbert - 2007

Coach of the YearBill Bell - 1992-99

Scholar-Athlete of the YearKevin Mahan - 2006 (Co-Scholar)

All-ConferenceFirst TeamFreeman Turkson – 1991Brent Ward - 1992James Wright - 1992-94Joe Larson - 1996-97Rob Weaver - 1997Gary Rickett s - 1997-98Ben Johnson - 1998Troy McLean - 1998-99Jose Gomez - 1999-2000Jason Streets - 1999Kian Brownlee - 1999-2000Derek Avilez - 1999-2000Ben Strawbridge - 1999-2000-01Dean Short - 1999-2000-01Alan Pike – 2001Darryl Roberts – 2002Osei Telesford – 2003-05-06Kyle Cupid – 2004Adam Godwin – 2004Adrian Bumbut – 2007Mike Gelatt – 2007Juan Guzman - 2007

Osei TelesfordTwo-ti me all-region and three-ti me

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NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND STATE HONORS

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Second TeamWendell Bassett - 1994Joel Johnson - 1995Jesse Barrington - 1996Mark Newton - 1996Eli Rogers - 1996Jose Gomez - 1997-98Derek Avilez - 1998Adam Gill – 2000Pavel Cancura – 2001-02-03Collin Mascagni – 2002Darryl Roberts – 2003-04-05-06David Guinn - 2004Osei Telesford – 2004Jonathan Burklo – 2005Adrian Bumbut – 2005Kyle Cupid – 2005Michael Ward – 2005Joshua Boateng – 2006-07Paul Gilbert - 2007Daniel McGarry - 2007Douglas Nyame - 2007

All-Freshman TeamAndrew Bradham – 2003Robert Dabbs – 2003Kyle Cupid – 2004Toby Lewis – 2004Michael Ward – 2005Juan Guzman – 2006Paul Gilbert – 2007

All-Academic TeamJesse Barrington – 1996Ryan Trumbo – 1997Troy McLean – 1998Dean Short – 1999-2001Collin Mascagini – 2000-02Bryan Monka – 2003K.J. Sabotchick – 2004Kevin Mahan – 2005-06Mike Gelatt - 2007

Tournament MVPJoshua Boateng – 2007

All-TournamentJesse Barrington - 1994-96Jeff Johnson - 1994Joe Larson - 1994-96-97Matt Sinclair - 1994James Wright - 1994Joel Johnson - 1995Simon Murphy - 1995Mike Rohrer - 1997Gary Rickett s - 1998Ben Johnson - 1998Jose Gomez - 1998Adam Gill - 1999Dean Short - 1999Jason Streets - 1999Armando Corrales – 2000Dean Short – 2001Ben Strawbridge – 2001Chris Verdi – 2001David Guinn – 2002Pavel Cancura – 2003Brentley Kellum – 2003Adam Godwin – 2004K.J. Sabotchick – 2004Osei Telesford - 2005-06

Kevin Mahan – 2006Joshua Boateng – 2007Cameron Chastain – 2007Andrew Kappler – 2007Justi n Willoughby – 2007

Virginia IntercollegiateSoccer Associati onFirst Team Paul Annan - 1984-86Sam Johnson - 1984-85-86Edward Tett eh - 1984-85-86Kevin Hicks - 1986Jeff Alder - 1987George Nimo - 1987Mike Rivas – 1987

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SINGLE GAMEMOST GOALS SCORED: 16 vs. Coppin State, 1979 (16-0)

MOST GOALS ALLOWED: 11 vs. Howard, 1979 (11-1)

MOST GOALS SCORED IN A BIG SOUTH MATCH:7 vs. Charleston Southern, 9/18/93 (7-3)

MOST GOALS ALLOWED IN A BIG SOUTH MATCH:8 vs. Winthrop, 9/23/06 (8-1)

SEASONMOST WINS: 14, 1985 14 2 3 14, 1999 14 2 1

BEST WON-LOSS PERCENTAGE: .853, 1999 (14-2-1)

FEWEST LOSSES: 2, 1985 (14-2-3)2, 1990 (12-2-2)2, 1999 (14-2-1)

FEWEST WINS: 5, 1975 (5-5-0)

MOST GOALS SCORED: 56, 1979 (17 Matches)

FEWEST GOALS SCORED: 18, 1987 (19 Matches)

FEWEST GOALS ALLOWED: 9, 1990 16 Matches)9, 1999 17 Matches

MOST GOALS ALLOWED: 53, 1980 23 Matches)

MOST SHUTOUTS: 12 1985

MISCELLANEOUSMOST CONSECUTIVE MATCHES SCORING A GOAL:19 (9/3/03 VS. Campbell through 9/24/04 vs. Bringham-Southern )

MOST CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES:8 (1977 vs. Roanoke through 1978 vs. King)8 (8/30/97 vs. George Washington through 9/27/97 vs. UNC Asheville)

MOST CONSECUTIVE MATCHES WITHOUT A LOSS:14 (9/3/85 vs. Tennessee through 10/23/85 vs. Washington and Lee)

MOST CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS:5 (10/28/89 VS. Vanderbilt through 9/3/90 vs. Eastern Mennonite)

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

POINTSCAREER1. Darryl Roberts (2002-06) ................ 94 2. James Wright (1992-94) .................. 89 3. Mark Senitz (1988-92) .................... 824. Adrian Bumbut (2004-07) ............... 795. Jose Gomez (1997-00) .................... 77 6. Jesse Barrington (1993-96) ............. 70 7. Dan Devilbiss (1979-83) .................. 68 Chuck Wemp (1976-79) .................. 68 9. Craig Bell (1979-81) ........................ 66 Marshall Worthington (1983-86) .... 66

SEASON1. Chuck Wemp (1979) ....................... 52 2 Darryl Roberts (2002) ..................... 41 3. James Wright (1992) ....................... 36 4. Gary Rickets (1998) ......................... 33 5. James Wright (1994) ....................... 32 6. Mark Senitz (1992) .......................... 31 7. Jason Streets (1999) ........................ 30 8. Jesse Barrington (1993) .................. 28 Jose Gomez (1998) .......................... 28 Mark Senitz (1991) .......................... 28

GAMETwo Times ............................................. 12 Chuck Wemp vs. Dabney-Lancaster (1976)Craig Bell vs. Coppin State (1979)

GOALSCAREER1. Darryl Roberts (2002-06) ................ 36 James Wright (1992-94) .................. 363. Mark Senitz (1988-92) .................... 34 4. Jose Gomez (1997-00) .................... 32 Adrian Bumbut (2004-07) ............... 326. Craig Bell (1979-81) ........................ 30 Marshall Worthington (1983-86) .... 30 8. Brian Stephens (1989-91) ............... 28 9. Jason Streets (1998-01) .................. 27 Tommy Wait (1983-86) ................... 27

SEASON1. Craig Bell (1979) .............................. 20 2. Darryl Roberts (2002) ..................... 17 3. James Wright (1992) ....................... 16 4. Gary Rickets (1998) ......................... 15 5. Jason Streets (1999) ........................ 14 6. Mark Senitz (1992) .......................... 13 Mark Senitz (1991) .......................... 138. James Wright (1994) ....................... 12 Adrian Bumbut (2007) .................... 1210. Jose Gomez (1998) .......................... 11

GAMETwo Times ............................................... 6 Chuck Wemp vs. Dabney-Lancaster (1976)Craig Bell vs. Coppin State (1979)

ASSISTS CAREER1. Kian Brownlee (1996,98-00) ........... 27 2. Brent Ward (1989-92) ..................... 23 3. Darryl Roberts (2002-06) ................ 22 James Otchere (1987-90) ................ 22 5. Jesse Barrington (1993-96) ............. 216. James Wright (1992-94) .................. 17 7. Pavel Cancura (2000-03) ................. 16 Dan Devilbliss (1979-83) ................. 16 Mark Senitz (1988-92) ................... 16 10. Adrian Bumbut (2004-07) ............... 15

SEASON 1. Brent Ward (1992) .......................... 11 2. Kian Brownlee (1996) ....................... 9 Jason Streets (2001) .......................... 9 4. Jesse Barrington (1994) ................... 8 Jesse Barrington (1993) .................... 8 Kian Brownlee (1996) ....................... 8 James Octhere (1987) ....................... 8 Chase Perry (2002) ............................ 8 Greg Wheaton (1993) ....................... 8 Rob Weaver (1997) ........................... 8

GAMETwo Times ............................................... 4 Bill Gehman vs. Coppin State (1979)Chase Perry vs. Averett (2002)

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SEASON 1. Ernie Adkins (1980) ....................... 218 2. Paul Annan (1985) ........................ 205 3. Paul Annan (1982) ........................ 162 4. Paul Annan (1983) ........................ 147 5. Kevin Hicks (1986) ......................... 127 6. Paul Annan (1984) ........................ 120 7. Joe Larson (1996) ............................ 87 8. George Nimo (1989) ....................... 85 9. George Nimo (1990) ....................... 84 James Price (1993) .......................... 84

GAME Paul Annan (1985) ................................. 28

SHUTOUTSCAREER1. Paul Annan (1992-85) ..................... 28 2. George Nimo (1987-90) .................. 21 3. Dean Short (1998-01) ..................... 19 4 . Joe Larson (1994-97) ....................... 11 5. James Price (1993-95) ..................... 10 6. Kevin Hicks ( 1986) ............................ 8 Kevin Mahan (2002-06) .................... 8 Paul Gilbert (2007) ............................ 89. K.J. Sabotchick (2002-04) .................. 7 10. Patrick Heery (1999-02) .................... 5

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SEASON1. Paul Annan (1985) .......................... 12 2. Dean Short (1999) ........................... 10 3. Paul Gilbert (2004) ............................ 8 George Nimo (1989) ......................... 8 Kevin Hicks (1986) ............................. 8 6. George Nimo (1990) ......................... 6 7. James Price (1993) ............................ 58. George Nimo (1987) ......................... 4 Charles Ogunniyi (1992) ................... 4 Joe Larson (1997) .............................. 4

CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTSFour Times ............................................... 4 Paul Annan (1985), George Nimo (1989)James Price (1993), Dean Short (1999)

GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE CAREER (MIN. 1500 MINUTES) 1. George Nimo (1987-90) ............... 0.71 2. Paul Annan (1982-85) .................. 0.98 3. Paul Gilbert (2007) ....................... 1.08 4. Dean Short (1998-01) .................. 1.12 5. Joe Larson (1994-97) .................... 1.32 6. James Price (1993-95) .................. 1.40 7. Patrick Heery (1999-02) ............... 1.47 K.J. Sabotchick (2001-04) ............. 1.47

SEASON (MIN. 800 MINUTES) 1. George Nimo (1988) .................... 0.41 2. George Nimo (1990) .................... 0.483. Dean Short (1999) ........................ 0.51 4. George Nimo (1989) .................... 0.79 5. George Nimo (1987) .................... 0.85 6. Joe Larson (1997) ......................... 0.91 7. Paul Gilbert (2007) ....................... 1.088. Dean Short (1998) ........................ 1.09 9. Paul Annan (1984) ....................... 1.10 Paul Annan (1983) ....................... 1.10 Joe Larson (1996) ......................... 1.10 Kevin Hicks (1986) ........................ 1.10

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

GOALS IN A GAME: 3, Brent Ward, Liberty vs. District of Columbia, 9/12/923, Mark Senitz, Liberty vs. Charleston Southern, 9/26/923, Joel Johnson, Liberty vs. Charleston Southern, 9/16/953, Gary Rickett s, Liberty vs. Longwood, 9/1/983, Jose Gomes, Liberty vs. Longwood, 9/1/983, Ryan Trumbo, Liberty vs. High Point, 9/11/96 3, Chase Perry, Liberty vs. Averett , 10/7/023, Darryl Roberts, Liberty vs. Averett , 10/7/02 and vs. Gardner-Webb, 10/26/023, Brandon Patt erson, Liberty vs. Colum- bia Union, 10/6/07

ASSISTS IN A GAME: 4, Chase Perry, Liberty vs. Southern Virginia, 9/7/02

SAVES IN A GAME:13, Chris North, James Madison vs. Liberty, 10/11/86 Matt Marino, Lincoln Memorial vs. Liberty, 9/5/92

TEAM RECORDS

GOALS IN A GAME: 11, Liberty vs. Southern Virginia, 9/6/03

ASSISTS IN A GAME: 12, Liberty vs. Averett , 10/7/02

SAVES IN A GAME: 15, UNC Asheville vs. Liberty, 10/4/03; Southern Virginia vs. Liberty, 10/23/06

CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS: 5, Liberty (Paul Gilbert - Goalkeeper), 2007

CONSECUTIVE WINS:9, (11/4/89 vs. District of Columbia through 11/3/90 vs. Mars Hill)

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ANNUAL GOALKEEPING LEADERSYEAR NAME GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE1979 Ernie Adkins 1.381980 Ernie Adkins 2.431981 Kelly Keys 2.501982 Paul Annan 1.361983 Paul Annan 1.101984 Paul Annan 1.101985 Paul Annan 0.351986 Kevin Hicks 1.101987 George Nimo 0.851988 George Nimo 0.411989 George Nimo 0.791990 George Nimo 0.481991 Jim Pereira 2.191992 Charles Ogunniyi 1.231993 James Price 1.221994 Joe Larson 1.951995 James Price 1.251996 Joe Larson 1.101997 Joe Larson 0.911998 Dean Short 1.091999 Dean Short 0.512000 Dean Short 1.212001 Dean Short 1.662002 Patrick Heery 1.512003 K.J. Sabotchick 1.512004 K.J. Sabotchick 1.592005 Kevin Mahan 1.392006 Kevin Mahan 1.432007 Paul Gilbert 1.08

OVERALL BIG SOUTH YEAR RECORD PCT. REGULAR SEASON HEAD COACH1975 5-5-0 .500 Edward Dobson1976 7-6-0 .537 Edward Dobson1977 8-8-1 .500 Edward Dobson1978 10-4-1 .700 Edward Dobson1979 8-9-0 .471 Edward Dobson1980 8-11-4 .435 Bill Bell 1981 7-9-1 .441 Bill Bell1982 7-9-6 .455 Bill Bell1983 12-4-1 .735 Bill Bell1984 7-9-2 .444 Bill Bell1985 14-2-3 .816 Bill Bell1986 8-8-2 .500 Bill Bell1987 7-10-2 .421 Bill Bell1988 6-4-4 .571 Bill Bell1989 11-5-2 .667 Bill Bell1990 12-2-2 .813 Bill Bell1991 7-11-1 .395 1-5-0 Bill Bell1992 12-5-1 .694 5-1-1 Bill Bell1993 10-6-1 .617 5-2-1 Bill Bell1994 8-10-1 .447 3-5-0 Bill Bell1995 7-9-1 .441 4-3-0 Bill Bell1996 11-6-2 .632 3-3-1 Bill Bell1997 13-4-0 .765 6-1-0 Bill Bell1998 11-6-1 .647 4-2-0 Bill Bell1999 14-2-1 .853 6-1-0 Bill Bell2000 6-8-2 .438 3-3-1 Bill Bell2001 9-10-2 .476 5-2-0 Jeff Alder2002 11-8-2 .571 4-2-1 Jeff Alder2003 8-9-1 .472 4-2-1 Jeff Alder2004 9-10-2 .476 4-3 Jeff Alder2005 6-8-2 .438 4-2-1 Jeff Alder2006 9-6 .600 4-3 Jeff Alder2007 13-5-2 .700 5-1 Jeff Alder

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ALL TIME LIBERTY COACHES’ RECORDSNAME YEARS RECORD PCT. BIG SOUTH PCT.Edward Dobson 5 38-32-2 .542 N/A --Bill Bell 21 199-138-40 .581 40-23-4 .627Jeff Alder 7 65-56-9 .535 22-13-2 .622TOTALS 32 302-226-51 .566 62-36-6 .625

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1976Record: 7-6-0Coach: Edward Dobson Dabney-Lancaster C.C. W 8 0 Tennessee L 0 5 Tennessee Temple L 0 3 Tennessee Wesleyan L 2 3 Averett W 7 0 Washington Bible L 1 3 Pembroke State W 4 3 Christopher Newport W 1 0 Eastern Mennonite L 0 3 Hampden-Sydney L 0 2 Washington and Lee W 2 1 Radford W 2 1 Dabney-Lancaster C.C. W 5 1 32 25

1977Record: 8-8-1Coach: Edward Dobson Averett W 1 0 Christopher Newport L 0 1 UNC Asheville W 2 0 King L 1 3 Hampden-Sydney L 0 2 Longwood W 8 1 Eastern Mennonite W 3 1 Washington Bible W 4 0 Richmond T (OT) 1 1 Radford W 1 0 King L 1 3 Howard L 0 7 Gallaudet W 3 1

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1978Record: 10-4-1Coach: Edward Dobson Winthrop W 3 0 King W 3 1 Virginia Wesleyan W 6 1 Longwood W 8 2 Richmond W 1 0 West Virginia Tech W 3 2 King W 1 0 Eastern Mennonite L 1 4 St. Mary’s W 2 1 Washington Bible W 3 1 Warren Wilson W 1 0 Furman L 0 1 Roanoke T (OT) 3 3 Radford L 0 3 Bapti st Bible (Mo.) L 2 3 37 221979Record: 8-9-0Coach: Edward Dobson Guilford L 1 4 VCU L 0 2 Cedarville W 3 0 Geneva L 1 3 Emory and Henry W 8 0 District of Columbia L 0 2 St. Mary’s W 4 3 Richmond L 1 3 George Mason L 0 4 Howard L 1 11 Roanoke W 3 0 Eastern Mennonite L 2 3 Warren Wilson W 2 0 Coppin State W 16 0 Wake Forest W 4 2 Washington Bible W 9 0 Radford L 1 2 56 37

1980Record: 8-11-4Coach: Bill BellS. 1 H Biola L 1 3S. 6 H VCU L 2 5S. 9 A Washington Bible T (OT) 2 2S. 12 A Philadelphia Coll. of the Bible W 5 2S. 12 A Coppin State W 1 0S. 17 H Eastern Mennonite W 1 0S. 20 H District of Columbia L 4 6S. 23 A George Mason L 0 6S. 26 A Goshen L 0 1S. 27 A Lancaster Bible W 2 1S. 30 H Howard L 0 7O. 1 A Atlanti c Christi an W 2 1O. 4 A Roanoke W 3 0O. 8 H Wake Forest L 1 2O. 11 A Campbell L 2 3O. 16 H Richmond W 3 1O. 18 H Radford T (OT) 1 1O. 21 A Woff ord T (OT) 1 1O. 22 A USC Spartanburg L 0 4O. 28 A Guilford T (OT) 1 1N. 1 H High Point L 1 4N. 7 N Bapti st Bible (Pa.) W 2 1N.10 A Messiah L 0 2 35 54

1981Record: 7-8-2Coach: Bill BellS. 8 A High Point W 2 1S. 11 A Central Wesleyan# W 2 0S. 11 A Tennessee Temple# W 1 0S. 14 H Philadelphia Coll. of the Bible T (OT) 1 1S. 16 A Randolph-Macon L 0 1S. 19 H Campbell L 0 2S. 28 A Averett L 1 2S. 30 A Roanoke W 1 0O. 3 A UNC Asheville L 0 2O. 5 A Guilford W 4 1O. 7 A Eastern Mennonite L 1 3O. 10 A VCU L 0 5O. 21 A Catawba L 1 2 O. 24 A District of Columbia W 2 1O. 27 A Howard L 0 1O. 30 A Richmond W 3 1N. 7 A Rutgers-Camden& L (OT) 0 2 20 26

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1982Record: 7-9-6Coach: Bill BellS. 4 H VCU W 1 0S. 7 H High Point L 0 1S. 10 N King (Tenn.) W 4 0S. 11 A Eastern Mennonite L 1 3S. 15 H Randolph-Macon L 2 3S. 17 A Campbell L 0 2S. 22 H Roanoke L 1 2S. 24 H Piedmont Bible W 8 1S. 25 A Guilford L 0 2S. 27 H Averett L 1 2S. 29 H Richmond W 3 1O. 2 A Longwood L 0 3O. 5 A Washington Bible T (OT) 1 1O. 9 A Radford W 3 0O. 16 A Philadelphia Coll. of the Bible T (OT) 0 0O. 18 A Mt. Vernon Nazarene W 5 1O. 21 A Malone L 0 1O. 30 A Christopher Newport T (OT) 2 2Bill Bell

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1983Record: 12-4-1Coach: Bill BellS. 2 N Taccoa Bible^ W 2 1S. 3 N Tennessee Temple^ W 2 1S. 3 A High Point W 2 1 S. 6 A VCU W 2 0S. 10 A Randolph-Macon T (OT) 1 1S. 21 H Guilford W 4 1S. 23 H Longwood L 1 2O. 1 A Richmond W 2 1O. 4 H Eastern Mennonite W 6 1O. 8 A Roanoke W 1 0O. 12 H Radford W(OT) 3 1O. 18 A Bryan W(OT) 1 0O. 20 A Tennessee Wesleyan W 3 1O. 22 A Tennessee Temple L 0 2 O. 24 A Alabama-Huntsville L 0 7O. 29 H Christopher Newport W 1 0N. 2 A District of Columbia L 0 1 31 18

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1984Record: 7-9-2Coach: Bill BellS. 1 A King (Tenn.) W 2 0S. 4 A William and Mary L 0 5S. 8 A Guilford T (OT) 0 0S. 12 H Hampden-Sydney W 4 0S. 15 H Randolph-Macon L 2 3S. 19 H Lynchburg W 1 0S. 22 A Longwood T (OT) 1 1S. 26 A Wake Forest L 0 3S. 29 H District of Columbia W 4 0O. 2 A Radford L 0 1O. 6 A Mt. St. Mary’s (Md.) L 0 3O. 9 H Roanoke L 0 2

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1985 Record: 14-2-3Coach: Bill BellS. 3 H Tennessee W 1 0S. 6 N Bryan W 6 0S. 7 N Ashbury W 1 0S. 11 H King (Tenn.) W 2 0S. 14 H Radford T (OT) 1 1S. 17 A Hampden-Sydney W 1 0S. 21 H Tennessee Temple W 2 1S. 25 A Roanoke T (OT) 0 0S. 28 A District of Columbia W 4 0O. 1 H Eastern Mennonite W 5 0O. 7 H Alabama Huntsville W 2 1O. 12 H Longwood W 1 0O. 19 H Guilford W 2 1O. 23 H Washington and Lee W 2 0O. 26 A West Virginia Wesleyan L 1 2O. 30 A Lynchburg T (OT) 0 0N. 6 H Shenandoah W 7 0N. 13 H Christopher Newport# W 5 4N. 18 H Randolph-Macon# L 0 1 43 11

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1986Record: 8-8-2Coach: Bill BellS. 3 A Richmond L 0 3S. 9 A Wake Forest T (OT) 0 0S. 13 H Hampden-Sydney W 3 0S. 19 N Seatt le Pacifi c L 0 3S. 20 N Pacifi c Lutheran W 2 0S. 24 H Lynchburg W 1 0S. 27 H District of Columbia W 4 1O. 4 H West Virginia Wesleyan L (OT) 1 3O. 8 A VMI W 4 0O. 11 H James Madison L 2 3O. 18 H Roanoke W 1 0O. 22 A Virginia L 0 2O. 25 A Tennessee W 3 1O. 28 A Eastern Mennonite W 3 0N. 1 A Shenandoah T 0 0N. 6 A Radford L 2 3N. 8 A George Washington L 0 2N. 10 A Longwood L 4 6 26 27

1987Record: 7-10-2Coach: Bill BellS. 2 H Richmond L 0 1S. 5 A Towson State L 0 2S. 7 H Eckerd L 0 1S. 11 H Guilford W 2 1S. 14 A West Virginia Wesleyan L 0 2S. 19 A VCU T (OT) 1 1S. 23 A William and Mary L 1 2S. 26 A Roanoke W 3 2O. 2 H Eastern Mennonite W 3 0O. 6 H Radford T (OT) 1 1O. 10 A James Madison L 0 1

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1988Record: 6-4-4Coach: Bill BellS. 7 A William and Mary L 1 2S. 16 H District of Columbia W 4 0S. 23 A Tennessee Tech W 11 0S. 24 A Maryville W 2 1S. 26 A Campbell L (OT) 1 3S. 30 A Richmond T (OT) 0 0O. 12 A Winthrop T (OT) 0 0O. 15 H West Virginia W 3 2O. 18 A Radford T (OT) 0 0O. 21 H Davidson W 5 1O. 25 H Virginia L (OT) 0 1S. 29 A High Point T (OT) 0 0N. 1 H Appalachian State W 2 1N. 5 A James Madison L 0 1 29 12

1989Record: 11-5-2Coach: Bill BellS. 2 A Naval Academy L 0 4S. 5 A Morehead State W 2 1S. 9 A West Virginia W 1 0S. 11 H Lincoln Memorial T (OT) 2 2S. 13 H Radford T (OT) 1 1S. 18 H Campbell L 1 2S. 23 H Maryville W 2 1S. 30 H VCU W 2 0O. 6 A Appalachian State L (OT) 0 1O. 11 H USC Aiken W 6 0O. 16 A Georgia State W 1 0O. 21 H High Point L 0 1O. 24 A Jacksonville W 1 0O. 25 A Coastal Carolina L 0 1O. 28 A Vanderbilt W 4 0O. 20 A Memphis State W 1 0N. 2 A Davidson W 1 0N. 4 H District of Columbia W 2 0 28 14

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1991Record: 7-11-1Big South: 1-5-0Coach: Bill BellS. 7 H VCU L 0 3S. 10 A Richmond * L 0 5S. 13 A Bowling Green State L 0 1S. 14 A Dayton T (OT) 2 2S. 18 H VMI * W 2 1S. 21 A UNC Asheville * L 2 6S. 24 A Navy L 2 4S. 28 A Charleston (W.Va.) W (OT) 3 2S. 30 A Morehead State W 6 0O. 2 H Davis & Elkins W 3 0O. 5 H Davidson * L 1 2O. 12 H Lincoln Memorial W 7 0O. 15 H Carson-Newman W 7 1O. 19 A Appalachian State * L 1 2O. 23 A Virginia L 0 4O. 26 H Longwood W 9 1O. 28 A Campbell * L 0 3N. 2 H UNC Greensboro L 1 2N. 5 N Radford # L 0 5 46 44

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1992Record: 12-5-1Big South: 5-1-1Coach: Bill BellS. 5 H Lincoln Memorial W 5 2S. 9 H Appalachian State W 2 1S. 10 H Gardner-Webb W 5 1S. 12 H District of Columbia W 3 1S. 15 H Richmond L 0 3S. 19 A South Carolina-Aiken W 5 1S. 22 A VMI W 2 0S. 26 H Charleston Southern * W 5 1S. 30 A Radford * W 1 0O. 3 A Coastal Carolina L 0 3O. 10 H UMBC * W 3 1O. 14 A Campbell * W 5 2O. 17 H Winthrop * L 0 1O. 20 A Towson State * T (OT) 0 0O. 24 H UNC Asheville * W 4 0O. 28 A Virginia L 1 3O. 31 A UNC Greensboro W 2 1N. 4 N UNC Greensboro # L 3 6 46 27* Big South Conference Game# Big South Tournament Game

1993Record: 10-6-1Big South: 5-2-1Coach: Bill BellS. 4 H USC Aiken W 9 4S. 7 H Campbell * L 1 3S. 15 A Richmond W 2 1S. 18 A Charleston Southern * W 7 3S. 22 H UNC Greensboro * W 4 0S. 25 H Coastal Carolina * L 1 2S. 29 H Radford * W 2 1O. 2 A Vanderbilt L 2 3O. 4 H Jacksonville W 2 1O. 9 A UNC Asheville * W 2 0O. 13 A Appalachian State W 2 0O. 16 A Winthrop * W 1 0O. 20 H VMI W 3 0O. 23 H Towson State * T (OT) 2 2O. 27 H Navy L 2 3O. 30 A VCU L 0 3N. 4 N Winthrop # L 0 1 42 27

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1994Record: 8-10-1Big South: 3-5-0Coach: Bill BellS. 3 H Lincoln Memorial W 4 0S. 7 H VCU L 2 3S. 10 H UNC Asheville * W 2 0S. 14 A UNC Greensboro * L 1 4S. 17 A Charleston Southern * L 0 1S. 19 A Coastal Carolina * L 1 6S. 23 A South Alabama L 0 1S. 24 N Stetson L 0 1O. 1 H Appalachian State T (OT) 4 4O. 5 A Virginia L 2 6O. 8 H Winthrop * L 1 2O. 12 A Radford * L 2 3O. 15 H UMBC * W 5 0O. 22 A Flagler W (OT) 3 1

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1995Record: 7-9-1Big South: 4-3-0 Coach: Bill BellS. 2 A Campbell L 1 4S. 6 A VCU L (OT) 0 2S. 9 H Vanderbilt T (OT) 1 1S. 13 H UNC Greensboro * L (OT) 1 2S. 16 H Charleston Southern * W 5 0S. 20 A Virginia L 1 2S. 22 A Appalachian State L 0 3S. 23 A East Carolina W (OT) 2 1S. 27 H Radford * L (OT) 2 4S. 30 H The Citadel W 7 0O. 7 A Winthrop * W 3 0O. 11 H UNC Asheville * W 2 0O. 14 H Coastal Carolina * L 1 2O. 18 A Wake Forest L 0 1O. 27 A UMBC * W 2 1N. 2 N Radford # W 3 0N. 3 N UNC Greensboro # L 0 2 32 25


1996Record: 11-6-2Big South: 3-3-1Coach: Bill BellA. 31 H Appalachian State W (OT) 2 1S. 4 A Marshall W 2 1S. 11 H High Point W 4 0S. 16 H East Carolina W 2 1S. 21 H UMBC * L (OT) 0 1S. 25 A Radford * L 0 1

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1997Record: 13-4-0Big South: 6-1-0Coach: Bill BellA. 30 N George Washington W 3 1S. 1 A Georgetown W 1 0S. 4 A VMI W 3 2S. 9 H Marshall W 3 1S. 11 H North Carolina Wesleyan W 4 0S. 20 A UMBC * W 2 1S. 24 H Campbell W 2 0S. 27 A UNC Asheville * W 3 1O. 1 A Virginia L 2 5O. 4 H Elon W 1 0O. 9 A Winthrop * W (OT) 2 1O. 10 H South Alabama * L 0 1O. 15 H Radford * W (OT) 1 0O. 18 H Coastal Carolina * W (OT) 1 0O. 22 A VCU L 0 1N. 3 H Charleston Southern * W 4 0N. 7 N South Alabama # L 0 1 33 16


1998Record: 11-6-1Big South: 4-2-0Coach: Bill BellS. 1 H Longwood W 7 2S. 4 A N.C. State ^ W 5 0S. 5 N #15 Duke ^ L 0 3S. 10 H Salem-Teikyo W 7 0S. 12 H High Point L 1 2S. 16 A Davidson L (OT) 2 3S. 19 A Radford * L 0 4S. 22 H VMI W(2OT) 2 1S. 26 H UNC Asheville * W 3 0O. 3 H South Alabama * L (OT) 1 2O. 10 A Elon W 2 1O. 17 A Winthrop * W 2 1O. 24 H Charleston Southern * W 3 1O. 27 H #17 VCU T (2OT) 1 1O. 31 A Coastal Carolina * W 3 1N. 5 N UNC Asheville # W 4 0N. 6 N Winthrop # W 2 1N. 7 N South Alabama # L 0 1 45 24

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1999Record: 14-2-1Big South: 6-1-0Coach: Bill BellS. 4 H Radford * W 5 0S. 8 A #24 Wake Forest L 1 2S. 11 H Mars Hill W (OT) 2 1S. 21 H Longwood W 2 0S. 27 A High Point * W 2 0O. 6 H Elon * W 1 0O. 9 A UNC Asheville * W 1 0O. 11 H Davidson W 2 1O. 16 A Charleston Southern * L 0 1O. 18 H Winthrop * W(2OT) 3 2O. 22 N #13 Jacksonville ^ W 2 0O. 23 A Florida Internati onal ^ W (OT) 1 0O. 28 A #25 VCU W 1 0O. 30 H Coastal Carolina * W 3 2N. 4 N Elon # W 1 0N. 5 N Winthrop # W 4 0N. 7 N Radford # T (4OT) 0 0 (Radford Claims Title on Penalty Kicks) 31 9

^ FIU Golden Panther Classic* Big South Conference Game# Big South Tournament Game

2000Record: 6-8-2Big South: 3-3-1Coach: Bill BellS. 2 N George Washington ^ L 1 4S. 4 N American ^ L 1 2S. 8 H Georgia Southern L 0 1S. 12 H #5 Wake Forest W 4 2S. 20 A Elon * W 1 0S. 23 A Old Dominion W 1 0S. 27 H High Point * W 3 0S. 30 H Charleston Southern * T (OT2) 1 1O. 4 A N.C. State T (OT2) 1 1 O. 7 H UNC Asheville * L 0 1

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^ D.C. Challenge - Washington, D.C.* Big South Conference Game# Big South Tournament Game

2001Record: 9-10-0Big South: 5-2-0Coach: Jeff AlderA. 31 A #3 Virginia^ L 1 2S. 2 N #8 Maryland^ L 1 2S. 8 H Elon* W 1 0S. 19 A Marshall L 0 3S. 27 H Winthrop* W 2 1O. 3 A George Mason L 1 2O. 6 A UNC Asheville* L 1 2O. 10 A William & Mary L 0 3O. 13 A Charleston Southern* W 4 2O. 16 H Old Dominion L 0 4O. 20 A Gardner-Webb W 2 0O. 27 A Coastal Carolina* W 2 0O. 30 A VMI W (OT) 3 2N. 2 H Birmingham-Southern L 1 2N. 5 A High Point* L 1 2N. 9 H Radford* W 2 1N. 15 N Charleston Southern# W 2 0N. 16 A Winthrop# W 4 1N. 18 N Coastal Carolina# L 1 3 29 32

^ Virginia Soccer Classic – Charlott esville, Va.* Big South Conference Game# Big South Tournament Game

2002Record: 11-8-2Big South: 4-2-1Coach: Jeff AlderA. 31 A Woff ord W 4 1S. 3 H Virginia Tech L 1 3S. 7 H Southern Virginia W 6 0S. 10 H High Point* T (2OT) 1 1S. 14 H Campbell W 1 0S. 20 N Army^ W (OT) 2 1S. 22 A Navy^ W 1 0S. 25 A Elon* W 2 0S. 28 A UNC Greensboro L 2 3O. 1 H George Mason L 0 2O. 4 H UNC Asheville* L (OT) 1 2O. 7 H Averett W 10 0O. 12 H Charleston Southern* W 2 1O. 16 A Virginia L 2 5O. 19 H Coastal Carolina* L 0 3O. 22 A Radford* W 2 1O. 26 H Gardner-Webb W 5 1N. 2 A Birmingham-Southern T (2OT) 1 1N. 6 A N.C. State L 1 2N. 9 A Winthrop* W 2 1N. 14 N Elon# L 1 2 47 30

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^ Adidas-Wolfpack Classic – Raleigh-Durham, N.C.* Big South Conference Game# Big South Tournament Game

2004Record: 9-10-2Big South: 4-3-0Coach: Jeff AlderS. 1 H Longwood W 3 2S. 4 A Birmingham-Southern W 2 1S. 7 H Campbell T (2OT) 0 2 S. 10 N West Virginia$ L 1 2S. 12 N James Madison$ L 0 2S. 15 H Gardner-Webb W 3 0S. 20 H Coastal Carolina* L 1 3S. 24 A Woff ord^ W 1 0S. 26 N Furman^ L 1 4S. 29 A VMI* W 3 2O. 2 H Appalachian State L 2 3O. 6 A Virginia L 0 3O. 9 A Winthrop* L 5 7O. 15 A George Mason W (OT) 1 0

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2005 Record: 6-8-2 Big South: 4-2-1 Coach: Jeff AlderS. 2 H George Mason L (OT) 2 3 S. 7 A Campbell L 2 3 S. 10 A Gardner-Webb T (2OT) 2 2 S. 12 A Appalachian State L 1 2 S. 16 H Woff ord W 1 0 S. 21 A High Point* T (2OT) 1 1 S. 27 H Southern Virginia W 8 1 O. 1 H Winthrop* W 2 1 O. 4 A Virginia Tech L 0 1 O. 14 H Birmingham-Southern* L 1 2 O. 19 H Radford* W 3 0 O. 22 A #2 Virginia L 0 2 O. 26 H VMI* W 3 2 O. 29 A UNC Asheville* W 2 0 N. 5 A Coastal Carolina L 1 3 N. 10 N Winthrop# L 1 2 30 25


2006Record: 9-6Big South: 4-3Coach: Jeff AlderA. 29 A Longwood W (2OT)1 0S. 5 A Radford* L 1 3S. 9 H #1 North Carolina L 0 1S. 12 A VMI* W 3 2S. 19 H Coastal Carolina* W 2 1

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2007Record: 13-5-2Big South: 5-1Coach: Jeff AlderS. 1 H Mount Vernon Nazarene W 3 0S. 5 A Campell W 1 0S. 8 A Gardner-Webb W 2 1S. 14 N College of Charleston^ L 0 2S. 16 A UNC Wilmington^ W 2 1S. 19 H Longwood T (2OT) 0 0S. 26 H Radford* W 3 0S. 29 H Winthrop* W 1 0O. 2 A North Carolina L 1 7O. 6 H Marshall T (2OT) 0 0O. 8 H Columbia Union W 8 0O. 12 A Coastal Carolina* L 1 2O. 18 A UNC Asheville* W 2 0O. 23 A Virginia L 0 3O. 31 A High Point W 3 1N. 6 H VMI W 4 1N. 15 N UNC Asheville# W 2 1N. 16 A Winthrop# W 1 0N. 18 A Radford# W 2 1N. 24 A Loyola (Md.)& L 0 2 36 22

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2000Jeff Alder (Roanoke Wrath - USL D3 Pro League)Ben Johnson (Charlott e Eagles - USL D3 Pro League)Jeff Johnson (Charlott e Eagles - USL D3 Pro League)Joey Johnson (Charlott e Eagles - USL D3 Pro League)James Price (Roanoke Wrath - USL D3 Pro League)Rob Weaver (Roanoke Wrath - USL D3 Pro League)Greg Wheaton (Minnesota Thunder - USL D2 Pro League) 2001Derek Avilez (Charlott e Eagles - USL D2 Pro League)Jose Gomez (Charlott e Eagles - USL D2 Pro League)Ben Johnson (Charlott e Eagles - USL D2 Pro League)Greg Wheaton (Minnesota Thunder - USL D2 Pro League)Jeff Johnson (Wilmington Hammerheads - USL D3 Pro League)Joey Johnson (Wilmington Hammerheads - USL D3 Pro League)

2002Derek Avilez (Charlott e Eagles - USL D2 Pro League)Jose Gomez (Charlott e Eagles - USL D2 Pro League)Ben Johnson (Charlott e Eagles - USL D2 Pro League)Ben Strawbridge (Richmond Kickers - USL D2 Pro League)

2003Jose Gomez (Charlott e Eagles - USL D2 Pro League)Ben Johnson (Charlott e Eagles - USL D2 Pro League)Dean Short (Charlott e Eagles - USL D2 Pro League)Ben Strawbridge (Richmond Kickers - USL D2 Pro League)

2004Jose Gomez (Virginia Beach Mariners - USL D2 Pro League)Ben Johnson (Charlott e Eagles - USL D3 Pro League)

2005Jose Gomez (Virginia Beach Mariners - USL D2 Pro League) Ben Johnson (Charlott e Eagles - USL D3 Pro League)

2006Hollis Donaldson (Chicago Fire - MLS)Jonathan Burklo (Cincinnati Kings - USL D3 Pro League)Ben Johnson (Charlott e Eagles - USL D3 Pro League)

2007Darryl Roberts (Sparta Rott erdam FC- Dutch Eredivisie)Osei Telesford (Chicago Fire - MLS) Jonathan Burklo (Atlanti s FC - 2nd Division Finland) Ben Johnson (Charlott e Eagles - USL D2 Pro League)

2008Darryl Roberts (Denizlispor Football Club - Turkish First Division)Osei Telesford (Puerto Rico Islanders - USL D1 Pro Leauge)Jonathan Burklo (Wilmington Hammerheads - USL D2 League)Adrian Bumbut (Richmond Kickers - USL D2 Pro Leauge)Ben Johnson (Charlott e Eagles - USL D2 Pro League)

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ROBERTS, TELESFORD PLAY FOR TRINIDAD TOBAGO NATIONAL TEAM

Former Liberty University men’s soccer standouts Darryl Roberts and Osei Telesford are currently mem-bers of the the 18-man Trinidad and Tobago Nati onal team. The two have seen acti on in several internati onal matches for their nati ve country, including the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2007 Digicel Caribean Cup, CONCACAF Qualifying and friendlies against Jamaica, Costa Rica, Panama and England. This past June, the former Flames both played key roles in helping the Trinidad and Tobago nati onal squad advance to the next round of qualifying for the CONCACAF Finals, including Roberts’ game-winning goal in June 22nd’s 2-0 victory over Bermuda. With the victory, the pair of Liberty standouts, along with their fellow countrymen, advanced to Round Three of qualifying for the CONCACAF Final Round. Trinidad and Tobago will meet the United States, Gua-temala and Cuba in three round-robin matches dur-ing the months of August through November. Roberts, who is Liberty’s all-ti me leading scorer, played for the Flames from 2002-06. The forward has represented the Trindad & Tobago Nati onal team in 16 matches. He earned Freshman All-American hon-ors with the Flames in 2003 and currently, plays with Denizlispor Football Club in the Turkish First Division. Telesford was a four-ti me all-conference selecti on for the Flames from 2003-06. The defender has rep-resented his nati ve land in 10 contests. Telesford also earned fi rst team all-region honors twice with Liberty and is curently playing professionally.

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Osei Telesford (in white) challenges England’s Theo Walcott during June 1, 2008 match in Port of Spain, Trinidad

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HHHHHHaastrup, Benjamin – 1985 Hagner, John – 1986Ham, David – 1993Hammond, Robert – 1976-77-78-79Hassell, Terry – 1991Hay, Kevin - 1999-2000-01-02Heery, Patrick - 1999-2000-01-02Helliwell, Sean – 1990Hinkson, Austi n – 2002-03-04Hollis, Brian – 1983-84Holloman, Tony – 1982-83-84Hopper, Chris - 2000Horn, Simon – 1981Houlahan, Mark – 1989Huff man, Kevin – 1994-95-96-97

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JJJJJJackson, Ivan – 1990Jenks, John - 1998 Jividen, Doug – 1981-83Johnson, Ben – 1995-96-97-98Johnson, Jeff – 1992-93-94-95Johnson, Joel – 1994-95Johnson, Samuel – 1984-85-86-87Jones, John – 1981-85

KKKKKKappler, Andrew – 2004-05-06-07Kappler, Jeremiah – 2004-05-06-07Kellum, Brad – 1992-93-94Kearns, Isaac – 2001Kellum, Brentley – 2000-01-02-03Keys, Kelly – 1980-81-82Kimak, Jason - 1998King, Jonathan – 1994-95-96Kirim, Joe – 1977Klaye, Seth – 1989Klein, Doug – 1982-83Knapp, Steve – 1985 Kufour, John – 1980Kuhl, Phil – 1978

LLLLLLaBouyer, Andre – 1979Lamp, Paul – 1994Larson, Joe – 1994-95-96-97Lauber, Ryan – 2001Letsen, John – 2005-06-07Lewis, Toby – 2004-05-06-07Livermore, Russell – 1981-82Livingston, Bruce – 1983Lukens, Bill – 1987Lusti g, Scott – 1982-83-84-85Luz, Edgard – 2002-03Lyon, Ward – 1979

MMMMMMacLean, James – 1995-96-97Madero, Andrew - 2007Mahan, Kevin – 2002-03-04-05-06Mandell, Chris – 2005-06-07Maniatt y, Jeff – 1993-94Maraj, Venosh – 2004Marquez, Roberto – 2002-03-04-05

Davis, Lee – 1988Delmanico, Reid – 1978Devilbiss, Dan – 1978-82-83Dickens, Chris – 1984-85-87Dieudonone, Raymond – 1978-79-80Dobson, Kent – 1995-96-97Donaldson, Hollis – 2001-02-03-04Donaldson, John – 1989Dupere, Adam - 2006Dunn, Steve – 1978

EEEEEEdman, Brian - 2007Edwards, Daryl – 1978Egan, Jeff – 1995-96Espinosa, John – 1990Evans, Scott – 1983Everhart, Shawn – 2003

FFFFFFisher, Bo – 2003Folikwe, Robinson – 1993Frederick, Paul – 1983Freerksen, Brian – 1987Fries, Jonathan – 1993Fuller, Casey – 1996-97

GGGGGGarber, Dan – 2005-06-07Garlock, Steve – 1979-80-81Gaunt, Jerry – 1988-89Gehman, Bill – 1979-80-81Gehman, Jeff – 1979-81Gelatt , Mike – 2004-05-06-07Gilbert, Paul - 2007Gibson, Russell - 1998Gill, Adam - 1998-99-2000Glass, Jimmy – 1977-78-79Godfrey, Scott – 1990-91Godwin, Adam – 2001-02-03-04Goeins, Fred – 1985 Gomez, Jose – 1997-98-99-2000Gooch, Steve – 1982-83-85-86Graham, Will – 1995-96

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AAAAAAboaye, Peter – 1991Achah, Sam – 1978Adkins, Ernie – 1980 Ado, Ebenezer – 1991Akpoborie, Jonathan – 1988Aksakal, Mustafa – 1991Alder, Jeff – 1987-88-89-90Alford, Chad - 2007Allen, John – 1991Annan, David – 1984-85-86-87Annan, Paul – 1983-84-85Autry, Richard – 1980-82Avilez, Derek – 1997-98-99-2000

BBBBBBaker, Brian – 1985-86-87-88Baker, Chad – 1991Baraty, Joey – 1976-78-79-80Barclay, Alan – 1978Barclay, Doug – 1977-78Barnhart, Luther – 1976-78-79-80Barrett , Steve – 1984Barrington, Jesse – 1993-94-95-96Basset, Wendell – 1993-94-95Bates, Jim – 1975-76-77-78Bean, Doug – 1987Bell, Andrew – 1985-86Bell, Bill – 1980-81 Bell, Craig – 1979-80Biddle, Brian – 1995Biddy, Brook – 2001Boateng, Joshua – 2006-07Bonheim, Scott – 1978-79-80Boscaljan, Charles – 1978Bowman, Greg – 1975-76-78Bradham, Andrew – 2003-04Brownlee, Kian – 1996-98-99-2000Bumbut, Adrian – 2004-05-06-07Buonadonna, Joe – 1995Burklo, Jonathan – 2002-03-04-05Burris, Don – 1989

CCCCCCancura, Pavel – 2000-01-02-03Cantu, Mike – 1995Carlisle, Jake – 1997Carty, Austi n - 1999-2000-01Carrasco, Paul – 1993-95Cassidy, David – 2004-05-06-07Caudill, John – 1981-82-83-84Chase, Adam – 1997Chasti an, Cameron – 2005-06-07Chavez, Juan Carlos – 2005-06-07Chidester, Brian – 2002-03Christain, Jason – 1993-94-95Clark, Rob – 1988Coache, Jonathan – 2004-05-06Cochran, Don – 1989Collins, John – 1990-91-92Combs, Paul – 1995-96Conway, Danny – 1978-79Cooke, Kevin – 1990Cooper, Bryce – 1995-96Corrales, Armando - 1999-2000-01-02Crmer, Gary – 1982-83Crowell, David – 1979 Cupid, Kyle – 2004-05

DDDDDDabbs, Bobby – 2003-04Darnell, Daniel – 2002-03-04-05Davis, John – 1987-88-89-90

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SSSSSSabotchick, K.J. – 2001-02-03-04Sanders, Steve – 1978Sandgren, Eric – 1982-83Sasu, John – 1988-89-90Scheck, Andrew-2006-07Schendel, Joshua - 2003Schindler, Stephen – 1983-85Schlegel, Dan – 2004-05Schoone, Kevin – 1983Schultz, Michael – 1988-89-90-91Schutt , Steve – 1988-89-90Scruggs, Lee – 1983-84-85-86Senitz, Mark – 1988-89-91-92Shearer, David – 1989Shellbourne, Darren – 1990-91-92-93Shepherd, Curti s – 1989Short, Dean - 1998-99-2000-01Sibley, Walter – 1989Sinclair, Matt – 1992-93-94-95Small, Erik – 1994-95Smith, Dean – 1982Smith, Joey – 1986Smith, Paul – 1993Smith, Paul F.– 1993Smyth, Derek – 1988Smyth, Paul – 1991Sprano, Jon – 1977-78-79-80Sprano, Peter – 1978-79Springs, Al – 1980-81-82

Masmar, Michael – 2005-06Mason, Mike – 1993Mascagni, Collin - 1999-2000-01-02Matei, Chris – 1996McCall, David – 2004-05-06-07McCann, John – 1978McCosky, Matt - 2000McFarlin, Josh – 1996-97McGarry, Daniel – 2006-07McGovern, Peter – 1995 McKeen, Barry – 1989McLean, Troy – 1996-97-98-99McMahon, Paul – 1985Merchant, Tom – 1990-91-92-93Meza, Andreas – 1994Miller, Joel – 1982Mills, Doug – 1991Misso, Jonathan – 1992Mitchell, Steve - 1998-99 Mizesko, Matt – 2005Monka, Bryan – 2001-02-03Moore, John – 1977-78-80Morris, Matt – 2002-03Morton, Roger – 1979Murphy, Simon – 1995

NNNNNNama, Bobby – 1979Newton, Mark – 1994-95-96-97Nhekario, Panashe - 2007Nicklas, Michael – 1985 Nimo, George – 1988-89-90Norman, Donnie – 1979-80-81-82Nyame, Douglas - 2007

OOOOOObeng, Bright – 1989Ochiche, Anthony - 1999Ogunniyi, Charles – 1992Ogusanyi, Anthony – 1992-93-94-95Olsen, David – 1991-92Olsen, Paul – 1993-95Osborne, Chris – 2006-07Otchere, James – 1988-89-90

PPPPPPalladino, Gino – 1981-82-83-84Parenta, Marko – 2003-04-05-06Parti n, Eric – 1988-89Patrick, Sean – 1989Patt erson, Brandon – 2004-05-06-07Pereira, Jim – 1991-92Perkins, Ken – 1989-90Perkins, Michael – 1985-86-87Perry, Chase - 1999-2000-01-02Petrie, Christopher – 2004Phillips, Chris - 2007Phillips, Steven – 1985-86-87Pike, Alan – 2001Pinett e, Bill – 2005-06-07Porter, Damien – 1990Porter, Derek - 1998Posey, Rick – 1978-79-80Price, James – 1993-94-95Privett , Adam – 2004-05Probst, Kyle - 2007Prosise, Ryan – 2003-04

RRRRRRebsamen, Jon – 1991Regrutt o, Ryan - 1999Rein, Casey – 1994Reynolds, Jack – 1981

Starner, Ron – 1982-83-84-85Stephens, Brian – 1989-90-91Stoltzfus, Staurt – 1993Strand, Kenny – 1991Strawbridge, Ben - 1998-99-2000-01Streets, Jason - 1998-99-2000-01Streets, Jonathan – 2001Stremovihtg, Donnie – 1985 Styles, Bradley – 1990-91-92-93Suders, Steve – 1978-79-80Sutt on, Eugene – 1981

TTTTTTaylor, Thad - 2007Telesford, Osei – 2003-04-05-06Tett eh, Edward – 1984-85-86-87Thienes, David – 1995-96-97-98Thomas, Derek – 1992-93-94-95Thomas, Tony – 1994-95-96Tiuti u, Doran – 1991-92-93Trautman, Trent – 1991Troupe, Kevin – 1979Trumbo, Jared – 1996-97-98-99Trumbo, Ryan – 1994-95-96-97Turksen, Freeman – 1988-89-90-91Tuten, George – 1979-80Tutt le, Todd – 1984

VVVVVValle, Frank – 1985 Vanaman, Greg – 1975-76Vanderpuye, Stanley – 1989Verdi, Chris - 1998-99-2000-01Vining, Ron – 1975-76-77-79

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JERRY FALWELL, JR.CHANCELLOR/PRESIDENT

Jerry Falwell, Jr. was born in Lynchburg, Va., on Father’s Day, June 17, 1962. He att ended Lynch-burg Christi an Acad-emy and Liberty Uni-versity, graduati ng with a B.A. in religious studies in 1984.

He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the Uni-versity of Virginia School of Law in 1987. Falwell, Jr. is licensed to practi ce in all Virginia state courts, U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Virginia, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He married Becki Tilley of Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1987. They have three children: Jerry Falwell, III (Trey), born 1989, Charles Wesley, born 1993, and Caroline Grace, born 2000, and have lived on a farm in Bedford Coun-ty, Va., since 1987. Falwell, Jr. has engaged in the private practi ce of law in Lynchburg since 1987 and has Served as Gen-eral Counsel of Liberty University, Thomas Road Bap-ti st Church, Liberty Broadcasti ng Network and Jerry Falwell Ministries since 1988. Falwell, Jr. and his father worked together closely since 1988 in the management and oversight of the University and all the Falwell ministries. In recent years, he had assumed more and more of the re-sponsibility for the day-to-day management of the

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organizati on from his father who, along with the Lib-erty University Board of Trustees, named him Vice-Chancellor of the University in 2003. He has served on Liberty’s Board of Trustees since 2000. Falwell, Jr. has also played a key role in the devel-opment of the real estate in the vicinity of Liberty University through the recruitment of many nati onal retail and restaurant chains to the area. These devel-opments have greatly enriched the lifestyle of the University community. Falwell, Jr. is a member of the Board of Directors and the Executi ve Committ ee of the Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce and was named as the 2006 Business Person of the Year for western Virginia by the Blue Ridge Business Jour-nal.

DR. RONALD GODWINEXECUTIVE VICEPRESIDENT/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Dr. Ronald Godwin serves as Executi ve Vice President and Chief Operati ng Offi -cer for Liberty Univer-sity. However, for a to-tal of more than 15 years, Dr. Godwin has

worked directly for the Chancellor of Liberty Univer-sity via many of Liberty’s affi liated ministries. During a long administrati ve career he has held a variety of leadership positi ons including two presi-

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dencies of private Christi an colleges, Executi ve Vice President of the Washington Times, Executi ve Vice President of the Moral Majority, President of Jerry Falwell Ministries, President of Liberty Broadcast Network, President of Liberty University Founda-ti on and more recently, Dean of the Helms School of Government and Senior Administrator of Residen-ti al Recruiti ng. Dr. Godwin received his B.A. from Bob JonesUniversity, his M.S. from Old Dominion University and his Ph.D. in Post-Secondary Planning and Man-agement from Florida State University. Dr. Godwin and his wife, Carol Stanley Godwin,are members of Thomas Road Bapti st Church and both serve on the board of the Liberty Godparent Home. They currently reside in Forest with Dr. God-win’s 99-year old father, Mr. Jacob M. Godwin.

DR. JERRY FALWELLLIBERTY UNIVERSITY FOUNDER AND FORMER CHANCELLOR (1933-2007)

At the age of 22, having just gradu-ated from college in June 1956, Jerry Fal-well returned to his hometown of Lynch-burg, Va., and started Thomas Road Bapti st

Church with 35 members. The off ering that fi rst Sun-day totaled only $135. Falwell oft en said about the fi rst collecti on, “We thought we had conquered the world”. Today, Thom-as Road Bapti st Church has 24,000 members and the total annual revenues of all the Jerry Falwell minis-tries total over $200 million. Within weeks of founding his new church in 1956, Falwell began the Old-Time Gospel Hour, a daily local radio ministry and a weekly local television ministry. Nearly fi ve decades later, this Old-Time Gospel Hour is now seen and heard in every American home and on every conti nent except Antarcti ca. Through the years, over three million persons have communi-cated to the Falwell ministries they received Christ as Lord and Savior as a result of this radio and television ministry. In 1967, Falwell implemented his vision to build a Christi an educati onal system for evangelical youth. He began with the creati on of Lynchburg Christi an Academy, a Christ-centered, academically-excellent, fully-accredited Christi an day school, providing kin-dergarten, elementary and high school.

In 1971, Liberty University was founded. Today,over 41,000 students from 50 states and 80 nati ons att end this accredited, liberal arts Christi an universi-ty. Falwell’s dream has become a reality. A pre-school child can now enter the school system at age three, and 20 or more years later, leave the same campus with a Ph.D., without ever sitti ng in a classroom where the teacher was not a committ ed follower of Jesus Christ. Falwell was also publisher of the Nati onal Liberty Journal, a monthly newspaper which is read by over 200,000 pastors and Christi an workers, and the Fal-well Confi denti al, a weekly e-mail newslett er to over 500,000 pastors and Christi an acti vists. In June 1979, Falwell organized the Moral Major-ity, a conservati ve politi cal lobbying movement which the press soon dubbed the “Religious Right.” During the fi rst two years of its existence, the Moral Major-ity att racted over 100,000 pastors, priests and rabbis and nearly seven million religious conservati ves who mobilized as a pro-life, pro-family, pro-Israel, and pro-strong nati onal defense lobbying organizati on.The Moral Majority chose California Governor Ron-ald Reagan as “their candidate” for President in 1980, registered millions of new voters, and set about to in-form and acti vate a sleeping giant - 80 million Ameri-cans committ ed to faith, family and Judeo-Christi an values. With the impetus of the newly organized MoralMajority, millions of people of faith voted for the fi rst ti me in 1980 and helped elect Ronald Reagan and many conservatve congressmen and senators. Since 1979, about 30% of the American electorate has been identi fi ed by media polls as the “Religious Right”. Most recent major media surveys have acknowledged these “faith and values” voters re-elected George W. Bush in November 2004.

Though perhaps bett er known outside Lynchburg for politi cal acti vism, Jerry Falwell’s personal sched-ule confi rmed his passion for being a pastor and a Christi an educator. He oft en stated his heartbeat was for training young people for every walk of life.Falwell, who went home to be with the Lord at theage of 73 on May 15, 2007, was married to Macel for 49 years and they have three grown children and eight grandchildren.

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ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION 2008 SEASONNJEFF BARBERDIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

Jeff Barber was named the Direc-tor of Athleti cs at Liberty University on Jan. 23, 2006, becoming the 10th Director of Athleti cs in the history of the University. The University has charged Barber

with the future leadership of the athleti cs depart-ment and the building of a strong fi nancial basis for the department which will guide Liberty University athleti cs into the ranks of the elite NCAA Division I athleti c programs in the na-ti on.Barber has wasted litt le ti me making an impact at Liberty, as in less than three years, he has been in-strumental in guiding Liberty on a path to the next level of collegiate athleti cs. He has spearheaded athleti cs facility improve-ment projects in nearly every athleti cs venue, high-lighted by changes to Williams Stadium. During the summer of 2006, the football program’s oncampus playing facility received the latest in playing surfac-es as FieldTurf was installed, while numerous other smaller projects were initi ated to aestheti cally im-prove the appearance of the facility. However, Barber’s chief facility accomplishment since joining the Flames in 2006 was overseeing the completi on of the Williams Football Operati ons Center. The new 48,000-square foot state-of-the-art home base for the football program is one of the most outstanding FCS (formerly I-AA) football-only faciliti es in the nati on. In additi on to Barber’s athleti c facility achieve-ments, the new Director of Athleti cs has spurred a dramati c recording-setti ng increase in Flames Club memberships and season ti cket sales for football and basketball. In 2007-08 the athleti cs booster club set new records, pulling in $351,000 in annual membership contributi ons. The same year saw Liberty Athleti cs

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surpass the $1 million mark in giving, as the Flames Club brought in $1.3 million in total capital gift s. Barber has also guided the Flames to success on the athleti c fi eld of competi ti on, highlighted by the 2007-08 season when Liberty captured its sixth Big South Sasser Cup championship and fi rst since the 2002-03 season. Liberty won 10 team championships during the 2007-08 campaign, including eight Big South ti tles, an NCAA East Regional championship in wrestling and an IC4A outdoor ti tle in men’s track and fi eld. Besides the Sasser Cup championship, Barber also saw Liberty bring home the Big South’s Men’s All-Sport and Women’s All-Sport trophies, along with its second individual nati onal championship when Josh McDougal crossed the fi nish line fi rst at the 2007 NCAA Cross Country nati onal championship.Liberty is only the second athleti cs department in Big South history to win the Sasser Cup, Men’s All-Sport and Women’s All-Sport trophies in the same year. The Flames’ success has garnered nati onal att en-ti on on several levels, earning Barber a three-year ap-pointment to the NCAA’s Recruiti ng Cabinet, begin-ning with the 2008-09 academic year. Barber brought a wealth of experience in the areas of athleti c fundraising and administrati on to Liberty University, including 25 years in the athleti c industry.Barber came to Liberty aft er spending 11 years at South Carolina, including his last three years as Se-nior Associate Athleti c Director for Development/Gamecock Club Executi ve Director. Barber served on the senior management team at South Carolina for nine years, helping raise more than $14 million annually, while working closely with legendary football coaches Lou Holtz and Steve Spur-rier. Barber supervised the solicitati on and receipt of over $85 million during his tenure at South Carolina, setti ng records each year in annual gift s to the Game-cock Club, which was at 16,500 members when he fi nished. He was also responsible for all major gift s to the Gamecock Club which exceeded $15,000 annually and developed that level of giving from 21 members to 137 at his ti me of departure.

Barber joined the athleti cs department at South Carolina in 1996 as an Assistant Athleti c Director for Development and was promoted to Associate Ath-leti c Director/Gamecock Club Executi ve Director in 1999. Prior to his days at South Carolina, Barber served fi ve years at Furman in Greenville, S.C., starti ng as Ex-ecuti ve Director of the Paladin Club in 1991, before being promoted to Senior Associate Athleti c Director for External Aff airs in 1994. While at Furman, Barber was responsible for the collecti on of $14 million in revenue from annual giv-ing, capital gift s and endowed gift s, while guiding the Paladin Club to gift s totaling $3.75 million and set records for fi ve-consecuti ve years. He was also the chairman of the Furman Pro-Am Golf EndowmentTournament, which totaled receipts of $6.5 million. Barber got his start in collegiate athleti c adminis-trati on at his alma mater as the Assistant Director of East Carolina’s Pirate Club in 1987. While serving four years with the Pirates, Barber parti cipated in the re-ceipt of annual giving of $4 million to the Pirate Club, while organizing and managing Pirate Club acti onsand Pirate Pro-Am fundraisers. Before joining the staff at East Carolina, Barber served three years in major and minor league base-ball as he was the Assistant General Manager of the Columbia Mets in Columbia, S.C. (1985-86) and Di-rector of Operati ons for the Montreal Expos SpringTraining Camp in West Palm Beach, Fla. (1986-87). Aft er graduati ng from East Carolina, Barber served as a health and physical educati on teacher in Colum-bia, S.C. for four years (1981-85), while coaching foot-ball and basketball. Barber graduated cum laude at East Carolina in 1981 with a bachelor of science degree in health, physical educati on and recreati on. In 1997, he con-ti nued his educati on with a degree from the Sports Management Insti tute, graduati ng as class spokes-man. Barber is a member of NACDA and NAAD and serves on the Board of Directors for the Child Evange-lism Fellowship for Central Virginia. Barber, a nati ve of Greenville, N.C., is married to the former Donna Dacus and the couple has three children – Kati e (13), Lindsay (11) and Jay (10).

MICKEY GURIDYSENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS

DIRECTOR - INTERNAL OPERATIONS

MEREDITH EAKERASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR

KRISTIE BEITZASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

KEVIN KEYSASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR -

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DR. WILLIAM GRIBBINNCAA FACULTY ATHLETIC

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BOB GOODASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR

DEVELOPMENT AND FLAMES CLUB DIRECTOR

MIKE HAGENASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

FOR COMPLIANCE

TODD WETMOREASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

FOR COMMUNICATONS

ANNA WHITEHURSTASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

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JOSH GOODMANATHLETICS DIRECTOR OF

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KRIS SENNETTATHLETICS

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JEFF ALDERMEN’S SOCCERHEAD COACH

JESSE CASTROWRESTLING

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JESSICA CELIWOMEN’S SOCCER

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CAREY GREENWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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CHRIS JOHNSONMEN’S WOMEN’S TENNIS

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RITCHIE MCKAYWRESTLING

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SHANE PINDERVOLLEYBALL

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DANNY ROCCOFOOTBALL

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JEFF THOMASGOLF

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BRANT TOLSMATRACK FIELDHEAD COACH

JIM TOMANBASEBALL

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PAUL WETMORESOFTBALL

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Sports MedicineThe student-athlete at Liberty University has

the luxury of having one of the most dedicated sports medicine teams in the country. The staff is headed by Chris Casola, Assistant Athlet-ics Director for Sports Medicine who oversees medical care for the Flames football team. Scott Lawrenson is the Associate Athleti c Trainer and Insurance Coordinator. Barry Finke and Aaron Schreiner are Senior Assistant Athleti c Train-ers, while Assistant Athleti c Trainers Madeline Bosek, Jesse Cops and Laura Hoskins round out the staff as Certi fi ed Athleti c Trainers (ATC). In conjuncti on with services available through Team Physicians Dr. Gregg Albers and Dr. Rich-ard Lane at Light Medical, the Liberty Univer-sity Athleti c Training staff uti lizes two hospi-

tals, Lynchburg General Hospital and Virginia Bapti st, for any emergency or general medical needs. Liberty is also fortunate to have team or-thopaedic services from Central Virginia Ortho-paedics along with assistance and consultati on from Rehab Associates of Central Virginia. Housed in the beauti ful 3,200-square foot Football Training Room located in the Football Operati ons Center, the main athleti c training room is a modern facility complete with the lat-est equipment. Satellite athleti c training rooms are located in the Field House at Williams Sta-dium, located at the south end of the football complex, the Hancock Athleti c Center, the Vines Center and the Crowder-Muckel Fieldhouse neighboring Worthington Stadium.

CHRIS CASOLAASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

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JESSE COPSASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRINER MEN’S SOCCER, WRESTLING

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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY OFFICE OFLIBERTY UNIVERSITY OFFICE OFATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONSATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

Phone: (434) 582-2292 | Fax: (434) 582-2076

TODD WETMOREASSISTANT AD FOR COMMUNICATIONS

RYAN BOMBERGERASSOCIATE ATHLETICS

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

VINCENT BRIEDISASSISTANT ATHLETICS


PAUL CARMANYASSISTANT ATHLETICS


MEDIA INFORMATION Please assist us in providing you with the most accurate informati on possible by observ-ing the media guidelines listed below when dealing with any Liberty University athleti cs program.

MEDIA CREDENTIALS Working press credenti als for Liberty home matches can be obtained by contacti ng the Offi ce of Athleti cs Communicati ons. Please give ample noti ce if you intend to cover the Flames. Only requests from accredited print and electronic media outlets will be honored. Media and parking credenti als are distributed on a season or match basis. Requests should be made at least two days prior to an event.

MEDIA PARKING The Liberty Soccer Field parking is located diagonally across from the fi eld in Blue lot (Lot PM04). Please call the Offi ce of Athleti cs Communicati ons with any parking questi ons or concerns you may have.

MATCH PRESS SERVICES The staff of the Offi ce of Athleti cs Com-municati ons will be at your service through-out the contest. All members of the media will be provided with lineup cards, any game notes, press guides, stati sti cs, play-by-play sheets and any other perti nent informati on before and aft er each match. Full stati sti cs will be available at the end of the match. Telephones and a fax machine will also be available for the media’s use.

INTERVIEW POLICY All interview requests must be coordinated by a member of the Offi ce of Athleti cs Com-municati ons staff . Player interviews will not confl ict with classes, meeti ngs or practi ce ti mes. Players are available aft er practi ce. In-terviews are not permitt ed in the locker room or training room.

REACHING COACH ALDER To speak with Liberty Head Coach Jeff Al-der, please contact the Athleti cs Communica-ti ons Offi ce to make arrangements. The best ti me to reach Coach Alder on non-game days is in the morning. Interviews are generally not granted on game days.

DAILY PRACTICE SESSIONS Practi ces are conducted at either the Liber-ty Soccer Field or at the soccer practi e fi eld di-rectly behind the Hancock Athleti cs Building. Practi ces are generally open to the media, unless otherwise announced. Please contact a member of the Athleti cs Communicati ons if you plan to att end a workout.

POST-GAME POLICY Contact a member of the Athleti cs Commu-nicati ons staff for specifi c informati on regard-ing the post-match policy. Liberty Head Coach Jeff Alder and requested players are available for comment aft er a brief 10-minute cooling period aft er the match’s conclusion.

FLAMES CLUB LUNCHEONS At various ti mes during the season, the Flames Club hosts a luncheon in the Donor Room of the Williams Football Operati ons Cen-ter. Lunch begins at 11:55 a.m., followed by comments from various coaches. Following the luncheon, Coach Alder is usually available for interviews.

LIBERTYFLAMES.COM LibertyFlames Online, located at Liberty-Flames.com on the World Wide Web, is an in-teracti ve online site off ering informati on for all Flames men’s soccer fans. From updated stati s-ti cs, player and coach profi les, to match notes and press releases, LibertyFlames.com is the fi rst place to check for the latest news. Online also provides comprehensive cover-age of Liberty’s 18 intercollegiate athleti c pro-grams, as well as a compete look at the Liberty University Athleti cs Department.

2008 FLAMES SOCCER MEDIA OUTLETS

Flames Sports Network Jamie Hall, Stati on Manager

WWMC - 90.9 FM “The Light” 1971 University Blvd. | Lynchburg, VA 24502

Phone: (434) 582-3691 | Fax: (434) 582-7461

WDBJ-TV/Channel 7Mike Stevens, Sports Director

2807 Hershberger Rd. NW | Roanoke, VA 24017 Phone: (540) 344-7000 | Fax: (540) 344-5097

WSLS-TV/Channel 10John Appicello, Sports Director

P.O. Box 10 | Roanoke, VA 24022 Phone: (540) 981-9126 | Fax: (540) 343-2059

WFXR/WJPR-TV/Channel 71765 Airport Road | Lynchburg, VA 24502

Phone: (434) 239-2700 | Fax: (434) 239-4871

WSET-TV/Channel 13 Dennis Carter, Sports Director

2320 Langhorne Rd. | Lynchburg, VA 24501 Phone: (434) 528-1313 | Fax: (434) 847-8800

Liberty ChampionSports Editor

1971 University Blvd. | Lynchburg, VA 24502 Phone: (434)582-2124 | Fax: (434) 582-2420

Lynchburg News and Advance Chris Morris, Sports Editor

Chris Lang, Beat Writer 101 Wyndale Drive | P.O. Box 10129|

Lynchburg, VA 24506 Phone: (434) 385-5554 | Fax: (434) 385-5538

Richmond Times Dispatch Sports Editor

P.O. Box 85333 | Richmond, VA 23293Phone: (804) 649-6554 | Fax (804) 775-8085

The Roanoke TimesSports Editor

P.O. Box 2491 | Roanoke, VA 24010 Phone: (540) 981-3100 | Fax: (540) 524-4698

Soccer America Paul Kennedy, Managing Editor

P.O. Box 23704 |Oakland, CA 94623 Phone: (510) 559-2211| Fax: (510) 528-5177

Associated PressSports Desk

600 East Main St. | Richmond, VA 23219-2684Phone: (800) 552-9935 | Fax: (800) 357-8525

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