NOTABLES• The Flames will look to snap a three-game losing skid,when they face the George Mason Patriots on Saturday. Lib-erty opened 2019 and its first season under head coach KellyFindley with a 2-1 win over Radford on Aug. 30. However, theFlames have not won since then.

• Liberty is 1-1 on the road, so far in 2019. The Flames dropped their last road contest at Pitt 3-0, this past Friday. Liberty has not met George Mason on the pitch since 2005.

• For the fourth time in the past five seasons, Liberty will facethe VMI Keydets on Tuesday at Osborne Stadium. The Flameswill be looking for their first home victory of the year. Liberty haswon the last four meetings between the two teams, including a5-0 victory at VMI, last season.

• Liberty returns five starters and eight players who saw signifi-cant minutes from last year’s 7-7-1 team. Rafael Castro, Sha-lom Dutey, Ruben Garcia, Matthew Zacyzk and Brogan Eng-bers were each part of the Flames’ starting “11” during 2018.

• The Flames added 11 newcomers to their roster for 2019, in-cluding seven transfers.

• Liberty has been outscored 8-2 through the first four games of2019. The Flames have not scored a goal since their first gameof the season and have also been outshot by their opponents,55-42.

• Entering their second season of ASUN play, the Flameshave been picked to finish fourth in the 2019 ASUN Presea-son Coaches Poll. Last season, Liberty posted a 2-3-1 mark inleague play, placing fifth.

MEN’S SOCCER2019 WEEKLY NOTES @LibertySoccer

Ryan Bomberger, Senior Associate Director of Communications · Office: (434) 582-2292 · E-mail: rbomberger@liberty.edu

WEEK 3

LIBERTYFLAMES

(1-3, 0-0 ASUN)

Head Coach: Kelly FindleyOverall Record: 122-101-28 (14)Record at Liberty: 1-3 (1)

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SERIES HISTORY VS. GEORGE MASON

Overall ............................................................1-5Streak ............................................................... L1Liberty’s Last Win ........Oct. 15, 2004 at GMU (1-0)

Last Five MeetingsSept. 2, 2005 ....................................L 3-2 OT (H)Oct. 15, 2004 ................................W 1-0 2 OT (A)Oct. 1, 2002 ............................................. L 2-0 H)Oct. 3, 2001 ............................................ L 1-2 (A)Sept. 23, 1980 ........................................ L 6-0 (A)

SERIES HISTORY VS. VMIOverall .......................................................21-2-2Streak ..............................................................W4Liberty’s Last Win .........Aug. 28, 2018 at VMI (5-0)

Last Five Meetings:Aug. 28, 2018 .......................................W 5-0 (A)Aug. 29, 2017 ....................................... W 3-0 (H)Sept. 11, 2015 ...................................... W 3-0 (H)Sept. 2, 2014 .........................................W 5-0 (A)Aug. 24, 2013 .........................................L 2-3 (H)

AUGUST30 at Radford W/2-1

SEPTEMBER1 INCARNATE WORD L/0-16 at Pittsburgh L/0-310 GEORGE WASHINGTON L/0-314 at George Mason 7 p.m.17 VMI 7 p.m.21 at North Florida* 7 p.m.24 at Navy 7 p.m.28 at NJIT * 1:30 p.m.

OCTOBER1 DUQUESNE 7 p.m.5 STETSON * 1 p.m.8 at UMBC 7 p.m.12 ELON 6 p.m.19 FLORIDA GULF COAST * 2 p.m.22 USC UPSTATE 7 p.m.26 at Jacksonville* 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER2 LIPSCOMB* 7 p.m.8 ASUN Quarterfinals TBA ^10 ASUN Semifinals TBA ^16 ASUN Championship TBA ^

Home Games in BOLD CAPSAll times are listed in Eastern Time

* - ASUN Conference Game

2019 SCHEDULE

WHERE TO FOLLOWSaturday at George MasonVideo ............................................ESPN+Live Stats ............................. LibertyFlames.comTwitter ............................ @LibertySoccer

Tuesday vs. VMILive Stats ..............................LibertyFlames.comTwitter .............................@LibertySoccer

LAST WEEKSept. 6 - Pittsburgh, Pa.

1 2 TLiberty 0 0 0Pitt 2 1 3

Sept. 10 - Lynchburg, Va.1 2 T

George Washington 1 2 3Liberty 0 0 0

@libertymenssoccer

GEORGE MASONPATRIOTS

(1-3, 0-0 A-10)

Head Coach: Greg AndrulisOverall Record: 246-169-65 (26)Record at GMU: 112-97-37 (14)

VMIKEYDETS

(0-4, 0-0 SoCON)

Head Coach: Charlie HubbardOverall Record: 0-3 (1)Record at VMI: Same

PROJECTED STARTERS

4 WAGNER

3 DUTEY

2 SMITH

16 TABER

5 VALDEZ

6 GARCIA

11 CLARK

23 BYNUM

11 CLARK

14 ZACYK

10 MORRIS

27 CODERO

SECOND YEAR IN ASUNLiberty is in its second year in the ASUN Conference. The Flames posted a 2-3-1 record during league play in 2018. Liberty placed fifth in the conference standings and fell 2-0 to No. 4 seed Jacksonville in the ASUN Quarterfinals.

CHANGE AT THE TOPFor the first time in 20 years, the Flames have a new leader this season. Kelly Findley takes over as head coach of the Liberty men’s program. Jeff Alder, who helmed the program for 19 years, stepped down to take another position within the athletic department.

A veteran of the coaching ranks, Findley is in his 14h year as a head coach. His previous stops have been at N.C. State, Butler and Mars Hill.

STARTING ALL 15Returning midfielder Ruben Garcia and forward Matthew Zaczyk joined Tresor Mbuyu, who graduated in 2018, as the only three Flames to start every Liberty contest, last season.

QUITE THE MARKSMENLiberty ranked 18th in the country in shot accuracy with a 48.1 shot percentage in 2018. The Flames put 6.8 shots on goal per game, 14th best in the nation.

Flames midfielder Kevin Mendoza completed the year as the NCAA Division I leader in shot accuracy. The senior put 74 percent of his shot attempts on goal in 2018.

Liberty finished the year outscoring its opponents, 32-26.

COACHES POLL1. Lipscomb (6) ......................................................47 points2. FGCU ................................................................42 points3. Jacksonville (1) ..................................................28 points4. Liberty ............................................................. 26 points5. Stetson ..............................................................22 points6. North Florida ......................................................17 points7. NJIT ...................................................................14 pointsFirst place votes in ()

Preseason Player of the Year: Shak Adams, FGCUPreseason Defensive Player of the Year: Ian McCuley, StetsonPreseason Goalkeeper of the Year: Gustavo Vasconcelos, FGCU

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

GENERAL INFORMATIONSchool .......................................Liberty UniversityLocation ........................................Lynchburg, Va.Founded ....................................................... 1971Enrollment ................................................. 15,000Nickname ..................................................FlamesColors ...................................... Red, White & BlueAffiliation ..................................... NCAA Division IConference ................................................ ASUNHome Facility ............... Osborne Stadium (1,000)President ..................................... Jerry Falwell Jr.Director of Athletics ............................ Ian McCaw

COACHING STAFFHead Coach .................. Kelly Findley (First Year)Alma Mater ............................... Judson (IL), 1990Career Record.............................122-101-28 (14)Liberty Record ............................................1-3 (1)ASUN Record.................................................. 0-0Associate Head Coach..Jose Gomez (Sixth Year)Alma Mater .......................................Liberty, 2000Assistant Coach ............. A.J. Madero (10th Year)Alma Mater .......................................Liberty, 2010Director of Operations ...................Clay Copeland

TEAM 2018 Overall Record .................................... 7-7-12018 ASUN Record/Finish ................... 2-3-1/FifthStarters Returning/Lost ................................... 5/6Letterwinners Returning/Lost .......................... 8/9Newcomers ...................................................... 12ASUN Tournament Championships .................NAASUN Regular Season Championships...........NABig South Tournament Championships .............. 2Big South Regular Season Championships ....... 3

MEDIA INFORMATIONMen’s Soccer Contact .............. Ryan BombergerOffice Phone ................................(434) 582-2292Email .............................. rbomberger@liberty.eduMailing Address ...................1971 University Blvd. .........................................Lynchburg, Va., 24502Website .................................. LibertyFlames.comLiberty Men’s Soccer Twitter .......@LibertySoccerLiberty Athletics Instagram ...@libertymenssoccer

Credentials All members of the office follow the guidelines set forth by the NCAA and the ASUN Conference in governing the issuance of creden-tials. All credential requests should be submitted to the sport contacts.

E-mail Releases, game notes and advisories are e-mailed to media that cover Liberty on a regular basis. Media wishing to be added to the e-mail list for a particular sport should contact rbomberger@liberty.edu.

QUICK FACTS NOTES

2019 ASUN STANDINGS

First Season at Liberty14th Season as Head Coach Alma Mater: Judson (IL), 1990

COACHING RECORD Year School Record2019 Liberty 1-3 2016 N.C. State 5-122015 N.C. State 8-6-32014 N.C. State 7-7-42013 N.C. State 8-5-42012 N.C. State 10-102011 N.C. State 7-11-22010 Butler 16-1-32009 Butler 14-3-22008 Butler 13-3-42007 Butler 9-7-42006 Butler 7-11-22000 Mars Hill 10-81999 Mars Hill 7-14 Career Record: 122-101-28Record at Liberty: 1-3Record at N.C. State: 45-51-13Record at Butler: 59-25-1Record at Mars Hill 17-22ASUN Record: 0-0

COACHING LEDGER2019 .........................................Liberty (Head Coach)2018 ...................Davidson (Associate Head Coach)2017 .Sporting Kansas City Development Academy2011-16 ..............................N.C. State (Head Coach)2006-10 ..................................... Butlet (Head Coach)2004-05 .............. Charlotte (Associate Head Coach) 2001-03 ..........................Charlotte (Assistant Coach) 1999-2000 ........................... Mars Hill (Head Coach)1998 ..........................Miami, Ohio (Assistant Coach) 1996-97 .............Charlotte Eagles (Assistant Coach)1992 ............................Judson, Ill. (Assistant Coach)

KELLY FINDLEY

ASUN Pts. Overall Florida Gulf Coast 0-0 0 3-0-1NJIT 0-0 0 2-0-2Jacksonville 0-0 0 1-1-1North Florida 0-0 0 1-1-0Stetson 0-0 0 2-2-0Lipscomb 0-0 0 1-2-0Liberty 0-0 0 1-3-0

2019 ASUN PRESEASON COACHES POLL

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

2019 LIBERTY FLAMES ROSTERNO. NAME POS. CL. HGT. WGT HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS TEAM) 1 Brogan Engbers GK Jr. 5-11 160 Cumberland, Ontario, Canada/Toronto FC 2 Malik Smith D Jr. 6-0 180 Brampton, Ontario. Canada/Suzuki Seconday School (Grand Canyon) 3 Shalom Dutey D Sr. 6-2 175 Charlotte, N.C./Garringer 4 Frieder Wagner D Jr. 5-10 178 Weilheim/Teck, Germany/Wurttemberggymnasium (Tyler) 5 Sebastian Valdez MF So. 6-0 180 Queretaro, Mexico/Universidad del Futbol y Ciencias del Deporte 6 Ruben Garcia MF Sr. 5-8 160 Madrid, Spain/ IES Duque de Rivas (Universidad of Alcalá) 7 Jordan Barbara F Jr. 5-8 154 Lavardac, France/Girondins de Bordeaux (Presbyterian) 8 Rafael Castro MF Jr. 5-6 150 Durango, Mexico/Instituto Frances de la Laguna 9 Jack Worth F So. 5-11 157 Chester, N.J./ West Morris Mendham10 Musa Morris F Jr. 5-7 165 Lagos, Nigeria/Sandra Day O’Connor (Phoenix College/Grand Canyon)11 Seth Clark MF Fr. 5-8 143 Darfield, New Zealand/Middle Grange12 Rigo Rojas F Sr. 6-5 190 Chicago, Ill./Hinsdale 13 Evan Godfrey D Jr. 6-0 170 Millville, N.J./YSC Academy14 Matthew Zaczyk MF Jr. 6-0 185 Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville15 Brayden Borutskie D Fr. 6-2 178 Bradford, Ontario, Canada/Holy Trinity Catholic16 Andrew Taber D So. 5-10 160 Ottsville, Pa./YSC Academy17 Filip Burnett D Jr. 5-8 157 Germantown, Md./Poolesville (St. Francis, Pa.)18 Carter Burris F Sr. 5-9 165 Lewes, Del./Sussex Technical 19 Noah Senn MF So. 6-0 160 Stillwater, Minn./St. Croix Preparatory Academy20 Shane Geisler F Jr. 6-3 180 Germantown, Md./Poolesville21 James Worth D So. 5-8 140 Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham22 Blake Myers MF So. 5-8 140 Troutville, Va./Lord Botetourt23 Bobby Bynum MF Sr. 5-11 155 Colorado Springs, Colo./Battlefield (North Florida)24 Sam Schubert D So. 6-3 165 Evington, Va./Liberty Christian Academy25 Noah Holmes F Fr. 5-11 185 Apex, N.C./Cary Christian 26 Tyler Welch F So. 5-11 170 Hermon, Maine/Bangor Christian School (Northeastern)27 Danny Cordero GK Fr. 6-2 173 San Jose, Costa Rico/La Asuncion28 Nathan Yoder GK So. 6-3 185 Delaware, Ohio/Worthington Christian (Findlay)29 Hunter Heard D Fr. 6-2 183 Chesapeake, Va./Homeschooled

Head Coach: Kelly FindleyAssociate Head Coach: Jose Gomez Director of Performance Analysis: A.J. Madero Athletic Trainer: Dillion Lesniak

CLASSSenior ...................................................5Junior ..................................................10Sophomore ...........................................9Freshman .............................................5

POSITIONForward ................................................9Midfielder ..............................................7Defender .............................................10Goalkeeper ...........................................3

HOME STATE/COUNTRYColorado ...............................................1Delaware ..............................................1Illinois ....................................................1 Maryland ...............................................2New Jersey ...........................................3North Carolina ......................................2Maine ....................................................1Minnesota .............................................1Ohio ......................................................1Pennsylvania ........................................1Tennessee ............................................1Virginia ..................................................3

Canada .................................................3Coasta Rica ..........................................1France ..................................................1Germany ...............................................1Mexico ..................................................2Nigeria ..................................................1New Zealand ........................................1Spain ....................................................1

3 Dutey ....................................................................... DUE-tay (like may with a t)4 Frieder Wagner ................................................... FRIY-deh-R Vog (like fog)-ner7 Barbara ............................................................................................Bar-bear-ah12 Rigo ......................................................................................................Ree-go14 Zacyzk ...............................................................ZAY (like may with a z)-check15 Borutskie ....................................................................................Bore-wrote-ski17 Filip ........................................................................................................Phil-up20 Geisler ................................................................................................GICE-ler23 Bynum ............................................................................................BYE-Numb24 Schubert ...........................................................................................Shoe-bert28 Natanael ..................................................................................... Nuh-THAN-ul

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ROSTER BREAKDOWN

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

1 BROGANENGBERS 2 MALIK

SMITH 3 SHALOMDUTEY 4 FRIEDER

WAGNER 5 SEBASTIANVALDEZ

8 RAFAELCASTRO 9 JACK

WORTH 10 MUSAMORRIS 11SETH

CLARK

15 BRAYDENBORUTSKIE 16 ANDREW

TABER14 MATTHEWZACZYK

20 SHANEGEISLER

18 CARTERBURRIS

19 NOAHSENN

17 FILIPBURNETT

6 RUBENGARCIA

12 RIGOROJAS

13 EVANGODFREY

21 JAMESWORTH 22 BLAKE

MYERS 24 SAMSCHUBERT

25 NOAHHOLMES

23 BOBBYBYNUM

26 TYLERWELCH 27 DANNY

CORDERO

7 JORDANBARBARA

28 NATHANYODER 29 HUNTER

HEARD

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTESLiberty Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 12, 2019)

All games

Overall: 1-3-0 Conf: 0-0-0 Home: 0-2-0 Away: 1-1-0 Neut: 0-0-0

## Player gp-gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc gwg pk-att7 BARBARA, Jordan 4-3 1 0 2 6 . 1 6 7 3 . 5 0 0 2 0 0 1-15 VALDEZ, Sebastian 3-3 1 0 2 3 . 3 3 3 1 . 3 3 3 2 1 1 0-010 MORRIS,Musa 4-3 0 0 0 9 . 0 0 0 3 . 3 3 3 1 0 0 0-06 GARCIA, Rueben 4-4 0 0 0 8 . 0 0 0 2 . 2 5 0 1 0 0 0-011 CLARK, Seth 4-4 0 0 0 5 . 0 0 0 2 . 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-08 CASTRO, Rafael 4-1 0 0 0 3 . 0 0 0 1 . 3 3 3 1 0 0 0-023 BYNUM, Bobby 4-2 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-016 TABER, Andrew 4-4 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 1 0 0 0-018 BURRIS, Carter 2-0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0-014 ZACYZK, Matthew 4-4 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-09 WORTH, Jack 2-0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-03 DUTEY, Shalom 4-4 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-026 WELCH, Tyler 1-0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-024 SCHUBERT, Sam 1-0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-020 GEISLER, Shane 2-0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-017 BURNETT, Filip 1-1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-015 BORUTSKIE, Brayden 2-0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-013 GODFREY, Evan 3-1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-04 WAGNER, Freider 2-2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-02 SMITH, Malik 4-4 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0

Total 4 2 0 4 42 . 0 4 8 15 . 3 5 7 9 1 1 1-1Opponents 4 8 5 21 55 . 1 4 5 24 . 4 3 6 14 0 3 1-2

Goal Average Saves Record# Goalie gp-gs min ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho/cbo1 ENGBERS, Brogan 3-3 270:00 5 1.67 13 . 7 2 2 1 2 0 0/027 CORDERO, Danny 1-0 90:00 3 3.00 2 . 4 0 0 0 1 0 0/0TM TEAM - 0:00 0 0.00 1 1.000 0 0 0 0/0

Total 4 360:00 8 2.00 16 . 6 6 7 1 3 0 0Opponents 4 360:00 2 0.50 13 . 8 6 7 3 1 0 3

Team saves: 1

Goals by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 2 0 2Opponents 4 4 8

Shots by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 18 24 42Opponents 22 33 55

Saves by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 7 9 16Opponents 6 7 13

Corners by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 10 12 22Opponents 7 11 18

Fouls by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 27 25 52Opponents 33 27 60

Attendance Summary LIBERTY OpponentTotal 898 1208Dates/Avg Per Date 2/449 2/604Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0