Men's Soccer Heads to Cincinnati on Saturday

Saturday, October 18

Cincinnati, Ohio

7:00 pm

Temple University

Cincinnati

Senior forward Chas Wilson

Men's Soccer Heads to Cincinnati on Saturday

10.16.14 | Men's Soccer

PHILADELPHIA – Temple men's soccer heads to Cincinnati on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. The Owls look to win their third consecutive game against the Bearcats after defeating them last season and this season 2-0 on Sept. 27. Cincinnati looks for their first conference win of the season.

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Temple is 2-9-2, 1-2-1 with American Athletic Conference play underway for the 2014 season. The Owls tied UCF last Wednesday 1-1. Redshirt-senior forward Chas Wilson scored with less than three minutes left in regulation to tie the game. The Owls dropped their last game to SMU 2-1 in overtime last Saturday.
12 underclassmen have started a game for Temple. 16 total underclassmen have appeared in a game.
Five freshmen have started at least eight games for the Owls: midfielder Felipe Liborio (12 games), midfielder Miguel Polley (11), defender Mark Grasela (eight), midfielder Brendon Creed (eight), and forward Olli Tynkkynen (eight).
Senior goalkeeper Dan Scheck is currently second in career allowed average (0.86) behind Jeff Kraft's (1977-80) 0.85 average and ranks fourth in career wins (16).
Sophomore defender Robert Sagel has played all 1,251 minutes of the season. Sophomore defender Matt Mahoney is second in minutes played with 1,193.
Sagel, Scheck and junior forward/midfielder Jared Martinelli were selected to the Preseason All-American Athletic Conference Team. Scheck was voted by the coaches as the Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year.
Temple was predicted to finish fifth in the conference by the preseason coaches' poll.
Cincinnati comes into the game with a 3-7-3, 0-3-1 record. The Bearcats are looking for their first conference win of the season after being outscored by conference opponents 9-3.
The Bearcats tied UConn 0-0 last Wednesday and lost to No. 24 USF 3-1 last Saturday in their last two home contests.
Cincinnati returned over 80% of their scoring and 300-plus career starts to this season's squad. Junior defender Richardo Israel was selected to the preseason all-conference team.
Junior forward John Manga leads the team in goals (nine) and points (18). Manga has scored nine of the team's 16 goals.
Manga has scored in every win this season for the Bearcats.
Redshirt-sophomore goalkeeper Alex Gill has started all 13 games and has 61 saves, a 1.60 goals allowed average and four shutouts on the season.
Temple has won the two meetings between the two schools. On Sept. 27 Martinelli and Wilson both scored off touch passes from Polley to lead the Owls to a 2-0 win. Scheck had two saves in the shutout.