2007 Men's Soccer Weekly Release #10 (October 23)

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Week in Review

The Yellowjackets posted a dominating 7-1 win over Jamestown College on Saturday before laying out a 2-0 shutout victory over conference rival Seattle Pacific on Monday to wrap up the home schedule.

Setting a new school record for fastest goal scored from the start of a game, Jarred Weisen (Great Falls) found the net just 19 seconds into the contest to score his first of three goals in the game to open the Yellowjackets' Senior Day at the College of Technology.

The Yellowjackets scored four first half goals starting with Weisen, a sophomore midfielder, who took a through ball up the right side firing on goal as the Jimmies’ keeper was drawn out of the net.  Chris Andre (Billings) earned the assist.  Andre then took his turn on goal at the 17:58 mark after receiving a pass from teammate Matt D’Hont (Rapid City, S.D.).  D’Hont flicked the ball over the Jimmies’ defense setting up Andre to beat the keeper one on one.

D’Hont scored his third goal of the season off one of Scott Dixon’s (Dorset, England) three assists in the game in the 26th minute.  Weisen scored back-to back goals in the 39th and 49th minutes to wrap up his hat-trick.  Both goals were assisted by Dixon.

Bryce Ramsey and Colby Vossler, both from Cheyenne, Wyo., scored their first goals of the season to open the second half.  Ramsey scored at 69:08 off Brian Huskey’s (Billings) free kick from midfield, while Vossler sheered the ball into the net off a pass from D’Hont.

The Jackets narrowly missed earning their eighth shutout of the season, allowing the Jimmies’ Bradley Wolbert to score with just 3:17 remaining on the game clock.  The Yellowjackets’ Dylan Malloy (Butte) made a diving save only to have Wolbert pick up his own rebound to score.

The Yellowjackets blasted the Jimmies, out-shooting the young program 28-8.  The Jackets also fired 16 shots on goal to Jamestown’s six.  Philip Nisbett made six saves in the first half with his teammate Stephan Shoemaker tackling three in the second half.  All three Yellowjacket keepers saw time in goal.  Sander Tollefson (Missoula) picked up the win and made two first half saves.  Malloy grabbed two saves and Matt Mitchell (Thornton, Colo.) had one.

Sam Charles

Chris Cornish

The Jackets were emotionally charged heading into Monday's GNAC game against Seattle Pacific University as a win would prime the team for its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance.  Not disappointing a single Yellowjacket fan, MSU Billings scored two second half goals to finish the season at home 8-0-0.

On a day that would rival Chicago’s nickname of the windy city, both the Yellowjackets and Falcons battled through 45 minutes, taking a scoreless tie into halftime.  Midway into the second half, the Yellowjackets worked the ball into Falcon territory where Sam Charles (Weymouth, England) drew a foul inside the Seattle Pacific box.  Remaining perfect in penalty kick shots, Charles sank the ball into the Falcon’s net at the 59-minute mark to score the game-winner.  Charles is 6-for-6 in PK’s this season and the goal was his conference-leading 19th of the season.

Sensing the urgency, the Falcons tried to turn the momentum into their favor, but the Jackets held steady, continuing to pressure Seattle Pacific’s defense.  In the 67th minute, the duo of Scott Dixon (Dorset, England) and Charles raced up the left side passing the ball back and forth.  Charles took a shot with the Falcons’ keeper Kellen Rosten making a soft save.  A streaking Chris Cornish (Surrey, England) followed through on the rebound pushing the ball into the net just out of Rosten’s reach.  The insurance goal was Cornish’s first of the season with Charles picking up the assist.

The Yellowjackets outshot the Falcons 13-8 and held an 8-3 shots on goal advantage.  Rosten tackled six saves in the game with the Jackets’ Sander Tollefson (Missoula, MT) making three.

The Yellowjackets are currently ranked fourth in the NCAA regional rankings that were released Tuesday.  The ranking does not reflect Monday's win over SPU.  The selection show on November 5th could send the Yellowjackets to their first ever NCAA Tournament.  Seattle University, Sonoma State, and Cal State Dominguez Hills are currently ranked in front of the Yellowjackets with Grand Canyon and Western Washington on the Jackets' heels.

Record Watch/Notables: The Yellowjackets surpassed the previous single season record of 39 goals set back in 2001 with Monday's win....The Jackets have 41 goals this season with one game against Great Falls remaining on the regular season schedule...As a team, the Yellowjackets continue to dominate several categories in the GNAC including ranking first for shots (270), points (112), goals (41), goals per game (2.41), and shutouts (8)...Individually Sam Charles ranks first for shots per game (4.44), points (41), points per game (2.56), goals (19), and game-winning goals (7)...Jarred Weisen has also made his mark scoring a hat-trick in Saturday's game...It is the third time this season a player has scored a hat-trick...Weisen ranks sixth in the conference for points (15), and goals (6) while his teammate Scott Dixon ranks first for assists (9) and assists per game (0.82)...Goalkeeper Sander Tollefson ranks first in the conference for shutouts with six...Senior Greg McKeever is set to play in and start all 72 games of his collegiate career ranking him first in school history for collegiate games played and started...McKeever's teammate Josh Hernandez will reach 70 games played and started...Charles is a perfect 6-for-6 in penalty kicks this season and is untouched in career penalty kicks going 8-for-8...Dixon has quietly moved up the record books and ranks first in school history for single season assists with nine...He has shattered the previous record of four dating back to 2003...In just one season Dixon is four assists shy of tying the overall career record of 13 assists...Just one week following Charles' record for the fastest goal ever scored in Yellowjacket history at 40 seconds, Weisen snatched the title away scoring in just 19 seconds against Jamestown College.

NCAA Regional Rankings: (Oct. 23) Far West Region - 1. Seattle University; 2. Sonoma State; 3. Cal State Dominguez Hills; 4. Montana State Billings; 5. Grand Canyon; 6. Western Washington.

GNAC PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK: Jason Cascio, Seattle University (F, 5-11, Sr., Gilbert, AZ – Hamilton) earned his first career hat trick scoring three goals in a 8-1 win against Saint Martin’s as the Redhawks extended their win streak to eight games.  Cascio now has 10 goals this season and 28 in his career.

HONORABLE MENTION: Jarred Weisen, Montana State Billings (M, So., Great Falls, MT – Russell) scored three goals in the Yellowjackets’ 7-1 rout of Jamestown.  Weisen is one of five players to score three goals in a game and is also one of three players to have three assists in a contest this fall.

AROUND THE GNAC:  Cascio and Weisen’s hat-tricks were the fifth and sixth this season in the GNAC.  MSUB’s Sam Charles has had two. . .MSUB’s Scott Dixon had three assists against Jamestown. . .Michael Lockwood had 11 saves and allowed just two goals as Western Washington lost to Grand Canyon 1-0 and earned a 1-1 draw with Seattle Pacific. . .It was SPU’s sixth tie of the season, five by identical 1-1 scores. . .Victor Kelmel’s goal in a 4-2 loss at Seattle Pacific snapped a three-game scoreless streak for Saint Martin’s.  Chase Franklin scored SMU’s lone goal in their loss to Seattle.

WON-LOSS RECORDS: The GNAC’s top four teams  are 29-8-4 against outside competition.  Including first-year program Saint Martin’s, which has lost 12 straight, they are 31-16-4. Conference teams are 27-10-4 versus Division II opponents, 17-10-4 against Far West Region teams (10-8-2 vs. the CCAA, 7-2-2 against the PacWest.

Upcoming Opponents

University of Great Falls (webpage) -  The University of Great Falls, in its inaugural season, are 5-8-0 overall.  The Yellowjackets defeated the Argos 4-0 in Billings back on September 1.  Great Falls has won their last four-straight games and have two shutout wins on the season.  They have scored 22 goals to their opponents 24.

No other statistics are available.

All-time vs. MSUB: 0-1-0
The two teams last met Sept., 1, 2007.  MSUB won 4-0.
 

The Stats

Click HERE for current MSU Billings 2007 season statistics

The Standings

2007 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Standings
(Through games of October 21, 2007)

The Stats Leaders

The Players

The Last Time in Yellowjacket Men's Soccer

A player had 5 or more points in a game — Oct. 20, 2007 (Jarred Weisen, 6 vs. Jamestown)

A player had 2 or more assists in a game — Oct. 20, 2007 (Matt D'Hont (2), Scott Dixon (3) vs. Jamestown)

A player had 3 or more goals in a game — Oct. 20, 2007 (Jarred Weisen, 3 vs. Jamestown)

A player had 15 or more saves in a game — Aug. 26, 2000 (Jacob Shepherd, 19 vs. Colorado School of Mines)

A player scored a goal in the first 5 minutes — Oct. 20, 2007 (Jarred Weisen, 19 sec. vs. Jamestown)

A player scored back to back goals < 10:00 — Aug. 26, 2007 (Sam Charles, 9:29 vs. Mesa State)

Two players scored back to back goals < 1:00 — Oct. 5, 2005 (Joe Ferguson/Mike Gallegos, 27 seconds vs. Seattle University)

A player scored goals in 3+ cons. games—Aug. 23-Sep. 20, 2007 (Sam Charles, 8)

A player posted 200+ consecutive shutout min—Sept. 10 - Sept. 20, 2007 (Sander Tollefson 287:29)

The team had 10 or more points in a game—Oct. 20, 2007 (21 vs. Jamestown)

The team had 5 or more goals in a game—Oct. 20, 2007 (7 vs. Jamestown)

The team had 3 or more assists in a game—Oct. 20, 2007 (7 vs. Jamestown)

The team had 15 or more saves in a game—Aug. 26, 2000 (19 vs. Colorado School of Mines)

The School Records (records that include 2007 in bold)

Schedule & Results

The Coaches

Dan McNally, Head Coach
The 2007 season will be Dan McNally's third as the head men's soccer coach at MSU Billings.  His teams are 10-24-2 overall in two seasons.  In 2005-2006 the Yellowjackets had their best success in the classroom with the men's soccer program leading the Heartland Conference with a 3.32 grade point average.

Assistant Coach Adam Spinelli
2007-2008 will be Spinelli's second year as the Yellowjackets' men's soccer assistant.  He graduated from Nova Southeastern University with degrees in Business Administration and Sports and Recreation Management.  He was a three-year college starter, playing two seasons at Southern New Hampshire University and one at Nova Southeastern. 

In 2002 at Southern New Hampshire, Spinelli was named the Northeast-10 Freshman of the Year.  He earned third team all-conference honors and was a starter for the Penmen in the NCAA Division II National Championship Game.  At Nova Southeastern Spinelli was named to the All-South Region Academic Team and was an Academic All-America Nominee. 

Spinelli currently holds a USSF National “C” license and a NSCAA National Goalkeeping license.

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