CINCINNATI, OH - CCU Senior Drew Roberts has been named Offensive Player of The Year in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.  Roberts scored a team high 15 goals this season to lead the Eagles into their first season of NAIA competition.  Roberts finished the season #17 in the nation in Goals per Game with a .940 average.  He also tallied hat tricks on three occassions with the most significant being against Berea College in CCU's first ever KIAC victory. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 27th, 2008

 

 

CCU Defeats Berea College 5-0 in First Ever KIAC Victory

 

CINCINNATI, OH - The CCU men's soccer team picked up their first conference victory on Saturday afternoon with a 5-0 win against KIAC conference rival Berea College.  Senior Drew Roberts recorded a hat trick in the first half with three goals against Berea the opening 45 minutes.  The Eagles would continue their momentum in the second half as Marel Gavarette and Joe Kerkhoff added goals as CCU built a five goal lead.  The CCU defense was once again stellar as they shutout an opponent for the third time in four games.   Keeper Zac Mays tallied 7 saves in the shutout for the Eagles.  Freshman Danny Elmore added an assist for the Eagles in a winning effort.

 

"We really played great today," said head coach Josh Miller.  "We really worked hard as a team and put in a good effort today for the entire 90 minutes."

 

With the win the Eagles are now 3-7-1 on the season and 1-1 in conference play.  CCU is undefeated in their last four games going 3-0-1 during that stretch.  The Eagles have have also outscored their opponents 20-2 over the last four games.

 

CCU is back in action on Monday as they travel to Georgia to take on Reinhardt College at 4:00PM.

 

 

 

September 20th, 2008

CCU Routes Appalachian and Johnson Bible In Convincing Weekend Wins

CINCINNATI, OH - The Golden Eagles (2-7) rebounded from a tough loss earlier in the week and came away with a pair of convincing wins over the Warriors of Appalachian on Friday night and against Johnson Bible on Saturday afternnon.  Against Appalachian, Senior All-American Drew Roberts connected on four goals to help lead CCU to their biggest offensive output of the season.  Adam Stosur, another senior All-American, found the back of the net three times en route to a hat trick.  The CCU defense did a sensational job allowing only two shots on goal the entire game as CCU picked up their first shutout of the season as CCU went on to win 7-0.

CCU followed up with another offensive barrage on Saturday afternoon against Johnson Bible College.  Brock Heitkamp and Tizirai Bungu scored their first goals of the season in a winning effort.  Adam Stosur added another goal against JBC to give him a weekend total of 4 goals.  Drew Roberts was sensational once again as he recorded his 2nd straight hat trick with 3 goals in the win.  The 3 goals against JBC gives Roberts a weekend total of 7 goals in the two wins. The CCU defense recorded their second straight shutout as CCU defeated Johnson 6-0.

"We played great today", said head coach Josh Miller after the win on Saturday.  "We played unselfishly as a team for the entire 90 minutes and it was a quality brand of soccer.  When we work together on the field we are a very strong team."

The wins help the Eagles rebound from three straight losses where they lost by just one goal against upper level competition.  The most recent of those games was a 3-2 loss to Anderson University on Wednesday night.

August 26th, 2008

Eagles Fall to Bluffton 4-1

CINCINNATI, OH - The Eagles jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in their final preseason tune up before the start of the regular season.  In the opening minutes, a Joe Kerkhoff follow-up shot found the back of the net after the initial CCU shot had bounced off the post.  The Eagles were the aggressor early on in the game and held on to a 1-0 lead.  Bluffton would rally back later in the first half and would tally a pair of goals to take a 2-1 lead.

Bluffton would add a pair of goals in the second half and closed out the game with a 4-1 win.  CCU now wraps up their preseason after splitting a pair of games against NCAA Division III competition.  The Golden Eagles will now gear up for their first regular season games as they travel to Dayton, Tennessee to take part in the Bryan College Tournament this weekend.

August 21st, 2008

CCU Tames the Lions of Mount St. Joseph 2-0

CINCINNATI, OH - The NAIA era of CCU men's soccer got off to a sensational start on Thursday evening as the Eagles went on the road to take on the Lions of Mount St. Joseph in a pre-season exhibition.  After a 40 minute defensive struggle, CCU was able to crack the MSJ defense and was awarded a penalty kick after senior all-american Drew Roberts was taken down in the box.  Roberts capitalized on the penalty kick as he struck the back of the net as he went left of the keeper to give CCU a 1-0 advantage.

Just a few minutes later, CCU would capitalize in transition as the Eagles took advantage of a three on two situation.  CCU worked the ball to the middle and found Drew Roberts on the left side of the field with a nice touch pass.  Roberts side stepped the defender and scored with a soft shot that sailed to the right of the keeper to give CCU a 2-0 lead.

The CCU defense would hold on to shutout the Lions.  The defensive effort was led by goalkeeper Thayer Wallace who was brilliant in goal.  The Eagles also benefitted from the strong defensive play of speedy freshmen Nate Dennis and Walter Garcia. 

The Eagles will now face Bluffton University next week in their final scrimmage before starting the regular season.