September 30, 2002
The Records: The 49ers are 6-7 overall and 0-1 in the MPSF as they head to Berkeley for the NorCal Tournament. LBSU will face off against Loyola Marymount in their first game on Saturday at 9:10 am. The 49ers and Lions tangled this past Thursday in Long Beach and LMU came away with an 8-6 victory. LMU is 5-6 on the season. Last week the Lions defeated LBSU and UCSB before falling at home to Stanford, 13-5. Also in the 49ers bracket at the NorCal Tournament are Stanford and UC Santa Cruz.
The Coach: Rick Azevedo is 47-42 (.528) in his fourth year as the head coach at Long Beach State.
Series Records: The 49ers lead their series with LMU by an 8-1 count, with that one loss coming last week at LBSU.
Scoring Frenzy: The 49ers racked up 30 goals in their two victories on Saturday, downing Cal Baptist 11-9 and Occidental 19-0. The 19 goals ties for ninth-best on the LBSU single game scoring chart.
Holloway Continues Strong Play: Senior Aaron Holloway (El Segundo/El Segundo HS) has 89 career goals at LBSU placing him at #16 all-time in 49er history. Holloway has scored at least one goal in 11 of the 13 games this season, leads the squad with 22 total goals and has eight multiple-goal games this season. He scored two goals against both Cal Baptist and Occidental this past Saturday at the Campus Pool.
Geoffroy Records Career-High: Sophomore Erik Geoffroy (Rossmoor/Los Alamitos HS) scored four goals in Saturday's 11-9 win over Cal Baptist, a new career-high for him. Geoffroy has scored 20 goals this year, second-best on the team, and has eight multiple-goal outings this season. Geoffroy had tallied two goals in four consecutive games prior to his four-goal outburst vs. CBU. He had scored 12 goals over the span of five games prior to the game vs. Occidental, where he played just in the first quarter.
Durley Steps Up: Sophomore James Durley (Thousand Oaks) made the most of his playing time in Saturday's win over Occidental. Durley scored a career-high five goals in the 49ers 19-0 victory. Durley, who scored two goals in the season-opening win over Bucknell (16-3), has seen limited playing time this season. He scored four of his goals in the second half vs. Oxy.
Onyshko Shines In Goal: Redshirt freshman Thomas Onyshko (Thousand Oaks) earned his first start as a 49er Saturday vs. Occidental and came through with flying colors. Onyshko shutout the Tigers 19-0 and recorded a career-best 10 goalie saves in the contest. Onyshko had played in just the second half of two games this season (Stanford, LMU) prior to Saturday's start.
Many Firsts: In the 19-0 win over Occidental several 49ers scored their first career goals. Redshirt freshman Sean MacKenzie (Walnut Creek) scored twice for his first two goals as a 49er. Fellow redshirt freshman Bruno Adoric (Split, Croatia) scored one goal vs. Oxy for his first career tally. Junior newcomer Kareem Captan (La Habra) scored two goals, the first of his career, true freshman Riley Brady (El Segundo) scored a goal, just his second as a 49er and junior Ken Turner (Houston, TX) scored two goals vs. Oxy, his first multiple-goal game as a 49er.
Allard Climbing Up Scoring Chart: With 17 goals this season junior Nathan Allard (La Habra) has 63 career goals as a 49er. He needs just 10 more to tie himself for 24th all-time at LBSU. Last season Allard tallied 18 goals after scoring 28 in the 2000 campaign. Allard, who played just the first quarter vs. Occidental, had scored two goals in four consecutive games (UCI, USC, LMU, Cal Baptist).
NorCal Brackets: Listed below are the brackets for the 2002 NorCal Tournament which will be held on the campus of UC Berkeley and at Diablo Valley College (Pleasant Hill).
Group A: Stanford, Long Beach, State, LMU, UC Santa Cruz
Group B: UC Irvine, Pepperdine, UC San Diego, Air Force
Group C: USC, UCLA, UCSB, Harvard
Group D: Pacific, California, Princeton, UC Davis
CAREER GOALS SCORED
1. 231, Kyle Kopp
2. 205, Mike Burke
3. 174, Jeff Colyer
4. 165, Chris Segesman
5. 162, Grant Jeffries
6. 160, Bob Dolan
7. 154, Kip Parsons
8. 142, Scott Weir
9. 128, Chi Kredell
10. 122, Darin Blizzard
11. 117, Phil Castillo
12. 114, Robert Williams
13. 105, Jon Peterson
14. 104, Jim Birdsell
15. 96, Doug Kimball
16. 89, Aaron Holloway
17. 84, Bob Ratkovic
18. 82, Doug Bolicek
18. 82, Dana Twohig
20. 79, Brian Constanza
20. 79, Spencer Harris
22. 77, Mike Conroy
23. 76, Corey Dolley
24. 73, Justin Jewell
24. 73, Greg Finley
63, Nathan Allard
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