KENTUCKY MEN’S SOCCER
Weekly Update
Overall Record: 8-7-1, 1-4-0 C-USA
Record Last Week: 1-0-0, 1-0-0 C-USA
Recent Results
Wednesday, Oct. 12 * defeated Tulsa, 2-1
Upcoming Schedule (times eastern)
Wednesday, Oct. 19 * at No. 15 Indiana * 7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 23 * at Memphis * 3 p.m.
TEAM NOTES
In the biggest home game of the season for the Kentucky men’s soccer team, the Wildcats rode three goals to a 3-1 win over Conference USA power Tulsa on Wednesday. UK returns to action on Wednesday, traveling to No. 15 Indiana for a 7 p.m. ET matchup in Bloomington, Ind., before traveling to Memphis on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
Kentucky (8-7-1, 1-4-0 C-USA) entered the game with Tulsa with its backs against the wall after a 0-4 start to league action. UK responded in the must-win situation with three goals for a 3-0 lead, before Tulsa was awarded a penalty-kick goal in the 88th minute for the 3-1 margin. UK got two goals from Charles Pettys and the third goal of the year from Josh Mulvany, with Matt Lodge equaling the school-record with three assists.
UK’s clash with Indiana in Bloomington will be the final non-conference game of the regular-season for the Wildcats, who have conference games at Memphis and South Carolina, with a home tilt with SMU on Senior Day.
The Wildcats have been paced in 2011 by an explosive offense that owns 31 goals through 16 games, a year removed from 18 goals in 19 games. UK has averaged 16.3 shots per game and a 108-71 mark in corner kicks. UK’s forward-tandem of Tyler Riggs and Lodge have led UK individually, with Riggs netting 10 goals and five assists, while Lodge owns seven goals and 10 assists. Pettys owns three goals and seven assists, while Mulvany has charted three goals and four assists.
UK sophomore All-Conference USA goalkeeper Tyler Beadle has started 14 games with a 1.62 goals-against average, saving 39 shots and allowing 23 goals. Backup keeper Jack Van Arsdale has made two starts, saving three shots with a 2.00 goals-against average.
Last year, UK and IU battled through a 1-1 double-overtime tie, getting a Lodge goal in the 32nd minute, with IU evening up the game on a penalty-kick in the 48th minute. IU leads the overall series 1-15-3, with two of its ties coming in the last three meetings. UK’s lone win came in 1995 in Bloomington, 1-0.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE
Matt Lodge, Jr. F (Rossington, England)
Junior forward Matt Lodge shined in a shellacking of UK rival Tulsa on Wednesday, assisting on a school-record three goals in the 3-1 win over the Golden Hurricane … Lodge’s three assists are the most in a single-game in school annals, marking the fourth time in UK history a player has accomplished that feat and the first since Barry Rice in 2006 … Now owns 10 assists on the year, the second-most assists in UK single-season history, just three shy of Jamal Shteiwi’s school-best 13 in 2003 … Has added seven goals and 62 shots, with his shot total ranking as the second-most shots in UK single-season history … 16 games deep into his junior season, Loge owns 17 goals and 15 assists (49 points), ranking among the career leaders in points (seventh), goals (eighth), assists (fifth), shots (137; fifth) and game-winning goals (six; seventh) … With 24 points in 2011, Lodge ranks fifth in UK single-season history …A Rossington, England, native and a 2009 Freshman All-America honoree, Lodge ranks among the C-USA leaders in shots (first, 62), points (fourth, 24), points per game (sixth, 1.50), goals (sixth, 7) and assists (first, 10).
SUPPLEMENTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE
Charles Pettys, Jr. MF (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Junior midfielder Charles Pettys notched his first career two-goal game, in leading UK to a 3-1 beatdown of Conference USA powerhouse Tulsa on Wednesday … Pettys notched both of UK’s two goals to start of the game, getting his first in the 13th minute and adding his second in the 27th frame … On the year, Pettys owns three goals and seven assists, ranking fourth in the league in assists and ninth in the conference in points (13) … Pettys’ first career two-goal game marked the 57th all-time two-goal outing from a UK player in program history … In his two-year UK career, Pettys – a native of Los Angeles, Calif. – has played in 29 games with 20 starts, posting four goals and eight assists.
