Press Release
Overall Record: 3-9-2 (Home: 2-4, Away: 1-5-2)
Northwest Conference: 1-6-2, 7th (Home: 1-3, Away: 0-3-2)
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Tie at Willamette, Fall to PLU at Home
* Coming Up: NWC Road Swing to Eastern Washington
* Hangartner BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
* NWC Stats: Pehr Moves into Top Ten in Goals Scored
RECENT GAMES: Bruins Tie at Willamette, Fall to PLU at Home
* Oct. 10 - George Fox 1, at Willamette 1, 2 ot ( Press Release / Box Score)
* Oct. 14 - Pacific Lutheran 5, at George Fox 3 ( Press Release / Box Score)
COMING UP: NWC Road Swing to Eastern Washington
* Sat., Oct. 20, 2:30 pm - at Whitworth University, Spokane, Wash. (NWC)
* Sun., Oct. 21, 2:30 pm - vs. Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash. (NWC)
Whitworth (10-2-1, NWC 8-1, 1st): The Pirates from Spokane, Wash., were picked 3rd in the NWC pre-season coaches' poll, the Bruins 7th ... Whitworth is 4th in the latest NSCAA/NCAA Division III West Region rankings ... The Pirates have won the last five meetings, including a 2-0 win in Newberg on Sept. 23 this year ... The Bruins' last win in the series was 2-0 in Newberg on Oct. 17, 2004 ... Whitworth is 1st in the NWC in shutouts (9), goals allowed (6, T), 2nd in assists (21), goals against avg. (1.92), 3rd in corner kicks (64, T), shots (190), 4th in points (61), goals (20, T), 8th in saves (43) â?¦ Matt Friesen is 3rd in points (18), goals (7), 4th in shots (43), assists (4, T) â?¦ Brent Zahn is 4th in assists (4, T) â?¦ Keeper Scott Barnum is 1st in shutouts (9), 2nd in goals against avg. (0.45), 3rd in save pct. (.875), 7th in saves (42) â?¦ Whitworth next hosts Willamette Sunday, Oct. 21, at 2:30 p.m. ...
Whitman (7-7, NWC 4-5, 4th): The Missionaries from Walla Walla, Wash., were picked 6th in the NWC pre-season coaches' poll, the Bruins 7th ... Whitman has won the last five meetings, including a 1-0 win in Newberg on Sept. 22 this year ... The Bruins' last win in the series was 3-1 in Newberg on Oct. 16, 2004 ... Whitman is 3rd in the NWC in points (76), goals (29), 4th in saves (74, T), 5th in shots (176), assists (18), corner kicks (57, T), shutouts (3), 6th in goals allowed (20), goals against avg.(1.39) â?¦ Stephen Phillips is 2nd in points (19), goals (9), 5th in shots (36) â?¦ Andy Huntington is 3rd in goals (7, T), 4th in points (17) â?¦ Keeper Brett Axelrod is 4th in saves (54), 5th in shutouts (2), 6th in goals against avg. (1.11), save pct. (.794) â?¦ Whitman hosts Willamette Saturday before meeting the Bruins, then hosts Walla Walla in a non-conference game Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m. ...
Visit the Northwest Conference web site for the latest NWC Men's Soccer Standings.
COACH MANFRED TSCHAN
Manfred Tschan (Teacher's College, Hofwil, Switzerland '76) has a record to date of 187-160-20 (.537) in his 19th year at George Fox, and 251-189-28 (.566) overall in his 25th year as a college coach. He picked up his 250th career win when the Bruins defeated Warner Pacific in Portland, Ore., 1-0 in two overtimes on Sept. 4. He piloted the Concordia University-Portland men's team from 1984-87 and the University of Oregon women's program from 1980-81. He was NAIA District 2 and NAIA Area 1 Coach of the Year in 1993. Click here for the complete bio on Coach Tschan.
BRUIN BITS:
* Hangartner BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
It has been a frustrating, injury-plagued season for Bruin senior midfielder Erich Hangartner, but when he has been able to play, he has been productive. In his only game this past week, he scored a pair of goals in the Bruins'5-3 loss to Pacific Lutheran, earning Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week and receiving honorable mention for Northwest Conference Men's Offensive Player of the Week for Oct. 8-14. He scored his first goal of the game and second of the season midway through the second half to pull the Bruins within a goal of the Lutes at 3-2, then closed out the scoring with a header three minutes from the end. A four-year starter for the Bruins, he has 9 career goals, 9 assists, and 27 points.
* 2007 Honors:
Justin Meyer
- Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Sept. 3-9)
- NWC Offensive Player of the Week (HM, Sept. 3-9)
Garrett Blizzard
- Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Sept. 10-16)
- NWC Offensive Player of the Week (HM, Sept. 10-16; HM-Sept. 24-30)
Kyle Putnam
- NWC Defensive Player of the Week (HM-Sept. 24-30)
Erich Hangartner
- Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Oct. 8-14)
- NWC Offensive Player of the Week (HM, Oct. 8-14)
* NWC Stats: Pehr Moves into Top Ten in Goals Scored
In Northwest Conference offensive statistics through games of Oct. 14, George Fox is 3rd in corner kicks (64, T), 4th in shots (178), shots per game (12.71), assists (19), assists per game (1.36), 5th in points (57), 6th in points per game (4.07), goals (19), 7th in goals per game (1.36) â?¦ Defensively, the Bruins are 4th in saves (74, T), saves per game (5.29, T), 7th in goals allowed (28), goals against avg. (1.92), shutouts (1) ...
- Matt Gurlides is 4th in assists (4, T) ...
- Garrett Blizzard is 7th in shots (30, T), shots per game (2.31, T) â?¦
- Carlos Pehr is 9th in goals (4, T) â?¦
- Kyle Putnam is 4th in saves per game (4.33), 5th in saves (52, T), 7th in save pct. (.732), goals against avg. (1.89) â?¦
- Jake Maguire is 10th in saves (20) â?¦
Visit the Northwest Conference web site for the latest NWC Men's Soccer Statistics.