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August 22, 2017 In Announcements, General, Spotlight

Galbraith Earns National Recognition, Rebels Ranked In West Region

Junior Amanda Galbraith one of 11 players named to Top Drawer Soccer’s National Team of the Week, Rebels rank 14th in United Soccer Coaches’ West Region poll

 

Aug. 22, 2017

 
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The honors keep rolling in for UNLV women’s Soccer as Amanda Galbraith was named to Top Drawer Soccer’s National Team of the Week and the Rebels were ranked 14th overall in the West Region by United Soccer Coaches.
Galbraith, a forward from Petaluma, California, scored two goals and registered two assists in wins over Drake and Wright State on opening weekend and was awarded the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career.
The United Soccer Coaches, formerly known as the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), has reorganized its weekly national and regional rankings after rebranding in early August. The organization continues to release a weekly national top-25, but has pared down its regional rankings to include 15 teams ranked in each of the five different regions (East, Midwest, South, Southeast, West). After appearing in the Pacific Region poll last season from Oct. 10 through the end of the season, the Rebels were ranked No. 14 in the first West Region poll Tuesday.
UNLV has started the season 2-0 for the second straight year and for the third time in four years under head coach Chris Shaw. After the first weekend of play, the Rebels boast a top-10 offense in the country, ranking tied for eighth in total goals (8) and total points (25) and tied for sixth in total assists. Individually, Galbraith ranks tied for 13th in the country in total points (6).
UNLV will be home for the second consecutive weekend, taking on Utah Valley Friday, August 25 at 7 p.m. and Southern Utah on Sunday, August 27 at 1 p.m. at Peter Johann Memorial Field. To purchase tickets visit UNLVtickets.com. Season tickets are just $35 for adults, $25 for UNLV faculty/staff and seniors. Single game ticket prices this season are $8 for adults, $6 for faculty/staff and seniors, though a special internet price of $5 is available for all tickets bought online, good up to three hours before game time. Kids 12 and under are always free at UNLV women’s soccer contests.
August 21, 2017 In Announcements, General, Spotlight

Musovski Named Preseason All-America

Senior forward was named to College Soccer News’ 2nd team and Top Drawer Soccer’s 3rd team.

Aug. 21, 2017

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV men’s soccer’s Danny Musovski keeps picking up honors, as he was named to a pair of preseason All-America teams over the weekend. College Soccer News has Musovski on its preseason All-America second team, while he is a third-team selection for the Top Drawer Soccer Best XI.

Musovski, a senior forward and native of Las Vegas, has already been named the Preseason WAC Offensive Player of the Year, and is one of 28 players on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, for the award given out to the top college soccer player in the nation. After missing five games in the non-conference season in 2016 with a leg injury, Musovski came back strong to post 12 goals and six assists en route to a 30-point season. That was just three points off his career-high 33-point season in his sophomore campaign during which he was a second-team All-America (United Soccer Coaches) as well as the 2015 WAC Offensive Player of the Year.

The Rebels, preseason favorites to repeat as WAC Champions, will open the season on the road this Friday at Portland at 7 pm. The Pilots come into the season ranked 15th in the Top Drawer Soccer preseason poll. Live stats and a live video stream of the game will be available through links on UNLVRebels.com.

August 21, 2017 In Announcements, General, Spotlight

Galbraith Nabs Mountain West Player Of The Week Honor

Junior transfer Amanda Galbraith earns the league’s Offensive Player of the Week award after scoring two goals to go along with a pair of assists in two Rebel wins over the weekend.

 

Aug. 21, 2017

 
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV women’s soccer junior Amanda Galbraith wasted no time making an impact in her first weekend as a Rebel as she was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week, announced by the league office Monday. The forward scored two goals and added two assists to help the Rebels go 2-0 on opening weekend at home in the UNLV Invitational.

Galbraith, a Petaluma, California, native, transferred to UNLV after two years at Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California, and earned a starting spot up front during preseason training. In Friday’s 3-0 season-opening win over Drake, Galbraith had as good a cross as there is in collegiate soccer, sending it from the right corner to the front of the goal, where teammate Michaela Morris got her head on it for the goal and a 2-0 lead late in the game. Galbraith followed that with a two-goal, one-assist performance that propelled the Rebels to a 4-0 lead just 11 minutes into Sunday’s match against Wright State.

Her first goal came in the third minute when she received a cross from defender Paige Almendariz, took a touch and a quick turn and found the back of the net. Six minutes later, it was Georgia Kingman sending in the cross to Galbraith, who slid the ball right past the keeper to put the Rebels up 3-0. Galbraith wasn’t done yet. On the ensuing kickoff she found herself with the ball about 40 yards out from the goal and no one challenging her and lofted a ball over the Wright State back line to a streaking Cortes, who easily finished the goal for the 4-0 lead just shy of the 11 minute mark. Galbraith was named the UNLV Invitational’s Most Outstanding Offensive Player and was a member of the All-Tournament team.

This is her first career league honor and is UNLV’s 48th overall.

The Rebels (2-0) are back in action at home for the second straight weekend, hosting Utah Valley Friday, August 25 and Southern Utah Sunday, August 27 at Peter Johann Memorial Field.
August 21, 2017 In Announcements, General, Spotlight

Rebels’ Offense Stays Hot in 5-1 Win Over Wright State

The Rebels scored four goals in the first 11 minutes of the game to go 2-0 on opening weekend at the UNLV Invitational.

 

Aug. 20, 2017

Box Score

 
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV women’s soccer’s offense stayed hot Sunday as the Rebels scored four goals in the first 11 minutes of the game en route to a 5-1 win over Wright State at Peter Johann Memorial Field. The dominant performance helped UNLV win its own invitational and start the season 2-0 for the second straight year.
After a scoreless first 65 minutes of the season, the Rebels scored seven goals over the next 36 minutes between Friday’s second half and Sunday’s flurry of goals to begin the game. Dating back to last season, the Rebels are now unbeaten in 12 straight regular season contests and have gone undefeated on opening weekend three out of the last four years since head coach Chris Shaw took over.
Junior college transfer Amanda Galbraith had a big day in her second career game as a Rebel, netting two goals and picking up an assist on a third. Through the first two games, the Rebels’ transfers – Galbraith and Caitlyn Kruetz – have already played a big part in replacing the offensive production lost from last year, combining for three goals and two assists. Senior Sophie Cortes, the Rebels’ engine in the midfield, added a goal and two assists as well.
THE TURNING POINT: In the third minute, sophomore defender Paige Almendariz and Galbraith connected for goal number one, with Almendariz sending a cross from the left side to Galbraith in front of the goal. Galbraith took one touch, made a quick turn and buried the ball in the left corner to put the Rebels up 1-0. Less than two minutes later, redshirt sophomore Michaela Morris nabbed her second goal in as many games after receiving a pass from Cortes, dribbling through the Raider defense and slapping one past the Wright State keeper. UNLV wasn’t done yet. Keeping the pressure on, sophomore midfielder Georgia Kingman sent another cross from the left side to Galbraith in the middle, who made another great move in front of the goal and finished it into the net to get her second goal just shy of the 10 minute mark. On the ensuing kick off, Galbraith found herself with the ball again, this time about 40 yards out, and lofted the ball over the Wright State back line to a streaking Cortes, who took a couple touches and slotted the ball past the goalie for the fourth goal.
STAT OF THE GAME: The Rebels out-shot the Bulldogs 30-8, scoring five goals on five assists. For the second-straight game, UNLV allowed single-digit shots.
REBEL OF THE GAME: After registering an assist Friday night, Galbraith scored her first two goals as a Rebel and added an assist on the beautiful ball to Cortes.
QUOTABLE:

On the four quick goals to start the game:

“We talked about getting off to a good start because of the heat and Wright State being from Ohio and not being used to it. Honestly, I didn’t expect a four goal output in first 11 minutes, but we are very excited about that.”

On transfers Galbraith and Kruetz:

“We had high expectations of both Amanda and Caitlyn. We knew with what we lost from last year, we needed to find a way to replace those goals, thats why we brought them in. Amanda coming in from junior college is a big jump, but she’s a quality soccer player and our preseason training environment allowed her to play at the faster pace.”

REBEL NOTES: 
* The Rebels won their first two games of the season for the third year out of four under Shaw.
* Dating back to last season, the Rebels are unbeaten in 12 straight regular season contests.
* Eight goals in the first two games is the second-most under Shaw. UNLV scored nine in that span last season.
* Senior keeper Jordan Sallee picked up her second win in as many games, making four saves.
* Freshman Robin Pollard scored her first career goal in the 82nd minute on an assist from Cortes.
* The tournament honors for the UNLV Invitational include:

NEXT FOR THE REBELS: The Rebels will be home again next weekend, taking on Utah Valley Friday night at 7 p.m. and Southern Utah Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Peter Johann Memorial Field. Purchase tickets at unlvtickets.com.
August 19, 2017 In Announcements, General, Recaps

Second Half Explosion Lifts Rebels to Season-Opening Victory

The Rebels netted three second-half goals to beat Drake 3-0 at home Friday night in their 2017 season-opener.
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The defending Mountain West champions opened the 2017 season in style Friday night with a 3-0 rout of Drake in front of a large and rowdy crowd at Peter Johann Memorial Field. Three second-half goals proved to be the difference as the Rebels won their season-opener for the seventh straight year.
UNLV seemed to pick up right where they left off last season when they had one of the most prolific offenses in program history. Friday’s offensive output was a welcome sight as the Rebels try to replace the trio of Lily Sender, Jordan Magnin and Susie Bernal, who combined for 25 goals and 25 assists a year ago. Junior transfers Amanda Galbraith and Caitlyn Kreutz stepped right into the starting lineup and made an immediate impact, with Galbraith registering an assist and Kreutz netting her first goal as a Rebel.
THE TURNING POINT: After the first 50 minutes went scoreless between the Rebels and Bulldogs, a handball by Drake gave UNLV a free kick in their own third of the field. Sophomore Katie Ballou received a quick touch, made the turn and found Courtney Anderson, who gave it back to a breaking Ballou. With no one coming to challenge Ballou, she blasted the ball from 35 yards out and it sailed right below the cross bar to put UNLV up 1-0.
STAT OF THE GAME: Three different Rebels (Katie Ballou 52′, Micheala Morris 66′, Caitlyn Kreutz 88′) scored goals on four assists while the Rebels out-shot the Bulldogs 17-9.
REBEL OF THE GAME: Ballou entered the game midway through the first half and settled down a Rebel squad that seemed jittery through the first 20 minutes. Her perfect strike from well beyond the 18-yard box was a thing of beauty.
QUOTABLE:
“Overall, I’m pleased with the result and the performance. It was tough for us because this was our very taste of soccer this year and Drake was coming in off of two exhibitions, so we were a little jittery the first 20 minutes, but once we got to the water break and put Katie (Ballou) in, she settled things. We knew we weren’t going to be a finished product on day one with so many new faces and this integration of new players, but 3-0 first game of the year, couldn’t ask for a better result.” – Head Coach Chris Shaw
REBEL NOTES: 
* The Rebels won their season-opener for the seventh straight year and have won all four season-openers under Shaw.
* Dating back to last season, the Rebels are unbeaten in 11-straight regular season contests.
* Michaela Morris scored in a season-opener for the second-consecutive year.
* Senior keeper Jordan Sallee played all 90 minutes, making two saves.
* Caitlyn Kreutz scored her first career goal in the 88th minute.
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: The Rebels will wrap up the UNLV Invitational Sunday, August 20 against Wright State at 1 p.m. at Peter Johann Memorial Field. Drake and Weber State will face off in the first game of the day at 10:30 a.m.
August 15, 2017 In Announcements, General, Spotlight

Rebels Preseason Favorites In the WAC

Musovski Named Preseason Player of the Year for the second time, Mehlich joins him on the all-conference team.

Aug. 15, 2017

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – 

For the first time in program history, the UNLV men’s soccer team will begin the season as the favorite to win the Western Athletic Conference title as the Rebels were picked to finish first in the 2017 preseason coaches poll, the league office announced Tuesday. Senior forward Danny Musovski was selected as the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, and he was joined on the Preseason All-WAC squad by teammate Timo Mehlich.

The Rebels return 10 of 11 starters from last year’s squad that won their second WAC Tournament title in three years, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the first UNLV team to do so since 1985.

They received a league-best five first-place votes and 90 total points, just ahead of second-place Utah Valley with three first-place votes and 89 total. Close behind in third was Seattle with three first-place votes and 87 overall. Air Force was next with 72 while Grand Canyon came in fifth place with 70. Rounding out the poll, CSU Bakersfield was sixth (54), San Jose State seventh (37), UTRGV eighth (33), Incarnate Word ninth (29), and in a tie for 10th place was Houston Baptist (22) and Kansas City (22).

This is the second year Musovski, a native of Las Vegas, was named the preseason WAC Offensive Player of the Year, and it comes one week after he was selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, also for a second straight year. He scored 30 points a year ago despite missing five games with an injury, after posting 12 goals and six assists. That includes the game-winning goal in the WAC Tournament against Air Force, which earned him WAC Tournament MVP honors for the second time in his career as well. Musovski was the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year in 2015, and would go on to win the postseason honor.

Mehlich, a native of Monchengladbach, Germany, is a sophomore midfielder for the Rebels, and was second on the team a year ago with six goals and three assists for 15 points. That earned him WAC Freshman of the Year honors as well as a spot on the all-conference second team.

UNLV was one of three schools (Seattle, Utah Valley) to place two players on the preseason All-WAC team, while Air Force had a league-high three. Grand Canyon and CSU Bakersfield had one player each named to the squad.

UNLV opens the season on the road for the fifth straight year, beginning with a Friday, Aug. 25 contest at Portland (7 pm), the first of four games for the Rebels in a five-game stretch against teams that played in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. The home opener will be on Friday, Sept. 8, against Pacific at 7 pm at Peter Johann Memorial Field. Once again the Rebel Soccer Foundation will host a free tailgate party before each home game, open to all ticket holders with free food and drinks.

 

Tickets are on sale now for the 2017 UNLV men’s soccer season. Season tickets are just $35 for adults, $25 for UNLV faculty/staff and seniors. Single game ticket prices this season are $8 for adults, $6 for faculty/staff and seniors, though a special internet price of $5 is available for all tickets bought online at UNLVTickets.com, good up to three hours before game time. Kids 12 and under are always free at UNLV men’s soccer contests.

 

2017 WAC Preseason Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Poll

Place Team (1st place votes) Votes

 

1. UNLV (5) – 90

2. Utah Valley (3) – 89

3. Seattle (3) – 87

4. Air Force – 72

5. Grand Canyon – 70

6. CSU Bakersfield – 54

7. San Jose State – 37

8. UTRGV – 33

9. Incarnate Word – 29

10. Houston Baptist – 22

Kansas City – 22

 

2017 Preseason All-WAC Team

Austin Dewing, Jr., F, Air Force
Paul Hoffmeister, Sr., F, Utah Valley
Niki Jackson, Sr, F, Grand Canyon
Danny Musovski, Sr., F, UNLV
Tucker Bone, Jr., MF, Air Force
Timo Mehlich, So., MF, UNLV
Sergio Rivas, Jr., MF, Seattle U
Nathan Aune, Jr., D, Seattle U
Jamie Carey-Morrell, Sr., D, CSU Bakersfield
Giovanny Vazquez, Sr., D, Utah Valley
John Wendt, Sr., GK, Air Force

 

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year

Danny Musovski, UNLV

 

Preseason Defensive Player of the Year 

Nathan Aune, Seattle

August 8, 2017 In Announcements, General, Spotlight

Musovski Named To Hermann Trophy Watch List

Aug. 8, 2017

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – @UNLVRebelSoccer 

For the second straight year, UNLV senior Danny Musovski is one of 31 men’s soccer players named to the 2017 MAC (Missouri Athletic Club) Hermann Trophy Watch List, the organization and the United Soccer Coaches (formerly the NSCAA) announced Tuesday. Annually presented to one male and one female athlete, the MAC Hermann Trophy is the most prestigious individual award in NCAA soccer.

This is the first time in program history a Rebel has been named to the Watch List twice, and just the third time overall as Rodrigo Fuentes was the first to earn the recognition in 2015.

Musovski, a native of Las Vegas, missed five games in the non-conference season in 2016 with a leg injury, but came back strong to post 12 goals and six assists en route to a 30-point season. That was just three points off his career-high 33-point season in his sophomore campaign during which he was a second-team All-American (United Soccer Coaches) as well as the 2015 WAC Offensive Player of the Year.
“Danny has earned the respect of my peers around the nation due to the outstanding performances he’s produced over the last three years,” said UNLV head coach Rich Ryerson. “He has represented the University extremely well on and off the field and has been an outstanding Rebel. Based on the opponents we have scheduled for this year, Danny will be challenged to perform at his highest level day in and day out, and that can only better prepare him for his opportunities in the professional leagues.”
Despite his missed games in the first half of the 2016 season, the forward made his impact in conference play with seven goals, including a pair of multi-goal contests. He continued that scoring streak into the WAC Tournament, posting both goals in the championship game to give the Rebels a 2-1 victory over Air Force and an auto-bid to the NCAA Tournament. Musovski was named the WAC Tournament MVP for the second time in three years thanks to his heroics, and also picked up first team all-league honors and was a second team all-region honoree. He enters his final season ranked in a tie for sixth in career scoring with 81 points, while he is eighth with 32 career goals.

This year’s winners will be announced on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. The watch lists are compiled by the United Soccer Coaches’ Men’s and Women’s NCAA Division I All-America Committees, based on analysis of returning All-America and All-Region players, as well as any prominent newcomers.

At the end of the collegiate regular season, NCAA Division I coaches will vote on their top choices and the lists will be narrowed down to the top 15 players. College soccer fans will also have the opportunity to participate in the selection process, voting for their favorite semifinalist in November at the MAC Hermann Trophy website, lockerdome.com/machermanntrophy. From that pool of 30, six finalists (three men, three women) will be chosen for the award.
June 6, 2017 In Announcements, General, Spotlight

UNLV Men’s Soccer Players Visit Myrtle Tate Elementary School

As part of their community service and community outreach efforts, players of the UNLV Men’s Soccer team visited Myrtle Tate Elementary School and conducted soccer clinics as part of Telemundo’s Soccer Day.