Nov. 4, 2010
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By Christian Edwards
UCFAthletics.com
ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - The UCF men's soccer team will travel to No. 24 Tulsa for both teams' final game of the 2010 regular season on Friday, Nov. 5 at 8:05 p.m. The Knights will look to wrap up their most successful season in Conference USA with a win before heading into the postseason for the first time in six years.
UCF has already clinched a spot in the C-USA Tournament, but with a win can earn the No. 2 seed and a bye into the semifinals. Tulsa needs to win in order to clinch the sixth and final spot in postseason play.
Sophomore Nik Robson (Auckland, New Zealand) leads the Knights (11-3-2, 4-1-2 C-USA) and the conference in points with 25 and assists with nine this season.
Sophomore goalkeeper Shawn Doyle (Ft. Myers, Fla.) is coming off his seventh shutout of the season. On Tuesday, Doyle held North Florida scoreless with three saves and improved his season save percentage to a C-USA-best .793. He boasts an impressive goals-against average this season with 0.72, which is the lowest in the conference.
The Knights win against North Florida gave them a 7-1 home mark in 2010. UCF got off to an early two-goal lead in the first half. Sophomore A.J. Nelson (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) scored the first goal of the game and junior Cameron Cooksey (Marietta, Ga.) beat the keeper one-on-one for the second. Freshman Christian Eissele (Lake Mary, Fla.) scored late in the second half to solidify the 3-0 win.
Tulsa is led by senior Ashley McInnes, who has eight goals and four assists for 20 points. McInnes was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week for his two-goal performance last week against FIU, including the game-winner.
UCF has never beaten Tulsa as the Golden Hurricane hold the all-time series lead at 6-0-0. In last year's matchup between the two, the Knights lost 6-2 at the UCF Soccer Complex.
The C-USA Tournament will start next week and takes place at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex in Memphis, Tenn., from Nov. 10-14. Four of the six spots in the tournament have already been secure by SMU (regular season champions), UCF, South Carolina and UAB.