Men's Soccer Heads to Memphis For Regular Season Finale

PHILADELPHIA – Temple men's soccer faces Memphis on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. for their last game in the 2014 regular season. The Owls look to win their second American Athletic Conference game of the year. With a victory Temple can finish as high as fifth in the conference.

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Temple is 2-12-2, 1-5-1 with the 2014 regular season almost at an end. The Owls lost on the road to UConn 3-1 last Wednesday and at home on Saturday on Senior Day to Tulsa 2-1 in double overtime.
Sophomore defender Stefan Mueller scored his first collegiate goal against UConn that tied the score up in the second half.
12 underclassmen have started a game for Temple. 17 total underclassmen have appeared in a game.
Five freshmen have started at least eight games for the Owls: midfielder Felipe Liborio (15 games), midfielder Miguel Polley (14), defender Mark Grasela (11), midfielder Brendon Creed (eight), and forward Olli Tynkkynen (11).
Senior goalkeeper Dan Scheck is currently third in career goals allowed average (1.04) behind Jeff Kraft's (1977-80) and Tony Pratico (2004-07), ninth in career saves (193) and fourth in career wins (16).
Sophomore defender Robert Sagel has played all 1,532 minutes of the season. Sophomore defender Matt Mahoney is second in minutes played with 1,457.
Junior forward/midfielder Jared Martinelli is tied for sixth in career assists with 19. Martinelli has four assists this season, tops on the team.
Sagel, Scheck and Martinelli were selected to the Preseason All-American Athletic Conference Team. Scheck was voted by the coaches as the Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year.
Temple was predicted to finish fifth in the conference by the preseason coaches' poll.
Memphis comes into the game with a record of 8-6-2, 2-4-1. The Tigers knocked off RV USF 2-1 on the road last Saturday to end a two game losing streak.
The Tigers were picked to finish seventh in the preseason conference poll.
Freshman forward Hector Cantele leads the team in scoring with seven goals and 16 points.
Senior forward Fakhry Khulfan is second on the team in scoring with 12 points from five goals and two assists while only starting six games this season.
Redshirt junior goalkeeper Cody Uzcategui has started all 16 games with a 1.17 goals allowed average. Uzcategui has made 47 saves with a save percentage of .712 and helped the Tigers shutout opponents six times this season.
Temple won the first ever game between the two schools in dramatic fashion last season. In a 2-1 win by the Owls, all three goals were scored in the last 11 minutes of the game. After two goals were scored off penalty kicks, Martinelli scored the game-winner with less than three minutes left.

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Men's Soccer Heads to Memphis For Regular Season Finale

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Players Mentioned

Brendon Creed

Mark Grasela

Felipe Liborio

Matt Mahoney

Jared Martinelli

Stefan Mueller

Miguel Polley

Robert Sagel

Dan Scheck

Olli Tynkkynen

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Men's Soccer Heads to Memphis For Regular Season Finale

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Players Mentioned

Brendon Creed

Mark Grasela

Felipe Liborio

Matt Mahoney

Jared Martinelli

Stefan Mueller

Miguel Polley

Robert Sagel

Dan Scheck

Olli Tynkkynen

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