Wisconsin Soccer Central

UW-OSHKOSH TITANS
Coach: Wytse Molenaar, fourth season (54-13-12).
Record: 15-1-4 overall, 3-0-1 in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (first). Last 10 games – 9-0-1.
Schedule: First round – Dominican, Ill. (12-4-2) at Wartburg, Iowa (15-4-2), 5 p.m. Friday; Hope, Mich. (16-4-2) vs. UW-Oshkosh (15-1-4), 7:30 p.m. Friday. Second round – First-round winners, 5 p.m. Saturday. Full bracket
How they qualified: At-large berth. The WIAC does not qualify for an automatic berth.
NCAA tournament history: 19-10-3 in 12 appearances (1991, '93, '94, '95, '96, '99, 2000, '01, '02, '03, '07 and '10). Advanced to Final Four in 2003 and '10.
By the numbers: Goals for – 49 (2.45 per game). Goals against – 13 (0.65). Shutouts – Nine.
Stat pack: Scoring leaders – F Tony Starnes, sr. (9 goals, 5 assists, 4 game-winning goals); M Jan Nachtigall, fr. (9-4); F Kirby Allen, jr. (7-4); F Jonathan Stanley, so. (5-1); M Jacob Hernandez, fr. (3-3); F Elias Efthimiou, fr. (2-4); M Tanner Freund, sr. (2-3); D Paul Messerly, so. (3-1); D Chris Whalen, so. (3-1). Goalkeeper – Sam Gabrilska, fr. (0.57 goals-against average, .839 save percentage, 6 shutouts).
From the touchline: Ranked ninth in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America Top 25, 16th in the D3soccer.com Top 25 and second in the NSCAA North Region poll. ... Only loss was to UW-Superior 2-1 in last Friday's WIAC tournament final, snapping a 10-game winning streak. ... That was just the second time this season they have allowed more than one goal in a game. ... Starnes (Green Bay Notre Dame) missed nearly all of the 2012 season because of a torn ACL in his knee. ... Nachtigall, who hails from Giessen, Germany, has recorded a goal or an assist in six of the past seven matches. ... Senior M Faisal Bah, who has started 16 of 19 games, is suspended for the first-round match after receiving a red card in the WIAC tournament final. ... Nineteen of 26 players on the roster are from Wisconsin. ... Hope finished second in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the regular season, but topped Calvin (Mich.) 5-4 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie in the MIAA tournament final last Saturday to earn its 13th NCAA berth. Sophomore keeper Sam Barthel (Waukesha North) has made two appearances for the Flying Dutchmen. ... Junior midfielder Tyler Salzwedel (Madison Edgewood) has appeared in all 21 matches for host Wartburg, which is 24th in the D3soccer.com Top 25, received votes in the NSCAA national poll and is fourth in the NSCAA North Region rankings. ... Sophomore keeper Wesley Zank (Sun Prairie) has made two appearances for Dominican, eighth in the Central Region poll.