Tuesday, October 30, 2012

PORTLAND, Ore. – After clinching its third straight  GNAC men's soccer title with two wins last week, Simon Fraser maintained its No. 3 national ranking in this week’s NSCAA NCAA Division II national poll.

The Clan also maintained its No. 1 ranking in the unofficial NSCAA West Regional poll.  The third and final official NCAA West Regional poll will be released Wednesday.

Then next Monday the NCAA will announce the six teams that will receive bids to the tournament during a web cast at www.ncaa.com.  The web cast will begin at 4 p.m. Pacific time with the announcement of the men’s qualifiers.  The women’s qualifiers will be announced beginning at 4:30 p.m. Pacific time.

Seattle Pacific, after sustaining losses to Western Washington (3-1) and Simon Fraser (1-0 in overtime) last week, slipped from 11th to 22nd in the national poll, but maintained its No. 3 ranking in the regional poll.  Montana State Billings is ranked 10th in the regional poll, the same position it occupied last week.

In this week’s NCAA Division II national statistical report, Simon Fraser remained as the top scoring team in the nation, averaging 3.76 goals per game.

Individually, MSU Billings midfielder Thomas Chameraud, coming off a GNAC-record setting performance in a 5-1 win over Mary Saturday, moved into seventh place nationally in assists per game averaging 0.69.  He ranks 11th overall in total assists with 11.

NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (Through Oct. 28): Team (Top 30): Scoring – 1. Simon Fraser 3.76.  Total Goals – 1. Simon Fraser 64.  Goals Against – 12. Simon Fraser 0.69.  Shutout PCT. – 19. Simon Fraser .471; 30. Northwest Nazarene .438.  Saves – 8. Mary 6.50; 11. Sioux Falls 6.40; 27. Saint Martin’s 5.59.  Total Assists – 2. Simon Fraser 51. Total Points – 1. Simon Fraser 179.  Individuals (Top 30): Points – 18. Carlo Basso, SFU, 1.82.  Total Points – 16. Carlo Basso, SFU, 31.  Goals – 27. Carlo Basso, SFU, 0.71.  Total Goals – 18. Carlo Basso, SFU, 12.  Assists – 7. Thomas Chameraud, MCUB, 0.69; 18. Alex Rowley, SFU, 0.53.  Total Assists – 5. Thomas Chameraud, MSUB, 11; 11. Alex Rowley, SFU, 9 Goals Against – 13. Hide Ozawa, SFU, 0.70. Saves Per Game –9. Kyle Simons, USF, 6.33; 12. Michael Frenzel, Mary, 6.25.  Total Saves – 7. Michael Frenzel, Mary, 100; 9. Kyle Simons, USF, 95.

Chameraud Equals GNAC Single-Game Assist Record

Midfielder Thomas Chameraud equaled the GNAC single-game record for assists with four in MSU Billings’ 5-1 home win against Mary Saturday.  Chameraud tied the all-game mark for assists set by Dustin Allbery of Seattle University against Chaminade in 2006 and set a new record for a conference contest. 

Three players – Seattle Pacific’s Drew Williams against MSUB (Oct. 17, 2009), Northwest Nazarene’s Alex Mangeac against Saint Martin’s (Sept. 30, 2010) and Western Washington’s Gibson Bardsley against NNU (Oct. 30, 2010) – have had three in a GNAC game

Three of Chameraud’s assists came on goals by Kyle Emerick who recorded the third hat trick of the season in the GNAC. Chameraud had nine points in two contests, earning an assist on MSUB’s first goal in Wednesday’s 2-1 win against South Dakota Mines before scoring the game-winner in the 85th minute.  He also scored MSUB’s fourth goal against Mary.

GNAC Players of the Week