DETROIT (9/29/23) – The Detroit Mercy men's soccer team puts their three-game win streak on the line with a #HLMSOC Homecoming battle against IUPUI on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 3 pm. The Titans will then host Bowling Green in non-conference action on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 7 pm. Both matches will be broadcast live from Titan Field on ESPN+ with Steven MacDonald on the call.
Last Time Out: Allos Comes Up Clutch Giving Titans Dub Trifecta
Sept. 23 – Detroit Mercy 1 at Northern Kentucky 0:
Sophomore
Tim Allos picked the perfect time to score his first goal of the season as his second-half game-winner off a feed from senior
Saeid Jannoun propelled Detroit Mercy to a big 1-0 #HLMSOC road win over Northern Kentucky on at the NKU Soccer Stadium giving the Titans their third consecutive win.
Tews Named Under Armour® #HLMSOC Defensive Player of the Week:
Sophomore goalkeeper
Quinn Tews was named Under Armour® Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week announced by the league office on Monday.
Tews, a native of Plymouth, Mich., picked up his second and third consecutive win in goal helping the Titans to a 2-0 mark for the week. He made three saves while holding the opponent off the board in the second half for the second consecutive game in a 2-1 win over Eastern Illinois. Tews followed that performance posting his first career shutout making a season second-best five saves helping UDM to an important 1-0 #HLMSOC road win over Northern Kentucky. Over the past two games, Tews has not allowed a goal in 160.99 total minutes.
Familiar Foe:
On Tuesday night, Head Coach
Nate Kopunek will be facing his old team when Bowling Green comes to Titan Field. Kopunek spent four seasons as an Assistant Coach at BGSU and during his tenure, the Falcons compiled an overall record of 37-23-10 with a 13-10-5 mark in Mid-American Conference (MAC) play. BGSU advanced to the championship match of the MAC Tournament in his first year on staff in 2019, captured the program's first outright MAC regular-season title in 2020-21 and earned a berth in back-to-back NCAA Championship Tournaments in 2020-21 and 2021.
Under Kopunek's guidance, BGSU had four student-athletes earn All-MAC honors including Brendan Graves who was named Mid-American Conference Co-Goalkeeper of the Year along with Joey Akpunonu and Sergi Martinez who joined Graves on the All-MAC First Team season with Alberto Anaya earning All-MAC Second Team honors following the 2022 season.
On the Board:
• Allos posted his first goal of the season with the game-winner at NKU (9/23) and recorded his first career assist on McCarthy's game-winner vs EIU (9/19).
• Junior
Alex Diac also posted his first career assist against the Panthers.
• Sophomore
Guershom Sylvain added his first goal of the season and third of his career vs CSU (9/16).
• Junior captain
Alex Diac posted his first career goal off a penalty kick at San Francisco (8/27).
• Senior
Saeid Jannoun posted his first goal of the season at St. Mary's (8/24) and assisted on the game-winner at NKU.
Freshman Firsts:
•
Drew Pierson added his first career assist at St. Mary's (8/24) and second against EIU (9/19).
• Pierson also scored his first career goal against CSU (9/16).
• The tandem of
Josh Copeland and
Diego Zermeno added their first career assists on Sylvain's goal against CSU (9/16).
McCarthy Comes Up Double-Clutch with Back-to-Back Game-Winners:
Sophomore captain
Casey McCarthy picked the perfect time to score his first career goal and game-winner in the Titans' 3-2 win over CSU. In the 38th minute, the Titans cashed in off a free-kick opportunity as a long ball was sent into the box that was headed back by a CSU defender which went directly to McCarthy through traffic. He then fired a rocket from just outside the box beating Yerian to the right side giving UDM the lead for good.
McCarthy came up clutch once again scoring the game-winning goal as Detroit Mercy took out Eastern Illinois, 2-1, in non-conference action on Tuesday night at Titan Field. In the 69th minute of the second half, senior
Luke Winters tossed a long throw-in into the box that two EIU defenders failed to clear. Sophomore
Tim Allos snuck in and hit a shot off the crossbar that deflected right to McCarthy who fired a shot off a volley into the left side of the net giving the Titans a 2-1 lead and eventual second consecutive win.
Tews the Recuse:
Sophomore
Quinn Tews picked up his first career win in goal making three saves while keeping CSU off the board in the second half en route to the Titans' first #HLWSOC win of the season.
Tews picked up his second straight win making three saves while holding the opponent off the board in the second half for the second consecutive game vs EIU (9/19).
Quick Strikes:
In the two home wins over CSU and EIU, the Titans wasted little time getting on the board as they got their first tally just 1:19 minutes into the game vs the Vikings followed by a goal at the 2:01 mark against the Panthers.
Spradlin III Gets the Call:
Junior
Robby Spradlin III saw his first career action at Marquette (9/1). He then got the call making his first career start in goal recording five saves while facing 15 total shots at No. 20 Notre Dame followed by his second consecutive start against Green Bay (Sept. 9).
A Long Time Coming:
Detroit Mercy finished the 2022 season with a with a five-game road swing and opened the 2023 campaign with a four-game road stretch. 332 days will have passed since the Titans' last home match on Oct. 12, 2022 vs Purdue Fort Wayne and Saturday night's match against Green Bay.
Road Warriors Racking up the Miles:
With the four consecutive road games at St. Mary's, San Francisco, Marquette and Notre Dame to open the 2023 season, the Titans have traveled a round trip total of 5,985 miles from Detroit, Mich.
Busy in Goal:
Tews made a season-high six saves at Marquette (9/1).
The Team:
The 2023 season marks the 36th year of the men's soccer program
Home Grown Talent:
Detroit Mercy has 28 student-athletes from the state of Michigan.
International Flavor:
The Titans have four international student-athletes including two from Canada in
Matthew Andres (Ontario) and
Baldeep Gill (Ontario), one from Mexico in
Diego Zermeno and
Viktor Sulc from the Czech Republic.
Around the Country:
Jackson Towers (Ohio) and
Fisher Hudak (New Jersey) are the only two out-of-state student-athletes on the roster.
Smart Cookies:
The Detroit Mercy men's soccer team continues to demonstrate the program's commitment to academic and athletic success by earning the United Soccer Coaches College Team Academic Award for the 2022-23 academic year. The men's team posted a 3.41 overall GPA to qualify for the ninth time.
Season Rewind:
Sept. 19 – Detroit Mercy 2 vs Eastern Illinois 1:
For the second consecutive game, sophomore captain
Casey McCarthy came up clutch scoring the game-winning goal as Detroit Mercy took out Eastern Illinois, 2-1, in non-conference action on Tuesday night at Titan Field. Freshman
Josh Copeland posted his first career goal off the first career assist from junior
Alex Diac while sophomore
Tim Allos also recorded his first career assist on McCarthy's game-winner. Freshman
Drew Pierson added his second helper on the season.
Sept. 16 – Detroit Mercy 3 vs Cleveland State 2:
Head Coach
Nate Kopunek picked up his first career win as Detroit Mercy knocked off defending #HLMSOC champion Cleveland State, 3-2, behind the first career goal and game-winner by sophomore captain
Casey McCarthy. Freshman
Drew Pierson also scored his first career goal while sophomore
Guershom Sylvain added his first goal of the season and third of his career.
Sophomore
Quinn Tews picked up his first career win in goal making three saves while keeping CSU (1-5-1, 0-2 HL) off the board in the second half. The freshmen tandem
Josh Copeland and
Diego Zermeno added their first career assists on Sylvain's goal.
Sept. 9 – Detroit Mercy 0 vs Green Bay 2:
Freshman
Drew Pierson posted a shot on goal while sophomore
Guershom Sylvain added two shots as Detroit Mercy fell 2-0 to Green Bay in the #HLMSOC home opener at Titan Field.
The Titans (0-5, 0-1HL) almost got on board early in the game in the 10th minute as Pierson got the ball inside the 18-yard and fired a shot to the low left side forcing Green Bay (3-1-1, 1-0 HL) goalkeeper Tobias Jahn to make a diving save.
Sept. 5 – Detroit Mercy 0 at No. 20 Notre Dame 1:
Junior
Robby Spradlin III made his first career start in goal making five saves while facing 15 total shots as Detroit Mercy battled No. 20 Notre Dame for the entire match in a 1-0 setback on Tuesday at Alumni Field.
After the Fighting Irish (3-0-1) took a 1-0 lead just 18 minutes into the match, Spradlin III and the young back line consisting of sophomores
Casey McCarthy and
John Nino and freshmen
Drew Pierson and
Joey Iaquaniello held ND scoreless in the second half.
Sept. 1 – Detroit Mercy 0 at Marquette 6:
Sophomore
Guershom Sylvain posted four shots with two on goal while freshman
Diego Zermeno and
Drew Pierson along with sophomore
John Nino each recorded a shot on goal as Detroit Mercy fell 6-0 at Marquette on Friday night at Valley Fields.
Aug. 27 – Detroit Mercy 1 at San Francisco 2:
Junior and team captain
Alex Diac scored his first career goal off a penalty kick just before halftime as Detroit Mercy battled but came up short at San Francisco, 2-1, at Negoesco Stadium. Sophomore goalkeeper
Quinn Tews faced 14 total shots making three saves.
The Dons got off to a quick start taking a 1-0 lead just six minutes into the match and moved ahead 2-0 in the 12th minute. In the 40th minute, sophomore
Tim Allos made a run getting behind the last defender that forced San Francisco goalkeeper Eric Waltz to come off his line. Waltz came in hard with his challenge and took out Allos resulting in a penalty kick. Diac calmly stepped up and buried the penalty kick into the back of the net beating Waltz to the lower right side to pull the Titans within a goal at 2-1.
