Soccer Quick Facts
 
General Information (updated August 15, 2011)
  • Institution:  Mid-Continent University
  • Location:  99 Powell Road East, Mayfield, Kentucky, 42066
  • Founded:  1949
  • Enrollment:  1,800 +
  • Mascot:  Cougars
  • Home Field:  Cougar Soccer Complex
  • Capacity:  1,000
  • National Affiliations:  NAIA (all sports); NCCAA Division I (all sports)
  • Conference:  TranSouth Athletics Conference
  • President:  Dr. Robert J. Imhoff
  • Athletics Director:  Larry Lampkins (llampkins@midcontinent.edu)
  • Department Phone:  270-247-8521, ext. 255
  • Department Fax:  270-251-8952 
Coaching Staff
  • Head Coach:  David Oesch, (270-247-8521, ext. 353  (doesch@midcontinent.edu)
  • Alma Mater:  Mars Hill College, North Carolina, 2007
  • Record at Mid-Continent:  8-11-1 (Second season)
  • Coach's Career Coaching Record:  30-68-3  (One season as men's soccer coach at Mid-Continent -- 8-11-1; Three seasons as men's soccer coach, Bacone College (Okla.) -- 11-38-0, 2007-09; Two seasons as women's soccer coach, Bacone College (Okla.) -- 11-19-2, 2007-08)
  • 2010 Overall Record:  8-11-1
  • 2010 TSAC Record:  5-2
  • Starters Returning/Lost:  6 returning/5 lost
  • Lettermen Returning/Lost:   16 returning/13 lost
  • Men's Soccer Office Phone:  270-247-8521, ext. 353
  • Assistant Coach:  Aaron Fenton (Second season)
  • Head Athletics Trainer:  Ashley Taylor
Sports Information
  • Soccer Information Director:  Tim Shay (tshay@midcontinent.edu)
  • SID Phone:  270-247-8521, ext. 259
  • SID Fax:  270-251-8952
History
  • Inaugural Season:  2000
  • All-time MCU Men's Soccer Record (2000-10):  149-76-20
  • Regional Champion:  2001 (NCCAA), 2007 (NAIA), 2008 (NCCAA)
  • NAIA Regional XI Runnerup:  2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
  • National Tournament Appearances:  8 (NAIA-2, NCCAA-6)
  • National Tournament Appearances:  2001 (NCCAA), 2002 (NAIA), 2004 (NCCAA), 2005 (NCCAA), 2006 (NCCAA), 2007 (NAIA), 2008 (NCCAA), 2009 (NCCAA)
  • KIAC Championships:  2001 (Regular season), 2002 (Tournament champions), 2003 (Regular season and Tournament Champions), 2004 (Regular season, Tournament runner-up), 2005 (Regular season and Tournament Champions)
  • TSAC Championships:  2006 (Regular season champion), 2007 (Tournament champions)
  • NCCAA National Tournament Appearances:  6
  • NCCAA National Championships Won:  1 - 2005
  • NCCAA Mideast Region Champions:  2001, 2008
  • Best Season Record:  19-3-0 (2001)
Rankings and Post Season Tournaments
  • 2010 Overall Record:  8-11-1 (NCCAA Mideast Region participant, eighth place in NCCAA National Tournament)
  • 2009 Overall Record:  6-8-5 (NCCAA Mideast Region participant, eighth place in NCCAA National Tournament)
  • 2008 Overall Record:  12-8-3 ( NCCAA Mideast Region Champion, third place in NCCAA National Tournament)
  • 2007 Overall Record:  15-8-2 ( NAIA Region XI Champions, NAIA National Tournament; TSAC Tournament champion)
  • 2006 Overall Record:  16-5-4 (NAIA Region XI Runnerup, seventh place in NCCAA National Tournament; TSAC Regular season champion)
  • 2005 Overall Record:  16-6-0 (NCCAA National Champions; KIAC Regular season and tournament champion)
  • 2004 Overall Record:  16-10-1 (KIAC regular season champion)
  • 2003 Overall Record:  14-7-2  (KIAC regular season and tournament champion)
  • 2002 Overall Record:  18-3-2  (NAIA National Quarterfinalist; KIAC Tournament champion)
  • 2001 Overall Record:  19-3-0  (KIAC Regular season champion)
  • 2000 Overall Record:  10-6-0
  • Final NAIA Ranking 2007:  No. 27
  • Final NAIA Ranking 2006:  None
  • Final NAIA Ranking 2005:  No. 15
  • Final NAIA Ranking 2004:  No. 25
  • Final NAIA Ranking 2003:  No. 20
  • Final NAIA Ranking 2002:  No. 9   
Key Players Lost from 2010
  • Keane Bennett, MF, Sr., Jamaica. Team-best 8 goals and 2 assists for team-high 18 points as senior in 2010; 2010 NCCAA All-Mideast Region team, NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete, ESPN Academic All-District 4 Second Team (Co-SIDA), three-time TSAC Scholar-Athlete. Scored 11 goals and 9 assists in four-year career.
  • Dan Chilton, D, Sr., England. 2 goals and 1 assist as senior in 2010; Two-time NCCAA and TSAC Scholar-Athlete; Two-time team captain; 4 goals and 5 assists in three-year career at MCU. NCCAA All-American honorable mention and NCCAA All-Mideast Region, 2009.
  • Marcio das Neves, F-MF, Sr., Brazil. Scored no goals and 6 assists and made All-TSAC second team and TSAC Scholar-Athlete team as senior in 2010. 2 goals and 4 assists for 8 points in 2009; All-TSAC second team and NCCAA All-Mideast Region as junior in 2009.  Also played for MCU in 2007, with 5 goals and 3 assists for 13 points and was named NAIA All-America honorable mention, NAIA All-Region XI; NCCAA All-American first team, NCCAA All-Mideast Region and All-TSAC first team. Scored 7 goals and 13 assists in 53 career matches at MCU.
  • Mauricio Da Silva, MF, Jr., Brazil. 3 goals and 4 assists for MCU in 2010. 
Key Returning Players from 2010
  • Gilles Nziengui (Jeel Zen - ghee), 6-5, 200, D, Jr., Gabon/Flint, Mich./New Covenant Christian School.  Selected to All-TranSouth first team as sophomore in 2010. Scored one goal and two assists last season and one goal and one assist for MCU as freshman in 2009. Plays a center defender position.
  • Keagan Bacchus, 6-1, 185, F, So., Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago. Scored 6 goals and 2 assists for 14 points in 13 matches as freshman in 2010, and garnered All-TSAC second team honors.
  • Jan Chvojan (Yahn Ka - voy - an), 5-11, 175, D-MF, So., Plzen, Czech Republic. Scored 2 goals and 3 assists in 19 matches as freshman in 2010.
  • Andres Blanco, 6-1, 170, GK, So., Valencia, Spain. MCU's starting goalkeeper in 14 matches as freshman in 2010. Recorded goals-against average of 2.05, allowing 29 goals in 1272 minutes with 44 saves and two shutouts.
  • Marco Prates, 6-5, 215, MF, Sr., Porto Alegre, Brazil. Limited by injuries to appearances in 12 matches with no points as junior in 2009. Has scored 9 goals and 3 assists in 51 career matches in three seasons. 
Key Newcomers
  • Adam Abdo, 5-10, 120, Fr., F, Paducah, Ky./Ballard Memorial High School.
  • William Colbert-Sanders, 6-0, 170, Fr., GK, Homewood, Alabama/Homewood High School.
  • Manuel DeLeon, 5-6, 150, Fr., F, Mansfield, Tex./Mansfield Legacy High School.
  • Brandon Fuentes, 5-11, 170, Fr., MF, Missouri City, Tex./Elkins High School.
  • Tanner Reed, 5-11, 165, Fr., MF, Benton, Ky./Marshall County High School.
  • Dylan Ross, 5-11, 150, Fr., MF, Lexington, Tenn./Lexington High School.
  • Michael Winnans, 5-7, 175, Fr., GK, Kevil, Ky./Ballard Memorial High School.