Nov. 20, 2014
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2014 Kentucky Men’s Soccer
No. 24 Kentucky vs. Oakland
NCAA Tournament — First Round
Lexington, Ky. — Bell Complex
Nov. 20, 2014
Team Records and Series Notes
- With the loss, Kentucky drops to 10-6-4 and with the win, Oakland improves to 10-6-3.
- UK is now 1-6-2 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
- Oakland won the first meeting of the two teams.
- Appearing in its second NCAA Tournament in Johan Cedergren’s three years as a head coach, it marks the quickest any UK coach has reached two NCAA Tournaments.
- UK finished the year 5-3-2 in home games.
- Kentucky set a new school record with seven consecutive away games without a loss.
- UK’s nine-game unbeaten streak is the longest single-season streak in UK history and the second-longest in program annals.
- UK is 0-4 when its opponent scored first.
Individual Notes
- UK junior goalkeeper
Callum Irving
finished the year with a 0.77 goals-against average, the fourth-best total in UK single-season history.- Irving ranks tied for second in UK season history with 10 shutouts.
- Irving ranks ninth in UK season annals with 65 saves.
- Irving’s 0.98 career goals-against average ranks third in UK history, behind Greg Raber (2001-02; 0.85) and
Andy Gruenebaum
(2002-05, 0.97). - Irving ranks fifth in UK career history with 17 shutouts, five away from the record.
- Irving has 118 saves in his three-year career, the seventh-most in UK history.
- Senior forward
Justin Laird
finished with 47 shots, the ninth-most in UK single-season history.- Laird also ranked tied for sixth with three game-winning goals in 2014.
- Laird ranks tied for 14th with four career game-winning goals.
- Junior midfielder
Bryan Celis
ranks tied for ninth in UK career history with 13 assists. - Freshman midfielder
Noah Hutchins
made his first career start after having played in just two games and logged 72 minutes on the year. Hutchins set a new career high with 80 minutes.
