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3I. Tradition
II. Team History
III. Championships
IV. Postseason Honors
V. Record Book


I. Tradition

Methodist University Men's soccer... History... Tradition... Excellence...

Athletic Accomplishments: Fall 2002 - Spring 2024
  • 2- NCAA Tournament appearances
  • 2- USA South Conference Regular-Season Championship (2013, 2023)
  • 2- USA South Conference Tournament Championship (2012, 2015)
  • 5 - USA South Conference Tournament finalist (2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2015)
  • 5 - Successful international tours (Brazil 2007, Italy 2011, England 2015, Spain 2020, Holland 2024)
  • 6 - NSCAA Regional Ranking appearances/National Ranking (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014)
  • 18 - USA South Conference Tournament Final Four
  • 15 - Double digit wins seasons
  • 98 - USA South Conference All-Conference honors
  • 216 Wins and 34 draws

Academic Accomplishments: Fall 2002 - Fall 2012
  • 1 - Highest GPA of any male sports team at MU (3.1 GPA 2008-09)
  • 3.2 - Average GPA of incoming Methodist men's soccer freshmen
  • 5 - Methodist Male Scholar Athletes of the Year (Charlie Christie - 2002, Stephen Fox - 2007-10)
  • 88 - Men's soccer graduates from Methodist University
  • 1100 - Average SAT score of incoming Methodist men's soccer freshmen
 


II. Team History
 

Season-by-Season Records
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Season Record Head Coach
1966 0-9-1 Mason Sykes
1967 2-7-1 Mason Sykes
1968 0-9-1 Mason Sykes
1969 5-3-1 Mason Sykes
1970 Mason Sykes
1971 1-9-2 Mason Sykes
1972 5-5-1 Mason Sykes
1973 Mason Sykes
1974 4-13-1 Mason Sykes
1975 2-9-2 Mason Sykes
1976 2-10-1 Mason Sykes
1977 5-6-2 Mason Sykes
1978 8-5-2 Mason Sykes
1979 6-4-4 Mason Sykes
1980 9-6 Mason Sykes
1981 4-10-1 Mason Sykes
1982 3-11-1 Mason Sykes
1983 4-10-1 Mason Sykes
1984 5-8-4 Mason Sykes
1985 4-9-6 Mike Parsons
1986 10-9 Mike Parsons
1987 8-6-3 Alan Dawson
1988 12-5 Alan Dawson
1989 14-5* Alan Dawson
1990 15-3-1*# Alan Dawson
1991 16-1-3*# Alan Dawson
1992 16-1-2*#% Alan Dawson
1993 14-4*# Alan Dawson
1994 13-4-1*# Alan Dawson
1995 21-1*#%$ Alan Dawson
1996 13-3-1* Rob Eaton
1997 8-10 Adrian Blewitt
1998 5-13-1 Adrian Blewitt
1999 7-11 Adrian Blewitt
2000 7-11 Adrian Blewitt
2001 8-9 Adrian Blewitt
2002 11-7-2 Justin Terranova
2003 10-7-2 Justin Terranova
2004 11-6-2 Justin Terranova
2005 7-12-1 Justin Terranova
2006 14-5-1 Justin Terranova
2007 13-7-1 Justin Terranova
2008 11-9 Justin Terranova
2009 10-10 Justin Terranova
2010 11-9 Justin Terranova
2011 11-4-2 Justin Terranova
2012 15-3-3*# Justin Terranova
2013 11-7-2* Justin Terranova
2014 13-3-1 Justin Terranova
2015 14-5-3*# Justin Terranova
2016 8-8-1 Justin Terranova
2017 12-6-1 Justin Terranova
2018 7-9-2 Justin Terranova
2019 4-11-1 Justin Terranova
2020-21 2-4-1 Justin Terranova
2021 2-11-2 Justin Terranova
2022 9-3-5 Justin Terranova
2023 10-4-2 Justin Terranova
Overall 475-389-79

* - DIAC/USA South Champions; # - NCAA Division III National Tournament; % - NCAA Division III South Region Champions; $ - NCAA Division III Runner-up 

All-Time Series Records *

Opponent Win Loss Tie
Alfred 1 0 0
Apprentice 1 0 0
Armstrong State 0 1 0
Asbury (Ky.) 0 0 1
Averett 33 13 5
Barton 10 5 2
Berea (Ky.) 3 0 0
Berry 0 5 0
Bethany 2 2 1
Birmingham-Southern 1 1 1
Brevard 4 2 1
Bridgewater 1 1 0
Cairn 1 0 0
Campbell 2 22 1
Capital 1 0 0
Catawba 2 2 0
Catholic 2 1 0
Chapman 1 0 1
Charleston Southern 0 3 0
Chowan 17 0 0
Christopher Newport 15 31 2
Coastal Carolina 0 2 0
Coker 5 3 1
Coll. of Charleston 0 2 0
Colorado College 0 1 0
Cortland State 1 0 0
Covenant 4 4 1
Davidson 2 3 1
DePauw 0 0 1
District of Columbia 2 0 0
East Carolina 7 8 0
Eastern Connecticut St. 1 0 0
Eastern Mennonite 2 2 0
Elon 1 1 0
Emory 3 10 0
Emory & Henry 2 0 0
Farmingdale St. 1 0 0
Ferrum 34 4 2
Florida Institute of Technology 1 1 0
Florida Southern 0 0 1
Francis Marion 8 1 2
Franklin and Marshall 0 2 0
Frostburg 1 0 0
Gallaudet 2 0 0
Gevena College (Pa.) 0 0 1
Greensboro 26 25 7
Grove City College 1 0 0
Guilford 15 6 1
Hampden-Sydney 3 5 2
Heidelberg 1 0 0
Hiram 0 1 0
Hope 1 0 0
Huntingdon 7 0 0
John Carroll 0 1 0
Johnson & Wales (N.C.) 2 1 1
Kean 1 0 0
LaGrange 7 2 0
Lasell 1 0 0
Longwood 3 0 0
Lycoming 1 0 0
Lynchburg 6 14 0
Maine-Presque Isle 0 0 1
Manhattanville 1 0 0
Marietta 4 0 0
Mary Baldwin 3 2 0
Mary Washington 4 8 0
Marymount (Va.) 11 2 0
Maryville (Tenn.) 9 9 2
Messiah 0 1 0
MIlligan 0 1 0
Millsaps 1 0 0
Montclair State 1 2 0
Mount Olive 12 4 1
Mount St. Vincent 1 0 0
New England Coll. 1 0 0
New Jersey City 0 1 0
UNC-Chapel Hill 0 1 0
UNC-Greensboro 4 12 2
UNC-Pembroke 18 14 0
UNC-Wilmington 4 18 4
North Carolina Wesleyan 26 32 8
North Georgia 1 0 0
Nova Southeastern 0 1 0
Oglethorpe 5 1 0
Ohio Wesleyan 1 3 0
Penn State-Altoona 0 1 0
Pfeiffer 7 7 4
Piedmont 10 2 1
Ramapo 0 1 0
Randolph 3 1 2
Randolph-Macon 6 2 2
Regent 1 0 0
Rhodes 1 1 0
Roanoke 2 9 1
Rosemont 1 0 0
Rowan 0 2 0
Salem International 1 0 0
St. Andrews 13 15 3
St. Mary's College of Maryland 2 2 0
St. Olaf 1 0 0
St. Thomas (Fla.) 0 1 0
Salisbury 2 3 1
Savannah Art & Design 3 4 0
Sewanee 2 1 0
Shenandoah 14 7 0
Skidmore 0 1 0
USC-Aiken 2 1 0
Southeastern 1 0 0
Southern Virginia 7 1 1
Southwestern 1 1 0
Stetson 1 0 0
Stevens 1 1 0
Stevenson (Ville Julie) 2 0 0
(Richard) Stockton 1 1 0
Swarthmore 0 1 0
TCNJ (Trenton State) 1 2 0
Trinity Baptist 1 0 0
Trinity (Texas) 0 1 0
Vassar 1 0 1
Virginia Intermont 1 0 0
Virginia Military (VMI) 1 1 0
Virginia Wesleyan 9 18 3
Warren Wilson 5 0 0
Washington Coll. (Md.) 1 0 0
Washington Univ. (Mo.) 1 0 0
Washington & Lee 0 2 0
Western Carolina 1 0 0
William & Mary 0 2 0
William Paterson 0 0 1
William Peace 3 7 1
Williams 0 1 0
Wingate 5 0 1
Wittenburg 1 0 0
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1 0 0
Wooster 1 0 0
York (Pa.) 0 2 0

* All-Time Records based on results from 1966-69, 1971-72, 1975, 1977, 1981-84, 1987-98, 2000-2023


 III. Championships

NCAA Division III National Runner-up: 1995
NCAA Division III "Elite Eight": 1992
NCAA Division III South Regional Champions: 1992, 1995
NCAA Division III National Tournament Appearances: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2012, 2015
Conference Champions: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2015


IV. Postseason Honors

First Team All-Americans
Year Player                                                                                                   
1995 Kenneth Hoey
 
Second Team All-Americans
Year Player                                                                                                   
1989 David Holmes
1990 David Holmes
1991 David Holmes
1993 Chris Shaw
1994 Michael Scobee
1995 Kari Reynisson
1996 Paul Smith
 
Third Team All-Americans
Year Player                                                                                                   
2015 Eirik Nordseth
 
USA South Athletic Conference Player of the Year
Year Player                                                                                                         
1990 David Holmes
1991 Jimmy Maher
1993 Michael Scobee
1994 Kenneth Hoey
1995 Michael Scobee
1996 Paul Smith
2013 Eric McGinnis
 
USA South Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year
Year Player                                                                                                       
1995 Kari Reynisson
2011 Eirik Nordseth
2014 Alex Rabone
2017 Zvi Ferrari
 
USA South Athletic Conference Goalkeeper of the Year
Year Player                                                                                                       
2023 Trey Gohr
 
USA South Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
Year Coach                                                                                                       
1969 Mason Sykes
1979 Mason Sykes
1987 Alan Dawson
1989 Alan Dawson
1990 Alan Dawson
1991 Alan Dawson
1995 Alan Dawson
2023 Justin Terranova
 
First Team USA South Athletic Conference
Year     Player
1968 Howard Arden
1969 Howard Arden, Carl Woelfel
1970 Kittiman Cholwibul
1972 Doug Kemp
1973 Mike Twiddy
1974 Karl Molner
1975 Karl Molner
1976 Gary Hall
1977 Jeff Deitz, Marty Martin
1978 Bruce Fritz, Atsuo Kumazaki
1979 Atsuo Kamazaki, Denny Laird
1980 Atsuo Kamazaki, Denny Laird
1981 Denny Laird, Billy Thomas
1984 Steve Springthorpe
1986 Steve Springthorpe
1987 Paul Leite
1988 David Holmes, Guillermo Roeder, Lance Watkins
1989 Finnbarr Clancy, David Holmes, Gene Lindley, Lance Watkins
1990 Finbarr Clancy, Jay Haley, David Holmes, Jimmy Maher, Lance Watkins
1991 Finnbarr Clancy, Jay Haley, David Holmes, Fernando Martinez, Jimmy Maher, Lance Watkins
1992 Jason Butler, Bobby Capobianco, Chris Shaw, Justin Terranova
1993 Bobby Capobianco, Kenneth Hoey, Michael Scobee, Chris Shaw, Justin Terranova, Carson White
1994 Kenneth Hoey, Michael Scobee
1995 Kenneth Hoey, Kemal Kansu, Kari Reynisson, Michael Scobee, Justin Terranova
1996 Bjorgvin Fridriksson, Erik Lawton, Jim Pierce, Paul Smith, Mike Walters
1997 Kemal Kansu, Paul Smith
1998 Paul Smith
2001 Bryan Madej
2003 Kevin Gray
2009 Bret Brennan
2010 Brion Kelly
2011 Eric McGinnis, Clayton Newton, Eirik Nordseth
2012 Eirik Nordseth
2013 Nahom Hargwoin, Sean MacDonald, Eric McGinnis
2014 Eirik Nordseth, Sean MacDonald
2015     Eirik Nordseth, Ben Gold, Seth Harrison, Alex Rabone
2020-21 Hudson Zeisman first team all-division
2023 Casey Atwell, Miller Davis, Trey Gohr
 
Second Team USA South Athletic Conference
Year     Player
1986 Cidell Gill
1987 Bobby Graham, Scott Passarella, Guillermo Roeder, Jim Smith
1988 Finnbarr Clancy, Gene Lindley, Fernando Martinez
1989 Jimmy Maher, Michael Manchester
1990 Justin Carey, Michael Manchester
1991 Bobby Capobianco, Todd Rubin, Stafan Stafansson
1992 Chip Pleasants, Michael Scobee, Stafan Stafansson
1993 Jason Butler
1994 Daniel Barros, Bjorgvin Fridriksson, Dylan Hanlon, Kemal Kansu, Justin Terranova
1995 Daniel Barros, Bjorgvin Fridriksson, Erik Lawton
1996 Dylan Hanlon, Karl McKenna, Haldor Steingrimsson
1997 Brad Leach
1999 Eric Norfleet
2000 James Bennett, Bryan Madej
2002 Justin Agema, Thomas Bennett, Bryan Madej, Andrew Neff, Garrison Rudisill
2003 Justin Agema, Michael Davis, Garrison Rudisill
2004 Justin Agema, Thomas Bennett, Michael Davis, Kevin Gray, Sean Wright
2005 Jeremy Belnap, Adam Sippy
2007 Bret Brennan
2008 Brion Kelly, Evan Monteiro
2009 Kyle Beach, Brion Kelly
2010 Eric McGinnis
2011 Shane Davis
2012 Shane Davis, Pat Hamel, Eric McGinnis
2013 Ben Gold
2014 Ben Gold, Nahom Hargwoin
2015 Fredrik Aalberg
2016 Seth Harrison, Rahmel Stewart
2020-21 Cole Hupp second team all-division
2022 Miller Davis, Charlie Teachey, Matthew Walker, Hudson Zeisman
2023 Matthew Manzano, Christopher Shoffler, Hudson Zeisman
 
Third Team USA South Athletic Conference
2013        Nick Martens, Hank Tobener
2018        Kristoffer Skarstein
 
Honorable Mention USA South Athletic Conference
Year     Player
2004 James Joyce, Andrew Neff, Adam Sippy
2005 Dustin Breckenridge, Gregg Cohen, Jimmy Izaguirre, Andrew Neff, Andy White
2006 Brandon Cunningham, Jimmy Izaguirre, Desmond Keane, C.J. Komons, Evan Monteiro, Ime Umoh, Andy White
2007 Dustin Breckenridge, Sean Brennan, Mike Demara, C.J. Komons, Evan Monteiro, Andy White
2008 Kyle Beach, Bret Brennan, Brandon Cunningham, Mike DeMara
2009 Shane Davis, Shane Evans, Scott Smith
2010 Kyle Beach, Shane Davis, Clayton Newton, Stan Pajak
2011 Kyle Beach, Nahom Hargwoon, Darren Wilson
2012 Miguel Flores, Sean MacDonald
2014 Seth Harrison, David Korneliusson
2015 Kristoffer Skarstein
2016 Fredrik Aalberg, Gerry Madden, Jonathan Moore, Kristoffer Skarstein
2017 Jonathan Moore, Tyler Ursuy


 

V. Record Book
 
Team Records

Team Season Records

Goals Scored

74 1995

Assists

65 1995

Shutouts

12 1990

Fewest Goals Allowed

9 1990 & 1992 & 2014

Games Won

21 1995

Consec. Games w/o Loss

21 1995

Consec. Wins w/o Tie

21 1995

Team Game Records

Goals

17

2009 vs. Gallaudet

Assists

9

1990 vs. Ferrum
    2009 vs. Gallaudet

Individual Records

Individual Career Records

Points

139-Michael Scobee

1992-1995

Goals

62-Eirik Nordseth

2011-2015

Assists

32-Eric McGinnis

2010-2013

Shutouts

37-Justin Terranova

1992-1995

Goals Against Average

0.67-Justin Terranova

1992-1995

Saves

389-Justin Agema

2001-2004

Individual Season Records

Points

45-Michael Scobee 1995

Goals

19-Micael Scobee 1994

Assists

13-Kari Reynisson 1995

Shutouts

11-Lance Watkins 1990
11-Lance Watkins 1991
11-Justin Terranova 1992
11-Alex Rabone 2014

Goals Against Average

0.40-Justin Terranova 1992

Most Saves

118-Jamie Roush 1998

Individual Game Records

Goals

5-Bjorgvin Fridricksson

1996

5-Michael Scobee

1994

Assists

4-Finbarr Clancy

1990

4-Gene Lindley

1989

Points 11-Bjorgvin Fridricksson 1996

Season Goals

Player

Season

Goals

1. Michael Scobee

1994 19

2. Michael Scobee

1995 18

    Michael Scobee

1993 18
4. Eirik Nordseth 2012 17

    Eirik Nordseth

2011 17
    Paul Smith 1996 17
7. Eirik Nordseth 2015 16
8. Eric McGinnis 2012 15

    Bryan Madej

2001 15
    Paul Smith 1997 15

    Gene Lindley

1989 15

Season Assists

Player

Season

Assists

1. Kari Reynisson

1995

13

2. Fernando Martinez   

1988

12

3. Erik Lawton  1995 11

    Finbarr Clancy

1989 11
    Gene Lindley 1989 11
    Clayton Newton 2011 11
7. Eric McGinnis 2012 10

    Kemal Kansu

1997 10

    Kenneth Hoey

1994 10

10. Kemal Kansu

1996 9

     Michael Scobee

1995 9

     Stefan Stefansson

1990 9
     Fernando Martinez 1989 9

Season Points

Player

Season

Goals

Assists

Points

1. Michael Scobee

1995 18 9 45
2. Michael Scobee 1994 19 4 42
3. Gene Lindley 1989 15 10 40
    Fernando Martinez 1988 14 12 40
    Eric McGinnis 2012 15 10 40
    Eirik Nordseth 2012 17 6 40
7. Michael Scobee 1993 18 3 39
8. Paul Smith 1997 15 8 38
    Paul Smith 1996 17 4 38
10. Fernando Martinez 1989 14 19 37
       Eirik Nordseth 2011  17 3  37

Season Shutouts

Player

Season

Shutouts

1.Justin Teranova 1992 11
   Lance Watkins 1990 11
   Lance Watkins 1991 11
   Alex Rabone 2014 11
4.Justin Teranova 1995 9
   Justin Teranova 1993 9
6. Nick Martens 2013   8  
    Lance Watkins 1988 8
8.Justin Agema 2003 7
   Justin Teranova 1994 7
10. Pat Hamel 2012 6
    Kyle Beach 2008 6
    Alex Rabone 2015 6

Season Saves

Player

Season

Saves

1. Jamie Roush

1998 118

2. Justin Agema

2002 112

3. Halldor Steingrisson

1997 109

4. Justin Agema

2001 106
5. Kyle Beach 2008 94

6. Justin Agema

2003 89
7. Sean Brennan 2007 88

8. Justin Agema

2004 82
9. Kyle Beach 2009 76

10. Kyle Beach

2010 72

Season Fewest Goals Allowed

Player

Season

Goals Allowed

1. Justin Terranova 1994 7
    Justin Terranova 1992 7
3. Lance Watkins 1990 8
4. Alex Rabone 2014 9
5. Justin Terranova 1993 10
6. Lance Watkins 1991 12
7. Lance Watkins 1988 13
8. Justin Terranova 1995 16
9. Kyle Beach 2011 16
10. Jeremy Belnap 2005 17
      Justin Agema 2004 17

Season Goals Against Average

Player

Season

GAA

1. Jeremy Belnap

2004 0.29
2. Justin Terranova 1992 0.40
3. Ryan Gill 2009 0.45
4. Lance Watkins 1990 0.50

5. Justin Terranova

1994 0.54
6. Alex Rabone 2014 0.57

7. Lance Watkins

1991 0.62

8. Justin Terranova

1993 0.63
9. Patrick Hamel 2011 0.74

10. Lance Watkins

1988 0.77

11. Justin Terranova

1995 0.86

Career Goals

Player

Season

Goals

1. Eirik Nordseth 2011-15 62

2. Michael Scobee

1992-95 60

3. Fernando Martinez

1988-91 52
4. Eric McGinnis 2010-13 49

5. Paul Smith

1995-98 48

6. Finbarr Clancy

1988-91 41

7. Bryan Madej

1999-2002 38

8. Bjorgvin Fridricksson

1994-96 34

    Kemal Kansu

1994-97 34
10. Bret Brennan 2006-09 31

Career Assists

Player

Season

Assists

1. Eric McGinnis 2010-2013 32

2. Fernando Martinez

1998-1991 30

3. Bill Capobianco

1990-1993 26

4. Kemal Kansu

1994-1997 24

5. Finbarr Clancy

1988-1991 22

6.Paul Smith

1995-1998 21

7. Thomas Bennet

2001-2004 20
    Seth Harrison 2013-16 20

9. Bjorgvin Fridricksson

1994-1996 19

    Michael Scobee

1992-1995 19

    Chris Shaw

1990-1993 19

Career Points

Player

Season

Goals

Assists

Points

1. Michael Scobee

1992-1995 60 19 139
    Eirik Nordseth 2011-2015 62 15 139

3. Fernando Martinez

1988-1991 52 30 134
4. Eric McGinnis 2010-2013 49 32 130

5. Paul Smith

1995-1998 48 21 117

6. Finbarr Clancy

1988-1991 41 22 104

7. Kemal Kansu

1994-1997 34 24 92

8. Bjorgvin Fridricksson

1994-1996 34 19 87

9. Bryan Madej  

1999-2002 38 8 84
10. Bret Brennan 2006-2009 31 15 77

Career Shutouts

Player

Season

Shutouts

1. Justin Teranova

1992-1995 36

2. Lance Watkins

1988-1991 35
3. Alex Rabone 2014-2016 17

4. Justin Agema

2001-2004 16

5. Halldor Steingrimsson

1994-1997 15
6. Kyle Beach 2008-2011 13
7. Jeremy Belnap 2003-2006 9

Career Saves

Player

Season

Saves

1. Justin Agema

2001-2004 389
2. Kyle Beach 2008-2011 281

3. Justin Terranova

1992-1995 201

4. Halldor Steingrimsson

1994-1997 197
5. Lance Watkins 1988-1991 180

Career Fewest Goals Allowed

Player

Season

Goals Allowed

1. Jeremy Belnap 2003-2006 39

2. Justin Terranova

1992-1995 40
3. Lance Watkins 1988-1991 50

4. Halldor Steingrimsson

1994-1997 53

5. Justin Agema

2001-2004 81

Career Goals Against Average

Player

Season

GAA

1.Justin Terranova 1992-1995 0.62
2. Lance Watkins 1988-1991 0.74

3. Jeremy Belnap

2003-2006 1.14