Bucknell Bison men's soccer

The Bucknell Bison men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Bucknell University[2] in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. They are a NCAA Division I team and member of the Patriot League.[3]

Bucknell Bison men's soccer
Founded1929
UniversityBucknell University
Head coachBrendan Nash (20th season)
ConferencePatriot
LocationLewisburg, PA
StadiumEmmitt Field at Holmes Stadium
(Capacity: 1250)
NicknameBison
ColorsBlue and Orange[1]
         
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament appearances
1974, 1975, 1976, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2014
Conference Tournament championships
2006, 2009, 2010, 2014
Conference Regular Season championships
1949, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1990, 2000, 2003, 2009

Through its history, Bucknell has played in the Middle Atlantic Conference (1947–73), East Coast Conference (1974–89) and Patriot League (1990-pres.). Bucknell has won all four of its Patriot League titles since 2006 and in doing so has been one of the most successful Patriot League teams in that time.[4]

The Bison are currently coached by Brendan Nash who has the best winning percentage and second most wins of any coach in program history.

NCAA Tournament

Bucknell has made seven appearances in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championships. The Bison have advanced to the second round three times by defeating Penn State in 1974, George Mason in 2006 and Princeton in 2009.[5]

Stadium

Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium hosts games for Bucknell's men's and women's soccer teams. Located on campus, the natural grass pitch was completed in 2005 with the remainder of the lighted stadium and grandstand finished in 2007.[6]

The stadium has an official seating capacity of 1,250 with additional seating on the grass hill behind the north endline. The pitch surface is sand-based Kentucky Blue grass and is 120 by 75 yards.[6]

The field was dedicated as Bison Varsity Soccer Field on September 16, 2005, prior to Bucknell's 3-2 women's soccer victory over Marist.[6] It has since played host to the Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament in 2009[4] and the Patriot League women's soccer tournament in 2006, 2007 and 2016.[7]

Holmes Stadium is named to honor the generous gift from Stephen P. Holmes '79, Chairman and CEO of Wyndham Worldwide and also includes Graham Field (field hockey and women's lacrosse). Emmitt Field was rededicated as such in 2008 in honor of lead donor Richard Emmitt '67,[8] General Partner at The Vertical Group.

Roster

Updated: August 28, 2019[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
00 GK Bennett Schwartz
0 GK Emmett Witmer
1 GK Luke Smith
2 DF Daniel Hallowell
3 DF Zach Hurchalla
4 DF Bernie Wright
5 DF Dany Teran
6 MF CJ Uche
7 MF Stefan Gollisz
8 MF Nick King
9 MF Matt Thorsheim
10 MF Jameson Railey
11 DF Trevor Wiggins
12 FW Eduardo Perez-Pelaez
No. Position Player
13 MF Patrick Mahoney
14 MF Jacob Mittman
15 DF Patrick O'Hara
16 DF Colin Eifert
17 MF Chris Masur
18 DF Quinn Bredin
19 DF Eamon O'Connor
20 DF Micah Umeh
21 MF Mohamed Tall
23 FW Kevin Gulizio
25 MF Alex Clarke
26 MF Charlie Cubbage
32 MF Cody Wax

Head Coaches[5]

Since 1929, Bucknell has had 13 head coaches.

Years Coach P W L D
1929 J.B. Hopkins 2 0 2 0
1930 C.W. Meadowcroft 5 1 3 1
1931 Charles L. Titus 5 1 4 0
1932 Ken Vanderbree 8 1 6 1
1933–37 Joseph Reno 38 12 19 7
1938–44, '46 M. Edwardws 60 17 33 10
1947 Bill Lane 10 3 5 2
1948–51 Joseph Diblin 33 16 17 0
1952–62, '64 Hank Peters 113 45 60 8
1963 Bill Gold 11 2 9 0
1965–66 Kirk Randall 25 4 18 3
1967–98 Craig Reynolds 487 238 211 38
1999-pres. Brendan Nash 394 180 158 56
  • No games were played in 1945

All-American Awards[5]

NSCAA All-American
  • 1960 Lyman Ott
  • 1960 Bob Schad
  • 1976 Scott Strasburg
  • 2009 Conor O'Brien
  • 2013 Mayowa Alli

NSCAA Scholar All-America Team
  • 2004 Adam Edwards
  • 2011, 2012 Brendan Burgdorf
  • 2014 Jesse Klug
  • 2014 Chris Thorsheim

Academic All-American
  • 1994, 1995 Greg Beatty
  • 2001 Ryan Weber
  • 2003, 2004 Jonathan Hemmert
  • 2008 Chris Hennings
  • 2009 Patrick Selwood
  • 2012, 2013 Joe Meyer
  • 2014, 2015 Jesse Klug

Patriot League Awards[4][5]

PL Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2003 Scott Visnic
  • 2008, 2009 Conor O'Brien
  • 2010 Brendan Burgdorf

PL Defensive Player of the Year

PL Goalkeeper of the Year
  • 2005 Adam Edwards
  • 2007 Joey Kuterbach

PL Rookie of the Year
  • 2002 Adam Edwards
  • 2006 Nathan LaGrave
  • 2010 Mayowa Alli

PL Tournament MVP
  • 2006 Joey Kuterbach
  • 2009 Patrick Selwood
  • 2010 Ross Liberati
  • 2014 Sebastiaan Blickman

PL Coach of the Year
  • 1993 Craig Reynolds
  • 2000, 2003, 2009 Brendan Nash

References
  1. "Bucknell University Brand Guidelines". Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  2. "Men's Soccer – News – BucknellBison.com – The Official Site of Bucknell Bison Athletics". www.bucknellbison.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  3. "Patriot League". patriotleague.org. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  4. Patriot League Men's Soccer Records (PDF). Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  5. "Bucknell Men's Soccer Records" (PDF). Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  6. "Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium, Bucknell University". Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  7. "Patriot League Women's Soccer Records" (PDF). Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  8. "Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium Dedication". Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  9. "Men's Soccer – Roster – BucknellBison.com – The Official Site of Bucknell Bison Athletics". BucknellBison.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
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