Academy Way

SKC Academy striker Zach Wright tallies three assists as UNC opens season in dominant fashion

Zach Wright - Nov. 30

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Seo-In Kim | UC Santa Barbara | MF | RS Senior

Started a pair of matches against St. Mary's and Siena as the Gauchos opened the season with a pair of 0-0 draws


Wes White | Coastal Carolina | FW | Senior

Did not feature in team's 2-1 loss to George Mason.


Heath Honold | West Virginia | MF | Senior

Did not feature in team's 1-0 win over California or 2-0 win over Santa Clara 


Mason Leonard | Drake | DF | Senior
Started team's 3-0 loss to Xavier
Matt Lewis | Fordham | DF | Senior
Started Fordham's 0-0 draw against Elon and 3-0 loss to Duke
JoJo Piatzcyc | West Virginia | MF | Senior

Out for year with knee injury


Zach Wright | North Carolina | FW | Senior
Tallied three assists in two matches as UNC defeated Providence 4-2 and Rutgers 6-1

Jack Freeman | Furman | DF | Junior

Did not feature in a 3-2 win over College of Charleston or a 1-0 win over Georgia Southern


Nic Jaimes | Drake | MF | Junior

Started in the midfield as Drake fell to Xavier 3-0


Ryan Krutz | Notre Dame | GK | Junior

Did not feature in a 2-0 win over San Diego or 2-1 overtime win over Cal Poly


Zane Moxley | Air Force | DF | Junior

Out for year with knee injury


Alexis Quevedo | UMKC | MF | Junior
Did not feature in 3-0 win over Central Arkansas or 2-0 win over Northwestern
Hector Solorio | Niagara | MF | Junior

Started and totaled 2 shots on goal in a 3-2 loss to Lipscomb and a 6-1 loss to Belmont


Tucker Stephenson | Loyola | FW | Junior

Started and tallied two shot attempts in a 2-1 win over Xavier


Andrew Blalock | Drake | GK | RS Sophomore

Did not start feature in 3-0 loss to Xavier


Bryce Gibson | Creighton | DF | RS Sophomore

Did not start, but came off the bench in both matches as Creighton lost 2-0 to Virginia Tech and defeated Grand Canyon 1-0


Ryan Kellogg | West Virginia | DF | Sophomore

Started both matches over the weekend, a 1-0 win over California and a 2-0 win over Santa Clara


John Leisman | Yale | FW | Sophomore

Kick off season on Friday, September 1


Logan Lucas | West Virginia | DF | Sophomore

Did not feature in 1-0 win over California but started a 2-0 win over Santa Clara


Andrew McLeod | Northwestern | DF | Sophomore

Started Northwestern's 2-1 win over Valparaiso and 2-0 loss to UMKC


Absalom Solorio | Niagara | MF | Sophomore

Out for year with knee injury


Dakota Karns | Missouri State | MF | RS Freshman

Came off the bench for Missouri State in a 1-0 loss to Air Force


Christian Albelo | Marquette | DF | Freshman

Came off the bench and tallied one shot on goal in a 1-0 overtime loss to Kentucky


Chase Bromstedt | Tulsa | MF | Freshman

Started in midfield as Tulsa opened the season with a 2-2 draw against Wisconsin


Joe Corner | Gonzaga | MF | Freshman

Tallied three shot attempts - two on target - in a 2-1 overtime win over Bradley


Leroy Enzugusi | Drake | FW | Freshman

Started and tallied one shot on goal in a 3-0 loss to Xavier


Alex Kaddah | Denver | DF | Freshman

Did not feature in a 3-1 win over FGCU


Steven Tekesky | West Virginia | GK | Freshman

Did not feature in team's 1-0 win over California or 2-0 win over Santa Clara


Patrick Wilkinson | St. Louis | DF | Freshman

Did not feature in 2-1 loss to Syracuse but came off the bench in a 2-0 loss to Michigan State