Quick Glance at UT: The Trailblazers return 14 members to this years squad with 17 new freshmen joining the team. Returning are captains Julian Herrera and Larsen Rogers joined by Traedon Chamberlain, Blaine Chambers, Gavin Coe, Jimi Villasenor, Raul Ruiz, AJ Ciampini, Guglielmo Bianchi, Ethan Bell, Adrian Galindo and Niko Shumov.
 

Last Season In the WAC: Utah Tech men's soccer finished the 2021 season with a 4-13-1 record, with 2-7-1 in WAC place for a ninth place finish. Utah Tech took wins over UC San Diego, Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word and UNLV.

Trailblazers Picked 9th In the WAC: Utah Tech was voted to finish 9th in the WAC men's soccer preseason coaches' poll released on August 17th. Seattle U was picked first with eight first place votes. The Trailblazers did not have any members selected to the 2022 Preseason All-WAC team.
 

With the Trailblazers next win they will have tied their record for the most successful WAC campaign in university history. In each of the two prior years the team has improved its record on the year. The team improved from three wins to four between the first and second year and look to do the same again in the 2022 season.

Jonny Broadhead (Colorado State-Pueblo, 2004) is in his sixth season as Utah Tech head coach. Broadhead has a 40-50-6 overall record at Utah Tech.

Postseason Tournament Eligibility: As of Summer 2022 the WAC Board of Directors voted as of the 2022-23 season to allow newcomers to the WAC, Tarleton State and Utah Tech, to compete for all conference tournaments. 

100TH NCAA WIN: In the Trailblazers' 1-0 win over Gonzaga, the team surpassed the 100 win mark. The Trailblazer's now hold a 101-129-23 record in the Utah Tech NCAA era. 

GOAL BREAKDOWN:
The Trailblazers have scored eight goals this season. Two have come from forward Taylor Rogers. His first was caused by mistimed pass after a press on a disheveled Marquette back line found the ball at Rogers' feet. The second was a penalty kick goal against Houston Christian on 10/9.

Larsen Rogers scored the team's lone goal in the 1-0 win over CSU Bakersfield after Tyson Nguyen sent a long ball over the top to Kyle Walbruch who slotted the ball on to Rogers who sent it home.

Niko Shumov scored in the Trailblazers 1-0 win over Gonzaga. Off a set piece, Shumov sent his left-footed shot past the Gonzaga goalkeeper for his first goal of the season.

Carlos Vargas and Gavin Coe each found their first career goals in the Trailblazers 2-1 win over Grand Canyon. Vargas got the ball ahead of the last defender and slalomed around the keeper for his goal. Coe's goal came off a touch to turn himself around and a one-time shot to the far post.

Anthony Godinez also found his first career goal off a world-class long distance strike in the 66th minute of the Trailblazers 101 draw at UTRGV on 10/7. 

Kyle Walbruch scored his first career goal against Seattle U in the team's 2-1 loss. The assist came from Dunes Nielsen who slalomed his way around three defenders to lay the ball off to Walbruch who sent it into the back of the net.

 

Know Your Foe: Utah Tech men's soccer will start a three-game road trip in San Antonio, Texas for a non-conference matchup with Incarnate Word on Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m.

Quick Glance at Incarnate Word:  Incarnate Word comes into the match against the Trailblazers with a 1-11-0 record. The team's lone win of the season came on Oct. 15 against Santa Clara. 

UIW has two players with five goals on the season, Eduardo Perez and Koen Vos. Additionally their goalkeepers Charles Beck and Nils Roth have allowed 29 goals and have the 57 saves between them.

Utah Tech is 2-0-0 all-time against Incarnate Word and look to continue the undefeated streak on Saturday.

Up Next: Utah Tech will head north for a matchup with in-state foe Utah Valley on Oct. 28th. The Trailblazers will then head to Riverside for a match with California Baptist on Oct. 30th for the final road match of the season.