The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Saturday, November 2
BBVA Field
7 p.m.
UAB
vs
Florida Atlantic University
UAB Hosts Florida Atlantic on Senior Night
11/1/2019 12:21:00 PM | Men's Soccer
BIRMINGHAM- The Blazers will close out their home schedule with a crucial match against Florida Atlantic Saturday at 7 p.m. for senior night at BBVA Field.
UAB will celebrate its six seniors before the match: Julian Mehl, Kevin Wallace, Adam Brooker, Trey Nelson, Chris Reichman and Chase Rushing.
Mehl is a senior goalkeeper from Cologne, Germany who has made 15 career appearances in goal for the Blazers with nine starts this season. He has recorded 40 saves in 2019 including a shutout against South Carolina on October 12. As a Biology major he is a four-time Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member as well as a two-time Conference USA Academic Medal of Honor earner.
Wallace is a redshirt senior forward from Fulton, Mo. He has made 35 career appearances in the Blazers attacking field. He recorded his first assist for UAB on September 6th against Mercer and scored his first career goal October 22nd against Lipscomb. A Kinesiology major, he is a three-time C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll member and a Commissioner's Academic Medal earner in 2015.
Brooker is a senior forward from Demopolis, Ala. In 42 career appearances Brooker has tallied three goals and one assist. He was named C-USA Offensive Player of the week in October of 2018 after scoring game winning goals in back-to-back matches in the 87th and 105th minutes. As a computer and information sciences major, he has garnered a spot on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll twice.
Nelson is a senior forward from Montgomery, Ala. He has appeared in 49 games for the Blazers recording two goals, most recently scoring Tuesday night at Georgia State. He recorded his first career assist in September of 2018 against Memphis. Majoring in Digital Forensics he is a three-time C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Reichman is a redshirt senior defender from Denver, Colo. that has been an anchor for the Blazers defense for four seasons making 60 career appearances and 42 starts in the UAB backline. He helped hold opponents to one or fewer goals on 12 occasions in 2018. A kinesiology major, he is a four-time C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Rushing is a senior midfielder from New Orleans, La. A staple at the midfield position for UAB, he has made 61 career appearances recording two goals and one assist for the Blazers. As a biology major, he has earned C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction twice.
UAB (3-10-2, 1-3-1) can secure a spot in the C-USA Tournament with a win over the Owls. Twelve different Blazers have recorded goals on the season for the first time since 2014. Seniors Nelson and Wallace have contributed to the Blazers scoring recently each scoring a goal in the last two games.
Florida Atlantic (5-7-1, 1-4-0) is fighting to keep its post season hopes alive sitting at seventh in the conference, in which only the top six teams advance to the C-USA Tournament. The Owls are riding some momentum after stunning No. 15 Marshall last week to give the Thundering Herd their first conference loss of the season.
The Blazers have dominated the series with FAU winning six of the eight matchups including the last two meetings.
Gates will open one hour prior to kickoff and senior recognition will take place at approximately 6:45 p.m.
For more information on the UAB men's soccer team, follow @UAB_MSoc on Twitter and Instagram.
UAB will celebrate its six seniors before the match: Julian Mehl, Kevin Wallace, Adam Brooker, Trey Nelson, Chris Reichman and Chase Rushing.
Mehl is a senior goalkeeper from Cologne, Germany who has made 15 career appearances in goal for the Blazers with nine starts this season. He has recorded 40 saves in 2019 including a shutout against South Carolina on October 12. As a Biology major he is a four-time Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member as well as a two-time Conference USA Academic Medal of Honor earner.
Wallace is a redshirt senior forward from Fulton, Mo. He has made 35 career appearances in the Blazers attacking field. He recorded his first assist for UAB on September 6th against Mercer and scored his first career goal October 22nd against Lipscomb. A Kinesiology major, he is a three-time C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll member and a Commissioner's Academic Medal earner in 2015.
Brooker is a senior forward from Demopolis, Ala. In 42 career appearances Brooker has tallied three goals and one assist. He was named C-USA Offensive Player of the week in October of 2018 after scoring game winning goals in back-to-back matches in the 87th and 105th minutes. As a computer and information sciences major, he has garnered a spot on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll twice.
Nelson is a senior forward from Montgomery, Ala. He has appeared in 49 games for the Blazers recording two goals, most recently scoring Tuesday night at Georgia State. He recorded his first career assist in September of 2018 against Memphis. Majoring in Digital Forensics he is a three-time C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Reichman is a redshirt senior defender from Denver, Colo. that has been an anchor for the Blazers defense for four seasons making 60 career appearances and 42 starts in the UAB backline. He helped hold opponents to one or fewer goals on 12 occasions in 2018. A kinesiology major, he is a four-time C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Rushing is a senior midfielder from New Orleans, La. A staple at the midfield position for UAB, he has made 61 career appearances recording two goals and one assist for the Blazers. As a biology major, he has earned C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction twice.
UAB (3-10-2, 1-3-1) can secure a spot in the C-USA Tournament with a win over the Owls. Twelve different Blazers have recorded goals on the season for the first time since 2014. Seniors Nelson and Wallace have contributed to the Blazers scoring recently each scoring a goal in the last two games.
Florida Atlantic (5-7-1, 1-4-0) is fighting to keep its post season hopes alive sitting at seventh in the conference, in which only the top six teams advance to the C-USA Tournament. The Owls are riding some momentum after stunning No. 15 Marshall last week to give the Thundering Herd their first conference loss of the season.
The Blazers have dominated the series with FAU winning six of the eight matchups including the last two meetings.
Gates will open one hour prior to kickoff and senior recognition will take place at approximately 6:45 p.m.
For more information on the UAB men's soccer team, follow @UAB_MSoc on Twitter and Instagram.
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