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2006-07 Men's Soccer

9 Matt Stedman

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lockport, N.Y.
  • Prev School Lockport

Biography

2005: Ranks third all-time at Niagara with 58 points, 20 goals and 18 assists...Selected to National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas New York All-Region First Team...Named MAAC Offensive Player of the Year, to the All-MAAC First Team, and to the All-MAAC Tournament Team...Set career highs and led the team and MAAC with 36 points and 10 assists...Points rank fourth all-time on the single-season list...Ranked second in the MAAC and led the squad with a career-high 13 goals...Ranked sixth in the nation with 1.89 points per game and tied for 15th in assists per game (0.53)...Registered 0.63 goals per game, tying for 18th in the nation...One of four players to start all 19 games...Recorded a point in 11 of 19 games...Named MAAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 6)...Tallied two goals and two assists in a 6-1 victory over Cleveland State (Oct. 4)...Registered multi-goal games in three-straight games in mid-October...Named MAAC Offensive Player of the Week after recording two goals and an assist in 4-2 win vs. Rider (Oct. 9)...Tallied two goals and an assist in a 5-2 victory over Canisius (Oct. 15)...Named MAAC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 17)...Tallied two goals in 3-2 victory over Siena (Oct. 21)...Scored game-winning goal in 2-1 win at Iona (Oct. 30).

2004: Started 18 of 19 matches...Led the team in points (17), goals (6) and assists (5)...Ranked fourth in assists, sixth in points, goals and assists per game (0.32), seventh in points per game (0.89) and ninth in goals per game (0.32) in MAAC overall games...Ranked third in goals (4), fourth in points (10), fifth in points per game (1.11) and sixth in goals per game (0.44) in league games...Registered a team-best two game-winning goals...Had the game winner in a 2-0 shutout vs. Oneonta (Sept. 26) and in a 3-0 shutout of Iona (Oct. 17)...Posted a pair of three-point games with a goal and an assist vs. Oneonta and Iona...Took a personal-best 48 shots and 17 on goal...Posted two-or-more shots on goal in five matches...Named the MAAC Player of the Week (Sept. 27) after collecting five points in back-to-back wins over Buffalo and Oneonta.

2003: Started 7 of 17 matches...Fifth on the team in scoring (5) and led the team in assists (3)…Scored his first collegiate goal in a win vs. Manhattan (Oct. 26)…Had back-to-back assists at Fairfield (Oct. 19) and vs. Saint Peter’s (Oct. 24)…Got his first collegiate assist in the season opener vs. Quinnipiac (Aug. 31)…Took 24 shots and six on goal.

Lockport High School: Two-time first team all-league and second team as a sophomore…Two-time first-team all-area selection…Named first team all-state and All-East Region as a senior…Helped team to a 38-4-3 record as a junior and senior, a pair of league titles and a sectional crown as a senior…Holds the school record for assists in a season (26)…Was the first player to win MVP honors of the Lockport Invitational Tournament three-straight years… Named Channel 7 "Super Seven Athlete of the Week" as a senior…Played in the 2002 and 2004 Empire State Games…Also played basketball and baseball…Named second team all-league in basketball as a senior…Two-time second-team all-league and first-team all-league as a senior in baseball…Played for the Buffalo-Niagara club soccer team.

Personal: Born Sept. 20, 1984, in Newfane...Son of William and Kandie Stedman...Has an older sister, Stacie Jo…Majoring in elementary education.



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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2003-04Freshman

    F
    6'1"
    9
  • 9

    2004-05Sophomore

    F
    6'1"
    9
  • 9

    2005-06Junior

    F
    6'1"
    9
  • 9

    2006-07Senior

    F
    6'1"
    9