Clemson Wins Memphis Men’s Soccer Invitational

Sept. 4, 2006

CLEMSON, SC–Clemson won the Memphis Men’s Soccer Invitational with two wins over Memphis and Oral Roberts this past weekend.

Clemson defeated Memphis 2-0 on Friday and Oral Roberts 2-0 on Sunday. This was the 25th time in school history that the Tigers have won a regular season tournament.

The Tigers’ senior, defender Alan O’Hara was named the MVP of the tournament. The Tigers registered two shutouts in the weekend action.

Joining O’Hara on the all-tournament team were teammates Micah Usry, Phil Marfuggi, and Mark Buchholz.

Clemson will play host to top-ranked Maryland Friday night at 7:00 p.m. at Historic Riggs Field in the Tigers’ next action.

Results of the Memphis Men’s Soccer Invitational

Friday, September 1, 2006

Cal-Sate Fullerton 3, Oral Roberts 2

Clemson 2, Memphis 0

Sunday, September 3, 2006

Clemson 2, Oral Roberts 0

Memphis 1, Cal-State Fullerton 0

1. Clemson 2-0 (Champion)

2. Memphis 1-1*

3. Cal-State Fullerton 1-1

4. Oral Roberts

*Memphis won tied breaker by virtue of head-to-head win over Cal-State Fullerton

All-Tournament Team

Alan O’Hara – Clemson – MVP

Micah Usry – Clemson

Phil Marfuggi – Clemson

Mark Buchholz – Clemson

Shaun Goulding – Memphis

Kevin Walsh – Memphis

Adam Montgomery – Memphis

Mike Farfan – Cal State Fullerton

Amir Shaffi – Cal State Fullerton

Brian Beckford – Oral Roberts

Carlos Pinto – Oral Roberts