Hofstra University Athletics

Fourth season on the Hofstra Soccer roster…Began the season as Hofstra’s starting goalie before an injury shortened his season…2012: Posted a 3-1-1 record with a 0.96 goals-against-average and .722 save percentage before suffering a season-ending injury…Recorded two shutouts, blanking Lehigh and St. Francis (N.Y.) in the first two games of the season…Made one save in a clean sheet against the Mountain Hawks on Aug. 25 and five saves against the Terriers on Aug. 30…Recorded three saves in a 3-2 win at Binghamton on Sept. 7…Made two saves in a 1-1 draw at Monmouth on Sept. 2…Did not allow more than two goals in a game…2011: Only player to appear in goal for Hofstra…Logged 1,698:55 in making all 18 starts…Posted a 7-10-1 record and a 1.70 goals against average…Led the CAA with 92 total saves…Also led the league with 5.11 saves per game…Posted four shutouts while finishing with a .742 save percentage…Had five saves in 1-0 win over Colgate…Had a season-high nine saves in loss at Cornell…Posted eight saves in a draw with Penn State…Had seven saves in shutout win at Drexel, six stops in a blanking of Fordham and one save in shutout of nationally ranked James madison in season finale…Assisted on a goal against Fordham…2010: Started eight games for the Pride in goal, tallying a 5-2-1 record with four shutouts…Had 36 saves, a 1.19 goals against average, and a .783 save percentage…Had 10 saves in a 0-0 overtime tie with Delaware on Oct. 16 in his second career start…Had five saves in a 1-0 shutout win over Old Dominion…Had four saves in a 2-0 road win over James Madison, which clinched a CAA Tournament bid for the Pride…Had two saves in a 1-0 overtime win over Drexel…High School: Attended Bolzanova Gymnasium S.R.O., where he graduated in 2010…Conceded only seven goals in 12 games last fall…Also played for the A.S. Roma youth system in Italy…Personal: Member of the Czech Republic Under 19 national team in 2009-10…Won the Czech Republic Under 19 national title with AC Sparta Praha in 2008-09…Has one brother…Father works for the Italian National Physics Institute (INFN)…Lists Francesco Totti and Petr Cech as his favorite athletes…“Gladiator” is his favorite movie and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” is his favorite book…Started playing soccer at age 7…Chose Hofstra for the coaching staff and the chance to be near New York City…Hopes to play professional soccer after graduation…Dual major in public relations and global studies.

Year             GP          W-L-T    Min.           GA        Svs.         Sv.%         GAA

2010             8             5-2-1       753:36       10          38           .783           1.19

2011             18           7-10-1     1698:55     32          92           .742           1.70

2012             5             3-1-1       469:52       5            13           .722           0.96

Totals            31           15-13-3   2922:23     47         143        .752            1.44