2016 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Matthew Swan
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newport South Wales, UK
2014 at Gardner-Webb: Started 16 matches in goal ... Logged 1472 minutes ... Kept one clean sheet ... Allowed two goals or less in 10 matches ... Made 89 saves ... Ranked 10th in the nation in saves per match (5.56) and 19th in total saves (89) .... Stopped nine shots against Wofford (Aug. 31) ... Kept a clean sheet with three saves in GWU’s 1-0 extra time win at USC Upstate (Sep. 6) ... Made seven saves against Lipscomb (Sep. 12) ... Registered seven stops at NC State (Oct. 7) ... Tallied eight saves at Winthrop (Oct. 22) ... Made seven stops in a 1-0 defeat at High Point (Nov. 1) ... Season-high 10 saves at Longwood (Nov. 5).
2013 at Gardner-Webb: Earned a spot on the 2013-14 Big South Presidential Honor Roll … Named to the Big South All-Freshman Team … Runner-Up for Big South Freshman of the Year … Finished the season ranked 15th in the nation in total saves (94), 20th in saves per match (5.22) and 42nd in save percentage (0.803) … Started all 18 matches between the pipes … Logged 1649 minutes … Posted a 9-8-1 record with four clean sheets … His 1.26 goals against average ranks fifth all-time in program history and third in the Division I era … Made 94 saves with a save percentage of 0.803 … Allowed one goal or less in 11 matches … Recorded at least five saves in 11 matches … Kept a clean sheet with four saves in a 2-0 win over USC Upstate … Back-to-back seven save performances against Liberty and Mercer, keeping a clean sheet in the 1-0 win over Liberty … Season-high 13 saves in a 1-1 draw against North Carolina State … Made eight saves in the 6-1 win at Presbyterian … Combined with Colin Ashley to keep a clean sheet against UNC Asheville … Tallied six saves in a 2-0 win at Campbell … Named the Big South Defensive Player of the Week … Kept his second straight clean sheet with 11 saves in a 1-0 win over Winthrop … Back-to-back five save performances against High Point and Radford.
High School/Club: Attended Llanwern High School … Was also a member of the Newport County Club Team coached by Glyn Jones … Was the captain of the Newport County Youth 18’s … Won the F.A. Trophy Final with Newport County … A member of the Welsh Schools team that played at Wembley.
Personal: Born Matthew Swan on March 16, 1995 in Newport South Wales, United Kingdom … Son of Ian Swan and Catherine Bennett … Has a younger brother named Joseph … Intends to major in Elementary Education.
