18 - Matthew Chereson
Matthew Chereson
Height: 6-0
Weight: 185
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Erie, PA
High School: Cathedral Prep
Position: D/M
g 0
a 0
sh % .000
gw 0

Junior (2011): Stepped into a major role on defense, playing in 16 games and starting 10 of them... attempted three shots (two on goal)... was able to provide offense from the back end, dishing out three assists... assisted on the game-winning overtime goal to lead the Bulls to a 2-1 upset of #18 Northern Illinois (10/1)... assisted on Jesse Andoh’s game-tying goal against Hartwick to help clinch a spot in the MAC tournament (11/2).

Sophomore (2010): Saw limited action appearing in four matches... Did not score or take a shot.

Freshman (2009): Played in six contests, making his lone start of the season against Western Michigan on November 7 and registering all three of his shots... Recorded his lone assist of the season in UB’s 5-3 win at Florida Atlantic on October 30.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and two-year captain at Cathedral Prep for coach Sam Tojaga... Three-time first-team All-Region selection... Led his team to District-Ten and Region-Six championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007... Played six years for the Everest Soccer Club under head coach John Fenix... Captured 2008 US Youth Regional Championship and 2009 Ohio North State Cup Championship.

  Personal: Born September 27, 1990... Son of Jeff and Michele Chereson... Has one brother (John) and one sister (Emily)... Also recruited by Dayton and Syracuse... Favorite athlete is Lebron James... Enjoys playing sports and video games, skiing and studying... Favorite movie is The Departed... Favorite quote is “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”... Chose to attend UB for its academics, coaches, athletics and big campus, his favorite thing about UB... Best advice ever received “Live in the present, not the past”... Dream as a college athlete is to win at least one MAC championship... Major is undecided.

Recent Games
Oct 7 at West Virginia L, 2-0
Oct 13 at Bowling Green L, 3-0
Oct 19 Fla. Atlantic W, 1-0
Oct 26 Western Mich. W, 2-0
Oct 31 at Hartwick W, 1-0
Nov 2 Northern Ill. L, 1-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 14 7
Games started 13 7
Goals 0 0
Assists 0 0
Points 0 0
Shots 3 1
Shot Pct .000 .000
Penalty kicks 0-0 0-0
Game-winning goals 0 0
Date Opponent Score g a pts sh pct pk gw
Aug 24 at Canisius T, 1-1 - - - - - - -
Aug 28 St. Bonaventure W, 2-1 - - - - - - -
Aug 31 Binghamton L, 2-0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 2 Siena L, 1-0 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 7 Detroit L, 2-1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 9 at Cornell L, 4-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at NJIT L, 3-2 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 16 at Stony Brook L, 4-0 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 21 Albany (N.Y.) W, 2-1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 23 Robert Morris L, 3-0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 29 at Akron L, 4-0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 7 at West Virginia L, 2-0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 13 at Bowling Green L, 3-0 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 19 Fla. Atlantic W, 1-0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 26 Western Mich. W, 2-0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 31 at Hartwick W, 1-0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Nov 2 Northern Ill. L, 1-0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% pk gw
Total 14 13 0 0 0 3 .000 1 .333 0-0 0
Conference 7 7 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0-0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - 0-0 -

Home 8 7 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0-0 0
Away 6 6 0 0 0 2 .000 1 .500 0-0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - 0-0 -

Wins 4 4 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0-0 0
Losses 10 9 0 0 0 3 .000 1 .333 0-0 0

September 7 7 0 0 0 2 .000 1 .500 0-0 0
October 5 5 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0-0 0
November 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0-0 0
December - - - - 0 - - - - 0-0 -