When Dan Louisignau was nine years old, he asked his mom for gloves to wear during his chilly fall soccer games. A forward, Louisignau intended for her to get him winter gloves with grips. Instead, she bought him goalkeeper gloves.

The old saying goes: actions speak louder than words. In the case of the UMBC men’s soccer team’s soft-spoken senior captain, Levi Houapeu, that saying is generally true. The mild-mannered midfielder led the NCAA in scoring in 2009 with 43 points – a whopping 2.15 per game. And while he claims he is “a totally different person on the field,” he admits he doesn’t like to say much off it, but rather lead by example. But on the night of Oct. 31, 2009, it was perhaps Houapeu’s words that actually did all of the talking.

UMBC's New Media Studio has profiled several Retriever fall-sports athletes. Senior defender Philippe Bissohong talks about moving from Cameroon to the United States, his route as a walk-on to starter with the team and other issues in this profile. Click the IPod compatible link to view this in Quick Time.

Freshman soccer player B.J. Quigley is the subject of an article written by Jessica Bernheim in this week's Press Box magazine. Quigley was the Maryland prep Gatorade Player of the Year last fall, but like any freshman, is making adjustements to the collegiate level.