Men's Soccer Game Notes • 11/12/2014

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NOV. 12, 2014 • VOL. I • NO. XII

LORAS MEN’S SOCCER 1450 ALTA VISTA, DUBUQUE, IA 52001 // WWW.DUHAWKS.COM

2014 SCHEDULE

JIM NAPRSTEK, MEN’S SOCCER SID • JAMES.NAPRSTEK@LORAS.EDU • OFFICE: 563.588.7407

OVERALL: 15-2-2 (HOME: 8-1-2, AWAY: 7-1-0, NEUTRAL: 0-0) IIAC: 7-0-0 (HOME: 4-0-0, AWAY: 3-0-0)

QUICK HITS

PREVIEWING THE BLUE JAYS...

AUG 29

at

UW-WHITEWATER

W, 3-0 In a repeat of last year’s “Sweet 16” matchup, the Blue Jays of Westminster

AUG 31

vs

WILLAMETTE

W, 3-0

SEP 2

at

CARROLL

W, 5-2

SEP 5

vs

CARLETON

W, 2-0

SEP 7

vs

ST. THOMAS

L, 2-1

SEP 13

at

ST. OLAF

W, 3-2

SEP 14

at

ST. JOHN’S

W, 3-1 This season, the Blue Jays have not played a team that will appear in the NCAA

SEP 18

vs

UNIV. OF CHICAGO

W, 3-2

SEP 21

vs

UW-OSHKOSH

SEP 27

vs

CENTRAL *

W, 3-2

OCT 1

vs

UNIV. OF DUBUQUE *

W, 1-0 The Stars are no strangers to the NCAA Tournament, having appeared in 13

OCT 4

vs

BUENA VISTA *

W, 6-0

OCT 11

at

SIMPSON *

W, 1-0

OCT 13

at

WESTERN ILLINOIS

OCT 15

at

UW-PLATTEVILLE

OCT 18

at #17

LUTHER *

W, 2-1

OCT 25

vs #13

WARTBURG *

W, 1-0 Tournament, finishing with a 3-3 mark, including wins over Carroll (2-0), North

OCT 28

at

SENIOR NIGHT

COE *

IOWA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

NOV 1

FIRST ROUND

SEMIFINALS - ROCK BOWL (DUBUQUE, IOWA)

T, 2-2

CANCELLED L, 1-0 (OT)

W, 9-0 BYE W, 2-1 (OT)

NOV 8

(2) #23 WARTBURG

T, 2-2 (2OT)

WESTMINSTER (MO.) REGIONAL FINAL

NOV 21-23 SECTIONALS DEC 5-6

FINAL FOUR

In last year’s meeting with the Duhawks, Alex Bradley and Tom Fluegel tallied the winners for Loras, lifting the Duhawks to the “Elite 8”.

PREVIEWING THE STARS ...

tournaments to date. Their best performance came in 2009 when Dominican advanced to the Final Four before falling to Calvin College 1-0. This year, the Stars enter the postseason with a record of 14-5-2 and are led by Frankie Saiz who has 16 points (5G-6A) through 21 games. Dominican utilizes a distributed attack, as six players have four or more goals. In goal, Dominican splits time between two keepers, Zach Watson and Gabriel Gongora. In 14 appearances, Watson has a 7-2-0 overall record with a 0.79 goals against average. Gongora posts similar numbers, a 7-3-2 overall record and a 0.73 goals against average.

Park (2-1), and MSOE (2-1 2OT).

PREVIEWING THE GUSTIES ...

(4) UNIV. OF DUBUQUE

NOV 15 NOV 16

Tournament.

This season, Dominican played five teams that will appear in the NCAA

NOV 5

NCAA DIVISION III MEN’S SOCCER TOURNAMENT

College return to Dubuque, Iowa and will play Loras College in the first match of the weekend. Westminster finished the regular season with a record of 11-71 and winners of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. The Blue Jays are making their third appearance in the NCAA Tournament. A look at the scoresheet shows Tripp Sheehan leading Westminster with 23 points (6G-11A). Right behind Sheehan is Dustin Seibolt who has 18 points (8G-2A). In between the pipes will be Raul Romero who enters with a 11-7-1 record, a 1.07 goals against average, and has posted six shutouts this season.

5:00 PM 5:00 PM

Meeting Dominican in the opening round will be Gustavus Adolphus College, winners of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. The Gusties enter with a record of 15-4-1. Much like Dominican, the Gusties are regulars in the NCAA Tournament, having appeared in 11 tournaments in total. Leading Gustavus Adolphus this season on the scoresheet is Zach Brown, who enters the NCAA Tournament with 28 points (11G-6A). Joining him is Ryan Tollefsrud who has 17 points (7G-3A). Making his return to the goalkeeper role on October 25, Brett Ylonen looks to be the starter come Saturday. He enters with a 6-1-0 mark, a 0.51 goals against average and 4.5 shutouts. This season, the Gusties played three teams that will appear in the NCAA Tournament, finishing with a 2-1 mark, including wins over Carroll (3-1) and College of St. Scholastica (3-0).


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