Men's Soccer Game Notes • 9/18/2014

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SEP. 17, 2014 • VOL. IV

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

QUICK HITS

OVERALL: 6-1 (HOME: 2-1, AWAY: 4-0, NEUTRAL: 0-0) IIAC: 0-0 (HOME: 0-0, AWAY: 0-0)

PREVIEWING THE MAROONS...

AUG 29

at

UW-WHITEWATER

W, 3-0 The Duhawks will look to avenge their first loss on the Rock Bowl since 2011

AUG 31

vs

WILLAMETTE

W, 3-0

SEP 2

at

CARROLL

SEP 5

vs

CARLETON

W, 2-0

SEP 7

vs

ST. THOMAS

L, 2-1

SEP 13

at

ST. OLAF

SEP 14

at

ST. JOHN’S

SEP 18

vs

UNIV. OF CHICAGO

7:00 PM

SEP 21

vs

UW-OSHKOSH

1:00 PM first time in college. Javier has two game-winning goals so far for UW-Oshkosh

SEP 27

vs

CENTRAL *

4:30 PM

OCT 1

vs

UNIV. OF DUBUQUE *

7:30 PM

OCT 4

vs

BUENA VISTA *

4:30 PM Wednesday, September 17, 2014 with the prestigious BizTimes Rising Stars

OCT 11

at

SIMPSON *

4:30 PM

OCT 13

at

WESTERN ILLINOIS

3:30 PM

OCT 15

at

UW-PLATTEVILLE

7:00 PM role models for others and volunteer within their community. The eight Rising

OCT 18

at

LUTHER *

5:00 PM

SENIOR NIGHT vs WARTBURG * OCT 25 OCT 28

AT COE *

as they take on University of Chicago on Thursday night at 7pm. The Maroons come into the game with a record of 4-2 and suffered a 2-1 loss last weekend to W, 5-2 Olivet Nazarene University that they will look to avenge. Their leading scorer this season has been Kyle Kurfist who has already netted six goals for the Maroons.

PREVIEWING THE TITANS...

After just one day’s break, the Duhawks will return to the Rock Bowl again on W, 3-2 Sunday, September 21 at 1pm to take on the UW-Oshkosh Titans. The Titans are 4-2 on the season including a disappointing 1-0 loss in double overtime to W, 3-1 Gustavus Adolphus College last weekend. Sunday will also be a family battle, as Jorge and Javier Simon square off for the this season.

ROTHERT RECEIVES BIZTIMES RISING STARS AWARD...

Loras College Head Soccer Coach Dan Rothert (‘96) was one of eight honored

Award. Since 2003, the Rising Stars Awards recognizes the achievements of community and business leaders under the age of 40.

Rising Stars Award winners demonstrate leadership in business, serve as Stars Award winners were honored alongside their families and colleagues at a breakfast at the Diamond Jo Casino. In addition to being head soccer coach, Rothert has played a key role in the

7:30 PM development of a new strategic plan for the Athletic Department at Loras College

7:00 PM and served as chair of the NCAA III Men’s Soccer Association in 2012. He has

NOV 5

SEMIFINALS

been named Iowa Conference Coach of the Year 13 times and Regional Coach of the Year three times. Following the 2012 season, Rothert was named the CaptainU National Coach of the Year after Loras advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the third time in program history.

NOV 8

CHAMPIONSHIP

DUHAWKS COME BACK...

IOWA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT NOV 1 FIRST ROUND

NCAA DIVISION III MEN’S SOCCER TOURNAMENT NOV 14-16 REGIONALS NOV 21-23 SECTIONALS DEC 5-6

FINAL FOUR

The early setbacks continued for the Loras Men’s Soccer team on Sunday, as they surrendered a goal in the 15’. It would take some time, but the Duhawks answered in a big way, scoring two goals in two minutes to defeat Saint Johns, 2-1. Freshman Spencer Moore netted the equalizer in the 48’ on an assist from junior Matt Brant. Fourteen seconds later, sophomore Alex Bradley pushed to Duhawks into the lead for good, swarming after the restart and regaining possession before slotting his shot from distance past Sain Johns’ goalkeeper Kevin Lebahn.


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