PREVIEW: Men's Soccer at Texas Lutheran (9/29) | Southwestern University (10/1)
MULTIMEDIA COVERAGE
(Texas Lutheran University 9/29)
(Southwestern University 10/1)
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THE LEAD
The University of Dallas men's soccer team completes the first half of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) schedule this weekend. On Friday, Dallas will play at Texas Lutheran University at 7 p.m. The Crusaders complete the road trip on the first day of October with a 2 p.m. kickoff at Southwestern University.
Dallas (4-1-2, 3-0-2 SCAC) currently sit in second place with 11 points. The team is one point behind first place Trinity University, who are 4-1 in the conference with that lone blemish being to the Crusaders almost two weeks ago in San Antonio. Last weekend at home, UD blanked Centenary College 4-0 and tied Austin College 1-1.
UD NOTABLES
- The Crusaders are tied for second with fewest goals allowed (6). Trinity is the other squad that has surrendered six and Colorado College leads the league by only allowing five.
- Dallas broke into the top 10 United Soccer Coaches West Region Men's Soccer rankings for ninth. Trinity checked in the top spot and Colorado College was fourth to give the SCAC three programs in the top nine.
- For the second consecutive week, UD received votes in the d3soccer.com with 14 total.
- Chima Ogueri (Garland, Texas) leads the team with four goals and nine points. He has accumulated all his points the most recent two Friday matches.
- Nat Kajiwara (Southlake, Texas) and Hunter Haugland (Bixby, Okla.) have tallied the other season multiple goals and are tied second in points with six apiece.
- Sean Carlin (Puyallup, Wash.) is atop the SCAC Leaderboard in save percentage with a 84.6-clip. The freshman has accumulated 22 saves and is 3-0-2 in seven appearances (six starts).
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
- Photo Galleries vs. Centenary College (UD Athletics Flickr), (Anthony Mazur Flickr)
- Photo Galleries vs. Austin College (UD Athletics Flickr), (Anthony Mazur Flickr)
- Goals from the last home games on Sept. 22nd and 24th. (Kajiwara, Ogueri (2), Trae Hampton, Luke Schwarz)
BY THE NUMBERS
- Dallas is 4-7 versus TLU in the all-time series.
- In 2016, the teams split the regular season with the home venue prevailing each time. In the SCAC Quarterfinals, a scoreless tie resulted before the Bulldogs advanced on penalty kicks 5-4.
- The Crusaders are 3-14 against Southwestern overall. Both meetings last season went to overtime, and the road team gained the victory in each. Luke Schwarz (Tucson, Ariz.) punched the game-winning goal on a PK at Georgetown in a 2-1 final.
OPPONENT NOTABLES
(Texas Lutheran)
- The Bulldogs are 2-5-2 and 1-3-1 in the SCAC. They are 1-2-2 at home and coming off a 1-1 draw with Schreiner University last Sunday.
- TLU is in the midst of a six-game home stand, with Dallas being the third opponent on that stretch.
- David Ching leads the team in scoring with three goals. Alejandro Martinez has notched four points off of a goal and pair of assists.
- Brendan Soto has 37 saves through nine starts and 801:59 minutes in the goalkeeper position.
(Southwestern)
- The Pirates enter this weekend 3-3-3 overall. They have gone 1-1-3 against conference foes.
- Southwestern is 0-1-1 at home with its first home matches of the campaign being played about a week ago. SU tied Schreiner 2-2 for the third straight draw in league play before dropping a 2-0 contest to sixth ranked Trinity on Sunday. Colorado College visits on Friday.
- Kip Karschnik and Jake Swonke form a top two scoring duo with four goals apiece. Karschnik has three helpers to lift him to a team-best 11 points.
- Ryan Benner has been the primary goalie with 798:49 minutes logged. He has 41 saves (77.4 save %) and 1.35 goals allowed average.
UP NEXT
Dallas hosts Trinity University on Friday, October 5th. Kickoff is slated for 4 p.m. Schreiner University will visit on the eighth.