PREVIEW: Men's Soccer at Centenary (10/13) | Austin College (10/15)
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(At Centenary 10/13)
(At Austin College 10/15)
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THE LEAD
The University of Dallas men's soccer team plays its final road matches of the regular season with two this weekend against Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) foes. The Crusaders play at Centenary College on Friday at 7 p.m. and then Austin College on Sunday at 2 p.m.
After this pair of contests, the Crusaders will break a stretch of 11 straight SCAC games with a non-conference battle on October 18th with Southwestern Adventist University. Dallas (7-2-2, 6-1-2 SCAC) has done well its first stretch of nine conference games, posting its best record at this juncture and is one win away from tying the most in 2015. The Crusaders are second in the standings with 20 points.
After 3-2 double overtime setback to No. 3 Trinity, which was their first loss in conference; the Crusaders bounced back to a 4-1 triumph over Schreiner University on Sunday. Hunter Haugland (Bixby, Okla.) had a multi-goal performance and added an assist.
UD NOTABLES
- Nat Kajiwara (Southlake, Texas) is tied third in the conference with six goals. He had a three consecutive game scoring streak ended on Sunday. The freshman did smack the game-tying goal at the time on Friday versus Trinity.
- Sean Carlin (Puyallup, Wash.) is third in the league for save percentage (.795) and goals-against average (0.83). The keeper is second for goals allowed with eight.
- Haugland moved up to second on the team in goals with just as many as Chima Ogueri (Garland, Texas). The sophomore now has a team-high four assists to tie the team-lead in points (12).
- Chase Reynolds (Southlake, Texas) punched his first two career goals with one per match on the home stand. Andrew Ciancone (Houston, Texas) contributed his first season goal and added a helper in Sunday's win.
- Caleb Strange (Argyle, Texas) improved to 2-1 with a winning decision on Sunday after a scoreless 45 minutes in the start.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Photo Galleries – Trinity University (UD Athletics Flickr)
Photo Gallery – Schreiner University (Anthony Mazur Flickr)
Goals vs. #3 Trinity (Reynolds, Kajiwara)
BY THE NUMBERS
- In 2016, the Crusaders fell 1-0 at Centenary and tied 0-0 at Austin College.
- UD has tied Austin College in the past two meetings, after a 1-1 final in Irving last month. The team defeated the Gents 4-0 in first shutout win of the campaign.
OPPONENT NOTABLES
(Centenary College)
- The Gents sit 29-2 overall and 1-7-1 in the conference.
- Centenary fell twice on the road last weekend at Texas Lutheran and Southwestern University, respectively. However, the team picked up its only pair of home wins (2-4-1) recently with Schreiner University and LeTourneau University.
- Scott Halper leads the team in goals with three. Chase Clark has put in two.
- Gabe Rodriguez has assisted half of the team's 10 goals and holds a team-high seven points.
- Kaleb Behm is first in the SCAC in saves with 79.
(Austin College)
- The 'Roos are 6-4-3 on the year and 4-3-2 in the conference for fourth place currently.
- Last time out the team fell 3-2 at Texas Lutheran University, but did win 2-0 at Southwestern to start the road weekend.
- AC is 3-2-2 at home overall and will host Colorado College on Friday before the Crusaders visit on the scheduled date.
- Phillip Le is tied for second in the conference for goals scored with seven. His pair of assists give him a team-high 16 points. Thomas Quick has broken double figures in points with 13 thanks to five goals and a trio of helpers.
- Jack Wheaton is the other AC player with multiple scoring results (3). He had the lone goal for the visitors at the time the 'Roos played in Irving.
- Joseph Khalaf has played 1,160:15 minutes and started all 13 matches. He owns a 1.16 goals-allowed average (1.16) and notched 57 saves.
UP NEXT
Dallas closes out the 2017 regular season with all four matches at home and have guaranteed a spot in the SCAC Men's Soccer Tournament that will be hosted at Crusader Field on November 3rd-5th.
As mentioned above the Crusaders will play Southwestern Adventist University at 4:30 p.m. UD is 2-2 in the all-time series versus the Knights. After that, the team resumes conference action with Texas Lutheran University and Southwestern University on Oct. 20th and 22nd.