River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Men's Soccer team will look to build towards the NACC Tournament against Benedictine on Wednesday.

Series History vs. Benedictine:
All-Time Record / Streak: 22-5-2 / W2
-Dominican and Benedictine first played on 9/11/2002 in River Forest (W, 3-0).
-The Stars have scored 98 goals in 29 games against the Eagles, which averages to 3.38 goals per match.
-DU's largest margin of victory over BenU was on 10/20/2004 (W, 12-1).
-Dominican is 15-2-1 at West Campus Field against the Eagles.
-The Stars and Eagles' last matchup was on 9/25/2024, with DU winning at home by a final of 3-1.

DU in Review:
-DU holds a 5-7-2 (5-3-1 NACC) record this season.
-Dominican finished the 2024 season with a 12-5-4 record, including going 8-1-3 in conference and 7-2-2 at home.
-The Stars notched the second seed in the NACC Tournament. After a thrilling 3-2 victory over Concordia Wisconsin in the Quarterfinals, DU stumbled in the semis, losing 5-0 to MSOE.
-Head Coach Erick Baumann enters his 31^st season at the helm of the Dominican Men's Soccer program. Baumann has amassed an impressive 463-119-50 (.772) record in that time.


Last Time Out:
-Dominican got back into the win column with a 2-1 win over Lakeland.
-Junior Nicholas Porada bagged his first 2 goals of the season while adding 3 shots on target.
-Freshman Vinni Da Silva, Sophomore Jonathan Almaguer, Junior Tristen Banquil, and Junior Ciaran Geraghty all recorded an assist in the contest.
-Freshman Enzo Cinque notched 4 shots.


Star Gazing:
-Junior Tristen Banquil has been the focal point of DU's attack, notching the team lead in goals (5), shots (40), and shots on target (14).
-Sophomore Jonathan Almaguer caught form in the midpoint of the season, as he is 2^nd on the squad in goals with 3, second in assists with 3, and has recorded 22 shots.
-Junior Ciaran Geraghty has anchored the backline for DU, leading the squad with 1350 minutes played.
-Freshman Cody Leyba has tallied 36 saves throughout the season.
-Senior Ryan Gutierrez has been a staple in the midfield with 2 goals and has started in all 15 matches. Gutierrez has 1187 minutes played.
 
Familiar Faces:
-Sophomore Nathan Lara is back to don the Navy and Gold as the leading goal scorer among returners from last season with 2. Lara appeared in 6 matches and notched a start during the 2024 campaign.
-Sophomore Jonathan Almaguer returns to the midfield for DU. Almaguer registered a goal and an assist in 14 appearances last season.
-Senior Brendan Gavin resumes his place as the holding midfielder for the Stars. Gavin posted 15 appearances and logged 776 minutes in 2024.
-Junior Ciaran Geraghty looks to step in as a permanent fixture in Dominican's back four after charting 16 appearances and a goal last season.


NACC Playoff Picture:
-Dominican will head into the contest against Benedictine in 6^th, with the Eagles behind them in the table at 7^th.
-Edgewood, Aurora, MSOE, and St. Norbert have all clinched a berth in the NACC Tournament, with all seed lines still up for grabs.

Scouting Report:
-Benedictine is 5-6-3 on the 2025 season with a 4-3-2 record in the NACC.
-The Eagles took down Marian at home on Saturday by a final score of 2-1.
-BenU is 2-1-1 over its last four games.
-The Eagles are 2-3-1 away from home.
-Benedictine has scored 25 goals this season (1.79 goals per game) and has accumulated 160 shots over the year (11.4 shots per game).