Galesburg, Ill. – Dominican University Men's Soccer continues its three-game road swing at Knox College on Saturday.

Series History vs. Knox:
All-Time Record / Streak: 3-0 / W3
Dominican and Knox first played in River Forest on 9/1/2021 (W, 1-0).
The Stars took down Knox at home last season on 9/4/2024 (4-0).
Dominican has scored a total of 8 goals over their three matches against the Prairie Fire.

DU in Review:
-DU holds a 0-2-2 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:
-The Stars fought to a 1-1 draw with Elmhurst on Wednesday.
-Junior Tristen Banquil fired home his 2^nd goal of the season while adding 2 shots on target.
-Sophomore Jonathan Almaguer registered a shot in his 33 minutes off the bench.
-Freshman Connor Riddle and Freshman Cody Leyba both notched a save in the draw.


Star Gazing:
-Junior Tristen Banquil leads the Stars in goals (2), shots (11), and shots on target (6).
-Junior Ciaran Geraghty has anchored the backline for DU, leading the squad with 360 minutes played.
-Freshman Cody Leyba has tallied 10 saves throughout the season.
-Sophomore Dominik Tyka has collected 7 saves so far this season.
 
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.


Scouting Report:
-Knox is still searching for their first win of the 2025 season, starting the year 0-1-2.
-The Prairie Fire fell to Augustana on Tuesday by a final of 2-1.
-Knox has scored 5 goals this season, which averages to 1.67 goals per game, while their opponents have scored 6 goals and average 2 goals per game.