River Forest, Ill. – Dominican University Men's Soccer returns to West Campus Field for Homecoming against Marian University on Saturday.

Series History vs. Marian:
All-Time Record / Streak: 22-2 / W2
Dominican and Marian first played in River Forest on 10/30/2002 (W, 1-0).
The Stars maintained an 18-game win streak over Marian stemming from 10/30/2002 – 10/5/2019.
DU defeated Marian 1-0 on the road in their last match on 10/12/2024.

DU in Review:
-DU holds a 0-4-2 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 started NACC play with a 3-0 loss at MSOE on Wednesday.
-Junior Tristen Banquil fired DU's only shot of the match.
-Freshman Cody Leyba made 4 saves in goal.

Star Gazing:
-Junior Tristen Banquil leads the Stars in goals (2), shots (14), and shots on target (6).
-Junior Ciaran Geraghty has anchored the backline for DU, leading the squad with 540 minutes played.
-Freshman Cody Leyba has tallied 18 saves throughout the season.
-Sophomore Dominik Tyka has collected 8 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:
-Marian is 2-3-1 to start the 2025 season with an 0-1 record in the NACC.
-The Sabres fell at home to St. Norbert 5-0 to begin their NACC slate on Wednesday.
-Marian has scored 7 goals this season, which averages to 1.17 goals per game, while their opponents have scored 14 goals and average 2.33 goals per game.