River Forest, Ill. – Dominican University Men's Soccer looks to bounce back against Loras College on Wednesday.
Series History vs. Loras College:
All-Time Record / Streak: 1-7-0 / L5
Dominican first played Loras at home on 11/12/2005 (L, 1-0).
The Stars fell to the Duhawks in Dubuque, Iowa last season on 9/1/2024 (1-0).
DU in Review:
-DU holds an 0-1-0 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 31st 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 suffered a loss to Webster on opening day on Saturday, August 30th by a final of 2-0.
-Junior Tristen Banquil registered 3 shots with 2 of them finding the target.
-Junior Lazar Stamenkovic recorded 3 shots.
-Freshman Cody Leyba made 4 saves in his collegiate debut.
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:
-Loras drew with College of St. Scholastica to open their 2025 campaign, 0-0.
-The Duhawks finished the 2024 season with a 9-5-7 record and went 5-1-2 in the CCIW.
-Loras averaged 1.67 goals per game compared to their opponents' 1.33 last season.
-The Duhawks mustered 12.3 shots per game while their opponents averaged 13.7 in 2024.
