Plymouth, Wis.—The Dominican University Men's Soccer team heads to Lakeland University to take on the number four team in the conference, according to the NACC men's soccer conference table.

Series History vs. Lakeland:
All-Time Record/Streak: 21-0/W21
-The first time these two schools played was on September 11^th, 2004, at Lakeland University. The Stars won 3-1.
-Dominican men's soccer has only conceded 3 goals to the Muskies of Lakeland.
-From 9/25/2010 to 10/18/2025, they did not give up a goal. This was a total of 13 matches they did not give up a goal.
-Last season the Stars won 2-1 at West Campus Field.
-DUMSOC is 10-0 on the road against Lakeland.
-Dominican has scored 104 goals against the Muskies and averages 4.95 goals per match. This includes 4 matches where DU has scored over 10 matches.


DU in Review: 
-DUMSOC holds a 4-5-2 record so far in the 2026 season, with a 2-4-2 conference record.
-The Stars are on a three-game losing skid.
-Dominican finished the 2025 season with a 7-8-4 record, including going 7-3-2 in the conference and 5-3-2 at home. 
-The Stars notched the fifth seed in the NACC Tournament and fell on the road at MSOE in the NACC quarterfinal matchup. 
-Head Coach Erick Baumann enters his 32nd season at the helm of the Dominican Men's Soccer program. Baumann has amassed an impressive 470-127-54 (.763) record in that time. Coach Baumann is coming off his first ever losing season as Dominican University men's soccer head coach. 
 
NACC Playoff Picture:
-Dominican is currently sitting in the 8^th spot in the conference standings with 8 points.  
-Lakeland is currently in the 4^th spot on the conference standings with 17 points.
-DU is currently 13 points behind the leader in the conference (Aurora). They are also 2 points ahead of Rockford and Concordia Wisconsin, who are currently tied in the 9^th spot, which is out of the conference tournament.
-The Stars are 9 points behind the school 4^th in the standings (Lakeland and Illinois). The top 4 schools host the first round of the conference tournament.
-The Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference has the top 8 seeds go to the tournament.
 
Familiar Faces: 
-Senior Tristen Banquil is back in a Stars kit for his senior season and is looking to make a last impact on the DUMSOC program. Banquil is coming off a season where he played and started in 17 matches while scoring 5 goals on 16 shots on goal in his 1257 minutes. 
-Junior Jonathan Almaguer returns to DU in his third season after having a great sophomore campaign. Almaguer played in 19 matches and started 14 of those matches, while registering 3 goals and 4 assists from the midfield. The junior is looking to improve for a third straight season. 
-Senior Ciaran Geraghty returns as a big part of the Stars' backline. Geraghty started in 18 matches last season while marking 1620 minutes on the pitch. The senior from Scottsdale, AZ, also logged an assist with six shots over the course of the season. 
-Sophomore Enzo Cinque came on strong for Dominican as a key player off the bench and is looking to solidify a bigger role on this squad. Cinque scored 4 goals on 24 shots in his 18 matches played in his freshman year. 
-Sophomore Rogelio Cisneros stepped up when DU struggled on the offensive side of the ball, scoring 2 goals with 2 assists in his 13 matches played. 
-Sophomore Cody Leyba returns between the posts this upcoming season. Leyba started in 5 matches last season but played in 9. The sophomore made 21 saves and held a 7-1 record in his freshman season. 
 
Last Time Out: 
-The Stars fell 2-1 for the third straight match. This time Dominican was behind and on the comeback that just fell short.
-Senior Tristen Banquil collected 3 shots with 2 shots on target and a goal in his 90 minutes of play. 
-Junior Jonathan Almaguer collected an assist on the loan Stars goal. 
-Sophomore Eduardo Lopez collected 2 shots on target in the match. 

Shining Stars:
-Senior Tristen Banquil will take this team where they need to go, as he is the motor of this team. Banquil on the year has 5 goals and 4 assists. Along with 40 shots and 20 of those being on target.
-Sophomore Eduardo Lopez has come on strong for this squad this season, collecting 2 goals and an assist. Lopez also has 15 shots, with 8 of those being on target.
-Sophomore Enzo Cinque picked up right where he left off after his freshman season, scoring 2 goals on 9 shots.
-Junior Jonathan Almaguer has played a big part in the middle of the pitch for the Stars and collected an assist with 17 shots, 9 of those finding the net. Almaguer picked up his first goal of the season against CUW, which tied the match up at 1. The junior has also collected 2 assists on the season.
-Graduate Student Cole Wood is in his first year at Dominican and has collected 2 goals on 11 shots.
-Freshman Alexander Julian Garcia has started 4 matches in the net for Dominican and has made 10 saves, only allowing 6 goals in his 450 minutes this season.
-Junior Roberto Navarro Mercado has made some big saves in net and has made 29 on the season in his 540 minutes played.
 
Scouting Report: 
-Lakeland is 11-3-2 overall on the 2026 season and is currently 5-2-2 inside the NACC.
-The Muskies are 5-1-1 on their home turf this season.
-In the last five matches playing a division III opponent, Lakeland is 3-1-1. During this stretch they played an exhibition match at #20 University of Wisconsin in Madison. In the games that matter, the Muskies beat WLC, Aurora, and Rockford. Lost to MSOE and drew with Illinois Tech.
-Lakeland went 6-1 in their non-conference schedule.
-Lakeland has scored 48 goals this season, while their opponents have scored 23 goals against them. The Muskies average 3 goals per game.
 
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