River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Men's Soccer team returns to West Campus Field for their final home contest of the season. The Stars will host Wisconsin Lutheran, looking to stay in the conference tournament picture.


Series History vs. Wisconsin Lutheran:
All-Time Record/Streak: 18-0-3 /T1
-The first time these two schools played was October 8^th, 2005, in Milwaukee, as the Stars won 3-0.
-Dominican won the first 10 matchups before they drew their first match against the Warriors. During this stretch only gave up 2 goals, while they scored 37 goals.
-In the last 5 matchups Dominican is 4-0-1. Last season was the first draw in 7 matchups. The score was 0-0 at WLC.
-The Stars are 8-0-1 at West Campus Field.
-DU has scored 74 goals against the Warriors and averages 3.52 goals per match.


DU in Review: 
-DUMSOC holds a 4-5-4 record so far in the 2026 season, with a 2-4-4 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 10 points.  
-Wisconsin Lutheran currently sits in the 9^th spot, right on the tail of the Stars. The Warriors have 8 points and a win would boost them ahead of DU.
-The is currently 15 points behind the leader in the conference (Edgewood). They are also 2 points ahead of Wisconsin Lutheran, who is currently in the 9^th spot just outside of the top 8.
-The Stars are 10 points behind the school 4^th in the standings (Illinois Tech). 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 tied with the Eagles at Benedictine. DU was up 1-0, before BenU found a late equalizer to have the game end in a 1-1 draw.
-Senior Tristen Banquil had the lone goal for the Stars, along with 2 shots on goal and 4 shots.  
-Junior Jonathan Almaguer had one shot on goal and an assist on the Banquil goal.  
-Sophomore Eduardo Lopez recorded 1 shot on goal on 2 shots.  
-Junior Juan Carlos Munoz had 1 shot on goal.  
-Junior Roberto Navarro Mercado had 1 save.  
-Freshman Alexander Garcia had 1 save.


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 6 goals and 4 assists. Along with 47 shots and 23 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 17 shots, with 9 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 19 shots,11 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 3 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 13 saves, only allowing 7 goals in his 540 minutes this season.
-Junior Roberto Navarro Mercado has made some big saves in net and has made 34 on the season in his 630 minutes played.
 
Scouting Report: 
-Wisconsin Lutheran is 3-10-2 overall on the 2026 season and is currently 2-6-2 inside the NACC.
-WLC is 0-5 on the road this season.
-In the last 5 matches the Warriors are 1-3-1, with their two most recent results being a win over CUC and a draw over Marian. Before that, Wisconsin Lutheran lost 6 straight conference matches.
-WLC has only scored 1 goal on the road this season.
-The Warriors have scored 14 goals on the year, while they have given up 28. Wisconsin Lutheran's keepers have made 63 saves this year.

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