Madison, Wis.—The Dominican University Men's Soccer team is the 8^th seed in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament. The Stars will travel to the #1 seeded Edgewood University for the quarterfinal match.


Series History vs. Edgewood:
All-Time Record/Streak: 23-3-2 /L3
-The first ever matchup between Dominican and Edgewood was on August 30^th, 2002. The Stars won 5-1 in a neutral site match at the University of the South.
-This season Edgewood won 2-1 at West Campus Field against DU. Graduate Student Cole Wood scored the first goal of the game, but two Eagles second-half goals were the difference in the match.
-Dominican is 8-2 at Edgewood.
-The Stars are 7-3 in their last ten matchups against the Eagles.
-DUMSOC last win was October 11^th, 2023, and their last win at Edgewood was October 23^rd, 2021, in a 7-0 victory.
-From 10/12/2013 to 10/1/6/2024 Dominican won 11 straight matches and only conceded 6 goals in this stretch.
-The Stars have scored 93 total goals against the Eagles and average 3.32 goals per match.


DU in Review: 
-DUMSOC holds a 5-5-5 record so far in the 2026 season, with a 3-4-5 conference record.
-The Stars got their first win in 5 matches. This was a big win for DUMSOC, as they clinched a spot in the NACC conference tournament.
-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 men's soccer officially clinched the 8^th spot in the tournament with 14 points overall on the season.
-The Stars will play Edgewood University, who was the regular season champion, as they finished with 31 points and ended the regular season on a 5-game win streak.
-The NACC Tournament schedule will go as followed.
                - #8 Dominican @  #1 Edgewood at 1:00pm on November 1^st
                - #7 St. Norbert @ #2 Aurora at 2:00pm on November 1^st
                -#6 Lakeland @ #3 MSOE at 12:00pm on November 1^st    
                -#5 Benedictine @ #4 Illinois Tech at 12:00pm on November 1^st
- The semifinals will be held on Wednesday, November 4th, at the higher-seeds remaining. The winner of the 1/8 will play the winner of the 4/5, and the winner of the 2/7 will play the winner of the 3/6.
- The championship match will be held on Saturday, November 7th, at the highest seed remaining.
 
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: 
-DUMSOC drew with their rivals Concordia Chicago at CUC on Wednesday afternoon for their regular season finale.
-Senior Ciaran Geraghty earned his first goal of the season to tie the match up. Geraghty earned two shots on target in his 90 minutes.
-Junior Jonathan Almaguer added an assist.
-Senior Tristen Banquil collected 6 total shots in the match with 4 of those being on target.
-Graduate Cole Wood played all 90 minutes and earned 2 shots, with 1 of those being on target.
-Junior Roberto Navarro Mercado collected a save.
-Freshman Alexander Julian Garcia added 3 saves to his name today.


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 7 goals and 4 assists. Along with 58 shots and 29 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 22 shots, with 12 of those being on target.
-Sophomore Enzo Cinque picked up right where he left off after his freshman season, scoring 2 goals on 10 shots.
-Junior Jonathan Almaguer has played a big part in the middle of the pitch for the Stars and collected an assist with 22 shots,12 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 4 assists on the season.
-Graduate Student Cole Wood is in his first year at Dominican and has collected 2 goals on 15 shots.
-Freshman Alexander Julian Garcia has started 4 matches in the net for Dominican and has made 15 saves, only allowing 8 goals in his 630 minutes this season.
-Junior Roberto Navarro Mercado has made some big saves in net and has made 36 on the season in his 720 minutes played.
 
Scouting Report: 
-Edgewood ended the regular season with a record of 10-5-3 overall and a 10-1-1 conference record.
-The Eagles are ending the regular season on a 5-match win streak where they beat Marian, Rockford, Concordia Chicago, Benedictine, and Wisconsin Lutheran.
-Edgewood's last loss was on October 13^th to the #9 team in the nation, the University of Chicago to the score of 4-0.
-The Eagles tied to St. Nobert 1-1 and lost to MSOE 3-0. Aside from these two matches, they ran the table in the conference.
-Edgewood is 6-3-1 on their home turf with their most recent win being against Wisconsin Lutheran.
-The Eagles have an incredible offense, scoring 38 goals on the season and averaging 2.11 goals per match. On the other side, though, they have given up 21 goals.
-Edgewood has 291 shots on the season with 134 of those shots being on target, while their goals have had to make 88 saves in net.

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