River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Men's Soccer team is ready to host Edgewood University this Saturday at West Campus Field.

Series History vs. Edgewood:
All-Time Record/Streak: 23-2-2/L2
-The first time these two schools played was on August 30^th, 2002, on a neutral site. The Stars won 5-1.
-Dominican Men's Soccer held a record of 23-0-2 up until October 16^th, 2024, this is when they took their first loss to Edgewood.
-DU has lost back-to-back games to the Eagles. Edgewood has scored 6 goals compared to Dominican, scoring 0 in the last two meetings.
-The Stars are 14-0-2 on home turf, along with a 15-2-1 conference record against Edgewood.
-Dominican Men's Soccer has scored 92 goals against Edgewood and averages 3.41 goals per match.

DU in Review: 
-DUMSOC holds a 4-3-2 record so far in the 2026 season, with a 2-2-2 conference record. They are also 3-2-1 at West Campus Field.
-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. The Stars played one less game than the majority of the conference.
-Edgewood currently sits in the 4^th spot in the conference standings with a 4-1-1 NACC record, which is good for 13 points in the table.
-DU is currently 7 points behind the leader in the conference (Aurora). They are also 2 points ahead of Rockford, who is currently in the 9^th spot, which is out 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 got out to an early 0-1 lead and brought that into the half until Aurora scored 2 second-half goals to win the match.
--Senior Tristen Banquil earned 2 shots, with one shot on goal.
-Sophopmore Eduardo Lopez collected 2 shots in the match. 1 of those shots.
-Junior Roberto Navarro Mercado started in net for the Stars and made two saves in his half.
-Junior Jonathaon Almaguer collected a shot on goal.
-Graduate Student Cole Wood earned a shot on goal.

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 4 goals and 3 assists. Along with 33 shots and 17 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 10 shots, with 6 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 13 shots, 7 of those finding the net. Almaguer picked up his first goal of the season against CUW, which tied the match up at 1.
-Freshman Alexander Julian Garcia has started 4 matches in the net for Dominican and has made 9 saves, only allowing 4 goals in his 405 minutes this season.
-Junior Roberto Navarro Mercado has made some big saves in net and has made 20 on the season in his 405 minutes played.
 
Scouting Report: 
-Edgewood is 4-4-3 overall on the 2026 season and is currently 4-1-1 inside the NACC.
-The Eagles are 1-2-2 away from their home field this season.
-Edgewood tied 1-1 in their last match against St. Norbert. Before that tie, the Eagles were on a two-game win streak, where they beat IIT and CUW.
-The Eagles have played against three ranked opponents in their non-conference schedule. They did lose all three matchups, but their non-conference strength of schedule was the toughest in the NACC.
-The Eagles have scored 16 goals this season while averaging 1.45 goals per match. Their opponents have only scored 15 goals this season.
 
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