River Forest, Ill.—Dominican University Men's Soccer continues their non-conference schedule against Loras College after match one win against Blackburn.
Series History vs. Loras:
All-Time Record / Streak: 1-7-1\T1
- The first time the Stars played Loras was November 12th, 2005. The Duhawks won 1-0 in that match.
-Last year these two teams met up at West Campus Field and drew 1-1 on September 3rd, 2025.
-Dominican's lone win in this series was November 21st, 2009. This match was played at Loras College and DU won 1-0.
-Dominican has scored 4 goals against Loras and averages 0.44 goals per match.
-The Stars are 0-3-1 on their home turf against the Duhawks.
DU in Review:
-Dominican won their first match against Blackburn making them 1-0-0 on the season.
-Dominican finished the 2025 season with a 7-8-4 record, including going 7-3-2 in 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.
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 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:
- Dominican wins after late goal against Blackburn to win 1-0 at home.
-Sophomore Enzo Cinque scored his first goal of the season in what proved to be the difference maker for the Stars. Cinque also added 2 shots on target.
- Senior Tristen Banquil registered 3 shots with 1 shot on target.
- Freshman Cristian Garcia and sophomore Eduardo Lopez both have 2 shots and 1 shot on target.
- Juniors Travis Fowler and Jonathan Almaguer collected 2 shots each and played all 90 minutes.
- Freshman Alexander Garcia and Junior Roberto Navarro Mercado saved a total of 4 shots combined for the clean sheet.
Scouting Report:
-This will be the first match of the season for Loras.
-The Duhawks went 11-2-6 last season with a 4-1-3 record in their conference.
-Their record on the road was 1-2-5.
-The Duhawks won their conference tournament quarterfinal match and then went on to lose to Wartburg in the semifinals.
-They scored 49 goals and scored an average of 2.58 goals per game, while holding their opponents to just 16 goals on the season.
-Loras had 332 shots on the year with 161 of those being on target.
