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Men's Soccer Hosts Manchester in Key HCAC Contest on Wednesday

10/11/2022 11:00:00 AM

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TERRE HAUTE, Indiana -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's soccer team hosts Manchester University for a 7:00 PM kickoff on Wednesday evening. The Fightin' Engineers are unbeaten at home this season and are coming off of a 5-0 victory over Earlham on Saturday night.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes into this match with a 8-1-2 record and a 4-0-0 record in the HCAC.
* The Fightin' Engineers are 3-0-2 at home this season with wins over Greenville, Anderson, and Earlham and draws with North Central and Hope.
* Takezo Kelly leads the team with five goals on the season.
* Caleb Urban and AJ Yilmaz have each added four goals including a hat trick from Urban on Saturday.
* Urban is the team leader in assists with six, and Tyler Eldridge has added four assists as well.
* Tyler Eldridge was named the HCAC Offensive Player of the Week following his two goals and three assists last week.
* In goal, John Biederstedt has made 26 saves to just 5 goals allowed. He also has five clean sheets and two combined clean sheets in eleven games this season.
* The Fightin' Engineers men's soccer team has not allowed a goal since their September 24th loss to Ohio Northern. That is a 365 minutes scoreless streak for the Fightin' Engineers defense.

MANCHESTER NOTES:
* Manchester comes into this mid-week match with a 3-5-4 record on the season and a 2-0-2 record in the HCAC.
* The Spartans are unbeaten at home this season, but they are just 1-5-1 on the road.
* The Manchester wins have come against Alma, Franklin, and Transylvania.
* Noah Black is the only player for Manchester with multiple goals as he leads the team with four of their eight goals.
* Black also has the team-leading two assists.
* Aaron Ketchmark leads the Spartans in goal with 57 saves to just 15 goals allowed.

SERIES NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 25-4-5.
* The Fightin' Engineers won last season's meeting 1-0 with a goal from Tatenda Mafa.
* Rose-Hulman has won three consecutive meetings with the Spartans and 10 of the last 11 meetings.
* The Fightin' Engineers have outscored Earlham 35-5 in the last eleven games.
* Manchester's only road win at Rose-Hulman came in 2001.

CAREER STATS NOTES:
* Takezo Kelly - 3rd in Game-Winning Goals (13), 3rd in Shots (175), 4th in Goals (31), 4th in Points (75), 7th in Penalty Kicks Made (2)
* Caleb Urban - 3rd in Assists (23)
* AJ Yilmaz - 10th in Game-Winning Goals (6), 11th in Shots (120), 14th in Assists (14)
* John Biederstedt - 13th in Clean Sheets (5), 12th in Goalie Wins (7)

HCAC STANDINGS:
1. Rose-Hulman (4-0)
2. Hanover (3-0-1)
3. Manchester (2-0-2)
T4. Transylvania (2-2)
T4. Bluffton (2-2)
T4. Franklin (2-2)
T7. Mount St. Joseph (1-3)
T7. Earlham (1-3)
T7. Anderson (1-3)
10. Defiance (0-3-1)
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