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TERRE HAUTE, Indiana -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's soccer team visits Hanover College on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 PM. The Fightin' Engineers come in at 12-1-2 on the season with their lone loss coming to Ohio Northern back in September. Rose-Hulman can clinch the HCAC Regular Season title and the #1 seed in the HCAC tournament with a win or a draw.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes into this match with a 12-1-2 record and a perfect 8-0-0 record in the HCAC.
* The Fightin' Engineers are 6-0-2 on their home field this season including wins over Wabash, DePauw, and Transylvania.
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Takezo Kelly leads the team with 10 goals on the season including five last week in the wins over Franklin and Transylvania.
AJ Yilmaz has added eight goals including a hat trick over Franklin.
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Caleb Urban has also added five goals including the game-winner against Transylvania on Saturday.
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Tyler Eldridge leads the team in assists with eight assists, and Urban has added seven assists as well.
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John Biederstedt has made 26 saves to just 7 goals allowed. He also has five clean sheets and two combined clean sheets in eleven games this season.
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Michael Trinh has allowed two goals on the season with one clean sheet and two combined clean sheets. He has made six saves in his five appearances this season.
* In HCAC play, the Fightin' Engineers have scored 34 goals, and they have allowed their opponents to take just 33 shots.
* The Fightin' Engineers will take the field next in the HCAC tournament on Wednesday, November 2 as they host the Semifinal game.
HANOVER NOTES:
* Hanover comes into this match with an 9-4-3 record on the season and a 7-0-1 record in the HCAC.
* The Panthers are on a six game win streak following their draw with Manchester at the start of HCAC play.
* Hanover is 5-1-1 on their home field with a loss to Ohio Northern and draw with Capital.
* Joao Domenici leads the team in goals with seven.
* Omar Dizdar and Xander Ochsner have each added four assists.
* In goal, Luciano Salemi leads with 47 saves and just 11 goals allowed.
SERIES NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 21-8-7 against Hanover.
* The Fightin' Engineers won last season's meeting 1-0 on a goal from
Jacob Dirienzo in the 79th minute.
* In the last 12 meetings, the series is tied 3-3 with 6 draws. Of those 12 games, only one game has been decided by more than one goal.
* Either Rose-Hulman or Hanover has won a share of the HCAC Regular Season title in every season since 2013 except for one.
CAREER STATS NOTES:
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Takezo Kelly - 1st in Game-Winning Goals (14), 1st in Shots/Game (3.32), 2nd in Points/Game (1.48), 2nd in Goals/Game (0.61), 2nd in Shots (196), 4th in Goals (36), 4th in Points (87), 4th in Penalty Kicks Made (3), 12th in Assists (15), 13th in Assists/Game (0.25)
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Caleb Urban - 2nd in Assists (24), 3rd in Assists/Game (0.40), 15th in Shots (89)
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AJ Yilmaz - 5th in Shots/Game (2.13), 10th in Game-Winning Goals (6), 11th in Shots (132), 11th in Assists (16), 12th in Assists/Game (0.26), 13th in Points/Game (0.81), 15th in Points (50)
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Tyler Eldridge - 4th in Assists/Game (0.37), 11th in Shots/Game (1.93)
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John Biederstedt - 13th in Clean Sheets (5), 11th in Goalie Wins (8)
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Jackson Seida - 14th in Shots/Game (1.56)
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Michael Trinh - 15th in Goalie Wins (3)
HCAC STANDINGS:
1. Rose-Hulman (8-0)
2. Hanover (7-0-1)
3. Transylvania (5-3)
4. Manchester (4-1-3)
5. Bluffton (4-4)
6. Franklin (3-5)
7. Anderson (3-5)
T8. Mount St. Joseph (1-6-1)
T8. Defiance (1-6-1)
10. Earlham (1-7)