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Men's Soccer Visits Hanover with HCAC Regular Season Title on the Line

10/25/2022 9:00:00 AM

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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.
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.
Caleb Urban has also added five goals including the game-winner against Transylvania on Saturday.
* Tyler Eldridge leads the team in assists with eight assists, and Urban has added seven assists as well.
* In goal, 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.
* 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:
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)
Caleb Urban - 2nd in Assists (24), 3rd in Assists/Game (0.40), 15th in Shots (89)
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)
Tyler Eldridge - 4th in Assists/Game (0.37), 11th in Shots/Game (1.93)
John Biederstedt - 13th in Clean Sheets (5), 11th in Goalie Wins (8)
* Jackson Seida - 14th in Shots/Game (1.56)
* 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)
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