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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Men's Soccer Returns Home to Host SMWC Tuesday Night

9/30/2024 10:59:00 AM

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind.-- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's soccer team returns home to take on St. Mary-of-the-Woods on Tuesday, October 1st at 7 PM. 

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers enter their match against St. Mary-of-the-Woods with a record of 2-4-2 overall this season.
* The team comes off an exciting victory in their HCAC opener against Bluffton with a final score of 3-2.
* Rose-Hulman completed the comeback after Cameron Hannah scored two goals in the final two minutes of the match.
* The win over the Beavers gives Head Coach Sean Helliwell his 200th victory in his career at the helm of the Fightin' Engineers men's soccer program. 
* Tyler Eldridge, Cameron Hannah, and Eli Miller lead the team with two goals scored and four points this season. 
* Evan Lipsky also has four points on one goal and two assists this year. 
John Biederstedt has been in goal for the Fightin' Engineers totaling 36 saves with a 1.29 goals-against average and 80% save percentage.
* Rose-Hulman has been selected to win the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in the league's preseason poll receiving 79 points and 7 first-place votes.
* The Fightin' Engineers finished last season with a record of 12-5-3 overall and 6-2-1 in the HCAC to claim the #3 seed in the postseason tournament. 
* The team went on to win the HCAC Tournament taking out the top two teams in the league to advance to their second consecutive NCAA Tournament. 
* Rose-Hulman suffered a close loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Ohio Wesleyan with a final score of 2-0.
* The squad returns four all-conference players from last year's team including Peter BorgerJohn BiederstedtElijah Hardersen, and Chase Kedzior
* Along with the returning all-conference players, Julius SalinasJacob Pohl, and Tyler Eldridge have been named players to watch by the HCAC. 
* After hosting SMWC, Rose-Hulman will return to conference play hosting Transylvania for Homecoming on Saturday, October 5 at 3:30 PM. 

ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS NOTES: 
* The Pomeroys enter Tuesday's match with a record of 2-6 overall this season.
* The team has dropped their last two matches to the University of Saint Francis 5-1 and Oakland City University 2-0.
* Ivan Gelado leads the team with three goals and six points this season. 
* Marc Valderrama has also made an impact leading the team with four assists this year. 
* Harry Jackson leads the team in goal with a goals-against average of 2.70 totaling 36 saves with a 63.2% save percentage.
* After facing Rose-Hulman, SMWC will travel to take on the University of Rio Grande (Ohio) on Thursday, October 3 at 1:30 PM.

SERIES HISTORY:
* This will be the first time that both programs have faced off during the regular season. 

CAREER STATS RECORDS:
Tyler Eldridge - 11th in assists (17), 4th in assists per game (0.30), 14th in shot attempts (99), 13th in shots per game (1.74)
John Biederstedt - 11th in saves (124), 10th in goalie saves per game (3.10), 5th in goalie wins (20), 5th in goalie games played (40), 4th in goalie games started (37), 9th in goalie minutes played (3349)
Michael Trinh - 14th in goalie wins (6)

HCAC STANDINGS:
1) Transylvania (4-3-1, 1-0 HCAC)
2) Anderson (4-4-1, 1-0 HCAC)
3) Rose-Hulman (2-4-2, 1-0 HCAC)
4) Earlham (2-6-1, 1-0 HCAC)
5) Manchester (3-3-2, 0-0-1 HCAC)
6) Mount St. Joseph (1-6-1, 0-0-1 HCAC)
7) Bluffton (3-3-3, 0-1 HCAC)
8) Hanover (2-5-2, 0-1 HCAC)
9) Berea (1-7-2, 0-1 HCAC)
10) Franklin (0-9-1, 0-1 HCAC)
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