TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Fightin' Engineers open the 2025 season with consecutive out-of-state road matches. Rose-Hulman will take on Greenville on Friday, Aug. 29 at 7 PM, before matching up with Wilmington on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 2 PM.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers have been picked to win the HCAC crown in this year's preseason poll as they earned 74 points and three first place votes.
* Rose-Hulman is coming off a 10-5-3 season, where they posted an undefeated 8-0-1 record in the HCAC.
* The Fightin' Engineers were named 2024 HCAC Regular Season Champions, before concluding the year at the HCAC Tournament Semifinals.
* The team returns three all-conference first teamers in senior
Jacob Pohl and sophomores
Ryan Shapiro and
Cameron Hannah.
* Hannah was also named the 2024 HCAC Newcomer of the Year.
* Rose-Hulman returns their top three scorers from last season in Hannah (seven goals), Shapiro (six goals) and sophomore
Eli Miller (six goals).
*
Oliver Fila is also back for his junior season, after leading Rose-Hulman with five assists.
* Head Coach
Sean Helliwell garnered his ninth HCAC Coach of the Year Award in 2024.
GREENVILLE NOTES:
* Greenville has been picked to finish third in the SLIAC with 50 points.
* The Panthers are coming off an 8-7-4 season where they went 6-1-2 in conference play.
* Greenville won five of their final seven games to close out the regular season.
* They concluded the year at the SLIAC Semi-Finals, losing 2-1 to Spalding.
* The team returns points leader in senior Andres Garcia. Garcia recorded seven goals and nine assists in 2024.
SERIES HISTORY:
* This will be Rose-Hulman's 30
th career match-up with Greenville.
* The series is currently even, with Rose-Hulman recording a 13-3-3 career mark.
* The Fightin' Engineers are currently on a two-game winning streak with back-to-back 2-1 victories.
* Rose-Hulman leads the series 17-1-2, with their first matchup taking place in 2000.
* The Fightin' Engineers won four consecutive games from 2014-17.
* The teams played against each other for the first time in 1979, with Greenville winning 5-1.
WILMINGTON NOTES:
* Wilmington was voted to finish fifth in the OAC with 29 points.
* The Quakers posted an 11-6-3 overall record with a 4-5 conference mark.
* They ended the 2024 season on a five-game losing streak.
* Wilmington concluded the year with a 5-1 defeat to Otterbein in the first round of the OAC Tournament.
* The Quakers bring back three all-conference honorees in sophomore second-teamer Parker Burke and third teamers, senior Kaden Young and junior Jace Houck.
* Burke scored 22 goals during the 2024 season, with a career-high five goals against Franklin.
SERIES HISTORY:
* This will be Rose-Hulman's fifth ever match against Wilmington.
* Wilmington leads the series with a 2-0-2 record with wins in 1993 & 1994.
* Rose-Hulman and Wilmington are coming off consecutive ties with scores of 1-1 in 2024 and 0-0 in 2010.
