TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Rose-Hulman concludes the regular season at home against the Manchester Spartans. The game will be held on Tuesday, October 27 at 7 PM.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers have compiled an overall record of 7-6-4.
* Rose-Hulman is currently the #3-seed in the HCAC with a 5-2-1 conference record.
* The Fightin' Engineers are coming off a 0-0 tie on the road against Bluffton.
* Their most recent win came against Earlham by a score of 5-0.
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Ryan Shapiro scored a hat trick for the first time in his career.
* Shapiro leads the HCAC with 13 goals, and he has added two assists for an HCAC-best 28 points.
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Pace Morel ranks second in the HCAC with seven assists, while adding one goal.
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Oliver Fila has started all 17 games where he has recorded four goals and two assists.
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Wil Bell,
Alex Gilmore, and
Landon Kangas have also started in all 17 matches.
* Kangas leads all field players with 1,423 minutes.
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Justin Burns has hauled in 43 saves while securing a 72.9% save percentage.
* Burns has allowed 1.00 goals per game, while leading the HCAC with nine shutouts.
MANCHESTER NOTES:
* The Spartans have posted an overall record of 7-8-1.
* Manchester is currently the #5-seed in the HCAC with a 3-4-1 conference record.
* The team has clinched a playoff berth where they will be either the #5 or #6 seed.
* Freshman Fola Afolayan ranks fifth in the HCAC with seven goals while adding two assists.
* He scored two goals in consecutive games against Kuyper and Trine.
* Sophomore Quentin Taylor has scored six goals with a team-high three assists.
* Taylor scored two goals this past week against Franklin.
* Sophomore Alan Galvez has added three assists.
* He leads the team with 1,401 minutes on the season.
* Junior Will Martin has hauled in 46 saves with a 68.7% save percentage.
SERIES HISTORY:
* The Fightin' Engineers take on the Spartans for the 41st time in school history.
* Rose-Hulman leads the series with a 30-5-5 overall record.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won their last three games where they have not allowed a goal.
* RHIT defeated Manchester 1-0 last season with
Oliver Fila scoring the game winning goal.
* The Fightin' Engineers took down the Spartans by a score of 1-0 to win the 2023 HCAC Tournament Championship.
PLAYOFF SCENARIOS:
* The Fightin' Engineers will be either the #3 or #4 seed in the HCAC Tournament.
* Rose-Hulman clinches the #3 seed with a win/tie or an Anderson tie/loss.
* The only way Rose-Hulman drops to the #4 seed is if they lose and Anderson wins.