Circle City Showdown Set For Tuesday With Postseason in View

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The final regular season game of the year is set for Tuesday (Nov. 5) afternoon. The Mastodons (6-6-2, 3-4-1 Horizon League) will play rival IU Indianapolis to close out the scheduled slate.

Game Day Information
Who: Northern Kentucky (5-8-3, 2-5-1 Horizon League)
When: Tuesday, November 5 | 2 p.m. ET
Where: Indianapolis, Ind. | Michael A. Carroll Stadium
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
All-Time Record: Jaguars lead 16-15-2. The two teams tied 1-1 last season in Fort Wayne.

Know Your Foe
IU Indianapolis is 1-4 in their last four games. Their only win was a 2-1 win over Northern Kentucky. Jose Antonio Herrera has a team-best six goals.

What is the Point(s)?
The 'Dons enter the final day of the season tied for fifth in the league with 10 points in Horizon League play. The top six seeds qualify for the league postseason tournament. Detroit Mercy, Northern Kentucky and Cleveland State also have 10 points.

Shut The Door
The 'Dons have six shutouts this season. The NCAA Division I era program record for shutouts in a season is seven in 2014. The program record is 14 in 1999 when the 'Dons were in NCAA Division II.

#HLMSOC DPOTW X3
The Mastodons have won three Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week honors this season
- Andrew Hollenbach – Sept. 3 – Played all 180 minutes vs. Eastern Illinois and Bradley, giving up just two shots on goal in the two games.
- Nic Diana – Sept. 9 – Four saves against Marquette It was the second consecutive week a Mastodon earned the honor.
- Juan Romero – Sept. 23 – Helped the 'Dons to shutouts of Southern Indiana and Green Bay, playing all 90 minutes against the Phoenix.

Life Goals
10 Mastodons - James Maxwell, Shane Anderson, Abe Arellano, Dakota Hart, Marcos Soria, Seth Mahlmeister, Brandon Nunez, Marco Valencia, Juan Romero and Aidan Antcliff have all scored goals for the 'Dons.

5 of 5
James Maxwell has five goals on the season on five shots on goal.

For Starters
Felipe Medina, Marco Valencia, Christian Leon and Daniel Tareke have started every game for the 'Dons this season.

They're Going The Distance
These Mastodons have played all 90 minutes of a contest this season: Daniel Tareke (12 times), Andrew Hollenbach (11), Adrian Renteria (6), Aidan Antcliff (7), Juan Romero (6), Shane Anderson (3), Nathan Bessinger (2) and Brandon Nunez (1).

Up Next
Should the Mastodons qualify, the quarterfinals of the 2024 Horizon League Championships are set for Sunday, Nov. 10. Seeds No. 3 and No. 4 host games

About The Win 10-0 Over IU East
- The Mastodons scored an NCAA Division I era school-record 10 goals.
- Shane Anderson and James Maxwell both had a hat trick in the game to tie the single game record for goals in a match. The last time a Mastodon recorded a hat trick was Matthew Lieshout on Aug. 24, 2018 against Marian (Ind.).
- The last time the 'Dons had two players with a hat trick in the same game was at Bowling Green on Oct. 28, 2004 when Adam Beckett and Chas Parry both found the back of the net three times. The seven goals the Mastodons scored against Bowling Green in 2004 was the previous program high for goals in a game during the Division I era.
- The Mastodons took 31 shots in the game, the most since taking 33 vs. Adrian Sept. 27, 2023.
- The 'Dons played reserve players for the entire second half.

~ Feel The Rumble ~

Circle City Showdown Set For Tuesday With Postseason in View

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Players Mentioned

Shane Anderson

Aidan Antcliff

Abe Arellano

Nathan Bessinger

Nic Diana

Dakota Hart

Andrew Hollenbach

Christian Leon

Seth Mahlmeister

James Maxwell

Felipe Medina

Brandon Nunez

Adrian Renteria

Juan Romero

Marcos Soria

Daniel Tareke

Marco Valencia

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