#HLMSOC Quarterfinal set for Sunday at Milwaukee

Sunday, November 10

Milwaukee, Wis.

2 PM ET

Purdue Fort Wayne

Milwaukee

Marcos Soria

#HLMSOC Quarterfinal set for Sunday at Milwaukee

11/8/2024 4:56:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Live Stats ESPN+

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Postseason soccer is here. The No. 6 Mastodon men's soccer team heads to No. 3 Milwaukee on Sunday (Nov. 10) to face the Panthers in the 2024 Horizon League Quarterfinals. The 'Dons defeated Milwaukee 2-0 on Sept. 14 in Fort Wayne. Shane Anderson had both goals in the game. Milwaukee had only three shots on goal in the game with Nic Diana recording a shutout for the 'Dons.

Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne (7-6-2, 4-4-1 Horizon) at Milwaukee (8-4-5, 4-3-2)
When: Sunday, November 10 | 2 p.m. ET
Where: Milwaukee, Wis. | Engelmann Stadium
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
All-Time Record: Mastodons lead 5-4-0. The 'Dons have won three straight in the series, and five of the last seven. The 'Dons are 2-3 all-time in Milwaukee, winning in 2023 and falling in 2021 in Horizon League games. Previous contest were non-league matches.

Know Your Foe
Milwaukee's Alejandro Martinez was named First-Team All-Horizon League. Mesfin Roda and Daniel Ibarra picked up spots on the Third-Team All-Horizon League Team. Martinez had 21 points and nine goals on the season. The Panthers have been at their best of late, going 3-0-1 in their final league games.

What is the Point(s)?
While Oakland finished the season as the clear No. 1 seed with 20 points, the rest of the league table ended up tight. Seeds 2-6 finished within a point of each other. Robert Morris, Milwaukee and Green Bay all recorded 14 points. Cleveland State and Purdue Fort Wayne totaled 13 points. Cleveland State earned the No. 5 seed due to a win over the 'Dons in the regular season. However the 'Dons were just one point shy of earning the No. 2 seed. Thanks to wins over Robet Morris, Milwaukee and Green Bay, if the 'Dons earned a tie in one of their losses this season they would've had the tiebreaker over those three schools. Long story short, the 2024 Horizon League schedule was very competitive this season.

Shut The Door
The 'Dons have seven 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. The Mastodons' seven shutouts are the most in the Horizon League this season and tied for 19^th in the nation for most shutouts.

Award SZN
Juan Romero | All-Horizon League First Team
Andrew Hollenbach | All-Horizon League Second Team
Shane Anderson | All-Horizon League Third Team
Felipe Medina | All-Horizon League Third Team
Aidan Antcliff | Horizon League All-Academic Team

#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
11 Mastodons - James Maxwell, Shane Anderson, Abe Arellano, Dakota Hart, Marcos Soria, Seth Mahlmeister, Brandon Nunez, Marco Valencia, Juan Romero, Felipe Medina 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 (12), Aidan Antcliff (8), Juan Romero (7), Adrian Renteria (6), Shane Anderson (4), Felipe Medina (1) Nathan Bessinger (1) and Brandon Nunez (1), Marcos Soria (1).

Up Next
Should the Mastodons win, they would play on Thursday (Nov. 14) in the Horizon League semifinals at top seed Oakland. The 'Dons lost to Oakland in the same round last season 1-0 after defeating Detroit Mercy in the quarterfinals.

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 program 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 ~