WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg men's soccer team takes to the road this week for three games. The Knights (8-4-1 overall, 1-2-0 IIAC) will face Buena Vista (5-8-0, 0-3-0) tonight at 7 p.m., Central (4-9-0, 1-2-0) Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and St. Olaf (7-5-0) Sunday at 3 p.m.
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The SeriesThe Knights lead the all-time series 15-4 against BV. Wartburg holds the all-time series lead against Central at 18-10-2 and the Knights have won the last nine meetings. The Knights hold the narrow lead over St. Olaf at 6-5-0.
WartburgJunior Paris Martins (Coralville) and freshman Ben Johnson (Cedar Rapids) co-lead the team with seven goals. Freshman Ayo Adebayo (Rochester, Minn.) is the second-leading scorer with four goals and senior Zubeen Azari (Spirit Lake) has three.
Senior keeper Austin Boyke (Verona, Wis.) has two shutouts.
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of six statistical categories, which the NCAA released Tuesday. The Knights rank 63rd in total points (80), 67th in total goals (29), 74
th in total assists (22), 89
th in scoring offense (2.32), 89
th in points per game (6.15) and 91
st in assists per game (1.69).
Individually, one Knight ranks in the top 100 of two statistical categories as Boyke ranks 83
rd in save percentage (.823) and 96
th in goals against average (.906).
Buena VistaMarcus Krause has a team-high four goals. Eric Powers follows with three and four players have two goals. The Beavers have two goalkeepers and they each have a shutout.
Central Salvador Villanueva has a team-best four goals and Bryce Leonard follows with three. Keeper Josh Carpenter has two shutouts.
St. OlafKevin Skrip leads the Oles with 10 goals. Aaron Stets has five goals and Jens Undlin has four. Each keeper also has two shutouts.