WAVERLY, Iowa-Wartburg's men's soccer team (8-4-5 overall, 3-3-2 IIAC) has earned the sixth seed in the Iowa Conference Tournament and will travel to face the third seed, Simpson (14-2-2, 5-2-1), Saturday Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.
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Win and Advance
During the regular season meeting between the Knights and Storm, the teams drew a 1-1 tie. The winner of this round will travel to face second-seeded Loras in Dubuque on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Wartburg
Leading the Wartburg offense is junior Ben Johnson (Marion), who has netted eight goals on the season. Junior Daniel Luzindya (Cedar Rapids) has a team-best six assists.
In goal for the Knights, juniors Gunnar Lenzen (Cedar Rapids) and Paul Koebke Barsic (Madison, Wis.) have tallied a combined four shutouts and 80 saves.
Simpson
The Storm offense is co-led by Tanner Alderson and Garrett Pochop with 15 goals each. Pochop also has a team-best seven assists and Nick Joslyn has six.
Simpson goalkeeper, Jake Potratz, has recorded three shutouts and 79 saves on the season. Chris Harris has one shutout and five saves.
National Stat Rankings
The Orange and Black rank in the top 100 of four statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
The Knights rank 50th in shots on goal per game (8.25), 62nd in save percentage (.815), 85th in shots per game (16.63), and 96th in team goals against average (.999).
Individually, two Knights rank in the top 100 of three statistical categories: Lenzen ranks 75th in save percentage (.814) and 91st in goals against average (.96), and Luzindya ranks 92nd in total assists (6).