WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg men's soccer team travels to face Dubuque at 7 p.m. Thursday.

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The Series
The Knights and Spartan's men's programs have competed against one another 19 times in total throughout their individual histories. The last time these two teams met ended in a 2-2 double-overtime tie on Oct. 4, 2017. The last Knight's win over the Spartans took place on Oct. 19, 2016, in a 3-1 effort in Dubuque.
 
Wartburg
The Knights (5-5, 1-1) are coming off an intense 1-0 loss to Central College on Sept 29, snapping their four-game win streak. Currently, the Knights are tied for fourth in the American Rivers Conference standings with Central College. Senior forward Ben Johnson (Marion) leads the team in goals (7), shots (22), and shots on goal (14). Trailing Johnson in goals are senior Ayo Adebayo (Rochester, Minn.) and sophomore Jack Palen (Norwalk) with four apiece. As a team, the Knights have combine to score 20 goals on 149 attempts (13.4%), with 75 of those attempts (50.3%) coming on goal. Goalkeeper Paul Koebke Barsic (Madison, Wis.) leads in goalie minutes (505:54), saves (26), wins (5), and shutouts (4).
 
Career Record Watch
Goalkeeper Paul Koebke Barsic currently sits at eight career shutouts, which ranks sixth all-time in career shutouts (8). Koebke Barsic needs one more shutout to move up to fifth and two to tie third all-time. Koebke Barsic's four shutouts this season are tied for ninth all-time in an individual season.
 
Dubuque
The Spartans (2-7, 0-2) are coming off of a 2-0 defeat from Simpson College and are in the midst of a three-game losing streak ahead of Thursday's contest. The Spartan have experienced trouble at home, as they have a current record of 1-5 in such contests. Leading the Spartans in goals and assists is Chris Rigsby with three apiece. As a team, the Spartans have combined to score nine goals on 122 shots (7.4%), 50 of which were on goal (41%). The Spartans are coached by Brad Johnson, who's coaching his 10^th season with the men's soccer program at Dubuque, compiling a career record of 100-65-13 in those seasons.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of five statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1^st in penalty kicks (1), 53^rd in save percentage (.84), 56^th in shutout percentage (.5), and 76^th in team goals against average (.796), and 98^th in shots on goal per game (7.5).
 
Individually, five Knights rank in the top 100 of ten statistical categories: Johnson ranks 52^nd in shot accuracy (.636), 67^th in total goals (7), 74^th in total points (16), 81^st in goals per game (.7), and 97^th in points per game (1.6);  Koebke Barsic ranks 3^rd in save percentage (.963), 4^th in goals against average (.178), and 35^th in shutouts (4); senior Daniel Luzindya (Cedar Rapids) ranks 79^th in game-winning goals (2) and 91^st in total assists (4); Adebayo ranks 43^rd in shot accuracy (.65); and Palen ranks 79^th in game-winning goals (2).