WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's soccer will finish regular season play after the next two American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) matches, beginning with a road trip to Simpson College (7-8, 4-2 A-R-C) on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. and then a home matchup against Buena Vista University (1-12-3, 0-6 A-R-C) on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. The Knights enter the weekend with an overall record of 8-1-6 and an A-R-C mark of 3-1-2.
 
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The Series

• Simpson
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 18-15-4
  • The series is 2-2-1 in its last five meetings
  • The Knights are 7-7-3 on the road in the series
• BVU
  • Wartburg leads the series 23-4 all time
  • The Knights have won the last 20 matchups dating back to 2004
  • Wartburg is 11-2 at home in this series

 
A-R-C Standings
(As of Friday, Oct. 20.)

• Top six teams qualify for A-R-C Tournament
• Top two seeds receive bye
• Higher seed hosts (Round 1: #3 vs #6, #4 vs #5)

SCHOOL	A-R-C PTS	A-R-C	A-R-C PCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL	STREAK
Luther	13	4-2-1	.643	6-5-5	.531	2-2-5	4-3	0-0	L1
Loras	12	4-2	.667	9-3-4	.688	5-2-4	4-1	0-0	W1
Simpson	12	4-2	.667	7-8	.467	5-3	2-5	0-0	L1
Wartburg	11	3-1-2	.667	8-1-6	.733	5-1-1	3-0-5	0-0	W2
Dubuque	10	3-2-1	.583	5-8-2	.400	3-5-1	2-3-1	0-0	W1
Central	9	3-3	.500	7-6-2	.533	1-2-2	6-4	0-0	W1
Nebraska Wesleyan	8	2-3-2	.429	8-3-4	.667	6-0-1	1-3-2	1-0-1	W1
Coe	6	2-4	.333	7-6-2	.533	6-3-2	1-3	0-0	L2
Buena Vista	0	0-6	.000	1-12-3	.156	0-4-2	1-8-1	0-0	L2

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the final two matches of the regular season with an overall record of 8-1-6 and an A-R-C mark of 3-1-2
  • Defeated Central College and St. John's University in last two matches
• Wartburg's defensive ranks:
  • Save Percentage: .921, 1^st in Division III
  • Total Shutouts: 12
  • Shutout Percentage: .800, 1^st in Division III
  • Total Goals Against Average: .333, 2^nd in Division III
• The Knights allow an average of 11.1 shots per match with a shots on goal percentage average of 37.7%
• Wartburg's offense is led by three players with 10+ points
  • Paul Devine: 11 points (Four goals and three assists)
  • Alima Mmunga: 10 points (Three goals and four assists)
  • Edvin Rizvic: 10 points (Four goals and two assists)
• 11 different Knights have scored a goal this season
• Brennon Woody
  • 7-1-6 record in goal
  • 10 shutouts (First in A-R-C)
  • 54 saves (First in A-R-C)
  • Five goals allowed (First in A-R-C)

 
Simpson

• The Storm enter the weekend matchup with an overall record of 7-8 and an A-R-C record of 4-2
  • Fell to UD 3-1 in last contest
  • 5-3 overall at home this season
• Ronaldo Ordaz leads the A-R-C in total points, goals and assists through 15 matches played
  • 35 points – 13 goals and nine assists
    • Accounts for 42% of teams goals and just under 43% of the teams assists
• Simpson averages 13.7 shots per match with a shots on goal percentage of 42%
• The Storm are allowing the second most goals in the A-R-C
  • 37 goals allowed
  • 2.47 goals per match allowed
• Simpson is 5-5 on penalty kicks this season
  • Tied for most in A-R-C
• Arya Nowroozi has played 13 matches between the pipes for the Storm
  • 6-6 record
  • One shutout
  • 46 saves
  • 24 goals allowed

 
Buena Vista

• The Beavers enter the weekend with an overall record of 1-12-3 overall and 0-6 in A-R-C play
  • Will face UD before Tuesday's contest against Wartburg
  • Two match losing streak
  • 1-8-1 overall on the road this season
• BVU has been shutout in four of its six A-R-C matches
• Kendall Bickford leads the offense with 19 total points
  • Nine goals and one assist
• The Beavers are allowing an average of 2.94 goals scored per match
• BVU is outshot by an average of 17.9 shots to 7.9 shots per match
• Cody Fuller has spent the most time in goal for Buena Vista this season
  • 42 saves
  • 22 goals allowed
  • 65.6% save percentage