WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's soccer is in action twice at home this week, beginning with a matchup against Cornell College on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. as well as The Battle for the Warhawk Knight Cup against the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at 4 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Cornell
  • Thursday marks the 27^th matchup all time between these programs
  • Wartburg leads the series 17-7-3
  • The Knights have won the last 10 matchups dating back to 2003
• UW-Whitewater
  • Sunday will mark the 11^th matchup all time between these programs
    • Third Battle for the Warhawk Knight Cup matchup
  • UW-Whitewater leads the all-time series 5-4-1
  • Since its creation in 2022, Wartburg leads the Battle for the Warhawk Knight Cup series 1-0-1

 
Wartburg

• The Orange & Black enter this week's nonconference slate with an overall record of 2-2-2
  • Tied 0-0 with No. 20 North Park in its last contest
• Curtis Ratzer leads the Knights' offense with three goals scored
  • 3/3 on penalty kick attempts this season
• Wartburg has a 47-16 advantage in corner kicks through six matches this season
• Five different Knights have one assist so far this season
  • Sabin Bolin, Blake Halleran, Tyler Howe, Hunter Yeatts and Mason Yeatts
• Henry Eckert has started all six matches in goal for Wartburg
  • Two shutouts
  • 21 saves
• Six different Knights have scored a goal this season
  • Bolin, Itsuki Ebisawa, Lwings Kabula, Sam McDevitt, Alima Mmunga and Ratzer

 

School Record Watch

• Ratzer is 5/6 in his career in penalty kick attempts
  • Five made penalty kicks currently ranks third all-time at Wartburg
  • Needs two more makes to tie second and three more to tie first

 
Cornell

• The Rams enter Thursday's matchup with an overall record of 2-2
  • Fell to Simpson 1-0 in its last contest
  • The Knights are one of four American Rivers Conference A-R-C) teams on Cornell's schedule this season
• Through four matches, Cornell is outscoring opponents 7-4
• George Archer leads the Rams' offense with seven total points
  • Three goals scored and one assist
• The Rams are averaging 13.8 shots per match while allowing an average of 12 per match
• Aidan Lerch and Justice Toledo both have recorded at least one goal and one assist this season
• Jeremy Spina has started all four matches at goalkeeper
  • Two shutouts
  • 15 saves

 
UW-Whitewater

• Through six matches, the Warhawks have an overall record of 3-2-1
  • Fell to both Macalester and Augsburg this season
  • The Warhawks will face No. 25 North Park and Westminster College before Sunday's match
• UW-Whitewater is outscoring opponents 17-7 so far this season
  • Out shooting opponents 19.5 shots per match to 11 shots per match
• Five different Warhawks have scored multiple goals this season
  • James Kiraly leads the team with three
• UW-Whitewater has twice as many corner kick opportunities as opponents (48-24)
• Matthew Vollmer has started 5/6 matches in goal so far this season
  • 13 saves
  • Five goals allowed
• The Warhawks have 18 assists on 17 goals scored this season
  • Two players with three assists this season