WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's soccer continues its nonconference slate this weekend with two Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) matchups, beginning with a road match at Macalester College on Friday, Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. and then at home on Sunday, Sept. 8 for the home opener against Augsburg University at 3 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Macalester
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 8-6-3
  • The Knights are 4-3-1 on the road in this series
  • The last two matchups have resulted in ties
• Augsburg
  • Augsburg leads the all-time series 5-4-3
  • First matchup between these programs since 2016
  • Wartburg has won the last two matches in the series

 
Wartburg

• Wartburg enters the weekend with an overall record of 1-0-1 after defeating St. John's University (Minn.) 1-0 and tying with the Milwaukee School of Engineering 2-2
• Three different Knights have scored a goal through two matches
  • Alima Mmunga, Aidan Mott and Curtis Ratzer
• Blake Halleran has recorded the only assist so far this season
• Flori Gembo, Landon Hartsell, Mmunga and Ratzer all have multiple shots on goal recorded through two matches
• The Knights have a 12-3 advantage in corner kick opportunities so far this season
• Henry Eckert has started both matches at goalkeeper for the Orange & Black
  • One shutout and five saves

 
National Stat Rankings
The Knights rank in the top 100 of various national statistics. They are tied first in penalty kicks (1.000), 57th in shot accuracy (0.583), 67th in shutout percentage (0.500), 79th in shots on goal per game (7.00) and 82nd in corner kicks per game (6.00).
 
The Knights have four players ranking in the top 100 of various national statistics.

• Henry Eckert is tied 11th in goalie minutes played (180:00), 19th in shutouts (1) 
• Sam McDevitt is tied for 12th in game-winning goals (1)
• Curtis Ratzer is tied for first in penalty kicks (1.000)
• Blake Halleran ranks 82nd in total assists (1).

Macalester

• The Scots enter Friday's match with an overall record of 2-1
  • Macalester defeated both Central and Simpson College 2-0
  • Fell to UW-Eau Claire 4-1
• Cody Da leads Macalester's offense with five total points from two goals and one assist
  • Four total Scots have a goal scored this season
• Macalester has recorded six assists on five total goals so far this season
  • Six different players have recorded one assist
  • Have allowed seven assists on four goals
• Sam Price has started all three matches in goal for the Scots
  • Two shutouts and 11 saves

 
Augsburg

• The Auggies enter Sunday's match at Wartburg with an overall record of 2-0-1
  • Tied 0-0 with UW-Superior in season opener
  • Defeated St. Norbert and UNW-St Paul by a combined score of 8-1
  • Augsburg will host Luther on Friday before Sunday's match at Wartburg
• Augsburg's offense is led by Mizael Harris, who has recorded three goals and one assist for seven total points to begin the season
  • Both Muhammed Keita and Jakob Mohrlok have two goals each as well
• The Auggies are averaging 18 shots per match while only allowing an average of five per match
• Remus Repcak leads the offense in assists with two
• Frankie Pinto has started all three matches in goal for the Auggies
  • One shutout and eight saves