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Men's Soccer Continues Homestand Against Arcadia on Saturday

Immaculata Men's Soccer vs Arcadia
Saturday, September 28th| 4:00 PM
Draper Walsh Stadium | Immaculata, Pa.
 
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THE STORYLINE
  • The Immaculata men's soccer team (3-4-1) enters Saturday's game against Arcadia University after a hard fought 0-0 draw with Hood College on September 25th. Both teams had good scoring opportunities but were unable to find the back of the next.
  • Arcadia enters Saturday's game at 7-1-1. The Knights defeated Penn State Berks 3-0 in their last game on September 24th. They defeated Marywood University 2-1 on September 21st.
 
THE SERIES
  • These two schools are meeting for the 7th time in their series that began back in 2006.
  • Immaculata is 0-5-1 lifetime vs Arcadia.
LAST MEETING
  • Immaculata and Arcadia played to a 2-2 draw in their last meeting on September 3, 2023, at Arcadia.
  • Cooper McKinney gave the Mighty Macs a 1-0 lead in the 40th minute of play. After Arcadia equalized the game in the 52nd minute, Josh Fonder scored in the 81st minute to put Immaculata ahead 2-1. Arcadia leveled the score in the 85th minute for the 2-2 final.
 
MIGHTY MAC NOTES
  • Matthew Kirkpatrick had three shots, with two on goal in Wednesday's draw with Hood College. He continues to lead Immaculata with three goals and two assists. He has generated 13 shots for the season and six on frame.
  • Michael Balestriere continues to play strong for Immaculata. He had two shots with one on goal for Immaculata vs Hood.
  • Reed Lindsay had two shots on goal against Hood and served Immaculata's best scoring chance of the match when his corner kick found the head of teammate Kyle Coleman in the box. The Hood goalkeeper was able to make the save.
  • Immaculata continues to get strong games in goal from both their goalkeepers. John Wilhelm made six saves against Hood. Ryan Straub had two saves in his last game against Susquehanna keeping Immaculata within a goal for the final 47:55 of that game.
  • Daniel O'Rourke, Kyle Coleman, and Dylan Walther have all returned to the lineup to help strengthen the Immaculata back line.
  • Immaculata is averaging 11.6 shots per game, while their opponents are averaging 12.5 shots per game.
  • Immaculata has 0.41 shots on goal percentage. Their opponents have 0.500 shots on goal percentage.
 
SCOUTING ARCADIA
  • Arcadia has wins over Haverford 1-0, Neumann 1-0, Wilkes 1-0, Rutgers-Camden 2-1, Pratt 4-1, Marywood 2-1, and Penn State Berks 3-0. They have a draw with TCNJ 1-1, and their lone loss of the season was to Cairn 2-0.
  • Arcadia's offense has been led by senior defender Aidan McGrath with two goals and two assists, junior midfielder Declan Kelly two goals and one assist, sophomore forward Devin Schmitt two goals and one assist, and sophomore defender Tyler Jankowski with two goals.
  • The Knights have split goalkeeping duties this season. Junior Aden Razukiewicz has started five games going 5-0-0 with a 0.47 goals-against average, 13 saves on 55 shots faced, and he has two shutouts. Junior Logan Gildea has started four games going 2-1-1 with a 0.67 goals-against average, with 23 saves on 62 shots faced, and he has two shutouts.
  • Arcadia is averaging 11.8 shots per game, and their opponents are averaging 13.3 shots per game.
  • Arcadia has 0.58 shots on goal percentage, while their opponents have 0.383 shots on goal percentage.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Immaculata men's soccer team will be back in action on Tuesday, October 1st when they host Drew University at Draper Walsh Stadium at 7:00 pm.
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Players Mentioned

Josh Fonder

#20 Josh Fonder

F
6' 1"
Graduate Student
Michael Balestriere

#10 Michael Balestriere

M
5' 8"
Senior
Kyle Coleman

#24 Kyle Coleman

D
6' 2"
Sophomore
Matthew Kirkpatrick

#23 Matthew Kirkpatrick

F
6' 0"
Senior
Reed Lindsay

#7 Reed Lindsay

M
5' 9"
Senior
Cooper McKinney

#19 Cooper McKinney

M
6' 0"
Junior
Daniel O

#12 Daniel O'Rourke

D
5' 9"
Junior
Ryan Straub

#0 Ryan Straub

GK
6' 2"
Senior
John Wilhelm

#1 John Wilhelm

GK
5' 10"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Josh Fonder

#20 Josh Fonder

6' 1"
Graduate Student
F
Michael Balestriere

#10 Michael Balestriere

5' 8"
Senior
M
Kyle Coleman

#24 Kyle Coleman

6' 2"
Sophomore
D
Matthew Kirkpatrick

#23 Matthew Kirkpatrick

6' 0"
Senior
F
Reed Lindsay

#7 Reed Lindsay

5' 9"
Senior
M
Cooper McKinney

#19 Cooper McKinney

6' 0"
Junior
M
Daniel O

#12 Daniel O'Rourke

5' 9"
Junior
D
Ryan Straub

#0 Ryan Straub

6' 2"
Senior
GK
John Wilhelm

#1 John Wilhelm

5' 10"
Senior
GK