This Week: The University of Mary Men's Soccer team opens up their conference schedule when they host Montana State University Billings at the MDU Resources Bowl on Saturday, September 19, at 3 PM.

Coverage: Live stats will be available at goumary.com/coverage

MSUB: The Yellowjackets own a 2-1-1 record on the year so far after a visit to St. George, Utah, where they played California State University-San Marcos to a 1-1 double overtime draw and lost to Metropolitan State University of Denver 4-1. MSU-Billings bounced back the next week when they hosted a four-team tournament that the Marauders took part in. The Yellowjackets defeated Carroll College 5-0 and followed that up with a 5-1 win over South Dakota School of Mines. Leading the charge on the offensive end of the pitch is #28 Ricardo Palomino with six goals and one assist on the year so far for 13 points. Palomino has taken 20 total shots with 11 coming on goal and is credited with one game winner on the season. #24 Julian Toenges and #14 David Loeung will aid Palomino on the offense as they both have two goals apiece while Toenges has recorded four assists for eight total points and Loeung only has one assist on the year so far for five total points. #2 Garret Robinson and #7 Sam Butterworth will anchor the defense as they have totaled 346 and 351 total minutes, respectively. #20 Tom Saltwell will join them on defense as he leads all players with 370 minutes played while #1 Tom Lohmann will get the start in the keepers box with 342 total minutes played. Lohmann has only given up six goals on the year with 14 saves for a .700 save percentage on 35 shots faced. As a team, the Yellowjackets have outscored their opponents 12-6 with a 55-40 shot advantage as the defenders have done a good job keep the ball out of the defensive end of the pitch. MSU-Billings does struggle at times with fouls as they have been charged with 70 fouls on the year while opponents have only committed 54 fouls, suggesting the heat of the moment can and will get to the players. Corner kicks have been even on the year with opponents taking 18 total corners and the Yellowjackets recorded 17 of their own. The key stat comes from MSU-Billings recording 33 shots in the first half of the match while only giving up 19, so the Marauders will need to either rely on the defense to survive the onslaught, or let the midfielders control the ball and keep the pressure on the offense to outscore the Yellowjackets.

Next Week: The Marauders will continue the conference portion of the schedule as they host Simon Fraser University on Thursday, September 24, at the MDU Resources Bowl, followed by another home match against Western Washington University on Saturday, September 26.

Last Week: U-Mary held the early lead against former GNAC opponent South Dakota School of Mines as Christoffer Nogueira scored the first goal of the game in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, the Hardrockers came right back and notched the equalizer in the 33rd minute off a cross to stay even with the Marauders at 1-1. Neither team could leverage an advantage the rest of the way but it came down to defense as Mitch Taveira recorded two saves in the overtime periods to maintain the draw. The Marauders followed that up with a 3-2 win over Carroll College as Migel Bartolo recorded two goals, both in the first half, and all three U-Mary goals came by the 23rd minute for the first win.

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