MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran men's soccer team (11-5-1 overall, 4-2-1 UMAC) concludes the regular season when it hosts Northwestern (4-13-1, 3-4) Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The Vikings are third in the conference standings while the Eagles are tied for fourth. BLC has clinched a berth in the UMAC conference tournament.
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The Series
UNW leads 17-6-4 as the teams have met at least once every season since 2004. The Vikings won the nonconference match earlier this season 5-2.
Bethany Lutheran
Freshman Max Busch (
Odenthal, Germany) leads the team with 23 goals and three assists for 49 points. Classmates Marcel Campabadal (
Vilassar de Mar, Catalonia, Spain) and Joao Bastos (Piracicaba, Brazil) follow with nine and eight goals, respectively. Freshman Luke Oosterbosch (
Veldhoven, The Netherlands) has a team-best 16 assists.
Senior Moritz Bruns (Leer, Germany) has a .704 save percentage, seven wins, and three shutouts.
Career Record Watch
Bruns is second in goalkeeper wins (9), fifth in shutouts (4) and ninth in saves (105). Senior Samuel Duran (Marshall, Minn.) is the career leader in penalty kicks (5), tied for fifth in assists (10) and goals (17) and seventh in points (44). Classmate Jonny Sehloff (Mankato, Minn.) is tied for eighth in goals (13) and ninth in points (32).
Busch is fourth in goals (23), tied for sixth in game-winning goals (4), and fifth in points (49). Oosterbosch is the career leader in assists (16) and 10th in points (28).
Single Season Record Watch
Oosterbosch is the single season record holder in assists (16) and third in points (28). Busch is tied for first in game-winning goals (4). He has set the season records in goals (23) and points (49). Campabadal is tied for fourth in points (23) and tied for fourth in goals (9). Duran is second in assists (8) and fifth in points (22). Bastos is tied for seventh in points (19) and tied for sixth in goals (8). Junior Vincent Ayodi (Nairobi, Kenya) is tied for seciond in assists (7).
Bruns is tied for first in wins (7) and tied for fifth in shutouts (3). Freshman Philip Ronza (Blaine, Minn.) is tied for eighth in shutouts (2) and 10th in wins (2).
As a team, BLC has set a new school record in goals (69), assists (63), and points (201).
Against the Conference
Busch is tied for first in goals (9) and is fist in points (20) while Oosterbosch is tied for second in assists (5). Bruns is second in goals against average (1.607) and second in shutouts (2).
National Stat Rankings
Bethany Lutheran ranks in the top 100 of 10 national stat categories, the NCAA released Monday.
The Vikings are: first in goals (69), points (192), points/game (11.29), third in corner kicks/game (7.88), fourth in assists (54), fifth in assists/game (3.18) and shots on goal/game (10.71), sixth in shots/game (21.76), 93rd in shutout percentage (.412), and 96th in won-loss percentage (.676).
Individually, four players rank in the top 100.
Busch is first in goals (23), goals/game (1.64) and points/game (3.36), second in points (47) and shots on goal/game (3.14), 14th in shots/game (5.00), and 37th in game-winning goals (4),.
Oosterbosch is third in assists (14), fourth in assists/game (.88), 66th in points (26), and 75th in points/game (1.63).
Ayodi is 51st in assists (7) and 65th in assists/game (.44). Duran is 51st in assists (7) and 89th in assists/game (.41).
Campabadal is 95th in points (24) and 96th in assists (6).
Northwestern
Four players lead the team with four goals: Derrick Aminga, Taylor Modaff, Samuel Jorgensen and Tim Meyer. Keeper Austin Gunkel has played the most in the net and has 50 saves, three wins and one shutout.