MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran men's soccer team (5-2 overall) hosts Buena Vista (1-3-3) Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Caswell North.
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The Series
The Beavers own the narrow lead in the all-time series at 5-4, but BLC won the meeting lat season 1-0 in overtime in Storm Lake.
Bethany Lutheran
The Vikings enter the week on a four-game winning streak.
Freshman Max Busch (
Odenthal, Germany) leads the team with 10 goals for 20 points. Classmate Joao Bastos (Piracicaba, Brazil) and senior Samuel Duran (Marshall, Minn.) follow with four goals. Freshman Luke Oosterbosch (
Veldhoven, The Netherlands) has a team-best 10 assists.
Senior Moritz Bruns (Leer, Germany) has a .840 save percentage and 0.83 goals against average.
Career Record Watch
Bruns is tied for fifth in goalkeeper wins (5) and ninth in saves (88). Senior Samuel Duran (Marshall, Minn.) is seventh in goals (14) and points (34). Classmate Jonny Sehloff (Mankato, Minn.) is tied for eighth in goals (12) and tied for ninth in points (27).
Busch is tied for ninth in goals (10) and tied for seventh in game-winning goals (3). Oosterbosch is tied for fifth in assists (10).
Single Season Record Watch
Oosterbosch is the single season record holder in assists (10) and he and Busch are tied for sixth with one PK. Busch is tied for fourth with three game-winning goals, tied for second in goals (10) and tied for fourth in points (20).
Bruns is tied for fifth in wins (3).
National Stat Rankings
Bethany Lutheran ranks in the top 100 of 12 national stat categories, the NCAA released Monday.
The Vikings are: second in corner kicks/game (9.86), third in assists/game (3.71), fourth in points/game (12.29), fifth in assists (26), sixth in points (86), seventh in shots on goal/game (11.14), eighth in shots/game (21.71) and goals (30), 26th in team goals against average (.571), 43rd in shutout percentage (.571), 57th in save percentage (.840), and 81st in win-loss percentage (.714).
Individually, six players rank in the top 100.
Oosterbosch leads the nation in assists/game (1.43) and total assists (10), is 50th in points (14), 52nd in points/game (2.00), 98th in shots/game (3.57),
Busch is second in goals/game (1.67), third in points/game (3.33), eighth in points (20), ninth in game-winning goals (3) and shots on goal/game (3.00), 17th in shots/game (5.00),
Duran is 34th in assists (4),53rd in assists/game (.57), 92nd in points (12), and 94th in points/game (1.71), while junior Vincent Ayodi (
Nairobi, Kenya) and freshman Marcel Campabadal (
Vilassar de Mar, Catalonia, Spain) are tied for 85th in assists/game (.50).
Bruns is 59th in save percentage (.840), 67th in goals against average (.827),
Buena Vista
Noah Bardwell leads the Beavers with three goals. Goalie Manuel Aguilar has played the most in the net and has 43 saves and a .811 save percentage.
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