THIS WEEK IN PEACOCK MEN'S SOCCER… The Peacocks return to Fayette for the final time this season. UIU hosts Maryville in the Breast Cancer Awareness Game on Friday, Oct. 25 at 2:30 p.m. and Missouri-St. Louis for Senior Day on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 2:30 p.m.
LIVE COVERAGE OPTIONS… Upper Iowa offers numerous ways for you to stay connected to men's soccer this week. Webcasts for every game can be found through the GLVC website at
https://glvcsn.com/uiu/ and Live Stats can be viewed at
https://uiupeacocks.com/sidearmstats/msoc/summary. Both links will be included with this story.
PEACOCK PREVIEW… Upper Iowa's previous weekend was highlighted by a 1-1 tie on the road against the Lincoln Blue Tigers. Junior
Fabio Bender scored his second goal of the year in the 69
th minute with fifth year
Daigo Adachi and junior
Alejandro Sanchez dishing out the assists. Adachi and Sanchez lead the team with four assists on the season and Sanchez also recorded a one-goal, one-assist game in UIU's victory over Southwest Baptist. Sanchez has started all 13 games for UIU, and he leads the team with 1,106 minutes. Junior
JJ Gonzalez-Hayes made a career-high 11 saves in the match, and he also recorded ten saves against Indianapolis and nine saves against William Jewell.
SENIOR SENDOFF… The Peacocks will honor their ten seniors,
Daigo Adachi,
Daniel Pranger,
Fabio Bender,
Thomas Walle,
Kehinde Afolabi,
Nozomu Kamei,
Preston Price,
Ethan Bird,
Millo Mamud, and
Alejandro Perez prior to kickoff against Missouri-St. Louis on Sunday.
MIGHTY MARYVILLE… The Saints currently rank as the #4-seed in the GLVC with a 6-2-2 conference record, while going 7-4-3 overall. They are currently on a seven-game unbeaten streak with five wins and two ties, and this run has been highlighted by a 3-0 win over nationally ranked Indianapolis. Graduate Bryce Glisson and senior Mason Crew have each scored four goals this season, which is tied for seventh most in the conference. Crew has added two assists, and he recorded both a goal and an assist this past weekend against UIndy. Glisson is tied for most assists on the team with three and he put together a two-goal performance against Rockhurst. Junior Steen Nielsen has started in goal over the past six games, and he has recorded 17 saves with a save percentage of 85.0%.
MANAGING MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS… The Tritons have posted a 3-4-6 record with a 1-3-6 mark in the GLVC. Senior Jon Campbell is tied for most goals in the conference with six, and he scored multiple goals in wins over Trevecca Nazarene and Rockhurst. He also scored in UMSL's last game against Indianapolis and ranks fourth in the conference with 12 points. Senior Austin Reis has started all 13 games in the net, and he is tied for sixth in the GLVC with 44 saves. He also ranks sixth in the conference with a 75.9% save percentage and he recorded a season-high eight saves against Missouri S&T.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS… The Peacocks will close out the regular season on the road as they take on Illinois Springfield on Friday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and McKendree on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2:30 p.m.
