FAYETTE, Iowa – Upper Iowa men's soccer (3-7-1, 2-5-1 GLVC) faces Missouri S&T (6-3-2, 4-3-1 GLVC) at 5 p.m. on Friday and No. 20 Lincoln (Mo.) (7-0-3, 5-0-3 GLVC) at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at Harms Family Field.
LIVE OPTIONS
Fans unable to attend the games in Fayette can stay connected with a pair of live options available at UIUPeacocks.com/Live, featuring access to live stats and a pay-per-view webcast through GLVCSN. Fans can also refer to the links attached to this story for all live options.
In addition to GLVCSN.com, viewers can catch the Peacocks on the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile app, as well as the GLVCSN app on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV.
DIGITAL GAMEDAY PROGRAMS
Fans can access the interactive and digital gameday program any time at UIUPeacocks.com/Programs. The digital programs are available to fans at our games and to those watching at home. QR Codes will be located around the stadium to scan with your cell phone's camera, which will link you directly to that game's specific digital gameday program.
LAST TIME OUT
In the Peacocks' first match last week, they won, 2-1, against Southern Baptist (Mo.) (4-7-2, 1-6-2 GLVC), and in their second match, they lost, 4-2, against Drury (3-3-5, 3-3-3 GLVC).
Arnas Kurakinas is the second player on the team this season to win UIU's Men's Player of the Week. He had two assists and played the full 90 minutes in both games. Florian Deick and Abraham Navarro each netted a goal in the SBU game, while Julian Mesen and John Pranger each netted a goal in the DU match
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Sanchez leads the team with three goals, four assists, 25 shots and 15 shots on goal. He ranks fifth in the GLVC in shots, third in shots on goal, tied for third in assists and is eighth in total points (10).
Nymark-Pedersen has 34 saves on the season. He ranks sixth in the GLVC in saves per game (3.40). UIU as a team ranks third in the GLVC in total saves (46).
AROUND THE GLVC
Drury's Carson Morgan won GLVC Offensive Player of the Week after scoring two goals and one assist, while playing 180 minutes last week. Missouri S&T's Cavitt Bruhn won GLVC Defensive Player of the Week after having ten saves, two shutouts and playing the full 180 minutes.
Rockhurst (8-2-2, 7-0-2 GLVC) jumped to No. 17 after previously being unranked. The jump comes after two shutout victories last week—a 1-0 win over Quincy (6-3-2, 4-3-1 GLVC) and a 3-0 win over Truman State (3-5-2, 2-5-1 GLVC). The Blue Tigers stay put at No. 20.
ABOUT THE MINERS – Friday 5 p.m.
Missouri S&T tied, 0-0, with UIndy (7-2-3, 5-2-2 GLVC) last Friday and beat Lewis (Mo.) (3-4-5, 2-4-2 GLVC), 4-0, on Sunday.
The leading scorer for S&T is Joao Viera, who has four goals. He's followed by Brendan Owens, Mike Bansik and Joseph Sommer who all have three goals. The program's leaders in assists are Sommer and Sam Bresettr, who both have three. Luke Giesing has a team-high 21 shots on the season.
Goalkeeper Jan-Henry Schafer has 39 saves on the season and a save percentage of 75%.
Head coach Robert Cummings is in his eighth season with the Bearcats. He currently has an overall record of 42-64-20.
ABOUT THE BLUE TIGERS – Sunday 2:30 p.m.
Lincoln tied, 1-1, with Illinois-Springfield (2-7-3, 1-6-2 GLVC) last Friday and shut out Indianapolis, 3-0, on Sunday.
Kevon Maitland has a team-high five goals and a team-high 21 shots. Hadri Lopez leads the team in assists with three.
Goalkeeper Vincent Osei ranks second in the GLVC for both total saves (41) and save percentage (85.4%).
The Lincoln soccer program's ever season was 2024. The program's first head coach is Sammy Samuels, who has led the team to a 12-6-8 record over the past two seasons
UP NEXT
Upper Iowa will travel to face the University of Missouri–St. Louis (3-3-5, 2-2-4 GLVC) on Friday, Oct. 24 at 3 p.m., followed by a road matchup against Maryville (Mo.) (6-4-1, 5-3 GLVC) on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 2:30 p.m.
