2014 Skyhawks Men's Soccer Game Day Notes - Nov. 4, 2014

Quickly
The Skyhawks finished the regular season in a thee-way tie for second place with Colorado Mines and Regis.  All three teams posted a league record of 9-5.

The conference tiebreaker places the Skyhawks as the fourth seed in the RMAC Championship Tournament. 

Fort Lewis (11-7 overall) will play host to University of Colorado Colorado Springs in the first round of the tournament on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 2:30 p.m. 
 
UCCS enters Wednesday's game as the fifth seed with an 8-6 league record (9-8-1 overall).  In their only matchup of the season, the Skyhawks defeated the Mountain Lions, 1-0.
 
The Skyhawks are 24-6-3 all-time in the RMAC Tournament, and 5-0 when playing UCCS in the conference tournament.

Four of the last five games for the Skyhawks have resulted in overtime games, including the last three of the regular season which FLC won.

Yannis Becker leads the RMAC in shots (79) and shots per game (4.39).  He ranks second overall in points (27) and goals (11).

All-RMAC
The 2014 All-RMAC men's soccer teams were announced today.  Midfielder Becker and senior defender Maik Brandt earned first team honors.  Senior midfielder Cesar Castillo and senior defender Aaron Kloer were named to the second team, while sophomore forward Luke Lawrence and senior midfielder Elliot Prost were named Honorable Mention.

Scouting UCCS
UCCS is coming off a 1-0 loss to Colorado State-Pueblo, but they won seven of their last eight games prior to Sunday's setback.  The Mountain Lions are also the only team to hand the RMAC regular season champions - Colorado Mesa - a conference loss.

The Mountain Lions are ranked second in the league in goals (36), third in points (95), goals allowed (22) and goals against average (22), and fourth in shots (276) and saves (74).

Leading the Mountain Lions individually is James Roberts who has the second most points in the league with 27 and the second most goals (11).  He also ranks third in assists (five) and seventh in shots (50).

Last Time Out
at Colorado Mines
Zac Lawrence assisted his brother Luke Lawrence with 1:43 left in the first overtime period to lead the Fort Lewis College men's soccer team to a 2-1 win at Colorado School of Mines Friday night.

Luke Lawrence scored the first goal of the game at 30:16 on an assist from Alberto Capdepon. The Orediggers Nikolaus Grotz tied the game at 1-1 at 55:05, sending the game into overtime.

The Skyhawks dominated the shots output, almost doubling the Orediggers effort, 29-16 (15-9 shots on goal). Yannis Becker recorded a game high nine shots and five shots on goal. Luke Lawrence chipped in seven shots and six shots on goal.

Lawrence's two goals were his sixth and seventh of the season, ranking him second on the team in goals scored behind Becker (10).

Vs. Colorado Christian
Yannis Becker scored his third game-winning goal of the season Sunday afternoon against Colorado Christian University at Dirks Field, leading the Skyhawks to a 1-0 overtime win.
 
Twenty-nine seconds into overtime, Zac Lawrence dribbled into the box and passed to Yannis Becker who slid in to score the golden goal.  Becker leads the Skyhawks with 11 goals this season.
 
The win was the Skyhawks third straight overtime game, all three of which resulted in wins for Fort Lewis.
 
Fort Lewis dominated offensively with a 30-8 shots advantage.  Zac Lawrence, Luke Lawrence, Becker and Elliot Prost each registered five shots.
 
Ryan Schaul posted his 10th win of the season after stopping the Cougars lone shot on goal.