Skyhawks Men's Soccer Game Day Notes

Friday, Sept. 18
At Regis University | 4 PM
Denver, Colo. | Regis Match Pitch
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Sunday, Sept. 20
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology | 1 PM
Rapid City, S.D. | Sioux Park Field
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Fort Lewis College opened the home season with back-to-back wins against West Texas A&M (2-0) and St. Mary's University (2-1).
 
Friday's win over the Buffaloes marked the 21st time in the Skyhawks 25 years of men's soccer that they opened the home season with a win (21-3-1). 
 
Junior midfielder Yannis Becker tallied three points in Sunday's win over SMU.  He assisted on the first goal of the game and then headed in the game-winning goal off of a second half corner kick.
 
Alex Tillberry's first career goal came with 10 minutes left in regulation to give the Fort Lewis College men's soccer team a 1-0 lead over West Texas A&M University Friday afternoon.  Laurin Weiland sealed the win four minutes later as the Skyhawks posted a 2-0 win.
 
Freshman Elliot Chadderton recorded his first career shutout on Friday in also his first career start.  He is 2-0-0 in goal this season.
 
Fort Lewis College will open the RMAC season on the road at Regis University on Friday, followed by a Sunday match at South Dakota School of Mines.
 
The Rangers went 1-1 in the non-conference portion of the schedule, defeating Rollins, 2-1, before falling to Colorado Mines in overtime, 2-1.
 
FLC leads the all-time series against Regis, 32-16-5.  RU holds a slight edge over the Skyhawks when playing on their home field, 11-10-3.
 
Sunday's match at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology will be the first ever game between the two teams.  South Dakota Mines is entering their first season as a full member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
 
Fort Lewis returns five starters from last season: seniors Ryan Schaul and Zac Lawrence, juniors Yannis Becker and Luke Lawrence, and sophomore Malik Badawi.
 
Becker, Badawi and the Lawrence brothers accounted for 62 of the Skyhawks 102 points (60.8 percent).
 
Goalkeeper Ryan Schaul made 14 starts in goal last season, earning a 1.45 goals against average and notching three shutouts.
 
Head coach Oige Kennedy begins his seventh year as head coach of the Skyhawks.  Kennedy has led FLC to two NCAA National Championship titles (2009, 2011).
 
Kennedy begins the 2015 with a 90-31-7 record (.730).  He is 10 wins away from meeting the century win mark for the Skyhawks.
 
Junior forward Yannis Becker was selected the 2015 RMAC Men's Soccer Preseason Player of the Year.  A 2014 Daktronics All-America selection, Becker was also chosen to the All-RMAC First Team, and to the NSCAA and Daktronics All-South Central First Teams. He led the league in shots and ranked second in points, goals and assists.
 
Junior Luke Lawrence was also named to the 2015 RMAC preseason team.  Lawrence earned NSCAA All-South Central Third Team honors and RMAC Honorable Mention accolades last season.  He ranked fifth in the league in goals (nine), seventh in shots (56) and points (21), and eighth in assists (three). 
 
As a team, the Skyhawks were voted to finish second in the league with 79 points. The Skyhawks finished the 2014 campaign with an 11-8-0 overall mark and a 9-5-0 conference record, tying them for second place in the league standings with Colorado Mines and Regis.