Men's Soccer | 9/30/2015 2:20:00 PM

Skyhawks Men's Soccer Game Day Notes

Friday, Oct. 2 Vs. Westminster College | 3 PM
Durango, Colo. | Dirks Field
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Sunday, Oct. 4 at Colorado Mesa University | 12 PM
Grand Junction, Colo. | Walker Field
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The Fort Lewis College men's soccer team received nine votes in this week's NSCAA National Poll.  The Skyhawks are just two spots out of the Top 25.
 
After dropping their first two games of the season, the Skyhawks are on a six-game winning streak. 
 
Fort Lewis is coming off of two home wins over Adams State University (W, 2-0) and Colorado State-Pueblo (W, 2-1).  The only goal scored against the Skyhawks came from a penalty kick.
 
Senior Zac Lawrence was named the RMAC Offensive Player of the Week and freshman Sean Cleary was tabbed the RMAC Defensive Player of the Week.
 
Lawrence finished the week with six points (two goals, two assists), while playing a role in four of the Skyhawks five goals last week in two home wins. On Wednesday against Adams State (W, 2-0), he assisted on the game-winning goal and then added an insurance goal. Against CSU-Pueblo on Friday, he scored the first goal of the game and assisted on the final goal.
 
Cleary played all 180 minutes in two Skyhawks home wins over Adams State and CSU-Pueblo. He led a defensive line that shut out ASU 2-0 and only allowed two shots on goal. The only opposing goal scored on the week came on a penalty kick. He helped hold CSU-Pueblo to one shot on goal and added a goal of his own against the ThunderWolves.
 
The Skyhawks will play host to Westminster College on Friday at 3 p.m.  The Griffins are 1-5 overall and 0-4 in the RMAC, tying them for 10th place in the league standings.
 
FLC is 1-3-1 all-time against Westminster and 1-2-1 against WC at Dirks Field.  The last time the two teams faced each other was Oct. 12, 2002 at Fort Lewis (1-1 tie). The lone win against WC came Oct. 13, 2002 (W, 1-0 at FLC).
 
The Mavericks enter the weekend 5-2-1 overall and 2-1-0 in league games.  They are on a two game winning streak and are in fourth place in the standings.
 
The Skyhawks are 10-3-1 against CMU. All three losses to the Mavericks have come in the last three meetings.  FLC is 4-2-1 against CMU on Dirks Field.
 
As a team, the Skyhawks are ranked third in the league in shots (17.25 per game), points (5.88 per game) and goals allowed (1.25 per game), and tied for second in goals (2.12 per game).
 
Junior Yannis Becker is third in the league in assists (3), fourth in shots (24), sixth in points (9), and eighth in goals (3).
 
Junior Tamino Kroeger is ranked second in the league in game-winning goals (2), fourth in goals scored (4) and seventh in points (8).
 
Junior Zac Lawrence is second in the RMAC in assists (4), fifth in points (10), and seventh in goals (3) and shots (22).
 
Freshman Elliot Chadderton leads the league in shutouts (1), and he is fourth in goals against average (1.12) and saves percentage (.781).
 
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.