UPCOMING GAMES
Friday, October 21
Vs. Colorado Christian University | 3 p.m.
Dirks Field | Durango, Colo.
Audio: www.radiodurango.com
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/fortlewis/msoc
Video: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/fortlewis/
 
Sunday, October 23
Vs. Colorado School of Mines | 2:30 p.m.
Dirks Field | Durango, Colo.
Audio: www.radiodurango.com
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/fortlewis/msoc
Video: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/fortlewis/
 
NOTES
Fort Lewis College will play their final home games of the regular season on Friday, October 21 and Sunday, October 23.  FLC will face the same opponents as last week in Denver – Colorado Christian University and Colorado School of Mines.
 
The Skyhawks defeated CCU on Friday, 3-0, and drew a 2-2 double overtime tie at CSM on Sunday.
 
On Friday, the Skyhawk seniors – Malik Badawi, Alex Kramer, Tamino Kroeger, Chris LoConti, Nathan Roberts, and Alex Tillberry – will honor their instructors as part of the Skyhawks Faculty Appreciation Day.  The faculty members will be recognized before the start of the game.  On Sunday, the six Skyhawk seniors will be recognized prior to kickoff.
 
After 10 league games, the Skyhawks are tied for fifth place in the conference with a 6-3-1 record (19 points) and a 7-6-1 overall record.  The Skyhawks are 2-4-0 at home this season.
 
Fort Lewis is ranked third in the conference in points (78) and goals (29), and they are fourth in shots (219) and sixth in goals allowed (22) and goals against average (1.52).
 
Salifu Jatta is fourth in the RMAC in shots (40), second in assists (seven) and sixth in points (13).  Churchill Onumonu leads the team and is fourth in the league in goals (six).
 
THE SERIES
The Skyhawks own a 45-5-2 series lead against Colorado Christian University.  With last week's win, FLC has won the last 28 games against the Cougars.  The Skyhawks are 22-3-0 all-time when playing CCU at home.
 
Fort Lewis is 30-16-8 against Colorado School of Mines, and 17-5-4 against the Orediggers at Dirks Field.  FLC is 1-1-3 in the last five meetings.  The Skyhawks last win against the Orediggers was Oct. 31, 2014 at CSM in a 2-1 overtime win.
 
SCOUTING THE COUGARS
Colorado Christian owns a 1-9-0 RMAC record (three points) and a 1-13-0 overall record.  The Cougars are in 11^th place in the conference standings and are on an eight game losing streak.  CCU has been out-scored this season, 44-11.  The Cougars lead the league saves (114) but rank 11^th in shots (104), goals (11), goals allowed (44), points (30) and goals against average (3.08).
 
SCOUTING THE OREDIGGERS
Colorado Mines boasts a 6-2-2 RMAC record (20 points) and are currently sitting in fourth place in the league standings.  CSM is 7-4-3 overall and are 2-0-1 in their last three games.
 
The Orediggers lead the RMAC in shots (240) and points (91) and rank second in goals against average (0.82) and goals (31).  Colorado Mines has outscored their opponents 31-12.
 
MEET THE TEAM
The 2016 Skyhawks squad returns eight starters from 2015 (Tamino Kroeger, Laurin Weiland, Nicolas Perez, Sean Cleary, Coleman Kane, Alex Tillberry and Malik Badawi).  The Skyhawks lost starters Yannis Becker, Zac Lawrence and Austin Derksen to graduation.
 
This year's squad boasts student-athletes from eight different states and seven different countries (England, Ecuador, Germany, Netherlands, Scotland, Somalia, and Spain). Of the 30-player roster, 19 student-athletes hail from the United States and 11 from international countries.
 
PRESEAON HONORS
The Fort Lewis College men's soccer team was picked fifth out of 11 teams in the 2016 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference preseason poll.  Sophomore defender Sean Cleary and senior midfielder Tamino Kroeger were voted to the preseason team.
 
The Skyhawks finished the 2015 campaign with a 12-6-2 overall record and a 6-3-1 league record, finishing fifth in the RMAC standings.
 
Cleary was named the 2016 RMAC Preseason Defender of the Year last week.  He received several honors as a redshirt-freshman, including being named to the Academic All-District first team, Academic All-RMAC first team, All-NSCAA South Central Region third team and All-RMAC first team honors. 
 
An All-NSCAA South Central Region Second Team and All-RMAC First Team honoree in 2015, Kroeger scored a team high 10 goals in his junior campaign.  He started 11 of 15 games he played in and netted three game-winning goals.  Kroeger tallied a season high four points in two games last year.  He finished the season with 21 points (10 goals, one assist).
 
NEW DIRECTION
Fort Lewis is under the direction of first year head coach David Oberholtzer.  A graduate of Fort Lewis, Oberholtzer is no stranger to Fort Lewis as he played two seasons for the Skyhawks before serving as an assistant coach from 2009-2012.  A member of the 2006 and 2007 teams, Oberholtzer was a part of the Skyhawks NCAA National Runner-up team in 2006.  As an assistant coach for the Skyhawks, Oberholtzer helped coached FLC to two NCAA National Championships in 2009 and 2011.  
 
ON THE AIR
The legendary voice of the Skyhawks, John Mahoney, returns for his 12^th season calling Skyhawks soccer games on the air.  Mahoney will be reunited with Phil Duke who is returning after a seven year hiatus.  Mahoney and Duke will call all Skyhawks men's and women's soccer home games.  Fans can watch all home soccer games for free on Stretch Internet and listen to Mahoney and Duke via the free video stream and on the air at KIUP AM 930, 97.3 FM and www.radiodurango.com.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Skyhawks will close out the regular season on the road Oct. 28 at UCCS and Oct. 30 at MSU Denver.