UPCOMING GAMES
Friday, September 9
At No. 7 St. Edward's University | 12 p.m.
Texas Lutheran University | Seguin, Texas
 
Sunday, September 11
At St. Mary's University | 12 p.m.
Sigma Beta Chi Field | San Antonio, Texas
 
GAME COVERAGE
Friday vs. No. 7 St. Edward's University
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/stedwards/msoc/
Video: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/stedwards/
 
Sunday at St. Mary's University
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/stmarytx/msoc/
Video: http://rattlerathletics.com/sports/2012/12/19/rattlerslive.aspx?id=26
 
THIS WEEK
Fort Lewis College will travel to Texas to play at No. 7 St. Edward's University on Friday at 12 p.m., and at St. Mary's University at 12 p.m.  Due to poor field conditions, Friday's game has been moved to Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas and will be played an hour earlier (12 p.m. MT). This weekend's trip will mark the Skyhawks second and third straight games on the road.  Friday's game is the second time in one week FLC will have played a top-10 team.
 
THE SERIES
The Skyhawks are 7-3-2 all-time against St. Edward's University, and 1-1-1 when playing at SEU.   The last time FLC defeated the Hilltoppers on their field was Oct. 2, 2005 (W, 2-1).
 
FLC has won four of five meetings against St. Mary's University.  Sunday's meeting will be the first time the Skyhawks have played at SMU.
 
SCOUTING THE HILLTOPPERS
SEU jumped up from No. 15 in the NSCAA pre-season poll to No. 7 this week.  The Hilltoppers charted two 2-0 road wins against RMAC opponents MSU Denver and then-ranked No. 6 Colorado Mines.  Three Hilltoppers led the offense with one goal and one assist each.  Defending the goal is Kevin Leib who has made three saves and knocked out two shutouts to start the season.  SEU has won four straight Heartland Conference titles.
 
SCOUTING THE RATTLERS
SMU is 1-0-0 this season after earning a 3-0 win last week at Oklahoma Baptist University.  The Rattlers will play host to Colorado Mesa on Friday before hosting the Skyhawks on Sunday.  SMU finished last season 8-9-0 overall and 4-4-0 in the Heartland Conference.  The Rattlers return six starters from last year's squad.
 
NOTES
Two freshman scored their first collegiate goals in the season opener.  Thomas de Faria and Churchill Onumonu found the back of the net against Midwestern State.  Senior Tamino Kroeger leads the Skyhawks in offense with three points (one goal, one assist).
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Skyhawks opened their season at home on Friday against then-ranked No. 7 Midwestern State University.  FLC dropped the home opener, 3-2. 
 
On Sunday, FLC played their first road game and faced Colorado Mesa University in non-conference match.  Tamino Kroeger scored his first goal of the season but the Mavericks responded to score five straight goals while handing FLC a 5-1 loss at Walker Field.
  
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 return home Sept. 16 to play host to South Dakota School of Mines at 3 p.m., and Regis University on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.