The Red Raiders travel to Baldwin City, Kan. to face second ranked Baker University. Northwestern (2-2) will face their second team on the year who is either ranked or receiving votes in the top 25 poll.
Scouting Baker:
The Wildcats (5-1) suffered their first loss Friday night at the hand of eighth ranked Hastings College. Before Friday's loss, Baker had won 4 of 5 games against top 25 ranked teams. They have scored 19 goals on the year, good for 3 overall in the nation.Â
Baker has been lead on the goal front by Lucas Jacobs who has 7 tallies on the year. Cory Mitchell has added 4 goals to the cause as the rest of the goals have come from multiple other players.
Alberto Ciroi has been the main keeper for the Wildcats and has 12 saves on the season with a .706 save percentage and 1 shutout on the year. The lone shutout came in a 2-0 win over 25th ranked Northwestern Ohio.Â
Scouting Northwestern:
The Red Raiders are lead by
Jacobo Garcia-Nieto on the goal front with his 3 tallies on the young season.
Breno Fabbri and
Mateus Freitas both have 2 goals while 7 others have a goal on the year.
Tyler Limmer, one of the seven players with one goal, has 5 assists on the year so far. Limmer is currently ranked 3rd in the nation in assists.Â
The Raiders have scored 14 goals, good for 17th in the nation and average 2.75 assists per game. While the offense has been strong, the Raiders have only one shutout on the year.
Matt Scott has been strong in goal only allowing 5 goals in on the young year. He has 9 saves on the year and has one shutout which came against Trinity Christian College.
Kickoff Information:
Kickoff is slated for 7:30pm at the Liston Athletic Complex.Â
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