SETTING THE SCENEUMSL closes out the home portion of its schedule this weekend, hosting a pair of key GLVC contests, including Bellarmine on Friday night and Southern Indiana on Sunday afternoon, in which the Tritons will also honor their eight seniors on Senior Day.
SIZING UP THE TRITONSUMSL is 6-6-2 overall, including 5-5-2 in the GLVC, tied with Wisconsin-Parkside for eighth place in the league standings. The top eight teams earn a spot in the GLVC Tournament. The Tritons are 2-2-1 at home this season, going 0-2-1 since opening with a pair of victories. UMSL has outscored its opponents, 17-13, and are led by senior
Jon Huelsman's seven goals, three of which are game-winners. Defensively, junior
Jack Filla has five shutouts and owns a goals against average of 0.90.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTSBellarmine is 10-5 overall, including 8-4 in the GLVC, where they sit in second place. The Knights are riding a three-game win streak, but are 3-3 in road games this season compared to a 6-1 home record. Beau Laufer owns a team-best six goals, while Zach Pogue has seven shutouts in between the posts, allowing just six goals in 14 starts.
Southern Indiana enters a Friday game at Maryville with a 6-6-2 overall record, including a 4-6-2 mark in GLVC play, and sits in a four-way tie for 10
th place in the GLVC standings – one game behind the Tritons.
SENIOR SALUTEUMSL will recognize its eight seniors on Sunday prior to the start of its game against Southern Indiana. Those individuals include:
Jon Huelsman,
John O'Brien,
Clay Stocker,
Tyler Collico,
Connor Carnduff,
Andres Parada,
Richie Hoffman and
Chris Pearson.
