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. Â
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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