CHICAGO (Sept. 15, 2023) – Fresh off its 5-0 dismantling of IUPUI last Tuesday on the road, the Loyola University Chicago men's soccer team looks to carry its momentum into a Saturday matinee against George Washington to kick off Atlantic 10 action.

LAST TIME OUT
A barrage of goals from the Ramblers helped them claim a 5-0 victory over IUPUI last Tuesday at Carrol Stadium. The win marked the team's largest margin of victory since 2008 as Loyola Chicago improved to 3-1-1 overall.

Andrew Schweinert, with his first goal of the season, broke the 0-0 in the 21st minute after beautiful passes from Oscar Dueso and John Gates in the box. Later in the 41st minute, Markus Maurer brought his goal season total to three after he sunk a penalty kick just before the halftime horn blew.

After the break, Petar Janjic notched back-to-back goals in the 57^th and 73^rd minutes. Julian Cisneros and Ethan Young - the first of his career - were credited with the assists. Finally, in the 89th minute, Ethan Young scored his first career goal while Jack McFeely, the third freshman of the evening to record a point, nabbed the assist, a career first for him as well.

NOTES

• The shutout win marked LUC's third of the year.
• Freshman Petar Janjic was named this past week's A-10 Rookie of the Week following his game-winning goal against Oakland on Sept. 4. The goal was a career first as Loyola won the match, 1-0.
• Recently at home (Sept. 8), the Ramblers dropped a narrow contest to crosstown rival, UIC, 2-1. Oscar Dueso scored Loyola's lone goal in the 28th minute.
• Loyola Chicago was picked to finish third in the league after finishing as runners-up last season while George Washington was picked 11th.
• Loyola currently ranks No. 4 in the A-10's overall standings.
• The Ramblers have yet to lose a match on the road this year (1-0-1).
• With just four goals allowed thus far, Loyola ranks No. 3 in the league in GA.
• On the opposite side of the field, Loyola Chicago averages 2.200 goals per-game, tying with Duquesne for the conference's top spot.
• The squad is No. 2 in the A-10's ranking of shots with 87 total. Oscar Dueso leads the team with 14. Nationally, the team ranks No. 5 in the category.
• Dueso and Marc Torrellas are No. 8 and No. 10, respectively, in the A-10's top shooters.
• In shots on-goal per-game, the 'Blers rank fifth nationally. Markus Maurer, Torrellas and Julian Cisneros pace the team with five crack on-target each.
• Noel Hansson is the only Rambler who was played a full 90 minutes in every match this season.

WHEN AND WHERE
Kickoff is slated for tomorrow (Sept. 15) at 2 p.m. CT on the GW Soccer Field in Washington, D.C.

HOW TO WATCH
The match will be streamed live to ESPN+. Fans can follow the live stats free of charge.

THE HISTORY

• The two teams met twice last season in LUC's first year as an A-10 member. In the first meeting on 9/24/2022, Loyola won 4-0 at home before winning again, 1-0, on 11/5/2022 in the A-10 quarterfinal at Loyola Soccer Park.
• The first round of the A-10 was dramatic. Fourth-seeded Loyola Chicago defeated fifth-seeded George Washington in the Atlantic 10 Championship quarterfinal match. Oscar Dueso scored the 28th minute game-winner as the Ramblers advanced to the semifinal round against Duquesne.
• In the first meeting, Billy Hency (8th min), John Gates (34th), Fabian Becerra (50th), and Alex Moskalall (53rd) scored for the 'Blers.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

• Picked to finish 11th in the league, George Washington enters Saturday with a 2-2-2 record before its first conference match of 2023.
• It's been a tough slate of games for the Revolutionaries as they have faced No. 18 San Diego State (L, 3-0) and No. 22 San Diego (L, 6-1).
• Opening the season with a pair of draws vs. Old Dominion and Manhattan, GW earned its first win of the season against Iona, 1-0, at home.
• George Washington ranks No. 8 in the league.
• Ben Hissrich leads the team and is No. 7 in the conference in total goal scored with three. He's also No. 8 in A-10 shots on-goal.
• Tom Macauley and Duncan Wegner split time in goal. The pair have combined for 22 saves and have allowed 14 goals.

LOOKING AHEAD
LUC ends the three-game road swing Tuesday (Sept. 19) as it faces DePaul at 2 p.m. at Wish Field.

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