It is a battle of nationally-ranked programs, as Tiffin travels to Lake Erie for a big GMAC showdown.
Game Information:
Tiffin Dragons (4-0-2, 2-0-1 G-MAC) vs.
Lake Erie (7-0, 3-0 G-MAC)
Sunday, Sept. 29 | 1:00 p.m.
Painesville, Ohio | Jack Britt Memorial Stadium
Video | Live Stats
Lake Erie and the Dragons have both been on the upward swing in the national polls.
The Storm moved up in the rankings from No. 16 to No. 13 after defeating Cedarville in their lone matchup of the week. The men's soccer program at Lake Erie has started the season 6-0-0 with a goal differential of +8 and has looked strong thus far in the season.
With Lake Erie, only a handful of teams are undefeated in the Division II men's ranks, including Maryville and Cal State Monterey Bay.
The Storm have been in close games this season and have seen two of their games head to overtime where they would eventually pull out victories. They opened their season with a big double overtime win over Ashland, and continued with wins over Slipper Rock, Malone, Davenport, Northern Michigan, Cedarville, and Findlay. Five of their seven victories have been by a single goal, as the Storm have been pulling out close games early in the season.
Jonathan Carr and Ayden Von Essen have 3 goals and an assist apiece for the Storm, while Tom Akinola leads the squad with 3 goals and 2 assists. Javier Borreguero has 2 goals and 2 assists, and Ameer Saade has a goal with 3 assists, as the Storm offense spreads out their offensive attack.
Tom John is the starting goalkeeper, sporting a tight 0.41 GAA having allowed only 3 goals all season with 30 saves.
Tiffin made its first regular season appearance in the rankings this week. The Dragons started out the season ranked as the number 15 team in the country from the preseason, but after just one week of play they found themselves on the outside looking in after a scoreless draw with Alderson Broaddus on opening night.
Tiffin is ranked 21st in the new poll after they had their best week of the season with road victories at conference opponents Findlay and Trevecca Nazarene. The Dragons also have a goal differential of +8 and have only allowed one goal all season.
Leo Hasenstab is continuing to lead the way for the Dragons as he has contributed to six of the nine goals this season and earned himself two conference offensive player of the week awards. Darren Appanah also has 2 goals scored.
The Dragons defense has been sensational, allowing just one goal this season and posting a 0.16 GAA over 580 minutes. Dylan Morris has made 17 saves, as TU's defense has allowed less than 3 shots on goal per game.
