The No. 4 ranked Fort Hays state men's soccer team heads to Arkansas for a pair of matches in GAC play. The Tigers, now 12-0-3 overall and 8-0-1 in GAC play, open the week against Ouachita Baptist (3-8-3 overall, 1-6-1 GAC) on Thursday, October 30 at 3 p.m., before traveling to Harding (2-10-2 overall, 0-7-1 GAC) on Saturday November 1, at 9 a.m.
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Fort Hays State enters the week as the national leader in total points (128), total assists (44), points per match (8.53), goal differential (+36), assists per match (2.93), and corner kicks per match (8.4). The Tigers rank second nationally in scoring offense (2.8 goals per match), shutout percentage (.733), total goals (42), and won-loss-tie percentage (.900).
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Individually
Elias Ovelar Semeniuk leads the Tigers with 25 points (11 goals, 3 assists). He leads the conference with his 11 goals, which ranks fifth nationally. He ranks ninth nationally in total assists.
Joseph Street leads the team in assists with 10, which also leads the GAC. He enters the week ranked fifth nationally in assists. In goal,
Payton Roehrich ranks third nationally in individual shutouts (8) and goals against average (.367). He is sixth nationally in save percentage (.865).
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Ouachita Baptist comes into the match 3-8-3 overall, 1-6-1 in GAC action. OBU is coming off a non-conference win over Dallas Christian. Andrew Castellanos leads the team with 5 points.
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Harding will play Newman on Thursday before hosting the Tigers on Saturday. Harding is coming off a loss to Northeastern on Sunday. Nojus Grudis leads the team with 8 points off of 4 goals.
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Live stats and stream will be available for both contests at the links provided above.
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