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Coming off their biggest win of the season in their last game – a 7-0 win over Northland – the Minnesota Morris men's soccer team begins a four-game road stretch this weekend, taking on the Bethany Lutheran Vikings and the Martin Luther Knights.

The Schedule
Minnesota Morris at Bethany Lutheran, Sept. 30, 2:00 p.m.
Minnesota Morris at Martin Luther, Oct. 1, 12:00 p.m.

The Records
Morris: 4-3-2, 3-1-0 UMAC (2nd)
Bethany Lutheran: 3-5-0, 1-3-0 UMAC (5th)
Martin Luther: 1-7-0, 1-3-0 UMAC (6th)

Leading Scorers (G-A-P)
UMM: Ebrima Badgie (4-1-9), Matt Johnson (1-3-5)
BLC: Joe Nuah (4-1-9), Jimmy DuTremaine (3-3-9)
MLC: Kalb Butch (5-2-12), Ben Nommensen (3-0-6)

The Keepers
UMM: Tyler Weber 5 GA, 0.53 GAA, 33 saves, .868 save%
BLC: Ryan Bolte 9 GA, 1.70 GAA, 36 saves, .800 save%
MLC: Ben Zietlow 25 GA, 3.40 GAA, 71 saves, .740 save%

Last time out
Last weekend the Cougars split, falling 1-0 to St. Scholastica, but rebounding in a big way with a 7-0 win over Northland. Against the Saints, the Cougars held a 13-to-6 lead in shots, but it was the Saints scoring at 60:49 for the win, their only shot on goal in the match. Against the LumberJacks, the Cougars fired off 27 shots in their best offensive day of the season. Ebrima Badgie scored the game's first three goals en route to the Cougars' 4-0 halftime lead. Four different players scored for the Cougars, while the defense pitched its fifth shutout of the season.

Bethany Lutheran was swept last weekend, falling 2-1 to Northwestern and 3-1 to Crown.  The Vikings put up 15 shots against the Eagles, but were outmatched, giving up 24. The game went to halftime tied 1-1, but just five minutes into the second half, Northwestern scored the game-winner. Against Crown, the Vikings were again outshot, this time by a 26-to-11 margin. The Storm quickly went up 1-0, but the Vikings answered 10 minutes later. Crown scored just before the half to regain the lead, before adding an insurance goal in the second.

Martin Luther was swept last weekend, falling 6-3 to Crown and 2-1 to Northwestern. Despite being outshot 37-to-11 in the game, the Knights took a 3-0 lead into halftime. Twenty minutes into the second half, though, the lead was gone. The Storm then scored the go-ahead goal in the 74th minute, and added two more in the final 10 minutes. The Knights woes on the shot chart continued against the Eagles, as NWC led a 38-to-7 advantage at game's end. Still though, the Knights went into the break tied 1-1, pulling even with just two minutes left in the half. Northwestern then used 21 second half shots to get the game winner.

2010 meetings
The Cougars went 2-0-1 with the Vikings last season, including a 3-2 OT win on the road in the first round of the UMAC Tournament. In the regular season the Cougars scored in the game's final minutes for a 1-0 win at home, before settling for a 0-0 tied in the regular season finale.

Against Martin Luther, Morris split their two meetings, with each team winning at home. The Cougars scored a 3-2 double overtime win in Morris, scoring in the final three minutes, but fell 4-3 in New Ulm, despite leading 3-2 at the half.

Last 10 meetings with Bethany Lutheran
11/02/10 at BL: UMM 3, BL 2
10/30/10 at BL: UMM 0, BL 0
10/1/10 at UMM: UMM 1, BL 0
10/17/09 at UMM: UMM 5, BL 0
9/18/09 at BL: UMM 3, BL 0
10/18/08 at BL: UMM 3, BL 2
9/19/08 at UMM: UMM 8, BL 0
10/19/07 at BL: UMM 0, BL 0
9/22/07 at UMM: UMM 1, BL 0
10/20/06 at UMM: UMM 1, BL 1

Last 10 meetings with Martin Luther
10/29/10 at MLC: MLC 4, UMM 3
10/2/10 at UMM: UMM 3, MLC 2
10/16/09 at UMM: UMM 4, MLC 0
9/19/09 at MLC: UMM 3, MLC 0
9/17/08 at MLC: MLC 2, UMM 1
9/20/08 at UMM: UMM 2, MLC 1
10/29/07 at MLC: UMM 1, MLC 0
9/21/07 at UMM: UMM 4, MLC 0
10/21/06 at UMM: MLC 4, UMM 2
9/22/06 at MLC: UMM 2, MLC 1