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Men's Soccer Starts League Play At Loyola Saturday Night

After Saturday’s game, Drake returns home to the Cownie Soccer Complex to take on Western Illinois Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. and Central Arkansas Sept. 29 at 4:30 p.m. for Alumni/Faculty Appreciation Night.

CHICAGO, Ill. – The Drake University men's soccer team starts its Missouri Valley Conference schedule Saturday, Sept. 22 at Loyola. First kick with the Ramblers is set for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN3.

Drake (4-3-0) heads into league play with momentum after winning yet another road game against a ranked opponent, their third win against a ranked team this season. The overtime winner over Tulsa, the first this season for the Bulldogs, came courtesy of Cole Poppen's (Ankeny, Iowa) penalty kick in the third minute of overtime.

Nic Jaimes (Olathe, Kan.) also added a goal in the 2-1 win, his first goal of the season. Drake has distributed the scoring as eight players have scored for the Bulldogs, including a four-player tie for the team lead in goals scored with two.

Among the four players with a pair of goals is Poppen, who also adds five assists for a total of nine points which is tops for the team. Also at two goals is Lucas Bartlett (Overland Park, Kan.) who has done so on only three shots to post a shooting percentage of .667.

Loyola (3-3-0) is 2-1 in their last three games with back-to-back wins over SIUE and DePaul, and its lone loss a narrow 1-0 overtime decision to Northwestern. The Ramblers lost earlier this year to Western Michigan by a score of 2-0, one of the two common opponents between the Ramblers and the Bulldogs. The other being DePaul, who narrowly edged Drake, 2-1, in overtime. Drake leads the all-time series, 7-4-3, and the teams battled to a scoreless draw last season in Des Moines, Iowa.

After Saturday's game, Drake returns home to theCownie Soccer Complex to take on Western Illinois Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. and Central Arkansas Sept. 29 at 4:30 p.m. for Alumni/Faculty Appreciation Night.
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Players Mentioned

Nic Jaimes

#23 Nic Jaimes

M/F
5' 7"
Senior
Lucas Bartlett

#2 Lucas Bartlett

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6' 3"
Redshirt Sophomore
Cole Poppen

#17 Cole Poppen

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5' 8"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Nic Jaimes

#23 Nic Jaimes

5' 7"
Senior
M/F
Lucas Bartlett

#2 Lucas Bartlett

6' 3"
Redshirt Sophomore
D
Cole Poppen

#17 Cole Poppen

5' 8"
Redshirt Junior
M