Wichita, KS – For the second consecutive season, the Indian Hills Men's Soccer squad is set to compete at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Men's Soccer National Championships. Action gets underway Monday afternoon for the Warriors.

DETAILS: 2024 NJCAA DI Men's Soccer National Championship

Wichita, KS  |  Stryker Sports Complex

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For the first time in program history, the Indian Hills Men's Soccer squad will be competing at the NJCAA DI Men's Soccer National Championship in consecutive years. The Warriors are making their third all-time appearance at the national tournament.

STARTING XI

• The Warriors drew the No. 7 overall seed and one of the four at-large bids in the 12-team tournament after posting a 14-2-2 overall record on the year.
• Indian Hills has matched up against three national tournament teams during the regular season - No. 1 seed Iowa Western, No. 4 seed Cowley, and No. 11 seed Western Nebraska.
• Sophomore Daniel Mulero brings the second-most points by an individual into the tournament with 42, a total that ranks fourth in the nation.
• Sophomore Bernardo Manzano ranks second in the nation this year with 11 wins, which also ranks second in a single-season in school history.
• Mulero and fellow sophomore Lucas Bauer have climbed into the top-10 in career goals, assists, game-winning goals, and points at Indian Hills.
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• The Warriors are 3-0-0 in the state of Kansas this year, outscoring their opponents 7-3.
• Indian Hills has outscored its opponents 59-26 on the year, including six shutouts.
• The Warriors rank 11th in the nation this year with 174 points as six of the top 11 scoring teams in the nation advanced to this year's national tournament.
• Head coach Zac Newton will be making his third NJCAA National Tournament appearance after taking Southeastern Community College to the NJCAA DII Tournament twice, including a national championship at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita in the spring of 2021.
• The national tournament gets underway Sunday with four matches, including top-seeded Iowa Western vs. No. 12 seed Coastal Bend.
• Westen Nebraska and Tyler will compete in the first match of Pool B on Sunday at 12:30 PM CST.

WARRIORS AT NATIONALS

Indian Hills will be making its third all-time appearance at the national tournament, joining the 2023 and 2017 programs.

• Making its first all-time appearance on the big stage, the Warriors nearly advanced out of Pool Play. Indian Hills, the No. 5 seed in the tournament defeated Louisburg 1-0 in its opener before dropping a heartbreaker 2-1 in double overtime to No. 4 seed and eventual national champion Tyler. All-American Akean Shackleford provided an electric goal before Tyler found the back of the net with less than a minute to play in the second overtime session.
• The No. 10 seeded Warriors put together another valiant effort in the 2023 tournament, once again falling just short in the group stage. Indian Hills forced a first-of-its-kind three-way tie with Salt Lake and Barton after each squad went 1-1-0. The Warriors eventually fell in an elimination style golden goal scenario, coming up short in penalty kicks to Barton.

SCOUTING THE COUGARS

Indian Hills and Western Nebraska, the No. 11 seed will match up for the second time this year after the Warriors scored an impressive 6-0 victory over the Cougars on August 31.

• The Warriors saw six different players score a goal in the win over the Cougars, the first all-time meeting between the programs.
• The Cougars, winners of the NJCAA Northwest Plains District, heads to Wichita with a 10-4-2 overall record.
• Western Nebraska is 1-1-1 against like opponents with the Warriors this year, including a 2-0 win over Otero in the District championship.
• Western Nebraska lost just once over the team's final nine games, including four shutout victories. 
• Sophomore Eduardo Oliveira ranks in the top-20 in the nation with a team-high 31 points, including 13 goals.
• Freshman Owen Henderson has led the Cougars in net, collecting all 10 of the team's wins while pitching four shutouts.

SCOUTING THE APACHES

A perennial national contender, Tyler makes its 16th consecutive trip to the national tournament and 20th overall.

• The Apaches have won six national titles in program history, all since 2009 with its most recent title in 2017.
• Tyler heads to Wichita with a 16-0-2 overall record after winning the NJCAA Gulf South District title.
• The 2017 thriller in Prescott, AZ is, to this day, the only meeting between Tyler and Indian Hills. 
• Four players have tallied double-digit points on the year, led by a team-high 23 from Yart Van Lieshout (10g, 3a).
• Freshman Joe Pollard and sophomore Alfred Mikkelsen have split time in net for the Apaches, both making nine starts on the year.
• The Apaches boast the lowest goals against average in the nation at 0.44, allowing just eight goals on the year.

WHAT'S AT STAKE

A trip to the NJCAA DI Men's Soccer Semifinals is on the line as the winner of Pool B will advance as one of the final four teams. A win in Pool Play will net the winner three points, a tie results in one point

FOLLOW LIVE

All matches at the national championship will air live via the NJCAA Network with single-game and tournament-pass purchases required. GoHillsTV, the official streaming platform of Indian Hills Community College will be on-site to provide a free audio-only broadcast of the match.

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