Ottumwa, IA – The Indian Hills Men's Soccer team is set to host the 2022 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Men's Soccer Region XI Semifinal round on Tuesday afternoon. The second-seeded Warriors will host No. 3 seed Iowa Lakes Community College at 2:00 PM on the Indian Hills campus.

DETAILS: 2022 NJCAA DI Men's Soccer Region XI Semifinals

Tuesday, October 25  |  2:00 PM

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LIVE STATS: Indian Hills Men's Soccer vs. Iowa Lakes

TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: NJCAA DI Men's Soccer Region XI Tournament Bracket

The Warriors enter postseason action with a 10-8-1 record overall and a 4-3-1 conference mark. Iowa Lakes heads into the matchup with an 11-5-0 record and a 4-4-0 mark in league. The Lakers are ranked No. 10 in the latest NJCAA DI Men's Soccer National Poll.

HOW WE GOT HERE

Indian Hills edged out Iowa Lakes by a half game in the regular season conference standings. The two sides split their regular season series with Indian Hills winning a 3-1 decision in Ottumwa on September 25 before Iowa Lakes earned a 4-2 victory in Spencer, IA on October 15. The deciding factor came down to both team's results against Iowa Western Community College as the Warriors earned a late-season tie against the then-No. 1 team in the nation while Iowa Lakes dropped both contests against the Reivers this year.

In the first matchup between Indian Hills and Iowa Lakes, the Warriors used freshman Daniele Verdirosi's (Rome, Italy/Araniti) hat trick to take the conference win over the Lakers, ranked No. 6 in the nation at the time. Verdirosi helped put Indian Hills ahead 2-0 in the team's second matchup, but Iowa Lakes rattled off four consecutive goals to upend Indian Hills and earn the regular season split.

SIZING UP THE LAKERS

The two sides have played a total of 12 matches against common opponents this year with Indian Hills holding a 7-4-1 record against those opponents while Iowa Lakes owns an 8-4-0 record.

The Lakers ranked as the third-highest scoring team in the ICCAC this season behind Indian Hills' 71 goals and Iowa Western's 56 goals. Jason Dyer's 10 goals for the Lakers are currently tied for second in the ICCAC while his 11 assists are tops in the conference this season. The Warriors held Dyer scoreless in both matchups this year, but the sophomore tallied three assists in the second matchup.

Iowa Lakes, who has made back-to-back trips to the national tournament, has played five contests this year in games decided by just one goal, winning three of those matchups on the year.

WARRIORS TO WATCH

The second-highest scoring team in the nation features five of the league's top 10 goal scorers and owns six of the top eight individuals in the points category in the ICCAC.

Verdirosi is tied for the most goals in the nation with 17 this year which ranks third all-time in school history. Verdirosi's 40 points are also fifth-most among all NJCAA DI men's soccer players this year.

Freshman Ron Becker (Tubingen, Germany/Evangelisches Firstwald Gymnasium) currently ranks second in the ICCAC with 10 assists on the year and ranks in the top-40 in the nation with 22 points this season. Kevin Mejias (Fermo, Italy/Montegiorgio Calcio) has added 10 goals for the Warriors this year followed by Gustavo Marques' (São Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Anglo Indaiatuba) nine goals.

WHAT'S AT STAKE

The winner of Tuesday's match will earn a trip to the NJCAA DI Men's Soccer Region XI Championship game on Saturday afternoon with the top seed remaining set to host. On the other side of the bracket is No. 1 seed Iowa Western and No. 5 Iowa Central Community College who upset No. 4 Marshalltown Community College in the play-in round on Saturday to advance.

The winner of the postseason tournament earns a berth to the NJCAA DI Men's Soccer Midwest District Championship, hosted by NJCAA Region 24 (IL). The District tournament will be held Nov. 4-6 with the site to be determined.

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