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Upcoming in Gray Wolves Soccer: The 2017 regular season comes to the close this week for Lourdes University, and the Gray Wolves are needing points in each of their final two matches if they want a chance to qualify for the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference tournament next week.  Lourdes travels to Michigan-Dearborn on Wednesday, a team the Gray Wolves are tied with in the standings, before hosting Concordia (Mich.), one of the teams Lourdes is chasing, on Saturday for Senior Day.

Head Coach Barry Spitzer: In his third season on the Lourdes bench, Barry Spitzer has a 17-25-4 (.413) record at the helm of the Gray Wolves as well as a men's soccer collegiate head coach at four year programs.  He is the only head coach in Lourdes program's history.

Series Notes: Lourdes and Michigan-Dearborn have split a pair of matches in a series that dates back to Oct. 3, 2015.  The Gray Wolves won the initial meeting in Brighton, Mich. 3-0 before the Wolverines won last year's contest at Wildcat Stadium 2-1.  Concordia (Mich.) and Lourdes have also split two meetings dating back to Oct. 14, 2015.  The Gray Wolves won the first meeting 3-0 before the Cardinals posted a 2-1 victory last season, with both matches being played in Ann Arbor, Mich.  This will be Concordia's first trip to Wildcat Stadium.

Wrapping Up Last Week: Cornerstone tallied a penalty kick goal for the only tally of the match in the 69th minute on Wednesday, and defeated Lourdes 1-0 in Grand Rapids, Mich.  Jose Cedillo made five saves for the Gray Wolves in goal.  On Saturday, Lawrence Tech notched a 3-0 victory over of Lourdes at Wildcat Stadium, with Cedillo making nine stops between the posts.

Scouting Michigan-Dearborn: The Wolverines snapped a three-match losing streak on Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Rochester (Mich.).  Ali Khcheiche leads Michigan-Dearborn in scoring with six goals and 12 points on the year while Chad Schmerheim has a team-leading three assists.  Dylon DaSilva has played most of the minutes in goal, sporting a 3.00 goals against average and a .675 save percentage.

Scouting Concordia (Mich.): The Cardinals enter the week having dropped three straight contests after a 4-1 setback to Madonna on Sunday.  Concordia hosts Marygrove on Wednesday before facing Lourdes.  Josh Posuniak leads Concordia with eight goals and 20 points while Jeff Thomas has seven assists.  In goal, Marino Moracinni has a 1.85 goals against average and a .746 save percentage while Spencer War has a 1.41 GAA and a .703 save mark in shared time.  

Battling for a WHAC Tourney Bid: Lourdes enters the final week of the regular season in a tie for ninth place in the league standings, but just three points out of the final WHAC tournament berth.  They are facing the team they are tied with on Wednesday (Michigan-Dearborn) as well as one of the two teams they are chasing for eighth place (Concordia).

Thanks Seniors: Lourdes will honor the seven members of its senior class prior to Saturday's match with Concordia (Mich.).  Haggi Amirally, Akilla Arno, Jose Cedillo, Adilson Darosa, Orlando Gomez, Judah Goodridge, and Ceasar Liadi are all coming to the close of their collegiate careers.

Goodridge Second on Single Season Charts: Judah Goodridge has taken the team's scoring lead with 10 goals on the year.  Goodridge has accounted for six of Lourdes' last seven goals overall as a team.  His 10 goals this season move him into second place on the single season charts, behind Jake Kirchoff-Sleet, who owns the school record scoring 13 times last year.  Goodridge is also second on the single season points list with 22.

Darosa Nearing Single Season Assist Record: Adilson Darosa has registered a team-leading five assists on the season, and is now one helper shy of Jake Kirchoff-Sleet's single season record of six which was set in 2016.

Cedillo Sets Single Season Saves Mark: Jose Cedillo has made 82 saves this year in goal, setting a new single season saves mark at Lourdes.  Cedillo has also registered a .781 save percentage, and sports a 1.58 goals against average.  Cedillo broke his own single season save mark of 50 set last year, and now owns the top three spots on the single season chart while recording 169 career saves, most in program history.

Among the Nation's Leaders: Jose Cedillo ranks 24th nationally among all NAIA goalkeepers with 82 total saves this season.  His 5.86 saves per match rank 30th in the country.  As a team the Gray Wolves rank 32nd averaging 6.0 saves per contest.  In addition, Judah Goodridge is 43rd in the country tallying 0.77 goals per match.

Captains: Jose Cedillo and Judah Goodridge have been named the Lourdes captains for the 2017 season.  Both are serving in the leadership role for the first time in their careers.

This and That: Jose Cedillo has set a new single season record playing 1306 minutes in goal this year ... Akilla Arno has played a school record 46 matches for the Gray Wolves during his career while Judah Goodridge has started a school record 39 contests ... Lourdes is 0-2-1 in overtime matches this season and 1-2-4 all-time ... the current seven-match losing skid is the longest in program history ... Lourdes has outscored its opponents 17-6 in the first half.