{"id":250148,"date":"2025-10-30T13:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250148\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:24:09","slug":"preview-wildcats-gear-up-for-regular-season-finale-and-senior-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250148\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW: Wildcats Gear up for Regular Season Finale and Senior Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     MARQUETTE, Mich. &#8211; The NMU Men&#8217;s Soccer team will gear up to play in the final two matches of the 2025 regular season play. The team will face Roosevelt on Friday, October 31, at 2:00 p.m. and Purdue Northwest on Sunday, November 2, at 2:00 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s match will be Senior Night for the &#8216;Cats. This day will honor seniors <a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/alessandro-scialanga\/7448\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7448\" target=\"_blank\">Alessandro Scialanga<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/jan-hoffmann\/7441\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7441\" target=\"_blank\">Jan Hoffmann<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/max-rebori\/7446\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7446\" target=\"_blank\">Max Rebori<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/triston-nelson\/7445\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7445\" target=\"_blank\">Triston Nelson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/mads-huegel\/7442\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7442\" target=\"_blank\">Mads Huegel<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/harry-gray\/7439\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7439\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Gray<\/a> as the six gear up to take to the NMU pitch for the last time during the regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With a good result for the Wildcats yesterday, NMU has the opportunity to host next weekend&#8217;s quarter finals, the opening round of conference play.<\/p>\n<p>The Wildcats (5-4-5) hold the fourth spot in the GLIAC rankings, clinching them a spot in postseason play. Roosevelt (7-2-1) will enter the weekend in the second spot with a chance to win the regular-season title over the weekend, and Purdue Northwest (1-7-2) in the eighth position, looking to play spoiler.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/luca-rosen\/7454\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7454\" target=\"_blank\">Luca Rosen<\/a> earned GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week, marking his second time this season receiving these honors. Rosen&#8217;s (7-0&#8211;14) goal and point totals are second to Fynn Mewes (8-1&#8211;17) of Roosevelt, priming Friday&#8217;s match for fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Action<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFollow @NMU_Msoc on Instagram and @NMU_Mens_Soccer on X (formerly known as Twitter) for updates leading up to and during the matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Friday, October 31\u00a0&#8211; vs. Roosevelt at 2:00 p.m.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flosports.link\/3IkO62z\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sidearmstats\/msoc\/summary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live Stats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, November 2\u00a0&#8211; vs. Purdue Northwest at 2:00 p.m.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flosports.link\/3IkO62z\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sidearmstats\/msoc\/summary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live Stats<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hear from <a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/coaches\/alex-fatovic\/444\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"444\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Fatovic<\/a><br \/>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Cat Nips<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/luca-rosen\/7454\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7454\" target=\"_blank\">Luca Rosen<\/a> secured the Offensive Player of the Week title by scoring the final two goals in the 3-0 win over St. Cloud State on Sunday, October 26. He also matched a single-game and season-high 10 shots in the Parkside match on Wednesday, October 22. In conference play, Rosen leads the GLIAC in shots (60) and shots on goal (33). The &#8216;Cat is also leading the nation in shots per game (4.79) and marks sixth in the nation for shots on goal per game (1.93).&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nmuwildcats.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/asaf-kristal\/7452\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7452\" target=\"_blank\">Asaf Kristal<\/a> leads the conference in SV% (.841) and shutouts per game, recording a shutout in seven out of fourteen games. Kristal holds the second mark in the GLIAC statistics for saves (69). He has played all 1260:00 minutes for the &#8216;Cats in the 2025 season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThis Wildcat team will wrap up their regular season play this weekend, having scored 13 goals on the season (10 in conference play), currently averaging 0.929 goals per game. Another &#8216;Cat making an impact on the offensive efforts is Tuen Van Gansewinkel with 6 points on the season.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nNotes on the Opponents<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRoosevelt<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRoosevelt (9-2-4, 7-1-2), the team holding the second spot in the GLIAC, will enter the weekend coming off a 1-1 split last weekend with Saginaw Valley, the conference leaders, and a win over Davenport (1-0). Fynn Mewes is leading the Laker charge with 10 goals and two assists, the most goals from a single player in the conference thus far this season. The last meeting of these two teams ended in a 1-0 win for the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>Purdue Northwest\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Purdue Northwest Pride hold a record of 2-11-1 and 1-7-2. This marks them in the eighth and last spot in the GLIAC rankings. The Wildcats bested the Pride in the sides&#8217; most recent meeting (1-0). The team has scored 16 points on the season, compared to its opponents&#8217; 30. Landon Potts leads this team with four goals and one assist, followed by Rami Hassan Zantout with three goals, one assist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; MARQUETTE, Mich. &#8211; The NMU Men&#8217;s Soccer team will gear up to play in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-250148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}