Drury's soccer Panthers are back home for the Great Lakes Valley Conference weekend, entertaining Maryville (7:30 p.m. Friday) and Missouri-St. Louis (2:30 p.m. Sunday) at Harrison Stadium in the Curry Sports Complex.
Coach
Ryan Swan's Panthers are 6-2-0 overall and 4-2-0 in the GLVC after last weekend's split on the road. Drury defeated Truman State 4-2 on Friday before falling 3-2 at No. 11 Quincy on Sunday, after leading the Hawks 1-0 at the half and 2-1 early in the second half.
Maryville will bring in records of 3-3-1 overall and 2-3-1 in the GLVC into Friday night's match. The Saints knocked off William Jewell 1-0 last Friday at home before losing 4-0 to visiting Rockhurst on Sunday.
UMSL is 6-1-1 overall and 5-1 in the GLVC (tied for second) entering a Friday match at Missouri S&T before visiting the Panthers for Sunday's Mediacom Connections 22-televised match.
Maryville has been outscored 14-12 on the season, getting a team-leading two goals each from Lance Koehler, Nick Doherty and Ryan Butchart.Â
The Tritons own an 18-5 advantage in goals over their foes this season, with three goals apiece from Nick Werner, Leo Sanchez and D.J. Bednar. UMSL has not allowed a second-half goal this season, and its lone loss was a 1-0 home setback to Rockhurst last Friday.
Drury olds an 18-8 advantage in goals scored against its opponents, led by six goals from
Alec Nagel and three from
Nick Ammann.Â
The Panthers are 5-0 against Maryville and trail UMSL 8-6-2 in the all-time series with the St. Louis schools. Drury lost 2-1 at UMSL and won 1-0 at Maryville last season. The Panthers have lost three of their last four to the Tritons in the series.
Both Friday's and Sunday's matches can be viewed in a free, live webcast at drurypanthers.com/watch.
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