This week
The PLNU men's soccer team travels to the Bay Area to play a pair of matches. The first is Thursday, Oct. 22 at 1:00 p.m. against Academy of Art and the second is against Notre Dame de Namur on Saturday Oct. 24 at 2:00 p.m.
 
Follow along
The PLNU men's Academy of Art match will be available for viewing through live stats and live video. Live stats will be free of charge while the matches will be $8.00 on a pay-per-view basis. The match at NDNU will only be available on live stats. They will be free of charge. To access both live stats and live video visit plnusealions.com/gameday.
 
A look at the Sea Lions
The Sea Lions saw their four-game winning streak snapped when they fell 3-2 at Concordia (CA) over the weekend. The Sea Lions are now 6-4-1 overall and 5-2-0 in the PacWest. Despite the loss, the PLNU men's soccer team is solidly sitting in fourth place in the PacWest conference trailing leaders Dixie State, and Hawaii Pacific. However, PLNU has played one less conference match than all three teams it trails in the standings. Currently, the Sea Lions are seven points off the pace set by the Red Storm (22 points).  
 
Manu Montal ranks ninth in the PacWest with five goals scored as he continues to pace the Sea Lions. Daniel ten Bosch was instrumental in offense over the weekend, putting away a goal for the Sea Lions and assisting on the second goal by Eddie Gallardo in their match against Concordia.
 
Goalkeeper Michael Lambert is out with an injury and goalkeeper Avrin Yakou has stepped into the box. Yakou sits in second in goals against average (1.15) in the PacWest.
 
As a team, the Sea Lions ranks second in the PacWest and 25th in NCAA Division II allowing just 0.91 goals per match. The defense also has Point Loma ranked 53rd nationally in shutout percentage (0.36).
 
A look at PLNU in the PacWest
A high-scoring match against Concordia means that the Sea Lions defense fell squarely to second for least goals against in the PacWest.
 
Manu Montal has 12 points on the season and holds seventh in the PacWest for most points. Three other student-athletes, Nico Tagaloa, Daniel ten Bosch and Patrice Glaser, have all made the PacWest top 25 for points on the season.
 
Tagaloa, ten Bosch and Glaser are tied for assists for the Sea Lions with three each but still hang far away the PacWest's leader in assists, Renato Bustamante who has 10.
 
A look at the Urban Knights
The Academy of Art University has gone winless in its last five contests and currently sits at 5-5-2 overall and 3-3-1 in the PacWest.
 
Kristof Urbanyi and Alex Walsh lead the team with four goals each. Four other artist-athletes have contributed to the Urban Knights' 13 shots total on the season. They are second in the PacWest in saves per game (5.25) and third in save percentage (.778).
 
A look at the Argonauts
Notre Dame de Namur is undefeated in its last four matches and has logged three shutouts in its last four contests. The Argonauts are 5-5-1 overall and 3-2-1 in the PacWest.
 
Jack Ewert leads the team with five goals and with six other student-athletes also finding the back of the net this season. NDNU has scored 14 goals in its 11 matches. Goalkeeper Alex Clewis has three shutouts on the season and 28 saves. Clewis ranks  third for least goals allowed in the PacWest right behind PLNU goalkeeper Avrin Yakou.
 
Next week
The Sea Lions will return home to face Hawaii Hilo Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 3:30 p.m. and BYU-Hawaii on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 2:00 p.m. The match on Oct. 31 will be Senior Day and the final home match of the season for the Sea Lions.