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LAREDO, Texas (October 20, 2017) – Following a 3-0 victory over Rogers State, the Texas A&M International University men's soccer welcomes the Jets of Newman to Dustdevil Soccer Field on Saturday, Oct. 20, in the second of four home matches to finish the 2017 regular season. Kickoff is set for 12 p.m.
 
The Dustdevils (7-4-2, 6-4-1 HC) improved to 3-1-0 at home in 2017 with Thursday's victory as Rodrigo Zuniga tallied his first career hat trick. TAMIU maintained fourth position and second in the south division in the Heartland Conference standings with St. Mary's and UT Permian Basin close behind with 18 points. NU (4-7-4, 2-6-3 HC) has gone 2-2-1 in their last five conference matches after starting conference play 0-4-2.
 
Live stats and video will be provided for Saturday's match but a full recap can be found at www.GoDustdevils.com following the match. Follow the Dustdevils on Instagram and Twitter for an in-depth look into the program and the latest scores and updates.
 
A LOOK AT THE ALL-TIME SERIES
Saturday's match will mark the 20^th time the two schools have played each other with TAMIU holding a 12-4-3 advantage. The Dustdevils are 6-2-1 in Laredo against the Jets including four of the last five.
 
A LOOK AT THE JETS
Entering his 30^th season in 2017, Cliff Brown (277-281-38) had led the Jets to three consecutive conference tournaments with the teams reaching double-digit wins all three years. Brown has righted the ship for NU after a slow start as the Jets have earned nine points over their past seven matches including a 1-1 draw at No. 11 St. Edward's.
 
Jamie Barkway has led the Jet attack scoring six of their 14 goals this season while adding one assist for a team-high 13 points. Tommy Fiszel leads the team in assists with three as he scored his second of the season in a 3-1 loss to St. Mary's on Thursday. Carlos Rubio Garcia and Ed Jabbari rank second on the team in assists (2) and points (4).
 
The Jets start a freshman in goal as Chase Bowman has played in every match registering 1,450 minutes in goal. The Wichita, Kan. native has only allowed 15 goals while recording six shutouts with four of those coming in the last five matches.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
With two assists on Thursday, Alan Rivera ranks seventh in the conference in total points (16) and goals (7). Rafael Montabes continues to lead the conference in shots per game (3.75) ahead of Brandon Lee of UTPB and Nenad Markovic of StMU.
 
Carlos Herrera ranks second in the conference in goals against average (.572) and save percentage (.864) behind Richard Gross of Midwestern State.
 
TAMIU's six conference wins are the most since going 7-1-1 en route to winning their third regular season title in 2011.
 
IT'S A 'CEM' IT TOOK SO LONG
It only took Cem Izgec three appearances to register his first assist in a TAMIU uniform as the Speyer, Germany native found R. Zuniga wide open in front of the net with just over 10 minutes left in their 3-0 victory. He has played an important role in the midfield after making his first appearance for the Dustdevils on Oct. 12 against Lubbock Christian.
 
ZUNIGA SHINES IN WIN AGAINST HILLCATS
Entering Thursday's match against RSU, R. Zuniga had six shots during his first eight appearances of 2017. The Laredo, Texas product then proceeded to single handily destroy the Hillcats scoring three second half goals after RSU went down to 10 men. He had a career-high seven shots, five of those on-target, during his 48 minutes on the pitch.
 
125 WINS FOR ARIAS
The Dustdevils' 3-0 victory over RSU not only kept them in fourth place in the conference standings but it also marked the 125^th time Claudio Arias was victorious as the men's head coach at TAMIU. During his 14 seasons at the helm of one of the top men's programs in the south central region, Arias has led TAMIU to 10-plus wins in six season including a program best 14 wins in 2004. He has won three Heartland Conference Regular Season Champions while leading the Dustdevils to their first national ranking back in 2011.
 
DUSTDEVILS SIT FIFTH IN FIRST EDITION OF REGIONAL RANKINGS
TAMIU was ranked fifth in the first edition of the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Rankings released on Wednesday. The Dustdevils are just one spot out of making their first NCAA appearance as Midwestern State, St. Edward's, Colorado Mesa and Colorado School of Mines make up the first four positions.
 
HEARTLAND IN THE RANKINGS
Midwestern State dropped one spot in the latest United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II Men's National Poll released on Tuesday afternoon. The Mustangs are fourth with a record of 12-0-2 while St. Edward's moved up two spots to 16^th just behind Colorado School of Mines. In other rankings, MSU dropped six spots to ninth in the Massey Ratings with SEU also dropping spots to 26^th. West Texas A&M comes in at 53^rd with TAMIU falling 12 spots to 67^th.
 
UP NEXT
The Dustdevils welcome the Patriots of Dallas Baptist to Laredo on Thursday, Oct. 26, for a south division showdown. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m.