Blue Demons Journey to Akron Saturday

CHICAGO – DePaul males’s soccer will head east on I-90 to tackle BIG EAST contender Akron Saturday, Oct. 11. First contact from FirstVitality Stadium is ready for five p.m. CT with the match lined on ESPN+.
 
Demon Doings
DePaul (2-4-6, 0-2-1 BIG EAST) steps again into league play after a 2-2 draw with Bradley within the non-conference finale on Tuesday night. A pair of Blue Demons netted their first tallies in a DePaul uniform within the consequence towards the Braves as redshirt-sophomore Joon Han and junior Jordan Clagette every discovered the again of the web.  Han set the tone early and completed the outing with a career-best 4 pictures because the Blue Demons outmatched their opponent in pictures for the eleventh time in 12 matches this season.
 
The Blue Demons have been persistent all season lengthy find alternatives within the attacking third, rating within the top-15 nationally in pictures (16.58 – twelfth) and nook kicks (7.00 – seventh) per match. Junior midfielder Noeh Hernandez leads the league and ranks 12^th in Division I with a mean of three.50 pictures per contest. Hernandez leads lively Blue Demons with three objectives on the season whereas firing 42 pictures on the marketing campaign together with 14 on aim.
 
Christian Baumgartner and Luca Iaccino have every recorded a pair of objectives this season whereas Baumgartner has an help to his credit score. The redshirt-junior ranks second on the squad with 20 pictures in 2025.
 
All three rostered goakeepers have seen motion between the pipes this season with graduate scholar Santiago Davila making eight appearances and a team-best 25 saves for the Blue Demons. Sophomore Hayden Vostal made his collegiate debut in DePaul’s match versus Bradley Tuesday, making a pair of saves.
 
Scouting Akron
After a 0-0 draw at Thirteenth-ranked Cornell on Tuesday, the Zips are 7-3-2 on the season together with a 1-2 mark in BIG EAST motion. Akron, the preseason favourite within the Midwest Division, started the season 5-0-1 powered by a balanced assault wherein 4 completely different gamers have three or extra objectives on the season. Jack Roman and Stefan Dobrijevic are tied for the team-lead in factors with 11 apiece. The Zips, led by Jared Embik in his Thirteenth season on the helm, rank third nationally in nook kicks per sport at 7.58 whereas holding opponents to .50 objectives per sport which is sweet for ninth in Division I.
 
Series Stuff
In the transient historical past between the 2 sides, Akron owns a 3-0-0 edge over the Blue Demons together with a pair of victories final season. In the newest assembly between the 2 packages, the Zips claimed a 3-1 victory within the 2025 BIG EAST Quarterfinals Nov. 9, 2024 at FirstVitality Stadium. Senior ahead Logan Finnegan was accountable for DePaul’s aim within the setback.
 
Up Next
The Blue Demons return house to host Georgetown Saturday, Oct. 18. First contact from Wish Field is scheduled for 12 p.m. CT with protection carried on ESPN+. Saturday’s match will function DePaul’s alumni sport.