Upcoming games: Notre Dame College men's soccer travels to play Frostburg State University on October 26, at 3:30 p.m. and then come home to play West Virginia Wesleyan College, at 12 p.m., on October 30.

Records: NDC has a record of 7-3-2 and 7-2-2 in conference play. Frostburg State is 6-7-1 with an MEC record of 5-6-1. West Virginia Wesleyan holds a record of 9-3-1 (8-2-1 MEC).

Coaches Corner: Carl Nolan is in his fourth season at the helm of the NDC men's soccer program. He currently holds a record of 42-18-6, overall, and a 34-11-4 record in the MEC. Keith Byrnes is currently in his 18th season with FSU and holds a record of 172-136-35. Gavin Donaldson enters his 29th season with W.Va. Wesleyan. He has a 346-185-55 overall record.

Rankings: None of the teams are ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll.

Series History: Notre Dame beat Frostburg State in the team's first ever meeting, on September 29. The Falcons hold a 9-3-1 record against West Virginia Wesleyan since they first played in 2013. NDC lost to Wesleyan in double-overtime on October 13.

Noting the Falcons: Notre Dame will look to string some wins together over the final three weeks of the regular season. The Falcons had a four-game winning streak from September 19 until September 29. However, they have not gone on a winning streak since. Over their last five games, NDC has gone 2-1-2. Notre Dame holds the third spot in the MEC standings, with West Virginia Wesleyan two points ahead, while Urbana University sits three points behind, in fourth. Daniel De Angelis was this week's MEC Defensive Player of the Week after allowing just one goal over two games. The Falcons shutout Davis & Elkins and tied with No. 8 University of Charleston. De Angelis holds the NDC records in every major goalkeeper category and he is also the active career leader in goalkeeper minutes in NCAA Division II. He is also 30th in Division II this season with a 0.79 goals against average. He has a .762 save percentage. With his 0.44 assists per game, Arthur Favero ranks 42nd in the country. Favero has three goals, along with four assists. Niklas Bohlin leads the team with six goals. This season Notre Dame ranks first in the nation and in the conference with 7.75 corner kicks per game.

Noting the FSU Bobcats: When Notre Dame beat Frostburg State, 2-1, on September 29, it dropped the Bobcats to a 3-3-1 record and started a four-game losing slide. However, FSU regained traction and won three straight games, getting back to the .500 mark. The Bobcats beat Salem University, Concord University and Wheeling University by a combined score of 8-1, which included two shutouts. After grabbing fifth place in the MEC and putting some distance between themselves and Davis & Elkins, Frostburg stumbled against West Liberty University, losing 4-2. Four goals in a game was the most allowed by FSU and most scored by WLU, this season. Frostburg scores 1.5 goals, on average, but they allow 1.29. Randy Putnam and Youness Benmouna are tied for the team lead with four goals. They both have totaled three assists. Joel Assal has saved 58 shots this season for a save percentage of .763.

Noting the WVWC Bobcats: West Virginia Wesleyan continues their impressive 2019 season. They have five shutouts on the season, including three in a row against Davis & Elkins, Frostburg State and Notre Dame, earlier this year. Wesleyan has gone 2-1 over the past two weeks, losing to Urbana then beating Concord and Wheeling. In the battle of the top four MEC teams, West Virginia Wesleyan is currently 1-0 versus the Falcons, 1-1 against Urbana and 0-1 against Charleston. West Virginia Wesleyan ranks fairly high in a couple different categories. They rank 24th in shutout percentage (.46) and they allow 0.889 goals per game which is 36th best in the country. Nika Monaselidze ranks eighth in the country and first in the MEC with four game winning goals. Luca Falconieri leads the team with five goals and two assists. On the defensive side, goalkeeper Jeremy Collins is first in the conference in save percentage (0.791) and shutouts (six).