LIBERTY, Mo. - The William Jewell men's soccer team will take the field on Friday for the first time since November 3, 2019 as they travel to Drury and Missouri S&T over the weekend.

ADMISSION 🎟
🟢 Spectators are permitted at Friday's game at Drury University and will be expected to maintain masks and social distance as required by institution and local health guidelines.
❌ Spectators will not be permitted at Missouri S&T. 

BROADCAST 🎥 
• Friday vs. Drury
• Sunday vs. Missouri S&T

LIVE STATS 📊
• Friday vs. Drury
• Sunday vs. Missouri S&T

CARDINAL NOTES

• The Cardinals are coming off a 1-14-2 season, 1-12-2 in GLVC play in 2019, the first year under head coach Eddie Horn. Jewell is scheduled to play 14 GLVC-only contests this spring. 
• Jewell returns two players who each scored one goal last season in seniors Noah Studebaker and Alex Theissen. Studebaker hit the game tying goal in the in the 52nd minute 
• Also back is forward Noah Espinosa who led the team last season with 23 total shots. The senior is tops on the team with five career goals, with four coming in his sophomore season in 2018. 
• The goal is up for grabs despite two returning letterwinners. Jose Camberos started 11 games before suffering an injury and finished with 57 total saves which was second in the GLVC. His 13 saves at Missouri S&T set an NCAA-era record for the Cardinals and secured the tie for his first career shutout. Jayden Hicks took over following Camberos' injury, starting the final five games, while appearing in 11 total, finishing with 32 saves. Freshman Eli Gratz joins the group after a standout career at DeSoto High School in Kansas and will look to compete right away. 
• Despite just one win a year ago, expectations are raised for the Cardinals who brought in 10 freshman and three transfers in the offseason. JT Sherman is a junior midfielder from Warrensburg and enters from the junior college level at Johnson County. Nico Bosemediano is a local product of Park Hill High School and is returning to the metro for his final two seasons while Itua Ehovuon spent his undergraduate career at Park University and joins the Cardinals as a graduate student transfer. 
• Six of the 10 freshman hail from the Kansas metro, on either side of the state line, with another from further west into Kansas. Two came to The Hill from the St. Louis metro and one from McFarland, Wisconsin. The large and talented 2024 class is expected to contribute immediately. 
• Eddie Horn enters his second year at the helm, and first with a full recruiting class under his belt, after having been hired just four months prior to the start of his first season. He previously spent time as the head coach at State Fair Community College and Jefferson City High School, and two years at UMKC under Jewell Hall of Famer Chris Cissell. He is also the father of Cardinal senior midfielder Logan Horn.

ABOUT DRURY 

• Drury enters the season opener on Friday after a 9-8-2 season in 2019 including going 7-6-2 in conference play. They defeated the Cardinals 4-1 on September 27, 2019. 
• The Panthers were led offensively last season by two-time All-GLVC performer Jamie O'Brien. The England native's 11 goals were sixth in the GLVC as were his three game winners. Three other underclassmen also found the back of the net at least twice in 2019. 
• As a team, the Panthers were middle-of-the-pack in most statistical categories last season including eight in scoring offense and total goals and ninth in total assists and total points. 
• Yannick Lamers did all the work in goal last season, playing all 1782 minutes, allowing 26 goals while posting 53 saves.
• Ben Taylor, a former Drury All-American himself, is now in his fourth season leading the program, owning a 18-27-7 record, but got the Panthers back to the GLVC Tournament in 2019 after a three year absence.

ABOUT MISSOURI S&T

• Missouri S&T is coming off a 5-10-2 season, 4-9-2 in league play, including a scoreless draw with the Cardinals in early October 2019. 
• Bertram Gjelfort led the offense last season as a true freshman, scoring six goals. Five others scored at least two goals and are back in 2021. 
• Julien Denis and Jason Jorgensen both collected two goals and two assists with 12 shots on goal as sophomores in 2019. 
• Nick Posey was the primary keeper for the Miners, starting 16 of 17 games. He and is 48 saves have now graduated and there will be a new face in goal for Missouri S&T. 
• As a team, Missouri S&T was fourth in the conference in shots per game and third in shots on goal but 10 in total scoring offense. 
• The Miners are led by third year head coach Robert Cummings who has a 8-23-2 record over his first two season.