SALT LAKE CITY - Westminster men's soccer (8-8, 5-3 RMAC), third-place in the RMAC men's soccer standings heading into the weekend, will hit the road to play Colorado Christian (10-4, 4-4 RMAC) on Friday at noon before returning home to host its regular-season finale against No. 17 Colorado School of Mines (12-3-1, 7-0-1 RMAC) on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Match Info:
- Friday's match at Colorado Christian will be available to stream at
RMACnetwork.com/Westminster.
- The Westminster men's soccer program will honor its eight graduating seniors (
Adir Hazout,
Skyler Kjellander,
Justus Kjellander,
Kaden Amano,
Zach Nielsen,
Gavin Flitton,
Ian Rose and
Carlos Becerra-Gomez) prior to Sunday's match at Dumke Field.
- Tickets for all men's soccer home matches can be purchased at
westminstergriffins.com/tickets.
- General admission into Dumke Field is $8.
- Current Westminster College students, faculty and staff are offered free admission into all WC home events but are required to present an active Westminster Identification Card to gain entry.
- All Westminster men's soccer matches are available for FREE streaming on the RMAC Network. Viewers can watch live
online or download the RMAC Network app from all major video streaming app stores.
Senior Day 2021:
Class of 2021-22
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Adir Hazout - Midfielder - Junior - Be'er Sheva, Israel
- RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2019)
- Has played in 41 career games with 20 starts.
- Scored his first career goal in a 4-0 win over Cal State East Bay on Sept. 8, 2019.
- Did not appear in any games in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic but has returned this fall to complete his degree and play his senior season.
- Business Management Major
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Justus Kjellander - Midfielder/Defender - Boise, Idaho
- Three-time RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019 & 2020-21)
- Has appeared in 40 career games with nine career starts.
- Got his first assist of the season last week vs. S.D. Mines, setting up his twin brother Skyler.
- Justus is currently an master's student purusing his M.B.A.
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Skyler Kjellander - Midfielder/Defender - Boise, Idaho
- Three-time RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019 & 2020-21)
- Has appeared in 31 career games with 28 career starts and has scored three goals with two assists on his senior campaign.
- Was named RMAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week this week after scoring a pair of goals and adding one assist in the Griffins' 2-0 weekend at home last weekend.
- Skyler is currently an master's student purusing his M.B.A.
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Kaden Amano - Midfielder - Layton, Utah
- Three-time All Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, & 2020-21)
- First Team All-RMAC (2021)
- Two-time Second Team All-RMAC (2018 & 2019)
- Amano has started all 16 games this season and has appeared in 77 career games with 74 career starts.
- He was named Second Team All-RMAC after finishing in a tie for eighth in the conference with seven goals as a sophomore in 2018.
- Amano is a double-major in marketing and finance.
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Zach Nielsen - Defender - Salt Lake City, Utah
- Two-time RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll
- Three-time Honorable Mention All-RMAC
- Helped lead a 2019 Westminster defense that finished with the most clean sheets (12) in the RMAC, the second-fewest goals against average (.68), and the third fewest goals allowed (14) over the course of the conference schedule.
- Has appeared in 81 career games with 75 career starts.
- Nielsen is a graduate student pursuing his M.B.A.
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Gavin Flitton - Defender - Kaysville, Utah
- First Team All-RMAC (2020-21)
- Two-time RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2018 & 2019)
- Transferred to Westminster in 2017 from University of the Pacific.
- Helped a 2018 defense that finished second in the RMAC in fewest goals allowed (14), goals against average (.77), and clean sheets (8), in his first season of action for the Griffins.
- Has appeared in 49 career games with 44 career starts at Westminster.
- Flitton is a graduate student currently pursuing his Master's in Education.
- Ian Rose - Goalkeeper - Mission Viejo, Calif.
- RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2021)
- Made his first career start in net against Fort Lewis on March 19, 2021.
- Has made 12 starts as a senior, going 8-7 with four shutouts for the Griffins. His 4.0 saves per game are third-most RMAC.
- Currently is fourth in the RMAC with his 1.086 goals against average. He is third in the RMAC with a .787 save percentage and sixth in shutouts.
- Rose is set to graduate as a double major in marketing and finance.
- Carlos Becerra-Gomez - Midfielder - West Jordan, Utah
- Sarted the first six games of the season for Westminster before going down with a season-ending injury.
- Signed with Westminster after graduating with a degree in psychology from UC Irvine.
- Appeared in 10 matches for UC Irvine with five starts as a junior in 2019.
- Transferred to UC Irvine after a two-year stint at Coastal Carolina where he was a Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List honoree (3.50 or better GPA).
- Carlos plans on attending law school with the goal of becoming a criminal defense attorney
- He currently works as an assistant at a personal injury law firm and volunteers in the community as an assistant coach for the Copper Hill High School varsity boys soccer team.
- Colin Horman - Defender - Bluffdale, Utah
- Committed to Westminster in 2020 after spending time at both Salt Lake Community College and later, MSU Denver.
- Started six game for Westminster this season, logging over 500 minters with one assist in the Griffins' 2-1 win vs. Fort Lewis back on Oct. 10.
- Colin is pursuing a degree in Business at Westminster.
About the Griffins:
- Westminster defeated Regis, 1-0, last Friday and followed up with a 5-1 over S.D. Mines on Sunday to move into the top half of the RMAC men's soccer standings.
- Midfielder
Skyler Kjellander was named RMAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week this week after scoring a pair of goals and adding one assist last weekend.
- The Griffins have won four of their last six matches and hope to improve on their 2-5 road record in their final road match of the season Friday at Colorado Christian.
About the Cougars:
- Colorado Christian (10-4, 4-4 RMAC) lost both of its matchups last weekend, falling 2-0 at UCCS and 3-2 at CSU Pueblo.
- CCU sits in fifth place heading into the final weekend of the regular season and are atop of a four-way cluster of teams (CCU, FLC, MSUD and UCCS) with four conference wins.
- The Cougars will not see any easy points this weekend as they host 12th-ranked Colorado Mesa on Sunday at noon to wrap up the regular season.
- Westminster is 16-4-1 all-time against the Cougars and have won the last three by a combined 13-0 scoreline. The Griffins have won 12 straight with CCU's last win coming back in Sept. of 2000.
About the Orediggers:
- The Orediggers, ranked second in the RMAC heading into the week, came in at No. 17 in the latest USCA DII Men's Soccer National Top-25 Poll.
- Colorado School of Mines also came in at No. 3 in the latest South Central Region rankings this week.
- Colorado Mines has gone nine straight matches without a loss winning eight of nine with only one draw on the road at CSU Pueblo.
- Westminster is 5-11-3 all-time against second-place Colorado School of Mines.
RMAC Men's Soccer Standings (As of Oct. 28)
Up Next:
Westminster will await the final weekend's results to determine its RMAC Tournament seeding. The top four seeds of the final eight-team bracket will host the quarterfinal round on Sunday, Nov. 7.
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