The Presbyterian Blue Hose travel to Virginia to play the Longwood Lancers in their final regular season road game this Saturday, October 23 at 2 p.m.
Matchup: Presbyterian College (5-4-2, 1-3-1) at Longwood (5-7-2, 3-2-1)
Date: Saturday, October 23
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Site: Longwood Athletics Complex (Farmville, Va.)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Longwoodlancers.com
Notes
Last Time Out
Behind two second half unanswered goals, Presbyterian rallied for a 2-1 road win at UNC Asheville last Saturday. Sophomore forward
Ndrin Maloku scored the game-tying goal and assisted on sophomore midfielder
Nile Nguidjol's game-winning goal.
Blue Hose Statistical Leaders
Junior forward
Mamadu Bah leads the Blue Hose with three goals. Redshirt junior defender
Cesar Sancho is second on the team with two goals. Maloku, Nguidjol and sophomore midfielders
Nacho Gallego and
Jaume Rubio have each scored a goal. Fellow sophomore midfielder
Niklas Hoener has dished out three assists this year.
Four Straight Defensive Player of the Week Awards
A member of the Blue Hose's defensive unit claimed Big South Defensive Player of the Week honors for four straight weeks (Sept 7, 13, 20 and 27). Two weeks ago, sophomore goalkeeper
Aidan Montoure captured the award. Sancho earned league Defensive Player of the Week honors in each of the three weeks of September.
Presbyterian's defense has conceded the fewest goals in the Big South Conference this season with a league-low 13 goals allowed.
Presbyterian - Longwood Series History
Saturday's game will be the 12
th meeting between Presbyterian and Longwood as NCAA Division I opponents. Presbyterian holds a 7-3-1 series advantage including going 5-0-1 over their last six meeting. The two teams tied, 0-0, in their most recent game which came at Presbyterian's Martin Stadium, February 28, 2021. Presbyterian topped Longwood, 2-1, in overtime in their last meeting at Longwood, October 5, 2019.
Scouting Longwood
The Lancers enter the game on a two-game winning streak with wins over Gardner-Webb and Liberty. Markus Gronli leads the team with six goals. Luis Ortner and Tosin Ayokunle have each record three goals apiece. Longwood has scored 19 goals while conceding 25 goals this season.
Longwood coach Jon Atkinson is in his 17th season at helm of the Lancers men's soccer program.
