The Presbyterian Blue Hose return to the pitch with a Big South road contest at Radford on Saturday afternoon.

Matchup: Presbyterian College Blue Hose (3-3-1, BSC: 0-1-0) at Radford Highlanders (0-9-1, BSC: 0-2)  
Date: Saturday, October 5
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Site: Cupp Stadium (Radford, Va.)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Sidearmstats
 
LAST TIME OUT
Senior defender Reudd Manin scored his first goal of the season. Presbyterian lost to Longwood, 3-1, in Martin Stadium on September 22.  
 
NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
After his prolific goal-scoring week, senior forward Damorney Hutchinson was named TopDrawerSoccer's National Player of the Week on September 17. Hutchinson is the first player in the program's history to garner National Player of the Week accolades. He was also named to TopDrawerSoccer's National Team of the Week becoming the sixth player in Presbyterian's Division I era to claim National Team of the Week honors. Hutchinson scored four goals leading the Blue Hose to wins over Coastal Carolina and VMI in the previous week to earn the awards.

BIG SOUTH WEEKLY AWARDS
On September 16, Hutchinson captured Big South Offensive Player of the Week honors, and freshman midfielder Jonas Sundli-Hardig was the league's Freshman of the Week. Hutchinson was the third player in the program's history to earn Big South Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors. Sundli-Hardig was the tenth player in school history to be named Big South Freshman of the Week.

BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS

• Hutchinson is tied for second in the Big South with a team-leading five goals.
• Junior midfielder Iragi Kalala, senior midfielder Carson Griffith, and freshman midfielder Herman Furumo are tied for second on the team with two goals apiece.
• Twelve different Presbyterian players have scored a goal this season.
• Junior midfielder Steven Cordova sits atop the Big South assists list with four.
• Sundli-Hardig is tied for second in the Big South with three assists.
• Twelve different PC players have recorded at least one assist. Hutchinson leads the Big South with 31 shots.
• As a team, the Blue Hose are third in the NCAA averaging 8.43 points per game (19 goals, 21 assists, 59 points).
• Presbyterian leads the Big South in shots (109), goals, assists, and points.   

NOTABLES

• Presbyterian has scored at least one goal in every game this season, which is the first time in the program's Division I era that the Blue Hose have accomplished this feat.
• Presbyterian has scored at least three goals in a game three times this season.
• In the 9-0 win over Erskine on August 24, Presbyterian set Division I era school records for goals with nine, assists with seven, and points with 25.

PRESBYTERIAN – RADFORD SERIES
Saturday's matchup will be the 20^th meeting between PC and Radford, who leads the all-time series 9-6-4. The two teams tied, 2-2, in their last game which came in Martin Stadium on November 1, 2023. Hutchinson and Tomas White scored goals in that game for the Blue Hose. Presbyterian behind goals from Lorenzo Nagy and Gerard Lopez defeated Radford, 2-0, in their last match at Radford on September 24, 2022.
 
SCOUTING RADFORD

• The Highlanders enter the game fresh off a 1-1 home draw with VMI this past Wednesday.
• Radford coach Chris Barrett is in his fourth season at the helm of the Highlanders program.
• Radford has scored five goals while conceding 23 goals this season.
• Dax Booth, Joep de Bruin, Kevin Habibelahy, and Cesar Rubio have scored goals for the Highlanders.