Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Men's Soccer Hosts St. Peter's Wednesday, Game to Air Live on Bison Vision
10/21/2008 8:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 21, 2008
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell takes a breather from Patriot League play on Wednesday evening when St. Peter's visits Holmes Stadium for a non-conference game. The contest begins at 7 p.m., and live streaming video will be available on Bison Vision All-Access.
The Bison are coming off a tough 1-0 loss to Colgate on Saturday, its only home setback of the season, and now stand 5-6-3 overall and 2-2 in the PL. The Peacocks, a 2007 NCAA Tournament at-large pick who defeated the Bison 2-1 last season, are 6-5-2 overall and 2-2 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
This will be Bucknell's second-to-last home game of the regular season. The Bison host NJIT next Tuesday. Each of the team's last three Patriot League games are on the road (at Lafayette, Lehigh and American) against teams also in the playoff chase.
The top four teams in the Patriot League qualify for the postseason tournament, and Bucknell currently sits in that No. 4 spot with the three league games still to come.
BISON MEN'S SOCCER NOTEBOOK
Coverage
- Click HERE to watch the Bucknell-St. Peter's match on Bison Vision All-Access.
- Click HERE to follow the Bucknell-St. Peter's match on GameTracker.
Series Notes
- Bucknell is 8-2-1 all-time against St. Peter's, however the Peacocks have won two of the past three meetings, including a 2-1 decision last season in Jersey City, N.J.
- Six of Bucknell's eight series wins are by one goal, with two coming in overtime.
- In last season's game, St. Peter's scored just before and just after halftime to go up 2-0. Corey Curnutte scored for the Bison in the 81st minute, but it wasn't enough.
- Alex Russo scored the only goal in Bucknell's most recent series win in 2006.
About St. Peter's
- The Peacocks are 6-3-2 in their last 11 games after an 0-2 start. They have ties against Rutgers and Hartford and wins over NJIT, Drexel, Delaware, Monmouth, Marist and Iona.
- St. Peter's has 20 goals and 16 assists in 2008, the exact same totals as their opponents.
- Udi Naim leads the team with 15 points (6G, 3A), while Rumen Kerekov is the top goal-scorer with seven.
- Six different players have goals this season. Naim leads the team with four game-winners.
- Matthew Lawlor (4-2-0) and Hernando Santamaria (2-3-2) have share the goalkeeper responsibilities. Lawlor has a 1.35 goals-against average and .588 save percentage, while Santamaria has a 1.57 GAA and .800 SV%.
Last Time Out
- On Saturday at Holmes Stadium, the Bison fell to Colgate 1-0 when Chris Ross put back a rebound in the 17th minute.
- The Bison suffered a tough blow in the opening minute of the game when red-hot goal-scorer Mark Schmiegel was injured in a collision with the Raiders goalkeeper. Schmiegel played sparingly the rest of the day, and the Bison offense had a tough time generating chances against the defending Patriot League champs.
- Colgate outshot Bucknell 17-14, but the Bison had an 8-5 edge in the second half.
- Schmiegel, Conor O'Brien and Anthony Ferraro led the team with three shot attempts each.
- Tommy Caso finished with three saves, while the defense was credited with three team saves.
Bison Briefs
- Bucknell owned the nation's longest goal-scoring streak for about six days. The previous owner of that distinction, No. 13 UC Santa Barbara, saw its 31-game streak come to an end a week earlier with a 2-0 loss to co-No. 13 UC Davis. That meant that Bucknell's 28-game scoring streak was the tops in all of Division I soccer, but that run ended with Saturday's 1-0 loss to Colgate.
- The last time the Bison were shut out was all the way bacl on Sept. 11, 2007, a 1-0 loss to Binghamton.
- It had been nearly a full year since the Bison dropped a home game before falling to Colgate on Saturday. Bucknell had been 5-0-1 in its last six home contests, dating back to a 2-1 loss to Lafayette on Oct. 27, 2007.
- Bucknell had played a school-record five consecutive overtime games, going 2-2-1 over that span, before the Colgate game ended in regulation.
- The Bison have also played in seven total overtime contests this season. The school record for OT games in a season is eight, set in 2000.
- Chris Hennings remains the Patriot League leader in both goals (7) and points (17).
- Mark Schmiegel is third in the league in goals per game and sixth in points per game.
- Conor O'Brien is fourth in the PL in assists per game and seventh in points per game.
- Tommy Caso is second in the PL in saves per game.
- As a team, Bucknell ranks second in goals per game at 1.57, trailing only Lehigh (1.62).
Weekly Awards and Honors
- Patriot League BRINE Offensive Player of the Week: Chris Hennings (Sept. 2), Mark Schmiegel (Sept. 29 and Oct. 13).
- Patriot League BRINE Goalkeeper of the Week: Tommy Caso (Sept. 8).
- Patriot League BRINE Defensive Player of the Week: Ross Liberati (Sept. 8).
- Patriot League BRINE Rookie of the Week: Tommy Caso (Sept. 8), Luke Joyner (Sept. 29).
- Soccer America Team of the Week: Ross Liberati (Sept. 8).
- Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week: Chris Hennings (Sept. 4).
- Damon's Bison Athlete of the Week: Chris Hennings (Sept. 1).
Looking Ahead
- Bucknell travels to Lafayette for a key Patriot League tilt on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Leopards are 5-5-3 overall and 1-1-2 in the league after Saturday's 2-0 win over Army.
- Bucknell's Nov. 8 game at American has been changed to a 1 p.m. start.
