Wednesday, October 2
Lewisburg, Pa.
7 p.m.
Bucknell University
vs
Loyola (Md.)
Photo by: Marc Hagemeier
Men's Soccer Takes on Loyola (Md.), Travels to No. 21 Navy This Week
9/30/2019 2:55:00 PM | Men's Soccer
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell University men's soccer team will begin a tough stretch of games when it hosts Patriot League preseason favorite Loyola (Md.) before a tough road match against a red-hot Navy team, ranked No. 25.
Bucknell, now 2-3-3 after the season after three consecutive 1-1 draws, will have both of its matches aired on the Patriot League Network.
SETTING THE SCENE: Part I
What: Bucknell (2-3-3, 0-0-2 PL) vs. Loyola (Md.) (2-6, 1-1 PL)
When: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m.
Where: Lewisburg, Pa. – Emmitt Field
Watch: Patriot League Network
Live Stats: BucknellBison.com
SETTING THE SCENE: Part II
What: Bucknell (2-3-3, 0-0-2 PL) at No. 25 Navy (9-0, 2-0 PL)
When: Sunday, Oct. 6, 1 p.m.
Where: Glenn Warner Soccer Facility, Annapolis, Md.
Watch: Patriot League Network
Live Stats: NavySports.com
About the Bison
Bucknell, now 2-3-3 after the season after three consecutive 1-1 draws, will have both of its matches aired on the Patriot League Network.
SETTING THE SCENE: Part I
What: Bucknell (2-3-3, 0-0-2 PL) vs. Loyola (Md.) (2-6, 1-1 PL)
When: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m.
Where: Lewisburg, Pa. – Emmitt Field
Watch: Patriot League Network
Live Stats: BucknellBison.com
SETTING THE SCENE: Part II
What: Bucknell (2-3-3, 0-0-2 PL) at No. 25 Navy (9-0, 2-0 PL)
When: Sunday, Oct. 6, 1 p.m.
Where: Glenn Warner Soccer Facility, Annapolis, Md.
Watch: Patriot League Network
Live Stats: NavySports.com
About the Bison
- Bucknell is coming off its third straight 1-1 draw, taking the lead against American on Friday evening before a late equalizer from the Eagles meant the two teams each gained a point. The draw also extended Bucknell's unbeaten streak to four games, the second-highest in the Patriot League.
- Patrick O'Hara scored his second career goal as Bucknell took the lead in the 78th minute of play.
- The goal, assisted by Jacob Mittman and Matt Thorsheim, was just the third instance this season in which Bucknell has scored first.
- Bucknell is 2-0-1 in the games in which the Bison have found the back of the net first.
- Thorsheim continued his strong run of form, converting from the spot against George Mason before earning an assist in the build up to O' Hara's goal.
- The junior from Manalapan, N.J. is now up to four goals and three assists this season. The 11 points so far is third-most in the Patriot League behind Navy's Jacob Williams (5G, 2A), and Lehigh's Josh Luchini (8G, 0A).
- Bernie Wright is currently tied for second in the Patriot League with three assists along with Thorsheim.
- The Bison have managed to find the back of the net in each of their eight games this season, after scoring in 11 of their 17 games in 2018.
- Bucknell has started unbeaten in the first two games of conference play in each of the last two seasons.
- Last year, the Bison started unbeaten through the first four Patriot League fixtures, defeating Lafayette, tying American, and taking wins over Loyola and Holy Cross. The four-game unbeaten start was the best by Bucknell since the 2003 season.
- Bucknell has now scored 13 goals in the 2019 season, fourth-most in the league and tied for the amount scored by the squad in the 2018 season.
- The last time Bucknell played to three consecutive decisions by the same score was during the postseason run by the Bison in 2009, in which Bucknell, bolstered by a strong back line, won three consecutive 1-0 games against Lafayette, American, and Princeton en route to a run in the second round of the NCAA Tournament before falling to Virginia. That 2009 team finished 17-6-0, and recorded ten clean sheets that year.
- Bucknell has never lost to Loyola in seven matchups, keeping the Greyhounds off the board in its last four meetings, including a gritty 1-0 win in Baltimore in 2018.
- Tyler Peterson scored the lone goal for Bucknell on a penalty kick, as the Bison held on for the clean sheet at the Ridley Athletic Complex.
- In the 2017 edition of the series at Emmitt Field, Patrick Mahoney scored the winning goal on an assist by Nick King and Bernie Wright. Wright surged down the right side of the field. Wright was played in space as a great pass by King found the now senior with some room before cutting back a low cross on the ground to an onrushing Mahoney, who tucked the ball into the back of the net just two minutes into overtime.
- The Greyhounds are 2-6 this year, but have played a challenging schedule, with five of those games away from home, and two of those losses against ranked opponents. Loyola has split its two PL games so far, defeating Army 4-0 to open its campaign before falling to No. 25 Navy at home on Saturday, 2-0.
- Bucknell will look to avenge a season-ending 4-1 loss at Emmitt Field against the Mids last season, which helped Navy to a four-game winning streak to end the year. That winning streak has yet to be snapped, as Navy is off to an impressive 9-0 start, scoring 17 goals while allowing just two.
- The Bison are 14-26-4 all-time against Navy, with the last win coming in 2017 in Annapolis. Bucknell has taken four out of the last five meetings, with three of those either on the road or at a neutral venue.
- Mahoney was at it again in that 2017 game, coming up with the eventual game-winning goal thirty minutes into the match as Bucknell kept the Mids off the board for the remainder of the game. Emmett Witmer had a strong day in goal, making two saves in the shutout.
- Wright, in his freshman season, assisted the opening goal by fellow freshman King in a 2-1 win over the Mids in 2016.
- Bucknell will travel to Holy Cross on Sunday, Oct. 13 before facing Northeastern on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
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