Tuesday, October 17
Lewisburg, Pa.
6:30 p.m.
Bucknell University
vs
St. Bonaventure
Photo by: Lianne Garrahan
Men's Soccer Hosts St. Bonaventure in Final Non-League Match Tuesday Evening
10/16/2023 5:16:00 PM | Men's Soccer
St. Bonaventure (6-5-3, 2-3-1 A-10) at Bucknell (1-9-2, 0-5-1 PL)
When:Â Tuesday, Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m. Â
Where:Â Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium, Lewisburg, Pa.
Streaming:Â ESPN+
Live Stats:Â BucknellBison.com
Bucknell at a Glance
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When:Â Tuesday, Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m. Â
Where:Â Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium, Lewisburg, Pa.
Streaming:Â ESPN+
Live Stats:Â BucknellBison.com
Bucknell at a Glance
- Bucknell has two home games coming up this week, the first of which is the final non-conference game of the season Tuesday night against St. Bonaventure.
- The Bison dropped two straight on the road at Cornell and Holy Cross on the heels of a 3-3 home draw with American.
- Bucknell fell 2-1 in Worcester, Mass., on Saturday, with all three goals coming in the final 14 minutes. After Holy Cross went ahead on an Ethan Gill goal in the 77th minute, the Bison answered just 63 seconds later through Zane Domsohn. But in a season filled with fluky goals going the other way, a blocked clearance from a Bison defender out on the left flank ricocheted into the box, where Evan Jones fed Jon Klein for the game-winning goal with just 1:44 remaining.
- Domsohn's goal was his third of the season and tied him with Charlie Holmes for the team lead. Domsohn's three goals have come on only seven total shot attempts, and the sophomore now has six career goals.
- Bucknell has 11 goals in 12 matches this season. In addition to the three goals apiece from Domsohn and Holmes, and Brennan Gac, Matthew Owusu, Waldemar Kattrup, Ben Sheffield, and Aidan Kieffer have one each. Nine different Bison have an assist, with Marco Valentic and Jack Roberto leading the way with two each.
- Coach Dave Brandt has gone deep into his bench throughout the campaign. The Bison have averaged 20.6 players per game this season, with a high of 24 against Loyola.
- It is a young group, as well. Of the 27 players on the roster, 18 are freshmen and sophomores and only four are seniors.
- Sophomore center back Jackson Sullivan is the lone Bison to play all 1,080 minutes this season.
- Bucknell's win came in the season-opener at Mount St. Mary's, as Kieffer and Holmes found the back of the net in a 2-1 victory. The Bison also picked draws against George Mason (0-0) and American (3-3).
- Freddie Lapworth started eight of the first nine games in goal this season, and his backup, Jake Nicoll, is 1-2-1 in his four starts. Nicoll presided over the Mount St. Mary's win with Lapworth serving a red-card suspension from the last game of the 2022 season, and Nicoll was back between the pipes for the three most recent fixtures with Lapworth down with an injury. Â
- Dave Brandt is Bucknell's 14th full-time head coach and just the third dating back to 1967. Brandt brought with him a remarkable career record of 354-86-40 in stints at Messiah, Navy, and Hope. His .779 winning percentage was 20th-best in NCAA men's soccer history among coaches from all divisions with a minimum of 10 years. Brandt won six Division III national championships at Messiah and led Navy to the 2013 Patriot League title and an NCAA Tournament first-round win.   Â
- The Bonnies are 6-5-3 on the season and are coming off back-to-back 2-0 wins over Duquesne and La Salle. Including a 1-1 draw with George Washington on Oct. 7, they are unbeaten in their last three.
- Ninth-year head coach Kwame Oduro has a high-scoring side in 2023. St. Bonaventure has scored multiple goals in eight of its 14 games and has only been shut out twice. The Bonnies have been especially potent at home, where they are 5-2 and averaging 2.4 goals per game.
- The Bonnies have tallied 23 goals in 14 matches, including five each from Umechi Akuazaoku and Andres Javitt, four from Kenzo Brito, and three from Daniel Helle. Rafael Pereira has six assists and Brito has five.
- St. Bonaventure has a familiar face on its roster in former Bison midfielder Mo Tall, who graduated from Bucknell in 2023 and is now a graduate student in Olean. The Burkina Faso native led Bucknell in goals (3), assists (3), and points (9) last season. Tall got out to a great start for his new team, starting the first five games of the year and collecting three assists, but he has not played since Sept. 13 due to injury.
- Jules Dechert has played 11 games in goal and has 59 saves with 17 goals allowed. Nicolas Pucci has 18 saves and only two goals conceded, and he has a 2-0-1 record in four appearances. He made nine saves in the shutout of Duquesne last week.
- The Bonnies have bounced back nicely this season after going 3-10-3 overall and 0-6-2 in the Atlantic 10 in 2022.
- The Bonnies have a slight 3-2-2 edge in seven all-time meetings.
- The two teams first met in 1965, a 2-2 draw in Lewisburg.
- Bucknell's two victories came 15 years apart, 3-1 at home in 2006 and 2-1 at home in 2021.
- Eddie Perez-Pelaez delivered a victory for his team with an 85th-minute game-winner the last time the two teams met in Lewisburg. Jordan Miller gave the Bison a 1-0 lead in the 32nd minute, but the Bonnies equalized through Joshua Pulla in the 55th. Perez-Pelaez scored on a clean header off Chris Masur's corner kick to rescue a deserved win for the Bison, who finished with a 21-5 shot advantage. Â
- St. Bonaventure returned the favor with a 2-0 win in Olean last season. Rafael Pereira scored in the 22nd minute and then assisted on Luca Nicastro's goal just 66 seconds later.
- Bucknell will play at home again on Saturday at 1 p.m. against Boston University. The Terriers are 7-3-3 overall and 4-1-1 in the Patriot League. They are tied for second place, just one point behind league-leading Loyola.
- Saturday's game will be Senior Day at Emmitt Field. Brennan Gac, M.J. Kaczura, Collin Murphy, and Matthew Owusu will all be honored prior to the match.
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