Men's Soccer Set for Road Contest at Pittsburgh

Bucknell (0-1) at Pittsburgh (0-1)
When: Monday, Aug. 24, 7 p.m.
Where: Pittsburgh, Pa. | Ambrose Urbanic Field
Streaming: ESPN+/ACCN
Live Stats: PittsburghPanthers.com

The Bucknell men's soccer team hits the road to take on Pitt at 7 p.m. at Ambrose Urbanic Field. Bucknell is coming off of a 2-1 loss to No. 20 Hofstra in the season-opener on Thursday, and Pitt is coming off of a 2-1 loss to No. 7 Maryland.

Last Time Out for the Bison

Freshman Chayse Snyder leveled the match with his first career goal in the 80th minute, but Sean Keane answered only 50 seconds later to send No. 20 Hofstra to a 2-1 win over Bucknell in the men's soccer season opener on Thursday night at Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium.
A young Bison squad missing several key players due to injury held its own against a top-20 opponent, but the Pride avenged a home loss to Bucknell in last year's opener.
Bucknell maintained possession for most of the first 15 minutes of the match until Hofstra began to flip the field later in the first half. The Bison survived a replay review for a possible penalty in the 17th minute, and then five minutes later first-time starter Thomas Yerbury made a tough diving save to deny Carlman.
The Pride got on the board through Carlman in the 38th minute. Bucknell turned it over playing out of the back, and David Citron won possession and fed an open Carlman in the center of the area.
Snyder gave the Bison a strong 67-minute shift off the bench in his collegiate debut, and he nearly opened his account in the 70th minute when his rip from the left flank stuck the right post. The rebound came all the way out to Krumov at the 18, and his follow-up attempt was chested off the goal line by defender Joel Bona.
Snyder found his well-deserved goal on a corner kick sequence in the 80th minute. Krumov's delivery got past everyone, and Lewisburg native Viktor Permyashkin chased down the loose ball along the end line. Permyashkin served it back into the center of the area, where Snyder headed it inside the right post.
Not long after the restart, Jack Benham served a ball into the box, where Keane squeezed a near-post header past Yerbury.
Bucknell again pushed for the equalizer and got a good look from Nate Coughlin from the right wing along with two free kicks in the attacking third. The Bison won a corner kick in the last 10 seconds, but Hofstra dealt with the rushed service as time expired.
Hofstra finished with a 13-10 shot advantage, and both goalkeepers made four saves.

Bucknell at a Glance

Bucknell is set for a fierce nonconference schedule in 2026. The Bison have already faced No. 23 Hofstra, and will continue against Pitt, Penn State, George Mason, Old Dominion and Cornell throughout the season.
Junior forward Drew Roskos is the reigning Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, and he was voted as the 2026 Patriot League Preseason Forward of the Year. Senior Jack Lucas was voted as the Patriot League Preseason Defender of the Year.
Bucknell has been plagued by injuries to start the season. The Bison have opened the 2026 campaign without Roskos and Lucas in the squad. The Bison are also missing a key contributor in Jakub Samelko. Roskos, Lucas and Samelko combined for 16 goals and four assists in 2025.
Freshman Chayse Snyder scored Bucknell's lone goal against Hofstra, and the 6-foot-4 forward was assisted by fellow freshman Viktor Permyashkin.
Colin Findlay and Viktor Permyashkin are both from central Pennsylvania. Permyashkin is a Lewisburg native, and becomes the first Lewisburg graduate to play for Bucknell. Findlay is from Selinsgrove, just 20 minutes south of Lewisburg. Findlay's mother, Chrissy, is a former Bucknell women's soccer coach, and his father, Jim, served as the head coach at Susquehanna University for 28 years. Chayse Snyder is from Mechanicsburg, just 90 minutes from Lewisburg.
Bucknell has 19 returning players on the 2025 squad. Bucknell's freshman class includes six players: Hamish Riddell, Max Walsh, Marcelo Ojeda, Viktor Permyashkin, Chayse Snyder and Grant Brokaw. The Bison also brought in junior transfers, Colin Findlay and Jack Bejarano.
Dave Brandt is Bucknell's 14th full-time head coach and just the third dating back to 1967. Brandt, who is now in his fifth season at Bucknell, brought with him a remarkable career record of 375-119-56 in stints at Messiah, Navy, and Hope. 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.

Bucknell in 2025

Bucknell got off to a hot start in 2025, but struggled to get results down the final stretch of the season. The Bison ultimately fell to Boston U. on the road 3-1 in the first round of the Patriot League tournament.
Bucknell had a knack for comebacks last season as the Bison went 4-3-1 in matches they had trailed in during the regular season.
The Bison also scored in the final 16 minutes in eight of its 18 matches, and they scored a goal in the final five minutes in five matches.
Bucknell senior class in 2025 combined for eight goals and seven assists last season.
The Bison ranked third in the Patriot League with 29 goals for and ranked second with 1.611 goals per game.
The Bison also led the league with 232 shots and 6.33 shots on target per game.
Defensively, the Bison ranked third in the league with eight clean sheets, and seven of those clean sheets came in Patriot League action.
Jackson Sullivan, the older brother of Collin, was named the 2025 Patriot League Defender of the Year.
Drew Roskos, now a junior, was named the 2025 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Season.

History/Facts

Bucknell and Pitt will play for the first time since 2003, where Pitt won 3-2.
Bucknell leads the all-time series 22-10 dating back to 1964.
The Bison won the 4-2 in the very first matchup between the two sides.

Next Up

Bucknell is back at home at Emmitt Field on Friday to host Fordham at 7 p.m.
The Bison and Rams will face off for the first time since 1994.
The Bison lead the all-time series 3-2, dating back to 1990.

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Players Mentioned

Jack Bejarano

Grant Brokaw

Nate Coughlin

Colin Findlay

Jack Lucas

Marcelo Ojeda

Viktor Permyashkin

Hamish Riddell

Drew Roskos

Jakub Samelko

Chayse Snyder

Jackson Sullivan

Max Walsh

Thomas Yerbury

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