Men's Soccer Finishes Home Stand with Tuesday Night Contest Against Saint Joseph's

Tuesday, September 22

Lewisburg, Pa.

7 p.m.

Bucknell University

Saint Joseph's

Photo by: Steven Schoenfelder

Men's Soccer Finishes Home Stand with Tuesday Night Contest Against Saint Joseph's

9/21/2026 1:17:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Saint Joseph's at Bucknell (2-4, 2-0 PL)
When: Tuesday, Sep 22, 7 p.m.
Where: Lewisburg, Pa. | Emmitt Varsity Soccer Field
Streaming: ESPN+
Live Stats: BucknellBison.com

The Bucknell men's soccer team finishes a four-game home stand against Saint Joseph's on Tuesday night at Emmitt Field for a 7 p.m. kickoff.

After opening the season 0-4 for the first time since 1966, Bucknell have gone 2-0-1 during the home-stand. The Bison opened Patriot League play with a win over Lafayette, before taking down George Mason 3-1 on Tuesday. The Bison then played to a 0-0 draw against Colgate on Saturday night.

Boston U. and Lehigh lead the Patriot League through two games with six points. Bucknell and American sit just behind them at four points, and Holy Cross has two points. Four teams have one point and Army has no points heading into the third set of Patriot League matches this weekend.

The Patriot League has struggled to get results in non-conference action as all teams have combined for a 7-32-20 record out of conference. Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Lafayette and Loyola (Md.) all have one win, and Navy is the only program with two non-conference wins.

Saint Joseph's is unbeaten at 3-0-4 to begin the season. The Hawks are most recently coming off of a 2-2 draw to George Mason to begin play in the Atlantic 10.

Last Time Out for the Bison

Thomas Yerbury made a career-high seven saves as the Bucknell men's soccer team played to a scoreless draw against Colgate on Saturday night at Emmitt Field.
Yerbury made four second-half saves including his biggest stop of the game in the 85th minute of action. After a hectic sequence at the other end that almost saw the Bison find the breakthrough, Colgate came down the other end quickly on the counter attack. The sophomore came off his line to clear an initial ball in, but Blake Pipkin won possession and fired a shot from 40 yards out. Yerbury got back to his line and made a last-ditch effort to make the save.
In the sequence just prior to the Yerbury save, Colin Findlay nearly won it for the Bison. Colgate cleared the initial ball on a corner that trickled right to Findlay at the top of the box. Findlay curled his shot into the top-left corner, but Malik Samms cleared the shot off the goal line to keep the match scoreless.
Both teams fired 11 shots, with Colgate out-shooting Bucknell 7-4 with shots on target. Colgate's Gavin Vichengrad made three saves in the match.
Vichengrad was challenged early in the match as Bucknell came close to the first goal in just the sixth minute. Jacob Thomas had a ball teed up for a shot, but his effort deflected off Permyashkin and nearly snuck by Vichengrad.
Colgate's best chance of the half came in the 13th minute of action as the Bison defense blocked a shot before Yerbury was forced to make his second save.
Eight of Bucknell's 11 shots came in the second half as the Bison controlled possession for the majority of the half. Colgate had several opportunities on the counter attack, but the Bison defense and Yerbury were alert to the chances.

Bucknell at a Glance

Bucknell has played a fierce non-conference schedule early in the season. The Bison fell to two strong opponents in Hofstra and Old Dominion. Old Dominion is 7-1 and ranks 13th in the latest polls, and Hofstra is receiving votes. The Bison also played Pitt who is 5-2-1 this season. Saint Joseph's is also unbeaten through seven games this season.
Bucknell is getting healthy again after missing key players through the first three matches. Lucas, Roskos and Bejarano played their first action of the season against ODU after all three of them missed the first three matches. Jakub Samelko also returned to the squad against Fordham. Roskos, Lucas and Samelko combined for 16 goals and four assists in 2025.
The Bison struggled to find goals early in the season with three goals in the first five matches, but the Bison found a breakthrough with three goals against George Mason. The Bison have yet to score in the first half of a game this season.
After leading the league in 2025 in shots and shots on target, Bucknell currently ranks seventh in each category. The Bison totaled 26 shots through the first four games, but have tallied 37 shots in the last three matches. Despite a higher number of shots recently, the Bison have still managed just 10 shots on target in those two matches.
Cade Whitmire and Jack Lucas have each scored a goal, and Bucknell's other three goal scorers are freshmen Chayse Snyder, Hamish Riddell and Viktor Permyashkin.
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.
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, has a remarkable career record of 377-123-56 in stints at Bucknell, 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 in conference play 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.

Saint Joseph's at a Glance

Saint Joseph's is unbeaten at 3-0-4 with an 0-0-1 start in the A10. The Hawks won the season-opener before three straight draws.
The Hawks were 6-7-5 last season with a 3-2-3 in the A10
The Hawks have eight goals this season and have conceded just four goals in seven matches.
Saint Joseph's has seven different goal scorers and six different players have an assist.
Jake Ross leads the team with two goals, including a game-winner against Iona. Ross has scored in each of the previous two matches.
Connor Clair has three points on one goal and one assist.
Diego Avelar, Eddie Krupski, Mark Mazzoni, and Rob Myrick all have one goal.
Alex Smith has been excellent as the Hawks' netminder. He's played every minute thus far, allowing four goals in seven matches. He has an .867 save percentage with 26 saves

History/Facts

Saint Joseph's leads the all-time series 5-4 over the Bison dating back to 1963. The Hawks won the first four matchups, but the Bison are 4-1 in the last five matches.
Bucknell defeated Saint Joseph's 2-0 on the road last season. Collin Sullivan scored his first career goal and Drew Roskos polished the game off with a second-half goal.

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