LAKEWOOD, NJ (Oct. 1, 2024) - Georgian Court Men's Soccer finishes up a season-long five game road trip Wednesday in Pennsylvania.
Opponent
East Stroudsburg Warriors (3-1-2, 1-1-1 PSAC)
Where
East Stroudsburg, PA -
Gregory-Douds Field at Eiler-Martin Stadium
When
Wednesday, Oct. 2 - 7 pm
How to Watch
• Wednesday's match is available to watch a free-to-view video on the East Stroudsburg portal of PSAC Digital Network, powered by HUDL. Links for videos and live stats can be found above and on the Lions Soccer schedule page.
Previously vs. East Stroudsburg
• This is the first meeting between this teams in a decade.
• They last met in 2014 which was a 2-1 ESU win.
• Each team has a win in two meetings with the home team winning each.
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court won their third straight game Saturday taking down Dominican, 3-2.
• The Lions trailed at the half, but got goals from Gijs van Eif and
Svante Haakansson in the second to take the win.
• Haakansson, his second goal of the game, came with less than two minutes remaining.
• It gave GCU their first three-game winning streak since 2021.
Individual Milestones
•
Alessandro Cavallini is 61 minutes short of 1500.
•
Mikey Mallon's next start will be his 30th.
• Another goal will get Gijs van Eif into the top-10 for a single season. He's also five points away from entering the Lions all-time top-five for points.
• One more win will bring
Ayendi Batista to five and move him to a tie for sixth all-time at GCU.
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Sotirios Gkosdis is six saves away from moving up to fourth all-time at Georgian Court and nine away from third.
CACC Leaders (Based on NCAA Statistics)
• Gijs van Eif is in the top-5 in the CACC in both goals and points.
• At 1.20,
Ayendi Batista is fourth in the CACC in goals against average.
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Mikey Mallon is up to third in the league with 0.57 assists per game.
• GCU is committing the third fewest fouls per game at 11.
• Georgian Court's offense is doing a good job getting shots on goal with their 6.5 per game sitting fifth in the league.
• The Lions five corner kicks per game are the most in the conference.
Who's Hot?
• One of the hottest goaltender in the league is
Ayendi Batista who has three straight wins allowing just two goals in that span.
• He of course is helped out by a defense that's playing extremely well getting contributions from
Oscar Jannesson,
Robbie Tapp,
Ryan Lee and reigning CACC Defensive Player of the Week,
Vitor Antelo.
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Svante Haakansson scored twice at Dominican and was named the CACC Rookie of the Week.
• Gijs van Eif has goals in four of his last five games played.
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Mikey Mallon has an assist in three consecutive games.
Road Warriors
• Georgian Court is finishing up a season-long five-game road trip.
• So far they're 3-1 on the trip.
• If the Lions make it four straight road wins, it'll be their longest since winning five straight on the road in 2021.
About East Stroudsburg
• After winning three straight games to start the season, East Stroudsburg is winless in their last four.
• The Warriors are 0-2-2 since Sept. 18 with just two goals scored.
• There is noone on the Warriors that has scored more than one goal this season.
• Nia Chinapoo and Abby James each have a goal and an assist.
• Emmy Clarkson has played every minute in goal. She's made 24 saves with a .800 save percentage.
• The Warriors are staying out of trouble with only six yellow cards called against in seven games.
