LAKEWOOD, NJ (Nov. 6, 2026) – After freshman Nicholas Damiano's 73^rd minute goal sent No. 6 seed Georgian Court into the Championship, the Lions (11-6-3, 5-4-1) aim to bring home their second title in program history this weekend against No. 5 seed Bridgeport.

Opponent
No. 5 seeded Bridgeport Purple Knights (9-7-3, 6-4-0)
 
Where
Newark, DE – WU Athletics Complex
 
Location Explained
• Saturday's Championship Match will be held at the WU Athletics Complex (Home of the Wilmington Wildcats). Championship locations are determined prior to the start of the season.
 
When
Saturday, November 7 – 10:00 am
 
How to Watch
• Saturday's game is available to watch on a free-to-view video stream on the CACC Digital Network, powered by HUDL.
• Live stats are also available on the Lions schedule page.
 
Previously vs. Bridgeport
• UB got the better of Georgian Court during the regular season, picking up a 3-1 win in Lakewood.
• CACC Player of the Year Kristians Prieditis made his presence felt with two goals and an assist while CACC Rookie of the Year Loic Forsterling also scored.
• Prieditis' goal in the 79^th minute broke a 1-1 deadlock after Noah-Maxim Kleiser tied the match in the 68^th minute.
• The Lions are 3-3-1 all-time against the Purple Knights.
• Saturday's meeting is the first ever neutral site match between the two schools.
 
Previously vs. Bridgeport (Playoff Edition)
• Saturday marks the second ever playoff meeting between the two teams. The only other postseason meeting occurred in the 2023 Semifinals, with No. 3 seed Bridgeport picking up a 4-1 win over the No. 7 seed Lions.
• UB led 1-0 at the half and built a 4-0 lead by the 74^th minute before Maurice Engl scored in the 90^th minute to break the shutout.
• Of note, Bridgeport joined the CACC prior to the 2022 season.
 
Postseason Rules
• Now that the CACC Tournament is here, overtime rules are in effect and can be found below:
• Up to two sudden-victory overtime periods of 10 minutes each shall be played. The first team to score wins. If the score still is tied at the end of the second overtime period, the game shall be recorded as a tie and proceed to penalty kicks.
• In penalty kicks, each team shall take an initial series of five kicks, if necessary, to determine a winner. If the score is still tied after each team has taken five kicks, kicks shall continue alternately in the same order until a team has one more goal in the same number of kicks.
 
CACC Tournament History
• Georgian Court is making their 3^rd appearance in the Championship Match in the 14-year history of the program and their first since 2016.
• The Lions are 0-1-1 in the Title Match. They advanced on penalty kicks over Post in 2016 before losing to the Eagles in 2019.
• The 2016 team won the title in just the fourth year of the program.
• Georgian Court has only faced schools from Connecticut in the Title Match (Post, Bridgeport).
• Saturday's match marks the first time a No. 5 seed and a No. 6 seed will play for the title.
• The winner receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 
Last Time Out
• Playing for the first time in three weeks, Nicholas Damiano provided the heroics, scoring his first collegiate goal in the 73^rd minute to help the Lions take down Post, 2-1.
• It marked the first time the Lions have ever beaten the Eagles in the CACC Tournament and the first time they defeated the Eagles twice in the same season.
• Gijs van Eif opened the scoring by converting a first half penalty kick. The goal, his 10^th of the season, makes it twice in three years he's reached double digit goals.
 
CACC Stat Leaders
• Georgian Court sits second in the league in points (108). They are second in goals (38) and tied for third in assists (32).
• The Lions have taken the second most corner kicks (104).
• Individually, Gijs van Eif leads the conference in shots (75). He is second in goals (10) and points (28) and third in assists (8).
• Lennox Blue Lebelt is tied for third with four clean sheets.
 
Individual Milestones
• Nabeel Khan is one appearance shy of 25.
• Gijs van Eif is two assists away from 15 and three goals shy of 40.
• Lennox Blue Lebelt needs one more shutout for five. His four shutouts are tied for the third most in a single-season in program history.

All-CACC Honors
• On Wednesday night, the league unveiled their annual All-CACC teams.
• Gijs van Eif became the first three-time All-CACC First Team selection in program history while Yanis Achouri and Noah-Maxim Kleiser earned Second Team honors. Kleiser is just the second freshman (Niklas Laenger, 2018) to earn All-CACC honors in program history.
 
About Bridgeport
• Defending CACC Tournament champion Bridgeport blitzed the regular season champion Wildcats in the Semifinals, scoring three goals in the opening 21:31 to earn a 4-2 win. Two of the three goals were own goals.
• UB is looking to become the first repeat CACC Tournament champion since Post won five-straight from 2018-2023.
• Kristians Prieditis finished with a goal and an assist while Pablo Marques also scored.
• Prieditis, who was recently named CACC Player of the Year, has scored 18 goals, which places him in a four-way tie for the most in Division II. He leads the nation in points (45) and his nine assists are the second most in the league.
• All-CACC First Team selection Joao Miranda sits tied for fourth in the league with seven assists while Marques has dished out six assists.
• Samuel Dundas rounds out the UB All-CACC contingent. He earned Second Team honors.
• Magnus Midtlien and Viktor Masek have both seen considerable action in goal. Midtlien has appeared in 12 matches but possesses the second highest GAA in the league (2.25). Masek has made eight starts, compiling a 1.87 GAA and a .696 SV %.