LAKEWOOD, NJ (Sept. 11, 2026) - Georgian Court Men's Soccer is the hottest team in the CACC to start the season. They bring their high-powered offense to Queens for a regional top-10 showdown. 

Opponent
Queens Knights (3-1-1)

Where
Flushing, NY - Varsity Soccer Field

When
Saturday, Sept. 12 - 7:30 pm 

How to Watch
• Saturday's game will be streamed on a pay-to-view broadcast on Queens' portal of the ECC Digital Network partnered with FloCollege. 

Previously vs. Queens
• It's been 10 years since the Lions last defeated Queens.
• All-time GCU is 2-4 against the Knights and 0-3 since 2017.
• They last played in 2022, a 1-0 loss in Flushing.
• Of the six matches, five have ended in a shutout.

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court scored four times in the second half for a 5-2 win on the road at Pitt-Johnstown.
• The five goals is the most GCU has scored in a game this season and matches their most from a year ago.
• Sander Rynning scored the game-tying and game-winning goals five minutes apart in the second half.
• Gijs van Eif tied a Lions single-game record with three assists.
• Simon Mortensen made two saves. 

CACC Stat Leaders
• Georgian Court has deployed a potent offense through four games. They lead the CACC in goals, assists and points and are top-15 in the nation in all three categories.
• The Lions 8.75 points per game ranks ninth in Division II and their three goals per game are just outside the top-10 ranking 11th.
• Individually, Gijs van Eif is leading the conference with two points per game. His four assists are tied for the most in all of Division II.
• Sander Rynning's three goals are tops in the league.
• Van Eif, Leo Elder and Nabeel Khan are all tied for fourth in goals scored with two.

Individual Milestones
• Anthony Ryan is one game played away from reach 20. Joseph Juarez needs another to appear in his 50th career game.
• One more point will bring Sander Rynning to 10.
• Gijs van Eif is closing in on 30 career goals with 29. He's also at 67 career points. He'd be the third Lion to ever score 30 goals and 70 points in a career.
• Yanis Achouri is 47 minutes short of having played 1,000 at GCU. 

Who's Hot?
• Seems like good things are happening no matter who touches the ball.
• Gijs van Eif scored seven points last week with two goals and three assists.
• Sander Rynning has three goals in his last three games. 
• Nabeel (not Noah) Khan and Leo Elder have each scored a goal in back-to-back games.
• Shermicah Moore has played 77 minutes over the last two games and scored a goal.
• Both goalies, Lennox Blue Lebelt and Simon Mortensen earned wins last week.

CACC Awards
• The Lions are racking up the wins and the awards.
• Through two weeks of CACC awards, GCU has earned three.
• It started two weeks ago with Tim Wilk as the Defensive Player of the Week, earning the first in his career.
• Gijs van Eif was this week's CACC Player of the Week, the third time he's earned that award.
• Lennox Blue Lebelt has one start, one win and now one Goalkeeper of the Week award under his belt. 

About Queens
• Queens has gotten off to a similarly strong start as GCU.
• The Knights are 3-1-1 and like the Lions have scored nine goals in their last two matches.
• They too are ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Regional Top-10, checking in this week at No. 7.
• They recently defeated Bridgeport 4-0. The Purple Knights were picked to finish second in the CACC to start the season.
• Queens has made a recent change in net with Stian Haugland starting the last two games. He's allowed just one goal with a .857 save percentage.
• On the offensive side, Keithlend Cesar and Tommy Gunn each have a team-best three goals.
• The Knights have gotten into a bit of trouble with 16 yellow cards on the season, more than three per game. They also average 13 common fouls per match.