THE BUCS:
Head Coach: Scott Calabrese (Bryant '95)
Record: 7-4-0
Conference: 2-2-0 (4th)
Home Record: 5-0-0
Goals For: 15
Goals Against: 14
Shooting Percentage: 8.4%
Shots on Goal Percentage: 31.5%
Biggest Win: 9/30 vs. Campbell, 4-0
Biggest Loss: 10/10 at FGCU, 0-5
Stats Leaders
Goals: Aaron Schoenfeld, David Geno (3)
Assists: Itode Fubara, Guilherme Reis (3)
Shots: Schoenfeld (41)
Shots on Goal: Geno (14)
Shooting Percentage (min. 10 shots): Geno (12.5%)
Minutes Played (GK): Ronnie Hreha (523)
Goals Against: James Holt (6)
Goals Against Average: Holt (1.05)
Saves: Holt (16)
Save Percentage: Holt (72.7%)
Shutouts: Holt, Hreha (1)
Projected Starting XI
Hreha
Woodruff-Westbrook-Reis-Reed
Fubara-Osorio-Samperio-Pugh
Schoenfeld-Geno
Tonight's Opponent:
Head Coach: Scott Calabrese (Bryant '95)
Record: 7-4-0
Conference: 2-2-0 (4th)
Home Record: 5-0-0
Goals For: 15
Goals Against: 14
Shooting Percentage: 8.4%
Shots on Goal Percentage: 31.5%
Biggest Win: 9/30 vs. Campbell, 4-0
Biggest Loss: 10/10 at FGCU, 0-5
Stats Leaders
Goals: Aaron Schoenfeld, David Geno (3)
Assists: Itode Fubara, Guilherme Reis (3)
Shots: Schoenfeld (41)
Shots on Goal: Geno (14)
Shooting Percentage (min. 10 shots): Geno (12.5%)
Minutes Played (GK): Ronnie Hreha (523)
Goals Against: James Holt (6)
Goals Against Average: Holt (1.05)
Saves: Holt (16)
Save Percentage: Holt (72.7%)
Shutouts: Holt, Hreha (1)
Projected Starting XI
Hreha
Woodruff-Westbrook-Reis-Reed
Fubara-Osorio-Samperio-Pugh
Schoenfeld-Geno
Tonight's Opponent:
Jacksonville Dolphins
Record: 6-5-1
Conference Record: 1-2-0 (8th)
Away Record: 1-1-1
Goals For: 26
Goals Against: 21
Shooting Percentage: 12.7%
Shots on Goal Percentage: 48.5%
Biggest Win: 9/19 vs. Alabama A&M, 7-0
Biggest Loss: 9/1 at Central FL, 0-5
Stats Leaders
Goals: Nedim Hrustic (7)
Assists: Darko Karamatic, Daniele Campailla (3)
Shots: Hrustic (36.8%)
Shots on Goal: Karamatic (22)
Shooting Percentage (min. 10 shots): Hrustic (36.8%)
Minutes Played (GK): Johnny Foley (979)*
Goals Against: Foley (19)
Goals Against Average: Foley (1.75)
Saves: Foley (44)
Save Percentage: Foley, (69.8%)
Shutouts: Foley (1)
(*Foley leads all statistical categories by default because Zach Greenwald has only played three games.)
Projected Starting XI
Foley
Resch-Hottner-Harvey-Ivanovic
???-Faga-Helms-Campailla
Hrustic-Karamatic
(Purely speculation. I have no clue what their lineup will look like. I wish I did.)
Record: 6-5-1
Conference Record: 1-2-0 (8th)
Away Record: 1-1-1
Goals For: 26
Goals Against: 21
Shooting Percentage: 12.7%
Shots on Goal Percentage: 48.5%
Biggest Win: 9/19 vs. Alabama A&M, 7-0
Biggest Loss: 9/1 at Central FL, 0-5
Stats Leaders
Goals: Nedim Hrustic (7)
Assists: Darko Karamatic, Daniele Campailla (3)
Shots: Hrustic (36.8%)
Shots on Goal: Karamatic (22)
Shooting Percentage (min. 10 shots): Hrustic (36.8%)
Minutes Played (GK): Johnny Foley (979)*
Goals Against: Foley (19)
Goals Against Average: Foley (1.75)
Saves: Foley (44)
Save Percentage: Foley, (69.8%)
Shutouts: Foley (1)
(*Foley leads all statistical categories by default because Zach Greenwald has only played three games.)
Projected Starting XI
Foley
Resch-Hottner-Harvey-Ivanovic
???-Faga-Helms-Campailla
Hrustic-Karamatic
(Purely speculation. I have no clue what their lineup will look like. I wish I did.)
Today may be the start of the most important weekend of conference play, at least for these two teams. After a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Gulf Coast, this is a golden opportunity for this ETSU squad to show its resilience by bouncing back at home. The Dolphins meanwhile, have something to prove after dropping their tilts against both Nashville schools last weekend.
ETSU's best talents lie up front, with a layered and diverse attack that plays a very attractive brand of soccer (something Calabrese really seems to emphasize in his coaching style, which gets a thumbs-up from me). Schoenfeld is a great player on the ball, Geno is a natural finisher, Fubara and Woodruff both have great feet, and Colin Pugh has a lot of pure speed. Despite this, they've only been able to score more than two goals once, and have gone into overtime more than once to pull out wins (Marshall, Clemson, UNC-A). Gui Reis has been excellent in orchestrating the defense, but he really needs to be on his game to contain JU forward Nedim Hrustic, who has provided more than a fourth of the Dolphins' offense.
Jacksonville's defense has been a real sore spot; they've shut out two teams this year, but one of those squads was a winless (in conference play) North Florida team and the other was an Alabama A&M program that will no longer exist after November 3. The back line is young, with the oldest player being junior Tobbias Hottner, but are a formidable group on paper, with Hottner standing at 6'4" and frosh Garrett Harvey towering over most forwards in the A-Sun at 6'3" to lead the way.. Suffice it to say that Aaron Schoenfeld is going to be well-covered tonight.
Offense is the name of the game for the Dolphins as it is for the Bucs, with Hrustic and Serbian Darko Karamatic providing a lot of spark up front, and Daniele Campailla feeding them the ball from the midfield. All three players are juniors or seniors, and in a game that promises lots of end-to-end play, ETSU's back line will have to be at their absolute best to keep this game under control.
Of course, some of that pressure falls on the keeper. I have to imagine that Coach is going with one keeper tonight unless things start to get ugly. I have no idea which one he'll go with, though. That really depends on the performances during the Peninsular Punishments.
Well, that about covers it... what? Women? Yeah, they're in Georgia this weekend, playing two huge fixtures this weekend. More on those games and why they're so important later. It's go time!
ETSU's best talents lie up front, with a layered and diverse attack that plays a very attractive brand of soccer (something Calabrese really seems to emphasize in his coaching style, which gets a thumbs-up from me). Schoenfeld is a great player on the ball, Geno is a natural finisher, Fubara and Woodruff both have great feet, and Colin Pugh has a lot of pure speed. Despite this, they've only been able to score more than two goals once, and have gone into overtime more than once to pull out wins (Marshall, Clemson, UNC-A). Gui Reis has been excellent in orchestrating the defense, but he really needs to be on his game to contain JU forward Nedim Hrustic, who has provided more than a fourth of the Dolphins' offense.
Jacksonville's defense has been a real sore spot; they've shut out two teams this year, but one of those squads was a winless (in conference play) North Florida team and the other was an Alabama A&M program that will no longer exist after November 3. The back line is young, with the oldest player being junior Tobbias Hottner, but are a formidable group on paper, with Hottner standing at 6'4" and frosh Garrett Harvey towering over most forwards in the A-Sun at 6'3" to lead the way.. Suffice it to say that Aaron Schoenfeld is going to be well-covered tonight.
Offense is the name of the game for the Dolphins as it is for the Bucs, with Hrustic and Serbian Darko Karamatic providing a lot of spark up front, and Daniele Campailla feeding them the ball from the midfield. All three players are juniors or seniors, and in a game that promises lots of end-to-end play, ETSU's back line will have to be at their absolute best to keep this game under control.
Of course, some of that pressure falls on the keeper. I have to imagine that Coach is going with one keeper tonight unless things start to get ugly. I have no idea which one he'll go with, though. That really depends on the performances during the Peninsular Punishments.
Well, that about covers it... what? Women? Yeah, they're in Georgia this weekend, playing two huge fixtures this weekend. More on those games and why they're so important later. It's go time!
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