Men's Soccer | 9/26/2014 9:45:00 AM
Bloomsburg (4-1-1, 3-0 PSAC) vs. West Chester (4-3, 2-1 PSAC)When: Saturday, Sept. 27, 5:00 p.m.Where: Steph Petit Stadium, Bloomsburg, PAOnline Coverage: Live Stats Â
STORYLINEBloomsburg looks to extend its winning streak to five when they take on West Chester on Saturday. The Huskies have won four of their last five, including beating three PSAC opponents.
LAST MEETING(Box Score) The Huskies and the Golden Rams played to a 0-0 draw at West Chester on Sept. 21 of last year.
Bernie Roell (Douglassville/Daniel Boone) made nine saves in the contest. The Huskies tested West Chester keeper Ryan Shultz, firing eight shots on net and racking up a total of 14.
SCOUTING WEST CHESTERThe Golden Rams are sporting a winning record in the PSAC and overall this year. They have only outscored their opponents 11-8, and have been outshot by a total of 97-61. This shot margin does include being outshot 49-20 in the first half of their games. Eight different Golden Rams have tallied goals, and there are three players with two goals apiece on the year. Freshman goalkeeper Matt Palmer has seen most of the action in net for West Chester. He has allowed six goals and made 30 saves in five games.
LAST TIME OUT(Box Score) On Wednesday at East Stroudsburg, the Huskies dominated the Warriors by a score of 4-0. Freshman forward
Anthony Cerda (Budd Lake, NJ/Mount Olive) netted two goals, while junior midfielder
Matt Zima (Newtown/Council Rock North) tallied a goal and an assist. Freshman
Jared Ott (Philadelphia/Archbishop Ryan) made six saves in the shutout victory.
YOUNG GUYS CHIPPING INBloomsburg is a very young team this season, carrying 12 freshmen, including a freshman goalkeeper in
Jared Ott (Philadelphia/Archbishop Ryan). Every freshman has seen minutes this year with
Anthony Cerda (Budd Lake, NJ/Mount Olive) leading the way offensively with three goals while redshirt freshman
Austin Transue (Langhorne/Neshaminy) has two scores. Ott, meanwhile, has posted a 0.77 goals against average with 19 saves in over 469 minutes.
OFFENSIVE DOMINANCEThe Huskies continue to pepper their opponents' nets with shots. Bloomsburg has outscored opponents 17-2 during its four-match winning streak.
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