| THE LEAD |
| The Daemen College men's soccer team competes at home for the fourth time in the last two weeks as the Wildcats host Gannon University in a non-conference game on Tuesday afternoon. |
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| GAME INFORMATION |
| Daemen vs. Gannon |
| Date: Tuesday, September 13 |
Time:Â 1:00 p.m. |
Location: Park School Field - Amherst, N.Y. |
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| GAME LINKS |
| Daemen Roster |
Daemen Schedule |
Daemen Stats |
| Gannon Roster |
Gannon Schedule |
Gannon Stats |
| Live Stats |
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Daemen Twitter:Â |
@DaemenAthletics, @DaemenMSOC |
| Daemen Hashtags:Â |
#DCWildcatNation, #WNYsD2Team, #LiveBreatheDaemen, #beFIERCE |
| Gannon Twitter:Â |
@GUKnights |
| Gannon Hashtags: |
#GUPossibilities, #uKnighted |
| Game Hashtags: |
#DAEvsGU |
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| ON THE SIDELINES |
Daemen: Bobby McColl enters his first season at the helm for Daemen after spending the last three seasons as the Head Women's Soccer Coach at Roberts Wesleyan College...McColl's tenure at Roberts Wesleyan notably came during that program's ascent to the NCAA Division II level of competition, compiling a 35-20-5 record in that span, including a 12-5-3 mark last season in which McColl led the Redhawks to an apparance in the East Coast Conference Tournament finals and at-large berth in the NCAA Division II National Championships....prior to his time in Rochester, McColl served for one season as the Head Men's Soccer Coach at Greenville College (Ill.), leading that NCAA Division III program to a 10-6-3 mark and a second-place finish in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference...a native of Glasgow, Scotland, McColl came stateside to compete collegiately, playing three season at Union University (Tenn.) before finishing his career at Trinity International University (Ill.).
Gannon: Dale White is in his second season as the head men's soccer coach at Gannon...in his first season on the sidelines for his alma mater, White led the Knights to an overall record of 7-9 and a 5-6 mark in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference...White came back to Gannon after spending the 2010-14 seasons as the head coach at Mercyhurst University...while there, White led the Lakers to five straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including a run to the national semifinals in 2012...through his first six seasons as a head coach, White owns an 83-34-5 record. |
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| DAEMEN SCOUTING REPORT (1-4-0, 0-0-0 ECC) |
| Daemen returns 13 players from last year's team that finished 2-13-1 overall and 0-9-1 in the East Coast Conference…first-year head coach Bobby McColl returns the team's top two scorers and starting goalkeeper from last year...…sophomore Kyle Tracy and senior Alex Reid shared the team lead in scoring last season, both posting 10 points....Tracy's point total came on his team-leading five goals...Reid has scored 13 goals in his career and totaled 33 points heading into his final season for the Wildcats...sophomore net-minder Justin Figler played every second of every game last season as a true freshman, finishing second in the ECC with 88 saves...also back is senior forward Cole Beale who notched a team-high five goals and 11 points in 2014…in the midfield, Daemen returns a pair of veterans in Nick Sammarco and Logan Podrebarac...Sammarco has made 34 starts in his career to date while Podrebarac started in 14 of his 15 appearances last season while posting five points...senior Austin Stephany returns to anchor the Wildcat defense...he's made 30 appearances in the last two seasons, including 29 starts, since transferring from Division I Buffalo...newcomers who are expected to make an immediate impact include senior forward Colin Edwards, a transfer from Tiffin University, and freshmen backs Kyle White and Joe Keem...Daemen was picked 10th in the 2016 ECC preseason poll...Daemen snapped an 11-game slide dating back to last season with a 1-0 win at D'Youville on Sunday...freshman forward Ali Shawish netted the first goal of his career which stood up as the game-winner...the Wildcats dominated possession and established a 23-5 edge in total shot attempts...Figler needed to make just one save to record his second career shutout...the win marked the first in the tenure of new head coach Bobby McColl...Shawish has paced the Wildcat offense thus far with a team-high 20 shot attempts which ranks second in the ECC...additional offensive production has come from Beale (12 shots) who scored in a 2-1 double-overtime loss to Ashland...Figler leads all ECC goalkeepers with 23 saves. |
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| GANNON SCOUTING REPORT (2-1-1, 1-0-1 PSAC) |
| Gannon returns 17 players from last year's team that finished 7-9-0 overall and 5-6-0 in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference play...among the Knights' returners are redshirt-junior George Stannard and junior Ted Martin who tied for the team lead with three goals last season, and the team's top point-producer in junior Sergio Kobowane (2 gls, 3 asts, 7 pts)...Sweden native Jorge Hernandez is also back after starting all 16 contests in goal for the Knights in 2015...Gannon was picked third in the 2016 PSAC preseason poll...after opening the season with a 1-0 loss at Charleston (W. Va.), the Knights have gone three straight games without a loss (2-0-1)...senior forward Hamza Mourchid scored twice, including the game-winning goal in overtime in a 3-2 win over Notre Dame (Ohio) on Sept. 4...GU opened PSAC play last Friday with a 2-2 tie at Bloomsburg before picking up their first league win of the season, a 2-1 win at West Chester on Saturday...Mourchid scored twice again vs. Bloomsburg...he has paced the Knights' offense thus far with four goals and an assist...Kobowane, who scored in the win at West Chester, has produced two goals and an assist...Manuel Mangu got the call between the pipes in the first two games of the year before giving way to Hernandez last weekend...the Knights presently lead the PSAC in total shots (75), shots per game (18.75), shots on goal (42) and shots on goal per game (10.50). |
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| THE HISTORY |
| All-Time: The all-time series between Daemen & Gannon is tied, 1-1 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Sept. 15, 2015 - Gannon 3, Daemen 2 |
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Game Recap |
| Sept. 16, 2014 - Daemen 3, Gannon 1 |
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Game Recap |
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| THIS DAY IN DAEMEN MEN'S SOCCER HISTORY |
| Sept. 13: Cole Beale notched his second goal of the season, but it wasn't enough to lead Daemen past Slippery Rock in 2014 as the Wildcats fell 2-1...Kyle Clifford scored twice, including the game-winner just three minutes into the second half as Daemen ousted Hilbert 2-1 in 2010. |
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| ON THE HORIZON |
| Daemen opens East Coast Conference play by hosting Mercy College on Friday (11 a.m.) and St. Thomas Aquinas College on Sunday (11 a.m.). |
