Wildcats Head To Philly For Non League Match With Chestnut Hill Wednesday

9/20/2022 11:38:00 AM

By: CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

Game #7
Daemen Wildcats (2-3-1, 0-2-0 ECC) vs. Chestnut Hill Griffins (0-4-2, 0-2-1 CACC)
DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 21
TIME: 12 p.m.
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pa. | Victory Field #1
LIVE STREAM BROADCAST: via CACC Network
LIVE STATS: via Chestnut Hill Athletics

BACK IN ACTION
Daemen travels to Philadelphia, Pa. for a non-conference game at Chestnut Hill College. The Wildcats will play five of their next six games on the road.

LAST TIME OUT
Queens ran its winning streak to four games following a 3-0 victory over Daemen in East Coast Conference men's soccer action this past Saturday. Queens, which was coming off a 3-0 upset of nationally-ranked Southern Connecticut State, improved to 6-2-0 overall and 2-0-0 in the ECC. Daemen fell to 2-3-1 overall and 0-2-0 in the league. Queens scored all three of its goals in the second half. The hosts broke a scoreless tie just 54 seconds into the second half when the Knights were awarded a penalty kick after sophomore Adolfo Martinez Paquet was fouled in the Daemen box. Martinez Paquet then sent the penalty kick into the lower right corner for his team-leading fifth goal of the year. Daemen goaltender Marcos Lerma Escobar (Zaragoza, Spain) kept the Wildcats within striking distance with several nice saves until late in the game when the Knights secured the win with two goals in the span of eight minutes. Queens finished with a 21-4 edge in total shots and an 8-2 edge in shots on goal. Lerma Escobar finished with five saves for the Wildcats.

RETURNING VETERANS
Daemen returns 20 players from its 2021 roster. Experience is abundant, as the team features four graduate students, nine seniors and five juniors. Daemen had a balanced attack offensively last year, as the team's 21 goals were scored by 11 different players. Veterans Christian Lewin (Bobenheim-Roxheim, Germany), Derek Bartlo (Williamsville, N.Y.) and Dennis Montero Guerrero (Weingarten, Germany) return up front. Lewin ranked second on the team in goals scored (3) last year. Senior Pontus Lundin (Asmundtorp, Sweden) and junior Michel Hölscher (Hamminkeln, Germany) return in the midfield. Lundin has stated 43 games over his career and totaled two goals and five points last year. Hölscher started 11 games last year and netted three goals. The Wildcats return the core of a defensive unit that limited 12 of its 16 opponents to two goals or less last year. Seniors Trey Buscaglia (East Amherst, N.Y.) and Ajan Rajamohan (Spencerport, N.Y.) and junior Alexander Khademi (Stockholm, Sweden) will head up the back line. Graduate student Marcos Lerma Escobar (Zaragoza, Spain) returns between the pipes after starting 15 of 16 games last year. He averaged five saves a game and posted a 1.71 goals against average last fall. He turned away a career-high 12 shots in a season-ending 4-2 win over Queens College. Bartlo and Lundin will serve as team captains in 2022.

THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS
Prior to Saturday's loss to Queens, Daemen had limited each of its first five opponents to just one goal.

ON THE HORIZON
Daemen is idle until next Wednesday (Sept. 28) when it hosts rival Roberts Wesleyan in an East Coast Conference game.

SCOUTING THE GRIFFINS
Chestnut Hill is a member of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. The Griffins remained winless (0-4-2, 0-2-1 CACC) on the year following a 1-1 tie with Alliance (formerly Nyack) this past Saturday. The Knights opened the year with a 2-1 loss at Queens and then suffered a 4-2 loss to nationally-ranked Millersville. The Griffins battled St. Thomas Aquinas to a 3-3 tie, before opening CACC play with back-to-back losses to Bridgeport (4-1) and Wilmington (3-0). CHC went 2-13-3 overall (2-8-1 CACC) last year. The Griffins were picked 11th in the 2022 ECC preseason poll. Junior Juan Ortiz has accounted for three of CHC's eight goals thus far. He totaled two goals and an assist in the 3-3 tie with STAC. Freshman Stephen Connor has started five of the six games in goal (2.05 GAA) and made a season-high 12 saves in the loss to Wilmington.

ALL-TIME SERIES: DAEMEN VS. CHESTNUT HILL
Series Record: Daemen, 1-0
At Daemen: Daemen, 1-0
At Chestnut Hill: 0-0
Last Meeting: Daemen 5, Chestnut Hill 0 | Oct. 13, 2021 | at Amherst, N.Y.

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