SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Oct. 11, 2024) – Coming off a win over VMI last Sunday, the ETSU men's soccer team looks to continue its winning ways as the Buccaneers travel to South Carolina to take on Wofford on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Snyder Field.
 
GAMEDAY INFO
ETSU (2-5-3, 1-0-0) at Wofford (4-2-2, 0-0-0)
Saturday, Oct. 12 • 7 p.m. • Snyder Field • ESPN+ • Live Stats

ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU is 2-5-3 overall and 1-0-0 in SoCon play
• The Bucs secured a 2-0 victory over VMI last Sunday at Summers-Taylor Stadium
• Shewit Worton scored his first collegiate goal in the 53rd minute and Gabriel Ramos netted his team-leading third goal in the 61st
• Marc Kouadio earned SoCon Defensive Player of the Week honors after securing his first shutout of the season against the Keydets … In two matches last week, Kouadio totaled 20 saves, including a program-record 14 stops at Wake Forest
• Last Sunday's win marked the first for the Blue & Gold since defeating Longwood 3-1 in the season opener back on Aug. 22
• ETSU improved to 2-0-2 at home this season following the win over VMI
• Following his goal and assist last Sunday, Ramos now has 14 career goals, 15 career assists and 43 career points in 64 matches played
• The Bucs are led by first-year head coach Allen Vital … Vital comes to Johnson City with 27 years of head coaching experience as he spent 14 years at Carson-Newman and spent the last 13 seasons at his alma mater, Tusculum
• ETSU won the Southern Conference regular season title a year ago after finishing the 2023 campaign with an overall record of 9-5-3 and league mark of 4-0-1
• The Bucs return nine players who logged minutes on the pitch last season, including preseason all-SoCon selection Gabriel Ramos
• Ramos, a preseason all-SoCon selection, started all 17 matches last season where he tallied six goals, five assists and 17 points … Ramos led the team in goals and points and was tied for the team lead in assists

ABOUT WOFFORD    

• Wofford enters SoCon play with an overall record of 4-2-2
• The Terriers played Wake Forest to a scoreless draw on Tuesday night in Winston-Salem, N.C.
• Wofford has won two of its three home games this season
• The Terriers have scored seven goals and allowed six in eight matches this season
• Declan Mettee leads the team with two goals, while Jakob Andersson has a team-best three assists
• Leo Ledin has played all 720 minutes in goal for the Terriers and has totaled four shutouts

SERIES HISTORY

• ETSU leads the all-time series 11-3-4
• The Bucs are 9-0-2 in the last 11 matches versus the Terriers
• The teams played to a scoreless draw last September in Johnson City
• Wofford's last win in the series came in 2016 where the Terriers earned a 1-0 victory in Spartanburg

WHAT'S NEXT
ETSU steps out of conference play as the Bucs host Gardner-Webb on Tuesday night at 6 p.m.
 
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