JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 14, 2024) – The ETSU men's soccer team steps out of conference play for the finale time this season when the Buccaneers host Gardner-Webb on Senior Night Tuesday at Summers-Taylor Stadium. Game time is set for 6 p.m.
 
GAMEDAY INFO
ETSU (3-5-3) vs. Gardner-Webb (6-2-2)
Tuesday, Oct. 15 • 6 p.m. • Summers-Taylor Stadium • ESPN+ • Live Stats
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU sits at 3-5-3 on the season
• The Bucs are coming off back-to-back wins for the first time this season as ETSU opened Southern Conference play with a 2-0 win over VMI on Oct. 6 and defeated Wofford 2-0 last Saturday in Spartanburg
• With the six points in conference play, the reigning SoCon champions sit in first place in the conference standings
• Tuesday marks Senior Night for the Bucs as head coach Allen Vital and the ETSU Athletic Department will honor Marc Kouadio, Dave Neijenhuis and Gabriel Ramos pregame
• Ramos assisted on both goals Saturday at Wofford as Neijenhuis scored his first goal in a Buccaneer uniform and Jimmy Choi followed suit in the second half … For his career, Ramos has 17 assists to along with 14 goals for a total of 45 points in 65 games played
• Neijenhuis has played in all 11 matches in his first season in the Blue & Gold … The Buccaneer defender has logged just under 850 minutes on the pitch and has totaled the one goal on five shots
• Kouadio, a transfer from the University of Dayton, has played in 18 games in his three seasons with the Bucs … In those 18 games, the Buccaneer keeper has totaled 80 saves and notched three shutouts
• ETSU is 2-0-2 at home this season
• 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 GARDNER-WEBB    

• Gardner-Webb is 6-2-2 overall though its first 10 games
• The Runnin' Bulldogs are coming off a 2-2 draw over Presbyterian on Saturday night
• Gardner-Webb and ETSU have two common opponents with the Runnin' Bulldogs falling 3-2 at Wofford on Oct. 5 and defeated Wake Forest 3-1 on Sept. 6
• As a team, Gardner-Webb has netted 18 goals and given up 13
• Elias Khodri leads the team with six goals and has 13 points in 10 matches (nine starts)
• Alan Horrocks has started all 10 games in goal and has made 24 saves with two shutouts
• Gardner-Webb was picked third in Big South Preseason Coaches Poll

SERIES HISTORY

• Tuesday is just the third all-time meeting between the two programs
• The series is knotted at 1-1
• The Bucs won 1-0 last season in Boiling Springs, N.C., while Gardner-Webb defeated the Bucs 1-0 in 2022 in Johnson City
• Last season, Gabriel Ramos scored the lone goal in the 11th minute to give the Blue & Gold the victory

WHAT'S NEXT
ETSU hits the road to take on Mercer Saturday night at 7 p.m. in Macon, Ga.
 
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