JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 25, 2024) – The ETSU men's soccer team looks to secure its second straight Southern Conference regular season title when the Buccaneers host Furman in their regular season home finale on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Summers-Taylor Stadium.
 
GAMEDAY INFO
ETSU (5-5-3, 3-0-0) vs. Furman (7-3-2, 2-1-0)
Saturday, Oct. 26 • 6 p.m. • Summers-Taylor Stadium • ESPN+ • Live Stats
*Free admission | One lucky fan will have the chance to win a signed ETSU soccer ball
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU sits at 5-5-3 overall and 3-0-0 in SoCon play
• The Bucs have won four straight matches, which is tied for the fifth longest streak in the country (High Point has the longest active win streak at nine straight)
• ETSU is outscoring its opponents 8-1 during this win streak
• Marc Kouadio has registered three shutouts over the last four matches
• Kouadio ranks fifth nationally in saves (68), seventh in saves per game (5.23) and 19th in save percentage (0.810)
• During this four-game win streak, Gabriel Ramos has scored two goals and dished out three assists, while Louie Salkeld has one goal and three assists … Salkeld netted the game-winner last Saturday at Mercer
• Kouadio has recorded 22 saves in his last four outings … Kouadio, who surpassed 200 career saves last Saturday, needs six saves to notch 100 for his ETSU career
• ETSU is 3-0-2 at home this season, while the Bucs haven't lost a home conference game since Oct. 30, 2021 (2-0 loss to UNCG)
• The Bucs are 7-0-1 in their last eight SoCon games … ETSU's last conference setback came on Oct. 29, 2022 when the Bucs fell 3-2 at Mercer
• In 67 career matches (60 starts), Ramos has totaled 15 goals, 17 assists and 47 points
• The 15 goals rank seventh all-time in program history, while his 47 points also rank seventh-most by a Buccaneer
• 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 FURMAN    

• Furman has won three straight and sits 7-3-2 overall and 2-1-0 in SoCon play
• The Paladins are coming off a 2-0 win over Wofford on Tuesday night in Greenville, S.C.
• Furman is 4-2-1 on the road
• As a team, the Paladins have netted 20 goals and only given up 13
• Christian Kraus and Lloyd Wamu Snell have combined for nine goals and five assists … Kraus has a team-best five goals and three assists, while Wamu Snell has four goals and two assists
• Wamu Snell ranks third among all NCAA Division I players in shot accuracy (0.682) and Kraus is fifth (0.667)
• Aaron Salinas has started all 12 games in goal and has registered 29 saves with three shutouts
• Furman ranks eighth nationally in shots on goal per game (7.17), 13th in shot accuracy (0.491) and 26th in shots per game (14.58) 

SERIES HISTORY

• Saturday is the 21st all-time meeting between the two programs
• Furman leads the series, 10-4-6
• The Bucs have won the last two meetings – a 2-0 victory last year in Greenville and a 1-0 win 2022 in Johnson City
• ETSU is 2-6-3 against Furman in Johnson City
• The Bucs have only tallied 11 goals in the 20 previous meetings

WHAT'S NEXT
ETSU wraps up regular season play next Saturday at UNCG. Game time is set for 6 p.m. at UNCG Soccer Stadium.
 
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