CONWAY, S.C. – Fresh off a 3-1 victory over in-state foe Furman, the Coastal Carolina men's soccer team (3-3-2, 0-0-1 SBC) returns to the CCU Soccer Stadium to host No. 3 nationally-ranked Marshall (5-1-1, 1-0-1 SBC) on Thursday night at the CCU Soccer Stadium. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. ET. 
 
The Chanticleers and The Herd were originally scheduled to face off on Friday, Sept. 30, but due to impending heavy rainfall and the chance of unfavorable field conditions, both teams elected to move up the match. 
 
COASTAL VS. MARSHALL
Thursday will mark just the third all-time meeting between Coastal Carolina and Marshall. CCU holds the advantage 1-0-1 overall. 
 
The two programs first met on Sept. 20, 2002, which was a 4-1 Coastal victory. Most recently, the two faced off in a regular-season matchup last fall, playing to a 3-3 double overtime draw in Huntington, W.Va. 

LAST TIME OUT
The Chanticleers snapped a five-game winless streak in a non-conference matchup on the road at Furman last Sunday. 
 
In his first career start, Randy Burkhardt made a career-high seven saves in the match that saw the Paladins attempt 15 shots, eight of which were on goal.
 
Coastal Carolina took an early 1-0 lead over Furman as Eythor Kjartansson found a driving Marcello Jones, who passed to Alvaro Garcia-Pascual. Garcia-Pascual sent a quick touch back to Jones, who notched his second goal of the season off a rebounded shot in the 22nd minute. However, Furman leveled the score just three minutes later as the Paladins' Tommy Redhead converted a penalty kick to even the match a 1-1. 
 
The Chanticleers answered in the 30th minute as Danny Cabrera drove towards the net and sent a pass into Noe Santos, who notched his second goal of the season to make the score 2-1 in favor of CCU. Garcia-Pascual notched his sixth goal of the season in the 67th minute, as the sophomore headed in a pass from teammate Dimitris Moraitakis to give the Chanticleers a 3-1 advantage.

CHANT TALK

• Garcia-Pascual leads the Chanticleers in total goals scored (six) and points (12), while Maurice Hauser sits second on the team with his three goals and six points. Santos and Jones each have added two scores, while Santos has provided three assists. 
• Joey Batrouni has started seven games between the pipes for Coastal, seeing 592 total minutes and tacking on 23 saves (.590 save percentage). Redshirt freshman Burkhardt picked up his first collegiate start on the road at Furman, as the Pennsylvania native has now seen 112 minutes in goal while recording nine saves – seven of which came last Sunday.

SCOUTING THE HERD

• Matthew Bell holds the offensive reins for Marshall with his seven goals (14 points) leading all scorers, while Milo Yosef has added five goals and a helper (11 points) to sit in second on the team. Joao Souza has contributed three goals and one assist as well. 
• The Herd is coming off a 1-0 win over West Virginia on Saturday. Yosef tallied his Sun Belt Conference-leading third game-winning goal of the season as graduate student goalkeeper Oliver Semmle recorded his second shutout this year. 
• Bell leads the conference in points (14) and goals (seven), ranking 12th and fifth nationally in those statistics. Junior Adam Aoumaich leads the Sun Belt with six assists this season, which is fifth in NCAA Division I men's soccer.

 
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