Men’s Soccer Welcomes No. 3 Marshall Friday
10/17/2024 11:16:00 AM | Men's Soccer
CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina men's soccer team will take on their second ranked opponent of the year in No. 3 Marshall on Friday, Oct. 18 at the CCU Soccer Complex. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET.
Chant Talk
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Chant Talk
- Coastal owns a 3-7-1, 1-2-1 Sun Belt record on the season.
- Gudjon Stefansson was named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday. This marks the first time the Chants have had a Player of the Week selection since Noe Santos won on Nov. 3, 2022.
- Sophomore Harrison Gough has kept a clean sheet in the last two matches and recorded a career-high six saves against No. 8 James Madison last Saturday.
- No. 3 Marshall will be the second straight ranked opponent the Chants have faced this season.
- Last season, the Chants had a 1-3 record versus ranked opponents with their lone win coming against No. 12-ranked James Madison.
- This season, Coastal owns a 0-0-1 record when facing ranked opponents and owns a 7-7-2 all-time record versus ranked opponents at home.
- Coastal battled to a 0-0 draw with the James Madison Dukes.
- Lincoln Ulrich made a goal line clearance in the 74th minute to keep the Dukes off the scoresheet.
- Gough recorded his second straight clean sheet in his second start of the year.
- Coastal trailed 11-9 in shots and 6-3 in shots-on-goal.
- CCU owns a 1-1-2 record versus the Thundering Herd.
- The Chants suffered a 6-1 defeat to Marshall in their last matchup in October 2023.
- Coastal earned a 4-1 victory over the Thundering Herd in their first meeting in September 2022.
- CCU has averaged two goals per match in its four contests with Marshall.
- The Chants will be looking to win their first match at home versus Marshall.
- Marshall owns a 8-1-2, 3-0-1 Sun Belt record on the season.
- The Thundering Herd picked up a ranked win over No. 22 VCU, 1-0, and tied with No. 10 JMU, 2-2
- Marshall has scored multiple goals in eight of their 11 matches this season.
- Last time out, the Thundering Herd defeated UCF, 2-0, scoring twice in the first half.
- Goalkeeper Aleksa Janjic leads the Sun Belt in goals against average with 0.5 and has kept three clean sheets in six matches played.
- Alexander Stjernegaard won SBC Offensive Player of the Week in week five.
- Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos leads the team with five goals on the year and Alexander Stjernegaard leads with four assists.
For complete coverage of CCU men's soccer, follow the Chants on social media @CoastalMSoccer (X), facebook.com/CCUChanticleers (Facebook), @GoCCUSports (Instagram), or visit the official home of Coastal Carolina Athletics at goccusports.com
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