CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina men's soccer team will travel to Lexington, Ky., to face the No. 18 nationally ranked and top-seeded Kentucky Wildcats in the opening round of the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

Chant Talk

• The Chants concluded the regular season with a 3-9-1 overall record and a 2-6-1 mark in Sun Belt play.
• In their most recent outing, Coastal battled to a 1-1 draw against James Madison, with Jaland Larmond netting his fourth goal of the season.
• Coastal will make its first appearance in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament since 2022.
• Loed Klaasen ranks 11th nationally with 0.54 assists per match.
• Harrison Gough made a season-high eight saves versus UCF two games ago and ranks second in the Sun Belt with an average of 3.8 saves per match.
• The Chants had two players earn All-Sun Belt honors, as Klaasen was named to the All-Sun Belt First Team and Angel Lopez earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team.

History Against

• Coastal holds a 1-4-3 all-time record against Kentucky.
• The teams' most recent meeting came earlier this season in Conway, where the Wildcats earned a 2-0 victory.
• The series began in September 2002, when Coastal claimed a 2-1 win.
• The Chants own a 0-2-1 road record against Kentucky.

Scouting the Wildcats

• Kentucky enters the postseason ranked No. 18 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll.
• The Wildcats earned the No. 1 seed in the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Tournament after capturing their second Sun Belt regular-season title since 2022.
• Kentucky finished the regular season with a 10-2-4 overall record and a 7-1-1 mark in conference play.
• After opening the year unranked, the Wildcats collected key wins over then-No. 20 Western Michigan (2-1), No. 20 Georgia Southern (2-1), and No. 10 West Virginia (1-0).
• Alex Ruiz leads the Wildcats with seven goals and four assists, including the game-winning goal against West Virginia.
• Goalkeeper Sebastian Conlon ranks fourth in the Sun Belt with a 0.938 goals-against average and third with a .750 save percentage.
• Kentucky averages 12.9 shots per match and has recorded 193 total shots this season.
• The Wildcats have posted eight shutouts against Northern Kentucky, Bellarmine, UCLA, Detroit Mercy, Coastal Carolina, James Madison, No. 10 West Virginia, and Georgia State.
• The Wildcats dominated the All-Sun Belt awards, with Sebastian Conlon earning Goalkeeper of the Year honors.  Agustin Lopez, Marques Muir, and Conlon were named to the first team, while Isaiah Chisolm, Alex Ruiz, and Kevin Larsson earned second team recognition, and Marcus Andersen was selected to the All-Freshman Team.

 
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