Men’s Soccer Hosts Marshall - Coastal Carolina University Athletics

CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina men's soccer team are set to take on the Marshall Thundering Herd on Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. ET.

Chant Talk

The Chants own a 3-4-4 overall record on the season.
Last time out, Coastal earned its first Sun Belt win of the year with a 2-1 victory over UCF to move to 1-1-2 in SBC play.
Sammy Murphy ripped the ball into the bottom-right corner to score the game-winning goal for the Chants.
Mateo Caride leads the Chants with four goals on the year, while Pearse O'Brien paces the squad with three assists.
Baxter Hurt leads the squad with a .333 shots-on-goal percentage.
Theo Butterworth leads the team with 894 minutes of playing time on the backline.
Coastal owns a 3-1-1 record at the CCU Soccer Complex.

Scouting the Opponent

Marshall owns a 5-2-4 overall record and is 1-1-2 in Sun Belt action.
The Thundering Herd's lone SBC win came against Kentucky. The team has also secured wins over Fairfield, VCU, Eastern Illinois and UNCG.
Carl Romberg and Joshua Nugent lead the team with four goals apiece, while Romberg also leads the squad with three assists and 11 points.
Marshall averages 12.7 shots per game and has a .421 shots-on-goal percentage.
The Thundering Herd rank third in the league with a 1.909 scoring average but rank last with a .605 save percentage.

History Against

Coastal owns a 1-2-3 all-time record against Marshall.
In the teams' last meeting, Coastal fell to the Thundering Herd, 2-1.
The Chants' lone win came in their first matchup in September 2002, when CCU claimed a 4-1 victory.
CCU is 0-0-2 at home against the Thundering Herd.

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Players Mentioned

Theo Butterworth

Mateo Caride

Baxter Hurt

Sammy Murphy

Pearse O’Brien

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