WILMINGTON, Del. - After earning a come-from-behind victory over Washington College on Wednesday afternoon, the Lightning men's soccer team will begin a four-match road trip on Saturday afternoon by traveling to Nyack College for a 2 p.m. Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference match against the Warriors at Moseley Field.
It will be the Lightning's penultimate CACC match of the season as Goldey-Beacom will face Bloomfield on Tuesday night.
Now 4-10-0 overall and 1-8-0 in the CACC, the Lightning earned their second win in the last three matches with an exciting 2-1 comeback victory in double overtime against the Shoremen on Wednesday afternoon at the Kirkwood Soccer Complex. After falling behind by 1-0 in the 67th minute, the Lightning tied the match with just 36 seconds remaining in regulation after freshman forward
Ernest Ackah (Smyrna H.S./Smyrna, Del.) scored the first goal of his college career off an assist from senior goalkeeper
Ignacio Farias (Maracay, Venezuela).
With 1:39 remaining in the second overtime period, freshman midfielder
Michael Harmon (Cape Henlopen H.S./Milton, Del.) scored the match-winning goal when he headed in a free kick from junior midfielder
Andre Jank (Campo Grande, Brazil).
Jank is the Lightning's leading scorer with three goals and one assist while junior forward
Thatcher Howell (Salesianum H.S./Wilmington, Del.) has contributed two goals with two assists. Meanwhile, Farias has started the last 12 matches and has a 3.00 goals against average while stopping 65.0 per cent of the shots he has faced. He made five saves in the win on Wednesday afternoon.
Currently 6-6-2 overall and 3-3-2 in the CACC, Nyack will enter Saturday's match against the Lightning looking to rebound from a 2-0 loss against Dominican on Wednesday afternoon. The loss snapped the Warriors' three-match unbeaten streak.
Senior midfielder
Marco Likos (Leipzig, Germany) is the Warriors' leading scorer with 11 goals and 6 assists. With 28 points, he ranks third in the CACC. Meanwhile, senior defender
Ben Kwast (Warren, Germany) has contributed five goals and four assists.
Senior goalkeeper
Jodel Wright (Queens, N.Y.) has posted a 1.36 goals against average and a .719 save percentage.
The Warriors defeated Goldey-Beacom by a 6-0 margin in last year's meeting at Nancy Churchman-Sawin Field.
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