News and Notes• Looking to extend its recent two-match win streak, the Lightning men's soccer team will wrap up its three-match homestand this afternoon by hosting local rival Wilmington University at Nancy Churchman-Sawin Field ... Opening kick-off between the Lightning and the Wildcats is slated for 3:30 p.m.
• Now 7-5-0 overall and 5-2-0 in the CACC, the Lightning have won four of their last five matches after rallying to earn a 2-1 overtime victory against Felician on Sunday afternoon ... Senior forward
Luiz Ristow scored the winning goal in the 94th minute as Goldey-Beacom won its fifth consecutive home match.
• Ristow was named as the CACC Player of the Week on Monday afternoon after leading the Lightning to their wins over East Stroudsburg and Felician last week ... He scored a goal with two assists in the Lightning's 6-2 victory over the Warriors on Thursday before giving Goldey-Beacom its overtime win against the Golden Falcons with the winning goal on Sunday.
• With 23 points this season, Ristow is tied for ninth place on the Lightning's single-season points list … He also ranks third in the CACC and 18th in NCAA Division II with nine goals this season ... Ristow also ranks 16th in the nation with 23 points.
• In addition, Ristow has scored four goals with four assists in his last four matches … He has scored a goal in three of the four matches and has a point in each of the four contests.
• With 27 goals in 12 matches this year, the Lightning rank third in the CACC … They have also scored at least two goals in four of the last five matches … The 27 goals scored by Goldey-Beacom are tied for the sixth-highest single-season total in school history.
• The Lightning have outshot their opponents in 10 of 12 matches this season after holding a 22-10 advantage against Felician on Sunday … Goldey-Beacom has outshot its opponents by a 200-116 margin.
• Entering today's match with a 7-5-0 overall record and a 4-3-0 mark in the CACC, the Wildcats snapped a four-match losing streak on Saturday afternoon by earning a 3-1 victory over Bloomfield at the WU Athletics Complex ... Junior
Samuel Naiwo scored two goals to lead the Wildcats to the victory while sophomore
Jordon Ellison added two assists.
• Freshman defender
Lance Berry leads the Wildcats with five goals while Naiwo has added three goals with two assists ... Sophomore
Zach Lee and junior
Frank Hall have split the Wildcats' goalkeeping duties ... Lee has a 1.40 goals against average in six matches while Hall has posted a 1.27 goals against average while starting eight matches.
• The Lightning will travel to Bloomfield College on Saturday afternoon for a CACC contest against the Bears ... Opening kick-off at Foley Field is slated for 1 p.m.
CACC Sportsmanship StatementGoldey-Beacom College, the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference and the NCAA promote good sportsmanship by student-athletes, coaches and spectators. We request your cooperation in supporting the participants and officials in a positive manner. Profanity, racial or sexist comments or other intimidating actions directed at student-athletes, coaches, team representatives and/or officials will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site of competition. In addition, fans are not permitted to enter the field at any time during today's match. We thank you for your cooperation and hope you enjoy the match.
