News and Notes• Looking to rebound from a tough 4-1 loss against Dominican on Sunday afternoon, the Lightning men's soccer team returns home this afternoon to face East Stroudsburg University in a non-conference match at Nancy Churchman-Sawin Field ... Opening kick-off is set for 4 p.m.
• Now 5-5-0 overall and 4-2-0 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, the Lightning had a two-match win streak snapped on Sunday afternoon ... The Chargers scored two goals in the opening 10 minutes to take an early lead they did not relinquish ... Freshman
Artur Zvinchuk scored the first goal of his college career to cut the deficit to 2-1 before Dominican added two goals in the second half to secure the victory.
• Freshman forward
Omar Hernandez was named as the CACC's Rookie of the Week on Monday after scoring two goals with an in the Lightning's two matches last week ... He scored twice and added an assist in the Lightning's 4-3 victory over Georgian Court on Tuesday, including the game-winning marker with 6:46 remaining ... In 10 matches this season, he has scored three goals with two assists.
• Meanwhile, senior forward
Luiz Ristow earned honorable mention notice for the CACC Player of the Week award after scoring twice with two assists last week ... He scored two goals with an assist against Georgian Court before adding an assist against Dominican on Sunday ... The Lightning's leading scorer with seven goals and three assists, Ristow enters today's match ranked fourth in the CACC in goals and tied for third in the CACC with 17 points.
• Coming off a 2-1 victory over Georgian Court on Monday afternoon, East Stroudsburg will bring a 4-6-1 record into today's contest ... After losing five of their first seven contests, the Warriors have posted a 3-1-0 record in their last four matches.
• Sophomore forward
Casey Albino scored in the 41st minute to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead before junior midfielder
Casey Choffy secured the victory with a goal in the 61st minute on a header ... Junior goalkeeper
J.B. Pahls tallied five saves in the victory for the Warriors, who held a 12-11 advantage in shots.
• Sophomore forward
Andrew McGinley is the Warriors' leading scorer with three goals and an assist while junior forward
Jonathan Stuppe and freshman midfielder
Christian Bukowski have each added two goals with two assists ... Pahls has started all 11 matches for the Warriors, posting a 2.15 goals against average while stopping 68.8 per cent of the shots he has faced.
• After today's match, the Lightning will return to their CACC schedule on Saturday afternoon when they host Felician College at 2 p.m. in the team's annual Homecoming match-up.
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.
