The Lancaster Bible College women's soccer team will find itself in familiar territory on Saturday as the Chargers play SUNY Polytechnic in the North Eastern Athletic Conference Semifinals. This will be fifth time in six seasons the Chargers have reached the NEAC Semifinals, but Lancaster Bible will look reverse a trend that has seen them fall short of the NEAC Final every season since 2012 when the Chargers won the NEAC Championship. The Chargers lost in the NEAC Semifinals in 2013 and 2015 and were upset in the NEAC Quarterfinals in 2014. 

This year's team has felt different than its predecessors all season long and the Chargers will face a SUNY Polytechnic team that they beat, 7-1 in Lancaster on Sept. 23. Despite the lopsided victory, the Chargers know the postseason is different and they will have to contend with a team that is just a eager to earn a spot in the NEAC Final.

Team Records:
SUNY Poly: 14-4-1, 10-3 NEAC
Lancaster Bible: 14-5, 12-1 NEAC

How They Got Here:
SUNY Poly: The Wildcats defeated Keuka, 3-1 on Tuesday in the NEAC Quarterfinals...SUNY Poly scored 9.51 into the game to take an early lead, but Keuka responded at 30:13 to tie the game at 1-1...Brittany Waterbury gave the Wildcats a 2-1 lead just before halftime and Nakeya Stedman scored 2:33 into the second half to help the Wildcats defeat the Wolves...Angela Bartlett, a NEAC First-Team selection, made 10 saves for the Wildcats.
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers dominated Cazenovia from the opening whistle on Tuesday as Lancaster Bible defeated the Wildcats, 5-0 at Charger Field...Senior Alyssa Wesner had two goals, while freshman Hannah Bernstein added two assists for the Chargers...Erin Groff, Rachel Kumher and Maggie Arnold also scored for the Chargers who improved to 14-5 this season.

Leading Scorers:
SUNY Poly:
Nakeya Stedman - 17g, 4a, 38pts., 6 game-winning goals
Brittany Waterbury - 6g, 6a, 18pts., 2 game-winning goals
Jordan Case - 8g, 1a, 17pts., 1 game-winning goal
Madisyn Proper - 5g, 7a, 17pts., 2 game-winning goals

Lancaster Bible:
Raegan Horst - 10g, 9a, 29pts, 6 game-winning goals
Alyssa Wesner - 11g, 4a, 26pts., 4 game-winning goals
Barb Foster - 5g, 5a, 15pts., 
Rachel Kumher - 5g, 2a, 12pts., 2 game-winning goals
Hannah Bernstein - 3g, 5a, 11pts., 1 game-winning goal
Danni DeVinney - 5g, 0a, 10pts.

Between the Pipes:
SUNY Poly: 
Angela Bartlett - 14-4-1, 1.25 GAA, 24 GA, 88 saves, 10 shutouts

Lancaster Bible:
Kaitlyn Scheuing - 14-4, 0.54 GAA, 9 GA, 30 saves, 11 shutouts

Regular Season Contest:
Lancaster Bible scored four times in the first half and eventually took a 7-0 lead, before SUNY Poly's Stedman scored at 71:08...Abi Brady and Hannah Bernstein each scored twice for Lancaster Bible, while Raegan Horst had three assists...The Chargers outshot the Wildcats, 24-2 and held a 6-0 edge in corner kicks.

Notes:
SUNY Poly: The Wildcats have won six straight games and have not lost since a 3-0 setback to Penn St. Abington on Oct. 2...Keuka's goal against SUNY Poly on Tuesday was the first goal allowed by the Wildcats since Oct. 2...SUNY Poly has allowed just 24 goals this season and 13 of them came the last time they came to Central Pennsylvania as they lost to Lancaster Bible, 7-1 and Penn St. Berks, 6-0...SUNY Poly lost in the NEAC Semifinals to Penn St. Abington, 6-0 last season.

Lancaster Bible: The Chargers have lost just once since Sept. 30, with the lone setback coming on Oct. 26 to Susquehanna...Lancaster Bible allowed just four goals in NEAC play all season long...The Chargers lost to Penn St. Berks, 2-0 in last season's NEAC Semifinals...Both teams have played on Penn St. Berks' turf field this season as the Wildcats lost, 6-0 and the Chargers fell, 2-0...Saturday's winner will face either Penn College or Penn St. Berks in the NEAC Final on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Follow the Game:
Saturday's NEAC Semifinal will have live stats, which can be viewed HERE.