For the third time in four seasons, the Lancaster Bible College men's soccer team will appear in the North Eastern Athletic Conference Semifinals on Saturday, as the Chargers face Penn College in Abington, Pa. with a trip to the NEAC Final on the line. The game, scheduled for 2 p.m., will be a rematch of a terrifically played regular season contest that saw the Chargers earn a 2-1 victory in Lancaster, Pa.
 
Penn College is appearing in the NEAC Semifinals for the second straight season, as the Wildcats defeated Keuka in the NEAC Quarterfinals a year ago, before falling to eventual NEAC Champion Penn St. Abington in the semifinals.
 
Team Records
Penn College: 7-7-3, 6-4-1 NEAC
Lancaster Bible: 11-6-1, 9-2 NEAC
 
Regular Season Meeting
Oct. 10, 2018: The teams played a hard-fought contest in mid-October, as the Wildcats opened the scoring 5:35 into the game, as Matthew Yoder scored a pretty goal off a feed from Colton Wartman…Penn College kept its lead through halftime, but the Chargers knotted the game at 1-1 at 57:38, as Chad Tolson took a pass from Jared Jordan and netted his fourth goal of the year…Play went back-and-forth over the next 30 minutes, though Penn College finished with most of the possession, but Lancaster Bible's Kedric Yoder got free in the box with under two minutes to play, and was tripped up, resulting in a penalty kick…Junior Joel Hughes stepped up and drilled a shot into the corner of the net to put the Chargers ahead, and ultimately give the home team the victory.
 
How They Got Here
Penn College: The Wildcats won a NEAC Quarterfinal thriller on Tuesday in Morrisville, N.Y., as Penn College advanced on penalty kicks…After Penn College went ahead 1-0 on a goal by Daniel Jackson at 54:12, Morrisville State tied the game on an own goal at 69:17…In the second overtime period, Morrisville State earned a penalty kick with less than five minutes to play, but Wildcats' goalkeeper Hunter Gosnell dove to his left and made a terrific save to keep Penn College alive…Gosnell was at it again in the penalty shootout round, holding the Mustangs scoreless on four shots, as Jackson's fifth round goal sent the Wildcats to the semifinals.
 
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers earned their second-ever bye into the NEAC Semifinals, as the team went 9-2 in conference play this season, only losing to regular season champion Penn St. Abington, and Keuka…The only other time Lancaster Bible has had a bye, came in 2014 when the Chargers then defeated Keuka in the semifinals, but then lost to Morrisville State, 2-0 in the NEAC Final.
 
Statistically Speaking
Penn College: The Wildcats have scored 28 goals this season, and given up 37, though 10 of them came in the first two games of the season in losses to Stevenson (6-0) and Keystone (4-0)…Since the beginning of October (nine games), Penn College has given up just 11 goals, and scored 15…Vance Gradwell and Colton Wartman each lead the team with six goals, while Wartman's 15 points are tops on the team…Gosnell has made 55 saves this season, and has posted a 6-5-1 record between the pipes.
 
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers have outscored their opponents, 31-20 this season, and have gave up just nine goals in nine October contests…In 11 NEAC games, the Chargers allowed just 10 goals, and scored 25…Chad Tolson, a NEAC All-Conference Third Team selection, leads the Chargers with six goals and 16 points, while senior Jared Jordan, a NEAC All-Conference Third Team choice, has four goals and three assists…Goalkeeper Jake Deterline, a NEAC All-Conference First Team selection, leads the NEAC with a 1.05 goals against average and a .793 save percentage, in addition to his 10-5-1 overall record.
 
Team Notes
Penn College: The Wildcats were 2-5-1 away from home this season…Penn College has dropped four straight games to Lancaster Bible…Penn College has never played in the NEAC Final…The Wildcats are unbeaten in their last four games, and 5-2-3 in their last 10 contests overall.
 
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers are 4-1 all-time against Penn College, and have not lost to the Wildcats since 2014…Lancaster Bible has only appeared in the NEAC Final one time, as the aforementioned 2014 loss to Morrisville State remains the lone trip to the final…Lancaster Bible is 4-5 all-time in the NEAC Playoffs…The Chargers are 6-3-1 away from home this season.
 
Other NEAC Semifinal
SUNY Cobleskill vs. Penn St. Abington, 11:30 a.m.
 
How to Follow
The game can be watched HERE or you can follow along with live stats HERE