The Lancaster Bible College men's soccer team is set to appear in the North Eastern Athletic Conference Semifinals for the third straight season on Saturday morning, as the Chargers will take on top-seeded Penn St. Harrisburg in Middletown, Pa. at 11:30 a.m. The other NEAC Semifinal features Keuka and Penn St. Abington, and the semifinal victors will meet in the NEAC Final on Sunday at 1 p.m. in Middletown, Pa.
 
Team Records
Lancaster Bible: 14-4-2 overall, 7-2-2 NEAC
Penn St. Harrisburg: 14-5 overall, 10-1 NEAC
 
Regular Season Meeting
Sept. 21, 2019: Lancaster Bible suffered just one of its two NEAC losses this season to Penn St. Harrisburg, 2-0 on Sept. 21 in Lancaster, Pa…The Nittany Lions scored at 15:58 to open the scoring, and held the one-goal lead through halftime…Lancaster Bible had two shots and a corner kick early in the second half, but after a foul in the box by the Chargers, Joey Aman converted a penalty kick goal at 58:16 to double the Nittany Lion advantage…The Chargers tried everything they could to get back into the game, but the Penn St. Harrisburg defense was stingy, and held Lancaster Bible off the scoreboard.
 
How They Got Here
Lancaster Bible: Lancaster Bible defeated SUNY Cobleskill, 2-0 in the NEAC Quarterfinals on Tuesday in Cobleskill, N.Y…The Chargers scored twice in the first six minutes of the game, as Rama Mugisha and Nathan Muckle netted goals…The Lancaster Bible defense did the rest of the work, as the Chargers limited the Fighting Tiger offensive chances for 90 minutes, and took down SUNY Cobleskill on their home field.
 
Penn St. Harrisburg: The Nittany Lions earned the top spot in the NEAC Playoffs and a bye in the first round, as Penn St. Harrisburg returned to the NEAC after a five-year stint in the Capital Athletic Conference, and cruised through conference play…Penn St. Harrisburg has not played since Nov. 2, when the Nittany Lions suffered their lone conference loss of the season, a 2-1 setback to SUNY Cobleskill that snapped a seven-game win streak.
 
Statistically Speaking
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers have scored 45 goals this season, and allowed just 22…Lancaster Bible has been good in each half of contests in 2019, outscoring opponents, 19-7 in the first half, and 25-14 in the second half…Rama Mugisha, named to the NEAC All-Conference First Team on Thursday, leads the team with eight goals, while Chad Tolson (NEAC 2^nd Team), and Kedric Yoder (NEAC 3rd Team) are tied for the team-lead with 20 assists…Yoder's 12 assists are the most in the NEAC…Nathan Muckle (NEAC 2^nd Team) anchors a defense that has allowed just 13 goals in 12 games featuring NEAC opponents.
 
Penn St. Harrisburg: The Nittany Lions are 7-4 at home this season…They allowed just five goals in 11 conference games, and posted five straight shutouts in NEAC play from Oct. 12 to Nov. 1…Aman leads the team with 11 goals and 24 shots, as four of his 11 goals are game winners…Toma Nichik is second with four goals, while Shammah Gahomera and Haydyn Zagorski each have three goals and five assists…Goalkeeper Nicholas Guglielmetti has posted a 0.73 goals against average, and posted 10 shutouts this season.
 
Team Notes
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers are 5-1-1 in road games this season…Lancaster Bible is 15-14-1 all-time against Penn St. Harrisburg, including this season's 2-0 loss…The Chargers have lost eight straight games to the Nittany Lions, and have not defeated Penn St. Harrisburg since Oct. 1, 2009 when Lancaster Bible earned a 3-2 victory…Lancaster Bible is 2-3 all-time in the NEAC Semifinal Round, including last season's 4-1 victory over Penn College.
 
Penn St. Harrisburg: The Nittany Lions lost in the CAC First Round last season in the postseason, falling in penalty kicks to St. Mary's (Md.) …Gahomera was named NEAC Defensive Player of the Year earlier this week, while Head Coach Daniel J. Krzyzanowicz was named NEAC Coach of the Year.
 
Other NEAC Semifinal
Keuka vs. Penn St. Abington, 2 p.m. (at Penn St. Harrisburg)
 
How to Follow
Saturday's semifinal can be seen HERE and live stats for the contest are HERE