For eighth consecutive season, the Lancaster Bible College Men's Soccer team has qualified for the United East Conference Playoffs with the hopes that this is finally the year the program wins its first-ever conference championship. The Chargers have appeared in the conference final three times over the past eight years, including last year when they lost to top-seeded Penn St. Harrisburg, 3-1.
 
In order to win its first conference title, Lancaster Bible will have to avenge last year's loss, as the third-seeded Chargers are set to battle second-seeded Penn St. Harrisburg in Friday's United East Semifinals. The game will be the second semifinal of the evening, as top-seeded St. Mary's (Md.) will host fourth-seeded Penn St. Abington in the night's first semifinal.
 
Team Records
Lancaster Bible: 12-3-3, 6-1-1 UEC
Penn St. Harrisburg: 9-2-6, 6-0-2 UEC
 
Regular Season Contest
October 5, 2022: The regular season contest between the two teams was one for the ages, as Penn St. Harrisburg led 1-0 at halftime, and increased its lead to 3-0 after two goals in less than four minutes midway through the second frame. With 9:47 to play, Clark Shreiner's goal helped get the Chargers on the board, and in the process engineered one of the biggest comebacks in program history.
 
Nathan Muckle scored just over four minutes later to trim the deficit to one, and just 1:14 later, Shreiner scored again to knot the game at 3-3, and help the Chargers earn a point. Penn St. Harrisburg held an 11-7 edge in shots, but the Chargers led, 7-6 in shots on goal, with all seven of Lancaster Bible's shots coming in the second half. The game also featured eight yellow cards, six of which were issued to the Nittany Lions.
 
Series Notes
-Penn St. Harrisburg leads the all-time series between the two teams, 16-15-3, however Lancaster Bible has not beaten the Nittany Lions since Oct. 1, 2009
-This will be the third straight postseason Lancaster Bible and Penn St. Harrisburg have played…The Nittany Lions won on penalty kicks, 4-3, in the 2019 North Eastern Athletic Conference Semifinals, and then defeated the Chargers in last season's aforementioned United East Conference Final, 3-1
-Lancaster Bible's three goals during the regular season matchup were more goals than the Chargers had scored in the previous nine games combined against Penn St. Harrisburg
 
Lancaster Bible Notes
- This is the eighth straight season Lancaster Bible has won 10 or more games, including the fifth time in those eight years the team has won 12 or more games
- Lancaster Bible's three regular season losses are the fewest since the 1976 season when the Chargers lost twice in the regular season en route to an 8-3-1 overall record
- The Chargers enter the United East Playoffs on a nine-game unbeaten streak (7-0-2) and haven't lost since a 3-0 loss to Goucher on September 28
- Kedric Yoder, who became the program's all-time leader in assists last week, leads the Chargers with 29 points (8 goals, 13 assists)
- Clark Shreiner leads the team in goals with 10, while five players have scored five or more goals this season …Thirteen total players have scored at least one goal for the Chargers this season
- Goalkeeper Isaac Barrow has 11 wins this season, while helping the Chargers tie the program-record for shutouts in a season with 10 (Lancaster Bible also had 10 shutouts during the 1991 season)
- Lancaster Bible is 6-1-2 in away games this season
- The Chargers have allowed the fewest goals in the conference this season, as only 19 goals have been scored on Lancaster Bible this season

Penn St. Harrisburg Notes
- Like Lancaster Bible, Penn St. Harrisburg enters the postseason playing some of its best soccer of the season, as the Nittany Lions are riding an 11-game unbeaten streak (7-0-4) …Penn St. Harrisburg's last loss came September 14 at Franklin & Marshall
- The Nittany Lions are 3-0-4 at home this season
- Kobe Harris leads Penn St. Harrisburg with 10 goals and 25 points this season
- Eighteen different players have scored at least one goal for Penn St. Harrisburg, including Daniel Fombu who is second on the team with eight
- Like the Chargers, Penn St. Harrisburg is stingy defensively, as the team is second in the conference in goals against with 20
 
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