The Lancaster Bible College Men's Soccer team hosted their Homecoming matchup on Saturday afternoon as they welcomed Wilson for their United East opening match, earning a 4-0 home victory. The Chargers improve to 4-3-2 overall and 1-0 in conference while the Phoenix fall to 2-6-2 and 0-1 in conference.
 
How it Happened:
The Chargers struck just four minutes into the game as senior Ben Nolt got into the box and fired a shot that bounced off the crossbar, with sophomore Silas Dellaperute tapping it in off the rebound into the goal, giving the Chargers their first United East goal of 2025 and an early lead at home. Nolt had two more shots soon after and the Phoenix put a shot on goal saved by freshman Micah Dressler, then Nolt had a lead pass to senior Andrew Cox who put a shot off the post before junior Zach Coryellput it away off the rebound for another LBC score and a 2-0 Charger lead in the 14th minute. The onslaught continued early in the game as sophomore Luke Richardson found Coryell inside the box once again, netting his second goal of the game and putting LBC up three scores in the first 20 minutes. With many of their bench players in the game, the Chargers found a way to score again as freshman Emilio Mejia fired a shot from outside the box that slipped past the goalie for another LBC score, sending the game to halftime with a 4-0 Charger lead.
 
The Chargers switched goalies at halftime as juniors Richie Lockard and Chris Jackson got playing time in goal, with the Chargers earning seven total corner kicks in the second half. LBC's defense held Wilson to just one shot on goal in the second half, cruising to a dominant 4-0 win at home to open up conference play.
 
By the Numbers:
- The Chargers held a large lead with 28 shots to Wilson's 11 and had 10 corner kicks
- Zach Coryell scored two goals for the Chargers
- Silas Dellaperute and Emilio Mejia had the opening and closing goals for LBC
- Ben Nolt recorded two assist and Luke Richardson also got one
- Micah Dressler made two saves in goal and Richie Lockard had one save
- Starting goalie Logan Neves made four saves for the Phoenix
 
Information to Know:
The Chargers are a perfect 5-0 against Wilson all-time and shut out the Phoenix in conference play in back-to-back matchups. The Chargers make it two consecutive United East opening wins as they beat Penn St. Berks at Homecoming last season. This was Zach Coryell's first career multi-goal game and has the most for the Chargers so far this season with four.
 
Up Next:
The Chargers have three straight road United East games coming up as they begin with a road matchup with Notre Dame (Md.) on Wednesday, October 1 at 2:00 p.m.