Terriers to Visit Bucknell Saturday in PL Opener

Saturday, September 24

Lewisburg, PA

1 PM

Boston University

Bucknell

Terriers to Visit Bucknell Saturday in PL Opener

September 23, 2016 | Men's Soccer

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Men's Soccer (3-2-0, 0-0-0 PL) at Bucknell (2-5-1, 0-0-0 PL)
Date & Time	Saturday, Sept. 24 \| 1 p.m.
Venue	Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium \| Lewisburg, Pa.
Live Stats	BucknellBison.com
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @BU_MensSoccer

BOSTON – Seeking its first road win of the season, the Boston University men's soccer team will open the Patriot League schedule at Bucknell on Saturday with a 1 p.m. start time. The Terriers (3-2-0) are coming off Tuesday's 2-0 win over Brown, while the Bison are coming off a 3-0 loss at St. Franics (Pa.).

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU is 0-2 on the road so far with a 3-2 loss at then-No. 8 Boston College and 2-1 defeat at Princeton.
Selected to finish second in the Patriot League preseason poll, the Terriers are 1-1-1 in PL openers and coming off last year's 6-1-2 conference mark.
Three of the five Terriers who have scored have found the back of the net at least twice – junior Anthony Viteri (4g), senior Felix De Bona (2g) and freshman Matt McDonnell (2g).
Sophomore Magnus Benediktsson leads BU with four assists and is second on team with six points behind Viteri's nine.
Senior Matt Gilbert recorded five saves in Tuesday's shutout against the Bears to improve his save percentage to .700 and goals against average to 1.22.
The Terriers have scored at least one goal in the first half in every game so far.

SCOUTING BUCKNELL

The Bison are 1-1 at home this year with 1-0 win over Fairleigh Dickinson and 3-0 loss against Delaware.
Bucknell was selected to finish sixth in the PL preseason poll after going 3-3-3 last year.
Nick King owns a team-high two goals and is one of six Bison to score.
Seven different players have claimed an assist.
Bucknell has been shut out twice and blanked one opponent.
Goalkeeper Tyler Marchiano (1-4-1) has started six games and owns a 2.10 GAA and .625 save percentage ... Emmett Witmer (1-1-0) owns a 1.20 GAA and .667 save percentage in two starts.

SERIES HISTORY

LAST MEETING: Sept. 27, 2015 – @ BU 1, Bucknell 1 (2OT)
- The Terriers finished with a 28-9 advantage in shot attempts but only came away with a draw.
- Bucknell struck first in the 15th minute off a penalt kick, and Jeroen Blugh ('15) came back nine minutes leader to head in Mark Wadid's corner.
The Bison are 2-0-2 in the series that started once the Terriers joinined the PL in the summer of 2013.
All four meetings have headed to overtime with the lone meeting at Bucknell finishing in a draw.