Men’s Soccer Hosts Bucknell to End Regular Season

Saturday, November 5

West Point, N.Y.

7 PM

Army West Point

Bucknell

Men’s Soccer Hosts Bucknell to End Regular Season

November 04, 2016 | Men's Soccer

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's soccer team finishes its 2016 regular season with a home contest against Bucknell on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.

HOW TO FOLLOW
ARMY vs. BUCKNELL
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The Black Knights are 20-15-0 in their series with Bucknell, but the Bison won, 4-0, in Lewisburg, Pa., last season. Army is 3-2-0 against Bucknell in the last five meetings, which includes a 2-1-0 record at West Point.

PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS
Army stands in a tie for third place in the Patriot League standings with 13 points. The Black Knights have already qualified for next week's Patriot League Tournament, but can finish anywhere from third to sixth in the six-team field.

The top six teams qualify for the Patriot League Tournament, with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds earning a bye to the semifinals.

Team – Points / Overall Record (Patriot League Record)
1. American* – 19 / 9-5-4 (6-1-1)
2. Loyola* – 17 / 7-6-3 (5-1-2)
3. Army* – 13 / 9-6-2 (4-3-1)
    Colgate – 13 / 10-6-1 (4-3-1)
5. Boston University – 11 / 7-6-2 (3-3-2)
6. Lafayette – 10 / 7-8-2 (3-4-1)
    Bucknell – 10 / 6-10-2 (3-4-1)
8. Lehigh – 9 / 7-9-1 (3-5)
9. Holy Cross – 6 / 5-9-3 (1-4-3)
10. Navy – 5 / 5-8-4 (1-5-2)

*Clinched a spot in the Patriot League Tournament

ARMY (9-6-2, 4-3-1 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• Army defeated Fairleigh Dickinson, 1-0, on Nov. 1 in its final nonconference game of the regular season.
• Freshman forward Rex Epps scored his Patriot League-leading 10th goal of the season against Fairleigh Dickinson. His 10 goals are the most by an Army player since John Brence (USMA '91) scored 12 times during the 1988 season.
• Freshman Justin Stoll made a pair of saves while playing only the first half of the Fairleigh Dickinson game. He leads the Patriot League in goals against average (.837) and save percentage (.833).
• The Black Knights will honor seniors Christian Clark, Alex Jaroscak, Christian Ollen, Trase Stapley, Tanner Vosvick and Nick Williams in a Senior Day ceremony prior to kickoff.

BUCKNELL (6-10-2, 3-4-1 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• Bucknell fell to a 2-1 setback against Lehigh in its final regular-season home game of the season on Oct. 29.
• Sebastiaan Blickman scored his team-leading ninth goal of the year in the Lehigh match. Blickman lists second in the league in the category.
• The Bison are 3-4-1 on the road this season, and are 3-1-0 against Patriot League opponents away from home.
• Bucknell enters its final game in a tie with Lafayette for the sixth and final spot in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament.

UP NEXT
Army will play in the Patriot League quarterfinals on Tuesday, Nov. 8. The Cadets would host a quarterfinal match as the No. 3 or No. 4 seed, and wound go on the road if they finish as No. 5 or No. 6.