Harding Men's Soccer Meets Southern Nazarene Saturday in Conference Action

Harding (3-9-1, 1-3-0) vs. Southern Nazarene (2-10-0, 2-2-0)
Date: Oct. 17, 2015
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Bethany, Oklahoma

Coaches: Harding - Odie Guzman (17-37-4, fourth season); Southern Nazarene – George Schroeder (44-87-5, eighth season)
Series: Harding leads 5-3-0. Harding has won all three meetings in Bethany.

SEARCY – Harding plays its next-to-last Great American Conference game Saturday at Southern Nazarene. The Bisons enter the game with three points and in fourth place in the conference. Southern Nazarene has six points and is tied with Oklahoma Baptist for second place.

First Meeting
Southern Nazarene won the first meeting between the teams this season. The Crimson Storm won 1-0 on a Tommy Fiszel penalty kick in the 59th minute. Southern Nazarene outshot Harding 13-8 overall, and both teams had six shots on goal. Thomas Shults started for Harding at goalkeeper and made five saves.

HU Team News
Harding enters the game 3-9-1 overall and 1-5-0 on the road. The Bisons are coming off a 2-1 loss to Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday in Shawnee. Junior Jackson Buchanan scored Harding's goal in the ninth minute. It was only the fifth goal Harding has scored in the first half this season.

Harding has scored six goals in its four conference games. Barry Foster and Jackson Buchanan have two goals each, and Jeremy Nwonumah and Eric Prato have one each. Thomas Shults has started all four GAC games at goalkeeper for Harding and has a 1.19 goals against average and 83.3 save percentage.

Jackson Buchanan has scored a goal in four straight games. It is only the fourth time in program history that a player has scored in four consecutive games and the first time since Ben Faris accomplished the feat in 2002. Jeff Ireland (2001) and Luke Boren (2000) also scored in four straight. No player has ever scored in five straight games.

Opponent Team News
Southern Nazarene enters the game 2-10-0 overall and 1-3-0 at home. The Crimson Storm has lost four straight, including a 3-0 home loss to Ouachita on Thursday. All three Ouachita goals came in the first half when the Tigers outshot the Storm 18-4.

Southern Nazarene has scored eight of its 12 goals in the first half this season.

Freshman Tommy Fiszel has scored six of Southern Nazarene's 12 goals, two of them coming on penalty kicks. Sophomore Jared Rangel (two goals) is the only other Storm player with more than one goal. Fiszel has also assisted on four goals, so he has had a hand in 10 of Southern Nazarene's 12 goals.

Team Comparison

Harding	GAC	NCAA	Stat	So. Nazarene	GAC	NCAA
1.38	2	123	Goals/Game	1.00	4	163
1.08	1	107	Assists/Game	0.67	4	167
12.9	3	102	Shots/Game	10.0	4	168
2.28	1	174	Goals Against Avg.	3.75	4	194
.677	1	164	Save Pct.	.667	4	168

Note: There are four teams in the GAC and 198 in NCAA Division II.

Individual Leaders

Harding					Southern Nazarene
Name	Stat	GAC	NCAA		Name	Stat	GAC	NCAA
Foster	6	3	68	Goals	Fiszel	6	3	68
Ireland	3	3	153	Assists	Fiszel	4	2	78
Foster	14	4	90	Points	Fiszel	16	2	63
Diaz	37	3	77	Shots	Fiszel	25	6	-
Shults	1.79	1	-	GAA	Ray	3.44	5	-

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Players Mentioned

#9 Jackson Buchanan: M; 5' 10"; Junior; Tulsa Blitz United NPL

#13 Barry Foster: F; 5' 6"; Junior; Solar Chelsea USSF Academy

#0 Thomas Shults: GK; 6' 2"; Sophomore; St. Louis Scott Gallagher

#7 Jeremy Nwonumah: F; 6' 0"; Freshman; FC Dallas Blue

#2 Eric Prato: F; 5' 11"; Freshman; NCSF Elite

Players Mentioned

#9 Jackson Buchanan
: 5' 10"; Junior; Tulsa Blitz United NPL
: M

#13 Barry Foster
: 5' 6"; Junior; Solar Chelsea USSF Academy
: F

#0 Thomas Shults
: 6' 2"; Sophomore; St. Louis Scott Gallagher
: GK

#7 Jeremy Nwonumah
: 6' 0"; Freshman; FC Dallas Blue
: F

#2 Eric Prato
: 5' 11"; Freshman; NCSF Elite
: F