Harding (1-4-1, 0-0-0) vs. Oklahoma Baptist (2-6-0, 0-0-0)
Date: Sept. 14, 2015
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Searcy, Ark. (Stevens Field)
Coaches: Harding -
Odie Guzman (15-32-4, fourth season); Oklahoma Baptist – Anthony Yousey (12-30, third season)
Series: First meeting
SEARCY – Harding and Oklahoma Baptist will look to get their Great American Conference seasons off to a strong start when they meet in both teams' conference opener Thursday.
HU Team NewsHarding enters the game 1-4-1 overall and coming off a 4-1 loss to 13th-ranked Christian Brothers on Saturday in Searcy. Senior
Curtis Hunt scored Harding's goal. It was his second of the season, both headers off corner kicks.
Harding boasts the top defense of the four teams in the GAC. The Bisons have a 2.52 goals against average. Individually, Harding sophomore
Tyler Melson's 1.83 goals against average ranks second among GAC goalkeepers.
Five of Harding's six goals this season have come from
Barry Foster (three goals) and Hunt (two). Foster is tied for second among GAC players in goals.
Opponent Team NewsOklahoma Baptist enters the game 2-6-0 overall and has lost its last four. The team's most recent defeat came Monday, a 4-0 loss at Oklahoma Christian. Oklahoma Baptist's victories came against Oklahoma City (1-0) and Jarvis Christian (2-1).
Oklahoma Baptist has lost each of its five road games and has been outscored 19-7.
Oklahoma Baptist leads GAC teams in shots per game (13.75) and goals per game (1.38) and is second in goals against average (3.12). Junior midfielder Kervy Robles, a resident of Lima, Peru, leads all GAC players with five goals.
Team Comparison| Harding | GAC | NCAA | Stat | Okla. Baptist | GAC | NCAA |
| 1.00 | 2 | 152 | Goals/Game | 1.38 | 1 | - |
| 0.67 | 2 | 155 | Assists/Game | 0.88 | 1 | - |
| 11.7 | 2 | 127 | Shots/Game | 13.8 | 1 | - |
| 2.52 | 1 | 178 | Goals Against Avg. | 3.12 | 2 | - |
| .543 | 4 | 189 | Save Pct. | .621 | 3 | - |
Note: There are four teams in the GAC and 192 in NCAA Division II.
Individual Leaders| Harding | | Okla. Baptist |
| Name | Stat | GAC | NCAA | | Name | Stat | GAC | NCAA |
| Foster | 3 | 2 | 86 | Goals | Robles | 5 | 1 | 27 |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | - | Assists | Castillo | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Foster | 6 | 3 | - | Points | 2 with | 10 | 1 | 45 |
| Diaz | 12 | 5 | - | Shots | Castillo | 22 | 1 | - |
| Melson | 1.83 | 2 | - | GAA | Oliveira | 2.70 | 3 | - |
