Harding (2-4-1, 1-0-0) vs. Southern Nazarene (0-6-0, 0-1-0)
Date: Sept. 26, 2015
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Searcy, Ark. (Stevens Field)

Coaches: Harding - Odie Guzman (16-32-4, fourth season); Southern Nazarene – George Schroeder (42-83-5, ninth season)
Series: Harding leads 5-2-0 and has won four straight. All seven meetings between the teams have been decided by two goals or fewer and five of the games by one goal.

SEARCY – Harding and Southern Nazarene will conclude the first weekend of Great American Conference play Saturday at 1 p.m. With a victory, Harding could go 2-0 to start conference play for the second straight season.

HU Team News
Harding enters the game 2-4-1 overall and 1-0-0 in the GAC. The Bisons are coming off a 4-0 victory over Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday. Junior Barry Foster scored early goals in each half to lead the Bisons.

Foster has five of Harding's 10 goals this season and is tied for the GAC lead in goals. He is one of two GAC players with two game-winning goals (also Oklahoma Baptist's Kervy Robles).

Harding's shutout of Oklahoma Baptist was its first of the season. The Bisons will be shooting for consecutive shutouts for the first time since blanking Ouachita (1-0) and Southwest Baptist (4-0) in 2013.

With its four-goal output against Oklahoma Baptist, Harding now leads the GAC in scoring at 1.43 goals per game.

Opponent Team News
Southern Nazarene has opened the season with a brutal schedule of seven straight road games. The Crimson Storm lost each of the first six, including their GAC opener 4-3 at Ouachita on Thursday. Following its game with Harding, Southern Nazarene will finally play a home game Tuesday against Oklahoma Baptist.

Southern Nazarene has scored five goals and conceded 26. Tommy Fiszel, a freshman midfielder from Wichita, Kansas, has three goals to rank third in the GAC.

Crimson Storm opponents have averaged 25.5 shots per game, forcing Southern Nazarene into a GAC-high 8.0 saves per game.

Team Comparison