STEUBENVILLE – The Franciscan men's soccer team has clinched the No. 4 seed in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Tournament for the third year in a row and will host No. 5 seeded D'Youville on Saturday.
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The Barons and Spartans will face each other for the second time in a week after the two teams met in Steubenville last Saturday. The Barons battled the elements and came away with a 2-0 win over the Spartans. Junior
Jake Rigaud and freshman
Nick Miller each scored for the Barons while sophomore
Brian Gaughan made eight saves in the win. The Barons come into the game with an 11-6 overall record and a 6-3 slate in the AMCC. D'Youville enters the game with a 4-8-2 record and a 4-4-1 record in the conference.
Last Time Out
Franciscan
The Barons wrapped up the regular season with a 2-0 win over Pitt.-Greensburg. Miller and sophomore
Sebastian Koehler scored for the Barons and Gaughan posted three saves in his third-straight shutout. The Barons out-shot the Bobcats 16-10 for the contest.
D'Youville
The Spartans wrapped up the regular season with a 3-0 loss to Penn St.-Behrend on Tuesday. D'Youville was led in shots by Brian Nwaekeke, AJ Wade, and Hunter Sherman with a pair of shots each. Kyle Dick made six saves in the loss for the Spartans.
Key Contributors
Franciscan
• Koehler leads the Barons with eight goals and 16 points
• Miller is second on the team with five goals and 12 points
• Sophomore
JP Bobak leads the team with seven assists and has a pair of goals for 11 points
• Gaughan leads the team with 79 saves and a 1.14 GAA. Gaughan has an 11-5 record for the season and has six solo shutouts and has had a hand in seven shutouts.
D'Youville
• Hunter Sherman leads the Spartans with 15 points behind a team-best seven goals and one assist.
• Alf Egge and Jake Kowalewski each have three assists for the Spartans.
• Kyle Dick leads the Spartans with 89 saves and a 1.69 GAA. Dick is 4-7-2 on the year and has four shutouts this season.
The winner of the Franciscan/D'Youville match up will travel to No. 1 seeded Penn St.-Behrend for a 7:30 pm contest in Erie, Pa.
The Barons and Spartans get under way on Saturday at 2:00 pm in Steubenville.
