Erie, PA—The Men's Soccer team will be back on the pitch after 529 days. Head Coach Ryan Osborne will be on the sideline for the first time as the Head Coach for the Lakers. The Lakers will be taking on Gannon for the first games of the season. The Lakers and Golden Knights will two games with kick-offs set for 3 PM and 5:15 PM.
Mercyhurst will return 24 players for the shortened season, while adding 19 new faces to the team this spring. After this weekend the Lakers will play six more games this spring prior to the fall season.
The Lakers lost their top four scorers from 2019, Fabio Schortmann returns as a graduate student, he scored two goals and added two assists in 2019. Mercyhurst ended the 2019 season with a record of 10-6-2. The Lakers averaged 2.56 goals per game while allowing just 1.33 goals per game.
"I am really excited to get back to playing games, especially with this group. The boys have worked really hard since the pandemic hit last March and to finally get to play together against someone other than ourselves this weekend will be really nice." Osborne said. "Granted, the first game doesn't come much harder than traveling to our in-city rival and the #18 team in the country Gannon, a team that has had our number in previous years. We are looking forward to getting that game day buzz again and really measuring where we are at and then continuing to build on it. We know it will be a hard game, but we are eager to get back on the pitch and show what we've got".
Scouting Gannon
The Golden Knights come into their match with a 3-1 record. Gannon last played on March 21st when they defeated Daemen by a score of 2-1. The Golden Knights are led by Billy Colton who is in his second year as the Head Coach and sixth year as part of the Gannon staff.
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