Chaps Close Idaho Trip with Match Against Host Northwest Nazarene

09.20.2024 | By: Alek Child (Alek.Child@LCU.edu)

LUBBOCK, Texas - The Lubbock Christian University men's soccer team continues their Idaho trip with a match against Northwest Nazarene on Saturday night.

Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. from the NNU Soccer & Lax Field and will be streamed live on the NNU YouTube page.

Notes:

The Chaps are off to a 2-2-1 start in 2024 following a 1-0 win over Hawaii Pacific in Nampa on Thursday. Yannis Sapim scored off a Nako Amare assist to lead LCU to the win.
Senior Connor Pettigrew has started every game in goal for the Chaps, tallying 22 total saves and three shutouts. He leads the Lone Star Conference in both categories.
Amare is leading the LCU offensive attack with three total points in 2024.
Four different Chaps have recorded goals in 2024, as Amare, Sapim, Geoffroy Letienne, and Saimon Gjeci have found the back of the net.
LCU is coming off a 6-4-7 season in 2023, the most draws in a season in LCU program history.
The Chaps were picked to finish sixth in the Lone Star Conference preseason poll.
Saturday will be the second meeting all-time between the Chaps and Nighthawks. The first matchup was a 1-0 LCU victory at home last season.

Scouting Northwest Nazarene:

The Nighthawks have struggled out of the gate in 2024, coming into Saturday with a 1-3-1 overall record. They topped fellow LSC member West Texas A&M 2-1 on Thursday to pick up their first win of the season.
The Nighthawks have been outscored 11-4 through five games.
NNU has been led offensively by Jonathan Cardona. The senior has scored two of the Nighthawks four goals.
Alex Barragan and Caleb Putney have scored the other two goals for NNU.
Goalkeeper Gerardo Fonte has started every game this season for NNU, tallying 18 saves on 68 shots faced.
The Nighthawks finished the 2023 season with a 5-7-6 record and did not qualify for the GNAC Conference tournament.
NNU is coached by James Williamson who enters his 2^nd season at the helm.

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