10/13/26
 
SCRANTON, Pa. – Lackawanna College men's soccer starts a brief two-game homestand this Wednesday, October 14^th, when Bloomsburg University comes to NEPA for the first time to face the Falcons. Kickoff is set for 3:30pm ET at Schautz Stadium in Dunmore.
 
This is the second match-up of the season between the Falcons and the Huskies, who first met this year in Bloomsburg on September 16^th, a 4-0 win for Bloomsburg at home. The Huskies scored a goal in the eleventh minute, and had the Falcons on the backfoot for most of the game, out-shooting Lackawanna by a 16-8 margin, but converting on four of their six shots on goal. Bloom added three goals in the second half to run away from the Falcons. Read the full recap HERE.
 
Game Details
Who: Bloomsburg University Huskies (4-5-4) at Lackawanna College Falcons (1-7-4)
When: Wednesday, October 14^th, 3:30pm ET
Where: Schautz Stadium; Dunmore, PA
 
Video | Live Stats | Tickets  
 
Video Coverage: Lackawanna College Athletics Network 
Fans who cannot attend in-person can watch live via the Lackawanna College Athletics Network, as well as the PSAC Sports Digital Network. 
 
Live stats: https://lackawannafalcons.com/sidearmstats/msoc 
Live stats coverage is available and will be updated as the game goes on. 
 
Tickets: https://lackawannafalcons.com/tickets 
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The Falcons 
Lackawanna (1-7-4) enters the contest with three-straight matches without a defeat, beating Pitt-Johnstown back on October 3^rd, and taking draws against East Stroudsburg and Shippensburg last week. In both those draws, the Falcons had to come from behind. Against Shippensburg, Lackawanna played the first few minutes with a bounce in their step and an energy that was lacking in their first meeting back on September 23^rd, but Shippensburg scored the opener in the tenth minute to go ahead. Facing a deficit, the Falcons flourished, growing into the game and eventually finding their equalizer in the 42^nd minute off a corner from Will Clugh (Shippensburg, PA), which found the head of Malik Salau (Lagos, Nigeria), who headed the ball into the corner of the net to tie the match. Lackawanna out-shot the Raiders, 13-11, with six shots on target. You can read the full recap HERE.
   
On the season, the Falcons have given up 21 goals, a 1.75 goals per game average, while scoring five goals this season, including at least a goal in their last three games. Lackawanna has 105 shots, 47 on target (.448 SOG), while their opponents have posted 160 shots, 56 on target (.350 SOG). The Falcons have 34 corner kicks, while their opponents have 69 corners this year. Lackawanna has had to make 35 saves this season, while forcing 42 stops from the opposition. 
 
First-year forward Miguel Pereira (Revere, MA) has a pair of goals this season for the Falcons, first on the team, with 12 shots, four on target. Pereira scored a goal in the draw with King's College on September 2^nd, and he scored the game-winner against Pitt-Johnstown on October 3^rd. Pereira did not play in the game against Bloomsburg earlier this season. He had one shot each for both matches against ESU and Shippensburg last week.
 
Wisdom Afrani (Accra, Ghana) has one goal on a team-high 15 shots this season, while putting five shots on target for the year. Afrani scored his first goal of the season against East Stroudsburg on October 7^th, tying the game against the Warriors in the 82^nd minute and helping the Falcons get the draw. Afrani recorded one shot in 49 minutes against Bloomsburg back on September 16^th. He tied his season-high with three shots, one on target, against Shippensburg this past weekend, with one on target.
 
Salau has a goal and an assist this season for three points, playing in ten games this year. Salau has six shots, four on target, and earned his assist in the win against Pitt-Johnstown, serving up a perfect long ball for Pereira in the win for the Falcons. Salau played 68 minutes against Bloomsburg earlier this season, and didn't record a shot. He had two shots, both on target, and played the full 90 in the win against Shippensburg on the weekend.
 
Tito Tokunboh-Salako (Columbia, MD) is second on the team with 14 shots, putting seven on target this season. The first-year forward picked up the assist on Afrani's goal against East Stroudsburg last week. Tito had a shot against Bloomsburg in 48 minutes on September 16^th. He has recorded at least a shot in his last three games, and had a shot in 42 minutes against Shippensburg on the weekend.
 
Two goalkeepers have seen action for the Falcons this season, with second-year man Kevin Nievas (West Palm Beach, FL) starting seven games this season. Nievas has allowed six goals in his seven games, a 1.06 goals against average, and has made 12 saves this season, with a clean sheet coming against Pitt-Johnstown. That was Nievas's first game back after missing three weeks with an ankle injury. He set a season-best with four saves against East Stroudsburg on October 7^th. He had three saves against Shippensburg this past weekend. Nievas missed the Bloomsburg game earlier this season.
 
The other keeper is Rowin Thomas (Abilene, TX), a first-year who was thrown into action when Nievas went down with injury. Thomas has given up 15 goals in seven appearances, five starts, a 2.37 goals against average. He has made 24 saves, posting a season-high six saves in a 1-0 loss to Shepherd on September 19^th. Thomas had his best game against Millersville, keeping a clean sheet in a scoreless draw for the Falcons. Thomas was the keeper against Bloomsburg, giving up four goals to the Huskies in the full 90, with three saves.
 
Lackawanna College is coached by Will Flannery, in his first season at the helm and who took over the program in February earlier this calendar year. Flannery has coached and played collegiate soccer for the last ten years, previously serving as assistant coach at Lehigh University before coming to Lackawanna. In his one season with the Mountain Hawks, Lehigh made the Patriot League championship game and had six all-conference selections. Before his time in Bethlehem, Flannery spent seven years at Dickinson College in NCAA Division III. While there, he spent five seasons playing with the Devils, then transitioned into coaching immediately after his senior season concluded. Flannery became the first full-time assistant in program history and helped Dickinson achieve never-before-seen heights, including an NCAA Elite 8 appearance and finishing #6 in the national polls in 2024. He was a captain for three years while playing Dickinson. Flannery also has experience coaching at the youth level, working with the Lehigh Soccer Academy and Lehigh Valley United Rush. 
   
The Huskies: 
Bloomsburg (4-5-4) hasn't won a match since beating Lackawanna College at home on September 16^th, a six-game skid where they have picked up three draws and three losses. Their latest contest was a scoreless draw with West Chester at home over the weekend. The game was a bit of a chippy affair, with nine cautions overall, and both teams were desperate for the breakthrough. Bloomsburg out-shot West Chester 11-9 overall, but the Golden Rams had an 8-4 advantage in the second half, including three shots on target. Bloom had a 7-1 advantage in the first half in shots, but only put one shot on target for the whole contest. Bloom has not scored since the eleventh minute of their draw against ESU back on September 30^th, nearly three full games of action.
 
Bloomsburg is 0-3-3 in PSAC East play, sitting on three points and second-to-last in the table, just in front of Shippensburg. Millersville (5-1-0) has 15 points for a first-place spot, with East Stroudsburg (4-0-2) bringing up behind in second with 14 points. West Chester (3-3-1) is in third with ten points, and Shepherd (2-3-2) is in front of Bloomsburg for fourth place with eight points.
 
Bloomsburg has scored 21 goals this season, averaging 1.6 goals per game, while allowing 18 to their opponents. The Huskies have 175 shots, 73 on target (.417 SOG), while their opponents have 105 shots, 39 on target (.371 SOG). Bloomsburg opponents have 42 corners, while the Huskies have 73 corners on the year. Bloom has made 21 saves, while forcing 52 stops from the opposition.
 
Senior forward Owen Hollobaugh leads the Huskies with four goals, one assist, and nine points this season. Hollobaugh has 27 shots, a team-best, with 13 on target in his eleven games this season. He has four games with a goal, and scored a goal most recently against East Stroudsburg on September 30^th, posting a pair of shots. He did not play against Lackawanna College earlier this season. Hollobaugh has recorded two shots in each of his last two games, including two attempts vs. West Chester over the weekend. Hollobaugh was the PSAC Freshman of the Year in 2023, and he earned a third-team United Soccer Coaches All-America designation in 2024. 
 
Redshirt sophomore defender Andrew Beagle is tied with Hollobaugh for the team-high with four goals on the year. Beagle has nine shots, five on target this season, in his 13 starts. Beagle had two goals in back-to-back games to start the year against Jefferson (8/29) and Frostburg State (9/2). He didn't score again until he posted a goal against Shepherd (9/23), then scored in his next game against Millersville (9/26). Beagle did not score but played against Lackawanna on September 16^th. He has not recorded a shot in his last three games, including against West Chester this past weekend. 
 
Junior midfielder Zayd DeVeaux has one goal and two assists this season in 13 games, starting in every appearance for the Huskies. DeVeaux has 15 shots, tied for second on the team, and he has put eight shots on target. DeVeaux scored his only goal against Jefferson back on August 29^th. He had an assist against Goldey-Beacom on September 5^th, then assisted again against Millersville on September 26^th. He had three shots, one on target, but didn't score against the Falcons on September 16^th. He had three shots in the loss against Roberts Wesleyan on October 7^th, but did not record a shot in the draw with West Chester this weekend. 
 
First-year keeper Drew Offenberg has emerged as the main keeper for the Huskies, getting eleven appearances, ten starts, and allowing 14 goals on the year, a 1.47 goals against average. Offenberg has 15 saves this season and one clean sheet, coming in the scoreless draw with West Chester on the weekend. He had a season-high three saves in that match, equaling a previous output against Lock Haven earlier this season. Offenberg played nearly 80 minutes against Lackawanna on 9/16, making one save in the win. 
 
The head coach is Mark Bassett, now in his sixth season with the Huskies. Bassett has 63 wins in his time with the program, and he has taken the Huskies to highs that they have not otherwise achieved, including the program's first-ever PSAC championship in 2024, sending Bloom to the national tournament for the first time in program history. Bassett spent 14 years at King's College before coming to Bloomsburg in 2021, winning 159 games with the Monarchs and making ten trips to the Freedom Conference tournament. He won a pair of conference titles with King's College and helped the Monarchs make the NCAA tournament. Before his time at King's, and before a brief year at Goucher College, Bassett was an assistant coach working on his Master's degree with Bloomsburg in the early 2000's. Before that, he picked up his bachelor's degree from Messiah in 2001, where he played for the Falcons as a three-year starter, taking part in four NCAA tournament appearances. Bassett has a special place in Messiah lore, scoring the first goal in the 2-0 win for Messiah over Rowan in the Division III national championship game in 2000.
 
Next: 
Lackawanna College remains at home for its next contest, as the Falcons are set to host Shepherd University on Saturday, October 17^th. Kickoff is set for 3:30pm ET, and the game is the second of a doubleheader, with the women's teams kicking off first at 1:00pm ET at Schautz Stadium in Dunmore. The Falcons fell 1-0 to Shepherd in their first game back on September 19^th in West Virginia, with Shepherd scoring a late goal to get the win.