MEN'S SOCCER RETURNS HOME FOR SUNDAY CONTEST

PETERSBUIRG, Va., (Sept. 11, 2015) – After a week-long layoff following a game-packed start to the 2015 season, the Richard Bland men's soccer team will be back in action hosting University of South Carolina Salkehatchie on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. The Statesmen are coming off an impressive 3-1 victory over previously unbeaten Cape Fear Community College on Sept. 5

WHO: USC Salkehatchie vs. Richard Bland College
WHERE: Petersburg, VA
WHEN: September 13 at 1:00 p.m.
SITE:  Statesmen Field

RECORDS: Richard Bland is 5-2, 3-2 … USC Salkehatchie is 0-4, 0-2

LAST SEASON VS. USC SALKHATCHIE: The Statesmen tied the Indians 2-2 at Statesmen Field last Aug. 31 … Playing on the road on Oct. 9, the Statesmen fell 4-2.

WHAT'S NEXT: The Statesmen will have a five day break before resuming action with an away contest against Spartanburg Methodist, a team that defeated Richard Bland 6-2 earlier in the season, on Sept. 19 at 1:00 p.m. … USC Salkehatchie hosts Patrick Henry at 4:00 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT: On Sept. 5, the Statesmen spotted undefeated Cape Fear a 1-0 lead, and then roared back with three unanswered goals to earn a 3-1 upset victory over the Sea Devils in Wilmington, NC … To start the scoring, sophomore center Eduardo Quintanilla (San Salvador, El Salvador/Stonewall Jackson) earned his third goal of the season off a penalty kick … Freshman forward Sukrija Dudic (Srebrenica, Bosnia Hercegovina/Hermitage) then took a pinpoint feed from sophomore Jerry Thomas (Chesapeake, VA/Western Branch) and drove down the line, beating Cape Fear goalie Brett Council on the near post to increase the Richard Bland lead to 2-1 …  The Statesmen iced the game in the closing minutes, getting a far post goal from freshman winger Bryce Dietrich (Farmville, VA/Prince Edward) off a feed from Godfred Baisel (Cape Coast Ghana/Patriot).

USC Salkehatchie has had a tough start to the 2015 season, losing all of its games thus far and has yet to score a goal … In their last outing at Louisburg on Sept. 7, the Indians fell 1-0.

FROM COACH EDUARDO DE SOUZA: "We had a good conference win against a team that took us awhile to adjust to," said head coach Eduardo de Souza. "Cape Fear is a team that likes to play long ball soccer, but we prepared to play against this style and matched up well against them. We were able to control the ball, spread the field and execute. It was good to have a week to work on both our weaknesses and our strengths. None of our conference games are easy."

LEADING SCORERS: Dudic leads the team in goals with five … Sophomore Godfred Baisel (Cape Coast, Ghana/Patriot) has four and Quintanilla three.