SOCCER TO HOST CAPE FEAR IN REGION X PLAYOFFS ON WEDNESDAY
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Cape Fear Community College (6-9-3, 3-8-3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Richard Bland College (10-7-2, 7-5-2) | 2 | 2 | 4 |
PETERSBURG, Va., (Oct. 26, 2015) – The Richard Bland College men's soccer team, which set a school-record for victories in a season (9) and most conference wins (7), will host Cape Fear Community College in the quarterfinals of the Region X Championships on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 3:00 p.m. at Statesmen Field. The Region X semifinals and finals will be hosted by Cape Fear and played at Legion Stadium in Wilmington, N.C. on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., with the finals slated for Saturday, Nov. 1 at 2:30 p.m.
REGION X PLAYOFFS:
#7 Wake Technical @ #2 Patrick Henry
#6 USC Salkenhatchie @ #3 Spartanburg Methoidst
#5 Cape Fear @ #4 Richard Bland (3:00 pm Statesman Field)
Semifinals: #4/#5 Winner vs. #1/#8 Winner - 5:00 p.m.
Semifinals: #2/#7 Winner vs. #3/#6 Winner - 7:30 p.m.
Championship Game: Game #3 Winner vs. Game #4 Winner -2:30 p.m.
WHO: Cape Fear vs. Richard Bland
WHERE: Petersburg, VA
WHEN: October 28 at 3:00 p.m.
ALL-TIME VS. CAPE FEAR: The Devils hold a 4-2 series advantage, having defeated Richard Bland twice each in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.
CAPE FEAR WEB SITE: Home of the Sea Devils
RECORDS: Richard Bland is 9-7-2, 7-5-2 Region X … Cape Fear is 6-8-3, 3-8-3.
LAST GAMES VS. CAPE FEAR:
Played on Oct. 21 in Petersburg, Va.: In a game that seemed destined to head into overtime, the Statesmen got a goal in the 88th minute from sophomore forward Godfred Baisel (Cape Coast Ghana/Patriot) to earn a hard fought 1-0 victory. Recap and stats at this link.
Played on Sept. 5 in Wilmington, NC: The Sea Devils lost their first game of the season, 3-1, as the Statesmen got goals from three different players to win its second straight Region X game. Recap and stats at this link.
WHAT'S NEXT: The winner of Wednesday's game will advance to the Region X semifinals on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 5 p.m. against the winner of the No. 1 Louisburg vs. No. 8 USC Lancaster game.
COACH EDUARDO DE SOUZA ON THE CAPE FEAR GAME: "We're excited to be hosting a quarterfinals game at home, it's a good advantage, but every game has a new story and we have to prove everyday we deserve to be in the championships."
DEFENDING THE GOAL: Freshman keeper Ciro Labrada (Guanajuto, Mexico/Stonewall Jackson) has made 105 saves this season, 11th best in the nation in NJCAA Division I ... On eight occasions this season he has had six or more saves in a game … He has a 2.05 goals against average and has allowed a single goal seven times and has two shutouts this season, recording them back-to-back against Wake Tech (Oct. 16) and Cape Fear (Oct. 21).
GOAL SCORING: Nine different Statesmen players have scored this season, led by leading scorers freshman forward Sukrija Dudic (Srebrenica, Bosnia Hercegovina/Hermitage) and Godfred Baisel (Cape Coast, Ghana/Patriot) with 14 and 11 goals respectively … That duo accounts for 25 of the 41 goals RBC has scored this year … In recent national NJCAA Division I rankings, Dudic is in a 13-player tie for 27nd in the nation in scoring ...
ALL-TIME SCORING LEADER: Baisel is the program's all-time leading scorer with 32 career goals.