West Liberty, W.Va. – The West Liberty University men's soccer team will look to complete the season sweep of Davis & Elkins on Wednesday evening at the West Family Athletic Complex. The Hilltoppers and Senators are set for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff in the second game of tomorrow night's doubleheader.

GAME DETAILS

• Location: West Liberty, W.Va. (West Family Athletic Complex)
• Kickoff: 7:30 P.M.

WEST LIBERTY STORYLINES

• West Liberty enters Wednesday's match with a record of 5-2-3 (4-2-1 MEC) on the season and is currently tied for third in the Mountain East Conference standings with 13 points through seven matches.
• The Black & Gold held steady at No. 8 for the third consecutive poll in this week's United Soccer Coaches Atlantic Region rankings.
• In their last game, WLU battled to their second draw of the season against Salem, tying 2-2 on the road in Bridgeport, West Virginia.
• Mark Donnelly leads West Liberty and is tied for seventh in the MEC with four goals on the year. Vitor Otsuka, Jan Goebel, Zachary Forehand, and Oskar Voges have each found the back of the net twice this season.
• Otsuka is one of six players on the team with an assist and has notched a team-high of six, which remains tied for the lead in the conference. Goebel, Rhys Lewis, Tim Stickland, Shimon Ichimiya, and Jasper Newton each have one.
• Otsuka (2 goals, 6 assists) leads the team with ten points while Donnelly (4 goals) is second on the team with eight points. Otsuka is tied for seventh among the MEC leaders.
• In goal, Noah Underwood has played 810 minutes thus far this season. He has made 42 saves for an .840 save percentage on 100 shots faced, while posting a 0.89 goals-against average. He has notched three shutouts this season in wins over No. 12 Davis & Elkins, California (PA), and Wheeling. Underwood ranks second in the MEC in goals against average, save percentage, and saves per game (4.67), while also ranking third in total saves.
• Through ten matches, West Liberty holds the advantage in goals (18-9), assists (11-5), shots (115-108), corner kicks (64-49), and saves (45-35) while their opponents hold the edge in shots-on-goal (56-55).
• Sean Regan is in his fifth season as the head coach at West Liberty with a record of 21-43-8 with the Hilltoppers. Overall, he is in his 15th season as a head coach in collegiate men's soccer after spending ten previous seasons at nearby Bethany, he holds a career record of 82-161-20 during his time with the Bison and Hilltoppers.

DAVIS & ELKINS STORYLINES

• Davis & Elkins enters Wednesday's match with a record of 4-3-2 (4-3-1 MEC) on the season and is currently tied for third in the Mountain East Conference standings with 13 points through eight matches.
• Shemar Daley leads the team with four goals on the year, while three of those occurred in a September 17 match against Frostburg State for one of only three hat-tricks in the MEC this season. Johan Magana has found the back of the net three times in 2023.
• The trio of Daley, Modou Faye, and Dominique Castano are tied for the team lead in assists with two each.
• Daley has totaled a team-best ten points on the season with four goals and two assists, while Magana is second with seven points off three goals and an assist.
• Grant Wyles has appeared and started in eight for D&E, totaling 720 minutes in goal while making 31 saves with a 0.756 save percentage on 93 shots faced. He holds a 1.25 goals against average to go along with three shutouts this season.
• Through nine matches Davis & Elkins' opponents have held the advantage in assists (11-9), shots (104-85), shots-on-goal (50-42), and corner kicks (41-35), while the Senators hold the edge in saves (34-28). The teams have been even with 14 goals apiece.
• Meir Lewin is in his first season as the head coach at Davis & Elkins with a record of 4-3-2 during his time with the Senators. He is in his fourth season as a head coach in collegiate soccer with a 34-15-8 career record after spending the three previous seasons at North Carolina Wesleyan.

SERIES HISTORY

• Davis & Elkins holds a 7-1 lead in the all-time series.
• In the most recent match-up, West Liberty shutout then No. 12 Davis & Elkins for their first-ever win over the Senators and their first top-25 win in program history.