The Malone University men's soccer team will play an out-of-conference match at California University of Pennsylvania to close out the regular season Tuesday evening. 

Playoff Picture:
With only Tuesday's non-conference game remaining on their regular-season schedule, the Pioneers will now await the outcome of several other Great Midwest Athletic Conference matches on Tuesday night to see if they will secure the sixth and final G-MAC Tournament spot.  If Malone does qualify for the G-MAC Postseason, the squad will open the quarterfinals with a Saturday road match against the No. 3 seed.

This Week's Schedule

Tuesday (Oct. 23rd)

at California, Pennsylvania

6:30 PM

Live Stats

Malone Notes (6-9-1) - Roster | Stats
-The Pioneers notched a 2-1 overtime victory against Walsh on Saturday afternoon
-Malone will look to play off the strength of their defense; The Pioneers have not given up more than three goals in a match all season and have held their opponents to two goals or fewer in their last five contests
-The Pioneers conference record in the G-MAC is 6-7-1
-Malone is on a two-game winning streak and will be looking to make it three in a row to close out the regular season
-Gino Finelli was named the G-MAC Offensive Player of the Week after tallying three goals, including two game-winners last week;  The junior ranks fourth in the G-MAC in game-winning goals with three
-Evan Dekker ranks third in the conference in assists with six for the season; He tallied three assists last week, helping on both of Finelli's game-winners
-Alexandre Durand ranks near the top of nearly all of the G-MAC goalkeeper categories; He is first in saves with 87; fourth in save-percentage 0.784; Fourth in shutouts with 3; Sixth in goals-against-average 1.475;

California Notes (2-8-4) - Roster | Stats
-This will be the first meeting between the Pioneers and the Vulcans
-The University of California Pennsylvania is in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)
-The Vulcans conference record in the PSAC is 1-8-1
-Conner Griest, Eric Campbell and Paul Young, Jr.lead the team in goals and shot attempts
-California is coming off a 1-0 loss at Bloomberg, PA

With some help, the Pioneers will hope to take part in the G-MAC Postseason Tournament.  Regardless of Tuesday's outcome, first-year head coach Eric Reed and the entire Malone men's soccer team have had a great turnaround 2018 season.