Lancers Journey to Coastal Carolina

CONWAY, S.C. – The Longwood males’s soccer workforce hits the street for the primary time this season Monday, touring to Coastal Carolina for a 7 p.m., kickoff on ESPN+.

LAST TIME OUT

• Longwood opened the season Thursday with a 1-1 draw towards Mount Olive.
• Sophomore Brando Bedolla began the scoring within the thirtieth minute with a rocket into the higher proper of the web from exterior the field, assisted by junior Jesus Macaya.
• Mount Olive countered with a 67th-minute tally by Haytham Abraham to stage the rating.
• Phil Appelt blasted a shot of the crossbar with lower than a minute remaining for the Lancers, however the groups settled for the draw.
• Longwood outshot the Trojans, 18-11, and had 5 nook kicks to Mount Olive’s 4 on the night time.

SERIES HISTORY

• Coastal Carolina holds a 5-1-0 lead within the all-time collection with Longwood.
• The two final performed Oct. 24, 2015 in Farmville when the then-No. 11 Chanticleers got here away with a 2-1 Big South Conference determination in additional time.
• CCU has received the final 5 matches within the collection.
• The Lancers’ win got here on Aug. 30, 2008 within the Coastal Carolina/Adidas Classic by a 2-1 rely.
• Shane Johnson (header in seventeenth minute) and Harvey Headley (penalty within the 56th) had the targets for Longwood.

SCOUTING COASTAL CAROLINA

• Coastal Carolina blanked Winthrop, 3-0, in Rock Hill, S.C., to open the season.
• It was Coastal’s first victory in its lid lifter since beating USC Upstate to begin the 2022 marketing campaign.
• Jaland Larmond (thirtieth minute), Jaland Larmond, Angel Lopez Martin (53rd) and Christian Cook (86th) tallied for the Chants.
• After 26 seasons on the helm of this system and 312 victories, head coach Shaun Docking introduced his retirement Aug. 13.
• Under interim head coach Chris Fidler, who’s in his third season on workers, Coastal was picked to completed final within the 10-team Sun Belt.
• Coastal is coming off of a 3-10-3 season in 2024, failing to qualify for the convention match.

A RESULT WOULD …

• With a win or draw on Monday, Longwood would stay unbeaten by way of its first two matches of the season for the primary time since 2023.
• That yr, the Lancers started the season blanking Hampden-Sydney, 3-0, on Aug. 25 earlier than beating Mount St. Mary, 2-1, on Sept. 2 at residence.
• The unbeaten streak continued by incomes a 1-1 draw on the street at William & Mary on Sept. 5 and shutting out Navy, 2-0, in Annapolis, Md., on Sept. 8.

FRESH FACES

• Longwood has added 14 newcomers in its 2025 recruiting class.
• Six gamers boast earlier collegiate enjoying expertise.
• Among the transfers are midfielder Phil Appelt (Dordt/Mid-America Christian), ahead Syrus Conolly (Concord/Virginia Tech), goalkeeper Youssou Ouendeno (Western Illinois/Madonna), midfielder Kevin Peprah (Rider), ahead João Ratinho (Huntington/Oklahoma Christian) and goalkeeper Ezra Wallace (Green Bay).

LANCERS PICKED THIRD IN BIG SOUTH POLL

• Longwood was chosen to complete third within the Big South preseason coaches ballot, introduced on Aug. 13
• The workforce obtained 41 factors within the voting to complete behind simply High Point and Gardner-Webb, which earned 62 and 55 factors, respectively. Those two faculties cut up the first-place votes with 2024 regular-season champion Panthers garnering six and the Runnin’ Bulldogs selecting up the remaining two nods for the highest spot.
• The third-place tag for Longwood represents a tie for the highest-ever end within the Big South preseason ballot, matching the 2022 squad.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

SADULA ELEVATED

• Assistant coach Yuriy Sadula was promoted to affiliate head coach for the Lancers on Aug. 20.
• Sadula is starting his seventh season on head coach Paul Gilbert‘s workers between Lubbock Christian, Indiana Tech and at Longwood.
• He performed for Gilbert for 3 seasons at Lubbock Christian graduating in 2018 as this system’s all-time chief in matches (66) and minutes performed (5,807).

O CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS

• Head coach Paul Gilbert named seniors David Ambaek and Aaron Asamoah workforce captains for the 2025 season.
• Both gamers suited up for Gilbert and affiliate head coach Yuriy Sadula at Indiana Tech in 2022-23 and adopted the workers to Farmville.
• Asamoah earned Big South First Team and Big South All-Tournament Team honors a yr in the past.
• Ambaek began all 13 matches during which he appeared, serving to to anchor a backline. 

NEXT UP

• Longwood is again residence Friday at 7 p.m., to host ETSU on ESPN+.
• The Buccaneers claimed a 3-1 victory over Longwood in Johnson City, Tenn., to open the 2024 season.