BIG SOUTH MEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE SATURDAY IN CONWAY

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SETTING THE STAGE

Radford's hopes of a second straight Big South men's soccer regular-season championship will be on the line Saturday when the Highlanders square off against 10^th-ranked Coastal Carolina.
Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. from Coastal Carolina Soccer Stadium in Conway, S.C.
Marc Reeves is 1-5-1 against the Chanticleers as Radford's head coach.
Radford's lone win against CCU under Coach Reeves came in 2014 when Fraser Colmer scored off a corner kick to clinch the Highlanders' first conference regular-season title since 1998.
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HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Record: 12-2-1, 7-1-0 Big South
Radford ranks No. 41 in the latest RPI rankings and is receiving votes in the NSCAA coaches' poll.
Twenty-four of the Highlanders' league-leading 36 goals scored this season are by underclassmen.
In addition to being the Big South leader in goals scored, RU ranks first in assists per game (2.33) and shots per game (17.47).
Radford's 2.40 goals per game rank third in the nation.
RU has six shutouts in 2015, which are tied for second in the league.
Sivert Daehlie leads the Highlanders with 22 points (10 goals, two assists).
Daehlie is tied for second in the Big South and tied for 10^th, nationally, in goals scored.
Radford is coming off a 5-0 win against Gardner-Webb on Senior Night last Friday where Daehlie notched his second multi-goal match of the season.
Daehlie has taken a team-best 40 shots up top for RU, with 22 of those being on frame.
Evan Szklennik is the Big South leader in assists with seven.
The Highlanders are 3-2-0 on the road this season.

SCOUTING COASTAL CAROLINA

Record: 12-1-1, 6-1-0 Big South
Series: Coastal Carolina leads, 19-13-3
Coastal ascended to as high as No. 4 in the national rankings before suffering its lone setback of the season, 3-2, at UNC Asheville on Oct. 11.
The Chants have regrouped since then, reeling off five straight wins.
They are coming off a 3-2 triumph over Winthrop, which dealt the Eagles their first league loss of the season.
Coastal is one of the top defensive teams in the nation, ranking first in the Big South in goals allowed (10), goals against average (0.69) and shutouts (seven).
Bryce Follensbee ranks seventh in the conference in goals scored (seven).
CCU is 6-0-0 at home for the 2015 campaign.

UP NEXT

Radford gears up for Wednesday's regular-season finale at nationally-ranked Elon.
The non-conference match gets underway at 7 p.m. from Rudd Field in Elon, N.C.

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