Scouting the Tribe
The Tribe is coming off back-to-back one-goal CAA setbacks, having dropped a 4-3 decision at James Madison on Wednesday. The Green and Gold sits at 4-4-2 overall and 0-2-1 in the CAA. Against the Dukes, W&M trailed 2-0 after 23 minutes, but rallied behind three-straight goals to take a 3-2 advantage in the second half. Junior
Antonio Bustamante converted a penalty kick in the 40th minute to cut the gap to one at the half. Senior
William Eskay and sophomore
Reeves Trott each scored in the span of six minutes in the early stages of the second half to put the Tribe on top. Unfortunately, JMU answered with goals in the 64th and 70th minutes to pull out the victory. Junior
Ryder Bell tallied his second career two-assist game on Wednesday. Eskay ranks second in the CAA in points (9) and assists (3), while coming in third in goals (3). Bell is among the top 10 in the league in all three categories as well, ranking second in assists (3), sixth in points (7) and seventh in goals (7). The Tribe continues to lead the CAA in shots (13.4) and corner kicks (6.3) per game. Senior goalkeeper
Phil Breno has played every minute in goal for the Green and Gold, sporting a goals against average of 1.26 to go with four shutout and 27 saves. The Tribe's other three setbacks this season have all come to teams currently in the national top 20 (No. 5 North Carolina, No. 15 UNCW and No. 20 Michigan).
Scouting Delaware
Delaware enters the contest with the Tribe on a two-match winning streak. UD is 5-2-1 on the year and 2-1 in CAA play. The Blue Hens pulled out a 3-2 victory over Drexel on Wednesday. Fede Prieto, who leads Delaware is scoring with seven points on three goals and an assist, tallied a goal and an assist in the victory over the Dragons. Halvard Ramstad, who is one of four Blue Hen players with two goals on the year, tallied the game-winner in the 54th minute. It was his second-straight game-winner after he scored the lone marker in the 56th minute of a 1-0 win at Northeastern. Delaware's lone CAA loss came at home on an overtime penalty kick to UNCW, 1-0. Chad Poarch, Carlos Perales and Thibault Philippe each have a pair of goals on the season for Delaware. John Schroeder leads UD with three assists on the year. Todd Morton has played every minute in goal for the Blue Hens. He sports a 0.71 goals against average with 33 saves and four shutouts.
Series History: W&M vs. Delaware
- The Tribe holds a 13-7-1 advantage in the all-time series with Delaware, including a 7-3 mark in Williamsburg. W&M has outscored the Blue Hens, 43-24, in those 21 games.
- UD holds the upper hand recently, having won six of the last seven meetings, including each of the last five.
- Sunday is a rematch of last season's CAA Championship game. The Blue Hens downed the Tribe 2-1 in Hempstead, N.Y. Delaware also claimed the regular season meeting, 2-1, in double overtime on a goal with just one second remaining.
- Senior
William Eskay owns a pair of goals against the Blue Hens in his career, scoring in both 2014 and 2015.
Boost-amante
- Junior
Antonio Bustamante has given W&M a boost recently, scoring goals in four of the last five matches. He has tallied a point in five of the Green and Gold's last seven contests dating back to Sept. 5 at George Washington.
- He was named the CAA Player of the Week on Sept. 18 after tallying goals at No. 7 North Carolina and in the home win over Campbell. It was the second weekly league award of his career.
- On Sept. 20, Bustamante tallied the golden goal in the 98th minute on the road at Longwood. It was his fourth career game-winner.
- He ranks second in the CAA in goals (4) and points (9), while leading the league in shots (30).
Golan Named CAA Rookie of the Week
- Freshman
Sam Golan collected the Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week award for his efforts on Monday. It marks the second-straight week in which the league honored a Tribe men's soccer athlete.
- Starting each of the Tribe's last eight matches, the rookie center back has helped lead the Green and Gold to four shutouts, including a clean sheet in an overtime victory at Longwood on Sept. 20.
- Golan tallied his first goal in the Green and Gold on Sept. 23. He scored in the 28th minute, punching home a pass from junior
Remi Frost to give the Tribe a 1-0 lead over No. 18 UNCW.
- Golan joins junior
Antonio Bustamante in earning CAA weekly awards, giving the Tribe honors in back-to-back weeks. Bustamante was named the CAA Player of the Week on Sept. 18 after scoring against both No. 8 North Carolina and Campbell.
- Golan is the first Tribe player to earn rookie of the week honors since sophomore
Reeves Trott garnered the accolade in back-to-back weeks (Sept. 5 and Sept. 12) last season.
Up Next
The Tribe will have nearly a week off before returning in CAA action on the road at Northeastern on Saturday, Oct. 7. The match carries at 5 p.m. start time and will be streamed on CAA.TV.
