LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The ASUN Tournament-bound Bellarmine University men's soccer team will head to Gold Division counterpart Lipscomb for an 8 p.m. (ET) contest Saturday in the latter half of their home-and-home series this season.

Leader of the Gold Division, Bellarmine (8-3-2, 3-1 ASUN) posted a 3-0 win over the Bisons (1-8-5, 0-2-2) on Sept. 27 in Louisville in the first meeting. The Knights snapped a five-game losing streak to Lipscomb with that victory.

With a 5-2 home win over Central Arkansas last Saturday, Bellarmine not only overtook the Bears for first place in the Gold Division, the Knights became the first team in the conference to lock up an ASUN Tournament berth. BU established a new Division I-era program record with its eighth win.

Three of the four teams from each division qualify for the ASUN Tournament. With two conference games remaining, Bellarmine (9 points earned in league play) is striving to claim a Gold Division championship, while Lipscomb has plenty of motivation as well — the Bisons (2 pts) are still in contention for one of the two available postseason berths. Central Arkansas (7 pts) follows BU while Queens (3 pts) is in third place.

KNIGHTS NOTES
• Lipscomb holds a 5-3 series lead over Bellarmine in the D1 era.
• Bellarmine became the first conference team to earn an ASUN Tournament bid despite being picked last in the ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll. The Knights have never missed the ASUN Championship and are now 6-for-6 in earning bids since elevating to D1.
• Bellarmine got the monkey off its back in the 5-2 win over Central Arkansas. The Bears had entered with a 5-0-2 record against the Knights in the D1 era.
• Bellarmine's D1-era record eight wins topped the 2021 squad's seven victories.
• Bellarmine is 2-3-2 on the road this season. In their lone ASUN road contest thus far, the Knights dropped a 2-1 decision to UCA in their first meeting with the Bears.
• Bellarmine went a perfect 6-0 at home in the regular season, including 3-0 in ASUN games.
• Bellarmine set a new overall D1-era program record with 30 shots in the 5-2 win over UCA. The Knights' five goals, six assists and 15 shots on goal were all new program records for an ASUN game. Five different Knights accounted for the five goals.
• Redshirt junior midfielder Colin Mackey is the reigning ASUN Player of the Week after coming off the bench to tally one goal and two assists in the win over UCA.
• Redshirt senior midfielder Brendan Schoemehl, who was named to Top Drawer Soccer's Team of the Week after his two-goal performance against Lipscomb in the first game, became Bellarmine's D1-era career leader in points with 26 (10 goals, 6 assists) after notching a helper against UCA. He's tied for fourth in the ASUN in assists (four).
• Sophomore forward Johan Nissen-Lie is the ASUN leader in goals (eight), total points (16), shots (34) and shots on goal (17).
• Sophomore midfielder Nick Harshaw is tied for third in the ASUN in points (12; four goals, four assists).
• Redshirt senior goalkeeper Peter Van Euwen ranks third in the ASUN in goals-against average (0.98), is tied for third in shutouts (four) and ranks fourth in save percentage (.765).

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