LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After triumphing in its home opener, the Bellarmine University men's soccer team returns to the road for two contests this week, as the Knights will face Belmont at 7:30 p.m. (ET) Tuesday and UNC Asheville at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The Belmont (3-0) and UNC Asheville (2-1) matches bookend a stretch of four road games over five contests to start 2025 for Bellarmine (1-1-1), which began the year with trips to Evansville and Kentucky before a 3-1 home victory Saturday over Xavier.

ABOUT BELMONT
Bellarmine and Belmont have squared off in every season of the Knights' D1 era, and this year's clash will mark the sixth meeting. Although the Bruins own a 3-0-2 record in the series, it's been highly competitive. In the last four games, Belmont won a pair 1-0 (2021, 2023) and the teams deadlocked 1-1 twice (2022, 2024). This is the first meeting between the two programs that isn't a Chastonay vs. Chastonay affair. Bellarmine head coach Tim Chastonay's son, AJ, is a former standout midfielder for Belmont (2020-24) and played in all five of the previous matchups, scoring three goals. The Bruins are off to a terrific start this season, posting a 2-1 home win over Wright State before 2-0 and 1-0 road wins over Memphis and Harvard, respectively.

ABOUT UNC ASHEVILLE
Bellarmine and UNC Asheville played to a scoreless draw last season in Louisville. The Bulldogs will host this season and are 2-0 on their own turf, claiming a 2-1 win over Howard and a 3-1 victory over Georgia State. UNC Asheville's lone loss came on the road, 1-0 at Bellarmine ASUN counterpart Queens. Rodrigo Mendes is responsible for four of the team's five goals, including a hat trick against Georgia State. He provided the game-winner in both that contest and against Howard.

KNIGHTS NOTES:
• Bellarmine boasted the second-ranked defense in the ASUN last season (1.19 GAA). The three goals the Knights have conceded this season have all been on set pieces — two penalty kicks and one free kick that was a yard outside the box.
• Peter Van Euwen amassed a career-high nine saves in the win over Xavier. The redshirt senior notched five against Kentucky. He's carrying an .850 save percentage.
• Cade Morgan provided the equalizer at 1-1 against Xavier less than two minutes into the second half. It was the redshirt junior midfielder's first career goal.
• Tate McCrery delivered the game-winning goal against the Musketeers. Two of the redshirt junior midfielder's three career goals have been game-winners.
• Rhys Davies put away Bellarmine's third goal against Xavier on a penalty kick. It was the senior defender's first-ever goal in his two seasons as a Knight, but he did tally three as a sophomore at D2 McKendree before transferring to BU.
• Redshirt senior midfielder Jackson Marks collected an assist against Xavier that represented the first point of his collegiate career.
• Nick Harshaw also registered an assist against Xavier. It was the second helper of the sophomore midfielder's career. He was an ASUN All-Freshman Team selection last season.

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