Greenville, S.C. – The Furman men's soccer team, ranked eighth in the latest Top Drawer Soccer Top 25, returns home to host No. 18 UNC Greensboro in the "Quinn Game" for Down Syndrome Awareness Saturday night on Seagraves Field at Eugene Stone III Soccer Stadium.
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and admission at Stone Stadium is free. The match, sponsored by Bon Secours, will be streamed live on ESPN+ and links for the live stream and live statistics can be found at FurmanPaladins.com.
Saturday's "Quinn Game" was created to promote awareness for Down Syndrome and to honor one of the program's biggest fans, 13-year-old Quinn Cronin, the daughter of former Furman soccer standout McNeil Cronin ('04). Plan to be in your seats early as the Paladins celebrate Quinn.
First-place Furman enters Saturday's crucial league match at 10-1-4 overall and 2-0-1 in Southern Conference play while the Spartans, 9-2-4 overall, are 2-1-0 in the conference with two SoCon contests remaining. The Paladins claimed a 2-1 come-from-behind win at UNC Asheville in a non-conference bout on Tuesday night with sophomores
Ryan Wagner and
Wilfer Bustamante scoring goals for the purple and white. UNCG played to a 1-1 draw in the midweek against NC State. Furman is currently No. 28 in the official NCAA RPI ratings and UNCG is currently No. 17.
The Quinn Game marks the 48
th all-time meeting between the Paladins and Spartans with UNCG holding a 23-19-5 series edge. Last season, the Spartans captured a 1-0 win in the regular season meeting in Greensboro, N.C. The teams met at UNCG Stadium again in the SoCon semifinals and played to a 1-1 draw before Furman advanced, 6-5, on penalty kicks en route to claiming the SoCon Tournament title.
Furman is scheduled to conclude non-conference play on Tuesday, October 28 with a home match against Winthrop before traveling to Wofford for the regular season finale next weekend.
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