Greenville, S.C. – The nationally-ranked Furman men's soccer team goes in search of its record 22^nd Southern Conference regular season title when the Paladins travel to Spartanburg, S.C., to face the Wofford Terriers in the regular season finale for both schools on Saturday night. 
 
Kickoff at Snyder Field is slated for 7 p.m. and the match will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Brian Hand on the call. Links for the live stream and live statistics are available on the men's soccer schedule page at FurmanPaladins.com.
 
The Paladins enter Saturday's rivalry match at 11-1-4 overall and 3-0-1 in league play. Furman, with 10 points from four SoCon matches, is tied for first place with Mercer atop the league standings and the two have secured top-two seeds and first round byes in the SoCon Men's Soccer Championship. Furman and Mercer played to a 1-1 draw on October 4. If both teams win on Saturday, they will have 4-0-1 records in SoCon play with wins over each of the other teams in the standings and the draw vs. each other. In that scenario, the ensuing tiebreaker is goal differential in SoCon matches (currently +2 in Furman's favor). Should the two remain tied and the goal differential is equal, the next tiebreaker is goals scored in SoCon matches (currently +2 in Mercer's favor). Should the two remain tied and the goals scored total is equal, the next tiebreaker is goals allowed in SoCon matches (currently +5 in Furman's favor). If the two remain tied and the goals allowed in SoCon matches is equal, the tie will be broken by a coin flip by the SoCon Commissioner.
 
Other Scenarios
Furman is the No. 1 seed with a:
Furman win at Wofford and a Mercer draw or loss at UNC Greensboro (13 points vs. 10/11 points)
Furman loss at Wofford and a Mercer loss at UNC Greensboro (Furman is the No. 1 seed by virtue of its 2-0 win over #3/4 UNC Greensboro on October 25)
Furman draw at Wofford and a Mercer draw at UNC Greensboro (Furman is the No. 1 seed by virtue of its 2-0 win over #3/4 UNC Greensboro on October 25)
Furman draw at Wofford and a Mercer loss at UNC Greensboro (11 points vs. 10 points)
 
Wofford is 5-9-2 overall and 1-3 in the conference entering Saturday night. The regular season finale marks the 62^nd all-time meeting between the Paladins and Terriers with Furman maintaining a 43-16-2 series lead. Last season, Wilfer Bustamante netted the match-winning goal as the Paladins downed the Terriers, 2-0, in Greenville.
 
Bustamante has totaled six goals and six assists for the Paladins while midfielder Diego Hernandez leads Furman with seven goals and a league-best eight assists. The Mesquite, Texas, native was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Year Leaderboard this week and was recently selected to the Hermann Trophy Watch List as one of the top players in the country.
 
Win, lose or, tie on Saturday, Furman will return to action hosting a SoCon semifinal round match at Stone Soccer Stadium on Sunday, November 9, at 2 p.m. against an opponent to be determined.
 
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