Greenville, S.C. – Southern Conference play continues for the Furman men's soccer team on Saturday evening when the Paladins travel to Johnson City, Tenn., for a match against the ETSU Buccaneers.
 
Kickoff at Summers-Taylor Stadium is scheduled for 6 p.m. Live statistics for the match will be available through StatBroadcast on the men's soccer schedule page at FurmanPaladins.com.
 
The Paladins, 6-3-4 overall and 2-1-0 in the conference, have won three straight matches entering this weekend's contest. Head coach Brandon Tucker's squad has outscored the opposition 16-4 during the three-match stretch, including a 7-1 rout of USC Upstate in Tuesday's non-conference finale at Stone Stadium.
 
Junior Wilfer Bustamante has spearheaded the Furman attack with back-to-back hat tricks and eight goals over the three-game run. The Greenville, S.C., native scored twice in a 6-1 SoCon victory over VMI before netting all three Paladin goals in a 3-2 win over Virginia Tech. On Tuesday night, Bustamante added three more goals against USC Upstate to take the league lead with 10 goals and become the first Paladin to register back-to-back hat tricks since Ryan Higginbotham accomplished the feat in 1996.
 
Furman holds a 14-4-7 lead in the all-time series versus ETSU and claimed a 3-2 decision in last season's meeting in Greenville. On its last trip to Johnson City, Furman defeated the Bucs, 2-0, at Summers-Taylor Stadium to capture the 2024 SoCon Tournament title.
 
ETSU sports a 7-6-3 overall record and enters Saturday's match unbeaten in SoCon play at 2-0-2. The Bucs have fashioned three consecutive shutouts with the most recent coming in a scoreless draw versus Mercer last Saturday in Macon, Ga.
  
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