Point Park and Charleston to Face Off for the Second Time

PITTSBURGH- Point Park will face off for the second time this season against Charleston (W.Va.) in a MEC matchup slated for a 5:30 pm start time on Wednesday afternoon at Highmark Stadium.

The Pioneers are coming into Wednesday's game with a 5-7-1 overall record and 3-7-1 in MEC play while Charleston comes into the match with a 12-0-1 overall record and a 9-0 MEC record.

In their first matchup of the season on September 11, Charleston outlasted the Pioneers 1-0 as Charleston's Caio Moraes found the back of the net in the 33rd minute for the games loan goal. In goal Point Park's David Ali made seven saves for the Pioneers.

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• Point Park dropped two close back-to-back road MEC matchups last week to Concord (2-1) and Wheeling (1-0).
• In the matchup versus Concord, Nils Benning scored the Pioneers loan goal in the 15th minute for his team-leading six goal of the season to put the Pioneers up early 1-0.
• The Mountain Lions struck with back-to-back goals in the 77th and 80th minute to upend the Pioneers.
• Against Wheeling, a goal right after the first half was the decider as Wheeling's Antonio Herra-Blackwood found the back of the net in the 46th minute for the eventually game winner.
• Nils Benning is currently ranked sixth in the MEC for goals while Javier Morejon is currently eighth in assists with four on the year. Benning and Morejon are also both on the leader board for points with Benning ranked seventh and Morejon ranked ninth