No. 7 men’s soccer looks to clinch first-round bye against Clayton State:
The seventh-ranked Lander men’s soccer team will head Clayton State on Wednesday afternoon for a 3:30 p.m. match with a chance to secure a first-round bye in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament.
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STORYLINES
• Lander (11-1-2, 4-1 PBC) can clinch at least a second-place finish in the conference standings with a win over the Lakers (2-9-2, 1-4 PBC).
• Clayton State enters the match with a one-point lead over USC Aiken for the final spot in the PBC Tournament.
• Lander owns a 19-8-3 all-time series lead over the Lakers, as the Bearcats defeated Clayton State twice last season.
• The Bearcats have finished in the top-three of the league in each of the last three seasons.
• Lander tied a program record on Monday, collecting its 11th and 12 weekly PBC awards of the season as Jordan Skelton was named the Defender of the Week and Jacob Withers repeated as Goalkeeper of the Week.
• The Bearcats have not allowed a goal in their last three contests.
• The Lakers are looking to snap a six-match winless streak.