The Appalachian State University men's soccer team will host Georgia State on Saturday, Oct. 18 for its third game of the Sun Belt Conference schedule. Kick off is slated for 7 p.m. from Appalachian Soccer Stadium.

Last Time Out >>
• The Mountaineers tied Howard in Washington, D.C. last Saturday 2-2 in double overtime.
• Down 1-0 in the second half, Donovan Japp and Trey Hemphill scored less than three minutes apart to take a 2-1 lead. The goals were the first of the season for both Japp and Hemphill.
• The Bison scored in the 85th minute to tie the game at 2-2.
• Holland Hammond made one save on the night and played the entire 110 minutes.
• The Mountaineers outshot the Bison 19-5, including 12-3 in shots on goal. The Apps also led Howard in corner kicks, 10-2.

Scouting the Panthers >>
• Georgia State enters the match on Saturday with a 4-7 overall mark, including an 0-1 record in the Sun Belt.
• The Panthers only conference game was a 2-1 loss in overtime at NJIT on Oct. 11.
• Stephen McGill leads the squad in points with six that includes two goals and two assists. Aaron Jones, Rashid Alarape and Amiri Abraham all have tallied four points this season.
• CJ Cochran has seen the majority of time in net this season and is 4-6 on the year with 46 saves and a 1.89 goals against average. Cochran has allowed 20 goals and carries a .697 save percentage.

Sun Belt Conference Accolades >>
• For the week of Sept. 16, senior forward Stanley Broaden and junior defender Alex Beranger swept the Sun Belt Conference weekly awards by claiming Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week, respectively.
• Broaden netted three goals during the week, including two game-winners and his third career multi-goal game of this career.
• Beranger tallied his first career goal while wearing the Black and Gold in the match against Presbyterian. The junior also led a stingy defense that shut out the Blue Hose.
• For the week of Oct. 14, sophomore midfielder Donovan Japp earned Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week. Japp claimed the award by finishing the week with a goal and two assists. The Oakridge, N.C. native tallied two assists in a 2-1 win over Jacksonville on Oct. 8 and scored his first goal of the season against Howard on Oct. 11.

National Landscape (UPDATED: 10/17/14) >>
• Stanley Broaden ranks tied for 41st in the nation and first in the Sun Belt for total goals (6), while also ranking tied for seventh in the nation and first in the conference for game-winning goals (4).
• Alex Herbst ranks tied for 17th in the nation and first in the conference in assists per game (0.50) and tied for seventh in the nation and first in the conference in total assists (6).
• App State is tied for 75th in the nation in shutout percentage.

Shutouts >>
• Appalachian's matches against Presbyterian and Marshall marked the first back-to-back shutout victories for the Mountaineers since the 2012 season.
• The 2-0 blanking of Marshall on the road was the first road shutout victory since a 3-0 win on Aug. 30, 2012 at UNC Asheville.

The Big 425 >>
• The 4-0 victory against Presbyterian on Sept. 12 was the program's 425th win all-time dating back to 1962.

Sun Belt Men's Soccer Standings (as of 10/17/14)

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