BOONE, N.C. - Appalachian State University men's soccer will play in its annual Black and Gold scrimmage on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex.
App boasts a young team with 25 of the 28 players are either a freshman, sophomore and junior, while 14 of the student-athletes are freshmen. Appalachian brings back nine of 11 players who scored a goal including leading goal getter,
Juan Hernandez. The sophomore
was the only freshman last season to lead his team in goals and points with six.
Reed Hunnicutt returns as well after a team high three assists and was second on the team with five points.
Jake Chasteen is back for his senior campaign as the primary goalkeeper, as he played 1137 minutes with 1.19 GAA and four clean sheets. Chasteen finished near the top in numerous categories in the Sun Belt.
Quotable
'We are excited to get out and play a full match and see every player. It is a great opportunity for every player to get a run out and show the coaching staff what they have to offer at this very early stage of the preseason."
Returners
Jake Chasteen
Austin Hill
Ian Bennett
Zeiko Harris
Reed Hunnicutt
Juan Hernandez
Yoni Spencer
Justin Pruitt
Parker Washburn
Tyquann Perinchief
Marc Pfrogner
Roman Galaska
Brady Gunter
Felix Kollmannthaler
Freshman
Jacob Madden
Austin Shuping
Parker Cross
Camden Holbrook
Charlie Baird
Mason Robicheaux
Ibrahim Zaitawi
Christian Licea
Dimitris Moraitakis
Alex Hernandez
Alex McGrath
Aldo Tarantini
Wyatt Williams
Philipp Paulin
