BOSTON – The Suffolk men's soccer teams readies for a Saturday showdown as the Wildcats of Johnson & Wales heads to East Boston Sept. 29. First kick is set for 12 p.m. at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park.

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LAST TIME OUT
A second-half strike by Regis broke open a 1-all time and made Suffolk men's soccer play catchup, but the Rams never did as they fell to the Pride, 2-1, Thursday afternoon at Regis Stadium.

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RAMS RUNDOWN
Suffolk sits in eighth place in the GNAC standings with a 2-3-1 league ledger and a 2-6-1 overall record. Both of the Rams victories have come in front of their home crowd in Eastie. 

The blue-and-gold's offense only has not found its grove as of late, being limited to just one strike over the past three outings with the lone goal coming off a good penalty kick. Overall, Suffolk has scored 12 times this season with Leonardo Acosta and James Fisher striking three times each. To go along with three goals Acosta has a team-best two handouts to anchor the Rams' offense with eight points.

Tom Bennett has been the go-to goalie in the last four games. The freshman carries a .771 save percentage and a 1.86 goals-against average into Saturday.

WILDCAT WAYS
Johnson & Wales has dropped back-to-back non-league matches to enter Saturday 5-3-2 overall. When it comes to conference contests, JWU is in third place with a 3-1-1 record versus league foes. 

The Wildcats attack of 19 goals is good for third in the conference. Riley McNicholas' five markers lead the way with Nick Gutekunst and JP Rioux scoring four apiece. Rioux is also the biggest threat when it comes to setting up scorers as the freshman forward owns a team-best four assists.

Nicholas Mancini has started all, but one game in net for the Wildcats. The senior keeper holds a .735 save percentage and a 0.99 goals against average.

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Suffolk and Johnson & Wales will meet for the 22nd time since 1999.
• Overall the Rams trail the series with the Wildcats, 8-12-1.
• JWU has taken the last four contests, three in shutout decisions, including last year's 1-0 decision.
• Eight outings have been cleansheets with the Rams trailing such contests, 2-6.
• Suffolk and JWU have tangled in overtime once in the all-time meetings in 2005. Neither team came out on top with the contest ending in a 1-1 stalemate after two OTs.

EYES ON THE GAME

LOOKING AHEAD
Suffolk heads to Albertus Magnus Wednesday, Oct. 3.