ANDERSON, S.C. – Lincoln Memorial (7-3-3, 2-2-3 SAC) will look to shake off its recent conference struggles and make a late-season run in its trip to face the Anderson Trojans (6-6-1, 3-4-1 SAC) on Saturday afternoon. Anderson is one point ahead of the Railsplitters in the SAC standings but was shut out 2-0 at Queens Wednesday. LMU was shut out at home for the first time this season Wednesday in a 1-0 loss to Mars Hill.
 
The Basics 

Saturday, October 21 at Trojan Stadium– 3:30 p.m.
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Quick Hits 

- Mars Hill stunned the Railsplitters with an 88^th-minute goal from Stian Sanner Wednesday. That snapped a nine-game home undefeated streak for the Railsplitters. LMU has been shut out in five of its eight SAC matches.
 
- The team owns a 3-2-2 mark on the road but is 0-2-2 against conference opponents. The team has been shut out in all four of its road conference matches. Playing at the LMU Soccer Complex has been a different story, as the Railsplitters are 4-1-1 at home.
 
- Danilo da Silva has accumulated at least one point in every match the Railsplitters have scored and has four multi-point efforts. Da Silva's 23 points and five assists are tied for second in the SAC, while his nine goals are tied for fifth.
 
- With Caleb Cothrin nursing an injury, Caio Bergamo has started the past three matches in goal after Cothrin started nine straight in goal for the Railsplitters. The duo has combined for five shutouts, a 1.01 goals against average and .800 save percentage.
 
- Lincoln Memorial's 1.85 goals per game average is third in the conference behind Carson-Newman and Wingate, who sit atop the standings. The team is tied for fifth with 11 goals in SAC play—all at home—though more than half that total came in a 6-0 win over Newberry. LMU has 24 total goals and has scored multiple times in eight of 13 matches.
 
- The Railsplitters average the seventh-most fouls per game nationally at 16.15. The team has also been issued 33 yellow cards—most in the SAC—and tied for tenth nationally. Henrique Rezek, Felipe Machado and Christoph Willemsen have each received a team-high four cautions. Six others have been carded at least twice.

Know the Opponent
 
- Anderson is 5-1 at home and 3-1 in SAC play. All three of those wins have come over teams lower than them in the SAC standings—Coker, Newberry and Catawba. The team's lone home loss was 4-0 to Carson-Newman, who is currently in second place in the SAC.
 
- In contrast, the Trojans are 0-5-1 on the road and 0-3-1 in SAC play. All three conference losses have come by multiple goals.
 
- Anderson has averaged a SAC-worst 0.75 goals per game in conference play and has been outscored 14-6 in eight matches. The Trojans have only scored more than one goal once in those matches and have been shut out three times. 
 
- Thomas Joergsholm has been involved in half of the team's 16 goals. The freshman leads the Trojans with four goals, four assists and 12 points. None of those goals have come in SAC play, though he has assisted on three of the team's six SAC goals. He has only averaged one shot per game in conference play.
 
- Colin Burris is the only Trojan to score twice in SAC play. He scored the tying goal in a 1-1 draw at Lenoir-Rhyne and picked up the game-winning goal in the team's 2-1 victory over Catawba.
 
- Anderson is allowing the third-most goals per game at 1.71. Gal Elyashiv has started 11 of the team's 13 games in goal and has a 1.40 goals against average. Aden Ardoin has struggled mightily in limited playing time with an 0-3 record, 3.27 GAA and .550 save percentage.
 
Head-to-Head
 
- Lincoln Memorial holds a 6-4 edge in the all-time series and has won the past four matchups. The Railsplitters are 3-1 in both Harrogate and Anderson.
 
- Andres Pratto, Felipe de Sousa and Victor Peres scored in last year's 3-0 Railsplitter win in Harrogate.
 
- Da Silva and Philip Wong scored first-half goals in LMU's 2-1 win at Anderson in 2015.