HARROGATE, Tenn. – Fourth-seeded Lincoln Memorial (9-3-3, 4-3-3 SAC) hosts fifth-seeded Mars Hill (5-7-2, 4-4-2 SAC) in a South Atlantic Conference tournament quarterfinal match Tuesday at the LMU Soccer complex. The winner will advance to the semifinal match on Friday, November 3 in Rock Hill, South Carolina to play the winner between top-seeded Wingate and eighth-seeded Newberry.
 
LMU defeated Catawba 4-1 Saturday in Knoxville, Tennessee while the Lions lost at home to Anderson 2-1. The Railsplitters' win, paired with Mars Hill's loss, gave Lincoln Memorial the fourth seed and home-field advantage for the quarterfinal match. Mars Hill won the teams' regular-season matchup in Harrogate 1-0 less than two weeks ago.
 
The Basics 

Tuesday, October 31 at LMU Soccer Complex– 2 p.m.
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Quick Hits 

- LMU scored four second-half goals, led by a hat trick from Victor Peres, to beat Catawba 4-1 Saturday and overtake Mars Hill for the No. 4 spot in the South Atlantic Conference standings. Danilo da Silva added a goal and two assists.
 
- Da Silva became the first Railsplitter since Mario Pinto in 2012 to claim the SAC regular-season scoring title with 29 points to finish one ahead of Newberry's Till Neumann. He accumulated at least one point in every match the Railsplitters have scored with five multi-point efforts. The Campinas, Brazil native finished the season tied for third in the conference with 11 goals and second in assists with seven. The senior is also the first Railsplitter to crack a double-digit goal total since 2013.
 
- The Railsplitters went 5-1-1 at home and 3-1-1 in SAC play during the regular season. LMU scored at least twice in six of its seven home matches with the lone exception being a 1-0 loss to Mars Hill.
 
- Caleb Cothrin returned to action Saturday after missing four matches. The duo of Cothrin and Caio Bergamo combined for six shutouts, a 0.94 goals against average and .815 save percentage.
 
- Lincoln Memorial's 1.93 goals per game average ranked third in the conference behind Wingate and Carson-Newman, who finished atop the standings. The team finished tied for fourth with 16 goals in SAC play—15 of which were scored at home. Ten of those goals came in wins over Newberry and Catawba, while the other six came in the team's other eight conference matches. LMU scored 29 total goals and scored multiple times in nine of 15 matches.
 
- The Railsplitter defense was solid all season and finished third in the SAC with a 0.94 goals against average. LMU hasn't allowed more than one goal in any of its past ten matches and did so only once in ten SAC games.

Know the Opponent
 
- Mars Hill was the SAC's lowest-scoring team during the regular season with just 14 goals in 14 games. The Lions were also the only SAC team to average fewer than ten shots per game (9.5) and attempted 14 fewer corner kicks than anyone else.
 
- The Lions did not score more than two goals in any game and only scored more than one goal four times. Nine of the team's ten conference matches were decided by one goal or ended in a draw.
 
- Jordan Lennon and Stian Sanner led the team with four goals apiece. Sanner scored in the 88^th minute in Mars Hill's 1-0 win over the Railsplitters on October 18. Joakin Lien added three goals. Only three other Lions found the back of the net.
 
- Sanner, Lennon, Sam Roe and Oscar Mitchell were the only Lions to attempt at least one shot per game. No one averaged one shot on goal per game, as Sanner led the team with 11 in 14 games. Mars Hill only outshot opponents twice in 14 games.
 
- Ben Lucas has started every game in goal and racked up the second-most minutes played in the SAC. He finished seventh in the SAC with a .759 save percentage and ninth with a 1.30 goals against average. He made the second-most saves at 60.
 
Head-to-Head
 
- Mars Hill leads the series 13-10-1 and has won nine straight over the Railsplitters dating back to 2010. This includes the team's 1-0 win at the LMU Soccer Complex on October 18.
 
- Each of LMU's last seven losses to Mars Hill have come by one goal.
 
- The Railsplitters hold a 7-6 series edge over the Lions in home matches but have lost four straight and haven't beaten Mars Hill in Harrogate since 2010.
 
- Lincoln Memorial and Mars Hill have met three times in the SAC tournament—all quarterfinal matches from 2008-10. LMU won the 2008 matchup, while Mars Hill won in 2009 and 2010. Lincoln Memorial was the home team all three times. The 2008 and 2010 meetings took place at the LMU Soccer Complex, while the 2009 matchup was moved to Barbourville, Kentucky.