HARROGATE, Tenn. – The Railsplitters make their official LMU Soccer Complex debut Saturday when the Young Harris Mountain Lions (2-0-1) come to town for a pivotal early-season region showdown. Lincoln Memorial (2-0) is ranked No. 24 in the latest United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II national poll, while Young Harris is No. 11. LMU is looking for its third 3-0 start in four years.

The Basics 

Saturday, September 9 at LMU Soccer Complex – 3:30 p.m.
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Quick Hits 

- Lincoln Memorial blew out King 3-0 Sunday in Barbourville, Ky. Danilo Da Silva, Felipe de Sousa and Victor Peres scored for the Railsplitters, while Caleb Cothrin made four saves and earned a clean sheet in his LMU debut.
 
- The Railsplitters came back from a halftime deficit to defeat Erskine 3-2 in the team's season opener. Diego Velazquez and de Sousa scored just over three minutes apart in the second half to lead the comeback. Caio Bergamo made his LMU debut in goal and did not make a save.
 
- Da Silva and de Sousa are the first Railsplitters to score in consecutive games to open a season since Leonardo da Silva scored in three straight to open the 2014 season.
 
- With the pair of opening-week victories, LMU jumped to No. 24 in the latest United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II national poll.
 
- Lincoln Memorial has scored six goals—three in each match—to open the 2017 season. That is the team's highest total through two games since 2007, when the Railsplitters made a run to the NCAA Division II National Championship game.
 
- The Railsplitters have outshot their two opponents 33-16. Of those 33 shots, 25 have landed on goal. Lincoln Memorial's 12.5 shots on goal per game ranks first in NCAA Division II among teams that have played at least two games.
 
- Lincoln Memorial landed 14 shots on goal Sunday for just the second time since 2012. The team has also racked up double-digit shots on goal in back-to-back games for the first time since 2012.
 
- The team's current .758 shots on goal percentage would blow away the program record of .520 set back in 2000.
 
- The Railsplitters are undefeated – 8-0-1—in openers at the LMU Soccer Complex. LMU has not lost a home opener in Harrogate in 14 years since falling 1-0 to Bellarmine in 2003.

Know the Opponent 

- Young Harris most recently tied Tusculum 1-1 Thursday at home. Tusculum took an early 1-0 lead before Mikie Rowe tied the game in the 42nd minute. The Mountain Lions played a man up for nearly 30 minutes after a Tusculum red card in the 81st minute but failed to capitalize in the final nine minutes of regulation or either of the two overtime periods.
 
- The Mountain Lions shut out Eckerd 2-0 and Southern Wesleyan 5-0 in its opening week. Seba Andreassen picked up a goal and assist in each game. Marco Micaletto also scored in both.
 
- With the pair of convincing opening-week victories, Young Harris jumped went from unranked all the way to No. 11 in the latest United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II national poll.
 
- Alex Iglesias has started all three games in goal and has stopped 12 of 13 shots faced with two clean sheets. He began the year with a 201-minute shutout streak before Tusculum finally found the back of the net.
 
- Young Harris has averaged 20 shots per game and has put up 21 in back-to-back matches. However, only 35 percent have found their way on net.
 
- Saturday is Young Harris' first road game of the season. The Mountain Lions opened the year with three home games and play nine of 15 overall at home.
 
- The Mountain Lions have won the past three Peach Belt Conference tournaments and advanced to the NCAA tournament in two of those years. The team was not selected last year despite winning the conference tournament.

Head-to-Head

- Lincoln Memorial won last year's matchup at Young Harris 2-1. A third-minute goal gave the Mountain Lions a 1-0 lead, but da Silva tied the game in the 15th minute and Peres put the Railsplitters ahead in the 21st minute.
 
- The teams' only other meetings came in 2010 and 2011. Lincoln Memorial won the lone matchup in Harrogate 2-0 in 2010. Young Harris returned the favor in 2011 with a 6-1 home win.