BRISTOL, Tenn. — The Railsplitters (1-1-1) continue their three-game road trip with a two-hour bus ride to King University (1-2-1), in hopes to get back on the winning side.
 
The Basics
 
Wednesday, Sept. 12 at King University — 3 p.m.
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Quick Hits
 
- The Lincoln Memorial University men's soccer team dropped its first match of the season Saturday at fifth-ranked Young Harris, in a matchup that featured over an hour and a half lightning delay.
 
- It was the second match this year that Mother Nature has halted the Railsplitters after LMU was unable to play its original season opener versus Erskine Aug. 30.
 
- Two Railsplitters, Matteo Bufalo and Ueslei Silva, connected on their first goal in navy and gray versus the Mountain Lions.
 
- Miguel Reis also passed across his first assist of the season when Bufalo scored in the 15th minute to knot the score at 1.
 
- Silva's score cut the Railsplitters' deficit back to one off a Mountain Lion header that he corralled and cashed in on at the 72-minute mark.
 
- Felipe Machado missed his second consecutive match, but senior Victor Peres saw his first action of the season when he subbed in the 82nd minute for Bufalo.
 
Know the Opponent
 
- Like LMU, King is coming off a loss, with the Tornado's coming at Emmanuel College in a 1-0 decision over the weekend.
 
- After winning its opener, 2-0, against visiting Concord, King has saw a 0-1-2 record conspire over the past three games, including a 3-0 loss to LMU's South Atlantic Conference foe Tusculum College.
 
- Carlos Saaverda, Ben Dellsle and Leo Braga have combined for a goal apiece so far for the Torando, while Daniel Dube and Jalen Willis each have an assist.
 
- Goalkeeper Dalton Gammon has allowed five goals since winning the season opener with a clean sheet.
 
Head-to-Head
 
- King held the bragging rights from the two squad's first matchup in 1988 to the third in 2003, holding a 3-0 record versus the Railsplitters in that span.
 
- LMU won its first versus the Tornado in 2004, a 5-1 home win, and since then the Railsplitters have owned the in-state showdown, 4-1-1.
 
- Last season's 3-0 LMU victory was the first meeting since 2012, which was a Railsplitters' five-goal win, and the match that gave LMU the series, 5-4-1, lead.