HARROGATE, Tenn. — Mother Nature inserted herself into the Lincoln Memorial University men's soccer team's plans once again this season. A rescheduled conference match forced Alabama-Huntsville to cancel on the Railsplitters Wednesday, but LMU didn't let the weather win for the consecutive time.
 
Instead of postponing its home South Atlantic Conference match versus Anderson University due to the gobs of rain sitting at the LMU Soccer Complex, the Railsplitters (3-2-1, 1-1 SAC) elected to play the Trojans (2-3, 1-1) on a neutral field at the Sansom Sport Complex in Knoxville.
 
The Basics
 
Saturday, Sept. 29 vs. Anderson — 8 p.m.
 
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Quick Hits
 
- LMU will play under the night lights for the first time this season after a week removed from the playing field.
 
- The Railsplitters bounced back in a big way at Catwaba last Saturday, defeating the Indians, 3-0, for their first SAC victory to sit at 1-1 in league play.
 
- Victor Peres, a preseason All-SAC second team member, continues to carry the Railsplitters. The senior scored his third consecutive goal while passing across his first assist of the year at Catwaba.
 
- Peres now leads LMU in points with seven. Christoph Willemsen, Felipe de Sousa and Ueslei Silva follow with four points apiece.
 
- Silva scored his second goal of the season while de Sousa connected on his second assist. Miguel Reis deposited the Railsplitters' other score for his first strike of the season.
 
- Junior goalkeeper Caio Bergamo relieved starter Caleb Cothrin in the Railsplitters' win a week ago for his first appearance of the year, swatting away four saves in 23-plus minutes of play.
 
Know the Opponent
 
- After winning their first match of the season in a shutout, 3-0, victory over Lees-McRae, the Trojans hit a rough patch, losing the next three.
 
- Of those losses, one was to No. 10-ranked Lander in a 1-0 decision, while the other two included a 2-1 loss at North Georgia — LMU's lone remaining nonconference match — and a 1-0 loss at Newberry.
 
- Anderson bounced back after an opening-conference loss with a home, 1-0, victory over Mars Hill last Saturday.
 
- Like LMU, the Trojans' mid-week, non-conference match was cancelled Wednesday, with Anderson's being at Southern Wesleyan.
 
- The Trojans have five different players — Gabriel Homem, Shalev Keter, Lars Kaula, Jhon Vaca and Vinicius Veiga — who each have a goal apiece to lead Anderson.
 
- Homem has a team-high two assists and four points.
 
Head-to-Head 
- On a neutral field, LMU hasn't faired well against Anderson, losing both matchups in the playoffs in Rock Hill, S.C., 0-2 in 2011 and 0-1 the next season.
 
- Since that last loss in 2012, it has been all the Railsplitters. LMU has won five straight over the Trojans for a 7-4 advantage in the series.
 
- The Railsplitters rallied to a double-overtime, 1-0, victory at Anderson nearly a year ago on Oct. 21.