WASHINGTON – The No. 2/2 Georgetown University men's soccer team (12-1-1, 5-0-0 BIG EAST) will make the trip to Pennsylvania to face the Villanova Wildcats in a BIG EAST Conference matchup on Saturday afternoon at the Higgins Family Soccer Complex in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Kickoff is slated for noon and the matchup will be broadcast live on ESPN+. 
 
Follow the Action

• Fans can tune in online on ESPN+ and live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.

About the Hoyas

• Georgetown is coming off of a huge 6-1 victory at then-No. 7/5 Pitt on Monday evening in the nonconference finale.
• After Pitt knotted the contest at one in the 29th minute, the Hoyas rattled off five unanswered goals to get the top-10 victory.
• It marked the second time this season that the Blue & Gray has scored six goals in a contest.
• Mitchell Baker led the way with two goals, while Charlie Rosenthal tallied the first of his career.
• On Monday, Eric Howard was named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, while Matthew Van Horn received a nod to the weekly honor roll as the Hoyas went 1-0.
• Howard delivered on both ends of the field in Georgetown's 4-0 victory over Seton Hall.
• The senior defender recorded a goal and an assist for three points while helping anchor a Hoya back line that posted a shutout and limited the Pirates to just five shots.
• Van Horn scored in Georgetown's 4-0 victory over Seton Hall, helping the Hoyas earn three BIG EAST points.
• The senior finished with two points as Georgetown produced the highest-scoring performance in the conference during the week.
• Baker is leading the squad with 10 goals and four assists for 24 points on the season in just 11 games played.
• Van Horn is second posting seven goals and a team-best eight assists for 22 points.
• Senior Mateo Ponce Ocampo is third with five goals and six assists. Three of the goals are game winners.
• In goal, junior Charlie DeMarco has played a majority of the minutes with six shutouts and a 0.73 goals-against average. 
• The Hoyas are currently leading the nation in assists per game (3.79), goal differential (34), points per game (10.21) and scoring offense (3.21) among other statistics.

About the Wildcats

• The Wildcats (5-6-2 overall, 0-4-1 BIG EAST) are rested and entering their second match in the last 14 days.
• VU dropped a 2-1 decision at Butler on Oct. 16 where it struggled to gain any footing in the first 45 minutes of the match.
• Luke Martelli has scored a point in each of the Wildcats last three games and leads Villanova in scoring with four goals, four assists and 12 points.
• Fynn Lahrsen is tied with Martelli for the team lead in goals with four.

Series Info

• Georgetown is 35-11-6 all-time against the Wildcats and 12-6-4 on the road.
• Last year, the Blue & Gray managed the 3-0 victory over the Wildcats at Shaw Field as Tate Lampman and Baker both scored.
• The last meeting at Higgins was a 3-3 tie during the 2024 campaign as the Blue & Gray came back twice to get the draw.
• Lampman scored his first-career goal, Van Horn hit a penalty kick to tie it and Jack Heaps would tie it for the 3-3 result in the 85th minute.
• The GU last win in Pennsylvania was a 3-2 Hoya triumph during the 2022 season.