No. 17 Mercy Men’s Soccer Hosts Queens in ECC Showdown Wednesday
No. 17 Mercy hosts Queens on Wednesday in a key East Coast Conference matchup between teams with identical league records. Mercy is looking to rebound from a 1-0 loss, while Queens comes in after a 2-2 draw; both sides are ranked in the latest NCAA regional rankings.
By the Numbers- Both teams are 10-3-3 overall and 3-2-1 in conference play.
- Kickoff is Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 2:30 p.m. in Dobbs Ferry, New York.
- Mercy’s Jacob Darwesh Lund-Iversen leads the team with 12 goals and 30 points; John Hollis leads Division II with 11 assists.
- Queens’ Tommy Gunn has a team-high 7 goals and 17 points.
Mercy is ranked No. 17 nationally and No. 8 regionally, while Queens is No. 9 regionally and receiving votes in the national poll. But Mercy lost the teams’ last meeting, 3-2, and is 9-9-2 across its last 20 matchups with Queens.
State of Play- Both teams are chasing conference positioning, with matching ECC records.
- Mercy has its most wins since 2022; Queens reached last season’s ECC championship game.
After Wednesday’s matchup, Mercy visits Molloy on Saturday, Oct. 24, at noon.
Bottom LineWith the teams even in the conference standings, Wednesday’s result could provide a meaningful edge in the ECC race—and a chance for Mercy to avenge last year’s narrow loss.
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