CONCORD, N.H. – NHTI Men's Soccer returns to Concord Saturday afternoon for its regular-season home opener, welcoming Word of Life Bible Institute to the NHTI Men's Soccer Field as part of Homecoming Weekend.
Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
Saturday marks the first countable home match of the season for the Lynx after their previously scheduled Sept. 10 home matchup against Holyoke Community College was canceled. NHTI's Sept. 30 road contest at Vermont State University Randolph was also postponed and rescheduled for Oct. 8.
The Lynx enter the weekend 0-4 overall and 0-3 in Yankee Small College Conference play after opening the regular season with four consecutive road contests.
NHTI has scored seven goals through its first four games, with six different players finding the back of the net. Delvaughn Daley (Randolph, Mass.) leads the Lynx with six points on two goals and two assists, while Geovanni Lopez (Manchester, N.H.) has recorded one goal and one assist.
Kombozi Amosi (Manchester, N.H.), Dominic Davis (Pembroke, N.H.), Jacob Hanson (Pembroke, N.H.) and Japhari Ramadhani (Manchester, N.H.) have each added one goal. Daley also leads NHTI with 12 shots and nine shots on goal.
Word of Life enters Saturday 2-5 overall and 1-2 in YSCC play. The Huskies are coming off a 7-2 victory over SUNY Adirondack Wednesday, snapping a four-game losing streak.
Sophomore Austin Hartwell leads Word of Life with six goals and 12 points through seven games, placing him among the YSCC's leading scorers. Sophomore Ambrose Okoth has added three goals, while freshman Logan Phillips has one goal and one assist.
Goalkeeper Michael D'Augostine has started all seven games for the Huskies and leads the YSCC with 72 saves while posting a .766 save percentage.
Saturday will mark the sixth all-time meeting between NHTI and Word of Life. The Lynx hold a 3-2 advantage in the series, including a 2-0 record at home, though the Huskies have won each of the last two meetings.
Word of Life earned a 3-0 victory in Pottersville, New York, last season after defeating NHTI 3-1 in 2024. NHTI's most recent win in the series came in 2022, a 2-1 victory on the road.
The matchup also opens a two-game Homecoming Weekend homestand for the Lynx. NHTI will return to the field Sunday at 12:30 p.m. against Paul Smith's College, which enters the weekend 3-1 in YSCC play.
Homecoming Saturday begins with the NHTI Men's Soccer Alumni Match at 10 a.m., followed by the Lynx and Huskies at 12:30 p.m.
The match will be available to watch live at YSCCSportsNetwork.com.
