MORROW, Ga. – The Clayton State men's soccer team hosts Georgia Southwestern at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the second of two scheduled matchups between the Peach Belt Conference rivals.

Clayton State will recognize Hispanic Heritage Month before the match which honors the independence of Mexico and several Central America countries.

Seven of the men's soccer student-athletes are descendants of countries being honored this month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15): Isami Takeuchi (Peru), Francisco Arias (Colombia), Alexis Iturria (Uruguay), Geo Rios and Hector Fuentes (El Salvador) and Vic Delgado Miller and Abe Mendieta (Mexico).
 
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- This marks the second time this season the two teams play each other
- On Sept. 22, the game ended in a 1-1 draw
- Clayton State is 13-3-1 overall against the Hurricanes
- At Laker Field, the Lakers are 9-0
- Geo Rios put Clayton State up 1-0 in the 13^th minute before Chris Salamatou scored on a penalty kick in the 23^rd minute to tie the match
- Clayton State is second in the PBC with 13 points while GSW sits fourth with 10 points
 
The Teams:
Clayton State (5-5-2, 4-2-1 PBC)
- Opened the season with a 2-2 draw against Lees-McRae (9/2)
- Followed that with a 2-0 win over Erskine (9/4) before losing 4-3 in double overtime to Queens (N.C.) (9/7)
- Clayton State lost 2-1 to Auburn Montgomery on Sept. 10
- The Lakers then fell 3-0 to Tampa Sept. 12
- They then entered PBC play with a 4-0 win over USC Aiken (9/15) and a 4-2 win over UNG (9/18)
- Tied GSW 1-1 (9/22) before rebounding with a 3-2 win over Flagler (9/25)
- The Lakers trailed 2-0 in the Flagler match before scoring three straight to win in the final minutes
- The suffered back-to-back losses to Lander (4-0 – 9/29) and No. 5 Young Harris (2-1 – 10/6)
- Won 3-1 at UNG on Oct. 9
- Geo Rios leads the team with 18 points (5g, 8a) and eight assists
- Ranks fourth in the PBC with 18 points
- In tied for first in the PBC for assists and tied for second in the country in assists
- Langston Blackstock and Alexis Iturria each have five goals and, along with Rios, are tied for sixth in the league in goals
- Theo Blachon leads the conference with 37 saves and is second in the country in minutes played
 
Georgia Southwestern (5-4-1, 3-3-1 PBC)
- Is coming off a pair of 2-1 wins over Lander (10/2) and USC Aiken (10/9)
- Suffered losses to Young Harris (1-0 – 9/29) and North Georgia (2-1 – 9/25)
- Opened the season with a 3-2 win over Middle Ga. State (9/2) before falling 2-0 to North Greenville Univ. (9/4)
- Defeated Embry Riddle 3-0 before opening conference play with a 2-1 loss to Flagler
- Defeated USC Aiken 1-0
- Chris Salamatou leads the team with three goals and seven points
- Nicholas Sciarra has two goals and two assists
- Jac Malleret has a team-high three assists


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