WEST POINT, New York – The Marist men's soccer team wraps up its season long six game road trip when they travel to Army West Point for a match against the Black Knights on Sunday at 7 PM.
LAST TIME OUT:
The Red Foxes are coming off a 2-1 loss at Fordham on Wednesday night. Marist opened the scoring early as freshman
Allen Gavilanes found space on the left side and fed a cross into the box to sophomore
Samad Bounthong who put it home for the 1-0 lead just over 16 minutes into the game. The Red Foxes had several more chances in the opening half but couldn't find the back of the net, entering the break leading in shots on goal 5-1. The Rams answered roughly 16 minutes into the second frame with a long ball from their own half of the field over the Marist defense that found a runner on the right side who put it home to even the score 1-1. Fordham controlled the momentum following the goal. Twenty minutes later, the Rams got the lead when a Red Fox clear was collected just outside the box and fed to the right side to an open player who knock it to the far left corner for the 2-1 advantage. Marist pushed for the late equalizer but couldn't find the final pass to unlock the defense and time expired.
TRIPLE DOSE OF RANKINGS:
The Red Foxes are currently ranked #5 in the United Soccer Coaches Northeast Poll released this week. The ranking marks the third consecutive week Marist has been included in the poll, coming in at #2 in the Aug. 29
th poll and #4 in the Sept. 5
th poll.
FIRST YEAR DOMINATION:
Freshman
Allen Gavilanes currently leads the team with five assists, nine points and 13 shots total, is tied for first with two goals and is tied for second with five shots on goal. In just six career games for the Red Foxes, he has one game with one goal and two assists, has one game with one goal and one assist and has recorded at least one point in four of six.
LIFE ON THE ROAD:
The match against Army West Point will mark the sixth consecutive game the Red Foxes have played away from home. During the season long road trip, Marist has played matches in three different states (Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island), one district (Washington D.C) and will have logged roughly 1,607 miles of travel when it's all said and done.
SCOUTING THE BLACK KNIGHTS:
The Black Knights stand at 4-2 overall, have scored nine goals, while allowing three goals in six games and are coming off a 1-0 2OT win at Siena on Wednesday afternoon. The game against the Red Foxes will be the third match in seven games Army West Point has played against a MAAC team, with the Black Knights having secured a 3-0 win at home vs the Fairfield Stags in addition to the victory over Siena.
Sophomore Rex Epps leads the team with four goals, 24 shots and 11 shots on goal, is tied for first with 10 points and is second with two assists. Sophomore Keenan O'Shea is first on the team with four assists, is tied for first with 10 points and is second with three goals, 21 shots and nine shots on goal.
Sophomore Justin Stoll has played all 562 plus minutes for Army West Point in goal and has allowed three goals against, to go along with 15 saves, a 0.48 goals against average and a .833 save percentage.
HOW TO FOLLOW:
A
live stream and live stats will be available. Fans can also follow
@MaristMensSoc on Twitter for in game updates.
UP NEXT:
Following the match at Army West Point, Marist will return home for its first game at Tenney Stadium since the season opening 3-2 vs Albany on Aug. 25
th, when the Red Foxes host the St. Bonaventure Bonnies on Sunday, Sept. 24
th at 1 PM.
