POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist men's soccer team (7-7, 4-3 MAAC) will host MAAC rivals Monmouth (1-11-2, 1-5-1 MAAC) on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. The Red Foxes currently sit at fourth in the conference standings, and can easily move up with some wins to close the season.
                                               

HOW TO FOLLOW

• A live stream and live stats will be available on goredfoxes.com.
• Live updates will be posted on the @MaristMensSoc Twitter account as well.

LAST TIME OUT

• The Red Foxes defeated Rider 2-1 on Saturday, October 26.
• The game was scoreless until the 75th minute when Rider took the lead on a goal from Taner Bay.
• Marist quickly answered with the game-tying goal in the 78th minute off the foot of junior Allen Gavilanes, assisted by Stefan Copetti.
• The Red Foxes earned a penalty kick in the final ten seconds of regulation, and Huib Achterkamp scored to win the game.

SCOUTING THE HAWKS

• Monmouth is coming off of a 3-2 loss to Quinnipiac. They picked up their most recent win over Siena on October 9, but have gone 0-3-1 since then.
• Ben Zakowski is leading the Hawks with four goals on the season.
• Sean Murray has played every minute of every game in the goal, and has 56 saves for a percentage of 65.9.

HISTORY VS. MONMOUTH

• Marist is 2-2-2 vs. the Hawks since they joined the MAAC. They are on a two-game winning streak dating back to 2017.
• The Red Foxes won the last matchup 2-1 at Monmouth in double overtime. Samad Bounthong scored the game-tying goal in the 84th minute, then Gavilanes scored the golden goal in the 101st minute.
• The Red Foxes outshot the Hawks 23-10 overall and 13-4 on goal, but Monmouth's Murray kept them in the game with 11 saves.

STATISTICAL LEADERS

• Huib Achterkamp is the top Red Fox scorer with six goals for 12 points. He has gone 5-for-5 on penalty kicks, and leads the NCAA in that category.
• Allen Gavilanes (3G, 5A) and Stefan Copetti (3G, 4A) are right behind him with 11 and 10 points respectively.
• 10 Marist players have scored a goal this season, and six have scored more than once.
• Samuel Ilin has started at goalkeeper for every game, and boasts a save percentage of 68.9 with 51 stops.

MAAC STANDINGS

Team	MAAC Record	Points
Saint Peter's	7-1	21
Iona	5-1-1	16
Quinnipiac	4-2-1	13
Marist	4-3	12
Manhattan	4-3	12
Rider	3-3-2	11
Niagara	3-4-1	10
Fairfield	2-3-2	8
Siena	2-5	6
Monmouth	1-5-1	4
Canisius	1-6	3

They playoff race is still wide open, and no team has clinched a seed or been eliminated yet.
 

UP NEXT

The Red Foxes will head to New Rochelle, NY to take on MAAC #2 Iona on Saturday, November 2. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.