POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - Marist men's soccer (2-4) is set to face Long Island rivals Hofstra (4-3, 2-1 CAA) on Wednesday, September 25 at 7 p.m. The Red Foxes are coming off of a tightly contested double-overtime loss to #18 New Hampshire, while the Pride picked up their second conference win over Elon this past weekend.
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- A live stream and live stats will be provided courtesy of GoRedFoxes.com.
- Live updates will be posted on the @MaristMensSoc Twitter account as well.
- Marist battled #18 New Hampshire for 106 minutes on Saturday, but eventually gave up the golden goal in double overtime.
- Junior Justin Jaime scored in the 46th minute to tie the game, which was just the fourth goal allowed by the Wildcats this season.
- Samuel Ilin made five saves in the net against the nationally-ranked power, his career-high as a Red Fox.
- Marist leads the MAAC in corner kicks with 42 total and seven per game.
- The Red Foxes rank 13th nationally in corner kicks as of September 24.
- Every goal scored by Marist this season has been shot by a different player.
- With Jaime's goal at New Hampshire, he joined Samad Bounthong, Christian Curti, Marcus Ginman, Michael Lorello and Jacob Schulman as the scoring Red Foxes.
- Allen Gavilanes leads the team with two assists, and is ranked ninth in the nation with 4.33 shots per game.
- Marist has outshot the opponent in five of six games this season, and holds and total-shot advantage of 95-66 over the opposition.
- Hofstra is 2-1 in their last three games, scoring three goals each in their wins over CAA opponents Charleston and Elon.
- Peter Soelberg and Frederik Rieper have tallied a team-high three goals each.
- Adam Savill has recorded three assists and a goal for the Pride.
- In seven games, Alex Ashton has 22 saves for a save percentage of 68.8 percent. He has a goals against average of 1.43.
- Marist is 3-1 all-time against the Pride, winning the last two contests. The squads faced off annually from 2001-2004.
- The Red Foxes scored at least three goals in all three wins, but lost 2-4 to Hofstra in 2002.
- Current Assistant Coach Ricky Cusano was a member of the Marist squad from 2001-04 and scored against Hofstra in 2002.
Following the match with Hofstra, the Red Foxes kick off the conference season at Niagara on Wednesday, October 2. The game will begin at 4 p.m. in Niagara Falls, New York.