POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist men's soccer team will begin the MAAC Championship at Rider on Sunday, Nov. 5. The sixth-seeded Red Foxes face off against the third-seeded Rider Broncs in the MAAC quarterfinals.
The match is set for 1 p.m. in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
- The Red Foxes were defeated 2-0 at Siena on Wednesday.
- Marist outshot Siena 17-6.
- Kyle Evans recorded five shots in the match.
- Marist finished conference play with a record of 4-4-2.
- Marist went 3-1-1 in MAAC road matches this season.
- The Red Foxes' leaders in points are Richard Morel and Jared Juleau with 11 apiece.
- Morel scored a team-best five goals in the regular season.
- Luca Bulfon played all of Marist's 1,440 regular-season minutes in goal.
- Rider is the third-seeded team in the MAAC Championship.
- The Broncos are on a win streak after winning their last four games of the regular season.
- Rider finished their conference season with a 6-2-2 record.
- On Saturday, Oct. 28, the Broncos defeated the Red Foxes 2-1 at Tenney Stadium.
- Rider's Babacar Diene ranks second in the MAAC in goals with 10, scoring a hat trick in their most recent 4-1 victory over Saint Peter's to close out the regular season on Wednesday.
- Marist has won four MAAC championships: 2000, 2004, 2005, and 2021.
- Marist defeated Rider in 2021 MAAC final, as the Red Foxes prevailed on penalty kicks.
- Marist is 2-0-2 in its last four trips to Rider.
- Should the Red Foxes advance, they will play at top-seeded Iona on Thursday, Nov. 9.
- Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
- The MAAC final will be hosted by the highest remaining seed on Sunday, Nov. 12.