HAMDEN, Connecticut- The Marist men's soccer team returns to the MAAC Championships on Saturday afternoon with a match against Quinnipiac. The fifth seeded Red Foxes compete against the fourth seeded Bobcats for an opportunity in the MAAC Semifinals.
The Red Foxes finished the regular season with a 6-8-2 overall record and 3-3-2 in MAAC play. The Red Foxes have appeared in the MAAC Championships in back-to-back seasons.
The match is set for noon kickoff on ESPN+.
- The Red Foxes fell in their final regular season match of the season 5-2, against Siena.
- Caio Cavaletti equalized the match at 1-1 in the 47th minute of the match with his second goal of the season.
- Richard Morel scored his team-leading sixth goal in the 56th minute of the match, which cut into the Siena lead at 3-2.
- The Red Foxes out-shot Siena 15-8 in the match, and in shots on goal 8-7.
- The Red Foxes earned nine corner kicks in the match, compared to Siena's two corner opportunities.
- Richard Morel scored his team-high sixth goal of the season in the Red Foxes final regular season match against Siena.
- With that goal, Morel scored in five matches for the Red Foxes throughout the 2024 regular season.
- Morel scored two goals in the Red Foxes ranked win against 18 Fordham on Sept. 13.
- Morel enters the playoffs with a 53 percent shot on goal percentage.
- Morel has added three assists to his impressive stat line for the 2024 season.
- Morel tallied 1106 minutes on the pitch for the Red Foxes during the regular season.
- The Red Foxes defeated Quinnipiac 2-0 in a regular season MAAC match on Oct. 19.
- The fourth-seeded Bobcats finished the regular season with a 7-8-1 overall record and 4-4 in MAAC play.
- In the final match of the regular season, the Bobcats defeated Fairfield 3-1, earning the fourth seed in the MAAC Championships.
- The Bobcats own a 8-3-1 overall record against the Red Foxes in all-time meetings.
- This will be the first playoff match between the Red Foxes and Bobcats.
