Men's Soccer Travels to American on Tuesday Evening

UMBC (3-1-2) at American (1-2-3) | Tuesday, Sept. 17, 7pm | Boyds, Md. (Maryland SoccerPlex) | Watch | Live Stats

DAWG BYTES

UMBC enters Tuesday's game with a 3-1-2 record after a 4-0 victory over Saint Joseph's University as the Retrievers look for their second win in a row.
The four goals in the most recent win came from different players: sophomore defender Lasse Kelp, junior midfielder Ty Stroud, junior forward Robbie Ryerson, and freshman forward Matteo Samori, his first career goal
Senior forward Alex Wroblewski and graduate student defender Hans Nesheim were credited with assists. Nesheim has a team high 4 assists on the season, good for second in the America East.
This will be just the second road test for a Retriever squad that has played five home games thus far.
Samori was named #AEMSOC Rookie of the Week this past Monday
Nesheim is second in the America East with four assists.
Ryan Calheira is seventh in the league with three goals (.500 goals per game).
The Dawgs are averaging a league-high 2.167 goals per game.
Emigdio Tormo Lopez leads the circuit in saves percentage (.853) and saves per game (4.83). He's also second in goals against average (.833).

ABOUT AMERICAN

American enters Tuesday's game coming off a 2-0 win over Patriot League preseason favorite Loyola Maryland, as the Eagles return to non-conference play in search of a second win.
The Eagles' goals came from Junior midfielder Troy Elgersma and senior forward Sam Hershey, both players' first goals of the season. The pair assisted the goals they didn't score in the Loyola game, giving each player a goal and an assist.
Sophomore midfielder Reyes Parra also added a pair of assists, which rank him sixth in the Patriot League in assists.
Junior goalkeeper Matthew Tibbetts recorded his third clean sheet of the season against Loyola Maryland, earning his second consecutive Patriot League Men's Soccer Goalkeeper of the Week selection in the process.
Tibbetts currently leads the Patriot League in its four major goalkeeping statistics: goals against average (1.00), save percentage (.833), shutouts per game (.500) and saves per game (5.00). He leads the League with three shutouts so far this season.
Graduate student Cooper Nunn has played every second of American's last 40 games.

INSIDE THE SERIES

American leads the all-time series with seven wins and a tie, having never lost to the Retrievers.
American boasts a 5-0 record all-time in home games against UMBC.
After taking a 26-year hiatus from playing each other, American and UMBC met for the first time since 1997 last season, a 3-1 win for the Eagles at UMBC

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