Unbeaten Men's Soccer Returns Home on Friday Night to Face Old Dominion

Graduate student Andres Javitt scored his first goal for UMBC, resulting in a 1-1 draw against William & Mary on Saturday afternoon at Martin Family Stadium.
Javitt struck a powerful free kick from 20 yards out in the 61st minute, sending the ball into the upper left corner of the net and beating William & Mary goalkeeper Ryan Eapen.
The Tribe had taken a 1-0 lead with just 1:24 remaining in the first half, thanks to forward Sam Delgado.
In the match, UMBC outshot William & Mary 12-7 and earned three corner kicks. Emigdio Tormo Lopez made two saves, while Eapen recorded four saves for the Tribe.
The Retrievers are looking to match their 2022 start when they went 5-0-1 to open that campaign and finished 10-6-2 overall.
The Dawgs are 3-0 at Retriever Soccer Park this season.
Tormo Lopez is third in the league with a .600 goals against average and owns a .857 saves percentage, which is also third in the conference.
Brady Geho is third in the league in points (7) with three goals and an assist.
Matteo Samori also ranks among the top 10 with five points (two goals, assist). Samori is also tied for the league lead with two game-winning goals.
UMBC is ranked third in the United Soccer Coaches Northeast Region after the first vote of the season.

About Old Dominion

The Monarchs are 0-1-2 away from home this season.
Old Dominion has gone four straight matches without a victory.
The squad is coming off a 4-2 loss at Bucknell last Saturday. Lewis Rourke opened the scoring in the opening minute, but ODU went on to concede four straight markers. Rourke added another goal with 52 ticks left.
The Monarchs have been outscored by a combined total of 8-7 this season.
Jake Lane leads the team in scoring (3 goals, two assists).
Alex Kryazhev and Rourke have distributed a team-high three assists.
Michael Statham (1.60 goals against, 3.40 saves) has played all 450 minutes in goal.

All-Time Series History

UMBC is 0-1-3 all-time against ODU.
The last meeting was a 1-1 draw last season in Norfolk, Virginia. Ryan Calheira scored to even the game in the 68th minute off an assist from Ismailcan Usta.
The two squads also played to a 1-1 tie in 2023 at Retriever Soccer Park. Jordan Travers scored in the 36th minute off an assist by Hans Nesheim and Robbie Ryerson.

Next
UMBC travels to Navy on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

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