LOUDONVILLE, NY – Aiming to shake off a five-game losing skid, Siena Men's Soccer continues MAAC play in the 2018 season Wednesday afternoon, hosting the Golden Griffins of Canisius at 2:00 p.m. at the Siena Turf Field. The Match will be streamed live on SienaAllAccess.com, with AJ Kanell calling play-by-play, and former Siena Soccer standout
Danilo Markovic providing color commentary.
Today's match can be viewed by logging on to SienaAllAccess.com. Viewers can catch all the action online for $7.95 via their laptops, desktops, and tablets, as well as on iOS (Apple) devices including those that support Adobe Flash 10.1 or greater (Android devices). Special features to the Siena All-Access platform include live stats, and pertinent related twitter and ticker updates. Additionally, all games are archived upon their conclusion and can viewed at any time thereafter through the on-demand feature.
Siena (3-9-3, 2-5) looks to stay in the conversation to compete in the 2018 MAAC postseason tournament, which will be contested between the conference's top six squads beginning at the end of the month. The team dropped a 5-0 decision at Iona Saturday afternoon, with freshman goalkeeper
Greg Monroe registering four saves in the affair.
Conor McGlynn and
Matteo Curto led the Saints offensively in the loss, with each firing off a pair of shots.
The team continues to be led by freshman
Aaron Martin, who has three of goals and a pair assists to his name 13 games into his rookie season. The Madrid, Spain native is the first Siena player to receive MAAC Rookie of the Week honors three times in a season, doing to on Aug. 27, Sept. 3 and Oct. 1. Helping the Green and Gold to rank second in the league in saves (72), Monroe played in-goal for the entirety of the team's last 13 contests, amounting a 1.71 goals-against-average and a .719 save percentage on the season.
Sporting a 2-1-1 record in its last four contests, Canisius (4-7-2, 1-3-1) sits in eighth place in the league standings, holding a one-point advantage over Siena thanks to a 1-1 tie with Marist on Oct. 17. The Griffs were subject to a 1-0 shutout loss against Saint Peter's last Saturday, snapping a four-game winning streak against the Peacocks. The team leads the MAAC in yellow cards on the season (29), ranking second in shutouts (5) and third in assists (20, 1.54 per-game). Junior forward Troy Brady and redshirt-senior goalkeeper Bryce Tramuta have each received a MAAC weekly honor this season, with the pair taking home Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week, respectively, on Aug. 27.
With the all-time series dating back to 1987, the Saints and Golden Griffins will square off for the 31st time in program history, with Siena holding a 16-11-3 advantage in the series. The teams played to a 2-2 draw last season, with McGlynn and
Alejandro Riquelme each notching a goal and an assist in the affair. Siena has not lost in the series since 2013, holding a 2-0-2 record over the last four meetings.
