LOUDONVILLE, NY – Returning home after a 2-1 mid-week victory over MAAC opponent Niagara to begin 2018 league play, Siena men's soccer will look to keep up their winning ways at the Siena Turf Field this weekend. In their first home conference action of the year, the Saints host the Hawks of Monmouth University on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. The match will be webstreamed online at SienaAllAccess.com.
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 (2-4-3, 1-0) began its 2018 conference slate with a road win over Niagara, Wednesday afternoon. Junior
Eamonn Conway notched the game-winning goal and an assist to record a career-best three points in the 2-1 victory, improving the Saints to a 6-0-1 mark against the Purple Eagles under head coach
Cesar Markovic.
The team continues to be steadied offensively by freshman
Aaron Martin, who has a pair of goals and assists each to his name midway through the season. The Madrid, Spain native earned MAAC Rookie of the Week honors on Aug. 27, following a team-high three-point performance at the HBU Invitational to open the year. Helping the Green and Gold to rank first in the MAAC in saves (52), freshman net-minder
Greg Monroe has stood in goal for the entirety of the team's last seven contests, amounting a 1.66 goals-against-average and a .754 save percentage, ranking sixth in the league in the latter.
Selected to finish sixth in the 2018 MAAC Preseason Poll, Monmouth (2-5-1, 0-1) dropped its conference opener to Manhattan in a 1-0 decision in West Long Branch, New Jersey on Wednesday afternoon. The Hawks' attack is led by Preseason All-MAAC midfielder John Antunes and senior Zachary Pereira, who leads the squad with three total points.
The two teams will face off for the eighth time in the series, which dates back to 2013. Monmouth holds a 3-1-3 head-to-head advantage, with last season's match resulting in a 1-1 draw in New Jersey.
