The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship Tournament returns to Hickey Field for a second consecutive season on Sunday when third-seeded Siena Men's Soccer welcomes the sixth-seeded Manhattan Jaspers for the quarterfinals at 1 p.m. 
 
MAAC Quarterfinal tickets are priced at $10 for adults and $5 for all others and can be secured at the entrance to Hickey Field. Admission is free for the first 100 Siena College students in attendance.
 
Ryan Zimmerman and James Beeston have the call of the action on ESPN+. Live stats and press box X updates can be found by clicking the corresponding links. 
 
The winner of Sunday's match will advance to the MAAC Semifinals on Thursday, Nov. 14. The MAAC Championships will re-seed following the quarterfinal round, and both semifinal matches will be hosted by the two highest remaining seeds.
 
The Saints will make their fifth consecutive trip to the MAAC Tournament, marking the longest postseason streak in program history. Searching for the first league title in program history, Siena is 7-18-5 over 21 appearances in the conference tournament. 
 
Sunday will mark the fourth all-time home postseason match for the Saints. The team is 0-2-1 in such matches, with its lone advance coming after a nil-nil draw with Monmouth in the 2016 quarterfinals, where the Saints ultimately won the shootout, 3-1.  
 
Siena and Manhattan have met once all-time in the MAAC Tournament which came in the 1994 postseason in Baltimore, MD. Following a nil-nil draw, the Jaspers advanced past the Saints after winning the shootout, 3-2. 
 
In the all-time series, Siena owns a 19-7-7 advantage over Manhattan. While the teams did not meet this past season, the Saints won the most recent meeting, 3-2, last season in Riverdale, NY. After falling behind 2-0 in the first 16 minutes of play, Siena rattled off three unanswered goals in the 18th, 42nd, and 56th minutes to pull ahead and fend off the Jaspers. Zach Gardenr registered the game-winner in the 56th minute. 
 
Siena enters postseason play following a 6-4-6 overall record, and a 4-1-3 mark in league play. Throughout the season the team has boasted one of the top-ranked defenses in the MAAC, as well is in the country, allowing just one goal per match on average, and 10.2 shots per match (4.1 shots on goal). 
 
The unit has been anchored by goalkeeper Bennet Glinder, who is 6-4-6 on the season with a 1.00 goals-against average, and a .754 save percentage. Backliners Henrik Winkelmann, Eric Svensson, Dren Dobruna, and others have also played crucial roles on the defensive unit. 
 
Dobruna also enters Sunday with a team-high 12 points on one goal and 10 assists. His 10 assists top the MAAC, four more than anyone else, are a top-five mark in Division I, and are the most in a single-season by anyone in program history. 
 
Mario Navarro Perez notched his team-leading fifth goal of the season in Wednesday's win over Marist - moving him into a tie for sixth for the most in the conference. Zach Gardner has tied a career high with four goals this season, while Cole Hellert (four), Lee Mara (three), and Olafur Freysson (two) have also set career highs with multiple goals this year. 
 
Manhattan comes into the MAAC Tournament at 5-7-3 overall and 3-3-2 in league play with its 11 points making them the sixth-seed following tiebreakers. 
 
The Jaspers are the eighth-ranked scoring offense in the MAAC at 1.33 goals per match, and the ninth-ranked scoring defense in the league allowing 1.27 goals per match. The team boasts two of the top-five point leaders in the MAAC in Sebastiano Musu (16 on five goals and six assists), and Ziv Dahan (15 on seven goals and one assist). 
 
Goalkeeper Ludvig Malberg has been solid for Manhattan this season, ranking fifth in the conference with 1.31 goals-against average, and sixth with a .729 save percentage while posting three shutouts. 
 
Since 2007, Manhattan is 5-8-1 in postseason matches which includes a trip to the 2011 championship match. The program is making its fourth-straight trip to the MAAC Tournament, and have won its opening round match in each of the last two seasons. Last year, the Jaspers topped fifth-seeded Niagara 2-0 in the first round before falling to Iona in the semifinals.