Men's Soccer | 10/21/2017 11:09:00 AM
Robert Morris Colonials (2-9-3, 1-2-1 NEC) @ LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds (4-6-2, 3-0-0 NEC)
Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017 // 1:00 p.m. // Brooklyn, N.Y. – LIU Field
Live Video: NEC Front Row // Live Stats: LIUAthletics.com
NOTES: Robert Morris @ LIU Brooklyn (10.22.17)
Musket Shots
> Robert Morris fell to St. Francis Brooklyn on Friday night, 3-1, despite scoring the game's opening goal in the 19th minute
> The senior trio of
Jake Cooper,
Keane McIvor, and
Bayley Winkel have been the engine that runs the Colonials attack ... The three have had a hand in all but two of RMU's 17 goals this season, with Winkel scoring eight of them
> Winkel leads the team with eight goals and 18 points this season, while adding two assists
> McIvor paces the Colonials in assists with eight and is second in points (10)
> McIvor's team-high assist total of eight is the most for a Colonial since Bruce Cullen tallied nine in 2013
> Junior forward
Zac Sherman has established a new career high for goals in a season with three
History vs. LIU Brooklyn
Overall: 12-17-1 | Home: 9-5-0 | Away: 2-10-1 | Neutral: 1-2-0
Last Meeting:Â 10/14/16 vs. LIU Brooklyn (L, 1-3)
First Meeting:Â 10/29/91 at Long Island (L, 0-2)
>Â RMU is only 2-10-1 on the road against LIU Brooklyn, with its last win over the Blackbirds in the Big Apple coming on Oct. 16, 2009
> The Colonials rattled off five consecutive victories in the series from 1993 to 1996, two coming in 1994
Scouting LIU Brooklyn
> The Blackbirds remain unbeaten in conference at 3-0-0 and own a 4-6-2 mark overall
> Junior midfielder Rasmus Hansen is the catalyst to the LIU Brooklyn offensive attack, leading the team with seven goals and 15 points this season; redshirt senior Naeem Charles has added seven points (3g, 1a), while junior defender Filip Nordstrom paces LIU Brooklyn in assists with three
> Senior Cole Palmer and freshman Anthony Sciola have split time between the sticks for the Blackbirds; Palmer, who has gotten six starts, owns a 1.73 goals against average and .630 save percentage, while Sciola has compiled a 1.11 goals against average and .760 save percentage in his five starts
Colonial Trends
> Robert Morris scored in its opening 12 matches for the first time since the 1995 season - that team scored in its first 14 en route to a 14-4-0 overall mark
> Winter Fondi has started between the sticks for RMU in its last 29 matches
> Kai Olguin has been as reliable as they come in the Colonial midfield, going the distance in 34 of his last 36 appearances over the last three seasons
> Bayley Winkel has scored a goal in three of RMU's last five home fixtures
