FIXTURE #2
Robert Morris Colonials (0-1-0, 0-0-0 NEC) @ St. Bonaventure Bonnies (0-0-0, 0-0-0 A-10)
Sunday, August 26, 2018 // 2:00 p.m. // Olean, N.Y. – Marra Athletics Complex
Live Stats: GoBonnies.com

Musket Shots
> Robert Morris dropped its season opener to Canisius, 3-0, going down to 10 men in the 55th minute
> The Colonials started four first-year players in their first game, as freshmen Lorenzo Guagneli, Cristian Palermo, and Raffaele Vio, and sophomore Matt Cillo appeared in the Starting XI
> Also making their collegiate debuts against the Golden Griffins were freshman Riccardo Rota and junior Christian Snatchko
> Winter Fondi has started 35 career matches in goal for RMU, which is the sixth most appearances by a Colonial goalkeeper in the Starting XI
> Zac Sherman is the Colonials' leading returning scorer, tallying seven points (3g, 1a) in 17 matches
> Kai Olguin, Gustaf Moberg, and Oeyvind Skjesol join Sherman and Fondi as returnees who started 11 or more matches last season
> RMU looks to replace graduated All-NEC selections Bayley Winkel (10g, 2a) and Keane McIvor (2g, 8a), as the duo combined for 34 points in 2017
> Fondi, Olguin, Sherman, Owen Pearce, Noah Elamin, and Mason George make up the six-player senior class
> The 2018 roster has 11 new faces in freshmen Jake Plumb, Guagneli, Palermo, Vio, Nate Graziani, Seth Schleicher, Riccardo Rota, Jakob Abounassar, and Keaton Jennings, sophomore Cillo, and junior Guilherme Fanck
> The Colonials were picked to finish sixth in the annual NEC Preseason Coaches' Poll
 
History vs. St. Bonaventure
Overall: 1-1-0 | Home: 0-1-0 | Away: 1-0-0 | Streak: L1
Last Meeting: 8/27/2017; Moon Township, Pa. – St. Bonaventure 3, Robert Morris 2 (2OT)
First Meeting: 9/11/2016; Olean, N.Y. – Robert Morris 1, St. Bonaventure 0
> Bayley Winkel registered a brace, but St. Bonaventure scored in the 76th, 82nd, and 102nd minutes to topple RMU last season, 3-2, in double overtime
> An own goal in the 53rd minute was the difference in the teams' first meeting, as RMU defeated the Bonnies, 1-0, on Sept. 11, 2016
 
Scouting St. Bonaventure
> The Bonnies grabbed an early goal at No. 6 Louisville on Friday, but ultimately fell to the Cardinals, 2-1
> St. Bonaventure was picked to finish 11th in the Atlantic 10 Conference Preseason Rankings
> Last season, the Bonnies went 8-9-2 overall and 4-4-0 in league play, falling in the A-10 Tournament quarterfinals to No. 22 VCU, 4-1
> Senior forward Kosi Nwafornso returns as the team's leading scorer, tallying 11 points (4g, 3a) in 2017
> Senior goalkeeper Luke Iacobellis started 18 games last season, posting a 1.36 goals against average, .757 save percentage, and five shutouts
 
Colonial Trends
> Winter Fondi has started the last 34 matches at goalkeeper
> Kai Olguin has gone the distance in his last 33 matches
> Oeyvind Skjesol has appeared in the last 10 Starting XIs
> RMU has now started a freshman in two consecutive season openers (Dylan Thomas, 2017)

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