Men's Soccer | 8/30/2018 12:13:00 PM

FIXTURE #3
Detroit Mercy Titans (0-2-0, 0-0-0 MAAC) @ Robert Morris Colonials (0-1-1, 0-0-0 NEC)
Friday, August 31, 2018 // 4:00 p.m. // Moon Township, Pa. – North Athletic Complex // RMU / Duquesne Tournament
Live Video: NEC Front Row // Live Stats: RMUColonials.com

Musket Shots
> Robert Morris drew even with St. Bonaventure on Sunday, 0-0, after the Bonnies played No. 6 Louisville to a narrow 2-1 defeat on Friday
> Winter Fondi made six saves in the contest, earning the seventh clean sheet of his career
> Zac Sherman led the Colonials at St. Bonaventure with four shot attempts
> 2018 alumnus Keane McIvor recently signed a professional contract with Gottne IF in Sweden's Division 2 Nörra Gotaland
> RMU started four first-year players in its opener, as freshmen Lorenzo Guagneli, Cristian Palermo, and Raffaele Vio, and sophomore Matt Cillo appeared in the Starting XI
> Fellow rookie Riccardo Rota debuted against Canisius, while Nate Graziani played 26 minutes at St. Bonaventure
> Fondi has started 36 career matches in goal, which is the fifth most all-time among RMU goalkeepers
> Kai Olguin, Gustaf Moberg, and Oeyvind Skjesol join Sherman and Fondi as returnees who started 11 or more games last season
> The Colonials look to replace graduated All-NEC selections Bayley Winkel (10g, 2a) and 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
> This year's roster has 11 new faces in freshmen Jake Plumb, Guagneli, Vio, Graziani, Seth Schleicher, Riccardo Rota, Jakob Abounassar, and Keaton Jennings, sophomore Cillo, and junior Guilherme Fanck
> RMU was picked to finish sixth in the annual Northeast Conference (NEC) Preseason Coaches' Poll
 
History vs. Detroit Mercy
Overall: 0-0-1 | Home: 0-0-0 | Away: 0-0-0 | Neutral: 0-0-1 | Streak: T1
Last/First Meeting: 9/8/2013; Oneonta, N.Y. – Robert Morris 0, Detroit 0 (2OT) [Mayor's Cup]
> In their only meeting, Robert Morris and Detroit played to a scoreless draw in the final day of the 2013 Mayor's Cup
> RMU went down to 10 men in the 50th minute, yet managed to outshoot the Titans, 17-13
> Joseph Kuta made six saves for the Colonials to earn the shutout
 
Scouting Detroit Mercy
> The Titans enter this contest with an 0-2-0 record, having fallen to California and Saint Mary's by an aggregate of 4-1 on a West Coast road trip
> Sophomore midfielder Daniel Iyok has the team's only goal of 2018 thus far, scoring against California in the opener
> Detroit Mercy lost its three leading scorers to graduation, with junior forward Jake Reitzloff's five (0g, 5a) being the highest total back
> Redshirt freshman Devin Mendez has started both contests in goal for the Titans, owning a 2.00 goals against average and .636 save percentage
 
Colonial Trends
> Winter Fondi has started the last 35 matches at goalkeeper
> Kai Olguin has gone the distance in his last 34 matches
> Oeyvind Skjesol has appeared in the last 11 Starting XIs
> The Colonials are unbeaten in their last five overtime contests (T-W-T-T-T)
> RMU has now started a freshman in two consecutive season openers (Dylan Thomas, 2017)

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