Men's Soccer | 9/1/2018 1:00:00 PM

FIXTURE #4
Northern Kentucky Norse (3-0-0, 0-0-0 Horizon League) @ Robert Morris Colonials (0-2-1, 0-0-0 NEC)
Sunday, September 2, 2018 // 1:00 p.m. // Moon Township, Pa. – North Athletic Complex // RMU / Duquesne Tournament
Live Video: NEC Front Row // Live Stats: RMUColonials.com

Musket Shots
> Robert Morris dropped a 1-0 decision to Detroit Mercy on Friday
> The Colonials owned an 11-8 shot advantage and played the entire second half up a man, but couldn't find an equalizer
> Winter Fondi made his 37th career start in the match, moving into a tie for fourth all-time among RMU goalkeepers
> Oeyvind Skjesol led the Colonials against Detroit Mercy with three shot attempts
> 2018 alumnus Keane McIvor recently signed a professional contract with Gottne IF in Sweden's Division 2 Nörra Gotaland
> Kai Olguin, Gustaf Moberg, and Oeyvind Skjesol join Zac 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. Northern Kentucky
Overall: 0-0-0 | Home: 0-0-0 | Away: 0-0-0
> This is the first time in program history that the Colonials and Norse have met
 
Scouting Northern Kentucky
> The Norse has opened up the season with three straight wins against Bowling Green (3-2), Canisius (3-2), and Duquesne (2-1, OT)
> Northern Kentucky was picked to finish seventh in the Horizon League Preseason Poll after going 7-6-4 overall and 3-4-2 in league play last season
> Freshman forward Alex Willis paces the Norse with five goals and 11 points, netting braces in the last two contests
> Sophomore midfielder Alex Greive has five points to his name on one goal and three assists
> Redshirt senior Jim Barkei has started all three matches in goal, owning a 1.61 goals against average and .722 save percentage
 
Colonial Trends
> Winter Fondi has started the last 36 matches at goalkeeper
> Kai Olguin has gone the distance in his last 35 matches
> Oeyvind Skjesol has appeared in the last 12 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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