PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Robert Morris University men's soccer team wraps up the 2021 season tomorrow when they travel to Milwaukee for a showdown against the UWM Panthers.
RMU (1-5-1, 1-5-1 HL) vs. MILWAUKEE (5-4-0, 5-4-0 HL)
Monday, April 5 2021 at 12:00 ap.m. EST in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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CATCHING UP
Robert Morris dropped their final home game of the season last week at SouthPointe, falling 1-0 to Wright State. Ludwig Conrad's strike in the 29' proved to be the decisive play of the afternoon as UWM went on to secure the win despite ten total shots from RMU.
KNOW BOBBY MO
- The Colonials are coming off of a 1-0 loss against WSU last week.
- Miller Masson scored RMU's first goal of the season against PFW earlier this year and leads the team with two points. Lorenzo Guagneli picked up the assist on Masson's tally.
- Eighteen Colonials saw game action against NKU.Three Colonials finished tied for most shots for RMU with four.
- Jon Faynik leads RMU with eight total shots on the year.
- RMU has taken nineteen corners through seven games in 2021, conceding 41.
- The RMU roster features eight freshmen, six sophomores, and eight juniors, and one senior.
- Head Coach Jason O'Keefe takes over in his first year at the helm of Robert Morris in 2021. O'Keefe spent the last four years as head coach at Appalachian State, the last two of which he led the Mountaineers to back-to-back winning seasons, including a mark of 11-7-1 (.605) in 2019.
- The Colonials will play their 2021 home schedule away from campus in 2021, hosting games at the indoor facilities of the SouthPointe Fieldhouse.
- Amongst their new Horizon League foes, the Colonials have never faced Milwaukee or IUPUI. RMU is 6-12 all-time against Cleveland State, 0-2 against Oakland, 0-0-1 against UIC, 0-1-1 against Detroit Mercy, 3-4 against Wright State, 0-2 against Northern Kentucky, 1-0 against Purdue First Wayne and 0-1-1 against Green Bay. Robert Morris squared off against both Oakland and CSU last season.
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
Monday will be the first ever meeting between the Panthers and Colonials.
UWM currently occupies the fourth overall spot in the Horizon League table at 5-4 overall and are riding a two-game win streak following victories against IUPUI and Green Bay.
Junior midfielder Paolo Gratton leads them in both goals (eight) and points (16).
