FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Fairfield University men's soccer team will finish up its two-game home stand on Saturday night when Iona College comes to Lessing Field. The game is slated for a 7 pm kick off. The Stags opened the week with a 2-1 victory over Manhattan College on Wednesday night which improved the team's home record to 3-1-1 overall.
Freshman
Rasmus Sorensen
Rejnhold provided all of the offense for the home team, scoring a pair of goals in just over a minute. The freshman opened with a goal in the 24th minute when he converted a pass from Thomas
Drillien and followed with his second goal just 65 seconds later after being set up with a cross from Jonathan
Filipe. Sorensen
Rejnhold also scored in the team's 2-2 draw against Siena one game earlier, giving the freshman four goals this season.
Drillien also stands at four goals for the season, both student-athletes one goal off
Filipe's pace of five goals in 11 starts.
Filipe has had a role in eight of the team's 15 goals scored this season, adding three assists to his goal total.
Goalkeeper William
Marment earned his fourth consecutive start in the Manhattan game and his sixth such nod this season. The graduated student enjoyed his best game between the goalposts by making a season-high six saves in his 90 minutes. The Manhattan goal was an own goal, yielded when the ball was
miskicked by a defender with two minutes remaining in regulation.
Marment has 560 minutes on his ledger along with a 1.77 goals against average with a .621 save percentage (.18 saves).
Iona College comes into the match with a 2-2-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (
MAAC) record, the same as Fairfield and Siena College in the current standings. The Gaels are 4-2-1 over their last seven games which includes a 3-1 win at Quinnipiac last Wednesday afternoon.
Camil Azzam Ruiz scored two of the team's three goals, raising his season scoring total to a
MAAC co-leading total of eight goals. His 18 points, which includes two assists, is the second-highest point total in the conference behind Rider's
Zaki Alibou's 19 points.
Lenworth Lopez is next on the scoring list with nine points, registering three goals and three assists in his 12 appearances.
Goalkeeper Zachary Nelson has nine starts to his credit which amounts to 857 minutes played this season. He surrendered 14 goals for a 1.47 goals against average along with making 25 saves for a .641 save percentage. Juan
AlfaroÂ
Monge has also garnered playing time this season, gaining 270 minutes in three starts. He posted a 1.00 goals against average with three goals allowed and six saves.
Tickets for Saturday night's game can be purchased in advance and may be printed or downloaded on your phone to be scanned at the entrance to Lessing Field. Tickets may be purchased at any time on fairfieldstags.com/TIX. Purchasing tickets in advance is the fastest and easiest way through the gates and into the game! Lessing Field is a "preferred cashless" venue. All major credit cards are accepted.
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