Men's Soccer | October 7, 2016
PHILADELPHIA – The Men's Soccer team (5-5, 0-1 Atlantic 10) continues conference play on Saturday night with its first road A-10 game of the season. The Explorers, who are traveling to play Rhode Island, are looking to bounce back from a close loss to Saint Louis last weekend. In the game, they dominated the stat sheet in shots, but couldn't come away with the victory.
Scouting the Explorers
- Senior
Conor Nichols scored his second goal of the season in La Salle's last game. Nichols, who scored just minutes after entering the game, has the highest shooting percentage on the team (.667) connecting on two of three shots this season
- In the beginning of the season, Head Coach
Rob Irvine said his team's production would be a "collective effort" and it has been just that. The team now has four players with two or more goals this season (Nichols,
Johnny Ciarlante, and
Matt Robinson have two;
Colman Kennedy has four)
-The Explorers also have five players with double digit shots. This includes Ciarlante (18), Robinson and Kennedy (14), along with
Hayden Criollo (11) and
Tony Daniele (10)
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La Salle Explorers (5-5, 0-1 A-10) at Rhode Island Rams (4-6-1, 1-0 A-10)
Saturday, October 8 | 7:00 PM | URI Soccer Complex
Live Stats | Live Video
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Scouting the Rams
- Rhode Island recently snapped a five-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over Davidson
- All of the Rams' games this season have been decided by one goal (other than a 1-1 tie at Drexel)
- Rhode Island's top scorer is Stavros Zarokostas, a freshman. He has three goals and three assists this season
- Niklas Middrup, also a freshman, is the team's second leading scorer with two goals
