Men’s Soccer Hosts Siena for Home Opener Tuesday, Aug. 30 (7 PM)

Tuesday, August 30

Durham, N.H.

7:00 PM

University of New Hampshire

Siena College

Men’s Soccer Hosts Siena for Home Opener Tuesday, Aug. 30 (7 PM)

8/29/2016 12:46:00 PM | Men's Soccer

DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire men's soccer team is set to host Siena College for the 2016 home opener on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. on Bremner Field.

SCOUTING UNH: The Wildcats are coming off a 3-1 win at Bryant University in the season opener on Friday, Aug. 26. Kyle Brewster (New Hampton, N.H.) got the scoring started for UNH in the 41^st minute of play with an assist by Alex Valencia (Tracey, Calif.). Valencia gave New Hampshire a 2-0 advantage in the 45^th minute of play for his third point of the game. In the 57^th minute, freshman Ben Gleditsch (Oslo, Norway) tallied a goal that was assisted by William Picoux (Lorient, France). The Bulldogs got on the board in the 83^rd minute to make it 3-1.

Junior goalkeeper Andrew Pesci (Windham, N.H.) earned the win for UNH as he made two saves on three shots faced.

SCOUTING SIENA: The Saints are coming off a 4-1 win in their season opener over LIU Brooklyn at home. Milorad Sobot gave Siena a 1-0 lead in the eighth minute of play, but LIU Brooklyn tied the game in the 15^th minute. Alexander Tejera scored on a penalty kick in the 22^nd minute to give the Saints the advantage and scored another PK in the 66^th minute. Matt Crisafulli netted the fourth goal of the game in the 85^th minute. Siena goalkeeper Aleksa Radosavijevic made two saves on three shots faced.

INSIDE THE SERIES: The Wildcats and Saints have gone head-to-head twice in the series history with the Wildcats holding a 1-1-0 advantage. The last time the two teams played was Sept. 5, 2015 when they battled to a 3-3 draw at Siena. Current Wildcats with points against the Saints are Chris Wingate (Hovik, Norway) with two on a goal while Chris Arling (Windham, N.H.) and Duff Thomson (Greenfield, N.H.) each have one assist.

LOOKING AHEAD: The next game for the Wildcats is Saturday, Sept. 3 at the University of Rhode Island. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. UNH is not home again until Sept. 21 when the 'Cats take on Northeastern University at 7:30 p.m. in Wildcat Stadium.

For more information on men's soccer, visit www.UNHWildcats.com.