Terriers to Host UMass in Home Opener Saturday Night

Saturday, September 10

Boston, MA

7 PM

Boston University

Massachusetts

Terriers to Host UMass in Home Opener Saturday Night

September 9, 2016 | Men's Soccer

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Men's Soccer (0-1-0) vs. UMass (0-3-1)
Date & Time	Saturday, Sept. 10 \| 7 p.m.
Venue	Nickerson Field \| Boston, Mass.
Live Stats	Sidearm Stats
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Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @BU_MensSoccer
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BOSTON – After a two-week break, the Boston University men's soccer team will kick off a two-game homestand against UMass on Saturday night with action slated to begin at 7 p.m. The Terriers (0-1-0) are slated to host a combined nine regular season games this year, starting with the Minutemen (0-3-1).

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU opened its season with a 3-2 loss at then-No. 8 Boston College back on Aug. 28 ... Besides UMass, the Terriers are also scheduled to face three other in-state foes this season - vs. Northeastern (Sept. 13), at Harvard (Sept. 27) and at Holy Cross (Oct. 26).
The Terriers have gone a combined 14-4-3 (.738) at home the last two years after posting a 5-4-0 (.556) mark in 2013.
BU was selected to finish second in the Patriot League preseason poll despite receiving the most first-place votes.
After combining for 15 goals last season, senior Felix De Bona and junior Anthony Viteri were named to the MAC Hermann Award watch list ... Both men had a goal at Boston College.
2015 Patriot League Rookie of the Year Magnus Benediktsson earned his first-career mutli-assist performance against the Eagles after tallying six helpers last year.
The BC game featured the debut of four rookie Terriers - Jerry Ozor, Jasper Verplancke, Matt McDonnell and Satchel Cortet.

SCOUTING UMASS

The Minutemen have yet to score a goal on the road after suffering a 3-0 loss at then-No. 6 Syracuse and 2-0 defeat at Colgate though did score a goal in each of the last two games.
Junior striker Alex DeSantis scored UMass' lone goal in the 2OT draw against St. Peter's and followed up with an assist on sophomore Samuel Asamoah's goal in the 4-1 loss to New Hampshire.
Senior Jose Becerra has played every second at net ... He owns a .722 save percentage and 2.37 goals against average.
UMass was selected to finish 10th in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll ... Freshman and former New England Revolution youth academy member Andrew Barrowman was named to the A-10 All-Rookie preseason team.
Opponents are averaging 21.3 shots per game, while UMass currently sits at 8.5 per game.
The Minutemen have compiled nine yellow cards against just three from opponents.

SERIES HISTORY

LAST MEETING - Sept. 13, 2015: BU 2, @ UMass 1
- Viteri scored both Terrier goals (9', '39) with DeSantis tallying UMass' lone goal in the 29th minute.
- Gilbert finished with five saves for the victory.
UMass leads the all-time series, 21-16-7, dating back to 1952, but BU has won the last three meetings, a feat last accomplished in 1998-2000.
The Terriers are unbeaten in the last five meetings (3-0-2) with an 8-4 advantage in goals scored with UMass last winning in 2008 in double overtime, 3-2.
Senior David Asbjornsson scored his first career goal off a free kick in the last meeting at Nickerson Field to help BU claim the 2-0 victory.