Men's Soccer to Open Three-Game Homestand with Saint Mary's Thursday Afternoon

Thursday, September 5

Boston, MA

4 PM

Boston University

Saint Mary's

Men's Soccer team walks out the Case Center onto Nickerson Field

Photo by: Matt Woolverton

Men's Soccer to Open Three-Game Homestand with Saint Mary's Thursday Afternoon

September 4, 2024 | Men's Soccer

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Boston University (0-0-3) vs. Saint Mary's (1-2-0)
Date & Time: Thursday, Sept. 5 | 4 p.m.
Venue: Nickerson Field | Boston, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierMSOC

BOSTON – After facing two opponents on the road, the Boston University men's soccer team returns to Nickerson Field for a three-game homestand, starting with Saint Mary's on Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m.

The contest will be part of a doubleheader, as the Terrier women will host local rival Harvard at 7 p.m. In the men's last home game, also part of a doubleheader, BU battled then-No. 9 New Hampshire to a 0-0 draw.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU has yet to face a deficit so far through three games, netting the first goal during the first half in both games at Northeastern and UMass Lowell that ended up as 1-1 draws.
The Terriers are currently riding a 15 home-game unbeaten streak (11-0-4), the third longest active mark behind West Virginia (16-0-4) and Denver (14-0-4).
Both junior Quin DeLaMater and sophomore Jason Zacarias have netted their first career goals. A preseason All-PL honoree, DeLaMater is the lone Terrier to have played all 270 minutes so far.
Junior Diego Rived leads BU with four shot attempts, including three on goal.
Graduate student Andrew Wike started the first two games, posting a .909 save percentage and 0.50 goals against average. Junior Ben Alexander started the last contest at UMass Lowell, collecting four saves.
Opponents so far are averaging 4.4 more shots per game (11.7-7.3) with a 17-5 advantage in corner kicks.

SCOUTING SAINT MARY'S

Members of the West Coast Conference, the Gaels are 1-2 so far following last season's 8-7-2 (3-4 WCC) performance. They return four of their six All-WCC honorees.
The Gaels started 1-1 at home with a 2-0 win over Cal Poly and a 1-0 defeat to Kansas City. They most recently fell at then-No. 13 Stanford, 4-1.
Three different individuals in Wade Muttitt, Nick Strangio and Jude Zamora have all netted a goal this season so far.
Sam Bentley (1-1) has started two games, posting a .636 save percentage and 2.00 goals against average with the shutout against Cal Poly. Jack Landreth earned two saves in his lone start against Kansas City.
Through three games, opponents have averaged 3.7 more shots (10.7-7.0) with a 20-9 advantage in corner kicks.

SERIES HISTORY

The teams will meet for the first time in program history.
BU is hosting its first West Coast squad since upsetting then-No. 12 San Diego, 2-1, in 2002.

LOOKING AHEAD

BU will remain home and next face Santa Clara on Sunday (Sept. 8) at 6 p.m.
The squads will meet for the second time ever and first since a 2007 matchup hosted by Providence that saw the Broncos prevail, 3-0.