ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany men's soccer program (1-3-0, 0-0 America East) returns home after a two match road trip to take on the Siena Saints (0-1-2, 0-0 MAAC) on Thursday, September 5^th with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 pm. 


Game Info
Thursday, Sept. 5 vs Siena
Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, N.Y. | 7pm
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Home Sweet Home
In the midst of a three match skid, UAlbany men's soccer will look to get back on track as they return to Bob Ford Field at Tom and Mary Casey Stadium. Coming off two contests from last week which saw the Great Danes record a total of just one goal, the Purple and Gold will look to turn the tempo around on Thursday night in what will need to be a continued team effort.
 
Timo Jansen, Ivar Orri Gissurarson and Pedro Lucas still led the Great Danes this season with one goal each while Christos Efstathiou and Lucas Watt have each been accredited an assist. Ander Castillo's nine shots with five shots on goal for a 0.556 are still a team high entering the fifth contest of the season. In a consistent effort Saad Faiz has fired three shots with three shots on goal for a 1.000 SOG%, the most recorded shots of any player who holds a 1.000 SOG%.
 
In goal, Daniel Shannon (1-1-0) has started out the season as UAlbany's primary net minder making three starts with 218:51 minutes of play while making 14 saves for a 1.64 goals against average and 0.776 save percentage. However, in the squads most previous contest at St. John's (Sept. 1), Parker Kump (0-2-0) received the start in net, where he has been since he subbed in for Shannon the match prior nearly halfway through the teams contest against No.25 Seton Hall. So far with two appearances and one start, Kump has recorded four saves, allowing four goals for a 2.55 goals against average and .500 save percentage.

Crosstown Contest
As the Saints march into Thursdays match, they'll be entering having scored zero goals while allowing just one in their first three games. The lone goal against Siena came back against Lafayette (Aug. 28), in Easton, Penn. As a team, the Saints have totaled 25 shots to its opponents 21 shots. In shots on goal, Siena has targeted 11 shots on goal with its opponents only registering six total shots on goal. Mario Navarro Perez leads the Saints with two shots on goal with six total shots. Bennet Glinder (0-1-2) has been Siena's go to keeper, making all three starts to being the season. He's allowed just one goal while making five saves against 21 shots faced for a 0.34 goals against average and a 0.833 save percentage.
 
Looking WAY back
The upcoming match will be the first time since 2013 in which the Great Danes and Saints will meet in the regular season having previously faced off in multiple early season exhibition contests. The last contested dated back to September 25, 2013 which saw UAlbany come up short in double overtime 1-2 with the last time the Great Danes picked up a win against the Saints dates back to September 15, 2010 in a 1-0 win at UAlbany. Since 2009 UAlbany's record against Siena sits at 1-3-1.
 
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