Marshall University Athletics
Saturday, October 27
Albuquerque, NM
9:00 pm
Marshall University
at
University of New Mexico
Photo by: Ben Powell
Men’s Soccer Travels out West for Match at New Mexico
10/26/2018 2:54:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Kickoff for Lobos senior night is scheduled for Saturday 9 p.m. eastern
Live Stats
Live Video – Mountain West Network
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Marshall men's soccer team heads west for a Conference USA match against the New Mexico Lobos. Kickoff for the Lobos senior night is set for Saturday at 9 p.m. eastern.
The Thundering Herd enters the match with an overall record of 5-8-2 and 1-3-1 in conference play. The Lobos come in at 4-10 overall and 2-4 in conference action.
The match will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network.
Marshall is coming off a 3-1 loss to Wright State at home on Tuesday. Freshman Gianni Bouzoukis leads the Herd in scoring with four goals and is tied for the lead in points with eight. Fellow freshman JP Rylah also has eight points with three goals and two assists. Five more players have two goals each while three more have chipped in with one goal.
Senior keeper Ben Martinez has started the last three matches while redshirt junior Paulo Pita has been dealing with injuries. Martinez has eight saves and a record of 1-2. Pita has 49 saves with 16 goals allowed. Senior defender John Pappas leads the team in minutes played with 1,361 out of a possible 1,427.
The Lobos are coming off a 6-1 loss at No. 3 Kentucky. New Mexico has been outscored by ten goals this season, 30-20. Leading the way offensively is Omar Grey with five goals and two assists. Matt Puig has four goals and three assists while Nick Taylor is third on the team with three goals and is second with five assists. Tom Smart leads the squad with six assists.
Ford Parker has spent the majority of the minutes in net this season with 1,004 minutes played and appearing in 11 of the 14 matches. Parker has 48 saves and has allowed 27 goals.
New Mexico is just ahead of Marshall in the C-USA standings in points, 6-4. The Herd currently sits in seventh place with Florida Atlantic and South Carolina trailing. Marshall still has to play both of those teams as South Carolina is next (Oct. 30) and then the senior night, home finale against the Owls (Nov. 3). The top seven teams advance to the conference tournament, hosted by Charlotte, Nov. 7-11.
Saturday's match is the seventh all-time meeting between Marshall and New Mexico. The Lobos lead the series 3-1-2. The series began in 2002, a 3-0 New Mexico win in Las Vegas. The teams have met every season since 2013 when the Lobos joined Conference USA. The Herd's lone win came in Albuquerque in 2014 (2-1). New Mexico won the most recent matchup, 2-1, in Huntington in 2017.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall men's soccer team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdMSoccer, Facebook at Marshall University Soccer and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
Live Video – Mountain West Network
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Marshall men's soccer team heads west for a Conference USA match against the New Mexico Lobos. Kickoff for the Lobos senior night is set for Saturday at 9 p.m. eastern.
The Thundering Herd enters the match with an overall record of 5-8-2 and 1-3-1 in conference play. The Lobos come in at 4-10 overall and 2-4 in conference action.
The match will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network.
Marshall is coming off a 3-1 loss to Wright State at home on Tuesday. Freshman Gianni Bouzoukis leads the Herd in scoring with four goals and is tied for the lead in points with eight. Fellow freshman JP Rylah also has eight points with three goals and two assists. Five more players have two goals each while three more have chipped in with one goal.
Senior keeper Ben Martinez has started the last three matches while redshirt junior Paulo Pita has been dealing with injuries. Martinez has eight saves and a record of 1-2. Pita has 49 saves with 16 goals allowed. Senior defender John Pappas leads the team in minutes played with 1,361 out of a possible 1,427.
The Lobos are coming off a 6-1 loss at No. 3 Kentucky. New Mexico has been outscored by ten goals this season, 30-20. Leading the way offensively is Omar Grey with five goals and two assists. Matt Puig has four goals and three assists while Nick Taylor is third on the team with three goals and is second with five assists. Tom Smart leads the squad with six assists.
Ford Parker has spent the majority of the minutes in net this season with 1,004 minutes played and appearing in 11 of the 14 matches. Parker has 48 saves and has allowed 27 goals.
New Mexico is just ahead of Marshall in the C-USA standings in points, 6-4. The Herd currently sits in seventh place with Florida Atlantic and South Carolina trailing. Marshall still has to play both of those teams as South Carolina is next (Oct. 30) and then the senior night, home finale against the Owls (Nov. 3). The top seven teams advance to the conference tournament, hosted by Charlotte, Nov. 7-11.
Saturday's match is the seventh all-time meeting between Marshall and New Mexico. The Lobos lead the series 3-1-2. The series began in 2002, a 3-0 New Mexico win in Las Vegas. The teams have met every season since 2013 when the Lobos joined Conference USA. The Herd's lone win came in Albuquerque in 2014 (2-1). New Mexico won the most recent matchup, 2-1, in Huntington in 2017.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall men's soccer team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdMSoccer, Facebook at Marshall University Soccer and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
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