DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Oct. 14, 2021) – The Mercy College men's soccer team plays at ECC foe Molloy on Saturday, October 16th at 12 p.m.

Who, When and Where

Date/Time: Saturday, October 16th 12 p.m.

Records: Mercy (4-4-2, 1-2-2 ECC), Molloy (7-4-1, 4-1 ECC)

Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y.

Last Meeting

Mercy earned a 1-0 win over Molloy in the ECC Semifinals on November 13, 2019.

Scouting the Mavericks

Mercy is coming off a 0-0 draw against UDC on Saturday. The Mavericks were led by freshman Eirik Elvestad who made two saves. Mercy looks to pick up their first win since defeating Staten Island on September 18th. Senior Archie Jones has a team-high eight points on the year by way of three goals and two assists. One-time ECC Defensive Player of the Week junior Matthias Kuhn has seven points on three goals and one assist and graduate student Pau Echarri has three goals and six points. Echarri was named ECC Rookie of the Week on Monday and senior Rainiero Salas has two goals and one assist on the year and was tabbed to the ECC Honor Roll on September 13th. Senior Javier Mangado has a goal and an assist and junior David Breitenbach has a team-high three assists on the year. Senior Abraham Lopez scored the game-winning goal in Mercy's win over Saint Rose on September 15th and junior Marco Passera has one goal on the year. Freshman Martin Penafiel has two assists on the year and senior Tormod Simonsen has one assist. Graduate student Felipe Baeza is 2-3-1 in goal for the Mavericks with 21 saves and a .677 save percentage in six starts. Freshman Eirik Elvestad is 2-1-1 in goal with three shutouts, five saves and a .833 save percentage.

The Mavericks are looking to defend their ECC Championship from 2019 and look to make the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year. In 2019, Mercy went 14-4-3 and won their first ECC Tournament Championship since 2004. The Mavericks were picked first in the ECC Preseason Coaches' Poll and junior Kuhn was named Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.

Leading the returners is Kuhn who was named Third Team All-ECC as a freshman. Jones, Saul Melendez Kevin Aguilar, Salas, Vasco Baptista, Hamza Khan and David Sassano return from the team in 2019. Jones had four goals and five assists in 2019 and Salas had a goal and two assists. Head Coach Pedro Velazquez also welcomes nine transfers that have joined the team over the last two years. Simonsen, Mangado and Lopez and juniors Benjamin Van Buren, Passera, Jens Ovreseth, Breitenbach and Isaí Carrillo all joined the team during the 2020-21 academic year and Baeza transferred in for this year. Simonsen transferred from Seton Hill University where he had a goal and an assist in 11 starts in 2019. Mangado transfers from Wheeling University where he had a goal and two assists in 2019 in 14 starts. Lopez joins the team from Harding University where he made five starts and played in 20 games in two years. Van Buren transfers in from Division I USC Upstate where he started 12 games in 2019. Passera played at Spring Hill College in 2019 where he had an assist in 13 games and Ovreseth comes from Davis & Elkins College where he had two goals and four assists in 2019. Breitenbach posted six goals and three assists in 2019 for Barton College prior to joining Mercy. Carrillo joins the team from Notre Dame de Namur University where he started 16 games in 2019 with one assist. Baeza joins the team in 2021 from Division I USC Upstate where he went 5-4-2 in goal with 35 saves in 2020-21.

Scouting the Lions

Molloy is coming off a 2-1 overtime win at Assumption on Wednesday. The Lions are currently tied for second in the ECC standings and were picked second in the ECC Coaches' Poll after going 12-6-1 in 2019. Molloy is led by senior Peter Meyer who has a team-high 10 points on four goals and two assists. Junior Jesse Schleeper is second on the team with six points on three goals. Senior Kenneth Garcia has two goals and one assist and graduate student Nick Conklu is 6-3 in goal with 58 saves and a .892 save percentage. Junior Dennis Mejia is 1-1-1 in goal with 13 saves and a .722 save percentage.

Next Game

Mercy resumes action on Tuesday, October 19th when they play at Jefferson at 2:30 p.m.