DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Sept. 19, 2021) – The Mercy College men's soccer team hosts Georgian Court on Tuesday, September 21st at 3 p.m.

Who, When and Where

Date/Time: Tuesday, September 21st 3 p.m.

Records: Mercy (4-1), Georgian Court (2-0-1)

Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Last Meeting

Georgian Court earned a 1-0 win over Mercy in Lakewood on October 2, 2019.

Scouting the Mavericks

Mercy is coming off a 2-0 win over Staten Island in their ECC opener on Saturday. Graduate student Pau Echarri and junior Matthias Kuhn scored and freshman Martin Penafiel had an assist. Mercy has won four games in a row and won their ECC opener for the third straight year. The Mavericks are unbeaten in their last 16 home games at Mercy Field, going 14-0-2 and are ranked sixth in the latest United Soccer Coaches East Region Poll. Senior Rainiero Salas has a team-high-tying five points on the year on two goals and one assist and junior Matthias Kuhn has two goals and an assist. Salas and Kuhn were both named to the ECC Honor Roll last week after scoring a goal with an assist in the win over Adelphi on September 8th. Senior Archie Jones has a goal and an assist and senior Javier Mangado also has a goal. Senior Abraham Lopez also has a goal on the year, scoring the game-winning goal in Mercy's win over Saint Rose last Wednesday. Senior Tormod Simonsen has an assist on the year. Graduate student Felipe Baeza is 2-0 in goal for the Mavericks with three saves and a .750 save percentage in two starts. Freshman Eirik Elvestad made the start against Staten Island and is 2-1 in goal with three saves and two shutouts.

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 Matthias 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 Abraham Lopez and juniors Benjamin Van Buren, Marco Passera, Jens Ovreseth, David 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

Georgian Court enters Tuesday's game on a two-game winning streak, having defeated Southern N.H. and Salem. The Lions last played on September 12th and earned a 3-0 win at Salem. Georgian Court was picked in a tie for third in the CACC Coaches' Poll after going 3-5 during the 2021 spring season and 9-11-1 in 2019. The Lions are led by Louis Silva who was named United Soccer Coaches Offensive Player of the Week once and has a team-high five goals in three games. Noah Hamouda also has a goal and Logan Romero and Sam Thombs have each recorded an assist. Gianluca Cersosimo is 2-0-1 in goal with eight saves and just two goals allowed.

Next Game

Mercy resumes action on Saturday, September 25th when they play at Roberts Wesleyan at 3:30 p.m.