Men's Soccer 11/6/2024 6:14:00 PM Ed Habershaw '03M

Preview | #2 Salve Regina v. #3 Coast Guard

NEWMAC Men's Soccer Semifinal

NEWMAC Tournament Semifinal
Salve Regina vs. Coast Guard
Thursday, November 7 | 7:00 p.m.
Toppa Field | Newport, R.I.

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SERIES HISTORY

These programs meet for the 13th time in men's soccer and fourth time at Toppa Field.
Salve Regina owns a 5-3-4 edge in the overall series including 0-0-2 as NEWMAC members.
The series began in 2005.
In 2023 in New London, Conn., Aki Freeman scored in the 28th minute and Aaron Muncaster had an unassisted goal in the 80th minute to salvage a draw for the Seahawks.

POSTSEASON HISTORY

Thursday's game will be the first in the NEWMAC playoffs for the Seahawks.

LAST MEETING

Danny Bond headed in the equalizer in the 85th minute as Salve Regina University men's soccer salvaged a 1-1 draw with visiting Coast Guard Academy in NEWMAC action at Toppa Field on Wednesday, October 23.
The Seahawks and the Bears met for the 12th time in men's soccer and last month was the second-straight draw.
Jude Sargent headed in Coast Guard's goal in the 30th minute on a feed from Aidan Miles.
Hunter Schultz assisted on Bond's goal.
Adonis Santiago had five saves for Salve Regina while John Putnam made three stops for Coast Guard..

SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS

Salve Regina features the league's leading scorer -- sophomore Daniel Goba -- who has 12 goals and five assists (29 points) on the season.
Freshman Adonis Santiago has emerged as the team's primary goalkeeper while logging over 940 minutes in 11 games (nine starts).
Santiago has a .738 save percentage (31 saves) and 1.04 goals against average (11 goals allowed).
Graduate student Jordan Borges leads the Seahawks with seven assists.
Goba has twice as many shot attempts (58) as any other Seahawk; Borges ranks second on team with 29 shots.
Salve Regina has drawn 27 Yellow Cards and one Red Card while their opponents have one fewer Yellow and one more Red.

SCOUTING THE BEARS

Third-seeded Coast Guard battled sixth-seeded Emerson in the first round of the 2024 NEWMAC Men's Soccer Championship.
Just two minutes into the battle, junior attacker Aki Freeman gave the Bears an early 1-0 lead.
Freeman hammered the ball into the back of the net off a pass from Andres Villasana.
The Bears team leader in goals, Aki Freeman beat the only defender between himself and the goalkeeper and sent a point blank shot past the diving Lions goalkeeper to knot the score at 2-2.
Jack Lopez sending a picture perfect pass towards Cole Miller, which Miller sent screaming into the back of the Emerson net for an overtime playoff victory and birth in the NEWMAC Semifinals.
Freeman leads the Bears with nine goals, four assists, and 22 points. He has five game-winning goals for Coast Guard.
John Putnam has started 15 of 19 games in goal for the Bears and logged 1337 minutes with 21 goals against (1.41 GAA) and 62 saves (.747 save percentage).

STRIKING EARLY

Coast Guard has outscored its opponents in first-half action (17-7) while Salve Regina has given up two more goals in the first 45 (14-12) and has a three-goal advantage in the second 45 (17-14).

TOURNAMENT TESTED

While this is Salve Regina's first foray into NEWMAC postseason, the Seahawks had recent success in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (now Conference of New England) with back-to-back title game appearances in 2019 (defeated Endicott in overtime) and 2021 (lost to Gordon in overtime) with 2020 canceled due to the pandemic.
Through its last CCC postseason game in 2022 (a 0-0 draw at Suffolk with the Rams advancing on PKs), Salve Regina is 28-25-6 all-time in conference playoff action.
From 2012 through 2014, the Seahawks were undefeated in CCC postseason. They won the title in 2012 (three victories at home) and had consecutive scoreless draws against Roger Williams (2013 at home) and Endicott (2014 on the road).

SPREADING OUT THE SCORING

Coast Guard has 13 different players scoring goals in 2024 and Salve Regina has 10 different Seahawks with a goal on the season.
Senior captain Ethan David became the 10th different Seahawk goal-scorer when he put in the game-winner against Springfield last Saturday.

STREAKING INTO THE POSTSEASON

The Seahawks are unbeaten in their last six home games (4-0-2) and unbeaten in their last six games overall (4-0-2) following a 5-0 loss at Babson on October 12.
The Bears ended a two-game skid with their overtime quarterfinal win against the Lions on Tuesday night. They are 3-2-1 in their last six games.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

With a win tonight, Salve Regina men's soccer would post double-digit victory totals for the fifth time in the last seven full seasons.

UP NEXT

The winner of Thursday's semifinal will face either top-seeded Babson or fifth-seeded Springfield in Saturday's championship game.

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Players Mentioned

#7 Danny Bond: M; 5' 8"; Senior

#10 Jordan Borges: M/S; 5' 9"; Graduate Student

#24 Ethan David: M/B; 5' 10"; Senior

#9 Daniel Goba: S; 6' 4"; Sophomore

#6 Aaron Muncaster: M; 5' 10"; Junior

#30 Adonis Santiago: GK; 5' 11"; Freshman

#19 Hunter Schultz: M; 5' 6"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#7 Danny Bond
: 5' 8"; Senior
: M

#10 Jordan Borges
: 5' 9"; Graduate Student
: M/S

#24 Ethan David
: 5' 10"; Senior
: M/B

#9 Daniel Goba
: 6' 4"; Sophomore
: S

#6 Aaron Muncaster
: 5' 10"; Junior
: M

#30 Adonis Santiago
: 5' 11"; Freshman
: GK

#19 Hunter Schultz
: 5' 6"; Freshman
: M