MEN’S SOCCER Game notes | Game 1 at La Salle

#IMS #MAACSoccer #GaelNation MATCHUP HISTORY 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS • The Gaels and the Explorers have matched up twice, most recently last OVERALL: 0-0-0 H: 0-0-0 A: 0-0-0 MAAC: 0-0-0 season. La Salle defeated Iona 2-1 in New Rochelle last September. The Date Opponent Time/Results Maroon & Gold were victorious in the first match back in 2011. 8/30 at La Salle (ESPN+) 7:00 PM • The 2018 loss was Iona’s home-opener. They did not lose another home 9/6 at Vermont 7:00 PM contest that year until the First Round of the 2019 MAAC Championship. 9/10 at St. John’s 7:30 PM 9/14 BINGHAMTON 3:00 PM • Lenworth Lopez scored the only Iona goal in the contest last season, a 9/18 at Sacred Heart 4:00 PM header in the 85th minute to trim the deficit to one goal. 9/21 LIU BROOKLYN 3:00 PM • The Gaels managed just four SOG, two of which came from Lopez.

10/2 at Fairleigh Dickinson 7:00 PM 10/5 at Siena* 1:00 PM HEAD COACH COMPARISON 10/9 MANHATTAN* 3:00 PM 10/12 FAIRFIELD* 3:00 PM JAMES HAMILTON STAT ROB IRVINE 10/16 at Canisius* 4:00 PM 4th Year with Program 4th 10/19 at Saint Peter’s* 2:00 PM 20-26-6 Career Win-Loss Record 21-28-5 10/23 NIAGARA* 3:00 PM 1 Conference Postseason App. 1 10/26 at Quinnipiac* 1:00 PM 0 National Postseason App. 0 10/30 RIDER* 3:00 PM 0 Conf. Player of the Years 0 11/2 MARIST* 1:00 PM 1 Conf. Rookie of the Years 0 11/6 at Monmouth* 7:00 PM 4 All-Conf. First Teamers 1 4 All-Conf. Second Teamers 1 HOME GAMES IN BOLD *MAAC opponents 1 Conf. All-Rookie Honorees 1

2019 STANDINGS (As Of 8/28/19) NOTES OVERALL MAAC SCHOOL W L T W L T LAST SEASON Fairfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 • The Maroon & Gold finished in ffith place in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Marist 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iona 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conference last season and hosted its first ever postseason game on Rider 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mazzella Field. The Gaels lost to the eventual champion . Saint Peter’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 • La Salle finished in last in the Atlantic-10 conference in 2018; the Explor- Manhattan 0 0 0 0 0 0 ers did not win a league game. Siena 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 PRESEASON POLL Canisius 0 0 0 0 0 0 Niagara 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Iona was selected sixth in the MAAC Preseason Poll. The Monmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 were selected as the preseason favorite in the conference. Quinnipiac 0 1 0 0 0 0 • La Salle was selected 13th overall in the A-10 Preseason Poll.

Upcoming MAAC Schedule LAST SEASON’S CONFERENCE RANKINGS (2018) FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 IONA MAAC STAT A-10 LA SALLE Detroit Mercy vs. Niagara...... 2:00 PM 32 2nd Goals Scored 13th 15 Monmouth vs. West Virginia...... 4:00 PM 22 6th Goals Allowed 11th 32 Lehigh vs. Manhattan...... 6:00 PM 5.11 1st Points/Game 13th 2.64 Lafayette vs. Siena...... 7:00 PM 1.18 6th Opp. Scoring Average 11th 1.80 LA SALLE VS. IONA...... 7:00 PM 13.78 3rd Shots/Game 12th 9.40 1.56 1st Assists/Game 12th 0.88 Jacksonville vs. Marist...... 7:00 PM 3.72 7th Saves/Game 2nd 5.00 UConn vs. Rider...... 7:00 PM 5.22 2nd Corner Kicks/Game 8th 4.88 Rhode Island vs. Fairfield...... 7:00 PM 2.78 1st Offsides/Game N/A N/A Saint Joseph’s vs. Saint Peter’s...... 7:30 PM 15.94 1st Fouls/Game N/A N/A SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Canisius vs. Bucknell...... 1:00 PM Saint Francis (PA) vs. Siena...... 2:00 PM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Western Michigan vs. Niagara...... 3:00 PM North Florida vs. Marist...... 7:00 PM UMass Lowell vs. Quinnipiac...... 7:00 PM IONA COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER QUICK FACTS

COLLEGECOLLEGE INFORMATIONINFORMATION IONA WOMEN’STEAM INFORMATION SOCCER IN REVIEW School...... Iona College 2018 Overall Record...... 10-6-2 City/Zip...... New Rochelle, NY / 10801 Home/Away/Neutral...... 7-2-1 / 3-4-1 / 0-0-0 Founded...... 1940 2018 MAAC Record/Finish...... 6-3-1 / 4th Enrollment...... 3,792 2018 MAAC Preseason Selection...... 8th Nickname...... Gaels Overall Players Returning/Lost...... 15/10 Colors...... Maroon & Gold Starters Returning/Lost...... 7/4 Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Newcomers...... 10 Conference...... Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC Tournament Championships...... N/A President...... Seamus Carey, Ph.D. NCAA Tournament Appearances (Last)...... N/A Athletics Director...... Matthew Glovaski MAAC Player Of The Year...... 2 Athletics Website...... ICGaels.com ...... (Tom EcElderry ‘83, ‘84) Athletics Dept. Phone...... (914) 633-2654 MAAC Offensive Player Of The Year...... 3 Ticket Office Phone...... (914) 633-2672 ...... (Marcos Nunez ‘15; Ignacio Maganto ‘14; Field...... City Park ...... Franklin Castellanos ‘13) /Volleyball Arena...... Hynes Athletics Center MAAC Defensive Player Of The Year...... 1 Soccer/ Stadium...... Mazzella Field ...... (Norman Scott ‘84) Field...... Donald E. Walsh Field MAAC Rookie Of The Year...... 6 COACHING STAFF ...... (Mauro Bravo ‘18; Daniel Huertas ‘15; ...... Victor Munoz ‘10; Sean Murphy ‘97; Head Coach...... James Hamilton ...... Stefan Miglioanzi ‘95; Alan Greenwell ‘84) ...... Dominican College ‘10 MAAC Coach Of The Year...... 2 Years at Iona...... 4th ...... (Fernando Barboto ‘09; Bobby Herodes ‘95) Record at Iona...... 20-26-6 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Career Record...... 20-26-6 Media Contact/SID...... Jack Clark Assistant Coach...... Victor Lonchuck Office Phone...... 914-633-2334 Assistant Coach...... Michael Holzer Cell Phone...... 631-478-9046 Director of Soccer Ops...... Humbert Ferrer E-Mail...... [email protected] Assistant Athletic Trainer...... Greg Tozzi Additional Comm. Staff..... Brian Beyrer / [email protected] Years at Iona...... 3rd ...... Jonathan Stanko / [email protected] Strength and Conditioning Coach...... Kelly Shaver Address...... Hynes Athletics Center Years at Iona...... 6th ...... 715 North Avenue PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ...... New Rochelle, NY 10801 #3 Christian Geddes Gay-dez #5 Mac Naggar Nay-gar #8 Mauro Bravo More-oh #9 Esad Mackic Mach-kich #11 Eimantas Lotuzys Ah-muhn-tus Low-two-gees #12 Giuliano Santucci Jewel-E-ah-no san-two-chee #16 Ervin Dervisevic Der-vee-she-vich #18 Enzo Sangiocomo San-jhah-como #19 Albin Mazrekaj Maz-zer-cash #21 Chris Borgese Bor-gay-zee #23 Francesc Chulia Fran-chesk #24 Robin Klaas Class IONA MEN’S SOCCER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter...... @IonaMSOC/@ICGaels ...... #IMS #MAACSoccer #GaelNation Instagram...... @ionamsoc/@icgaels Facebook...... Iona College Men’s Soccer/@IonaMensSoccer