Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
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Black Knights Poised for Meeting with Raiders
September 28, 2017 | Men's Soccer
WEST POINT, N.Y. – After completing the non-conference portion of its 2017 campaign, the Army West Point men's soccer team is ready to leap back into Patriot League action Friday with a matchup with Colgate in Malek Stadium at Clinton Field at 7:30 p.m.
During halftime of tomorrow's game, Kevin J. Smith, a 2002 U.S. Military Academy graduate and former member of the men's soccer team at West Point who was killed in combat in 2005, will be honored.
Both the Black Knights and the Raiders started off league action with a loss last week.
The Raiders are the Black Knights' second-most played opponent in program history with the series dating back to 1921. Army currently holds the all-time series advantage, 35-26-5. Despite winning the regular season matchup in 2016, the Cadets later fell to the Raiders in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament, 3-2, in Hamilton, N.Y. on Nov. 8.
ARMY (6-3, 0-1 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• Army is coming off a 2-1 win over Sacred Heart on Sept. 26.
• Sophomore Rex Epps moved to second in the Patriot League in points (13) and goals (5) after notching a score and dishing out an assist against the Pioneers.
• Dating back to last season, the Black Knights have recorded double-digit shots in 16 straight outings.
• The Cadets rank first in the league in shots (143), second in goals (13) and second in assists (13).
• Through nine contests, Army is only one of two Patriot League teams to have a goals-against average under 1.000.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Justin Stoll continues to sit atop the league rankings in goals-against average (.649) and second in save percentage (.786).
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COLGATE (3-6, 0-1 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• The Raiders enter Friday's contest off a 2-0 loss to No. 11 Syracuse in Hamilton, N.Y., on Sept. 25.
• After three straight wins to begin the month, Colgate has dropped four consecutive contests.
• During their four-game skid, the Raiders have been outscored 9-2.
• Aram Ouligian and Uyi Omorogbe lead the team with two goals apiece.
• Colgate's offense has been held to five our fewer shots on goal in eight of nine games this year.
• Peter Tappenden has been the lone keeper for the Raiders this season, compiling a 1.33 goals-against average and .745 save percentage in nine outings.
