The St. Bonaventure men's soccer team enters the weekend in last place in the Atlantic 10, but its chances for postseason play are still alive. The Bonnies will need to win their last three games of the season, which are against the three schools that are directly above them. Then the Brown and White will need help from schools to knock out Fordham and Duquesne from the seventh and eighth spot.
St. Bonaventure will be celebrating senior day this Sunday, November 2, against the Saint Joseph's Hawks. The Bonnies have 12 seniors on their roster.
The Weekend At A Glance:
Game Dates & Times: Friday, Oct. 31 at La Salle – 7 p.m. | Sunday, Nov. 2 vs. Saint Joseph's – 2:30 p.m.
Records: St. Bonaventure 1-12 (0-5 A-10) | La Salle 5-7-2 (1-2-1 A-10) | Saint Joseph's 6-5-4 (1-3-1 A-10)
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Scouting The Bonnies:
- St. Bonaventure enters the weekend with two 1-0 losses at home this past weekend against George Washington and VCU.
- Leading shot taker for the Bonnies, Kieran Toland will be forced to miss the La Salle match as he has tallied five yellow cards on the season. Toland has registered 23 shots with 12 being on target.
- Seniors Jeremy Figler, Garrett Pasono, Nicholas Perillo, Eric Smolarek and Freshmen Jaskamal Singh and Toland have started all 13 games for the Brown and White this season.
- In conference play, the senior goalkeeper, Figler ranks number one in the Atlantic 10 with 28 saves and averaging 5.6 saves per game.
Scouting The Explorers:
- La Salle is on a two-game unbeaten streak, a 0-0 draw with VCU at Oct. 19 and a 1-0 win at Saint Joseph's on Oct. 24.
- Goalkeeper Mike Kirk, who's 48 total saves are ninth best in the A-10, has gone over 180 minutes between the pipes without surrendering a goal.
- Of their five wins this season, four have been shutouts.
- Junior Joe Farrell leads the Explorers with five goals and two assists, good for a team-best 12 points. He has also fired a team-high 44 shots this season, and put 18 on net. Farrell has also scored La Salle's last two goals.
- The Explorers have been one of the more disciplined teams in the conference with the second-lowest yellow card total in the A-10.
Scouting The Hawks:
- The Saint Joseph's Hawks will come into the Marra Athletics Field Complex after a week-long break. The Hawks have lost two consecutive games, and are in search of their first win since Oct. 4.
- Senior Mike Glazer leads the offensive charge for the Hawks, as his four goals, 39 shots and 12 shots on goal are team highs.
- Saint Joseph's is allowing just 0.87 goals per game, which is the fourth-best goals against average in the Atlantic 10.
- Starting keeper Bobby Edwards has saved 80% of shots on goal this season, which is sixth best in the conference, and has four shutouts.
- As a team, the Hawks have fired 223 total shots, which is the second-highest total in the conference.