BROOKVILLE, N.Y. — The Hartford men's soccer team looks to bounce back on Tuesday, as it heads to Long Island to face off with LIU. Kickoff against the Sharks from LIU Soccer Park in Brookville, N.Y., is set for 4 p.m.
 
HARTFORD HAWKS (0-7) at LIU SHARKS (5-2, 0-0 NEC)
LOCATION: LIU Soccer Park (Brookville, N.Y.)
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, Sep. 20 (4 p.m.) 
WATCH: NEC Front Row
LIVE STATS: Live Stats
TWITTER: @HartfordMSOC | #HawksRise
 
HARTFORD QUICK HITS

• A late Stonehill goal took down the Hawks, 3-2, on Senior day this past Saturday
• Senior back Demario Cameron and graduate student Mevlan Lebiti scored the Hawks' goals
• Junior goalkeeper Rotem Fadida tallied four saves on the day
• Cameron leads the Hawks offense with two goals and four points
• His two goals have come off of penalty kicks
• Nate Becher is the primary playmaker, dishing out a team-high two assists on the season
• Lebiti and Nicholas Castrovinci have also found the back of the net in 2022
• Fadida leads the Hawks in net, posting a .606 save percentage and 40 total saves
• Cameron and freshman back Jack Merrill have formed a formidable center back partnership this season, playing all 540 minutes
• Junior midfielders Babou Sanyang, and Becher have also been mainstays in the Hartford starting lineup, earning the start in all seven matches this season

 
SCOUTING LIU

• LIU comes into the match riding a three-game winning streak, most recently taking down Columbia, 1-0, on Saturday
• The Sharks, who are 5-2 on the season, were picked to retain their NEC championship in the NEC Preseason Coaches Poll
• Emil Jaaskelainen leads LIU's offense, tallying five goals on the season
• Jaaskelainen has scored back-to-back game winning goals for the Sharks in their previous two outings
• Robert Winkler is the primary playmaker, dishing out a team-high four assists
• Gianluca Cersosimo and Sergio Peralta have split time in net for the Sharks
• In three outings, Cersosimo boasts a 0.33 goals against average and a .944 save percentage
• Peralta, who has started four games in goal, has posted a 1.50 GAA and a .714 save percentage

 
INSIDE THE SERIES

• Tuesday marks the first time the Hawks and Sharks meet on the pitch
• Hartford is 16-12-6 in games played against teams from Long Island

 
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford remains in the Empire State, traveling to Binghamton to face the Bearcats on Tuesday, September 27. Kickoff from Vestal, N.Y., is set for 7 p.m. 

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