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- Friday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
- vs. No. 15 Akron (Championship Field)
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- Free admission for fans under 12 wearing a red shirt
ABOUT THE GAME
- Seattle U (2-1-0) vs. Akron (2-1-0)
- All-time series-Akron leads, 2-0-0
- Home-N/A
- Away-Akron leads, 2-0-0
- Neutral-N/A
- Last meeting-Akron won, 3-0, at Akron in NCAA Tournament (Nov. 19, 2017)
NEWS AND NOTES
- Seattle U hosts No. 14 Akron in a rematch of last year’s NCAA Tournament. Akron won, 3-0, in the second round of the 2017 postseason. The contest is also a matchup of two of the five Division I programs to win at least 11 games in each of the last five seasons.
- SU opened its home schedule with a pair of wins last weekend. It beat UC Santa Barbara, 2-0, on Sept. 2 as Noe Meza and Orlando Neto both scored. The Redhawks outshot the Gauchos, 25-5, including 16-0 in the first half.
- Seattle U leads the nation in shots at 22.3 per game in 2018.
- The Redhawks beat Cal Poly, 2-1, on Friday night. Connor Noblat scored in the 82nd minute to lift SU to victory in the home opener. Hamish Ritchie scored late in the first half.
- In the win over the Mustangs, Seattle U put up 26 shots. It held an 18-1 advantage in shots in the second half of the contest.
- SU was handed a 4-2 setback at New Mexico on Aug. 24. Julian Avila-Good and Cody Gibson both scored in the regular-season opener.
- Akron is 1-1-1 through three games this year. It tied Butler, lost to NC State, and defeated Pitt to open its schedule.
- The Zips advanced to the Final Four last season.
- The Redhawks were voted favorites in the WAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll, marking the fourth time in the last five years that SU has been chosen to win the league.
- Nathan Aune and Sergio Rivas have been named WAC Preseason Defensive and Offensive Player of the Year, respectively. Aune was a 2017 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American and won WAC Defensive Player of the Year. Rivas claimed United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-Region last season.
- Nathan Aune is on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List. He is one of 32 players on the preseason list for soccer’s most prestigious award.
- Josh Adachi, Nathan Aune, Anthony Ayala, and Sergio Rivas were named All-WAC Preseason. The four seniors all earned All-WAC recognition in 2017.
- Pete Fewing is in his 25th season at Seattle U. He will coach his 500th career game on Sept. 9 against CSUN. With 11 wins, Fewing will pick up his 300th career victory.