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• Friday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.
• vs. Air Force (Championship Field)
• Parkinson’s Awareness Night (scarves on sale from ADPA)
• Seattle U men’s soccer alumni night (halftime recognition ceremony)
• #TogetherWeSoar game
ABOUT THE GAME
• Seattle U (8-3-3, 5-0-1 WAC) vs. Air Force (5-7-0, 4-2-0 WAC)
• All-time series-Air Force leads, 5-3-2
• Home-SU leads, 2-0-2
• Away-Air Force leads, 4-1-0
• Neutral-SU leads, 1-0-0
• Last meeting-Air Force won, 2-1, at Air Force (Oct. 20, 2018)
NEWS AND NOTES
• Seattle U is on a seven-game unbeaten streak entering this weekend. It has taken over first place in the WAC standings with five games remaining in the regular season.
• The Redhawks won, 3-2, at CSU Bakersfield on Oct. 19. Freshman James Morris tallied a hat trick in the first half, with Declan McGlynn assisting on all three scores.
• James Morris earned United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week, becoming the first freshman to take the national honor this season. Morris also won WAC Offensive Player of the Week and was chosen to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week.
• SU is one of two schools with three six-goal scorers in 2019, along with Clemson. Declan McGlynn has seven goals, while James Morris and Noe Meza each have six goals.
• Air Force won just one non-conference game, but has come on in WAC play, starting out 4-2 in conference. It beat Houston Baptist, 3-1, and CSU Bakersfield, 6-0, in its last two outings.
• Tristan Trager leads the Falcons with six goals and four assists, while Quinn Matulis also has six goals.
• The Falcons earned an at-large bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament, beating Central Arkansas and then Denver before falling at Indiana in the third round.
• Seattle U won, 1-0, at Grand Canyon on Oct. 13. Cody Buchanan scored in the 62nd minute and Akili Kasim made three saves as the Redhawks took down the 2018 WAC Tournament champions.
• SU rank third nationally with 7.38 corner kicks per game and fourth in the country with 18.1 shots per game.
• The Redhawks lead the WAC in scoring with 25 goals this season. They also top the conference in goals against average, allowing 0.88 goals per game.
• Sophomore Declan McGlynn has 16 points this year, good for a four-way tie atop the WAC. He has seven goals and two assists in 13 matches.
• CSU Bakersfield is 2-2 in WAC action, having beaten UNLV and Grand Canyon before losing at Utah Valley and Air Force last weekend.
• Niklas Korber leads the `Runners with four goals and an assist this season.
• SU controlled play and led late in regulation, but settled for a 2-2 draw at UNLV on Oct. 11. Nkosi Burgess and James Morris scored in the match, while Akili Kasim made four saves in net.
• The Redhawks are unbeaten through four WAC contests and enter Sunday on a five-game unbeaten streak.
• SU won its fourth straight game with a 4-1 win over Kansas City on Oct. 6 at Championship Field. Sophomore Declan McGlynn recorded a hat trick and Hamish Ritchie added a goal as the Redhawks improved to 3-0 in WAC play.
• Declan McGlynn’s hat trick earned him United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week honors. He compiled four goals in two home wins, extending his goal-scoring streak to four matches. McGlynn’s hat trick is just the second in SU’s Division I program history and the first since Nov. 1, 2015, when David Olsen accomplished the feat in a home win over Incarnate Word.
• Seattle U rolled to a 5-0 win over Houston Baptist on Oct. 4 at Championship Field. Freshman James Morris recorded two goals and an assist in his collegiate debut, while Akili Kasim tallied a pair of saves for his sixth shutout of the year.
• SU put up a season-high 35 shots in the win over HBU and matched a season-best with five goals. It also put up five goals against San Francisco on Aug. 30 at Championship Field.
• Declan McGlynn scored in the Redhawks’ win over Houston Baptist, marking his third straight game with a goal.
The Redhawks beat California Baptist, 2-0, on Sept. 28 at Championship Field. Noe Meza and Declan McGlynn both scored, while Akili Kasim made four saves for his fifth shutout of 2019.
• Seattle U began WAC action with a three-game home stand at Championship Field. SU was picked to win the league, according to the WAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
• SU won, 2-1, at Cal Poly on Sept. 23, rallying past the Mustangs with two second-half goals. Hamish Ritchie tied the match and then a Declan McGlynn penalty kick put the Redhawks ahead in the 67th minute.
• The victory over Cal Poly marked Seattle U’s first come-from-behind win of 2019 and the first win where SU conceded a goal this year.
• The Redhawks fell, 1-0, at UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 19. Akili Kasim made one save in net and SU held an 8-4 advantage in corner kicks in the match.
• SU dropped a 3-0 contest to No. 8 Washington on Sept. 15 in the 2019 WAC/101 Club Cup.
• The Redhawks won the 2019 Caffe D’arte Coffee Cup, beating Portland, 2-0, on Sept. 12 at Championship Field. Noe Meza and Harrison Kurtz both scored, while Akili Kasim made a career-high five saves for his fourth shutout of the season.
• Seattle U played a scoreless draw with No. 2 Indiana on Sept. 8 at Notre Dame. Akili Kasim tallied his third shutout of the season, making a key save to keep the Hoosiers off the board in the second half.
• Akili Kasim was named WAC Defensive Player of the Week after posting shutouts of No. 12 Denver and No. 2 Indiana the week of Sept. 2-8. The redshirt sophomore recorded three clean sheets in his first four starts in net.
• SU fell, 4-2, at No. 11 Notre Dame on Sept. 6. Noe Meza and Hal Uderitz both scored as the Redhawks outshot the Irish, 17-10, in the match.
• In his first three games of 2019, redshirt junior Noe Meza has three goals to pace Seattle U.
• Seattle U played a scoreless draw with then-No. 12 Denver on Sept. 2 at Championship Field. Akili Kasim made one save in 110 minutes to claim his second shutout to open 2019.
• The contest with the Pioneers was the first 0-0 game at Championship Field since Sept. 30, 2012, when SU tied San Jose State.
• The Redhawks beat San Francisco, 5-0, on Aug. 30, as Noe Meza scored two goals in the first half. Burke Fahling tallied a goal and two assists in his Redhawk debut.
• In the win over USF, SU held a 28-1 advantage in shots, including a 17-0 margin in the first half.
• SU was chosen to win the conference in the WAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Julian Avila-Good, Declan McGlynn, and Thomas Mickoski were named Preseason All-WAC.
• Coach Pete Fewing is in his 26th season at Seattle U. Last year, he won his 300th career game at SU. Since 2013, he has taken the Redhawks to three NCAA Tournaments, winning three WAC Tournament crowns, and a pair of WAC regular-season titles.
• Midfielder Jesse Ortiz was named to TopDrawerSoccer’s Freshmen Best XI for the 2019 season.
• The Redhawks will face seven opponents who qualified for the 2018 NCAA Tournament this season.
• SU is one of just four Division I programs to win at least 11 games in each of the last six seasons. It faces two of the other three teams in 2019 (Denver and Notre Dame). Akron is the fourth program to achieve the feat.
• In 2018, the Redhawks won 13 games, including wins over Akron and Washington.