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GAMEDAY: No. 15 MSOC vs. UTRGV

Redhawks kick off WAC play Saturday 

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GAMEDAY: No. 15 MSOC vs. UTRGVGAMEDAY: No. 15 MSOC vs. UTRGV
Conor Courtney
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FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS
• Saturday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m.
• vs. UTRGV (Championship Field)
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• In accordance with state and local regulations and in the interest of public health, the season will begin without spectators in attendance at Championship Field.
For the health and safety of participating student-athletes, staff and game personnel, access will be permitted only to participating teams and essential workers.
Health and safety guidelines will be monitored on an ongoing basis to determine if limited capacity options become available at any point during the season.
 
ABOUT THE GAME
• No. 15 Seattle U (1-0-0, 0-0-0 WAC) vs. UTRGV (0-0-0, 0-0-0 WAC)
• All-time series-Seattle U leads, 4-0-1
• Home-Seattle U leads, 2-0-0
• Away-Seattle U leads, 2-0-1
• Neutral-N/A
• Last meeting-Seattle U won, 1-0, at UTRGV (Nov. 3, 2019)
 
NEWS AND NOTES
• The Redhawks opened the 2021 season with a 3-2 double-overtime win over Gonzaga on Feb. 3 at Championship Field. Munier Hussen scored in the 106th minute to lift SU to a dramatic victory. Jesse Ortiz scored two goals in regulation.
Munier Hussen's game-winner is just the second goal scored by a Redhawk after the 100th minute since Coach Pete Fewing returned in 2012. Kyle Bjornethun scored in the 103rd minute on Oct. 18, 2014, against Utah Valley.
• SU has won seven straight home openers at Championship Field.
• Seattle U enters the contest on a 17-game unbeaten streak. Its unbeaten streak is the longest active streak in Division I entering this season.
• Seattle U was picked to win the WAC, according to the Preseason Coaches' Poll. It marks the fifth time in the last seven seasons that SU is the preseason favorite.
• Senior Noe Meza was voted WAC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and junior Alex Acton-Petronotis was named WAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Meza and Acton-Petronotis joined junior Akili Kasim and sophomore James Morris on the Preseason All-WAC team.
• Seattle U is the lone Division I program to win at least 11 games in each of the last seven seasons.
• SU has won an NCAA Tournament match in each of its four Division I appearances. It won at Creighton (2013), at home against UCLA (2015), at Washington (2017), and at Loyola Marymount (2019).
• The Redhawks have won four WAC Tournament crowns (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019).
• In 2019, James Morris became the fourth Redhawk to win WAC Freshman of the Year since 2013. Kyle Bjornethun (2013), Sergio Rivas (2015), and Declan McGlynn (2018) have also taken home the honor.
• In 2019, Pete Fewing was picked WAC Coach of the Year for the third time since 2013. He has also won the award in 2013 and 2015. All three times SU has won the WAC regular-season title, Fewing has been chosen as top coach.
• SU has won three WAC regular-season crowns (2013, 2015, 2019).
• Coach Pete Fewing is in his 27th season at Seattle U. Since 2013, he has taken the Redhawks to four NCAA Tournaments, winning four WAC Tournament crowns, and three WAC regular-season titles.