Sept. 7, 2010

 

Stony Brook Seawolves (1-2-0) at South Florida Bulls (0-1-1)
Tuesday, Sept. 7  |  USF Soccer Stadium  |  Tampa, Fla.  |  7:30 p.m.

LIVE: Links to live stats, audio, video and chat are available at GoUSFBulls.com.

Stony Brook (1-2-0, 0-0-0 America East)
Head Coach: Cesar Markovic, seventh season
Career Record: 145-121-31
SBU Record: 49-54-19

South Florida (0-1-1, 0-0-0 BIG EAST)
Head Coach: George Kiefer, ninth season
Career Record: 93-48-20
USF Record: Same

The Matchup
Stony Brook is looking to break a two-game losing streak as it takes on a USF Bulls team that was nationally ranked until this week. The Bulls are 0-1-1, having lost to Florida Gulf Coast and tying St. Louis during the opening week. USF was ranked No. 16 in the preseason hendrickscars.com NSCAA National Poll, but fell out of the rankings this week. The team still has enough votes to be No. 28 in the top-25 poll. This is the second all-time meeting between the two clubs. USF won the first matchup, 3-0, back on Sept. 15, 2002.

Road Warriors
Tonight's game falls in the midst of a stretch of six consecutive road/neutral games for the Seawolves to start the season. SBU won the season opener at Hofstra before falling to Lafayette and Colgate during a tournament in Easton, Pa. This weekend, the Seawolves are at Dartmouth to take on Holy Cross and the host Big Green in the Dartmouth Classic Tournament. Stony Brook opens its home schedule Sept. 17 against Central Connecticut State.

Looking For Two Straight
Last season was a magical one for Stony Brook as the Seawolves finished the regular season with a five-match unbeaten streak to get into the America East Tournament, where they dispatched Hartford and UMBC to win the conference title, just the second in program history. This season's squad will look to replicate that success and bring the Seawolves back to the NCAA Tournament. Picked to finish second in America East, Stony Brook opens conference play Oct. 2 against Boston University at LaValle Stadium.