STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- The Stony Brook men's soccer team (6-3-2, 3-0-0 AE) will wrap-up its three-game road trip with a visit to Penn State on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. from Jeffrey Field.

The Seawolves are 1-0-1 on their current road trip. On the trip, they drew then-No.21 Fordham, 0-0 and defeated Binghamton, 2-1.

Seawolves Notes

• After topping Binghamton, Stony Brook took sole possession of first place in the America East. 
• Freshman Trausti Birgisson (Kopavogur, Iceland) scored his first-career goal on Saturday night when he converted a header on a cross from junior Mark Irvine (Southampton, England).
• Senior Martieon Watson (Vessigny, Trinidad) scored the game-winning goal in the 85th minute in the win over Binghamton.
• Stony Brook is led by senior Serge Gamwanya (Trondheim, Norway), who has five goals on the season.
• With Stony Brook's win on Sept. 21 over then-No. 16 UMass Lowell, Ryan Anatol became the winningest head coach in Stony Brook men's soccer division 1 history.
• This will be the first-ever matchup between the Seawolves and Penn State.
• Stony Brook (16 points) was tabbed sixth in the America East preseason poll, just ahead of Hartford (12 points) and Binghamton (11 points). UMass-Lowell (44 points), New Hampshire (42 points) and Albany (40 points) finished atop the poll heading into the new season. 

Scouting Penn State

• The Nittany Lions come into Tuesday's contest with a 2-6-2 (1-2-2 B1G) record.
• Last time out, Penn State drew Northwestern, 0-0 in Evanston.
• The Nittany Lions are paced by freshman Jeremy Rafanello, who leads the team with two goals this season.
• Redshirt sophomore Josh Levine has played every minute in net for Penn State, owning a .792 save percentage.
• PSU is coached by Jeff Cook, who is in his first year with the program. Cook has made coaching stops at Dartmouth and Cincinnati.
• In 2017, the Nittany Lions went 5-10-2, falling to Indiana in the B1G quarterfinal.
• Penn State was projected to finish in a tie for 6th place in the Big Ten preseason poll.

In The Ranks

• Watson is tied for first in the America East in assists with five.
• With three game-winning goals, Gamwanya is tied for first in that category. He ranks third in the conference in points with 12.
• Freshman Christian Miesch (Brig, Switzerland) comes in at third in the conference in shutouts with three.