STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- The Stony Brook men's soccer team looks to pick up its first win of the year on Monday night as they welcome Big Ten-foe Penn State to LaValle Stadium. Opening draw is set for 7 P.M.

Seawolves Notes

• Stony Brook dropped a 1-0 contest in its season opener against St. Francis Brooklyn on Friday night.
• The Seawolves are coming off a 9-6-3 season a year ago. They captured the America East regular season title, compiling a 5-1-1 record in conference play.
• The squad returns seven starters from 2018, including leading goal-scorer and America East First Team member, senior striker Jarred Dass (Marabella, Trinidad), along with America East Second Team member, senior defenseman Gustavo Fernandes (West Babylon, New York). 
• The Seawolves bring in ten newcomers, including eight freshman along with transfers Kelechi Akujobi (North Babylon, N.Y.) and Kori Cupid (Chaguanas, Trinidad).
• The 2019 recruiting class consisted off three incoming goalkeepers, who join sophomore Yamil Montenegro (Merida, Mexico) as the team's net protectors.
• Four players made their Stony Brook debuts on Friday night: Cupid, Danny Jara (Queens, N.Y.), Edmond Kaiser (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Sebastian Rojek (Wayne, N.J.).

The Series

• The two sides have only met once, a late-season contest in 2018.
• Penn State topped the Seawolves, 3-0 in University Park.

Scouting Penn State

• The Nittany Lions opened their season with a 5-0 loss to No. 5 Stanford on Friday night in University Park.
• The team had six newcomers in its starting XI in the season opener. Ten new Nittany Lions saw the field in total in the contest.
• Penn State had three players received Big Ten preseason honors: Brandon Hackenberg, Aaron Molloy and Pierre Reedy.
• Redshirt junior Josh Levine got the start in net for the Nittany Lions' season opener. He appeared in 14 matches last season.
• PSU went 6-9-2 a season ago, falling to Michigan in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
• Jeff Cook returns to the Happy Valley for his second season at the helm.