Mount St. Mary's (5-7-0, 2-2-0) at St. Francis (N.Y.) (3-5-2, 1-2-0 NEC)
WHEN: Fri, Oct. 15, 2010, 12 p.m.
WHERE: Aviator Sports & Recreation Complex, Brooklyn, N.Y.

SERIES INFORMATION: Mount St. Mary's leads 10-9-2
LAST MEETING: St. Francis (N.Y.) (1-0) 10-11-09
FIRST MEETING: St. Francis (N.Y.) (3-1) 10-20-89
LAST MOUNT WIN: (2-0) 10-26-08
IN BROOKLYN: St. Francis (N.Y.) leads 6-3-2

opening kick... Friday's match between Mount St. Mary's and St. Francis (N.Y.) marks the 22nd meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 1989 season. The Mount holds a 10-9-2 advantage in the series despite the Terriers taking last year's tilt 1-0 in Emmitsburg. The Mountaineers last win in the series was a 2-0 decision in 2008.

about the terriers... St. Francis (N.Y.) comes into the contest 3-5-2 overall and 1-2-0 in Northeast Conference play after defeating Bryant 5-0 on Sunday. Senior F John Sallhag leads the team with seven goals for 14 points while sophomore M Adam Maabdi is second with two tallies and four assists for eight points. Junior M Robbie Weir has a goal and three assists for five points while freshman F Gabriel Bagot, senior D Nick Baum and senior F/M Jeverton De Lorenzi each have two goals for four points. Junior GK Curtis Julien has 35 saves, a 1.49 goals against average and a .729 save percentage.

last time we met... St. Francis (N.Y.) scored in the 11th minute to defeat Mount St. Mary's 1-0 on Oct. 11, 2009. Chris Davis made three saves for the Mount while Chris Wheeler had three shots in the loss. John Sallhag scored the Terriers decisive goal on the afternoon and Chris Antonino turned away six shots in the winning effort.

GAME 14: Mount St. Mary's (5-7-0, 2-2-0 NEC) at Long Island (4-7-0, 1-2-0 NEC)
WHEN: Sun, Oct. 17, 2010, 1 p.m.
WHERE: LIU Field, Brooklyn, N.Y.

SERIES INFORMATION: Long Island leads 9-8-4
LAST MEETING: Long Island (3-2 2ot) 10-9-09
FIRST MEETING: Mount (3-2) 10-28-89
LAST MOUNT WIN: (3-1) 10-24-08
IN BROOKLYN: Long Island leads 4-3-3

opening kick... Sunday's match between Mount St. Mary's and Long Island marks the 22nd meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 1989 campaign. After defeating the Mount 3-2 in double overtime last season, the Blackbirds grabbed a 9-8-4 edge in the series. Mount St. Mary's last win in the matchup was a 3-1 decision in 2008.

about the blackbirds... Long Island, who hosts Monmouth on Friday, comes into the weekend 4-7-0 overall and 1-2-0 in Northeast Conference play after falling 2-1 to Bryant on Sunday. Senior F Juan Lanza leads the team with three goals and one assist for seven points while sophomore F Jakeem Johnson is second with two tallies and one helper for five points. Junior D Nik Conklin has a goal and an assist for three points and junior M Josh Maley fuels the squad with three assists for three points. Junior GK Adam Janssen has 32 saves, a 1.50 goals against average and a .744 save percentage.

last time we met... Long Island scored with 3.7 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime and scored in the 108th minute to down Mount St. Mary's 3-2 on Oct. 9, 2009. Chris Wheeler posted a goal and an assist while Ty Fenstermacher also scored and Chris Davis made six saves. After the two teams scored in the first 10 minutes of the match, Wheeler gave the Mountaineers a 2-1 advantage with 30 seconds left in regulation when he found the twine off a Gary Phinith assist. The Blackbirds answered with 3.7 seconds on the clock after Jakeem Johnson scored off a Roston Moore helper. Moore got his own rebound off a Davis saved and found Johnson on the left side, who headed the ball into the twine to force overtime. Ellicott Kane then scored the decisive tally when he got a cross from the right off the foot of Steve Jakubowski at the 107:52 mark.

last time out... Alex Ockford headed in the game-winning goal in the 75th minute to lead Mount St. Mary's past Fairleigh Dickinson 1-0 on Sunday. Eric Detzel served the ball into the box on a free kick and found junior Chris Wheeler, who headed the ball up in the air toward the pipes where Ockford headed the ball into the twine off the goalkeeper's fingers at the 74:59 mark. It was Ockford's second tally of the year and team-leading sixth assist for Detzel. Chris Davis made one save for the Mount in the winning effort.

next on tap... After the two games in Brooklyn, the Mount will play three of its final four games at Waldron Family Stadium. The Mount returns home to face Bryant on Oct. 22.

eight goals through 12... Junior Chris Wheeler has the third most goals through 12 games in Mount Division I history. Even Hytten is the only play to top that mark after he posted 11 goals in 12 games in 1990 while Simon Hodkin also had nine goals through 12 games in 1998 and also had eight tallies in his first 12 games in 1997.

in the nation... Junior Chris Wheeler is eighth in goals in the nation with eight tallies. The junior also ranks 15th in points (17), 21st in goals per game (0.67) and 34th in points per game (1.42). Senior Eric Detzel stands 13th in Division I in assists (6) and 19th in assists per game (0.50).

statistics in the league... Mount St. Mary's ranks second in the Northeast Conference in goals (18) and fourth in points (48), fourth in assists (12) and fourth assist per game (1.00). Junior Chris Wheeler leads the league in shots (49), and goals (8) The junior is also second in shots per game (4.08), second in points (17) and third in both points per game (1.42) and goals per game (0.67). Senior Eric Detzel currently ranks second in assists (6), second in assists per game (0.50), seventh in points (10) and 10th in points per game (0.83)

in the league: The Mount is 73-84-27 in Northeast Conference matches. The Mountaineers are 35-47-15 under head coach Rob Ryerson in the NEC and 7-2-2 in the conference opener, including back-to-back NEC opening wins in 2008 and 2009. The Mount is 11-9-1 in the last three seasons in the league.

preseason poll... The Mount St. Mary's men's soccer team has been picked fifth in the Northeast Conference (NEC) Preseason Coaches Poll. Monmouth, who claimed the last four league regular season titles and the 2009 NEC Tournament crown, has been unanimously selected as the preseason favorite in 2010. Quinnipiac, Fairleigh Dickinson and St. Francis (N.Y.) were picked 2-3-4 while the Mount, Sacred Heart, Saint Francis (Pa.), Long Island, Central Connecticut State, Robert Morris and Bryant rounded out the 11-team poll.

komlan honored... Koudzo Komlan was named the adidas/Northeast Conference Co-Rookie of the Week for the week of Sept. 6-12. It is the sophomore first conference honor. The sophomore defender helped the Mount to its second-straight win and first-ever decision over George Washington on Sept.11. Komlan took a long ball and beat the goalkeeper and then popped the ball over the netminder's head at 60:57 mark to break a 3-all standstill and propel Mount St. Mary's to a 4-3 win against the Colonials. It was the sophomore's first collegiate goal.

aye, aye captain... Seniors Chris Davis and Eric Detzel will serve as team captains for the 2010 campaign.

wheeling and dealing... Junior Chris Wheeler has scored 28 goals in his first three seasons in Emmitsburg and now sits in sixth place on the program's all-time career goal list and second place in Division I program history. Next on the all-time list is Brad Heister (29, 1987-90) in fifth place on the all-time list and Duncan Gladwin (32,1996-99) is the all-time leader in goals in the Mount Division I era. The junior also sits in fourth place in points in Division I history with 61, 12 points shy Simon Hodkin (73, 1996-99). He also moved into ninth place on the all-time career points list. Next on list is Don Barry (65, 1987-90). The junior also sits in second place in career shots (205). Gladwin is the all-time leader in shots with 217. Wheeler tied the program's single-season record for goals in a season with 12 in his freshman year, including becoming the seventh player in Division I history to notch a hat trick when he found the twine against Robert Morris on Oct. 10, 2008.

eric in the middle... Senior Eric Detzel also is moving up on the program's Division I charts. The senior sits in seventh place with 16 goals in Mount Division I history with Don Barry (18, 1988-90) next on the list. Detzel also stands in eighth place with 46 points and sits in eighth place in program history with 15 assists. Next on the assist list is Joe Young (16, 1987-90) in seventh place and next on the Division I point list are Brad Heister (48, 1988-90) and Dan Gaertner (48, 1993-96) in sixth place.

no fins to slow him down... Senior Scott Phinith sits in ninth place for assists in Mount Divisoion I history with 11 assists. Next on the list is Kurt Borel (12, 2001-04) in eighth place. The senior has five goals and 11 assists for 21 points in his career.

the man protecting the pipes... Senior Chris Davis became the program's all-time career leader in minutes played during the match against Sacred Heart on Oct. 8 and now stands at 5465 minutes played. Davis is also second in career shutouts with 16 while Keith Kennedy is the all-time leader (17, 1992-95). Davis, who has four shutouts this season, recorded eight shutouts as a sophomore to notch the most shutouts in a campaign since 1999.

local rivalries... Mount St. Mary's will play four teams from the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area this season. The squad will host Towson (L, 0-2), George Washington (W, 4-3) and UMBC (L, 2-3) and traveled to Howard (W, 2-0) this season.

new to the mountain... Head coach Rob Ryerson has added eight players to his 2010 roster. Freshmen Zoncher Dennis (Abijam, Ivory Coast), Jimmy Ockford (Yardley, Pa.), Connor Waraksa (Media, Pa.) and Patrick Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia) were signed to National Letters of Intent while junior transfer Peter Steve (Dallas, Pa.) also signed a scholarship. Steve went to Cincinnati for two years, but did not play in a game with the Bearcats. Freshmen Steve Hamilton (Manchester, Md.), Mike Molloy (Baltimore, Md.) and sophomore Koudzo Komlan (Lome, Togo) also joined the team.

players from down under... Junior Chris Davis (Townsville, Australia), the first men's soccer player to hail from Australia, was joined by fellow countrymen Chris Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia) in 2008. Wheeler's brother Patrick Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia) joined the team in 2010.

the family continues to grow... Head coach Rob Ryerseon has coached five of the eight brother combos in Mount men's soccer history. Freshmen Jimmy Ockford and Patrick Wheeler join the team this season to join their brothers sophomore Alex Ockford and junior Chris Wheeler. In addition, freshman Connor Waraksa becomes the third member of his family to play Division I athletics and the second at the Mount. Connor's sister, Breana, was a four-year letterwinner on the women's lacrosse team and still holds the single game and career record for assists.

home sweet home emmitsburg... Under head coach Rob Ryerson, Mount St. Mary's is 34-30-3 at home, including 4-2-1 in 2000 (Ryerson's first season) and 5-1 in 2003.

foreign flavor... Head coach Rob Ryerson has six international students on the team in 2010. Senior Chris Davis (Townsville, Australia) , junior Chris Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia) and sophomore Will Jagger (Crowsborough, England) return in 2010 while sophomore Koudzo Komlan (Lome, Togo) and freshmen Zoncher Dennis (Abijam, Ivory Coast) and Patrick Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia) joins the fray this season.

waldron family stadium... Mount St. Mary's is 15-16-1 at the Waldron Family Stadium. The squad moved into the state-of-the-art 1,000-seat Waldron Family Stadium for a full season in 2007. The Mount played three games in the venue in 2006, posting a 2-1 record. The Mountaineers lost their inaugural match at the stadium to Monmouth 3-0 on Oct. 15, 2006 before ending the season with wins against Sacred Heart (2-1) and Northeast Conference Tournament bound Fairleigh Dickinson (1-0 2OT).

friday night lights... Mount St. Mary's played its first two night games at Waldron Family Stadium last season and have posted a 1-2 mark under the lights. The Mount will host Towson (L, 0-2), Bryant (Oct. 22) and Robert Morris (Oct. 29) under the lights in 2010.

about the coach... Head coach Rob Ryerson is entering his 11th season at the helm of the men's soccer team at the Mount, posting a career record of 61-102-22. He has led the Mount to a 36-47-14 mark in NEC regular season games. Ryerson was named the Northeast Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the Mountaineers to a 9-10-1 overall mark and a 5-4 record in league play and the squad's first NEC Tournament appearance since 1999 in the 2008 campaign.