TAMPA - The USF men's soccer team, kicks off a short two-match home stretch Wednesday when it butts heads with Atlantic 10 Conference foe Rhode Island ... The homestand will close out on Saturday when Syracuse visits the USF Soccer Stadium for a 7:30 p.m. tilt ... Wednesday's match will be televised live in the Tampa Bay area on Bright House Sports Network.
USF vs. Rhode Island
Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 | 7:30 p.m.| USF Soccer Stadium | Tampa, Fla.
Live on Bright House Sports Network | Cable Channel 47
Game Notes: USF | Rhode Island
THE MATCHUP
USF
Record: 4-2-1 (0-1-0 BIG EAST)
Last Game: Sept. 24 at Connecticut, L, 4-0
Next Game: Oct. 2 vs. Syracuse, 7:30 p.m.
Head Coach: George Kiefer
Career Record: 97-49-20 (Ninth season)
at USF: 97-49-20 (Ninth season)
Rhode Island
Record: 2-5-0 (0-0-0 Atlantic 10)
Last Game: Sept. 24 at Boston University, L, 3-0
Next Game: Oct. 2 vs. Fairfield, 7 p.m.
Head Coach: John O'Connor
Career Record: 153-114-30 (16th season)
at Rhode Island: 40-44-13 (Fifth season)
THE LOWDOWN
The USF men's soccer team, kicks off a short two-match home stretch on Wednesday when it butts heads with Atlantic 10 Conference foe Rhode Island ... The homestand will close out on Saturday when Syracuse visits the USF Soccer Stadium for a 7:30 p.m. tilt ... Wednesday's match will be televised live in the Tampa Bay area on the Bright House Sports Network ... Jim Henderson, USF's traditional radio play-by-play commentator, will move over and handle the television play-by-play duties while Winston DuBose will provide the color commentary ... The Bulls come into the tonight's match with a 4-2-1 record on the season, a 4-1 record in their last five matches, and a 4-1-1 ledger in their last six ... Bernardo Anor is leading the team in scoring with seven points (3G-1A) while Shawn Chin is a close second with six points (3G-0A) ... All-America goalkeeper Jeff Attinella is 4-2-1 on the year with a 0.97 goals against average and a .811 save percentage with 30 saves this year ... Attinella has also posted four shutouts this season.
THE LAST TIME OUT
USF is coming off its first loss since the season opener when it dropped a 1-0 decision to Florida Gulf Coast on Sept. 1 ... The Bulls were recently handed a 4-0 setback at No. 6/6 Connecticut on Friday night ... The loss snapped a four-match winning streak and a five-match undefeated streak.
The match was the first BIG EAST Conference tilt of the season for both schools.
SCOUTING RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island makes the trip to Tampa in the midst of a two-match losing streak after defeats to No. 10 Boston College (2-0) on Sept. 21 and Boston University (3-0) on Sept. 24 ... Tonights match will be the third straight on the road for the Rams ... URI last won on Sept. 18 when it handed Siena a 2-1 loss.
Jamie Eckmayer leads the Rams in scoring with four points (2G-0A) while Greg Balicki, Thomas Lindroos and Dwayne Williams each have two points on one goal scored ... Reece Markman has two points on two assists
Peyton Warwick is 2-5-0 in goal this season with a 2.35 goals against average and a .698 save percentage in just over 613 minutes.
THE SERIES HISTORY VS. THE RAMS
Tonight's match between USF and Rhode Island will be the first meeting between the two schools.
CATCH USF ON THE RADIO AND ON THE WEB
Can't make it out to the game? You can still catch all of the action of USF men's soccer live on WMNF 88.5 FM HD 2 and WXBL 1620 AM with veteran soccer announcer - and former voice of the Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) and Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) - Jim Henderson calling all the action from high above the field ... Fans can also follow the action via the world wide web by logging onto GoUSFBulls.com and selecting the BullsVision option for live audio and video streaming. For the third straight season, BullsVision on GoUSFBulls.com will feature coverage of every men's soccer home match during the 2010 season ... Fans will get sideline-to-sideline coverage of every match played at the USF Soccer Stadium ... Viewers of BullsVision can enjoy live video and listen to a live play-by-play broadcast with Jim Henderson ... Live stats are also available for the match at GoUSFBulls.com.
A LOOK AHEAD FOR THE BULLS
Following Wednesday's match with Rhode Island, USF will return home to close out its short two-match homestand when it faces Syracuse in its first BIG EAST home match of the season ... Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. ... The Bulls will then head out on their second three-match road trip of the season when it travels to Florida Atlantic (Oct. 6), Villanova (Oct. 9) and DePaul (Oct. 13).
