Hartford Men's Soccer Digital Game Program: September 7 vs. Sacred Heart by HartfordHawks

NUMBER 1 POSITION GOALKEEPER HEIGHT 6-0 YEAR JUNIOR HAWKS TIDBIT: Fadida, who has played every minute in goal this season, recorded a career-high 11 saves at Merrimack on Sunday, Aug. 28. On the Cover...

H AWKSRISE DAY DATE OPPONENT KICKOFF+/RESULT THU. 8/25 AT CCSU L, 0-4 SUN. 8/28 AT MERRIMACK L, 0-4 SAT. 9/3 AT QUINNIPIAC L, 0-3 WED. 9/7 SACRED HEART 7 PM SUN. 9/11 AT SIENA 3 PM WED. 9/14 AT HOLY CROSS 6 PM SAT. 9/17 STONEHILL 3 PM TUE. 9/20 AT LIU 4 PM TUE. 9/27 AT BINGHAMTON 7 PM WED. 10/5 AT UMASS LOWELL 5 PM TUE. 10/11 AT DARTMOUTH 7 PM TUE. 10/18 AT NJIT 5 PM TUE. 10/25 AT MONMOUTH 7 PM WED. 11/2 AT BROWN 7 PM RED - HOME GAMES (AL-MARZOOK FIELD) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE 2022 SCHEDULE

4 HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE L3 STREAK W1 0 GOALS 2 0.00 GOALS/GAME 0.67 5.3 SHOTS/GAME 10.0 .000 SHOTS % .067 5-16 SOG-ATT 12-30 .313 SOG % .400 0 ASSISTS 2 6 CORNER KICKS 16 0-0 PK: GOALS-ATT 0-0 3.67 GAA 1.67 24 SAVES 7 .686 SAVE % .583 TALE OF THE TAPE HARTFORD HAWKS (0-3) THE MATCHUP vs. SERIES HISTORY Hartford holds a 7-2-2 advantage in the all-time series against Sacred Heart. The series has been even as of late, with the two teams going 2-2-1 in the last five matches. The Hawks and Pioneers meet on the pitch for the 12th time on Wednesday. LAST MEETING The Hawks and Pioneers played out a 1-1 draw last season in Fairfield, Conn. Former Hawk Nadav Datner put Hartford ahead just before halftime, but Sacred Heart equalized minutes after the break. Rotem Fadida tallied five saves on the night. All-Time Series .................. Hartford leads, 7-2-2 At Hartford ...................................... Series tied, 1-1 At Sacred Heart.............................. Series tied, 1-1-2 At Neutral Venue ..................Hartford leads, 5-0 Current Streak N/A Last Meeting .......................... Draw, 1-1 (9/11/22) SERIES BREAKDOWN SACRED HEART PIONEERS (1-2, 0-0 NEC)

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

After a three-game road trip to start the season, the Hawks make their 2022 home debut at Al-Marzook Field, taking on in-state foes Sacred Heart on Wednesday night. LAST TIME OUT Hartford dropped a 3-0 decision at Quinnipiac last Saturday. The Bobcats took an early 2-0 lead in the opening quarter of an hour, before converting on a penalty kick in the second half to take home the win. Freshman midfielder Anthony Sansone paced the offense with three shots. Junior goalkeeper Rotem Fadida tallied nine saves on the afternoon.

SHOT STOPPER Fadida has showcased his shot stopping abilities this year, sitting second in Division I with 24 saves on the season. Fadida also has recorded 8.33 saves per game, the highest mark across Division I. In three seasons with the Hawks, Fadida has tallied 113 saves and a 0.686 save percentage.

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TODAY’S MATCH

After falling in their opening two contests to start the year, the Pioneers bounced back with a 2-0 victory against Holy Cross last Saturday. Javier Lopez Cayuela, who recorded a goal and an assist against the Crusaders, leads the team with three points. Justin Siegel is the primary netminder for Sacred Heart, playing nearly every minute in goal for the Pioneers. He boasts a .545 save percentage and a 1.70 goals against average.

The 2022 Hartford men’s soccer roster features 16 newcomers to the team, joining 12 returners from last season’s roster. In the season opener against CCSU, Joaquin Gonzalez Mendoza, Nicholas Castrovinci, Dylan Jessop, Devan Jessop, Jack Merrill, Kellijah Morgan, Anthony Sansone and Jayden Castro made their Hartford debuts. Since then, Jake Reynolds made his first appearance in a Hawks jersey against Quinnipiac.

NEXT ON TAP Hartford heads back on the road for a quick two-game road swing. The Hawks first travel to Siena on Sunday, Sep. 11, before facing Holy Cross next Wednesday, Sep. 14. Kickoff against the Saints in Loudonville, N.Y. is set for 3 p.m.

# Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 1 Rotem Fadida So. GK 6-0 180 Haifa, Israel/Irony Hey 2 C.J. Lazarra Fr. B 5-9 180 Flanders, N.J./Roxbury 4 Kellijah Morgan So. F 5-7 160 Kingston, Jamaica/Mount St. Mary’s 5 Anthony Sansone Fr. M 6-3 185 Ledgewood, N.J./Roxbury 6 Trey Sadler Jr. M 6-0 135 Newington, Conn./Newington 7 Darío Cavada Jr. M 5-10 160 Santoña, Cantabria, Spain/I.E.S Marqués de Manzanedo 8 Babou Sanyang Jr. M 5-8 155 Rockville, Md./Magruder 9 Alex Quinones Jr. F 5-9 155 Bedford, N.H./South Kent School/Bedford 10 Mevlan Lebiti Gr. M 5-8 170 Goshen, Conn./Wamogo 11 Jayden Castro Fr. B/M 5-11 175 Stratford, Conn./Stratford 12 Nate Becher Jr. M 5-9 145 Sorrento, Fla./The Woodstock Academy 14 Joaquin Gonzalez Mendoza So. B 6-1 185 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico/Danbury 15 Demario Cameron Sr. B 6-3 185 Kingston, Jamaica/Campbell Univ. 16 Brio Acar Aslan Fr. M/F 6-0 165 Farmington, Conn./Kingswood-Oxford 17 Jake Reynolds Fr. M 5-10 170 Enfield, Conn./Enfield 18 Joshua Snyder Fr. GK 6-1 170 Princeton, N.J./Princeton High School 19 Nicholas Castrovinci Fr. M/F 5-5 125 Ledgewood, N.J./Roxbury 21 Devan Jessop So. B 5-10 155 Ashaway, R.I./Southern Conn. 22 Alex Foligno Fr. B 6-0 150 Middletown, Conn./Middletown 23 Dylan Jessop Jr. B 6-0 140 Ashaway, R.I./Monroe College 24 Jordon May Jr. M 5-10 160 New Hyde Park, N.Y./St. Francis Prep 26 Rodrigo Levy Jr. M 5-6 140 Cochabamba, Bolivia/Hughes Schools 27 Jack Merrill Fr. B 5-11 165 Newton, N.J./Kittatinny Regional 28 Dominik Femiak Fr. F 6-1 195 Burlington, Conn./Bristol Eastern 29 Logan Cruz Fr. B 6-0 170 Landing, N.J./Roxbury 32 Alec Boyd Sr. B 6-4 210 Glendora, Calif./Glendora (0-3 OVERALL) INTERIM HEAD COACH MIKE KULAS - First Season (12th at Hartford) - Southern Connecticut ’92 ASSISTANT COACHES QUENTON SWIFT - Fourth Season - Hartford ’17 JIMMY SLAYTON - First Season - Hartford ’19

# Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/Last School 0 Kevin Siwik So. GK 6-3 Copiague, N.Y./ Kellenberg Memorial 00 Evan Squire Fr. GK 6-2 Barneveld, N.Y. / Bedford 1 Justin Siegel Sr. GK 6-3 Ramsey, N.J./Muhlenberg College 2 Asa Moskowitz Fr. M/F 5-10 Waterbury Center, Vt. / Loomis Chaffee 3 Matthias Dick Fr. D 5-10 Tettnang, Germany / Monfort-Gymansium Tettnang 4 Declan McStravick Gr. D 6-3 Keansburg, N.J. / Monmouth University 5 Etienne Murugarren So. D 6-2 Ciudad Real, Spain/ Colegio Leones 6 Koke Gracia Martinez Fr. D/M 6-1 Zaragoza, Spain / Colegio Marianistas de Zaragoza 7 David Garcia Gallego Fr. M 5-9 Leon, Spain / Universidad de Leon 8 Will Pearce Jr. M 6-0 Castle Hill, Australia / Hills United 9 Olliver Persson Jr. F 6-0 Haugesund, Norway / FK Haugesund 10 Lucas Miquel Castrillo Gr. M 5-9 Aranda de Duero, Spain / Coker University 11 Batuhan Dikmen Fr. M/F 5-11 Ulm, Germany / Anna Essinger Gymnasium 12 Matheus Dias Donascimento Gr. M 5-6 Fairfield, CT / Fairfield Ludlowe 13 Aidan Cann Fr. F 6-5 Denver, Colo. / Regis Jesuit HS 14 Rob Taylor IV Sr. M 5-7 Mahwah, N.J. / Mahwah 15 AJ Cirifalco So. F 6-1 New Canaan, Conn. / New Canaan 16 Jaiden Paniagua Fr. D 5-11 Naugatuck, Conn. / Holy Cross HS 17 Javier Lopez Cayuela Fr. M/F 6-2 Cartagena, Spain / Colegio Narval 18 Caiden Chapel Fr. M 6-1 Plano, Texas / Plano Senior HS 19 Nick Kirby So. D 5-8 Nutley, N.J. / Nutley 20 JP Nunes So. D 6-0 Campinas, Brazil / Escola Americana de Campinas 21 Zach Lorenz Fr. F Murrysville, Pa. / Woodstock Academy 22 Gavin Neumeyer Jr. M 6-1 Monroe, Conn. / Fairfield College Preparatory 23 Matthew Machan Jr. D Monroe, Conn. / Masuk 24 Kristo Boci Sr. M 5-6 Fairfield, Conn. / Fairfield Ludlowe 26 Robert Tullonge Jr. M Hamden, Conn. / The Hopkins School 27 Giovanni Amato Jr. D 6-2 West Orange, N.J. / Seton Hall Preparatory SACRED HEART pIONEERS (1-2 OVERALL, 0-0 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE) INTERIM HEAD COACH ANTHONY ANZEVUI - First Season (12th at SHU) - Sacred Heart ’09 ASSISTANT COACHES PAULO DeOLIVEIRA - 15 Season - Southern Conn. State OSCAR CURRAS - Second Season - Sacred Heart ’18

HARTFORD HAWKS2022-23 Hartford Men's Soccer Overall Team Statistics All games Page 1/1 as of Sep 05, 2022 Game RecordsOverall Conference Home Away Neutral 0 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 Team statistics HART OPP SHOTGoals-ShotSTATISTICSattempts 0-16 11-66 Goals scored per game 0 3.67 Shot pct. .000 .167 Shots on goal-Attempts 5-16 36-66 SOG pct. .313 .545 Shots/Game 5.3 22 Assists 0 10 GOALTotalBREAKDOWNGoals 0 11 Penalty 0 1 OvertimeUnassisted 0 0 Goals scored average 0 3.67 CORNER KICKS 6 15 Goals oﬀ corners PENALTY KICKS 0-0 1-1 OFFSIDES 3 8 PENALTIESFouls 29 29 Yellow cards 5 3 Red cards 1 0 ATTENDANCETotal 0 786 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 3/262 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Goals by Periods Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Hart 0 0 0 0 0 Opponents 6 5 0 0 11 Corners by Periods Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Hart 3 3 0 0 6 Opponents 5 10 0 0 15 Shots by Periods Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Hart 7 9 0 0 16 Opponents 32 34 0 0 66 Fouls by Periods Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Hart 17 12 0 0 29 Opponents 18 11 0 0 29 Saves by Periods Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Hart 13 12 0 0 25 Opponents 1 4 0 0 5 Oﬀsides by Periods Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Hart 1 2 0 0 3 Opponents 6 2 0 0 8 2022 TEAM STATISTICS OVERALL: 0-3 HOME: 0-0 • AWAY: 0-3

HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 11 Page 1/1 as of Sep 05, 2022 Game RecordsOverall Conference Home Away Neutral 0 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 Team Box Score No. Player GP-GS MIN G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% YC RC GWG PK-ATT FG OT HAT GTG FOUL 5 Sansone, Anthony 3-2 188 0 0 0 4 .000 2 .500 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 7 Cavada, Dario 3-3 232 0 0 0 3 .000 1 .333 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 9 Quinones, Alex 2-1 78 0 0 0 2 .000 1 .500 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 8 Sanyang, Baboucarr 3-3 237 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 19 Castrovinci, Nicholas 3-1 185 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Sadler, Trey 3-3 179 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 4 Morgan, Kellijah 3-2 184 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 27 Merrill, Jack 3-3 270 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Becher, Nate 3-3 248 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 10 Lebiti, Mevlan 1-0 28 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 14 Gonzalez Mendoza, Joaquin 3-3 140 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Levy, Rodrigo 3-0 103 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 15 Cameron, Demario 3-3 270 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 23 Jessop, Dylan 3-3 181 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Fadida, Rotem 3-3 270 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Jessop, Devan 1-0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 24 May, Jordon 1-0 60 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Castro, Jayden 3-0 92 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Reynolds, Jake 1-0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 3 - 0 0 0 16 .000 5 .313 5 1 - 0-0 0 0 0 - 29 Opponents 3 - 11 10 32 66 .167 36 .545 3 0 - 1-1 3 0 0 - 29 Goal Average Saves Record No. Goalie GP-GS MINS GA GAAVG SAVES PCT W L T SHO/CBO 1 Fadida, Rotem 3-3 270:00 11 3.67 24 .686 0 3 0 0/0 TM TEAM 00:00 0 0.00 1 1.000 0 0 0 0/0 Total 3 270:00 11 3.67 25 .694 0 3 0 0 Opponents 3 270:00 0 0.00 5 1.000 3 0 0 3 Goals by Periods Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Hart 0 0 0 0 0 Corners by Periods Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Hart 3 3 0 0 6 2022 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Babou Sanyang

Mike Kulas, who joined the Hawks in 2011, begins his first season as the Interim Head Coach of the Hartford Men’s soccer team after serving 11 seasons as the team’s assistant coach in 2022. Since landing at Hartford, Kulas has led Hartford to 78 victories, including the second-most wins in program history (13) in 2013. The Hawks have been on the doorstep of reaching the NCAA Tournament several times during that stretch, making five trips to the America East Tournament’s title match in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Kulas’ contributions to player development both on and off the field have been substantial during his time at Hartford. He has guided 29 student-athletes to AllConference distinction and 14 to NSCAA regional awards. In the classroom, Hartford’s men’s soccer student-athletes have combined for a total of 21 Hawks have taken home America East All-Academic Team honors, while Anthony LoBello, a 2016 graduate, became the Hawks’ first CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree since 2009.

MEET THE COACHESCAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Led Hartford to 78 victories • Second-most single-season wins in program history (13) • Nine apperancespostseason • One championshipconference • Two NCAA Tournament apperances • 29 All-Conference honorees • 14 United Soccer Coaches All-Region honorees • 21 All-Academic honorees ASSISTANT COACHES Quenton Swift Fourth Season (Hartford ‘17) Jimmy Slayton First Season (Hartford ‘19)FULL BIO MIKE KULAS

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