The College of Staten Island men's soccer squad faces their final CUNYAC game of the season this afternoon when they host Baruch College. The Dolphins are a perfect 7-0 in conference play and will look to keep that record unblemished despite already having the number one seed locked up.
CSI VS. BARUCH AT-A-GLANCE
Matchup: CSI (12-4, 7-0) vs. Baruch (7-4-3, 5-0-2)
Where: CSI Soccer Complex - 2800 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY
Live Video: www.csidolphins.com/csisportsnet
Live Stats: https://csidolphins.com/sidearmstats/msoc/summary
All-Time Series: Baruch leads, 22-20-3
Last Meeting: October 25, 2017 - CSI won, 1-0 (CUNYAC Quarterfinal)
Players to Watch (CSI): Bryant Navarro continues to be a menace for opposing teams. Navarro paces the Dolphins with 15 goals this season and has scored three times in his last four games. Navarro's 15 goals are tied for eighth most in all of Division III.
Philip Lefkowitz is having a career season, tallying 9 goals and a team-high 13 assists. Lefkowitz sits second nationally in assists, just one behind the leader and will look to close that gap this afternoon.
Joe Bolella scored in 9 straight games previous to his two-game scoring drought. Bolella is second on the team with 13 goals and will look to find his way back onto the scoresheet today against the Bearcats.
Players to Watch (BC): Javier Crespo leads Baruch with six goals on the year and will try and crack the code this afternoon and score on a Dolphins defense that has allowed just one CUNYAC goal all season. Crespo is the go-to striker as he has posted 39 shots, a team-high, with Cormac Foley a full 12 shots behind. Foley has tallied four goals in 14 games this season and has put 55% of his shots are on target. Kellen Sela will try to stop the second highest goal scoring team in the country this afternoon, as he is allowing just one goal per game with 43 saves.
News & Notes: Staten Island has scored 63 goals this season which puts them second in Division III, just two goals behind Montclair state. On a goal per game basis, the Dolphins are netting an average of four goals which places them in the top three nationally. The Dolphins are 2-2-1 in their last five meetings against the Bearcats with just one of those meetings coming at the CSI Soccer Complex, which played out to a 0-0 draw. At the CSI Soccer Complex all-time, the Dolphins are 12-11-2 against the Bearcats with their last loss at home coming in 2012.