University of Delaware Athletics
No. 22 Delaware to Host Iona Wednesday Evening
9/6/2016 4:03:00 PM | Men's Soccer
No. 22 Delaware (3-0-0, 0-0-0 CAA) vs. Iona (1-2-0, 0-0-0 MAAC)
📅 DATE: Wednesday, September 7, 2016
🕖 TIME: 7 p.m. Eastern
📍 LOCATION: Stuart & Suzanne Grant Stadium - Newark, Del.
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LAST TIME OUT ⚽️
The Blue Hens needed just one goal Friday evening as Delaware held its third straight opponent to a blank score sheet with its 1-0 win at Lehigh. Ben Sampson registered the lone tally of the night with his seventh career goal. In the 43rd minute, Sampson collected the ball from Carlos Perales off the corner kick and headed in the game-winner, which deflected off a Lehigh defender. The assist was just the second career for Perales. The Mountain Hawks (1-2-0) had chances in the second half, but couldn't put one past the Blue Hens (3-0-0) and goalie Todd Morton. Morton finished the day with two saves and now has seven on the year to go along with zero goals allowed.
HEN SCRATCHINGS 🐔
· Delaware is ranked No. 22 in the latest NSCAA Division I rankings and No. 3 in the NSCAA Midwest Regional poll.
· Beginning Wednesday evening, the Blue Hens will play six straight games at home and seven of the next eight.
· UD is one of 21 Division I squads to remain unbeaten this season.
· The Hens are also one of six that has yet to give up a goal this year.
· All-American Guillermo Delgado is 14th nationally with 1.0 goals per game and 22nd overall with 2.33 points per.
· Delaware returns 12 letter winners, including 10 starters, from last year's squad and add five newcomers to the mix.
· UD features a total of nine international players on the roster.
· Guillermo Delgado, Thomas de Villardi and Thibault Philippe garnered Preseason All-CAA accolades.
· Guillermo Delgado, a three-time All-American, was one of 28 men nationally named MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.
· Guillermo Delgado, Thibault Philippe and Ben Sampson once again serve as the team's captains in 2016.
· Guillermo Delgado is currently second all-time in program history with 90 points on 40 goals (second) and 12 assists (t-ninth).
· Jaime Martinez is tied for 12th in the record books with 11 career assists.
SERIES INFORMATION 💪
· The two teams are knotted at 2-2-1 in the all-time series since the first matchup in 2002.
· The Blue Hens had won two straight over Iona before the Gaels picked up the 3-0 victory last season at Mazzella Field in New Rochelle, N.Y.
· Iona received goals from Daniel Huerta, Marcos Nunez and Brendan Reardon in the win.
· In the last matchup at Stuart & Suzanne Grant Stadium, UD used an offensive explosion to defeat the Gaels, 6-2, on Sept. 4, 2014. Guillermo Delgado scored two goals while Jaime Martinez picked up two assists and a goal.
· Delaware has outscored Iona, 9-5, in the last three meetings.
· James Hamilton (Dominican College '10) was named the seventh head coach in Iona men's soccer history in April 2016. He was promoted to his current role after serving the 2015 campaign as an assistant coach and interim head coach.
ABOUT IONA
The Gaels are 1-2-0 on the year with their lone win coming this past Saturday with a 2-1 decision over Drexel. Iona's comeback victory versus the Dragons was catalyzed by the reigning MAAC Offensive Player of the Year, Marcos Nunez. The junior forward assisted on the game-tying score, then netted the unassisted game-winner. Nunez's four points ties him alongside Daniel Huertas (2g, 0a) for the team lead. The Gaels have also received a goal from Killian Colombie while Matias Correa has one assist on the season. Kellar Sirstins has started all three games in the net for Iona and has tallied five saves (.455) with six goals allowed.
