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LAST WEEK
Southern Connecticut finished last week with one win and one tie. The Owls traveled to Springfield, Mass. to play AIC last Tuesday, a game in which Sean Black and Weens Simon scored their first goals of the year in what ended up being a 2-2 tie. The team returned home to play Saint Anselm on Saturday and the offense exploded for five goals in the victory, including two by Louis Greenway-Tambini.

CONFERENCE STANDINGS
With the win against Saint Anselm, the Owls earn their fourth conference win, tying them with Adelphi for second in the conference behind Southern New Hampshire, which is 6-0.

LOUIE, LOUIE
Louis Greenway-Tambini continues to put up big offensive numbers for the Owls. The two goals he scored against Saint Anselm were his sixth and seventh on the year, which leads the NE-10. 

NE-10 WEEKLY HONORS
Two Owls were named Northeast-10 Conference Players of the Week. 
• Weens Simon earned Rookie of the Week honors for scoring the first goal of his collegiate career against AIC. He rang a shot off the post that came right back to him which he was able to put in the back of the net.
• Louis Greenway-Tambini was named Player of the Week for scoring two goals in the 5-1 win over Saint Anselm. 

THIS WEEK
Southern Connecticut has only one game this week. The Owls will travel to North Andover, Mass. to take on Merrimack in a pivotal conference matchup on Saturday. 

SCOUTING MERRIMACK
The last time these two teams played, Augusto Silva ended the Owls' season in the NCAA Tournament. The Warriors began this season 7-0 before losing to Le Moyne and tying their last two games against Saint Rise and Adelphi. The Owls and Warriors have played five common opponents - SCSU is 2-2-1 in those games, Merrimack is 4-1. The Warriors average over 2.5 goals per game, led by Silva who has six goals. Joseph Briers and Julio Leon Garcia have three goals each, four other players have two goals and six more players have one goal. They are led in net by Lucas Rezende, who has allowed 11 goals on 30 shots - the same amount of goals allowed by Noah Varonier. Merrimack was ranked #11 in the NSCAA National Soccer Rankings last week before their two ties. The new rankings are released every Tuesday.

ALL-TIME vs. MERRIMACK
The Owls are 12-5-1 all-time against the Warriors. Last year, the teams faced each other twice - the Owls won the regular season matchup, but the Warriors ended Southern Connecticut's season in the NCAA Tournament.
PICKING UP THE SLACK
Last year's co-leading goal scorer Markus Jacobsen is redshirting this year after holding a tie in goals last year with Chae Brangman. Filling in for him at the forward spot has been a combination of Brangman, Louis Greenway-Tambini, and Sabri Akter. Brangman and Greenway-Tambini have scored all three goals for the Owls this season.

THE PRESEASON NE-10 COACHES POLL
SCSU was picked second in the NE-10 preseason coaches poll.  The Owls received 154 points and one first place vote out of 14.
2015 Northeast-10 Men's Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll
1. So. New Hampshire - 169 (13)
2. So. Connecticut - 154 (1)
3. Merrimack - 140
4. Adelphi - 137
5. Le Moyne - 114
6. Franklin Pierce - 106
7. Stonehill - 98
8. Bentley - 79
9. American Int'l - 74
10. Saint Michael's - 57
11. Assumption - 54
12. Saint Rose - 41
13. Saint Anselm - 27
14. New Haven - 24
(#) - indicates first-place votes

LOOKING BACK AT LAST SEASON
The Owls finished 2014 with a 15-5 record and a No. 17 national ranking in the NSCAA poll. SCSU reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament, and before that, qualified for the finals of the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament. The Owls averaged just over two goals per game, with Daquan King and Markus Jacobsenleading the team with 10 goals each. Defense was the Owls' strength. Led by NE-10 Defensive Player of the Year Sebastian Brems, they allowed 1.16 goals per game. Freshman keeper Noah Varonier was a stud in net for the Owls, saving 71-percent of the shots he faced.

THE CAPTAIN
Head coach Tom Lang announced that redshirt senior Tyler Naef will captain the Owls this fall. This will mark the second straight year that Naef will serve as a team captain.

SCORING PUNCH COMING BACK
Southern Connecticut will see two of its top five scorers from last season return - Markus Jacobsen and Chae Brangman. Brangman finished second on the team last year with six goals. The next highest returning scorers are Brandon Rowlinson and Ignacio Navarro, who each scored two goals last year.

2014 ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMERS
Seven players from the 2014 team were named to the All-Conference Team:
• Sebastian Brems was named First-Team All-Conference and NE-10 Defender of the year.
• Daquan King and Mads Larsen were named Second-Team All-Conference.
• Chae Brangman, Jonas Folstad, and Markus Jacobsen were named Third-Team All-Conference.
• Brangman and Noah Varonier were named to the All-Rookie Team.
• Brangman was also named Rookie of the Year.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB
The Owls welcome 14 newcomers to the squad for the 2015 season, including freshmen Ansbito Basquin, Jose Canahui, Weens Simon, Seth Dasher, Daniel Silva,Alejandro Rivera, Dylan Hogan, Alex Brown, and Daniel Prendergast. The Owls also welcome transfers Louis Greenway-Tambini, Sean Black, Alain Laurent, Mitchel White and Joe Lucas Santos.

IN SEASON OPENERS 
The Owls are 31-9-6 in season openers.

LOOKING BACK AT 2014
The Southern Connecticut State University men's soccer team was ranked as high as No. 1 in the region and No. 5 in the nation in 2014.

TRIO NAMED ALL-ECAC/QUARTET ALL-REGION
Sebastian Brems, Daquan King, and Mads Larsen were named All-ECAC for their efforts on the pitch during the 2014 season. Brems, Markus Jacobsen, Jonas Folstad, and Chae Brangman were named to the NSCAA/Continental Tire Division II All-East Region Team.

ON DECK
Following this week's games, the Owls two away games next week: at Bentley on Tuesday and at Saint Rose on Saturday.