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Men's Soccer Media Guide - Week 2

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Live Stats/Live Video – Live Stats and Live Video of both of SMU's Soccer Matches will be available through Saint Martin's Stretch Internet Portal. Both matches will be broadcasted by the host team Northwest Nazarene.

COMPLETE MEDIA GUIDE
 
Social Media – Follow the Saints on Facebook (Saint Martin's University Men's Soccer) and follow SMU Athletics on Facebook (Saint Martin's Saints), Twitter (SMUAthletics), Instagram (saints_athletics) and YouTube (SMU Athletics).
 
Ticket Information – Tickets for all Saints' home games can be purchased at the gate of the event for six dollars for adults, five for seniors and military, and four for kids 12 and up. All kids under the age of 12 are free.
 
Saints Soccer Complex – The Saints home field is located on the campus on Saint Martin's, next to the baseball field near the Pacific Ave entrance. The grass field is located inside the Saint Martin's track, that is equipped with a scoreboard and two grandstand bleachers.
 
Saints Fall In Season Opener To Westminster – After an even matched first half and the scored locked at 0-0, Westminster used two quick goals out of halftime to silence the Saints and powered their way to a 3-1 victory in the season opener. Saint Martin's (0-1-0) and Westminster (1-0-0) nearly matched on all stats in the first half, both with three shots, the Saints with three saves to the Griffons' two. The second half was different theme, as the Griffons outshot the Saints nine to three and scored three straight goals. Brandon Madsen scored the lone SMU goal in the 79th minute, picking up right where he left off in 2017.
 
Late Goal Downs Saints In Road Trip Finale – After holding off 10 shots on goal, Cal State Los Angeles finally found a crack in the Saints' defense and scored the game-winning goal in the 76th minute in a 1-0 neutral site match. The Saints (0-2-0) wrapped the their trip to Nampa, Idaho with a heart breaking defeat to CSU Los Angeles (3-0-0). All game, the Saints' defense bent but did not break, making 11 saves and faced a total of 17 shots; however, a late goal proved to be the decider.
 
Griffin Small Named GNAC Player of the Week – For the first week of the regular season, goalkeeper Small was named the GNAC Defensive Player of the Week. Small led the GNAC in the opening week of action with 14 saves, despite only playing in three of the four halves. Small faced 20 shots in the two matches, and recorded 11 saves in a row to open the year. Only allowing one goal, Small boasted an impressive .933 save percentage and 0.67 GAA.
 
Rob Walker Enters His 12th Year At The Helm – Since the program was started in 2007, Rob Walker was been the head coach every step of the way. Walker has led the Saints to over 100 victories in his time at SMU including a GNAC Conference title in 2009.
 
Potential Starting Lineup
 
GK       Griffin Small                           (14 SV, .933 SV%, 1 GA)
D          Jose Marquez                          (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
D          Collin LaBranche                     (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
D          Sebastian Navarro                  (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
D          Cayman John                           (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
M         Nick Phillips                            (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
M         Steven Chu                              (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
M         Stephen Todd Murray JR        (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
F          Alexis Lopez                            (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
F          Oscar Aguilar                          (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
F          Brandon Madsen                    (1 G, 0 A, 2 PTS)
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