NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. - The Bryant University men's soccer team continues their road trip on Thursday night in a matchup against the Merrimack College Warriors.

Opponent: Merrimack College
Location: North Andover, Mass. (Martone-Mejail Field)
Kickoff: Thursday, August 31st - 7:00pm
Watch: NEC FrontRow
Livestats: Sidearm

Series History

• These former NEC foes have met on nine occasions over the past two decades.
• Bryant holds the upper hand in the series with a record of 6-3 against the Warriors.
• The Bulldogs won last year's meeting 2-0 in Smithfield. Senior Keegan Reim scored in that game.

Notes and Notables

• The Black and Gold have a 2-0 record for the first time in the program's Division I history after beating Fairfield on the road 1-0 Sunday night.
• Senior defender Abdel Talabi was named America East Player of the Week for the Bulldogs after posting the game-winning goal in Bryant's season opener. He will help to anchor the defense in Thursday night's contest.
• Bryant will look to win back to back road games for the first time since 2019 when they beat Siena and Robert Morris in consecutive games.

About the Warriors

• Merrimack is 0-2 to start the season, losing to Boston College and Providence College.
• The Warriors have yet to score a goal in the 2023 season.
• MC went 8-6-3 in the 2022 season and made an appearance in the NEC semifinals.
• Merrimack returns their top two offensive players this year, graduate students Juri Schlingmann and Johan Feilscher. The pair combined to tally 17 goals and eight assists for 42 points in 2022.