SMITHFIELD, R.I. - The Bryant University Men's soccer team is on track to open its 2024 season on Monday, August 26^th, at Beirne Stadium, against the University of Massachusetts.

Below is a positional breakdown of the Bryant 2024 Men's soccer team.
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• Senior Marc Pitarch Bayot, titled First Team All-America East, set the record for points in Bryant's Division I history last season and looks to build upon his impressive career this season. Pitarch was named forward to watch by United Soccer Coaches last week.
• Graduate student Luis Fernando Paúl returns after making a total of 16 appearances and four starts as a senior in the 2023 season.
• Graduate student Tomas Sentieriro will make his appearance for the Black and Gold this season. 
• Senior Jonas Lyshoj, previously named to the America East All-Tournament Team, is looking to build on his campaign as a senior this season. Lyshoj scored the game winning goal in the America East game.
• Senior Marcus Voss returns for his senior season, previously appearing in 6 games for the Bulldogs as a forward. 
• Sophomore Jorge Rodriguez and freshman Cristian Guirado  will look to make their impact for the Bulldogs this season. 

• Graduate student Diego Rodriguez returns after missing all of last season with an injury. He appeared in nine games in 2022.
• Graduate students Oscar Sears, Jose Alves Faria, and Matis Laloux look to make an impact for the Bulldogs this year. Sears comes to Smithfield after appearing in 58 games over four seasons at Wake Forest, recording six goals and six assists.
• Senior Santiago Blasco Gomez played in sixteen games for the Bulldogs last season and seeks to make an impact for Bryant this year.
• Senior Jonah Stekly returns for his senior season and will be in his second year after playing for Coastal Carolina.
• Juniors Alejandro Villanueva , Jaiden Willems, and David Nuricumbo look to capitalize for the Black and Gold this year.
• Sophomore Joseph Kelly coupled with freshmen Jorge Veintimilla, Rasmus Holmberg look to make their debuts for the Bulldogs this season.
• Senior Sam White joins Bryant after three years of Boston College. He recorded two assists in forty career games for the Eagles.

• Graduate student Abdel Talabi looks to continue leading the defense after earning Second Team All-America East last season. He made 19 appearances and 18 starts for the Bulldogs as a senior.
• Graduate students Filipe Bastos, Tibo Jacobs and senior Landon Sartori all look to make their debuts this season.
• Seniors Kerman Sukia  and Filippo Censini both return to anchor our defense. Sukia was named player to watch by United Soccer Coaches last week.
• Seniors Daniel Pereira  and Camron Lawrence appear for the Black and Gold once again as seasoned defenders.
• Bryant's remaining defensive united includes senior Alex Ard, juniors Christien Merritt, Sean Breuer, Avery Overstreet and Ryan Doherty, and freshmen Miguel Rodeia , Joseph Perrota.

• Antreas Hadjigavriel, one of the nation's top goalies and America East Tournament Most Outstanding Player is back in net for the Bulldogs. He started in all twenty games last season and finished first nationally in shutouts, save percentage, and goals against average.
• Junior Will Levine , sophomore Colin O'Grady , freshman Ramon Camejo look to make an impact for the Black and Gold as they prepare for this upcoming season.

 
From the desk of head coach Ruben Resendes:
Resendes on this year's goal as a team:
"Our goal competitively every season is always the same, we want to play as much soccer as we possibly can."
 
Resendes on this year's team:
"We have another great group of guys this year both on and off the field. Based on the college soccer structure and how it works, I always believe anything is possible regardless if you're a favorite or an underdog." 
 
Resendes on this year's expectations:
"I think the dream of any college soccer team at all levels is to keep your group together as long as possible by going as far as you can and play into and through November. That'll be our goal until the very end, and I know we have a group of guys committed to doing whatever it takes to play as much soccer as they can together." 
 
Resendes on rebuilding and new growth:
"We lost some very key pieces to the team last season, no one can deny that. That being said we also have a good core group of guys returning who played significant roles last season and we also feel we have players who have really developed over the spring and will play larger roles this year than they did last season which is what the off season is all about." 
 
Resendes on this year's newcomers:
"We're also very excited about our recruiting class of 14 new players. We feel that we have a deep team with a lot of good options that are very similar in level. More importantly, the guys are really getting along with each other, and they want to see each other succeed in the pitch, and that's important. It's fun to watch the group grow closer together day by day."