NEWARK, NJ–The NJIT men's soccer team will play its third straight home match on Tuesday, hosting La Salle in a non-conference matchup.

Game Information
Kickoff is slated for 7pm on Tuesday, September 12 at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium.  The match will be streamed live on ESPN+ with in-game statistics available on NJITHighlanders.com. 

Promotion of the Night
Taco Tuesday!  First 100 students (with ID) receive a free taco from TACO BELL!

United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week/America East Offensive Player of the Week
Junior captain Goncalo Franco picked up a pair of Player of the Week awards after netting a pair of goals in the Highlanders 4-1 win over Big East opponent Villanova on August 31.  

Last Time Out
Transfer Alvaro Heredia scored his first goal in a Highlander uniform as NJIT played to a 1-1 draw with Rider in non-conference men's soccer action at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium.

The draw was the second consecutive for the Highlanders and the fifth all-time against Rider.

All-Time Series
La Salle leads the all-time series, 2-1-1.  NJIT recorded a 1-0 win in the last meeting between the two schools on September 10, 2022.

Samuel Reisgys Surpasses 250 Career Saves
Reisgys, the Highlanders graduate student from Rimbach, Germany surpassed 250 career saves in a 1-1 draw against Rider on September 8, 2023.  Reisgys is NJIT's all-time career leader in saves.

2022 Rewind
The Highlanders will look to make it four consecutive appearances in the America East Conference Tournament after finishing the 2022 season with a 5-8-4 overall record, 1-4-2 in the league.

NJIT News and Notes
–Eighth-year head coach Fernando Barboto returns 17 players from a season ago and recently announced the addition of 14 newcomers to the 2023 roster.
–Graduate student Samuel Reisgys and junior Goncalo Franco were named 2023 captains.
–Sophomore Maximus Barboto, son of Fernando Barboto, was named 2022 America East Rookie of the Year and was rated 76th out of 100 freshmen nation-wide in TopDrawerSoccer.com National Freshmen Top-100 Postseason list.
–Barboto, Andrea Campoli and Hugo Tavares were selected to the 2022 America East All-Rookie Team.
–NJIT was voted to finish fifth in the 2023 America East Preseason Poll.
–The Highlander schedule features 18 regular season matches and seven America East matches to finish the season.

Scouting La Salle
La Salle enters Tuesday's contest with a 3-1-1 overall record.  

The Explorers unbeaten streak was snapped with a 3-0 loss to reigning MACC Champion Quinnipiac after winning the previous three matches against Army (1-0), Manhattan (2-0) and Lehigh (1-0).

Americo Pereira leads the team with two goals and four points while goalkeeper Filip Sabatti is 3-1-0 overall on the season.

The Explorers were predicted to finish 12th in the A-10 Preseason A-10 Conference rankings.  La Salle finished with a 5-9-4 overall mark (3-3-2 league record) last season. 

Next Up
NJIT will host Iona on Tuesday, September 19 at 7pm.  The game will be streamed live on America East TV.

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