Rhode Island (8-9-0, 5-3-0) vs. Davidson (6-5-5, 4-3-1)
Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m.
URI Soccer Complex (Kingston, R.I.)
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RHODE ISLAND VS. DAVIDSON - MATCHUP NOTES

• This is the 12th meeting all time between Rhode Island and Davidson.
• Rhode Island is 6-4-1 all time against the Wildcats.
• Davidson has won three of the last five meetings in the series.
• Rhode Island beat Davidson earlier this season 3-1 on Oct. 7.
• Lean Husterer, Luca Mueller, and Everson Goglia all scored in the win for the Rams.
• Liam Kuemmritz had two assists.
• William Synnestvedt had nine saves in the win, the second most in a game this season for the third-year keeper.
• Rhode Island is 5-2-0 at home against Davidson
• Rhody is 2-0 all time against the Wildcats in the A10 Tournament, having met each of their last two appearances.

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS

• The Wildcats were picked to finish sixth in the A10 Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Davidson won the tiebreaker for the fifth seed against Fordham thanks to a head-to-head win back on Oct. 21.
• The Wildcats have a four-game unbeaten streak dating back to that win over Fordham, carrying three wins and one draw into the quarterfinal.
• Myles Culley leads the team in scoring with four goals and ten points overall.
• Lucas Beltran has started fifteen of the sixteen games in net for Davidson. The senior keeper has a 6-4-5 record with a 1.26 goals-against average and a .654 save percentage.

RAMS IN THE A10 CHAMPIONSHIP

• This is the first trip to the Atlantic 10 Tournament for the Rams since 2021.
• Rhody has won the tournament eight times, with the most recent championship coming in 2019.
• Last season, the Rams were just one point away from making the tournament, having drawn against Saint Louis on the final game of the season.
• URI has hosted the first round of the playoffs the last three times they have made the postseason, advancing to the semifinals each of those years.
• Rhody has not been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs since 2008, going 11-6-2 during that stretch.
• All-time, Rhody is 26-15-3 in Atlantic 10 Tournament games.
• This season, the Atlantic 10 has structured the tournament so that all games are hosted by the higher-seeded team.
• In the past, the league has had one site host all rounds, and more recently, higher seeds have hosted the first round before the semi-finals & finals take place at a neutral site.