OMAHA, Neb. - The No. 21 Omaha men's soccer team begins a two-match road trip as it travels to Edinburg, Texas, to take part in the UTRGV Invitational this weekend. The Mavericks will play Houston Baptist on Friday, Sept. 1, before matching up with UTRGV on Sunday.
Follow the Match
Live stats will be available for both games this weekend. The game against UTRGV will be streamed on the WAC Digital Network. Live stats and streaming information will be linked on
OMavs.com.
Maverick fans can also stay updated through the Omaha men's soccer Twitter feed:
Twitter.com/OmahaMSOC.
Scouting Omaha
The Mavericks opened the season with a 2-0 showing last weekend. Omaha topped Grand Canyon 2-1 in overtime before defeating No. 17 Virginia Tech 5-1.
Emmanuel Hamzat scored the golden goal for Omaha during the 98th minute against GCU.
Elvir Ibisevic scored a natural hat trick against the Hokies on Sunday.
UNO held the advantage in shots (32-19) and corner kicks (12-3) during the opening weekend and scored seven goals in 187 minutes of game time.
Scouting Houston Baptist
- 2017 Record: 0-0-0 (0-0-0 WAC)
- The Huskies were picked 10th in the WAC 2017 Preseason Men's Soccer Coaches Poll.
- HBU had its first two games of the season postponed last weekend due to Hurricane Harvey.
- 2016 Record: 5-11-1 (3-7 WAC)
- Finished 10th in the WAC standings last season.
- Key Returners (eight returning starters and 14 letterwinners)
- Bryan Brody earned CoSIDA Men's Soccer Academic All-District 7 honors last year.
- Malik Key led the program with 11 points and five goals.
- Darrell Johnson had a team-best six assists.
- Goalkeeper Chance Pope had 79 saves for the Huskies in 2016.
History vs. Houston Baptist
Friday is the first all-time meeting between Omaha and Houston Baptist.
Scouting UTRGV
- 2017 Record: 0-0-0 (0-0-0 WAC)
- UTRGV was selected eighth in the WAC 2017 Preseason Men's Soccer Coaches Poll.
- The Vaqueros had their first two games of the season postponed last weekend due to Hurricane Harvey.
- 2016 Record: 6-9-3 (4-4-2 WAC)
- UTRGV finished sixth in the WAC regular-season last season and fell 3-2 to UNLV in the WAC Men's Soccer Tournament opening round.
- Key Returners (nine returning starters and 11 letterwinners)
- Jaakko Hietikko started eight games in 2016 and had two goals.
- Isidro Martinez led the team in points (seven) and assists (three).
- Ilias Kosmidis appeared in 17 games (seven starts) and had two goals.
History vs. UTRGV
Sunday is the first all-time meeting between Omaha and UTRGV.
Up Next
Omaha returns home for two matches next weekend. The Mavericks host UC Riverside on Friday, Sept. 8 and Bradley on Sunday, Sept. 10. Friday's game will start at 4:30 p.m., while Sunday's start time is 6 p.m.
