No. 24 MEN'S SOCCER at St. Bonaventure
WHEN: Saturday, October 11 | 4 p.m.
WHERE: Marra Athletics Field Complex | St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
RECORDS: George Mason (5-4-1, 2-1-1 A-10, 7 Pts.); St. Bonaventure (3-6-2, 1-2-1 A-10, 4 Pts.)
ALL-TIME SERIES: Bonnies leads, 4-3-0
LAST MEETING: Last year, the Patriots defeated the Bonnies, 4-1, on October 26, 2024 at George Mason Stadium.
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FAIRFAX, Va. – The 24th-ranked George Mason men's soccer will be on the road for an Atlantic 10 match against St. Bonaventure on Saturday with the opening kick scheduled for 4 p.m. at Marra Athletics Field Complex in St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
George Mason (5-4-1, 2-1-1 A-10, 7 Pts.) and St. Bonaventure (3-6-2, 1-2-1 A-10, 4 Pts.) are meeting for the seventh time. The Bonnies lead the all-time series, 4-3-0. The Patriots are 1-3-0 in four games played away against St. Bonaventure and 2-1 in 3 games played in Fairfax.
George Mason assistant coach
Noel Orozco played at St. Bonaventure for two years (2015-16), appearing in 36 matches with 33 starts.
Last year, the Patriots defeated the Bonnies, 4-1, in the final home game of the regular season on Oct. 26, 2024 at George Mason Stadium. The Patriots outshot the Bonnies 16-14, including a 11-4 advantage in shots on goal. Forward
Kelly Janssen recorded his first two-goal game of his career, while midfielder
Javier Montava and defender
Jordi Navio Sanchez each scored their first goal with the Patriots.
Last time out, the Patriots dropped their A-10 home match against VCU, 2-1, on Wednesday. Graduate student forward
Jacobo Sanfeliu scored his sixth goal of the season with a header to put the Patriots in front in the 24th minute of play.
The Patriots lead the Atlantic 10 in goals scored (21) and goals per game (2.10).
Sanfeliu was named Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He is first in the league in points (14), points per game (1.40), and is tied for first place in goals (6) and game-winning goals (2).
Sophomore forward
Martim Sereno is tied for second in the conference in goals (5) and shots on goal (11), is tied for fourth in both points (11) and points per game (1.10), and is tied for eighth in shots (22) along with Sanfeliu. Graduate student midfielder
Sergio Gonzalez Fernandez ranks second in the league in assists (5), while graduate student defender
Jordi Navio Sanchez and junior midfielder
James Eliuda are tied for the fourth-most assists (3) in the conference.
Graduate student goalkeeper
Jaume Salvado (5-4-1, 1.90 GAA, .694%, 3 SHO) ranks third in the A-10 in saves per game (4.30) and total saves (43).
The Patriots were predicted to finish second in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll as voted on by the league's head coaches. Graduate student defender
Javi Sánchez, junior midfielder
James Eliuda and sophomore forward
Martim Sereno were selected to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Team..
Head coach
Rich Costanzo is in his fourth season with the Patriots and is two wins shy of 25 with the Patriots. He was named Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year last season after leading the Patriots to one of the most successful regular seasons in program history. Costanzo guided the club to the Atlantic 10 regular season title for the first time in program history in 2024. The Patriots finished the season 13-4-1 overall, won seven of eight matches at home in the regular season, went 6-1-1 in conference play to post six wins in the A-10 regular season for the first time, and after earning the top-seed in the A-10 Championship, advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament.
The Patriots finished the 2024 A-10 regular season third in both goals (33) and goals per match (2.2) and tied for the third-fewest goals allowed (17).
SCOUTING ST. BONAVENTURE
St. Bonaventure has an overall record of 3-6-2 including a mark of 1-2-1 in Atlantic 10 play. The Bonnies are 2-2-1 at home and 1-4-1 on the road.
The Bonnies are 1-2-1 in their last four games with a 0-0 draw at Davidson (Sept. 20), 2-1 home win against George Washington (Sept. 27), 2-1 loss at Cleveland State (Sept. 30) and a 2-0 defeat at home against Rhode Island (Oct. 4).
Dating back to 2015, St. Bonaventure is 1-0-1 at the Marra Athletics Complex against ranked opponents. The Bonnies defeated No. 22 VCU in 2017, 2-1, to clinch a berth to the Atlantic 10 Tournament on the final day of the regular season. During the 2022 season, the Bonnies played to a 1-1 draw with No. 16 Dayton on their home field.
St. Bonaventure has earned home wins this season over Canisius and George Washington and played to a draw with Mercyhurst.
Last time out, the Bonnies dropped their home Atlantic 10 match against Rhode Island, 2-0, on October 4, 2025. The Rams outshot the Bonnies, 21-7, including a 3-2 advantage in shots on goal.
Graduate student midfielder Seth Hammond leads the club in goals (6), points (13) and shots (33). He is tied the league lead in goals (6) and shots (33), and ranks second in both points (13) and shots on goal (11). Junior midfielder Kyle Macfarlane is second on the club in goals (3), points (7) and is third in shots (12).
Freshman goalkeeper Felix Schöne (3-5-2, 1.43 GAA, .641%, 4 SHO) has played 10 games. He has made 25 saves and allowed 14 against.
ABOUT THE PATRIOTS
The Patriots have 14 returners and 13 newcomers on the roster heading into the 2025 season under fourth-year head coach
Rich Costanzo (Maryland, '08). Assistant coaches
Noel Orozco (St. Bonaventure, '17) and
Michael Callahan (North Carolina, '08) also enter their fourth year with the Patriots.
Graduate students returning from last year's squad are defenders
Leo Lemoine (Pau, France),
Javi Sánchez (Elche, Spain) and
Jordi Navio Sanchez (Vallirana, Spain) along with goalkeeper
Jaume Salvado (Barcelona, Spain). Returning for his senior junior year is defender
Will Carson (Wheeling, W.Va.).
Junior returners include goalkeeper
Jack Desroches (Virginia Beach, Va.), defender
David Garcia (Woodbridge, Va.), midfielders
James Eliuda (Juba, South Sudan),
Brent Fields (Alexandria, Va.),
Quentin Clain (Villiers le Bel, France) and
Javier Montava (Alcoy, Spain) along with forwards
Abdul Kamara (Woodbridge, Va.) and
Kelly Janssen (Sebastopol, Calif.). Forward
Martim Sereno (Mira de Aire, Portugal) enters his sophomore season.
The Patriots added eight transfers during the offseason. Graduate students entering their first year with the Patriots are goalkeeper
Fernando Carreon Garcia (Saltillo, Mexico), defender
Elijah Jackson (Summerfield, N.C.), midfielders Sergio Fernandez (Villanueva del Pardillo, Spain) and
Kenzo Brito (Sao Paulo, Brazil), and forwards
Jacobo Sanfeliu (Barcelona, Spain) and
Nacho Diaz Barragan (al Maria, Spain).
Senior midfielder
Mouhamed Tucker (Dakar, Senegal) and junior defender
Yannick Mambo (Kinshasa, Congo) also enter their first year at George Mason.
Five freshmen enter their first year with the Patriots. Forward
Cristian Ramos (Lorton, Va.), midfielders
John Balkey (Leesburg, Va.) and
Alen Kapetanovic (Nyack, N.Y.), and forwards
Tresz McLeod (Wheeling, W.Va.) and
Jaime Godinho (Lisbon, Portugal).
PATRIOTS SCHEDULE
The George Mason is scheduled to play 15 regular season games, a slate that includes four matches against College Cup teams, eight matches against Atlantic 10 opponents and eight games at George Mason Stadium.
Head coach
Rich Costanzo begins his fourth season. He guided the Patriots to a 13-4-1 overall record last season and a 6-1-1 mark in conference play to claim the first-ever Atlantic 10 Regular Season title in program history. George Mason recorded six A-10 wins in the regular season for the first time since joining the league in 2013.
In the regular season, George Mason will play two matches in August, six in September and October and one in November.
The Patriots played a pair of exhibition matches, facing Maryland on the road (Aug. 9,) and Pittsburgh at George Mason Stadium (Aug. 15).
The Green and Gold kicked off the regular season on the road and fell to #2 Marshall (Aug. 22), 2-1, in Huntington, W.Va.
The Patriots defeated No. 11 Virginia (Aug. 28) in their home opener, 4-1. George Mason sophomore forward
Martim Sereno scored twice for his first career two-goal game, while junior midfielder
James Eliuda netted his first goal of the season and graduate student midfielder
Jacobo Sanfeliu scored his first goal as a Patriot.
The victory marked the highest-ranked win by the Patriots in 14 years and the second-highest seeded team that George Mason has beaten since they took down No. 2 Maryland on September 29, 2009. The win is the seventh win over a top-20 team in program history. The crowd of 3,077 marked the largest for a George Mason men's soccer match in 25 years. The 1,385 students in attendance set a new program record.
The Patriots defeated Bucknell (Sept. 2) 3-2. Junior midfielder
Brent Fields scored his first career goal, the game-winner in the 90th minute of play. Sophomore midfielder
Martim Sereno scored his third goal, while graduate student
Jacobo Sanfeliu tallied his second goal of the season.
George Mason fell to No. 6 West Virginia, 6-4 (Sept. 7.) Graduate student forward
Jacobo Sanfeliu converted a penalty kick in the 30th minute for his third goal, sophomore forward
Martim Sereno netted his fourth goal of the year in the 31st minute, graduate student forward
Nacho Diaz Barragan scored his first goal with the Green and Gold in the 67th minute when he converted the penalty kick and junior forward
Abdul Kamara tallied his first goal of the season in the 81st minute.
In the first Atlantic 10 match of the season, the Patriots played to a 1-1 home draw with Davidson (Sept. 12). Graduate student forward
Nacho Diaz Barragan scored late in the second half, while graduate student goalkeeper
Jaume Salvado stopped a penalty kick in the second half as part of a four save performance.
George Mason blanked UMBC, 1-0 (Sept. 20) at Retriever Soccer Park in Baltimore, Md. Graduate student forward
Jacobo Sanfeliu scored his fourth goal of the season in the 18th minute of play for his first game winning goal in a Patriots uniform.
George Mason dropped their last home match to Georgetown, 5-2 (Sept. 23). Junior forward
Kelly Janssen scored in the 38th and 44th minute to record the second two-goal game of his career, both at George Mason Stadium.
George Mason defeated Loyola-Chicago 3-0 (Sept. 27) in Chicago, Ill. Junior midfielder
James Eliuda scored his second goal of the season (game-winner), sophomore midfielder
Martim Sereno netted his fifth goal of the year and junior forward
Kelly Janssen tallied his third goal in the last two matches.
George Mason defeated George Washington, 1-0 (Oct. 4) in Washington, D.C. to begin the six-game October slate. Graduate student forward
Jacobo Sanfeliu scored his fifth goal of the season, the lone goal of the match in the 60th minute of play.
The Patriots will alternate home and road games over the final six matches of the season.
George Mason dropped the A-10 home match against VCU, 2-1 (Oct.8). Graduate student forward
Jacobo Sanfeliu scored his 6th goal of the season in the 24th minute when he sent a header past the defenders and into the lower left corner.
The Patriots will be on the road to face St. Bonaventure (Oct. 11, 7 p.m.) in St. Bonaventure, N.Y. The Patriots return to George Mason Stadium to tangle with La Salle (Oct. 18, 7 p.m.) and travel for a non-conference matchup against William & Mary (Oct. 21, 7 p.m.) in Williamsburg, Va.
George Mason returns to league play with the final home match of the regular season against Saint Joseph's (Oct. 25, 7 p.m.). The Patriots wrap up the regular season on the road against Duquesne (Nov. 1, 7 p.m.) in Pittsburgh, Pa.
CORNER KICK
The Patriots and Bonnies have met seven times, with the first three games played in St. Bonaventure, N.Y. Three of the last four meeting have been at George Mason Stadium.
George Mason posted a 2-1 victory over the Bonnies on Nov. 10, 2013 in the first-even meeting between the two schools.
George Mason assistant coach
Noel Orozco played at St. Bonaventure for two years (2015-16), appearing in 36 matches with 33 starts.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets for the 2025 George Mason Men's Soccer season are on sale. All regular season home games will require a ticket for entry. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under as well as George Mason faculty/staff. Tickets can be purchased online, by calling the Athletic Ticket Office at 703-993-3270, or at the George Mason Stadium Gate on game day. Discounted rates and special experiences are available for groups of 15 or more. More information on Men's Soccer tickets
can be found here
