Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Soccer team returns home for a pair of games this week, hosting conference rival Yeshiva on Wednesday and welcoming non-conference foe Cobleskill to Kaplan Field on Friday. Live Stats will be available for both contests with each kicking-off at 7:00 p.m.
 
At A Glance: Mount Saint Mary enters Wednesday's conference opener at 2-3 overall after suffering a pair of losses in Plattsburgh, N.Y. over the weekend. The Knights fell to the host Plattsburgh State 2-0 on Saturday and closed the Best Western Plus Cardinal Classic with a 3-2 loss to Manhattanville.
 
Joey Dolan (New Paltz, N.Y.) and Joseph Sadofsky (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) accounted for the Knights' goals against the Valiants, with Dolan potting his team leading fourth of the season and Sadofsky earning a spot on the event's All-Tournament Team. Freshman goalkeeper Jakup Myrtja (Newburgh, N.Y.) made 20 saves over two games, including a career-high 13 against Plattsburgh on Saturday.
 
Through the first five games of the 2017 season, Dolan leads the team with four goals and nine points, with Sadofsky and Matt Fuge (Avon, Conn.) each scoring a pair of goals. Junior Fred Stark (Hollis, N.Y.) paces the Knights with three assists on the season.
 
In goal, Myrtja has started three games for the Mount and played 264:03 of a possible 450:00. He holds a .794 save percentage and has made 27 stops. Tyler Rapp (East Berne, N.Y.) has started a pair of contests for the Mount and holds a 1.08 goals against average in 166:06 of work.
 
Previewing Yeshiva: The Maccabees head to town with a 3-1 overall record and an 0-1 mark against Skyline Conference opponents. Yeshiva won each of its first three tilts of the season before dropping a 2-1 overtime decision to the College of Mount Saint Vincent on Sunday.
 
Julian Ribak scored to tie the game at 1-1 in the 82^nd minute on Sunday with his second goal of the season with goalkeeper Max Goldstein making 13 saves in the loss.
 
Alberto Benhamu paces the Maccabees with three tallies heading into Wednesday, while Ribak holds the team lead in assists with three and points with seven. Goldstein is the only keeper to be used by Yeshiva thus far and he holds a 0.74 goals against average and an .893 save percentage. Goldstein has recorded a pair of shutouts and made 25 saves.
 
A Look At Cobleskill: The Fighting Tigers enter a non-conference game with MCLA on Tuesday night with a 1-3 overall record, coming off a 3-2 win over the College of New Rochelle on Sunday. Khadim Diba tallied the game winner just under three minutes into the extra frame for the team's initial win of the season.
 
Emile Vwaza, who scored the team's first goal against New Rochelle, leads the team with three goals and eight points and is tied for the team lead in assists with two, joining Mame Amar with a pair of helpers on the season.
 
The Fighting Tigers have used a pair of goalkeepers through four games, with Sam Sherbacow making 13 stops in 213:41 of work and Josh Mazur making four saves in nearly 150:00 of action.
 
What's Next: Following two home games this week, the Mount will play its final non-conference game of the season at Rutgers-Newark on Monday night. Following the trip to New Jersey, the Knights will play exclusively against conference rivals, beginning with a home game against St. Joseph's-Brooklyn on September 27.