Pitt Hosts Hofstra in NCAA Tournament Third Round Saturday

PITTSBURGH – The No. 5 seed Pitt men's soccer team hosts Hofstra in the NCAA Tournament Third Round Saturday, Nov. 27 at Ambrose Urbanic Field. Kick-off is at 4 p.m. with live coverage on ACCNX.

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THE SERIES – HOFSTRA

The Panthers and Pride meet for just the second time in program history Saturday.
Pitt won the first meeting, 2-1, Sept. 12, 2004 in Pittsburgh.
Head Coach Jay Vidovich is 1-1 all-time against Hofstra.

SCOUTING THE PRIDE

Hofstra enters the match with an overall record of 18-1-2 including a 7-1-1 road record. It's lone loss was a 2-1 defeat to Boston on the road.
The Pride enter as the nation's leader in total goals (56) and total points (170) while tied with Pitt in total assists (58). Hofstra is second in the nation in scoring offense (2.67), corner kicks per game (7.71) and assists per game (2.76).
Sophomore forward Ryan Carmichael, who earned First Team All-CAA earlier this month, is second in the nation in goals with 15 and first in the country with 39 points. Carmichael has nine assists, 69 shots, 33 shots on goal and is tied for third in the country in game-winning goals with six.
Receiving major CAA awards are George O'Malley (Defensive Player of the Year) and Mason Tatafu (Rookie of the Year). O'Malley has one goal this season and helped a back line hold opponents to 17 goals this season. Tatafu has three goals and one assist has started every game as a freshman on the back line.
Hofstra Head Coach Richard Nuttall was also named CAA Coach of the Year for the third time in his career.

JACQUESSON EN FEU

Sophomore Frenchman Bertin Jacquesson has been a major contributor on offense this season, totaling six goals, 11 assists and averaging 1.28 points per game.
The forward converted his lone shot into a goal against Clemson (Sept. 25) and followed that match up with two assists in a home victory vs. Syracuse (10/1).
He registered four points in Pitt's shutout victory over Cleveland State (10/5) with a goal and two assists and aided Pitt in its 3-2 victory over No. 3 Duke (10/9) with a goal.
Jacquesson earned his fifth assist of the season against Virginia on Valentin Noel's first goal of the match.
He followed the Virginia match up with his sixth assist of the season vs. UMass.
Jacquesson scored Pitt's first goal against No. 21 Virginia Tech, helping Pitt record three goals in less than seven minutes in the first half in a 4-1 victory.
The Frenchman recorded two assists in Pitt's 2-1 double-OT ACC Quarterfinal win over Virginia Tech, his fifth multi-assist game of his career.
Jacquesson delivered a career-high match against Northern Illinois in the NCAA Tournament Second Round Sunday, recording one goal and three assists. His assist total tied an NCAA Tournament single-game record and he became the first player since 2018 to tally three assists in an NCAA Tournament contest.
His efforts against Northern Illinois earned him a spot on College Soccer News' Team of the Week Nov. 22.
The forward etched his name into the record book after the Northern Illinois victory, tying Eric Prex's (1994) single-season assist record of 11 assists. In two seasons at Pitt, Jacquesson is tied for third all-time with 18 assists.
Jacquesson leads the team in points (23), is third in goals (6) and is first in assists (11). He is second on the team with a .538 shot on goal percentage (min. 10 shots).
His total assist count is ranks fifth in the country, while his .61 assists per game mark is sixth in the nation.

CAMPUZANO WITH THE STOPS

In just two seasons as Pitt's goalkeeper, Nico Campuzano has etched his name atop of the goalkeeping records but has made his name known come postseason play.
The Cantabria, Spain, native stopped three shots in Pitt's 5-2 NCAA Second Round victory over Northern Illinois Sunday, Nov. 21.
In five NCAA Tournament games played, Campuzano has 21 saves, including a career-high 10 against UCF in the NCAA Third Round last year.
Between all postseason play (NCAA Tournament and Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament), Campuzano has 44 saves. That total accounts for 39% of his career saves (113).
The keeper owns a 6-3 postseason record with a 3-1 mark this year.

HOME TURF ADVANTAGE

The Panthers have been one of the best teams in the country on their own turf, owning a 21-3-1 in the last three seasons.
Pitt held a 19-match home winning streak from Oct. 7, 2019 to Nov. 10, 2021, which at the time was the longest streak in the ACC and second longest unbeaten streak in the nation.
Pitt fell at home, 2-0, in the ACC Semifinal to #20 Notre Dame Nov. 10 for the first time since an Oct. 4, 2019 defeat to #20 North Carolina.
Head Coach Jay Vidovich is 29-16-3 at home in six plus seasons at Pitt and is 20-3-1 in the past two seasons at Ambrose Urbanic Field.
Since the start of the 2019 season, Pitt has outscored its opposition 80-28 at home with a 39-12 mark this season.

TOURNAMENT HISTORY IN PITTSBURGH

Saturday marks the fourth-ever NCAA Tournament match in Pittsburgh and third-ever at Ambrose Urbanic Field.
The Panthers first NCAA game in Pittsburgh was at Pitt Stadium Nov. 22, 1965 against East Stroudsburg (L, 2-0).
Pitt hosted Lehigh at Ambrose Urbanic Field Nov. 21, 2019 in the First Round. The 2-0 victory that night was the first NCAA Tournament victory in program history.
The Panthers are 2-0 at Ambrose Urbanic Field in NCAA postseason play, recently defeating Northern Illinois (5-2) in the second round Sunday, Nov. 21.
Pitt is playing in the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in school history. Previous years in the tournament include 1962, 1965, 2019 and 2020, with the latter earning a trip to the College Cup for the first time in program history.