ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Oakland men's soccer team will begin its 2014 campaign on the road in an exhibition match at SIUE on Friday beginning at 8 p.m. ET at Ralph Korte Stadium.

Exhibition Match 1 | Oakland vs. SIUE Edwardsville, Ill. - Aug. 15, 2014 - 8 p.m. ET
Date	Friday, Aug. 15 8:00 p.m. ET
Location	Edwardsville, Ill.
Stadium	Ralph Korte Stadium
Television/Video Stream	None
Live Stats
All-Time Series	Oakland leads 3-0
Websites	OUGrizzlies.com / SIUECougars.com
Social Media	Follow Men's Soccer on Facebook and Twitter

Match Notes
- The Golden Grizzlies finished its inaugural season in the Horizon League 4-2-1, good for third place in the standings, and 7-7-5 overall
- Oakland made the semifinals of the league tournament before falling to eventual champion Milwaukee 2-0
- OU returns leading scorer Joey Tinnion from last season who finished with seven goals and a team-best four assists
- Horizon League second-team selection Raphael Reynolds also returns for his junior season
- College Sports Madness selected Tinnion and Reynolds to its 2014 Madness Horizon Preseason All-Conference Team, while Matt Dudley and Dylan Schauder were named to the second team
- Head coach Eric Pogue begins his sixth season at the helm for the Golden Grizzlies
- SIUE finished last season with a 8-9-2 record including 3-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference
- The Cougars made it to the MVC tournament semifinals before losing to Missouri State, 1-0
- SIUE's leading scorer Christian Volesky returns for his senior year after finishing with six goals in 2013

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