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ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Oakland men's soccer team travels to the Motor City for a Metro Series showdown at arch-rival Detroit Mercy on Saturday, Sept. 15 at 1 p.m. The match will be broadcast live from Titan Field on ESPN3.
 
Notes:
The Golden Grizzlies are a perfect 3-0-1 all-time against the Titans since the inception of the Metro Series in 2014.
 
Men's Soccer Metro Series Results:
2017: Oakland 0, Detroit Mercy 0 (2OT)
2016: Oakland 2, Detroit Mercy 1
2015: Oakland 2, Detroit Mercy 0
2014: Oakland 2, Detroit Mercy 1 (OT)
 
- The Golden Grizzles are looking to snap a two-game skid after losing a hard-fought battle at #3 Michigan State, 4-2, on Monday. Nebojsa Popovic recorded assists on both goals while Evan Sawula and Alfa Barry had an assist each. Jacob Moore scored his second goal of the season while Luke Morrell scored his first career goal off a deflected shot.
 
- Oakland opened Horizon League play with its first loss of the season against two-time defending champion UIC, 4-1, (9/8) in which Corentin Diverres scored his second goal of the season.
 
- Prior to the loss to UIC, the Golden Grizzlies were No. 20 in the Top Drawer Soccer.com Top-25 National Ranking. Oakland also received six votes in the United Soccer Coaches National Poll and ranked No. 7 in the North Region Poll (consisting of just schools in the Big Ten, MAC and Horizon League conferences) and also received votes in the College Soccer News Top-30 National Poll.
 
- Noah Jensen was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week for the period ending Sept. 2 and also was named Nike Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week after helping Oakland to a perfect 3-0 road record for the week from his defensive midfield position including a 2-0 mark at the Hampton Inn at Loyola Chicago Classic in which the Golden Grizzlies allowed only two total goals in wins at DePaul and Loyola. Offensively, he also scored a goal off a penalty kick and recorded an assist in the 6-1 win over the Ramblers and was named All-Tournament Team MVP.
 
- The 6-1 thumping of Loyola (9/2) marked the first time Oakland has scored six goals in a match since defeating Valparaiso, 6-0, on Oct. 25, 2003.
 
- During Oakland's three road wins over Marshall (8/27), DePaul (8/32) and Loyola, nine different players scored goals led by Nebojsa Popovic (2G, 3A – 7 pts.) followed by Travis Harrington (2G, 2A – 6 pts.), Corentin Diverres (1G, 2A – 3 pts.), Jensen (1G, 1A – 3 pts.), Evan Sawula (1G, 1A – 3 pts.), Dawsun Schrum (1G, - 2 pts.), Napoleon Outlaw III (1G, - 2 pts.), Spencer Nolff (1G, - 2 pts.) and Jacob Moore (1G, - 2 pts.). A.J Shaw also added an assist for a point.
 
- Oakland picked up its first win of the season rallying with three second-half goals to defeat Marshall, 3-2, on the road (8/27). Dawsun Schrum scored his first career goal to tie the game at 1-1 followed by Outlaw III's second consecutive goal. Jacob Moore tallied the game-winner in the 81st minute while Popovic and Harrington each added two assists while Diverres added his first assist in a Golden Grizzly uniform.
 
- Oakland played Western Illinois to 1-1 draw in the season opener (8/24) in which Outlaw III scored his first career goal in dramatic fashion with just 29 seconds left in regulation to force overtime.
 
-Oakland was picked to finish sixth in the 2018 Horizon League Men's Soccer Preseason Poll, as announced by the league office and voted on by the league's nine head coaches. The Golden Grizzlies earned 40 points.
 
- This season, the Golden Grizzlies have a diverse group of 11 newcomers which includes four international student-athletes in Alfa Barry (Paris, France), Dorian Barberio (Guebwiller, France), Alabama-Huntsville transfer Corentin Diverres (Guidel, France) and Hartwick College transfer Elliott Bentley (Oakham, England) along with three additional transfers in Dylan Borczak (Detroit, Mich. - Schoolcraft College), Vince Manzo (Washington, Mich. - Villanova) and Cameron McNeil (Rochester Hills, Mich. - Marshall). Freshman Luke Morrell (Plainwell, Mich.), Dawsun Schrum (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Michael Teller (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Cameron Wilde (Shelby Township, Mich.) round out the class.
 
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