ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Oakland men's soccer team, who currently sits unbeaten atop the Horizon League standings (4-0-1), travels to second place UIC (3-1) for a pivotal conference match on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. ET at Flames Field. Last weekend, the unbeaten Golden Grizzlies downed second place IUPUI, 4-0, handing the Jaguars their first conference loss of the season.
Notes:
-Oakland (6-5-2 overall) is 1-4-1 over the last six matches against UIC (9-4 overall) with the Flames winning the last two meetings. The Golden Grizzlies enter the match after a 3-0 set back in non-conference action at Dayton on Tuesday.
In Oakland's dominating win over IUPUI, the Golden Grizzlies got goals from
Dylan Borczak,
Noah Jensen,
Charlie Braithwaite and
Mitch Meldrum on Homecoming Saturday to remain unbeaten in league play.
Cameron Wilde,
Dawsun Schrum,
Mikey Ketteman and Borczak also each recorded an assist.
-Borczak leads the team in assists (8) which is tied for the league lead and also ranks seventh nationally. He also leads the team in points (16) which also is tied for third in the league. He, along with
Evan Sawula and Braithwaite, lead the team in goals (4) which is tied for fifth in the league.
-Borczak scored a goal with a season-high in assists (2) and points (4) in Oakland's 5-1 win at Robert Morris (8/30) and has recorded three points in a game with a goal and assist on three other occasions: vs IUPUI (10/12) at Green Bay (9/17) and at Wright State (10/5). He also recoded the equalizer to rally the Golden Grizzlies from a two-goal deficit to a 2-2 draw at Bradley (9/8).
-As a team, Oakland ranks second in the conference in goals (24), assists (26) and points (74).
-11 different players have accounted for 24 total goals and 11 different players have recorded 26 assists through so far this season.
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Elliott Bentley and
Cameron Wilde are second on the team in assists (3) with Debison-Larabie,
Frank Jones,
Noah Jensen and
Dawsun Schrum ranking third (2).
-Braithwaite and Wilde rank second on the team in points (9) followed by Sawula (8).
-Braithwaite and Borczak also lead the team in game-winning goals (2) which is tied for third in the league. Braithwaite's game winners came against Green Bay and Robert Morris while Borczak's came against Wright State and IUPUI.
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