ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Oakland men's soccer team closes out the regular season at Northern Kentucky on Friday, Nov. 8 at 1 p.m. The match will be broadcast live from the NKU Soccer Stadium on ESPN+.
 
Notes:
-Oakland (7-7-3, 4-1-2 HL) is 3-0-1 over the last four matches against Northern Kentucky (6-10-1, 2-5 HL). Last season, the Golden Grizzlies won 3-1 in a match that was moved inside to the Grizz Dome due to rainy weather conditions.
 
-The last time out in league play, Oakland played Milwaukee to scoreless draw in cold and windy weather conditions
 
-With the draw, the Golden Grizzlies have locked up the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Horizon League Championships hosted by UIC in Chicago, Ill. next week.
 
-Defender Luke Morrell scored a goal for the second consecutive match as battled but came up short against No. 15 Marshall (Oct. 29). Morrell also scored the game-winning goal just 44 seconds into the second half off an assist from seniors Evan Sawula and Elliott Bentley giving Oakland a 1-0 win over Michigan State (10/22) for the first time since 2014 in front of the fifth largest crowd of 1,672 on Senior Night.
 
-For his shutout effort against MSU, Liam McQueenie was named Nike® Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week.
 
-Dylan Borczak leads the team in assists (8) which is tied for the league lead and also ranks 31st nationally. He also leads the team in points (16) which also is tied for sixth 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).
 
-Charlie Braithwaite leads the team in goals (5) which is tied for sixth in the league and ranks second in points (11) followed by Jensen and Wilde in third (9) and Sawula (8) in fourth.
 
-Bentley ranks second on the team in assists (4) followed by Wilde and Jensen in third (3) with Debison-Larabie, Frank Jones, Noah Jensen and Dawsun Schrum ranking fourth (2).
 
-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.
 
-Sullivan Lauderdale has recorded three shutouts this season all in league play vs Cleveland State, Green Bay and IUPUI.
 
-As a team, Oakland is tied for the conference lead in points (86), ranks third in assists (30) and fourth in goals (28).
 
-The Golden Grizzlies are 1-1-3 in overtime games.
 
-11 different players have accounted for 28 total goals while 12 different players have recorded 30 assists through so far this season.
 
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