ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Oakland men's soccer team resumes Horizon League play with a road match at Green Bay on Sat., Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast live from Aldo Santaga Stadium on ESPN+.
 
Notes:
-Oakland (3-2-1, 1-0 HL) holds a 7-1 mark against Green Bay (1-2-2, 0-1 HL) over the last eight games. Last season, the Golden Grizzlies notched a 1-0 home win over the Phoenix on Senior Night as Dawsun Schrum delivered the golden game-winning goal in the 96th minute of overtime.
 
-Oakland enters the match after a 2-0 setback at Michigan on Tuesday in which Sullivan Lauderdale made a season-high seven saves.
 
-Evan Sawula scored the game-winning goal in the 80th minute to give Oakland a 1-0 home opening Horizon League win over Cleveland State (9/14). Sawula ranks second on the team in goals (2) and third in points (4). Lauderdale also recorded his first shutout of the season with two saves.
 
-Cameron Wilde leads the team in points (7) and goals (3) which ranks third and eighth respectively in the league. He scored a goal in Oakland's 3-1 win at Western Illinois (9/6) and the equalizer to rally the Golden Grizzlies from a two-goal deficit to a 2-2 draw at Bradley (9/8).
 
-Dylan Borczak leads the team and ranks second on the league in assists (4) and ranks second in points (6) after assisting on the game-winning goal against CSU. Carson Debison-Larabie also ranks second on the team and fourth in the league (3) while Frank Jones ranks third (2).
 
-Eight different players have accounted for 11 total goals and nine different players have recorded 14 assists through six games this season.
 
-In the season opener, Oakland rolled to a 5-1 win at Robert Morris (8/30) as five players each scored a goal led by Borczak with a goal and two assists recording four points. Wilde and Mikey Ketteman each scored their first career goals while transfer Charlie Braithwaite notched his first goal in a Golden Grizzlies' uniform. Dawsun Schrum also rounded out the scoring with a second half tally.
 
-The 2019 season marks the 46th year of the men's soccer program
 
-Head Coach Eric Pogue is entering his 11th season and 18th overall with the program
 
-Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Andy Wagstaff and Assistant Coach Demir Muftari return to the coaching staff. Both helped Oakland to the program's first Horizon League regular season and tournament championships in 2014. The team went on to defeat Kentucky in the opening round of the NCAA Championships marking the second time the Golden Grizzlies advanced to the second round of the College Cup
 
- Oakland was picked to finish fourth in the 2019 Horizon League Preseason Poll
 
- The Golden Grizzlies have 13 returners including Horizon League All-Freshman Team selections Luke Morrell who finished second on the team in goals (4) and points (8) and Napoleon Outlaw III who also finished second in points (8) scoring three goals with two assists
 
-Seniors Spencer Nolff and Elliott Bentley along with junior Noah Jensen were named team captains
 
-For the second straight season, Oakland welcomes a diverse group of 11 newcomers who will look to make an immediate impact.
The group includes 10 freshmen Carson Debison-Larabie (Ajax, Ont., Canada), Frank Jones (Rochdale, England), Mikey Ketteman (Portage, Mich.), Auston Kranick (Murrysville, Penn.), Adam McAleenan (Crossgar, Northern Ireland), Mitch Meldrum (Chesterfield, Mich.), Marco Navarro (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Alexis Puga (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Micah Sonnenberg (Brooklyn, Mich.), Reid Sproat (Auburn, Ind.) and Georgia Military College transfer Charlie Braithwaite (Doncaster, England) to round out the class.
 
-The 2019 roster also includes 10 international players: Canada (5-Jensen, Evan Sawula, Debison-Larabie, Adam Giorgio, Liam McQueenie), England (3-Braithwaite, Bentley, Jones), France (1-Corentin Diverres), Ireland (1-McAleenan).
 
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