ROCHESTER, Mich. – Their penultimate home match of the 2022 regular season, Oakland fell to the IUPUI Jaguars, 4-2, on Saturday, October 22, in a tilt that doubled as the Golden Grizzlies' Senior Day.

Tying a season-high with the two goals Saturday, Oakland is now 3-9-3 (3-2-2 Horizon League) and in fifth place in the conference standings with 11 points.

Improving to 4-5-5 (3-1-3), IUPUI leaps up into a tie with the Detroit Mercy Titans for third place with 12 points.

Leading 3-1 after 45 minutes of play, the Jaguars registered a pair of first-half goals from junior Logan Finnegan and another from redshirt freshman Josemir Gomez. Swedish junior Lukas Hackaa added IUPUI's lone second-half tally.

Coming in the ninth minute, redshirt junior Owen Smith scored the Golden Grizzlies' first goal, his second of the year, and senior Kieran Hayes recorded the other on a penalty kick in the 55^th.

Redshirt freshman Zach Townsend came within inches of giving Oakland their first three-goal match of the season and the first one of his collegiate career, hitting the crossbar with a header attempt in the second half.

MATCH NOTES

• There were seven yellow cards issued in the match, six for the Jaguars and one for the Golden Grizzlies:
  • IUPUI: Freshmen Kade Tepe (43^rd minute), Gavin O'Shea (55^th), Ethan Vermillion (81^st) and Edgar Correia (85^th), graduate student Tyler Gainer (72^nd) and sophomore Medard Mikobi (82^nd)
  • Oakland: Freshman Doug Hainer (85^th)
• Dating to October 18, 1999 and spanning 23 matches, the Golden Grizzlies still hold a comfortable 18-4-1 edge in the all-time series between these two programs

SENIOR DAY FESTIVITIES
In a ceremony prior to the match, Oakland's seven graduating seniors were recognized in front of the crowd, along with their parents and other family members.

Here are the seven Golden Grizzlies wrapping up their collegiate careers and the degrees they are planning to receive:

• GK Finn Jurak (Integrative Studies & Exercise Science)
• D Micah Sonnenberg (Human Resource Development)
• F Mikey Ketteman (Psychology)
• F Dawsun Schrum
• MF Ville Ahola (Exercise Science)
• D Reid Sproat (Marketing)
• D Kieran Hayes (Integrative Studies)

POSTSEASON PICTURE
The top-six teams in the 10-school men's soccer conference standings will qualify for the Horizon League Tournament, set to begin with the quarterfinals on November 6 on the campus of the higher-seeded clubs.

Mentioned above, Oakland is currently in fifth place in the conference, one point ahead of the Robert Morris Colonials in sixth and two above the Green Bay Phoenix in seventh.

If things stay the way they are currently aligned, the Golden Grizzlies would hit the road to play four-seed Detroit Mercy in a quarterfinal showdown.

UP NEXT
In their final road match of the regular season, Oakland will battle the Milwaukee Panthers (1-7-7, 0-3-4) on Saturday, October 29 at 2 p.m.