DAYTON, Ohio - The University of Dayton men's soccer team will host a pair of games over Labor Day weekend at Baujan Field as the Flyers look to defend their home field. UD will face Saint Francis (Pa. ) on Friday at 8 p.m. after the women's game. The Flyers then host Belmont Sunday at 4 p.m., also part of a doubleheader.

SCOUTING THE FLYERS
Dayton is looking for its first win of the season after dropping both contests opening weekend. The Flyers fell on the road at Cleveland State 3-0 before suffering a 2-0 defeat to Western Michigan at home. UD has not lost three games in a row in the regular season since October 2011 (SIUE, La Salle, Fordham).

The Flyers have yet to score this season despite 19 shots, six of which have been on target. Dayton is allowing 2.50 goals per game and a .433 shots-on-goal percentage. UD does have an advantage in corner kicks however, 14-11.

The goalkeeping position has been shared by junior Oliver Hansen and senior Justin Saliba with both making a start so far this season. Senior defender Lalas Abubakar anchors the back line and earned Preseason All-Conference honors. Freshman forward Rok Taneski leads UD with seven shots, three of which were on goal.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
SAINT FRANCIS
Saint Francis enters the game with a 1-1 record overall, suffering a 1-2 overtime loss at Atlantic 10 foe Duquesne before earning a 2-0 win over Loyola Maryland on Sunday. The Red Flash won both of their preseason contests, 5-0 against Salem International and 3-0 against Cleveland State.

Head coach Paulo Neto has his offense firing on all cylinders with 11 goals through the two regular season and two preseason contests. The defense on the other hand, has limited opponents to two goals.

Freshman Renan Fuentes, freshman C.J. Smolyn, and grad student Jack Webber each have one goal apiece this season. Senior Dominic Ramirez has provided two assists while junior Troye Kiernan has chipped in an assist as well.

BELMONT
The Bruins will face Memphis on Friday before taking on the Flyers Sunday. Belmont enters the weekend with a 1-0-1 record overall, and has played both of its games thus far at home. Head coach Bryan Green is in his third year at the helm with a career record of 8-28-3. The Bruins have a win over Florida Atlantic and a draw against Western Illinois. In preseason, BU tied Cincinnati and lost to No. 22 Charlotte, 5-0.

Belmont is averaging 2.00 goals per game while holding opponents to a 1.50 goals per game mark. The Bruins have a .467 shots-on-goal percentage and 15 attempts each contest.

Four different players have scored for Belmont this season while senior Nat Hubert has a goal and the lone assist. Freshman goalkeeper Mertcan Akar is two starts into his career with a 1.47 goals against average and 12 saves.

THE SERIES
Dayton and Saint Francis have met once previously, back in 2007 with the Flyers coming out on top 2-1 at Baujan Field.

The Flyers and the Bruins have met twice in the series history, with the last meeting also coming back in 2007. A hard-fought contest in Nashville ended in a 0-0 draw. The year prior, UD defeated Belmont 3-0 in Dayton.

LAST OUTING
Dayton suffered its second loss of the season in its home opener on Sunday, 2-0 to Western Michigan.  Goals in the fifth and 83rd minute kept the Flyers winless on the season.

Saint Francis picked up a 2-0 victory over Loyola Maryland on Sunday at home. The Red Flash earned their first victory of the season thanks to goals by C.J. Smolyn and Jack Webber.

Belmont also got its first win this past Sunday with a 2-1 win at home against Florida Atlantic. After trailing 1-0, the Bruins answered less than a minute later to tie the game. Jack Driscoll scored the game-winner in the 94th minute of overtime.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
Dayton was 6-2-1 at home in 2015, outscoring opponents 32-6 at Baujan Field. All time, the Flyers are 140-49-18 with a .720 winning percentage.

OFFENSIVE POWERHOUSE
The Flyers led all of Division I last season with 58 goals in 23 games, good enough for a 2.52 goals per game average. The next closest team to Dayton was Akron with 2.33 goals each contest.

SUMMER SUCCESS
Dayton had a trio of student-athletes win championships with their respective summer teams. Lalas Abubakar won the PDL Championship with the Michigan Bucks, earning league Defender of the Year honors and All-PDL accolades. Coleton Long and Anthony Flowers won the NPSL Championship with AFC Cleveland. Both players were named to the NPSL Second Team Supporters XI.

PRESEASON
The Flyers had a rough start to the 2016 campaign with a 0-0 draw to Milwaukee at home and a 1-0 loss at SIUE in exhibitions. The nation's leading offense last year was held scoreless in the preseason.

A-10 EXPECTATIONS
The Atlantic 10 Conference released its preseason men's soccer poll and tabbed Dayton to finish second in the league this season. The Flyers tied A-10 favorites Saint Louis with five first-place votes, but was edged out in total points 153-150. UD finished the regular season in second last season, but won the tourney title.

ALREADY ALL-CONFERENCE
Along with the Atlantic 10 preseason rankings, the All-Conference and All-Rookie teams were announced with a trio of Flyers recognized. Senior defender Lalas Abubakar was named Preseason All-Conference while newcomers Daniel Dos Santos and Bennett Lehner were named to the All-Rookie Team.

FLYER SUCCESS
The Dayton men's program has an overall record of 471-397-81 and four NCAA Tournament appearances in its history. The Flyers are also 123-82-23 in the Atlantic 10 Conference and have six conference titles between the regular season and league tournament.

INTERNATIONAL FLAIR
The Dayton program has been known to recruit well outside of the U.S. and this year's team is no different. The Flyers have student-athletes from Ghana, Costa Rica, Denmark, Spain, Nigeria, Switzerland, Slovenia, England, and Colombia totaling 10 international players. This is coming off the 2015 season in which the Flyers had nine international players.

HAUPT OUT FOR SEASON
Dayton announced that it will medically redshirt senior forward James Haupt for the 2016 season. Haupt was an All-Conference performer last season and was coming off a seven-goal, seven-assist campaign for the Flyers.

UP NEXT
The Flyers will head back out on the road next weekend for the UNC-Wilimington Classic in North Carolina. Dayton takes on host UNCW Friday at 7:30 p.m. before facing Marist on Sunday at 12 p.m.