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#UDMSOC Heads To St. Bonaventure Wednesday

The Flyers And Bonnies Both Have Four Wins This Season

DAYTON - The University of Dayton men's soccer team continues Atlantic 10 play this Wednesday on the road at St. Bonaventure at 7 p.m.

SCOUTING THE FLYERS
The Flyers are 4-2-4 this season and 0-0-1 in A-10 games. Dayton has a 1-1-1 away record as well and hasn't lost on the road since Sept. 8.

Head coach Dennis Currier is in his 14th season at the helm of the Flyers, totaling 134 victories, the most in UD history. He leads a young squad this season with 15 newcomers and just two seniors.

The Flyers are averaging 1.20 goals per game and holding opposing teams to just 0.80 goals, which ranks 22nd in the nation. UD is out-shooting teams 15.6 to 11.8 and has a corner kick advantage.

Leading the way for UD are junior Laurel Aug, with two goals and two assists, and senior Aidan Bean, with two goals of his own. Goalkeeper Federico Barrios ranks eighth in the country in shutouts and has 38 saves in 10 starts.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
ST. BONAVENTURE

St. Bonaventure enters the week with a 4-3-1 record on the season and sits tied atop the A-10 standings with a 1-0 conference mark. The Bonnies are 1-1-1 at home this year as well. Head coach Kwame Oduro is in his fourth season in charge.

The Bonnies are scoring 1.00 goal each outing and giving up 1.25 to opponents. SBU is being outshot 9.8 to 12.6 but does shoot at a higher rate at 38.5 percent shots on goal.

Leading the Bonnies is Kosi Nwafornso with five goals and two assists on the year. He ranks second in the league in scoring. Shea Currey has added two assists as well. Goalkeeper Luke Iacobellis is the reigning A-10 Defensive Player of the Week and has four shutouts and a 0.97 goals against average.

THE SERIES
Dayton and St. Bonaventure have met 18 times previously with the Flyers winning 12 meetings to the Bonnies' six wins. In the last match up in 2017,  UD won at home 6-1.

LAST OUTING
Dayton rallied from a 2-0 second half deficit to tie Saint Louis in the A-10 opener this past Saturday. Jacob Degler scored his first career goal while Aug scored his second as UD earned a valuable point.
St. Bonaventure opened the conference slate with a 2-1 win on the road at Massachusetts Saturday. The Bonnies trailed early but got an own goal in the 26th minute and the game winner from Isaac Boamah in the 28th minute.

UP NEXT
The Flyers return home Saturday, Oct. 6 to host Davidson in A-10 play at 7p.m. at Baujan Field
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Players Mentioned

Federico Barrios

#27 Federico Barrios

GK
6' 1"
Junior
Aidan Bean

#32 Aidan Bean

F/MF
5' 11"
Redshirt Senior
Jacob Degler

#24 Jacob Degler

F
6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
Laurel Aug

#7 Laurel Aug

MF
6' 0"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Federico Barrios

#27 Federico Barrios

6' 1"
Junior
GK
Aidan Bean

#32 Aidan Bean

5' 11"
Redshirt Senior
F/MF
Jacob Degler

#24 Jacob Degler

6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
F
Laurel Aug

#7 Laurel Aug

6' 0"
Junior
MF