DAYTON - The University of Dayton men's soccer team returns home to host Detroit Mercy on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. at Baujan Field.

SCOUTING THE FLYERS
The Flyers enter the week with a 1-4 record overall, but won its last match at Baujan against Northern Illinois. UD is 1-1 at home this season.

Head coach Dennis Currier is in his 15th season at the helm of the Flyers, totaling 140 victories, the most in UD history. He leads a veteran squad this season with seven seniors and 10 returning starters.

Overall, Dayton is scoring 1.20 goals per game and allowing 2.00 to opponents. The Flyers are being outshot 11.2 to 14.8 and has a .304 shots on goal percentage.

The Flyers are led by junior Jonas Fjeldberg with three goals on the year. Freshman Toluwalase Oladeinbo has chipped in a goal as well while four players have an assist on the season. Senior goalkeeper Federico Barrios has a 1.92 goals against average and 22 saves.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
DETROIT MERCY
Detroit Mercy comes to Dayton with a 2-3 record overall and a 1-2 away mark. The Titans have lost three of their last four games, being outscored 10-0 in those defeats. Head coach Nicholas Deren is in his 10th season.

As a team, Detroit is scoring 1.00 goal each game and giving up 2.40 to opposing teams. The Titans are being outshot 10.4 to 14.0 through five games.

Detroit is led by Kyle Bandyk with one goal and two assists while Collin Cavanaugh has two assists as well. Goalkeeper Devin Mendez has 20 saves and one shutout in five starts.

THE SERIES
Dayton and Detroit Mercy have met eight times previously with the Flyers winning six of those meetings. The Flyers and Titans last faced off in 2014 with UD winning 3-0.

LAST OUTING
Dayton headed south to Central Arkansas and suffered a 2-1 loss to the Bears last Friday. UCA scored in the second minute before the Flyers equalized just three minutes later. The Bears went on to score the game winner in the 20th minute.
Detroit Mercy dropped its third game in four as it lost at home to Milwaukee Saturday in the Horizon League opener.

BARRIOS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE
Senior goalkeeper Federico Barrios was named to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference team as the lone keeper. The Colombia native led the league in save percentage last season with a .815 mark and totaled a conference-high eight shutouts to go with 53 saves.

BARRIOS NAMED ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Dayton goalkeeper Federico Barrios was named All-Tournament team at the Wolstein Classic on Sept. 1 after his performance in the two game stretch. He recorded a career-high nine saves in the contest against CSUN Sunday.

PRESEASON
The Flyers went undefeated in the two exhibition games this year, finishing with a 2-0 win over IUPUI and a 0-0 draw against Bowling Green. Both shutouts took place at home with the Flyers defending Baujan Field.

DAYTON PICKED TO FINISH 4TH
The Atlantic 10 Conference released its preseason poll and picked the Flyers to finish fourth with 121 points. Dayton was predicted to finish behind favorites VCU (159), Saint Louis (146), and Rhode Island (142).

FLYER SUCCESS
The Dayton men's program has an overall record of 498-424-90 and four NCAA Tournament appearances in its history. The Flyers are also 133-89-26 in the Atlantic 10 Conference and have six conference titles between the regular season and league tournament.

UP NEXT
Dayton heads back out on the road to take on West Virginia Saturday at 7 p.m. in Morgantown, W. Va.