DAYTON – The University of Dayton men's soccer team defeated the Detroit Mercy Titans Tuesday night by a score of 5-0.
The Flyers (2-4-0) keep their home win streak alive while the Titans (2-4) head back to Michigan with their fourth loss.
KEY STATS
- Freshman Toluwalase Oladeinbo netted two headers in the first half giving him three goals on the season.
- Dayton out-shot Detroit Mercy 21-16 with six shots on goal compared to UDM's two.
- In the 39th minute, redshirt junior Jacob Degler scored his first goal of the season to put the Flyers up 3-0. Sophomore Jake Feiner sent in the cross giving freshman Andy Sanchez a shot off the post allowing Degler to volley it in.
- The Flyers took six corner kicks compared to the Titan's two.
- Junior Jonas Fjeldberg netted his fourth goal of the season in the 60th minute on the assist by senior Rok Taneski.
- Freshman Manny Day recorded his first goal of the year in the 86th minute on the assist from fellow freshmen Jaden Jones-Riley and Andy Sanchez.
COACH'S COMMENTS
"We set some goals for tonight, especially offensively and we wanted to get the guys a good start," said head coach
Dennis Currier. "We don't want to chase games and try to get them on their back foot at the beginning of the game. I thought the guys responded really well. Once we got the third goal, the game really opened up which is where we are at our best. We were able to have a good night in terms being able to get some guys some playing time and we saw some really good stuff on the attacking end of things. We got the shutout which is really important and we secured that. Overall, it was a really good win for us and it was really needed to build that confidence up."
UP NEXT
- The Flyers head back out on the road to take on West Virginia Saturday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. ET.
