DAYTON - The University of Dayton men's soccer team will head back out on the road to take on No. 4 West Virginia Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in Morgantown, W. Va.

SCOUTING THE FLYERS
Dayton is looking to get back in the win column after tying in its last contest after two straight losses previously. The Flyers are 3-2-2 overall this season and 0-2 away from home in 2021.

Head coach Dennis Currier is in his 17th year at the helm of the Flyers and the reigning Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year. UD replaces just one starter from last year's team that went on to win the A-10 regular season title with a 4-1-1 conference mark.

As a team, the Flyers are scoring 1.71 goals per game and holding opponents to 1.57 goals each contest. Dayton is 25th in the country in shots per game, averaging 15.4 shots.

Leading the way for the Flyers is junior transfer Forster Ajago, who has four goals and one assist, and junior Jaden Jones-Riley, who has three goals and two assists on the year. Goalkeeper Marc Kouadio has started every game with 29 saves.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia hosts Dayton with a 4-0-2 record overall and 3-0-1 home mark. The Mountaineers enter the game ranked No. 4 in the nation and already boasts wins over No. 3 Pitt, No. 17 Penn State, and No. 6 Marshall.

Head coach Dan Stratford returns to lead his alma mater for his second season in charge of the Mountaineers.

As a team, WVU is scoring 1.67 goals each outing and allowing just 0.67 goals to opposing squads, which ranks 20th in Division I. The Mountaineers are also top 30 in shot accuracy and shutout percentage.

Leading the Mountaineers is Ciro Bourlot Jaeggi with two goals in six games while Luke McCormick has chipped in two assists and one goal. Goalkeeper Steven Tekesky has three shutouts and 13 saves in six starts.

LAST OUTING
Dayton rallied for a 1-1 double overtime draw with Kansas City Saturday at Roger Glass Stadium.  Kingsford Adjei scored the equalizer in the 80th minute off the nice assist from Seth Antwi.

WVU earned a hard-fought 2-2 draw with defending national champion and in-state foe No. 6 Marshall Friday. The Mountaineers took an early lead in the 17th minute, but were unable to hold on after the Herd tied it back up in the 60th minute.

SERIES HISTORY
Dayton and West Virginia have played three times previously with the Mountaineers holding a 2-1 win advantage. The two teams last met in 2019 with the Flyers earning a 2-0 win on the road over then No. 20 WVU.

JONES-RILEY EARNS A-10 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Junior Jaden Jones-Riley was named Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week on Aug. 30 after his hat-trick performance in the season-opening win over UAB. He totaled seven points during the two-game stretch.

FLYERS THIRD IN PRESEASON POLL
Dayton was predicted to finish third in the A-10 in the 2021 preseason poll and received two first-place votes. The Flyers were picked behind conference favorites Fordham (six first-place votes) and Saint Louis (three votes), but ahead of Massachusetts and VCU (two votes).

ADJEI NAMED PRESEASON FIRST TEAM
The Atlantic 10 preseason all-conference teams announced as well with Dayton senior Kingsford Adjei earning All-Conference team honors. He was the lone Flyer recognized on the team from the reigning A-10 champs.

UP NEXT
The Flyers open up Atlantic 10 play Saturday at VCU for a 7 p.m. contest in Richmond, Va.

PRESEASON SUCCESS
The Flyers were victorious in all three of their preseason games this year, outscoring opponents 10-2 during the stretch. Dayton opened the 2021 preseason with a 4-2 victory at IUPUI before hosting a pair of exhibitions at Baujan Field. UD then defeated Bellarmine 1-0, avenging a regular season loss from last season and earned a 5-0 thumping of Wabash in the preseason finale.

FLYERS IN THE PROS
A pair of former Flyers are currently applying their trade for MLS teams this season. The 2016 A-10 Defender of the Year and No. 5 overall pick by the Columbus Crew now plays for the Colorado Rapids and is having a career-season. Last year's and two-time A-10 Offensive Player of the Year Jonas Fjeldberg was selected by F.C. Cincinnati this past spring in the MLS Draft and is training with the MLS side. He has yet to see first team action this season.

USL2 CHAMPS
Current Flyers Kingsford Adjei and Seth Antwi competed this past summer with the Des Moines Menace in the USL2 League and helped their team to the league championship. Adjei scored five goals in the first five games of the season and was ranked as the No. 1 prospect overall in the USL2 League. Antwi and Adjei join former Flyer and current Colorado Rapids defender Lalas Abubakar who won the USL2 title as well with Flint City Bucks back during his college career.

2020 A-10 COACH OF THE YEAR
Dayton head coach Dennis Currier was named the 2020-21 A-10 Coach of the Year after guiding the Flyers to the regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the A-10 Championship with a 4-1-1 league mark this past spring. It was the second time Currier received this accolade.

MAJOR A-10 HONOR
Besides Currier earning a major award, junior Kingsford Adjei was named A-10 Midfielder of the Year for the second consecutive season after leading the team with five goals and four assists. He joined the now graduated Jonas Fieldberg who received A-10 Offensive Player of the Year honors for the second time as well.