DAYTON - The University of Dayton men's soccer team closed out its 2025 regular-season slate with a 1-0 victory over visiting Loyola Chicago Saturday night. Junior Martin Bakken scored what proved to be the game-winning goal (5) in the third minute of the contest. The win earns Dayton the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Atlantic 10 Championship, which gets underway Friday, Nov. 7.

Dayton improves to 6-2-7 on the year and 4-1-3 in league games while Loyola Chicago closes out the 2025 season with a 4-5-7 overall record and 1-3-4 in conference contests.

KEY STATS
GW - Bakken scored his fifth overall and third game-winning goal of the season
A - sophomore Andrew Armstrong dished out his team-high-tying third assist of the season
16 - the Flyers out-shot the Ramblers by a 16-6 margin, led by junior Felix Buabeng with a season-high-tying four shots
Win - Gavin Krenecki (6-1-7). Loss - Aidan Crawford (1-3-3).

SCORING SUMMARY

02:39

Martin Bakken (5) Assisted By: Andrew Armstrong

CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS

YC	18:47	LUC	#19 Benji Chavarria
YC	22:37	DAY	#4 Kingsford Acheampong
YC	28:49	LUC	#15 Petar Janjic
YC	86:56	LUC	#11 Jack McFeely

UP NEXT
As the No. 3 seed in the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championship, Dayton will host a first-round match against the sixth-seeded team on Friday, Nov. 7. Please stay tuned for more details.

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