at Oakland (Oct. 12 - 4:00 p.m.) // ESPN3 I Live Stats  

ROCHESTER, Mich. - With the top spot in the #HLMSOC standings squarely on the line, the IUPUI men's soccer team (3-5-2, 2-0-1 HL) will take on Oakland University (5-4-2, 3-0-1 HL) at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday (Oct. 12) at the Oakland Soccer Field. Oakland currently tops the Horizon League standings with 10 points (3-0-1) while the Jags are second with seven points (2-0-1). Head coach Brian Barnett's squad has been opportunistic, tallying the winner at Northern Kentucky in the 89th minute of regulation and beating Green Bay at home in double overtime. 

MATCH INFO 

• Saturday's match will kickoff at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday from the Oakland Soccer Field. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3 and live stats will be available at kickoff. 
• The IUPUI women's team will take on Oakland earlier in the day at 1:00 p.m. as part of OU's Homecoming Weekend. 

THE SERIES

• IUPUI is 6-16-1 all-time against Oakland, but snapped a five-game skid to the Golden Grizzlies with a 1-0 double overtime win in Indianapolis last season. IUPUI had been blanked in all five of those losses before snapping that skid last season. 
• IUPUI is just 1-10 all-time against OU on the road with the lone win having come on Oct. 30, 1999 by a 1-0 score. The Jags have since dropped 10-in-a-row on the road to the Golden Grizzlies. 
• Head coach Brian Barnett is 1-1 all-time against Oakland. 

JAG SCRATCHES

• Senior midfielder Pedro Valladao was named one of 30 national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award on Sept. 23. He was one of just two selections from the Horizon League and was the lone selection from the Division I schools in the state of Indiana. However, Valladao was not selected among the 10 national finalists, as announced on Oct. 11. 
• Senior midfielder Yan Souza was named the Horizon League's Offensive Player of the Week after tallying the game-winner in the Jags' 2-1 win at Northern Kentucky in the game's 89th minute. Souza took a feed from Alan Aguilar and drove a shot off an NKU defender and into the open net. Cincinnati-native Chris Workman also scored his first career goal in that game as he was playing just minutes from his hometown.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Quinn McCallion has made 20 saves in the Jaguars' last two matches combined, including a career-high 13 in the 2-2 draw at Milwaukee on Oct. 5. 
• The Jaguars win at NKU was IUPUI's first regular season road win since September 2014 and first regular season league road win since October 2012. 
• IUPUI recently launched year three of the Jaguars' 'Real Men Read' program, having worked with seven IPS Schools, spanning 16 fourth grade classrooms. 
• Aguilar fueled the Jaguars' 2-0 win over Purdue Fort Wayne, tallying goals in the 61st and 64th minutes. The winner came off assists from Gianni Catenacci and Fernando Borges and he added insurance just more than three minutes later by converting the fourth penalty kick of his career. 
• Souza has a team-high four goals while Catenacci has a team-high four assists in 10 games. Aguilar is second on the team with three goals scored and both Kirezi Freddy and Valladao have two assists each. 
• McCallion has been brilliant this season, registering a 1.03 goals against average and 49 saves in 956 minutes of action. He registered his lone shutout of the season against Purdue Fort Wayne. 
• Junior back Tommy Patacca leads the team with 928 minutes played and Catenacci is second with 883 minutes. 
• IUPUI went 5-10-4 last season and 4-3-1 in Horizon League play, earning a spot in the league's postseason tournament. The Jags then won the program's first postseason match since 2007 by upsetting Green Bay in the opening round. IUPUI later took eventual league champion UIC to penalty kicks in the semifinals round. 
• The Jaguars were picked to finish seventh in the Horizon League, according to the league's preseason polls.  
• IUPUI returns its top two scorers from a season ago in senior midfielder Alan Aguilar (11 points) and sophomore back Corey Goede (eight points). In addition, McCallion (1.22 GAA) returns in net and five other starters - Tommy Patacca, Cameron Petersen, Anthony Saporito, Shives and Pedro Valladao - all return. 
• All total, IUPUI returns 14 of the team's 17 goals from a season ago. 
• Head coach Brian Barnett is in his fourth season on the Jaguars' sidelines. 

SCOUTING OAKLAND

• Oakland is 5-4-2 on the season and 3-0-1 in Horizon League play. The Golden Grizzlies have been shutout just three times this season while recording two shutouts of their own. OU is 1-2-1 at home this season with the lone win coming by a 1-0 score over Cleveland State on Sept. 14.
• Evan Sawula has a team-high four goals and Dylan Borczak has three goals and a team-high seven assists. Cameron Wilde and Charlie Braithwaite both also have three goals. 
• Sullivan Lauderdale has started all 11 matches in net for the Golden Grizzlies, posting a 1.27 goals against average and 33 saves and a .702 save percentage. He's faced 100 shots on the year as Oakland has outshot opponents, 153-105.

HORIZON LEAGUE STANDINGS

• 1. Oakland (3-0-1) - 10 pts
• 2. IUPUI (2-0-1) - 7 pts
• 3. UIC (2-1) - 6 pts
• t-4. Cleveland State (2-2) - 6 pts
• t-4. Northern Kentucky (2-2) - 6 pts
• 6. Milwaukee (1-2-1) - 4 pts
• 7. Wright State (1-2) - 3 pts
• 8. Green Bay (1-3) - 3 pts
• 9. Detroit Mercy (0-2-1) - 1 pt

UP NEXT

• IUPUI will return home to host Cleveland State next Saturday, Oct. 19, at 4:00 p.m. at the on-campus Michael A. Carroll Stadium. The match will be broadcast on ESPN+ and the Jaguars will honor the seniors at approximately 3:15 p.m., well before Saturday's kickoff.