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MSOC Preview: Billikens, Flyers Clash Saturday Night at Hermann Stadium

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Saint Louis Men's Soccer // Match Information
Match No. 14 Saint Louis (7-4-2, 4-1-1 A-10) vs. Dayton (5-6-4, 2-1-3 A-10)
Date // Time Saturday, Oct. 21 // 7 p.m.
Location St. Louis, Mo. (Hermann Stadium)
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Stream ESPN+
Live Stats StatBroadcast
Series History Saint Louis leads 20-7-4

Saint Louis hosts the Dayton Flyers at Hermann Stadium on Saturday night at 7 p.m.

The match will be streamed live on ESPN+. Saturday's match serves as Alumni Night, and all SLU men's soccer alumni will be announced at halftime.

The Billikens (7-4-2, 4-1-1) enter this weekend's play in second place in the league standings with 13 points with two games to go. First-place Davidson (5-1, 15 points) plays Saturday afternoon at UMass.

Dayton is currently on the outside looking in on the A-10 Men's Soccer Championship picture with a 2-1-3 league record (nine points). The Flyers are unbeaten in their last six, going 3-0-3 during that stretch.

Here are five additional facts in advance of Saturday's match against Dayton:

1 // CJ Coppola leads the Billikens in scoring with five goals. He has added an assist for a team-leading 11 points (5G, 1A). Christian Buendia is close behind with 10 points (4G, 2A).

2 // Top Drawer Soccer has named Max Floriani (No. 64) and Diego Konincks (No. 80) to its National Top College Soccer Player Rankings. Carlos Leatherman was ranked No. 64 in the TDS Top Freshmen rankings.

3 // Goalkeepers Jeremi Abonnel and Mason Hart split time between the posts for Saint Louis, having started seven and six games, respectively. The Bills are +4 in goal differential.

4 // Men's soccer Senior Night will be held prior to Tuesday's 6 p.m. (NOTE NEW TIME) match against Blackburn. Players being honored are Christian Buendia, Galen Flynn, Caleb Iverson, Kevin Komodi, Diego Konincks and Jack Mika.

5 // Saint Louis leads the all-time series with the Flyers 20-7-4. This is the 13th straight season SLU and Dayton have played. Last year, SLU won 3-1 at Dayton. Then, the teams played to a 1-1 draw in the A-10 Championship semifinals at Hermann Stadium, with SLU advancing to the final by winning the PK shootout.

What's Next?

The Billikens host Blackburn Tuesday in a nonconference match at Hermann Stadium. They head to Saint Joseph's (1-4-1 in A-10 entering Saturday's match vs. St. Bonaventure) next weekend to close out the A-10 regular-season slate.

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