Senior Night on tap for Men's Soccer Saturday night

DAYTON – The Horizon League-leading Wright State men's soccer team returns home to Alumni Field for a Saturday night matchup against Purdue Fort Wayne. The Raiders will celebrate Senior Night ahead of the 5 p.m. first kick, with pregame festivities set for around 5:45 p.m. Saturday's match is scheduled to be streamed on ESPN+.

The Raiders (3-3-4 overall) lead the Horizon League with a 3-0-2 conference mark and 11 points to sit atop the standings, while Purdue Fort Wayne (1-6-3 overall) is at the bottom of the standings with a 0-2-2 HL record entering Saturday's tilt. Cleveland State, who the Raiders will meet in late October, are one point back in the standings in second, followed by Oakland with seven points.

MATCH INFORMATION
Saturday, October 8 - 5 p.m. – Watch - Live Stats

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State was in control all afternoon Saturday as the Raiders tallied three second half goals, including a pair from Reece Allbaugh, at Robert Morris. Allbaugh put the Raiders on the board in the 51st minute with his first goal of the season before Presten Manthey added to the Wright State advantage four minutes later with his second tally in as many games. The Raiders put the game out of reach in the 70th minute when Allbaugh found the back of the net again for his second career multi-score effort.

SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
Purdue Fort Wayne is 1-6-3 overall and 0-2-2 in the Horizon League following a 3-2 home loss to Cleveland State last Saturday. The Mastodons are winless on the road at 0-3-2 and haven't tallied a victory in seven matches since a 2-1 win against Western Illinois. Purdue Fort Wayne ended 2021 with a 5-9-2 overall record and a 3-6-1 mark in the Horizon.

HISTORY VS. PURDUE FORT WAYNE
The Raiders and Mastodons will meet for the 16th time in the series overall on Saturday and for the third time as conference opponents. The Raiders have won both previous Horizon League meetings, with both coming in Fort Wayne, while as the Raiders now lead the all-time series 13-1-1.

DOWN THE STRETCH
Following Saturday's match, Wright State will have three Horizon League contests remaining over the final month of the regular season. The Raiders close the regular season at home against Detroit Mercy, who is also winless in Horizon League action entering this weekend, but the Raiders also have road matches at Oakland (Oct. 15) and Cleveland State (Oct. 29). Oakland is the defending League champion and Cleveland State is one point back of the Raiders in the standings at the moment.

ALL-BALL
Reece Allbaugh leads Wright State with 33 total shots, 16 of which have been on frame, while he is second in the Horizon League in both categories. Allbaugh notched a career-best eight shots in the 2-2 draw at Milwaukee last Wednesday before two goals and seven shots in the victory over Robert Morris last Saturday. In addition to the career-high eight shots Wednesday, Allbaugh put six of those attempts on frame, also a career- and game-high. Saturday, he led the Raiders to an important three points with his second career multi-goal effort,

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Players Mentioned

Reece Allbaugh

Presten Manthey

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