DAYTON- The Wright State men's soccer team will hit the road on Tuesday, September 23 for a non-conference match up with Notre Dame. First Touch in Sound Bend is set for 7 p.m.
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Saturday, September 20 – WATCH (ACCNX) | FOLLOW LIVE STATS
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Raiders came up short of Purdue Fort Wayne 2-4 Saturday Afternoon at Alumni Field.
 
Purdue Fort Wayne broke open the scoring in the 36^th minute when Trey Thread sent a cross into the Wright State box that Christian Agyekum was able to head into the back net. The Mastodons would hold this 1-0 advantage going into the half time break.
 
Wright State came out of the halftime break with a lot of energy and leveled the score in the 48^th minute. Keiji Nakazawa received the ball inside the Purdue Fort Wayne box, controlled the ball, and laid it off to Henry Hutchinson who fired a shot past the goalkeeper for his third goal of the season.
 
Nakazawa would give Wright State the lead just two minutes later. Ishmael Mensah swiped the ball off a Mastodon player and played Nakazawa into space and the sophomore sent a long shot past the fully extended Purdue Fort Wayne goalkeeper.
 
Purdue Fort Wayne would tie the game up again in the 63^rd minute when Christian Leon scored on a rebound.
 
The Horizon League leader in points, Shane Anderson, would score the last two goals of the match for Purdue Fort Wayne. Anderson would score his first goal of the match in the 84^th minute sending a free kick into the back of the net. The Forward would score the dagger with less than 30 second on the clock when Iann Topete played a through ball up to Anderson who dribbled around the goalkeeper to make it a 4-2 game.
 
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING IRISH
Notre Dame enters Tuesday's match at 4-1-2 with a 2-0 mark in ACC play with their lone loss coming to #5 Indiana. The Fighting Irish are the first team out of the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 receiving 11 votes.
 
The Fighting Irish are outscoring their opponents 10-3 on the season with three of those goals coming off the foot of Wyatt Borso. Along with goals the senior leads the team in shots (15), shots on goal (5), and points (6). Sophomore, Blake Kelly, has played all 630 minutes between the posts for the Fighting Irish allowing just three goals while racking up 26 saves.

HISTORY VS. NOTRE DAME
Tuesday night's match will be the seventh meeting all-time between the Raiders and Fighting Irish, a series that Notre Dame leads 1-4-1. The two squads last met in the first round of the 2019 NCAA tournament with the Raiders coming out on top 3-2. The last time the Raiders and Fighting Irish met in the regular season was back in 1987, match that resulted in a 1-1 draw as part of the Met-Life Classic in Dayton Ohio

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UP NEXT
Following Tuesday's match, the Raiders will return home for a Horizon League match with Detroit Mercy. First touch from Alumni Field is set for 7 p.m.

KING HENRY
Junior, Henry Hutchinson, has accounted for 50% of the goals scored for the Raiders this season. The Westerville, Ohio native has already set a new career high in goals scored with three beating his previous high of two from the 2023 and 2024 seasons. So far this season Hutchinson has scored against Belmont, Loyola Chicago, and Purdue Fort Wayne.
 
LAST SEASON REWIND
Wright State finished last season with a 7-9-2 overall record and a 3-5-1 mark in Horizon League play. The Raiders were 4-3-1 at home at Alumni Field last season.
 
SIZING UP THE 2025 SQUAD
WSU welcomes 11 newcomers – including four freshman – to this season's roster. The Raiders' roster includes four freshmen, 14 sophomores, three juniors, six, seniors, and one graduate student.
 
ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE
Wright State's 2025 roster features a large international representation with players coming from 11 countries across five continents.