GAME 14
RMU (9-2-2 / 3-2 #HLWSOC) vs. Oakland (3-5-4 / 1-1-2 #HLWSOC)
Thursday, Oct. 5 | 3:00 p.m.
Oakland Soccer Field | Rochester, Mich.
TV: ESPN+
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Opening Kick-Off

• After a pair of home games, the RMU women's soccer team hits the road as it travels to Oakland for a Horizon League contest on Thursday, Oct. 5 at the Oakland Soccer Field.
• The Colonials are coming off a 2-1 victory over Detroit Mercy last Saturday (9/30) as graduate student Kaoru Hayashi registered the game-winner in the 55^th minute.
• It took just 10 minutes for RMU to get on the board as Renae Mohrbacher found Taylor Day in front of the net.
• Facing the opposite direction of the goal, Day took a touch to her left and slotted a shot past the keeper, giving RMU an early 1-0 lead.
• Going the other way in the 55th minute, the Colonials built from the back, inching their way forward up the field. Mohrbacher found freshman Shauna Gamble in the center of the field. She passed over to the right, finding Hayashi. The captain dribbled by a player, took a touch to her left foot and blasted a shot over 35 yards out, landing in the top left corner of the goal.
• From then on out, the Colonials slowed down the game. Detroit Mercy still stayed on the attack pushing numbers forward. They pushed five more shots towards goal and Murray made an additional three saves.
• Against the Titans, Brenna Murray was an imperative player in the win. On the day, Murray made a season-high eight saves. Starting all 13 games in net, she's been awarded the win nine times and has saved 49 shots.

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The-All-Time Series vs Oakland – It'll be just the fourth time in program history when the Golden Grizzlies and Colonials square off on Thursday evening. The two squads have only met since RMU joined the Horizon League as Oakland holds a 3-0 mark in the series. The Golden Grizzlies captured the first meeting in 2020 before securing back-to-back 3-0 victories in 2021 and 2022. RMU has yet to register a score against Oakland as they look to capture its first victory over the Golden Grizzlies.

Scouting the Golden Grizzlies – Last year, Oakland finished 8-4-7 overall with a 5-2-3 mark in conference play. Their season concluded with a 2-0 loss to IUPUI in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament. Alexa Sabbagh paced the team in points and goals a season ago, registering 11 points and five scores. Sami Lopez recorded six assists in 2022 while Carmela Barro posted seven points, with three scores and one assist.

In 2023, the Golden Grizzlies hold a 3-5-4 overall record while producing a 1-1-2 mark in conference action. Oakland secured a 1-0 victory at Cleveland State (9/24) before falling at Wright State last Saturday, 1-0. Macy Wierenga leads the team with seven points, tallying three scores and one assist. Frankie Mudd ranks second on the squad with a pair of goals while five different Golden Grizzlies have posted an assist. Goalkeeper Julia Zangerl ranks sixth in the league in shutouts per game (3) and sits seventh in goals against average (1.498). The freshman averages 3.22 saves per game, good for 10th among Horizon League foes.

Horizon Headlines – RMU continues to stuff the stat sheet as a handful of Colonials sit among the top of the Horizon League in multiple statistical categories. Renae Mohrbacher paces the conference with 18 total points while sitting second in points per game (1.38). She currently sits second in assists (6) while ranking fourth in the league in goals (6). Malia Kearns sits second in the Horizon League with 17 points while tied for second in the league and tied for the team best with seven scores. Lidia Nduka currently ranks fourth in points (15), tied for second in goals (7), and tied for third in shots on goal this season (16).

Elisa Corvalan, Haleigh Finale, Taylor Day, and Kaoru Hayashi currently rank 3-6 in the conference in assists as Corvalan and Finale total five each, while Day and Hayashi post four apiece. Hayashi ranks sixth in the league in shots on goal (15) while sitting fourth in total shots (29) this season.

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