The Basics
Game 9
 Oral Roberts (3-2-3) vs. Omaha (5-2-1)
Date/Time: Saturday, September 28 / 7:00 p.m. (CT)
TV/Video: Summit League Network
Live Stats: ORU
Summit League: Weekly Notebook: No. 6
Location: Case Soccer Complex (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

TULSA, Okla. – The Golden Eagles will host Omaha tomorrow night at 7pm as ORU looks to remain undefeated at the Case after wrapping their non-league portion of the campaign with a 6-0 rout over UTRGV.

Fans can watch the game live through the Summit League Network or follow @ORUMSoccer on X for updates and information.

Mavericks vs Golden Eagles

• In their last meeting the two squads met in the 2023 Summit League Men's Soccer Semifinal Match that saw UNO come away with a 1-0 win.
• ORU currently leads the all-time series 9-7-2, and have not lost to Omaha in a regular season home match since April 3, 2021.
• Since their first meeting in 2011, the Golden Eagles are 3-5-2 when playing the Mavericks at home.

Scouting Omaha

• The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's soccer team fell 1-0 to the Houston Christian (HCU) Huskies in a non-conference match Wednesday at Sorrels Field.
• UTRGV welcomes back 16 from last season's squad that is led by the likes of Kgodiso Sukati, Jason Robles, Cade Erickson, and Keaviano Francis, who was named to the WAC All-Freshman Team in 2023.
• Omaha ranks 46th nationally in goals against average (1.0). They rank second in the conference behind Denver (0.89) and are tied for the Summit League lead in fewest total goals allowed (8, w Denver). Senior goalkeeper Nathanael Sallah's 13 career shutouts rank 27th in NCAA DI this season.

1-2 Combo

• Omar Mora is currently tied for 8th in the NCAA in the Golden Boot Race with a Summit League-best seven goals .
• Luis Flores, the reigning Summit League Offensive Peak Performer of the Week, is currently seventh in Total Points (7) and is perfect in penalty kick situations.  
•  The two forwards have combined for three braces against #24 Kentucky (Mora), #24 UCSB (Mora), and Tulsa (Flores).

O Muralha

• Joao Mesquita is coming off his second career clean sheet (Cal Poly and UTRGV)
• He currently ranks 2nd in the NCAA with a .882 Save Percentage and is 12th in Saves Per Game with 5.00 in 464 minutes of action
• Mesquita is the Summit League Leader in Goals Against Average, Saves, and Saves Per Game.

Running it Back

• Head Coach Ryan Bush enters the season 8 wins shy of hitting the century mark of career wins at ORU (93-71-27)
• Luis Flores enters the year listed as one of United Soccer Coaches' 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Players to Watch after a 2023 campaign that saw him break ORU single-season goals scored record (15).
• Flores and Schinieder Mimy were selected to the Summit League Preseason Players to Watch list. This is the second consecutive Player to Watch honor for Mimy and the first for Flores.
• At the end of this past summer, Brian McCurdy was promoted to Associate Head Coach.
• Along with Mimy and Flores, ORU returns starters Jakub Grzesiak, Juan Moreno, and Thiago Patto back for the 2024 season.

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