TROY, Mich. - It all comes down to this. The Horizon League Championship Game is set between No. 2-seeded Green Bay and No.1-seeded Oakland. Green Bay is seeking its first Horizon League Tournament Championship since 2009 and the fifth overall conference title.
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Saturday, November 11 – Rochester, Mich. – Oakland Soccer Field
Green Bay (9-3-5, 5-2-2 HL) vs. Oakland (8-8-2, 6-3-0 HL) |
Game Notes
12:00 PM CST
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Live Stats |
Championship Central |
History
SERIES-LY SPEAKING
Green Bay improved to 5-11-1 against the Golden Grizzlies after beating them just two weeks ago. The Phoenix averages 1.06 goals per game against Oakland. Oakland has won 11 of the last 14 matches. GB is 1-6-0 when visiting the Golden Grizzlies, and the Phoenix has not won in Rochester since October 28, 1978. The two teams last battled on 10/28/23, when Green Bay won 3-1 in Titletown. Oakland's Mikey Ketteman opened the scoring before
Chris Album,
Keegan Walker, and
Jake Parish combined for three unanswered goals.
ROAD WARRIORS
The Phoenix has played eight road games this season and has not lost any of them. Green Bay is an impressive 4-0-4 on the road this season, highlighted by win at Milwaukee and tied at Boston College and 12th-ranked Northwestern.
GOING FOR HISTORY
Green Bay is seeking to bring the Title back in Town for the first time since 2009, the last time the team won the Horizon League tournament. The Phoenix has appeared in one Championship Game under Head Coach
Jeremy Bonomo, falling 0-2 to then-Horizon League foe UIC in 2017.
ALBUM DROP
Chris Album has dominated the 2023 campaign. He put everyone on notice when he racked up three goals in a 7-0 win over Southern Indiana on September 1, posting the first hat trick for the program since Audi Jepson notched five goals against Viterbo in 2014. Album added to his incredible season by scoring the tying goal in Green Bay's 3-1 win over Oakland on October 28.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Last season, the Phoenix posted a conference-best 0.81 GAA (goals against average). GB's defense was led by two-time Goalkeeper of the Year and two-time Defender of the Year
Hesron Barry. Barry is the lone senior on Green Bay's roster. Green Bay boasts a remarkable 0.882 GAA coming into the Horizon League Championship Game. The team also ranks 39th in save percentage (.773) and is tied for 51st in shutout percentage (.353). Jahn has surrendered just 14 goals in over 1,420 minutes of action.
WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT PLAYOFFS???
The Phoenix secured the No. 2 seed with a 4-2 win over Milwaukee last week. It is Green Bay's second-highest regular season finish under ninth-year Head Coach
Jeremy Bonomo, reaching first place in 2017. The Phoenix punched a ticket to the Horizon League Championship Game with a 2-1 win over IUPUI on Thursday.
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