Ottawa, KAN. - The Ottawa men's soccer team looks to get conference play off to the right start as they head northeast to Saint Mary for their KCAC opener.

• The Braves wrapped up conference play with a 1-4-0 record, with three losses coming to top-15 teams.
• Ottawa is coming off a 1-4 home loss to Baker. Bence Molnar scored the first goal of the game to give the Braves the lead, but Baker scored the next four to seal the game.
• Cale Scott is the leading goalscorer with Ottawa with three goals on the season as well as two assists. Alonso Basauri and Jevan-Purcell Jackson have scored two goals apiece. Matt Myers is the joint-assists leader with Scott with two assists.
• Saint Mary comes into this contest with a 2-1-1 conference record, their most recent match being a 1-4 home loss to Hannibal-LaGrange on September 7.
• Daniel Castro is the leading goalscorer for the Spires with three on the season. Isha Hughan is the assists leader with four.
• Ottawa and Saint Mary have met 31 times, with the Braves leading the series, 17-11-2.
• The last meeting between the teams came last season, a 10-0 Ottawa drubbing of Saint Mary in front of the Braves' home crowd.