RICHMOND, Va. – Top-seeded Rhode Island got an early goal and was able to make it stand up as it knocked off eighth-seeded Dayton 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the 2014 Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Soccer Championship at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond, Va.

Rhode Island improves to 12-4-3 and advances to Friday’s first semifinal match where it will take on the winner of No. 4 George Mason and No. 5 Davidson at 5:00 p.m. Dayton ends its season at 7-7-5.

The Rams got  the only goal they would need at the 13:11 mark when Ryan Oakley setup Matt Sykes for his seventh goal of the season.

Dayton outshot URI 12-11 and held an 11-2 edge in corner kicks. UD was only able to get two of those shots on frame and both were turned aside by Rhode Island keeper Nils Leifhelm who notched his ninth shutout of the season.