Bruins Journey to Southern Indiana for Midweek Motion Wednesday Night

Belmont (3-0-3) at Southern Indiana (1-4-0)

Wednesday, Sept. 17 | 6:00 p.m.

Strassweg Field | Evansville, Ind.

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Beginning a three-match street stretch, the Belmont University males’s soccer staff heads to Evansville, Indiana, to tackle Southern Indiana in midweek motion Wednesday night. Kickoff from USI’s Strassweg Field is slated for six p.m.
 
The street match can be broadcast on ESPN+ and stay stats could be adopted by visiting BelmontBruins.com.
 
What’s Bruin

• The Bruins (3-0-3) have secured 1-1 attracts in every of their final three outings after their first-ever 3-0 begin.
• Belmont is unbeaten by its first six matches for under the second time in program historical past. The Bruins began 5-0-1 in the course of the distinctive 2020 season, which was performed within the spring of 2021 as a result of COVID-19 international pandemic.
• With its 1-1 tie Sunday afternoon versus Presbyterian College at E.S. Rose Park, Belmont prolonged its unbeaten streak, which dates again to Oct. 25 of final 12 months, to a program-record eight matches.
• Through their first six matches of the season, the Bruins have outscored their opponents 8-4.
• Belmont is 2-0-1 on the street this 12 months, incomes consecutive shutouts at Memphis (2-0) and Harvard (1-0) in its first two street matches. The Bruins picked up a 1-1 draw at Northern Kentucky of their final street outing.
• Belmont led the Blue Hose of Presbyterian Sunday till the ultimate horn because the guests scored on the remaining second, stealing two factors away from the Bruins. Redshirt sophomore ahead Lucas Wolthers scored his first profession objective lower than a minute into the second half to offer Belmont a 1-0 lead that protected up till time expired.
• Graduate goalkeeper Grant Calvert tallied one other 5 saves towards the Blue Hose, together with making two unimaginable stops within the sixty fifth and 88th minutes. Over the final three matches, he has recorded 16 saves and claimed not less than 5 saves in every contest.
• Senior midfielder Oscar Hough assisted on Wolthers’ objective versus Presbyterian for his second helper of the season.
• Redshirt junior ahead Brock Kiper leads the Bruins in each profession targets (11) and factors (24).
• Six completely different Belmont gamers have discovered the again of the web this season – Kiper (3), senior defender Riley Clothier (1), graduate defender Parker Forbes (1), sophomore midfielder Louis Peña (1), freshman ahead Jaxon Stokes (1) and Wolthers (1).
• Going again to final season, Belmont has obtained a lead to 9 of its final 10 matches.

Versus Southern Indiana

• Wednesday would be the fourth all-time assembly between the 2 applications with the Bruins profitable all three of the earlier matchups.
• It marks the fourth-straight season Belmont has taken on the Screaming Eagles.
• The Bruins have outscored Southern Indiana 9-0 within the first three conferences, together with a 3-0 win within the Music City in final season’s house opener.
• In its final journey to Strassweg Field on Sept. 12, 2023, Belmont routed the Eagles 4-0. All 4 targets have been scored within the first 33 minutes of the match.
• Kiper has scored in each of the final two matchups with Southern Indiana.
• Redshirt senior defender Dylan Steely and junior defender AJ Elliott additionally discovered the again of the web within the Bruins’ final go to to Southern Indiana two seasons in the past.

About the Screaming Eagles

• The Eagles (1-4-0) defeated NCAA Division III Rose-Hulman 1-0 of their house opener on Aug. 26 however have dropped their final three matches.
• Southern Indiana started the season with a 6-0 loss at now Twelfth-ranked Louisville and is coming off a 3-0 defeat by the hands of fellow Missouri Valley Conference member Evansville this previous Saturday evening.
• The Eagles have been picked eighth out of eight groups within the Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Poll after ending seventh within the convention final season with a 1-7-2 league report.
• Southern Indiana went 2-14-2 total final 12 months.
• Sophomore ahead David Davila was named to the OVC Players to Watch checklist after incomes OVC All-Newcomer Team honors final season.

Up Next
Belmont makes the quick trek right down to the alternative finish of Belmont Boulevard Sunday evening for the twenty eighth Battle of the Boulevard versus close by rival Lipscomb. Kickoff from the Lipscomb Soccer Complex is ready for 7 p.m. The Nashville rivalry match can be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
How to Follow
Follow Belmont males’s soccer on social media – @BelmontMSoccer on X, previously Twitter, @belmontmsoccer on Instagram and Belmont University Men’s Soccer on Facebook – for full protection of the Bruins. Stay updated with all of Belmont’s athletic applications by way of the official app of the Belmont Bruins, out there each within the Apple App Store and on Google Play.
 

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