Purple Aces Journey to Northwestern for Non-Conference Take a look at

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – After beginning Missouri Valley Conference play atop the convention standings at 2-0, the University of Evansville males’s soccer group travels to Evanston, Ill. on Tuesday for a non-conference check in opposition to the Northwestern Wildcats. Evansville enters Saturday’s match using a six-match unbeaten streak and appears to win their fourth in a row. Kick-off is about for six:30 PM.
 

Last Time Out
Evansville moved to 2-0 in MVC play for the primary time since 2016 on Saturday night time, taking down Western Michigan by a rating of 2-0. With the win, the Aces prolong their unbeaten streak to 6 and their successful streak to 3. The streak marks Evansville’s first unbeaten streak of six matches within the single season since 2009.
 
Evansville struck early for the second match in a row, with Tancredi Fadda (Monza, Italy/University of Milan) discovering the again of the online with a rocket within the fourth minute for his second aim of the season. The aim got here off assists from Nacho Diaz-Caneja (Coruña, Spain/Oregon State) and Andres Escudero (San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain/IES Joan Miro).
 
Fadda was energetic all through the rest of the primary half, tallying two extra photographs, however the rating remained 1-0 going into halftime.
 
The Purple Aces struck once more shortly after the halftime intermission, when Nate Roberts (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS) earned a penalty by drawing a foul within the field within the 50^th minute. Martin Wurschmidt (Stavern, Norway/Thor Heyerdahl VGS) stepped to the spot and buried a shot previous a diving Broncos keeper to make it 2-0. The penalty aim was Wurschmidt’s second of the season.
 
From there, the Evansville protection held sturdy to submit their fourth shutout of the season. Michal Mroz (Elk Grove, Ill./Elk Grove) made 5 saves within the closing 20 minutes of motion to tie his season-high and file his second shutout in a row. Over the final 5 matches, Mroz has allowed only one aim.

Series History 

Saturday marks the third assembly between the Aces and Wildcats and the primary since 2004. Evansville leads the sequence 1-0-1 with a 2-1 win in Evansville. The solely prior assembly between the 2 sides in Evanston got here in 2003, leading to a 2-2 tie.

Scouting Northwestern

Northwestern comes into Tuesday’s match with a 5-4-1 file and a 1-3 mark in Big Ten play. The final day out for the Wildcats got here final Monday, a 1-0 loss to Washington. Evansville is the second MVC opponent that the Wildcats will face this season, having dropped a 3-2 choice to UIC on September 1. 

Follow Along

Tuesday’s match will likely be streamed reside on Big Ten Plus. Live stats can be found at GoPurpleAces.com.