In Monday's action, Southern Indiana netted its second draw of the season, marking the first time since the 2017 season that the Screaming Eagles had back-to-back results to start a season. In other action Lindenwood fell 1-0 at IU Indy.
| MONDAY'S SCORES |
| @IU Indy 1, Lindenwood 0 |
Box Score |
| Southern Indiana 2, @Northern Kentucky 2 |
Box Score |
IU INDY 1, LINDENWOOD 0
INDIANAPOLIS - The Lindenwood Men's Soccer team (1-1-0) fell on the road to IU Indy on Monday afternoon by a final score of 1-0. The Lions outshot the Jaguars 16-10, but IU Indy scored early in the first half to hand Lindenwood their first loss of the 2026 season.
In the 16th minute, IU Indy was awarded a penalty kick after a foul was committed inside the box on LU. Senior Forward Jose Antonio Herrera took the penalty kick for the Jaguars and converted on the opportunity to put IU Indy in front 1-0 with 29 minutes to go in the opening half.
Later in the half, Lindenwood had two quality chances to even the score, but were unable to capitalize. In the 32nd minute, the Lions forced a turnover in IU Indy's defensive half of the field that led to a three-on-three, but the shot off the foot of Omar Sanderson was wide left of the goal as the score remained 1-0 in favor of the Jaguars. The second chance for Lindenwood happened with less than a minute to go in the half after a yellow card was issued to IU Indy. Luca Bartoni took the free kick from just outside of the 18 yard-box and sent an on-target shot over the wall of defenders, but the Jaguar goalkeeper knocked the shot over the top of the net to keep Lindenwood off the scoreboard at the break.
In the second half, the Lions earned six corner kicks and recorded 11 shots, four of which were on target, but couldn't find the equalizing goal. Bartoni and Thato Lekgetho each had two shots on goal, while Maxime Legai and Clement Baron added one shot on goal a piece to lead the Lions offensively.
SOUTHERN INDIANA 2, NORTHERN KENTUCKY 2
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - University of Southern Indiana Men's Soccer rallied in the second half against Northern Kentucky University on Monday evening to earn a 2-2 tie on the road for the Screaming Eagles' second consecutive result to begin the 2026 season.
The Screaming Eagles' (0-0-2) hard-fought tie against Northern Kentucky (0-1-1) came after USI erased a two-goal deficit in the final 23 minutes of the match.
USI started off slow, not recording a shot until the 67th minute. Meanwhile, the Norse outshot the Screaming Eagles 16-0 in that time frame, scoring twice to take a two-goal advantage before USI's late rally.
Sophomore midfielders Brian Novillo and Isaac Weidner led the Screaming Eagles offensively, scoring the team's first goals of the season. The goals were the first career goals for both players. Both goals were assisted by sophomore midfielder Tony Murphy, who gathered his sixth career assist as a Screaming Eagle and took his first two shots, one on goal, of the season. Sophomore forward Kadiri Bello also added two shots, one on goal. USI finished with 10 total shots as a team with five on goal. Between the posts, sophomore goalkeeper Jacob English collected two saves, as USI's defense limited Northern Kentucky to only four shots on target out of 21 total shot attempts.
To start the match, USI was forced to defend, as English made an early save in the tenth minute. However, Northern Kentucky found the back of the net a minute later, scoring their first goal inside the penalty area. The Screaming Eagles were outshot 11-0 in the first half, but blocked five shots, with both of English's saves coming in the first 45 minutes.
It only took Northern Kentucky 45 seconds in the second half to score their second goal of the day. After that, it was all Screaming Eagles from there on out. In the 67th minute of the match, Weidner scored on an assist from T. Murphy inside the goal area. With the momentum, USI built on the goal with a second tally in the 83rd minute by Novillo, also assisted by T. Murphy. The Screaming Eagles had three more shots but could not get the go-ahead goal to finish the match, resulting in a tie.