TUESDAY'S SCORES
Purdue Fort Wayne 1,
@Southern Indiana 0
Eastern Illinois 2, @Wright State 2
PURDUE FORT WAYNE 1, SOUTHERN INDIANA 0
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - University of Southern Indiana Men's Soccer could not overcome an early Purdue University Fort Wayne goal and lost, 1-0, Tuesday afternoon at Strassweg Field. The Screaming Eagles are 0-7-0, while the Mastodons go to 4-2-1.
After Purdue Fort Wayne posted the only goal of the match at 3:04 and the first three shots of the match, the Eagles were nearly even with the Mastodons in the final 87 minutes. The Mastodons only outshot the Eagles, 13-7, for the match, but USI and Purdue Fort Wayne were tied 4-4 in the final 45 minutes.
USI also had the momentum in the second half with a 4-1 advantage in corner kicks, 6-3, in the match. The Eagles had their best chances to score early in the second half when sophomore defender/forward Jackson Mitchell and freshman defender/midfielder Gavin English had shots on-goal at 55:15 and 67:17, respectively
Between the posts, sophomore goalkeeper Andrew Klott stood a little taller today. Klott allowed the one tally and made six saves in the loss.
EASTERN ILLINOIS 2, WRIGHT STATE 2
DAYTON, Ohio - The Eastern Illinois Men's Soccer team tied the Wright State Raiders 2-2 on Tuesday night, at Alumni Field, in Dayton Ohio. The Panthers move to 1-3-1 on the season as they pick up their first draw of the 2024 season.
EIU was out to a hot start after a foul on Wright State's Pete Schneider resulted in a free kick for Sam Eccles just a minute and a half into the contest. The Panthers were able to capitalize as Eccles picked up his first goal of the year.
Eastern Illinois was able to keep the Raiders out of the net in the first half, as Chad Smith recorded four saves on 12 shots when the buzzer sounded.
The Panthers capitalized again early in the second half as Jared Cornejo was able to log his first goal of the season off an assist from Sam Eccles. Eccles finished the game with one goal and one assist, tying his total number of assists from a season ago.
Wright State showed resilience as they were able to pick two late goals in the final 15 minutes to tie the game. The Raiders finished the night with a total of 30 shots as they move to 3-3-1 on the year.