TUESDAY'S SCORES
IU Indy 3,
@Western Illinois 1
Eastern Illinois 3, @Northern Illinois 2
IU INDY 3, WESTERN ILLINOIS 1
MACOMB, Ill. - Western Illinois couldn't overcome IU Indy on Tuesday afternoon, falling 3-1 to the Jaguars at Northwest Field.
IU Indy opened the match with a goal in the 6th minute, but the Leathernecks responded quickly. In the 20th minute, Liam Gainey tied things up for the Leathernecks as he keeps his consecutive goal streak going to tie the match at 1-1.
The Jaguars regained the lead in the 36th minute and added a third in the 79th to seal the result.
Western Illinois generated chances throughout the match, finishing with 12 total shots and six on goal compared to IU Indy's 10 and seven. Both teams earned seven corner kicks. Goalkeeper Micah Ramirez tallied four saves for WIU, while IU Indy's Declan Finnegan made five stops.
EASTERN ILLINOIS 3, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2
DEKALB, Ill. - Senior Casey Welage scored and assisted on a second goal as Eastern Illinois picked up the first win for first-year head coach Ruy Vaz with a 3-2 decision over Northern Illinois on Tuesday night.
EIU improved to 1-3-1 on the season with the win while NIU dropped to 3-3-1.
Welage scored the first goal of the match in the 21st minute with a shot to the high right corner of the goal.
He would assist the Panthers second goal of the match just three minutes later as Shion Hayashi scored putting EIU up 2-0 at the break with his 24th minute tally.
NIU scored just four minutes into the second half as Vance Sheffield scored in the 49th minute.
The Panthers tacked on an important insurance goal in the 76th minute as Gui Gragnano put EIU up 3-1 with an assist by Ben Griffis.
The Gragnano goal proved vital as the Huskies scored one more time in the final 21 seconds on a goal by Nico Angulo.
Welage and Hayashi each had two shots on goal for the Panthers. Franco Barba ended the match with five saves.