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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville men's soccer team will welcome Missouri State to Arad McCutchan Saturday night at 7 p.m. for its annual "Kick For A Cure" event.  The Purple Aces will don pink-accented jerseys for the match, which will be auctioned off as part of a silent auction to benefit the Greater Evansville Susan G. Komen Foundation.
 
Evansville (8-3-1, 1-1-0 MVC) enters Saturday's contest having won seven of its last eight matches, including a 5-2 win at Loyola last Saturday.  The Aces trailed, 2-1, early in the second half, before scoring four unanswered goals, as five different UE players found the back of the net.  Freshman Landon Souder scored the first goal for Evansville in the 37th minute, before Felipe Cortez, Nick Schroeder, Dylan Terry and Mark Anthony Gonzalez all connected on shots over the final 45 minutes.  Sophomore Faik Hajderovic tallied three assists in the victory, marking his fourth multi-assist effort of the season.
 
Hajderovic leads the Aces and ranks 22nd nationally with 18 total points.  The St. Louis native has scored twice and leads the nation with 14 assists.  Gonzalez leads UE with seven goals and ranks second on the squad with 14 points, while Terry has scored four times and tallied five assists for 13 points.  In goal, junior goalkeeper Eric Teppen has posted a 1.53 goals against average and .756 save percentage in 1117:04 between the posts and ranks 12th nationally with 59 saves.
 
Evansville has been one of the most prolific offensive teams this season, as the Aces rank second in the nation in total assists (36), third in total points (90), fifth in total goals (27) and eighth in scoring offense (2.25 goals per game).  UE has outscored its opponents, 27-21, and is averaging just under 19 shots per game.  Evansville has put 105 of its shots on goal for a .469 shots on goal percentage and has earned 55 corner kicks.
 
Missouri State (7-3-2, 2-0-0 MVC) played Oral Roberts to a scoreless tie Tuesday in Springfield, Mo., to post its fourth-straight shutout.  The Bears are unbeaten in their last four matches and have not allowed a goal in Missouri Valley Conference play, as they defeated both Loyola and Drake by 2-0 margins.  Tuesday against the Golden Eagles, MSU held Oral Roberts to just one total shot and a single corner kick.
 
Jack Roberts leads Missouri State with eight points on four goals this season, while Emmerich Hoegg ranks second on the squad with six points on a trio of goals.  Jack Wood has added four points on one goal and a team-best two assists.  In goal, Trevor Spangenberg boasts of the nation's best goals against averages, as he enters Saturday with a paltry 0.46 mark to go with a .778 save percentage, 21 saves and seven shutouts.
 
As a team, the Bears entered their match on Tuesday night with the country's sixth-best goals against average, before lowering it to 0.46.  MSU has allowed just six goals this season and is limiting opponents to 6.5 shots per outing.  Missouri State has put 59 of its shots on frame, while limiting opponents to just 27 shots on goal for a .346 shot on goal percentage.
 
Saturday night's match will mark the 26th meeting between Evansville and Missouri State, with the Bears holding a 13-9-3 advantage in the all-time series.  The Aces defeated MSU, 2-0, last year in Springfield, but Missouri State owns a 6-2 mark in the last eight meetings.