LIVE STATSWATCH LIVEEVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville men's soccer team (3-6-1, 1-1-0) will be back on the road on Saturday night when they play at the Bradley Braves. The match will be held at Shea Stadium in Peoria, Illinois and is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. CDT.
Evansville enters this match after a win in their last match, a 3-0 victory against the University of Central Arkansas on Saturday, October 4. Senior defender
Charlie Macias, junior midfielder
Mark Anthony Gonzalez and sophomore midfielder/defender
Landon Souder all scored in the victory. Senior goalkeeper
Eric Teppen recorded four saves in the win.
Macias has a team-best five goals this season for the Purple Aces. Gonzalez has also notched three goals this year as both junior midfielder
Faik Hajderovic and senior forward
Nick Schroeder have each tallied two goals this fall.
Teppen has recorded 44 saves for UE this season and has a .746 saves percentage. He has played in all 10 of the Aces matches this year.
As a team, Evansville is averaging 11.5 shots and 1.50 goals per match. The Purple Aces have also taken 37 corner kicks this season.
Bradley (4-6-0, 0-2-0) is fresh off a victory as well, a 2-1 double overtime win over Denver on Monday, October 6. Playing on their home field, the Braves fell behind 1-0, only to tie the match in the 78
th minute and win it in the 109
th minute with a golden goal from senior forward Cody Lofgren. The victory stopped a string of two straight losses to conference foes (Loyola, SIUE).
Lofgren leads Bradley with four goals this season. He also has four assists and two game winning goals. Juniors Grant Bell, Andrew Brown, and Jason Lesch all have two goals each this year.
Sophomore forward Christian Okeke has the most assists of any Brave this season with four.
Sophomore goalkeeper Logan Ketterer is 2-3-0 this fall for Bradley. He has a 1.10 goals against average and a .759 saves percentage this year.
The Braves won the 2014 Pro Rehab Aces Soccer Classic at Evansville's Arad McCutchan Stadium this year.
Bradley leads the all-time series 14-8-1. The Braves have won five consecutive meetings against Evansville including back to back overtime matches in 2013.The Aces last win over Bradley was a 2-1 home victory over the Braves on November 7, 2009.