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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville men's soccer team will be back on the road Saturday, as the Purple Aces will head west to St. Louis for a 7 p.m. match with Saint Louis at Hermann Stadium.
 
Evansville (1-2-1) split a pair of matches last week at Arad McCutchan Stadium, defeating Belmont, 5-0, Friday night in its home opener, before being upended by Lipscomb, 2-0, Sunday afternoon.  Faik Hajderovic, Charlie Macias and Kevin Schafer all finished Friday's match with multiple points, as Macias scored a pair of goals, Hajderovic added a goal and a pair of assists and Schafer tallied a goal and an assist of his own.  In Sunday's loss, Macias and Mark Anthony Gonzalez led the Aces with three shots apiece, with each putting two on goal.
 
As a team, UE is averaging 1.75 goals and 13.2 shots per outing.  Evansville has put 21 of its 53 shots on frame for a .396 shot on goal percentage and has earned 10 corner kicks, while conceding 11.
 
Macias leads the Aces with six points on three goals this season, while Gonzalez and Hajderovic have tallied four points apiece to rank second on the squad.  Hajderovic has attempted a team-high 15 shots, with six being on goal and Macias ranks second in both categories, putting five of his seven attempts on frame.
 
Goalkeeper Eric Teppen enters Saturday's match with a 1.48 goals against average and .714 save percentage.  In addition, Teppen has tallied 15 saves on the year and needs just six more to become Evansville's all-time saves leader, a record currently head by Trey Harrington, who racked up 248 stops from 1989-92.
 
Saint Louis (3-1-0) is receiving votes in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll, after falling out of the top 25 following a 4-0 loss at Memphis last Saturday.  However, the Billikens responded by knocking off No. 5 Louisville, 1-0, Tuesday night at Hermann Stadium.  Tyler David scored the lone goal of the match in the 13th minute and SLU held off a late second-half charge by the Cardinals, who outshot Saint Louis, 7-0, over the final 45 minutes.
 
The Billikens have scored five goals in its opening four matches for a 1.25 goals per game average and have put 20 of their 37 shots on goal for a .541 percentage.  Robert Kristo has scored a team-high four points this season, scoring a pair of goals and four other SLU players are tied for second on the team with two points apiece.  Goalkeeper Sascha Otte has played all 360 minutes in goal and owns a 1.25 goals against average with 11 saves and two shutouts.
 
Saturday will mark the 25th meeting between Evansville and Saint Louis, with the Billikens holding an 11-9-4 advantage in the all-time series.  SLU has won seven of the last 10 meetings, but the Aces won last year's meeting, topping the then-No.6 Billikens, 2-1, in double overtime on a Gonzalez goal with just 34 seconds remaining.