EVANSVILLE, IN – The University of Southern Indiana men's soccer team returns to the friendly surroundings of Strassweg Field Friday to start a four-game homestand in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. USI begins the homestand at 5 p.m. Friday when it hosts the University of Missouri-St. Louis and hits the halfway point noon Sunday when Maryville University visits.
The Screaming Eagles (2-2-0, 1-1-0 GLVC) split their first road trip of the year when it lost a 1-0 decision Friday at 21
st-ranked Quincy University, but bounced back Sunday to defeat the University of Illinois Springfield, 1-0. Senior midfielder/forward
Jeffrey McClure (Indianapolis, Indiana) scored USI's lone tally of the road trip to give the Eagles the win over UIS.
Between the posts, USI senior goalkeeper
Ben Dempsey (Evansville, Indiana) recorded the win Sunday. Dempsey made three saves against six shots during his first start of the year.
The Tritons of UMSL (1-2-0, 0-1-0 GLVC) visit the Eagles after dropping a 2-1 double-overtime loss to McKendree University Sunday. UMSL had its 2012 GLVC opener against Bellarmine University postponed due to storms.
UMSL leads the all-time series with USI, 18-4-1, after winning seven of the last eight meeting and defeating the Eagles, 2-1, last year in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Saints of Maryville (1-4-0, 1-1-0 GLVC) are coming off a split in GLVC's opening weekend. Maryville got its first win of the year, 2-1, over McKendree, but fell, 3-0, to Bellarmine on Sunday.
USI leads the all-time series with Maryville, 2-1-0, after defeating the Saints, 4-3, in overtime last year. The Eagles have won two in a row against Saints after dropping the series opener in 2009.
Following this weekend, USI wraps up the four-game homestand September 21 and 23 when it hosts the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Lewis University, respectively.
