EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men's Soccer will finish the 2021 season on the road this weekend. The Screaming Eagles (5-8-1, 4-7-1 GLVC) travel to the University of Missouri-St. Louis (7-6-1, 6-5-1 GLVC) Friday at 7:30 p.m. before concluding the regular season at Lindenwood University (6-6-1, 6-5-1 GLVC) Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The USI-UMSL match will be played at the Lou Fusz Soccer Complex due to field conditions.
Game coverage for 2021, including live stats, video stream, and audio broadcasts, can be found on
GoUSIEagles.com.
USI Men's Soccer Week 9 Notes:
USI in the GLVC: With two matches remaining in 2021, USI starts this week 11
th in the Great Lakes Valley Conference standings with 13 points, six points behind a two-way tie for seventh between Lindenwood University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The Eagles can still earn a berth in the tournament if they win both matches this weekend; UMSL and Lindenwood lose twice; and Quincy University and Missouri University of Science & Technology lose once in the final two matches.
The top eight qualify for the GLVC Tournament slated to begin November 7 with the top four team hosting first round matches. The GLVC Tournament semifinals and finals are slated for November 12 and 14.
USI last week: The Eagles were 0-1-1 last weekend, falling 2-0 to Maryville University and tying Missouri S&T, 3-3, in double-overtime.
Barton, Schoenstein lead the Eagles in 2021: USI sophomore forward
Zach Barton and freshman forward
Zach Schoenstein (Evansville, Indiana) lead the Eagles in scoring this year with 13 points each (six goals and one assist). Sophomore midfielder
Brian Winkler (Philpot, Kentucky) follows with 11 points on one goal and a team-high nine assists. Senior forward
Graham Miller (Owensboro, Kentucky) joined the double-digit performers with 10 points on four goals, scoring twice in the tie with Missouri S&T, and two assists.
Santoro is USI's all-time leader: Head Coach
Mat Santoro is the program's all-time leader in victories (109).
Santoro, who has a 109-95-23 overall record at the helm, has guided the Eagles to a pair of NCAA II Tournament appearances; the 2018 GLVC regular season crown, and seven GLVC Tournament appearances during his tenure.
UMSL in 2021: The Tritons of UMSL start the weekend tied for seventh in the GLVC after sweeping a pair of matches last week. UMSL has won three of its last four matches and four of the last six leading up to its match-up with USI on Friday.
USI versus UMSL: USI trails the all-time series with UMSL, 22-9-2, but has won four of the last five matches after last spring's 3-1 win in Evansville.
Lindenwood in 2021: Lindenwood is tied with UMSL for seventh in the GLVC standings, but has seen its momentum stall to 1-2-1 in the last four matches after a five-match winning streak was snapped.
USI versus Lindenwood: The Eagles lead the series with Lindenwood, 3-0-0, after a 4-3 win last spring in Evansville.
