EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men's Soccer enters the final week of the 2024 regular season with home and road matches. USI comes off the road to host Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Thursday at 6 p.m. before concluding the regular season at Lindenwood University Sunday at 1 p.m. in St. Charles, Missouri.
The USI-SIUE match on Halloween will feature a halftime costume contest for USI students.
The Screaming Eagles (2-12-21, 1-5-2 OVC), currently, are seventh in the Ohio Valley Conference, two points out of the league's playoff picture with three matches to play. USI is two points behind sixth-place Western Illinois University (2-6-0 OVC; six points).
The top six teams advance to the OVC Championship at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville November 10-16.
USI fans can attend all Men's Soccer 2024 home matches for free, courtesy of a sponsorship from ProRehab. Game coverage for 2024, including links to live stats and video streams, can be found on
USIScreamingEagles.com.
USI Men's Soccer Week 10 Notes:
USI snaps losing streak with tie at EIU: The USI Screaming Eagles snapped its two-match skid with a 2-2 tie at Eastern Illinois University. Freshman forward
David Davila posted the first goal to break a 569-minute USI scoreless streak, while sophomore forward
Jackson Mitchell scored in the second half to give the Eagles a brief, 2-1, lead.
USI needs to continue offense past EIU: USI needs the offense that it has shown against EIU. USI has scored four of its nine goals this season against EIU and did not score in the six matches between matches with the Panthers.
Leading the offense: The Eagles are led offensively by freshman midfielder
Ahiro Nakamae and sophomore forward
Jackson Mitchell, who have eight points on three goals and two assists. Freshman forward
David Davila follows with six points on two goals and two assists.
Between the posts: Sophomore goalkeeper
Andrew Klott leads the Eagles with 93 saves this season and is 12 short of tying the USI record of 105 set by Andrew Haley in 2008. Klott is averaging 5.8 saves per match.
In the OVC: Freshman midfielder
Ahiro Nakamae and sophomore forward
Jackson Mitchell are tied for ninth in the OVC overall with three goals scored. Sophomore goalkeeper
Andrew Klott is tied for seventh in the OVC with one shutout and leads the OVC with 93 saves (5.81 per match).
SIUE in 2024: The SIUE Cougars are nearly perfect in the OVC this year, going 6-1-1, and have an 8-4-3 overall record. SIUE holds a two-point lead in the OVC regular season with two matches to play.
USI vs. SIUE: SIUE has dominated the all-time series with USI, 16-3-1, since the 1970s. The Cougars took the first meeting this fall, 2-0, scoring a goal in each half.
Lindenwood in 2024: The Lions enter the final week of the regular season with an 8-5-3 overall record, 4-2-2 in the OVC, and sit in fourth place in the league standings. Lindenwood, who visits EIU Thursday, is 2-0-2 in the last two weeks.
USI vs. Lindenwood: Lindenwood took over the lead in the all-time series, 4-3-0, after winning the first meeting, 2-0, at Strassweg Field. The Eagles split the series with the Lions last year, falling in St. Charles, Missouri, 1-0, and bouncing back to win at Strassweg Field, 4-2, to end the season.
