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MACOMB, Ill. - In need of a win, the IUPUI women's soccer team will head west to take on Western Illinois at 2:00 p.m. Eastern on Saturday (Oct. 26) afternoon. 

The Jaguars (4-8-4, 0-3-1) are near the bottom of The Summit League standings coming in while Western Illinois (6-8-2, 1-3) is hovering near the middle. A Jaguar victory would keep postseason hopes alive and vault the Jaguars up to the No. 5 spot. With one weekend remaining. The top four teams will get to play in The Summit League Championships at Hefner Soccer Complex in Fort Wayne on Nov. 8-10. 

Last weekend, the Jaguars earned a 2-2 tie with IPFW before dropping a mid-week, non-league decision to Oakland on Tuesday (Oct. 22) by a 1-0 score. Senior goalkeeper Giselle Guzman played a scoreless first half before giving way to freshman netminder Nicole Kulovitz. Kulovitz allowed the eventual game-winner in the 56th minute after a defensive breakdown allowed an attacker a clean look from near six yards out. 

Offensively, IUPUI is scoring just 0.69 goals per game while allowing 1.50 goals per game. The Jaguars are being outshot by just more than five shots per game, despite having two players averaging two shots per game, or better. Freshman Tori Minnich leads the IUPUI attack with three goals on 37 shots, while sophomore Kalli Shepler-Tucker is tied with Sarah Carlisle with a team-high four assists. Both Taylor Heidorn and Grace Perkowitz both have two goals apiece on the season. 

Defensively, the Jaguars have been more porous since senior Kristin Pierce was sidelined with an injury, but showed well earlier this week against Oakland. Freshman back Maddie Riedford continues to lead the group from a center back position, while Carlisle and Lauren Kulaga have both performed well on the outsides. Guzman, a First Team All-Summit Leaguer last season, has a 1.59 goals against average and 68 saves in her 16 starts, while Kulovitz has a 0.81 GAA and 21 saves in seven relief appearances. 

IUPUI is 7-8 all-time against WIU, including a 1-0 home loss to the Leathernecks a year ago. The Jaguars won 3-1 in Macomb in 2011 and have won each of their past two trips to WIU. 

This year's WIU squad is paced by Sarah Hall (3 goals) and Sloane Levin has a team-high two assists. Defensively, Laura Atkinson has a 5-8-1 record in goal with a 1.37 GAA and 75 saves in 14 starts.