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INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI men's soccer team will commence Summit League play on Friday night (Sept. 23) when the Jaguars welcome Western Illinois (3-4-1, 0-0 Summit) to Michael A. Carroll Stadium for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff. The match is IUPUI's regular season home opener and admission is FREE for IUPUI students with a valid JagTag. In addition, the IUPUI Athletics Department will be hosting a pregame men's soccer alumni event, allowing FREE admission to former men's soccer players. Otherwise, adult tickets are just $5. 

IUPUI hasn't played on its home field since hosting preseason matches against UIC and Evansville at Carroll Stadium in August. 

QUOTABLE
     "I've told the defense they have to be perfect 100 percent of the time whereas the attack just needs to complete the task of scoring a goal once or twice to be successful. On a night where we faced 36 shots and faced constant pressure, they were pretty darn close to perfect." first-year Head Coach Brian Barnett said following the Jaguars' 2-0 loss at No. 4 Indiana on Tuesday night (Sept. 20).

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS
    IUPUI comes in at 0-6 on the season with all six losses coming on the road. The Jaguars have gotten goals from Jordan Parron and Uriel Macias and rookie midfielder Pedro Valladao has IUPUI's lone assist.
    Sophomore Josh Gray has started five of the team's six matches in goal and has a 3.20 goals against average and 30 saves. He earned a career-high eight saves at Indiana on Tuesday night. Redshirt freshman James Mitchison made the other start and has four saves on the year. 
    Sophomore back Ben Thornton leads the team in minutes played, having played all 540 thus far. Fellow sophomore Nick Anderson is second on the squad with 491 minutes played. All total, 17 different Jaguars have started at least one match this season and Anderson and Thornton are the only two to have started all six thus far. 

SCOUTING WESTERN ILLINOIS (3-4-1 overall, 0-0 Summit)
    Western Illinois is 3-4-1 on the year and had won three straight matches before losing to Bradley earlier this week. The Fighting Leathernecks have wins over Bowling Green, Mt. Mercy and Kansas City this season, all at home. 
    Jacob Bevan has a team-high five goals in eight games and leads The Summit League with 12 points. Fernando Pacheco has three goals and three assists and Daniel Collins has a pair of goals and three assists.
    In goal, Tim Hansen has played in five matches, making four starts with a 1.24 goals against average and 25 saves with a 3-2-0 record. Tim Trilk has made four starts with a 2.58 GAA and 11 stops. 

INSIDE THE SERIES
    IUPUI is 10-9-2 all-time against Western Illinois after having lost in Macomb a season ago, 2-1. Then-junior midfielder Cristian Soto accounted for the Jaguars' goal in that contest, tallying late in the first half after the Jags were down two scores. 
    IUPUI last beat WIU on Oct. 20, 2012 when they posted a 3-0 home victory over the Leathernecks. 

ALUMNI WEEKEND
    Tonight's match marks the start of Alumni Weekend as former players will be admitted for FREE and later recognized on the field at halftime. On Saturday, the team will host a meet-and-greet, followed by attending the Indy Eleven vs. New York Cosmos at 7:30 p.m. at Carroll Stadium.

LAST TIME OUT
    IUPUI dropped a 2-0 count to No. 4 Indiana on Tuesday night in a contest in which they were outshot 36-2. The Jaguars had their chances as Cristian Soto just missed tallying an equalizer late in the first half as the Jags trailed by only a goal. 
    Soto accounted for both of the team's scores and sophomore goalie Josh Gray made eight saves.  

UP NEXT
    IUPUI will host Northern Illinois on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the on-campus Michael A. Carroll Stadium. That match will be broadcast on IUPUIJags.com as Greg Rakestraw (pxp) is on the call.