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OMAHA, Neb. - Coming off its best outing of the season, the IUPUI men's soccer team will step back in Summit League play on Saturday night (Oct. 1) when the Jaguars face Omaha at Caniglia Field at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Live video and live stats will be available at kickoff via the links at the top of the page.

IUPUI (1-7, 0-1 Summit) collected an emphatic 2-0 win over Northern Illinois earlier this week before flying out to Omaha on Friday afternoon.  

QUOTABLE
    "It's great for the student-athletes. These guys have been showing up every single day and working as hard as possible and doing everything that's asked of them. You show up everyday, you work hard and continue to try to learn the little things and execute on a daily basis and it'll come together on game night. Tonight, fortunately, that happened for us. Across the field, man for man that stepped on out there, executed their role perfectly, defended well and kept good possession of the ball when we needed to. It was a great night for us cumulatively as a team," said first-year Head Coach Brian Barnett after the win over Northern Illinois. 

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS
    IUPUI comes in at 1-7 on the season with six of the seven losses coming on the road. Junior Uriel Macias leads the team in goals (3), points (6), shots (15) and shots on goal (5) while junior Jordan Parron has the team's other goal. Junior midfielder Joshua Ayala has a team-high two assists. 
    Sophomore Josh Gray has started seven of the team's eight matches in goal and has a 2.57 goals against average and 34 saves. 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 720 thus far. Fellow sophomore Nick Anderson is second among field players with 594 minutes and Kayode Tyler is third among field players with 559 minutes. With his start against NIU, freshman Nathan Silva became the 18th different Jaguars to have started at least one match this season. Only Anderson and Thornton have started all eight matches this season.  

SCOUTING OMAHA (3-3-3 overall, 0-0 Summit)
    Omaha is 3-3-3 overall on the year and an undefeated 3-0-2 on its home field. Fazlo Alihodzic leads the Mavs with four goals and 10 points while Elvir Ibisevic has a team-high three assists. 
    In goal, Joseph Ghitis has started all nine matches and owns a 1.37 goals against average and 34 saves. He has both of the team's shutouts and a .723 save percentage.  

INSIDE THE SERIES
    Omaha leads the all-time series 2-1-1 and the two sides played to a 1-1 double overtime draw at Carroll Stadium in the most recent meeting on Sept. 26, 2015. 

LAST TIME OUT
    IUPUI claimed its first win of the 2016 season with a 2-0 win over Northern Illinois on Wednesday night (Sept. 28) at Carroll Stadium. Macias scored both goals and Ayala assisted on both scores in the win. Thornton also assisted on the go-ahead goal in the game's 12th minute. 
    Gray, a sophomore, earned his first collegiate shutout, making one save in the process. 
    The Jaguars outshot NIU 18-7, thanks to a season-high eight attempts from Macias. The win was the first of Barnett's head coaching career. 

UP NEXT
    IUPUI will head to SIU Edwardsville on Tuesday, Oct. 4 for an 8:00 p.m. Eastern kickoff.