Live Stats
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The IUPUI men's soccer team will have a busy Labor Day on Monday (Sept. 5) as the Jaguars will face Western Michigan in Kalamazoo. The game will kickoff at 1:00 p.m. and live stats will be available at start time.
Monday's match marks the third of six true road matches to start the season ahead of the Sept. 23 home opener against Summit League foe Western Illinois.
QUOTABLE
    "From our perspective, I have to continue to evaluate things in the sense that, are we making improvements from the last time out? The answer to that was absolutely yes. We challenged our guys at halftime and they came out and responded in the second half." - Head Coach
Brian Barnett said after the Bowling Green match.Â
SCOUTING THE JAGUARS
    IUPUI comes in at 0-2 on the season with road losses at Bowling Green and Butler. Juniors
Jordan Parron and
Uriel Macias have the team's two goals and freshman
Pedro Valladao has the team's lone assist. Sophomore
Josh Gray has started both matches in net and has a 4.00 goals against average and 12 saves in 180 minutes. Sophomore backs
Ben Thornton and
Nick Anderson lead the field players in minutes played, both having played all 180 to start the year.
SCOUTING THE BRONCOS
   Western Michigan comes in at 3-0 overall with road wins at Marshall (2-0) and Dayton (2-0) and a recent home win over Fort Wayne (2-1). Brandon Bye leads the WMU attack with two goals and three assists and has two of the team's three game-winners. Nathan Hoover has two assists from the defensive third.
   In goal, Drew Shepherd has a 0.33 goals against average and four saves in three starts.
INSIDE THE SERIES
   IUPUI trails WMU in the series 3-5-2 including last year's 1-0 loss at Carroll Stadium. The Broncos outshot the Jaguars 16-6 and tallied the game-winner in the 53rd minute.
   IUPUI's three wins came in succession with victories in 2007, 2008 and 2011. Two of the past three meetings in the series have resulted in double overtime draws.
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