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FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IUPUI men's soccer team will face its final non-conference task of the 2018 season on Tuesday night (Oct. 23) when the Jaguars take on Purdue Fort Wayne at 7:00 p.m. at Hefner Soccer Complex. The Jags are winless in their past three outings, including a loss at No. 17 Wright State this past weekend. Seven of IUPUI's nine defeats this season have come by a one-goal margin, including three in overtime. 

IUPUI (3-9-3) has been stout defensively all year long as freshman Quinn McCallion owns a 1.23 goals against average and four shutouts in his 15 starts. The defensive core of Tommy Patacca, Sam Gavin, Corey Goede and Rodrigo Zampieri have kept things clean in front of him, anchoring the Jaguars' back third. Offensively, junior midfielder Alan Aguilar has a team-high four goals, including a game-winner. Patacca has a pair of goals from his defensive spot and redshirt freshman Fernando Borges has a goal and two assists. Borges' lone score of the season was the game-winner in overtime against Oakland University. 

Junior Pedro Valladao also has a game-winner this season, having tallied in the Jaguars' 1-0 victory over Detroit Mercy. 

All total, head coach Brian Barnett has had 21 different players start at least one match this season while Aguilar, Patacca and McCallion are the only three to have started all 15 matches. Sunday's game will be the final home game for Gavin, Zampieri, Nick Anderson, Jared O'Dell, Trevor Semakula and Sean Siasia. 

Fort Wayne won last year's match between the two sides, 2-1 in Indianapolis. Anderson assisted Uriel Macias on the game's first goal in the opening two minutes before the Mastodons tallied in the eighth and 49th minutes for the win. Michael Buck made three stops in that contest. 

HL STANDINGS (as of 10/21/2018):
1. Wright State - 5-0-1 (16 pts.)
2. UIC - 4-2-1 (13 pts.)
3. Green Bay - 3-2-1 (10 pts.)
4. IUPUI - 3-3-1 (10 pts.)
t-5. Northern Kentucky - 3-3 (9 pts.)
t-5. Oakland - 3-3 (9 pts.)
7. Milwaukee - 2-3-1 (7 pts.)
8. Cleveland State - 1-3-2 (5 pts.)
9. Detroit Mercy - 0-5-1 (1 pt.)

MAKING THE GRADE: IUPUI was recognized on Oct. 4 with the United Soccer Coaches 2017-18 College Team Academic Award. To qualify, a team must have a collective GPA of 3.0 or better. IUPUI was one of 192 programs (four in the HL) to be honored on both the men's and women's sides. 

JAGS MAKING AN IMPACT: Last spring, the IUPUI men's soccer team signed Fishers-native Tyler Harris to a letter of intent to join the program through a partnership with Team IMPACT. Harris, an 11-year old battling cystic fibrosis, was on the sidelines for his first game when the Jaguars hosted Bradley earlier this season. Harris has already had a profound impact on the Jaguars' program as members of the team have also visiting the sixth-grader at home and have plans to support him at upcoming cross country meets and other events.

HANCOCK COUNTY PROMISE: The IUPUI men's soccer team was among a large contingent of student-athletes that participated in the Hancock County Promise Day at Carroll Stadium earlier this season as Barnett and his student-athletes interacted with more than 1,000 third-graders over the course of the day. 

SCOUTING PFW: Purdue Fort Wayne checks in at 8-6-1 on the season and 5-3 on their home pitch. The Mastodons have outscored their opponents by a 31-27 margin on the season, despite being outshot by more than three shots per contest. Matthew Lieshout leads PFW with 10 goals and an assist while Blake Cearns has six goals on the year. In goal, Tor Erik Larsen has a 1.79 goals against average and 79 saves in his 15 appearances in net. 

INSIDE THE SERIES: IUPUI is 13-11-1 all-time against Purdue Fort Wayne. 

NEXT UP: IUPUI will close the regular season at home on Sunday, Oct. 28 when the Jaguars host Northern Kentucky at 1:00 p.m. at Carroll Stadium.