FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IUPUI men's soccer team will hit the road for one final time in the regular season to face in-state foe Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday (Oct. 30) at 1:00 p.m. at Hefner Soccer Complex. Both teams are near the bottom of the league table with IUPUI having six points in the standings and the Mastodons having seven thus far. As it currently stands, there's a three-way tie for the final three spots in the upcoming six-team Horizon League Tournament as Detroit Mercy, UIC and Northern Kentucky are all knotted at 12 points. 

The Jaguars have been strong defensively of late, yielding just two goals in the team's last three games, including stopping a penalty kick in a 1-0 loss to the league's top scoring team, Oakland. The Jags opened the three game stretch with a 1-0 win at Green Bay behind Logan Finnegan's third goal of the year, setup by a Kirezi Freddy assist. Redshirt sophomore Lucas Morefield collected a shutout in that contest, his third on the season, and enters this weekend with a 1.56 goals against average. He's started 11 of the team's 14 matches in goal while Quinn McCallion has made three starts and amassed a 1.89 GAA and 10 stops. 

Finnegan has a team-high three goals and 23 shot attempts while Freddy and Tylin Broaders have a team-high two assists. Graduate defender Tommy Patacca has fired off 20 shots from his defensive post and leads the team with 1,271 minutes played. Senior Corey Goede is second on the squad with 1,264 minutes played as the defensive core of Patacca, Goede, Gianni Catenacci and Ethan Diedel has started virtually every match together in the back third. 

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PRESEASON POLLS
IUPUI was picked to finish 11th in the Horizon League according to the preseason poll released back on Aug. 24. 

PROBABLE XI (based on the last outing)
GK- Lucas Morefield, Soph.
D- Gianni Catenacci, 5th
D- Ethan Diedel, Sr.
D- Corey Goede, Sr.
D- Tommy Patacca, 5th
MF- Mandela Cybahiro, Soph. 
MF- Logan Finnegan, Soph.
MF- Kirezi Freddy, Jr.
MF- Cameron Haegele, 5th
MF- Chris Workman, Jr.
F- Riley Shives, Sr.

SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
Purdue Fort Wayne is 4-8-2 on the year and 2-5-1 in Horizon League play. The Mastodons have been outscored by a 19-10 margin on the year with Keith Larson and Alejandro Lopez leading the attack with three goals each. Emil Fosse has a team-high two assists while Ali Nasser also has two scores. In goal, Erik Josson has a 1.55 goals against average and .691 save percentage in his 11 appearances. Danny Salazar has appeared in four matches with a 0.32 GAA and nine stops. 

ALL-TIME SERIES
IUPUI is 15-14-1 all-time against Purdue Fort Wayne and 6-9 in 15 meetings in Fort Wayne. PFW has won four of the past five meetings, including a 2-0 contest in Indianapolis on Feb, 22, 2021. (Series History)

UP NEXT
IUPUI will close the regular season at home against Robert Morris on Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 2:00 p.m.