INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI men's soccer team will be back home on Saturday (Mar. 6) when the Jaguars host Northern Kentucky at 2:00 p.m. inside the on-campus Michael A. Carroll Stadium. There will be no live broadcast of Saturday's match but live stats will be available at kickoff. Fan attendance will be limited to player guests only at Saturday's contest.
Head coach Brian Barnett's team is coming off a tough 2-1 loss at UIC last week as it yielded a pair of second half goals to the league's lone unbeaten team. Senior
Matthew Skaar tallied the game's first goal in the 24th minute off a
Chris Workman assist. However, UIC put goals past IUPUI rookie goalkeeper
Lucas Morefield in the 57th and 68th minutes to come-from-behind.
Morefield asserted himself well in his collegiate debut, making five stops in the loss. In addition, IUPUI knocked on the door down the stretch as both
Tommy Patacca and
Anthony Saporito had scoring opportunities go by the boards late in the contest. Patacca had a team-high four shots while
Gianni Catenacci and Saporito had two each.
DEEPER DIVE
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BARNETT'S FIRST RECRUITING CLASS CHANGING THE FACE OF IUPUI SOCCER
SCOUTING THE JAGUARS
IUPUI is 0-2 to start the season with a home loss and road loss. Skaar has the team's lone goal and Workman has the lone assist. Patacca and
Rayan Choukri have a team-high four shot attempts and Skaar and
Riley Shives have three each. In goal, both Morefield and
Quinn McCallion have 2.00 goals against averages and have combined to make seven saves in two contests. Morefield has five saves while McCallion has two stops.
PRESEASON POLLS
IUPUI was picked to finish ninth among the 11-team #HLMSOC Preseason Poll.
#HLMSOC STANDINGS
RETURNING STARTERS (7)
Gianni Catenacci - Sr. - D (1 goal, 4 assists)
Ethan Diedel - Jr. - D (17 appearances, 11 starts)
Corey Goede - Jr. - D (15 starts)
Caleb Hussain - Soph. - D (13 starts)
Quinn McCallion - Jr. - GK (1.84 GAA, 84 saves)
Tommy Patacca - Sr. - D (3 goals, 1 GWG)
Chris Workman - Soph. - MF (1 goal)
HONOREES AND LEADERS
Workman was the lone IUPUI player to earn postseason accolades last season, being named to the 11-man All-Freshman Team. Workman appeared in 16 games and made 13 starts in the midfield while tallying a goal at Northern Kentucky in front of a large contingent of family and friends. Workman was fourth among IUPUI's field players with 1,280 minutes played and played 90 or more minutes seven different times.
ON THE SIDELINES
Head coach Brian Barnett is in his fifth year on the Jaguars' sidelines, having taken over the program just prior to the 2016 campaign. He led the team to the #HLMSOC Tournament Semifinals in 2018 before falling to eventual league champion UIC on penalty kicks. Barnett is joined on the sidelines by John Schwien, who enters his first year with the program.
NEW FACES
IUPUI has six new faces on the roster this year in true freshmen
Rayan Choukri,
Mandela Cybahiro,
Max Guidry,
Logan Finnegan,
Owen Jarrell and
Tyler Kaput. Choukri and Cybahiro were teammates for Millennium Indy and Finnegan, Jarrell and Kaput were all three teammates for Galaxy SC. Four other Jaguars -
Tylin Broaders,
Nate Pendleton,
Lucas Morefield and
Ethan Miller - are all in line to make their IUPUI debuts after redshirting last season.
SCOUTING NKU
NKU is 3-1 on the season with back-to-back-to-back wins over Milwaukee (1-0), Oakland (2-1) and Cleveland State (2-1). The win at Cleveland State was an overtime victory while the wins over Milwaukee and Oakland came in regulation. Dylan Bufton leads the NKU attack with two goals and two assists and Sam Robinson also has two assists. Bufton has two of the team's three game-winners while Brodie Sallows also has a winner this season. NKU has outscored foes by a 6-4 margin, despite being outshot 46-40 on the year. In goal, Daniel Bermingham has started all four games in goal for NKU, logging a 0.95 goals against average and 12 saves for a .750 save percentage.
VERSUS THE NORSE (see the entire history here)
IUPUI is 4-3-3 all-time against NKU and 3-1-1 in the five matches in Indianapolis. IUPUI has won the most recent two meetings, including a 2-1 road victory last season. Workman tallied the game's equalizer in the 37th minute off an assist from
Gianni Catenacci and Yan Souza netted the winner in the 89th minute.
Quinn McCallion earned the victory in goal with two stops.
SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN
The Horizon League will compete in a weekly, single round robin format this season that began on Feb. 3. Games will be played every six days.
