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MEN'S SOCCER TO FACE DAYTON ON FRIDAY

Jaguars to trek to Dayton on Friday night (Sept. 1) on ESPN+

8/31/2023 3:06:00 PM

DAYTON, Ohio - The IUPUI men's soccer team will face another stiff road test on Friday (Sept. 1) when the Jaguars take on the University of Dayton at 7:00 p.m.. Head coach Sid van Druenen's team comes in at 1-1 to start the year with a home win over Southern Indiana and a road defeat at Notre Dame. Senior midfielder Lukas Hackaa is the reigning #HLMSOC Offensive Player of the Week after scoring twice in the 3-1 season opening win over USI. 

Hackaa helped ignite an IUPUI (1-1) charge that scored three times in the game's first 36 minutes of the 3-1 win over the Screaming Eagles. Josemir Gomez scored the game's first goal off assists from Emerson Nieto and Edgar Correia before Hackaa tallied on a penalty kick in the 12th minute. He later scored in transition off a Spencer Holland assist in the 36th minute of that game. Fifth-year senior Lucas Morefield earned the win, making a pair of saves in a full 90 minutes of work. 

The tides were turned at Notre Dame on Sunday as the Jaguars fell to the Irish, 5-0. The hosts tacked on a pair of insurance goals in the game's final five minutes in stretching out the win. The Jaguars were outshot 14-5 in that contest and 6-2 on frame. 

Hackaa leads the Jaguars in goals (2), points (4), shots (6), shots on goals (4) and game-winners (1) to start the year. Freshman Jago Thompson-Roberts is the lone field player to have played all 180 minutes in the season's first two games. Sophomore Brady Horn is next in line with 167 minutes and Correia has played 166. 

Morefield has played all 180 minutes in net with a 3.00 goals against average and three saves in two starts. 

IUPUI enters at 0-3 all-time against Dayton as the two sides haven't met since 2014. The Jaguars have been outscored by a collective score of 11-0 in the three prior meetings. 
 
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