University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer junior midfielder Sean Rickey (Columbia, Illinois) scored twice to lead the Screaming Eagles to a 2-0 victory over Missouri University of Science & Technology Friday evening in Rolla, Missouri. The Eagles see their record go to 4-1-1 overall and 2-0-1 GLVC, while the Miners go to 0-6-0, 0-3-0 GLVC.
USI got on the board early when Rickey scored to give the Eagles a 1-0 advantage. Rickey found the back of the net for this team-high fourth of the season off a free kick at 14:00.
The Miners would outshoot the Eagles, 9-4 in the opening half, but USI would hold onto the 1-0 margin through the intermission.
The Eagles and the Miners battle back-and-forth for a majority of the second half with neither team getting the advantage. Rickey would strike again at 80:23 when he scored off his own rebound of his penalty kick after the Eagles were fouled in the box.
Eagles’ sophomore goalkeeper Justin Faas (Carmel, Indiana) led the USI defense and got his second shutout of the season. Faas, who is 4-1-1 in his first season as the starter, faced 13 total shots and had to make four saves in the win.
USI returns to the friendly surroundings of Strassweg Field Sunday at 2:30 p.m. when it hosts Bellarmine University to begin a two-match homestand. The Eagles lead the Knights all-time, 24-14-2, since the beginning of the series with the start the USI men’s soccer program and the GLVC in 1979.
Bellarmine saw its record go to 2-3-1 overall and 1-1-1 in the GLVC after falling 1-0 to McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois, this evening.
The conclusion of the two-match homestand is September 28 when the University of Illinois Springfield visits the Eagles. USI leads the all-time series with the Prairie Stars, 9-4-1, since Illinois Springfield joined the GLVC in 2009.
