USI Travels North For Region Showdowns

The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team hits the road this week for a pair of NCAA Division II region showdowns when it plays a neutral site contest with Northern Michigan University Thursday and has an appointment at Purdue University Northwest Saturday. Both matches are slated to be played at Purdue Northwest’s Dowling Park.

Match time for the USI-Northern Michigan match-up is set for 5 p.m. Thursday, while the kickoff for USI-Purdue Northwest is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Live coverage for the 2018 Screaming Eagles can be found at GoUSIEagles.com.

Week 2 Eagle Notes: 

Looking for the first “W” of 2018: The Screaming Eagles struggled out of the gate to start 2018, going 0-2-0 in the first weekend. USI lost its opener at home, 2-0, to Walsh University before falling on the road to NCAA Division I Xavier University, 5-0.

Eagles start GLVC action September 14: USI will start GLVC action for 2018 September 14 when the Eagles host Drury University for a special 3:30 p.m. Friday contest at Strassweg Field.

GLVC Preseason poll: USI is predicted to place eighth in the GLVC during the 2018 season. USI tied for fifth last year in the conference regular season with a 6-4-4 conference mark, prior to bowing out of the GLVC Tournament in the first round.

Schoenstein is in his third year: USI Head Coach Eric Schoenstein is in his third season as the head coach of the Eagles, producing a 17-16-6 mark (.513) and back-to-back GLVC Tournament appearances.

USI vs. Northern Michigan: The Eagles are 0-2-0 historically against the Wildcats of Northern Michigan. USI fell to Northern Michigan, 2-1, in 2001 and, 1-0 in overtime, in 2003.

Northern Michigan in 2018: Northern Michigan is 1-1-0 in 2018, defeating St. Cloud State University, 2-1, and falling to the University of Minnesota-Duluth, 2-0.

USI vs. Purdue Northwest: USI and the Lions of Purdue Northwest will be competing against each other for the first time in women’s soccer.

Purdue Northwest in 2018: Purdue Northwest is 0-1-0 to start the season, falling to the University of Indianapolis, 9-0, to start the season. The Lions are slated to play Lawrence Tech University Tuesday and the University of Illinois Springfield Thursday before hosting the Eagles this weekend.