USI Men’s Soccer slated to finish fourth in GLVC

The University of Southern Indiana Men’s soccer is projected to place fourth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference in a vote by the league’s 15 head coaches. USI, the all-time leader with 10 GLVC titles, advanced to the 2019 GLVC Semifinals after posting a 9-7-3 overall record and an 8-5-2 GLVC mark.

The 15-team GLVC will have a round robin schedule that features every team playing seven home and seven away games. The regular season champion, along with the next seven best teams based on conference winning percentage, will earn a berth to the eight-team GLVC Men’s Soccer Championship Tournament. The top four seeds will host on campus April 19 with the winners advancing to St Charles, Missouri, for the semifinals and finals on April 23 and 25.

Indianapolis collected 189 total points for the top spot in the GLVC Men’s Soccer preseason poll and lost in the semifinals of the 2019 NCAA II Tournament. USI upset the Greyhounds in the opening round of the 2019 GLVC Tournament prior to their NCAA Tournament run.

The 2020-21 USI squad is comprised of 30 players – 18 returning players and 12 newcomers.

The top returning scorer for USI is sophomore forward Zach Barton who posted 14 points on five goals and four assists in the 2019 season. Barton is followed by junior midfielder Ryan Nevins with 12 points on a career high six goals back in the fall of 2019.

USI opens the 2020-21 season at home, playing host to University of Indianapolis February 28. The first road contest of 2020-21 is March 5 when the Eagles travel to Romeoville to take on Lewis University.