Eagles host Norse for the first time since 2011
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer welcomes Northern Kentucky University back to Strassweg Field Tuesday when the Screaming Eagles host the Norse for a 6 p.m. match. Tuesday’s match is the first meeting between the two men’s soccer programs at Strassweg Field since 2011 when the Eagles and the Norse were rivals in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
The Eagles (0-6-0) are still searching for their first victory of the season after opening the homestand with 4-0 losses to the University of Evansville and Belmont University. NKU is 1-2-3 this fall after falling to Bowling Green State University, 2-1, and defeating Oakland University, 3-0, last week.
USI and NKU renewed the old GLVC-rivalry last year with Norse winning 3-2 in Highland Heights, Kentucky. NKU leads the overall series, 15-14-1, and has won the last nine match ups. USI last defeated NKU in 2003 when the Eagles won in overtime, 1-0.
After Tuesday’s match with NKU, USI is off for nine days before completing the four-match homestand and opening the Ohio Valley Conference slate with a match versus Southern Illinois University Edwardsville September 28. The USI-SIUE matchup will be the first conference meeting between the two programs since the Cougars departed the GLVC and Division II in 2007.
SIUE, which also will be visiting Strassweg Field for the first time since 2006, leads the all-time series with USI, 13-3-1, and in conference play, 12-1-1 (GLVC). Two of USI’s three victories over SIUE came during the Eagles’ first move to Division I in 1993 (4-2 at Strassweg Field) and 1994 (4-0 at SIUE). The Cougars won last year’s match-up in Edwardsville, 5-1, and have taken the last five meetings, dating back to 2002 GLVC Tournament.
