The Purple Aces will look to get their first conference point on the road on Saturday night
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CHICAGO –Â The University of Evansville men’s soccer team will look to get a result on the road for the first time since September on Saturday night.
Evansville’s final non-conference game ended in a 2-0 loss to Indiana with a shorter bench. The Purple Aces tried a variety of combinations in Wednesday evening’s match, getting playing time to its reserves as they gear up for the final stretch of MVC action. In Bloomington, UE experienced its first weather delay of the season. In the 60th minute of Wednesday’s match a lighting delay was called at Bill Armstrong Field. The delay lasted an hour before play resumed on the pitch for the final 30 minutes.
The Aces will travel to Flames Field for the second season in a row after becoming conference foes with the UIC Flames. The short series between the two is currently tied with one win a piece. UE’s last win against the Flames came back in 1978, only the second season for Evansville as a Division I soccer team. The Aces beat UIC 3-1 in the first, and only meeting, between the two teams until 2022.
It will be a family affair on Saturday night as graduate coach Toney Anderson will coach against his father, Stan Anderson. Both Anderson’s handle goalkeeper training and advising for their respective teams. Toney Anderson completed his playing career at UIC in 2019.
