Purdue Fort Wayne
Western Illinois
'Dons Travel to Macomb for Summit League Contest
10/5/2012 2:30:00 PM | Men's Soccer
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Mastodons take to the road for the squad's third Summit League match of the 2012 season, heading to Macomb, Ill. to face off against the Leathernecks of Western Illinois University.
Opponent: Western Illinois (2-7-2, 0-1-1 Summit League)
When: Saturday, October 6 | 2 p.m.
Where: Macomb, Ill. | John MacKenzie Alumni Field
Series: Western Illinois leads 6-2-1
Live Stats: Western Illinois Live Stats
ALL-TIME SERIES
Western Illinois leads the all-time series between the two teams 6-2-1, despite the Mastodons winning two of the last three meetings.
WIU took the first five match-ups between the teams, winning in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007, before the Mastodons picked up a 1-1 tie in Macomb in 2008. In 2009 the 'Dons got their first win of the series, a 3-2 victory in Fort Wayne, before falling in overtime a year later, 2-1. Last season IPFW got the 2-0 win, giving WIU one of its two Summit League losses of the year.
SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
The Mastodons have struggled through the first 11 matches of the 2012 season, and have scored six goals during the year, three from freshman Corey Tom. Jose Rodriguez, Jackson Tooke, and Brent Helton have also added scores for the 'Dons.
Mitch Falkenstern has dished out a team-high two assists, as four others, Rodriguez, Tooke, Steven L'Esperence, and Kyle Ackerman have each added a helper on the season.
Sophomore Brandon Cloutier has been in goal for just over 968 of the team's 998 minutes this season, has 50 saves, which currently ranks 12th in all of NCAA Division I, and has a goals against average of 2.79.
SCOUTING THE LEATHERNECKS
After winning the 2011 Summit League regular season and tournament titles, the Western Illinois Leathernecks have struggled in 2012 with a 2-7-2 overall record, scoring six goals in the team's 11 games.
Austin Gochneaur has scored two goals to lead the Leathernecks, as four others, Charlie Bales, Nathan Bruinsma, Mario Alvarez, and Kenneth Tryggestad each have scored once. Bales has a team-best two assists, while Gochneaur, Bruinsma, Alvarez, and Maclean Johnson each have added an assist.
Yves Dietrich has been in goal for the entire 1030 minutes this season for WIU, and has 43 saves and a goals against average of 1.40 to go with two shutouts.
LAST TIME OUT
Oral Roberts scored a pair of goals within the first 17 minutes of the game, the first coming on a free kick 11:45 into the game, before the Golden Eagles took advantage of an IPFW mistake when Cody Lofgren picked up a failed clear attempt and put it into the back of the net giving the visitors a 2-0 advantage.
Less than two minutes later the Mastodons countered with a goal of their own when Jose Rodriguez broke into the scoring column for the first time in his career when Kyle Ackerman found him with a pass down the right side of the field, with Rodriguez beating ORU keeper Ryan Grashik near post, cutting the deficit in half at 2-1.
Despite the flurry of three goals in the first 18 minutes of action, the final 27 minutes of the first half went scoreless, as the Golden Eagles took a 2-1 lead into the locker room at halftime.
John David James opened the second half scoring when Tom Adams found him with a pass in the middle, in which James beat IPFW goalkeeper Brandon Cloutier to the right post, giving ORU a 3-1 lead. Six and a half minutes later Adams was the beneficiary of a James assist when James took the ball away from the IPFW defender, passing ahead to a charging Adams who put the ball away in a breakaway goal.
In the 67th minute Lofgren scored his second goal of the match on a free kick, giving the game its 5-1 final score.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
