Seniors Get Final Go at Hefner on Saturday

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Four players on the IPFW men's soccer team will play in their final games at Hefner Field on Saturday afternoon, as the Mastodons take on the IUPUI Jaguars in what looks to be a heated contest with very large Summit League Tournament implications on the line.

Opponent: IUPUI Jaguars (6-9-2, 3-3-0 Summit)
When: Saturday, November 3 | 6 p.m.
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Hefner Soccer Field
Series: IUPUI leads 10-8-1
Live Stats: IPFW Live Stats

SCOUTING THE MASTODONS

IPFW comes into its final match of the season with a 3-14-1 overall record; however, is 3-2 in the last five.

The Mastodons have seen eight players score for the squad this season, led by freshman Corey Tom who has four goals, and classmate Jose Rodriguez who has three. Another pair of freshmen, Jackson Tooke and Austin West, has each scored twice as Mitch Falkenstern, Kyle Ackerman, Nate Shipman, and Brent Helton all have a goal.

Tooke leads the team with three assists, while Falkenstern has two, and six others (Rodriguez, Ackerman, Shipman, Steven L'Esperence, Darnell Parris, and Corey Thompson) each have one helper.

Defensively IPFW sophomore goalkeeper Brandon Cloutier ranks 11th in the country in saves with 92. He also has a 2.27 goals against average and a shutout, recorded against Omaha.

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS

IUPUI comes into the game with a 6-9-2 overall record, and is 2-1 in their last three matches.

For the year, the Jaguars are led by Kyle Hyland who has eight goals and two assists for 18 total points in the 17 matches, while two others, Michael Sass and Ian Block, have three goals each. Robinson Ryan and Emily Garcia each have two goals, with Gregory Efiom chipping in the final of the team's 19 goals this season, as the squad has been out-scored 26-to-19.

Sass has a team-best four assists, with Sean McGrath and Clint Hoffar giving out three, and Alejandro Martignon and Hoagland each adding a pair.

In goal, Eduardo Cortes paces the squad with a Summit League-leading 95 saves, while sporting a 1.36 goals against average with five shutouts. Cortes has seen all but 190 minutes and three seconds of action during the season for the Jaguars.

ALL-TIME SERIES

IPFW and IUPUI have met 19 times in each program's history, with IUPUI holding a narrow 10-8-1 lead in the all-time series.

The Jaguars have book-ended the series by the first and last three games, with IPFW holding a 8-4-1 lead in the middle 13 contests. IUPUI won the meetings in 1987, 1988, and 1989, before IPFW got its first win in the 1992 season. From 1992 until 1996 IPFW went 4-0-1 with the only tie coming via a 2-2 score in 1993.

The last IPFW win in the series came in 2008, a 1-0 victory in Fort Wayne, as the Jaguars have claimed wins in 2009 (2-0), 2010 (2-1, 2ot), and 2011 (4-3, 2ot).

LAST MEETING
The Jaguars scored twice within the first 11 minutes of the contest, the first on a corner kick in the ninth minute, and then on an own goal less than three minutes later to give the hosts a two-goal advantage. The lead went to 3-0 in the 31st minute, and sending IUPUI into the locker room with a 3-0 halftime advantage.

Fourteen minutes into the second half, freshman Myles Stanley found the back of the net after a corner kick was knocked around in the box, before the freshman put his foot on the ball and ended the shutout hopes in the process.

Stanley, who had one career goal scored coming into the match, added his second of the contest just over six minutes later off of a Colin Helmrich cross, cutting the deficit to one.

Another 10 minutes passed before Scott Williams provided the equalizer when Kyle Ackerman's shot was stopped by the keeper, with the ball finding Williams' foot, and then the back of the net, knotting the score at three apiece.

The Mastodons would get two more shots over the final 14 minutes, but could not find the back of the net, sending the match into an extra period. The first extra stanza was played with a stifling defense, as each team was able to get off just one shot apiece, and neither into the goal.

IUPUI controlled the action in the second overtime, peppering IPFW goalkeeper Brandon Cloutier with a corner kick and a subsequent shot, before the Jaguars' Sam Fuller found the net with a header from inside the six, helping IUPUI hold on for the win.

IPFW out-shot the Jaguars 15-10, as Cloutier had one save, while his counterpart, Tyler Keever, had three.

~ Feel the Rumble ~

Purdue University Fort Wayne Athletics

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