Men's Soccer Travels North to Face Broncos

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW Mastodons will be looking for their first win of the 2012 season on Wednesday afternoon when the squad travels to Kalamazoo, Mich. to face off against the Western Michigan Broncos in a 4 p.m. kickoff.

Opponent: Western Michigan Broncos (2-0, 0-0 Mid-American Conference)
When: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 | 4:00 p.m.
Where: Terre Haute, Ind. | Memorial Stadium
Live Stats: Western Michigan Live Stats
Twitter Updates: @IPFWAthletics
Online Blog: IPFW Interactive Blog

SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
IPFW dropped its season opener on Sunday by a 3-0 score in Detroit, as the Titans scored in the seventh, 47th, and 77th minute of the contest.

Nate Shipman and Jackson Tooke each had a pair of shot attempts for IPFW, each with one on goal, as the Mastodons totaled seven shot attempts in the game.

Starting goalkeeper Brandon Cloutier gave up all three goals, picking up one save, while backup keeper Will Brown had a save in just over four minutes of action.

SCOUTING THE BRONCOS
Western Michigan comes into the mid-week meeting with an unblemished 2-0 record after wins over Marygrove (4-0) and No. 25 Bradley (2-1) a week earlier, and are receiving points in the latest NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I rankings. Oliver Mayer, the MAC Player of the Week, scored two goals and dished out an assist, while Ryan Lemasters has a goal and three assists in two games on the season.

Through just over 188 minutes in the season, the Broncos have allowed just one goal, that coming from starting keeper Sean Lewis, who has a 0.63 goals against average with six saves, as backup keeper Adriano Deabreu has not been scored upon in 45 minutes of action.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Western Michigan leads the all-time series between the two teams by an 11-3-3 overall record, and have faced IPFW in all but one year since the Mastodons joined the ranks of NCAA Division I in the 2001 season (2008 was the only exception).

Western Michigan took early control in the series, winning the first four meetings, and going 5-0-1 through the first half dozen times the teams met, before the Mastodons took away a 4-2 win in Fort Wayne in October 2001. The Broncos then followed by going 5-0-2 in the next seven match-ups; however, the Mastodons have done well for themselves in the last three meetings, going 2-1-0, including a 2-1 win in Fort Wayne a season ago.

~ Feel the Rumble ~

Purdue University Fort Wayne Athletics

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