Mastodons To Trade Barbs With Northern Illinois On Friday Night

Who: Northern Illinois Huskies
When: Friday, Sept. 7 | 9 p.m. ET
Where: Soccer and Track & Field Complex | DeKalb, Ill.
All-Time Series: Northern Illinois leads 3-0
Last Regular Season Meeting: September 24, 2006 | L, 5-0 | DeKalb, Ill.
Live Stats: Stats
Live Video: NIUHuskies.com

SCOUTING THE MASTODONS (3-1-0, 0-0-0 Summit League)
The Mastodons are led offensively by Matthew Lieshout. The current Summit League Offensive Player of the Week owns five goals, third best in the nation. Blake Cearns has three goals, to put him in the top 20 in the nation. The 'Dons are coming off a championship at the UTRGV Tournament last weekend. Purdue Fort Wayne defeated UTRGV 3-1 and Houston Baptist 4-3.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES (2-2-0, 0-0-0 MAC)
Northern Illinois was also at UTRGV's event last weekend. The Huskies defeated Houston Baptist 1-0 and lost to UTRGV 3-2. The Huskies own an overtime 1-0 win at Cincinnati and a 3-2 loss at Green Bay on the season. The Huskies have scored six times on the season with Nick Markanich leading the team with two goals.

SERIES HISTORY
The Huskies own wins over the Mastodons in 2004, 2005 and 2006. The two clubs played an exhibition at Hefner in 2010 with the Huskies winning 2-1.

WE'RE NUMBER ONE!
The Mastodons rank first in the nation in total goals (14) and second in goals per match (3.50).

LUCKY SEVEN
While Lieshout (5) leads the team in goals, he is one of seven Mastodons with a goal on the season.

UP NEXT
The 'Dons host Bradley on Friday (Sept. 14) at the Hefner Soccer Complex. It will be the start of a three-match home stand for the 'Dons.

~ Feel the Rumble ~

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Players Mentioned

Blake Cearns

Matthew Lieshout