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CHICAGO (September 13, 2018) – The Loyola University Chicago men's soccer team hits the road and gets back to the playing field against SIUE on Saturday, September 15 in Edwardsville, Ill. First kick is set for 7 p.m. at Korte Stadium.
 
Last Time Out: Loyola and Northwestern were deadlocked in a 0-0 tie for 98 minutes with the Ramblers not allowing a single Wildcat shot on goal in the process. However, Camden Buescher notched the match's lone tally in the 99^th minute to lift Northwestern to a 1-0 win over Loyola. Freshmen Oskar Gustafsson and Fabian Becerra, as well as senior Tucker Stephenson compiled shots on goal for the Maroon and Gold.
 
A Look at SIUE: The SIUE Cougars are off to a hot start in 2018 and enter Saturday winners of its last four matches. Notable wins in that stretch feature the most recent ones with a convincing 3-0 win over Wisconsin (Sept. 7) and a 1-0 victory over No. 24 Grand Canyon (Sept. 9). The Cougars lead the MAC in goals allowed with two, and check in at third in the conference in a number of relevant statistics, such as goals (8) and points (22). Notable Cougars include junior midfielder Jorge Gonzalez, who enters the evening with four goals already for a a share of the conference lead with eight points, as well as goalkeeper Noah Heim who anchors the defensively-sound Cougars to the tune of a 0.38 goals-against average and a .889 save percentage through his five starts.
 
Series Stuff: Loyola holds a 5-3-1 edge over its former MVC foe, and won the most recent match against them 1-0 last season. With the exception of SIUE's PK win in 2015, every matchup has been decided by one goal, and seven of those eight contests ended in 1-0 matches. Overall, the low-scoring affairs give the Ramblers a +2 goal differential at 6-4 overall. The Maroon and Gold historically have the upper-hand in regular season matchups, checking in as winners in five of seven tilts that occur before postseason play. Among players still on the roster, senior Alec Lasinski has a goal against the Cougars to his credit (Sept., 24, 2016) while classmate Fabian Lifka notched an assist vs. SIUE in last season's matchup.
 
Up Next: Loyola plays its part in the 'Red Line Rivalry' on Sept. 18 when the squad heads to DePaul to go head-to-head with the Blue Demons at Wish Field off the Fullerton train stop. The Ramblers' first Tuesday match this season takes place at 3 p.m.

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