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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's soccer team hosts the Millikin Big Blue on Wednesday night at 7:30 PM in the second game of a men's and women's doubleheader.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes into the match with a record at 2-3-1 on the season. It is just the 2nd time since 2012 that the men's soccer team opener their season with 3 losses in their first 6 games.
* The Fightin' Engineers finished 1-1 last week with a 2-0 win over DePauw and a 1-0 loss to Hope.
* Caleb Urban became the all-time career assists leader with a pair of assists in the win over DePauw. Urban has assisted on the last four goals for the Fightin' Engineers.
* Urban and Connor Patton lead the team in goals this season with two each.
* John Biederstedt picked up his first clean sheet of the year on Wednesday in the win over DePauw.
* Rose-Hulman was picked to win its fifth consecutive HCAC championship this fall in the preseason coaches poll.
* The Fightin' Engineers have an unprecedented 32 game unbeaten streak in the HCAC regular season dating back to 2019. They are 30-0-2 in that span.
* Rose-Hulman returns to the field on Saturday afternoon as they host the Ohio Northern Polar Bears in their final non-conference game of the season.

MILLIKIN NOTES:
* Millikin comes into this mid-week matchup at 4-1-1 on the season.
* The Big Blue dropped their first game of the season, but they are unbeaten in their last five.
* Millikin beat DePauw 4-3 and beat Wash U 2-1. The Fightin' Engineers beat DePauw 2-0 and fell to Wash U 3-1.
* Junior Nacho Diaz is the leader for the Big Blue offense. Diaz has scored four goals and tallied three assists to lead Millikin in both categories.
* Their duo of Alvin Bramhagen and Johannes Smaaberg have each scored four goals this season as well for the high-powered Millikin attack.
* In goal, Oliwier Holowinski has made 23 saves and allowed 11 goals in 6 games.

SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series with Millikin 18-6-4.
* The Fightin' Engineers are unbeaten in their last five meetings with the Big Blue. They are 4-0-1 in that span.
* The last Millikin win in the series came back in 2016.
* Millikin has not beaten Rose-Hulman in Terre Haute since 1999. The Fightin' Engineers are 9-0-2 at home in the 21st century.
* The first recorded meeting between these two teams came back in 1986, a 1-0 win for Millikin.
* The Big Blue will return to action this weekend as they take on Carroll to open CCIW competition.

2023 STAT LEADERS:
MINUTES -  Peter Borger (487)
GOALS - Caleb Urban / Connor Patton (2)
ASSISTS - Caleb Urban (4)
POINTS - Caleb Urban (8)
GAA - Michael Trinh (1.50)
SAVES - John Biederstedt (15)

CAREER STAT LEADERS:
* John Biederstedt - 10th in goalie wins (9), 11th in clean sheets (6), and 14th in goalie starts (16)
* Tyler Eldridge - 4th in assists per game (0.31) and 11th in shots per game (1.92)
* Elijah Hardersen - 12th in assists per game (0.26)
* Jackson Seida - 13th in shots per game (1.81)
* Michael Trinh - 15th in goalie wins (5)
* Caleb Urban - School record holder in assists (28), 3rd in assists per game (0.40), 12th in shots (121), and 14th in shots per game (1.73)

HCAC STANDINGS:
Manchester (0-0 HCAC, 3-0-4 Overall)
Anderson (0-0 HCAC, 5-2-1 Overall)
Bluffton (0-0 HCAC, 4-2 Overall)
Earlham (0-0 HCAC, 2-3-2 Overall)
Hanover (0-0 HCAC, 3-4 Overall)
Defiance (0-0 HCAC, 2-3-1 Overall)
Rose-Hulman (0-0 HCAC, 2-3-1 Overall)
Transylvania (0-0 HCAC, 1-3-2 Overall)
Mount St. Joseph (0-0 HCAC, 1-3 Overall)
Franklin (0-0 HCAC, 0-5-1 Overall)