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TERRE HAUTE, Ind.-- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's soccer team will travel to take on the University of Southern Indiana in an exhibition match on Wednesday, September 25 at 7 PM CT. The game can be streamed live on ESPN+, the first Rose-Hulman game in school history to be streamed on the ESPN family of networks.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers enter their exhibition against Southern Indiana with a record of 1-3-2 overall this season.
* The team comes off a competitive loss to #15 Ohio Northern with a final score of 1-0.
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Tyler Eldridge and
Eli Miller each lead the team with two goals this season totaling four points.
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John Biederstedt has been in goal for the Fightin' Engineers this season totaling 29 saves with a 1.33 goals against average and 78.4% save percentage.
* Rose-Hulman has been selected to win the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in the league's preseason poll receiving 79 points and 7 first-place votes.
* The Fightin' Engineers finished last season with a record of 12-5-3 overall and 6-2-1 in the HCAC to claim the #3 seed in the postseason tournament.
* The team went on to win the HCAC Tournament taking out the top two teams in the league to advance to their second consecutive NCAA Tournament.
* Rose-Hulman suffered a close loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Ohio Wesleyan with a final score of 2-0.
* The squad returns four all-conference players from last year's team including
Peter Borger,
John Biederstedt,
Elijah Hardersen, and
Chase Kedzior.
* Along with the returning all-conference players,
Julius Salinas,
Jacob Pohl, and
Tyler Eldridge have been named players to watch by the HCAC.
* After traveling to USI, Rose-Hulman will begin conference play traveling to face Bluffton on Saturday, September 28 at 3:30 PM.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA NOTES:
* Southern Indiana stands at 0-7 heading into Wednesday's exhibition against Rose-Hulman.
* The team comes off a loss to Purdue University Fort Wayne with a final of 1-0.
* Ahiro Nakamae leads the team with three goals scored and six points so far this season.
* Andrew Klott is the team's goalkeeper with 32 saves, a 3.08 goals-against average, and a 61.5% save percentage.
* After hosting Rose-Hulman, USI will host Eastern Illinois University on Saturday, September 28 at 12:30 PM.
SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman has only played USI one other time in program history.
* The team earned a draw in the match during the 1978 season with a finals score of 1-1.
CAREER STATS RECORDS:
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Tyler Eldridge - 11th in assists (17), 4th in assists per game (0.30), 13th in shots per game (1.77)
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John Biederstedt - 11th in saves (117), 11th in goalie saves per game (3.00), 5th in goalie wins (20), 5th in goalie games played (39), 4th in goalie games started (36), 9th in goalie minutes played (3259)
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Michael Trinh - 15th in goalie wins (5)