| NORTHWESTERN MEN’S SOCCER: GAME INFORMATION | |||||
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | LOCATION | WATCH | LIVE STATS |
| Wednesday, October 12 | Northern Illinois | 7 p.m. CT | NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex
DeKalb, Ill. |
NIU All-Access ($) | Live Stats |
DEKALB, Ill. –– Northwestern Men’s Soccer (1-6-4, 0-3-2 B1G) will take a break from Big Ten play to head to DeKalb, where it will take on the Northern Illinois Huskies (4-4-4, 1-2-1 MAC). Wednesday’s non-conference matchup takes place at 7 p.m. CT and will be broadcast on NIU All-Access ($).
Last time out, the Wildcats took a point from a hard-fought matchup with No. 8 Maryland. Northwestern opened the scoring in the 61st minute when Christopher Thaggard found a loose ball in front of the net and made no mistake to tally his first career goal and give the ‘Cats a 1-0 lead.
How about that for your first career collegiate goal?! pic.twitter.com/3vQsTs9rZ4
— Northwestern Men’s Soccer (@NUMensSoccer) October 9, 2022
The Terrapins responded in the 74th minute when Stefan Copetti’s head connected on a cross to equalize. Both teams traded chances for the remainder of the contest but neither team was able to find the winner. The match was the second straight draw against a ranked opponent for the Wildcats, after NU earned a point against then-No. 20 Penn State.
‘Cat Facts
- Nine different Wildcats have scored goals this year, surpassing last season’s total of seven
- Five true first-years have seen action this year for Northwestern (Paul Walters, Christopher Thaggard, Nigel Prince, Jayvin Van Deventer, and Jason Gajadhar)
- Two ‘Cats have started each game this season, both are transfers (Ethan Dudley and Brandon Clagette)
- Northwestern’s five leaders in minutes played are all transfers (Ethan Dudley, Brandon Clagette, Andrew Stevens, Christian Garner, and Justin Weiss)
NIU will be the second MAC opponent (Western Michigan) and third in-state rival (Chicago State and Loyola) for Northwestern. Most recently, the Huskies played Western Michigan to a scoreless draw. Taisei Arima leads the Huskies in scoring, tallying three goals and seven points on the season. NIU has played one other Big Ten opponent this season, tying Wisconsin 0-0.
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