Wildcats Hosts Milwaukee in Midweek Clash

EVANSTON, Ill. –– Northwestern Men’s Soccer (2-7-4, 0-4-2 B1G) pauses Big Ten play when it hosts Horizon League foe Milwaukee (1-7-5, 0-3-3 Horizon) on Wednesday night at Martin Stadium. The match kicks off at 7 p.m. CT on B1G+ and admission is free to all fans. 

Last time out, the Wildcats fell at No. 15 Ohio State 2-1. The Buckeyes were awarded a penalty kick in the 55th minute. Christian Garner made the initial save, but Anthony Samways scored the rebound to give the Buckeyes a 1-0 lead. In the 67th minute, Jason Gajadhar scored the third goal of his career to level the score at 1-1. Ohio State was awarded another penalty kick in the 80th minute and converted to take a 2-1 lead for good.

‘Cat Facts

• The Wildcats have three goalscorers with three goals (Ethan Dudley, Jason Gajadhar, and Justin Weiss)
• Ten ‘Cats have tallied a goal this season (Ethan Dudley, Jason Gajadhar, Justin Weiss, Vicente Castro, Bardia Kimiavi, Andrew Stevens, Eric Smits, Danh Tran), the most since 2019
• Five true first-years have seen action this year for Northwestern (Paul Walters, Christopher Thaggard, Nigel Prince, Jayvin Van Deventer, and Jason Gajadhar)
• Ethan Dudley is the only Wildcat to start every game this season, and has gone all 90 minutes in 12 of Northwestern’s 13 contests
• Eight ‘Cats have appeared in all thirteen games this year (Ethan Dudley, Brandon Clagette, Andrew Stevens, Collin McCamy, Bardia Kimiavi, Rom Brown, Paul Son, and Jayvin Van Deventer)
• NU’s four leaders in minutes played are all transfers (Ethan Dudley, Brandon Clagette, Andrew Stevens, Christian Garner)

The Milwaukee Panthers will mark the first of two conscutive opponents from the state of Wisconsin for the Wildcats. Northwestern will be the first non-conference opponent for the Panthers in almost a month, since falling to Marquette on September 20. The Panthers have drawn three of their last four, earning a point against Wright State (2-2), IUPUI (2-2), and Green Bay (1-1), before falling to…