EAST LANSING, Mich. – No. 16 Michigan State men’s soccer concludes the regular season with a non-conference matchup against Drake on Friday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. at DeMartin Stadium. MSU will also honor its seven seniors: Jacob Cromer, Elijah Howe, Chase Inscho, Vedad Kovac, Greyson Mercer, Andrew Nicholsen and Jack Zugay.
Despite suffering its first loss of the season on Tuesday, the Spartans are still tied for first in the Big Ten standings. Michigan State, Penn State and Northwestern are all tied with 13 points. The Wildcats and the Nittany Lions both have one league game remaining.
Joe DesVergnes and Jack Ervin will be on the call for BTN+.
PENALTY PRINCE
Junior midfielder Sean Kerrigan has turned himself into a penalty kick specialist this season. He has taken all six for MSU this year. He has made five of them, four of which were game-winning goals. The only PK that was saved this season was against Oakland on Sept. 26.
LOOKING AT THE BULLDOGS
This is the first meeting between Michigan State and Drake.
The Bulldogs are 3-9-2 overall and 1-5-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference. Drake earned their one MVC win against Evansville on Sept. 16. The Bulldogs and the Spartans have two common opponent in Wisconsin and Bowling Green. MSU is 2-0 against those teams, while Drake is 0-2. Wisconsin beat the Bulldogs, 2-0 on Aug. 27, while Bowling Green stopped the Bulldogs, 3-1, on Oct. 22, which was their last game.
Drake is ninth in the MVC in goals allowed with 31 in 14 games. They are also seventh in points with 19 goals and 15 assists for 53 points.
AJ Franklin leads the team in scoring with six goals and an assist for 13 points. Damian Segura is second in scoring with two goals and four assists for eight points.
BENDING BUT NOT BREAKING
The Spartans 7-0-6 start through the first 13 games was MSU’s best start since the 1967 team went 12-0-2 when the Spartans were Co-National Champions.
FABULOUS FRESHMEN
Michigan State had three freshmen named to the TopDrawerSoccer Midseason Top 100 list this week. Defender Will Eby came in at No. 2 just behind Cornell’s Alex Harris. Eby has played nearly every minute this season and is a key part of the MSU backline. Midfielder Richie Ludwig was No. 77. He has played in 12 games, starting nine and has two…
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