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mac standings West Virginia 3-0 Bowling Green 1-0-2 SIU- Edwardsville 1-1-1 Northern Illinois 1-2 Western Michigan 0-1-2 Akron 0-2-1

turnover in the midfield... 1 v. 1....beat the keeper

BG and WMU finish 1-1 after 110 minutes WMU now 0-1-2 ; BGSU now 1-0-2 WVU leads SIUE 3-1at 69 minutes WVU would improve to 3-0-0 in the MAC

zips 5-1 advantage in shots ; 2-0 advantage in shots on goal at half SIUE and WVU 1-1 at half....SIUE leads 8-3 in shots on goal

yes....colin Biros first goal assist to Skye

This is definitely "moving" day in the MAC for where the teams will end up in the tourney this game could decide who hosts the MAC tourney #39 SIUE (1-0-1) plays at 36 West Virginia (2-0-0) other games #48 W. Michigan (0-1-1) plays at 125 BGSU (1-0-1) and the biggie...38 Akron (0-1-1) at 46 NIU (0-2-0) Akron and WMU were probably the pre season favorites to finish 1 and 2. At 0-1-1, they both must win tonight if WVU, WMU and Akron all win tonight, there would be a 4 way tie for 2nd

https://niuhuskies.com/news/2018/10/19/mens-soccer-huskies-set-for-saturday-date-with-akron.aspx "Akron is a very good team, they just beat a very good Creighton team," said Swan. "We expect them to come out and be possession-oriented, they have some very dynamic players so it is going to be a battle. It is going to be about staying organized, staying disciplined and if we can do that we will have every chance of getting a result in this game." "Both teams are very young. Everybody has a number of games under their belt, so there is a certain level of maturity, but whoever can stay the most composed and stick to the plan will have the advantage because there is a lot on the line."

$6.95 for a 24 hour pass to watch the game https://gozips.com/news/2018/10/19/mens-soccer-akron-faces-key-league-test-at-northern-illinois.aspx

https://niuhuskies.com/schedule.aspx?path=msoc no articles yet...on zip web site or NIU web site... their soccer schedule does have a watch the game option but, it appears to take you to NIU All access...which requires a subscription. Hopefully, Akron's SID will soon post something to the zips web site...letting us know if fans will be able to watch the game on their computers

https://www.ohio.com/sports/20181016/college-soccer-ua-gets-big-win-over-no-8-creighton quotes from several different players

Gaucho Dan Rpi has Akron going from 51 to 35 in rpi after the game....really great bump for the zips big time WIN !!! Creighton drops from 14 to 28 not a good night for the ACC In the big upset of the night...Lipscomb (4-8-0) before tonight defeated Louisville 3-2 (Lollaville drops to 10 in rpi) UNCW pounded cross state rival NC State 3-0 Duke drops to 9 in rpi after losing 1-0 to High Point

Great win for this young team. especially playing without Ben Lundt, David Egbo and Marco Milanese

Morgan Hackworth has really improved and has had a strong season

This tall young man should look familiar to fans . https://gocreighton.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5054&path=msoc Anthony Macchionne played 8 minutes in their last game

https://gocreighton.com/news/2018/10/15/-12-mens-soccer-completes-road-trip-with-match-at-akron-on-tuesday-night.aspx a pretty impressive item from the Creighton article: Two Of Best Programs In Division I Since 2011 Since Elmar Bolowich took over as Creighton's head coach prior to the 2011 season, Akron and Creighton rank first and fourth, respectively, for wins, and and second and fifth in winning percentage in Division I. Division I Men's Soccer Most Wins, 2011-Present 1. Akron 117-33-20 2. North Carolina 116-28-22 3. Coastal Carolina 115-39-11 4. Creighton 113-38-15 5. Maryland 108-31-29

It is amazing Akron has the 5th best RPI in the MAC I am going to predict that Diogo Pacheco will step up big on Tuesday night and will have a very good game against Creighton

Zips now tied for 4th in the MAC WVU 2-0-0 Bowling Green and SIU-E at 1-0-1 Akron and Western Michigan at 0-1-1 Northern Illinois might the highest rpi but they are 0-2 in league after losses to SIUE and BGSU Ezana did make an outstanding long pass tonight to set up the one zip goal.

WVU won their first MAC game against a quality team (Western Michigan) on the road The zips need to bring their "A" game and get ahead of WVU in the standings. writeup below ...about the WVU-WMU game https://wvusports.com/news/2018/10/6/mens-soccer-wvu-opens-conference-play-with-road-win.aspx

thanks to Zip_ME87...for first sharing this news https://gozips.com/news/2018/10/1/akron-announces-mens-soccer-scheduling-change.aspx

Highlights from the big ten network

The young zips team should be very proud of all that they overcame....to get a road win. They overcame an injury to Marco Milanese. They have showed their toughness on the road at Grand Canyon, VCU and at Michigan State. Grand Canyon had a win over the weekend over Seattle. Morgan Hackworth is a battler and he is showing some senior leadership. Skye had his best game this season. Pol and Abdi have locked down the outside back positions. Pacheco and Egbo will have fresh legs for Saturday. This team can still accomplish a lot this year.

https://gozips.com/news/2018/10/9/mens-soccer-egbo-and-harter-propel-akron-to-2-1-win-at-no-8-michigan-state.aspx "Top to bottom we had a tremendous effort from everyone tonight," Akron head coach Jared Embick commented. "It was a team victory for us. Our seniors – Morgan (Hackworth), Ezana (Kahsay) and Ben (Lundt) were excellent and Skye (Harter) was awesome. I couldn't be more proud of our fight. We have a big game on Saturday and we need to focus on that game. I hope we can fill the hill and keep the momentum going."

some sour grapes from MSU coach https://msuspartans.com/news/2018/10/9/mens-soccer-no-8-spartans-edged-by-zips-2-1-tuesday.aspx

gaucho dan rpi showing that this win moved the zips up to 53 in rpi michigan state drops to 31