MACOMB, Ill. – The Drake University men's soccer team visits Western Illinois on Wednesday for a 4 p.m. match. Following the midweek road match, Drake (1-6-0) will host UMKC on Saturday at 7 p.m. Saturday's game at the Cownie Soccer Complex will be broadcast on The Valley on ESPN3.
 
Drake went 1-1 last week with its first win of the season coming at Green Bay by a score of 1-0 before new Missouri Valley Conference member Valparaiso rallied for a 3-2 road victory.
 
Redshirt junior Paul Ciszewski (Germantown, Wis.) scored his first goal of the year in the Green Bay win. Freshman Leroy Enzugusi (Marion, Iowa), who scored a team-leading three goals in the preseason, recorded his first career goal in the loss to Valpo. His goal was impressive as he took a deflected Crusaders' corner kick and went the distance of the field to score the match's first goal. Enzugusi has tallied a team-high 11 shots this season. Junior Nic Jaimes (Olathe, Kan.) had the Bulldogs' other goal.
 
Western Illinois (2-4-0) scored in the 78th minute to beat Drake, 2-1, last season at Cownie. The Bulldogs holds a 17-8-2 advantage in the all-time series against the Leathernecks. Drake and UMKC (2-1-3) have played each other every season since the 2001 campaign with the Bulldogs holding an 11-4-1 advantage during that time, including winning the previous seven meetings with the Kangaroos. Drake has dominated the all-time series with a commanding 21-6-2 advantage.
 
Following this week, Drake returns to MVC play at Central Arkansas on Sept. 26 and at Bradley on Sept. 30.