The Eastern men’s soccer team will play a 5-3 Evansville team at 4 p.m. Tuesday Lakeside Field, trying to turn around a two-game losing streak.

Evansville is coming off a win over Oral Roberts on Sunday, which snapped a three-game losing streak of its own.

In the game, the Aces scored as many goals as Oral Roberts had shots, winning 4-0 and holding Oral Roberts to four shots.

Evansville’s Faik Hajderovic and Mark Anthony Gonzalez each scored two goals in the game to lead the Aces.

Before Sunday’s win, Evansville had lost games to Saint Louis, Butler and Kentucky.

Hajderovic and Gonzalez lead the team this season with three goals apiece. They are the top two players on the team in points.

Hajderovic leads the team with 10 points from three goals and four assists. Hajderovic leads the Aces in goals, assists and shots. Gonzalez has seven points this season.

Evansville goalkeeper Eric Teppen has two shutouts this season, including the Aces’ win over Oral Roberts. Teppen has made 38 saves in eight games this season and is saving 74 percent of opponents’ shots.

The Panthers haven’t beaten Evansville since 2006 when they defeated the Aces 3-1. In each year since then, the Aces have outscored the Panthers 15-4.

In last year’s game, Eastern lost in overtime to Evansville, 3-2. Graham Lynch and red-shirt freshman forward Garet Christianson each scored goals against the Aces.

The two teams played each other last year in the Pro Rehab Tournament in Evansville, Ind. Evansville hosted the Pro Rehab tournament again this season, winning the only game it played – against Cincinnati, 2-0.

Eastern is on a losing streak of its own, losing its last two games – both Summit League contests. The Panthers have lost to Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis and Missouri-Kansas City by a combined score of 5-1.

In the game against Missouri-Kansas City, the Panthers gave up an early goal in the first 15 minutes.

Then, Kansas City scored two goals in the second half in a 10-minute span to put the game away.

Summit League action

Conference teams were in action this week, starting Friday when Oral Roberts played a Summit League game against Fort Wayne.

Fort Wayne stayed winless after the match, losing 5-1 to Oral Roberts.

Oral Roberts took a 2-1 lead into halftime, after Fort Wayne’s Jose Rodriguez scored a goal late in the first half to cut into the lead.

But Oral Roberts scored goals at the 52-, 58- and 67-minute marks in the second half to open up a 5-1 lead, which it would hold onto.

On Saturday, Omaha and Oakland both won their games – holding onto the top spots in the Summit League standings.

Omaha beat IUPUI 2-0, while Oakland beat Western Illinois 5-1.

Oakland scored three goals in the first half against Western Illinois, including two that were 45 seconds apart.

Western Illinois’ first goal of the game came at the 72-minute mark of the second half, but Oakland followed it up with a goal of its own three minutes later.

Oakland’s Joey Tinnion ended the match with two goals, leading all scorers.

On Sunday, Evansville beat Oral Roberts and Kansas City beat Eastern. Evansville played Oral Roberts in a non-conference game.

Evansville is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Alex McNamee can be reached at 581-2812 or admcnamee@eiu.edu.