The Eastern men’s soccer team will host its final home game this season Tuesday against Belmont, a non-conference opponent.

Belmont (5-8-2) has one win in October, against North Carolina State, along with a tie and two losses. Eastern (3-12) got its first win since Sept. 18 on Saturday.

The Panthers and Bruins have played five common opponents this season. Belmont is 2-2-1 against those teams, while Eastern is 1-4.

Belmont lost to Lipscomb, but Eastern’s only win against the five common teams came against Lipscomb in the second game of the season.

Belmont finishes its season with games against Eastern and Western Illinois. The game against Western will mean the two teams have played six common games.

Belmont comes into Tuesday’s game well rested, having not played a game in 15 days. The Bruins lost to Appalachian State, 1-0, on Oct. 16.

Brandon Tarr, who has scored six goals and one assist this season, leads the Bruins.

After Tarr, Pedro Miranda and Nico Olsak have seven points each this season for second on the team. Miranda’s three goals have him tied for second on the team while Olsak’s five assists leads the team. 

Belmont has also seen solid play out of goalkeeper Lou Manning this season. Manning has played in all 15 games this season, grabbing one shutout along the way. He is surrendering 1.54 goals per game and is saving 65 percent of the oppositions shots. 

In the Panthers last game, they pulled out a 3-2 overtime victory Saturday against Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne. 

The Mastodons played two men down after the 84-minute mark when their second player of the day got kicked out of the game with a red card.

Saturday’s game was flooded with penalties as 11 yellow or red cards were issued to players during the game.

Even with the win, Eastern remains in last place in the Summit League, one game behind Oral Roberts.

The Panthers lost to Oral Roberts earlier this season.

Belmont also played Oral Roberts this season, winning 2-1 on Sept. 7.

Tuesday’s game is set to begin at 3 p.m. at Lakeside Field.

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