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GoldanDBlack express • volume 25, express 2 • 38 opening four-game homes- tand. Arkans, who earned Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week honors for her play, leads Purdue with three goals on the season. The Boilermakers hit the road for the first time this week, playing at Marshall (2-2-1) on Thursday and Youngstown State (2-2) on Sunday. SOCCER DEFEATS BALL STATE, SIU EDWARDSVILLE The Purdue soccer team won a pair of games to improve to 3-1 on the year. Maddy Williams and Soraya Top- pin-Herbert scored goals just two and half minutes apart in the second half to lift Purdue to a 2-0 win over Ball State Friday. After missing Friday's game with a hamstring injury, freshman Erika Arkans scored two goals as Purdue defeated SIU Edwardsville 4-1 Sunday afternoon in the finale of a season- Purdue Erika Arkans, who ranks second among Big Ten freshmen with three goals, scored in the 41st and 86th minutes against SIU Edwardsville to lift Purdue to a 4-1 victory Sunday. 2014 SOCCER SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result Aug. 15 at Illinois State (Exhibition) W, 2-0 Aug. 22 MIAMI OHIO* L, 0-1 Aug. 24 OHIO* W, 2-0 Aug. 29 BALL STATE W, 2-0 Aug. 31 SIU EDWARDSVILLE W, 4-1 Sept. 4 at Marshall 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at Youngstown State Noon Sept. 12 PENN STATE 7 p.m. Sept. 14 OHIO STATE 1 p.m. Sept. 19 at Northwestern 8 p.m. Sept. 21 at Illinois 2 p.m. Sept. 26 MINNESOTA 7 p.m. Sept. 28 WISCONSIN 1 p.m. Oct. 2 at Maryland 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at Rutgers 1 p.m. Oct. 11 MICHIGAN STATE 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at Nebraska 5 p.m. Oct. 19 at Iowa 2 p.m. Oct. 25 INDIANA 7 p.m. Nov. 1 MICHIGAN 7 p.m. Nov. 5 Big Ten Quarterfinals # TBA Nov. 7 Big Ten Semifinals # TBA Nov. 9 Big Ten Finals # 1 p.m. * Boilermaker Challenge Cup # Boilermaker Soccer Complex K R A N N E R T L E A D E R S H I P S P E A K E R S S E R I E S T H U R S D A Y 9 . 2 5 .1 4 6:30 PM PMU BALLROOMS WWW.KRANNERT.PURDUE.EDU/EVENTS/LSS GENE KRANZ MORE INFORMATION/TICKETS: LOU UNDERWOOD, 765-494-0901 OR KRANNERTEVENTS@PURDUE.EDU EA/EOU S P O N S O R S B R O N Z E G O L D S I LV E R Karl and Kathy Krapek The Gadomski Foundation CROSS COUnTRy OpEnS AT BELMOnT OpEnER The men's cross country team started its season in impressive fashion by winning the Belmont Opener Friday. All-American Matthew Mc- Clintock led the squad with a third- place individual finish, completing the 5,000-meter race in 15:11:13. Kiara McIntosh was the top finisher on the women's side, cap- turing 22nd place with a time of 18:30.06. The Boilermakers are off for two weekends before hosting the Indiana Intercollegiates on Sept. 19. j