FORT WAYNE, IN – Illinois State Soccer (1-0-1, 0-0-0 MVC) remained unbeaten on the 2024 season with a scoreless draw Sunday at Purdue Fort Wayne (0-1-1, 0-0-0 Horizon).
The Redbirds are unbeaten through the first two games of a season for the first time since the 2018 campaign, when Illinois State tied Cal State Northridge 2-2 and beat Eastern Michigan 1-0. First-year head coach Raleigh DeRose becomes the second coach in program history to be unbeaten through their first two games at the helm of Illinois State. Former head coach Drew Roff opened his first year at Illinois State with a 3-0-0 mark in 2007.