After finishing 1-0-1 in the preseason, the SMU men’s soccer team will travel up to Bloomington, Ind. for the Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic. There, the team will take on the hometown Indiana Hoosiers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

The Mustangs, unranked, will face early competition as the Hoosiers are ranked No. 1 overall and the Fighting Irish are ranked No. 7.

On Friday, Aug. 30 SMU plays its season debut versus Indiana, whom they own a 3-2-2 all-time record against, at 6:30 p.m. The last time these two teams played was in 2006, and the Mustangs came away with a 1-0 victory.

After losing their top offensive performer Tyler Engel, SMU will look to RS junior Damian Rosales, a midfielder/defender honored with a unanimous selection for the American Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference Team, to pick up the slack.

Indiana faces a similar situation after the loss of Eriq Zavaleta. Nikita Kotlov, a senior midfielder, will now be relied upon for leadership and performance.

After their match against the Hoosiers on Friday, the Mustangs will take a day off and open up September with a Sunday match against Notre Dame at 10:30 a.m. SMU is 2-1-1 all-time against Notre Dame, but lost the last meeting 4-1 in 2005.

The Fighting Irish, having lost their top player Ryan Finley to the majors, will lean on their next two top performers from last year. Harrison Shipp (six goals and six assists in 2012) and Patrick Hodan (six goals and five assists in 2012) will surely be looking to put the pressure on SMU’s Jaime Ibarra.

In 2012, Ibarra was the Conference USA Player of the Year, the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year and a First Team All-Conference USA selection. He’ll be aiming to repeat that performance this year.

After the Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic, the Mustangs will head to a Tulsa tournament to face off against SIUE on Sept. 6 and Ohio State on Sept. 8.