MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University men’s soccer team attempts to end a five-match losing streak with a two-game road trip beginning today.

The Wildcats face GLIAC newcomer Upper Iowa in Fayette, Iowa, for a nonconference game at 4 p.m. today, then come back east to Hammond, Indiana, to face Purdue Northwest at noon EDT Sunday.

While NMU is 3-8 overall and 2-5 in the GLIAC, Upper Iowa is 1-9-1 and PNW is 1-8-1 and 1-5-1 in the GLIAC. Northern defeated Upper Iowa 2-0 and PNW 3-2 in September.

The Wildcats broke a four-game scoreless streak Sunday vs. Wisconsin-Parkside, but still fell 4-2 as junior Vegard Ervall and senior Ben Hoffman scored for Northern.

Sophomore goalkeeper Patrick Restum is ranked fifth in the GLIAC with 34 saves, including four vs. Parkside.

Updates on the team can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NMU_Wildcats.