DeKALB | Women’s soccer (1-3-1) aims to get back on track against the Illinois State University Redbirds (3-5) 2 p.m. Sunday at the Soccer Complex..

The Redbirds shutout the University of North Dakota, 2-0, in their last matchup Sunday. Freshman forward Mikayla Unger and junior midfielder Emily Dickman scored the tallies for Illinois State.

The Redbirds rank fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference. The team ranks first in its conference in shots and second in goals against.

Dickman and senior midfielder Lauren Koehl rank third and first in the conference with 19 and 31 shots, respectively.

Freshman goalkeeper Haley Smith is third in the MVC with a 0.86 goals against average as well as third with a .800 save percentage while starting every game for the Redbirds this season.

For the Huskies, junior goalkeeper Amy Annala ranks third in the Mid-American Conference with 19 saves and is tied for fourth with two shutouts.

The Huskies are last in the MAC with 24 shots, six points, two goals and two assists. The team is on a three-game losing streak, going scoreless in each of the last three contests. NIU’s last win was Aug. 28 against Western Illinois.

In the teams’ last matchup in 2014, Illinois State beat the Huskies by a score of 4-1 in Annala’s Huskie debut as she finished with 11 saves.

NIU is sixth overall in the MAC West Division. The team lost its two games in Arizona last weekend against the University of Arizona and Arizona State University by a combined score of 5-0.

Illinois State will take on Eastern Michigan University on Friday before its Sunday matchup against NIU.

After Sunday’s game, the Huskies will begin conference play 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 against Central Michigan University at the Soccer Complex in DeKalb.