DeKALB | A team is telling you something when it is disappointed with a 4-2 victory in college soccer.

NIU is one of those teams.

The No. 24 Huskies were unhappy with their MAC opener against Florida Atlantic on Friday, where they won 4-2 on their home field.

Despite the win, NIU head coach Steve Simmons said that the team should have scored more, and allowed fewer goals.

Simmons also wasn’t happy with the way his team let FAU score early. The Huskies went down 1-0 within the first five minutes of the game.

“It was a wake-up call, a little shot across the bow,” Simmons said. “We’re fortunate that we didn’t get burned by it.”

The Huskies battled back as senior Drew Jeskey answered offensively by scoring back-to-back header goals. Friday’s match-up was Jeskey’s first game after missing five with an injury.

“I was out for five games,” Jeskey said. “And in those were No. 17 Bradley and No. 2 SMU. I was just ready to get back and play.”

Jeskey showed he was ready by putting the Huskies up 2-1 a minute into the second period. Both goals were scored on corner kicks, giving the assists to Engebreth Faerden and Luis De La Cerda. Jeskey positioned himself on the far post where he knew he could score.

“Coach had been telling us all week to go after the far post,” Jeskey said. “I wasn’t sure I was going to score the first goal, but the second one would have been hard to miss.”

Though Jeskey put NIU on top, the Owl’s found their way back into the game with a goal after a missed pass by NIU goalkeeper Joe Zimka.

“We need to stop giving them the in to get back into the game,” Simmons said. “That’s something we’ve had problems with, and something that we need to adjust.”

With the scored tied, Huskie defender Josh Karsten was able to head the ball in after a deflected shot by Luis Mojica.

The senior found an opening and capitalized for his second goal of the season.

Sophomore Faerden added team insurance with a little less than two minutes to play, as he placed a shot up into the upper-right corner of the net.

Though the team outscored and outshot the Owls by a 35-8 margin, Simmons said his team needs to be as sharp as possible for next weekend when the team takes on No. 9 Akron.

Simmons hinted that the team must change their mentality to make the adjustments that are needed to win big.

“Akron is everything that their ranking is,” Simmons said. “We’ll have to be at our best, for sure.”