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MARSHALL - Southwest Minnesota State University will look to break a five-game losing streak when it concludes the 2009 road season this Saturday, Oct. 31, with a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference game at Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D.  Game time is set for 2:30 p.m. at Swisher Field.

SMSU, 3-6 overall, 2-6 NSIC, 1-5 NSIC South, began the season 2-0, but has lost six of its last seven games and is coming off a tough 42-32 road loss to No. 5 Minnesota State, Mankato.     

NSU, 2-7 overall, 2-6 NSIC, 2-4 NSIC North, earned a 23-0 shutout victory over MSU?Moorhead on Saturday in Aberdeen.

SMSU will also look to snap a seven-game losing streak in Aberdeen.  The Mustangs are 1-11-1 all-time in Aberdeen, with the lone victory coming on Oct. 13, 1990.  A season ago, SMSU won 39-32 in Marshall, snapping 16-game losing streak to NSU that dated back to 1991.