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No. 23 Indiana Shut Out By Michigan State, 2-0
10/12/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 12, 2008
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State (6-5-0, 3-1-0 Big Ten) recorded a pair of goals late in the second half to hand No. 23 Indiana (6-4-2, 1-2-0 Big Ten) a 2-0 loss Sunday afternoon at DeMartin Stadium in East Lansing, Mich.
After a defensive battle for 82 minutes, Michigan State scored a pair of goals within 39 seconds of each other. The first goal came at 83:11 as Doug DeMartin recorded his 11th goal of the season. DeMartin found himself free in the right side and snuck a shot into the left side.
Just 39 seconds later, Domenic Barone had an open look in front of the net and put home his first career goal. Spencer Thompson assisted on both scores.
Indiana finished with an 18-11 shot advantage, led by Brad Ring and Andy Adlard with three each. Eleven of the Hoosiers' 18 shots were on goal.
This is just the second time Michigan State has beaten Indiana in 37 meetings. Michigan State's only other victory came in 2004, a 2-1 IU loss in Big Ten Tournament play. It is just the second time the Spartans have held the Hoosiers without a goal.
With just a minute gone in the second half Indiana was called for a foul just outside the top of the penalty area. DeMartin took the shot and sent it right into the IU wall. He got his own rebound but his shot went wide.
Rich Balchan had a pair of shots in front of the Michigan State net in the 70th minute with the first ricocheting back out to him and the second smothered by MSU goalkeeper Avery Steinlage. Billy Weaver added a shot on frame in the 77th minute.
The Hoosiers put together a dangerous sequence in the fourth minute that began with a breakaway from Daniel Kelly. The ball was cleared out by the MSU defense, but Eric Alexander was right there and caught the defenders napping, sending in a shot over their heads that bounced off the post. John Mellencamp was in position to collect the rebound, but his attempt was saved and cleared over the touchline. The ensuing corner kick was caught by Steinlage.
Kelly was injured on the play and had to come out, replaced by Kevin Noschang. Kelly returned to start the second half.
Ring had a shot go wide in the 12th minute, and Adlard sent in a left footer from 20 yards out that was saved by Steinlage in the 15th minute. Noschang had a shot blocked by Steinlage at 16:15 on a ball that was played perfectly from Will Bruin to Adlard to the senior up top.
With just under four minutes left in the first half, Noschang got free and squeezed through two defenders, sending in a shot that Steinlage was just able to get a hand on and push wide. The Hoosiers held a 9-4 advantage in shots at the half and had two corner kicks to the Spartans' one.
Alec Purdie made his Indiana debut in the 62nd minute as he and Noschang came on to give Bruin and Kelly a rest.
Indiana returns home for a nonconference matchup on Thursday against in-state rival Notre Dame. Match time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Jerry Yeagley Field at Armstrong Stadium. The two teams have combined to score 14 goals in their last two meetings, with each coming away with a victory. The match will be streamed live on iuhoosiers.com.
