Indiana University
Evansville
Indiana Blanks Evansville, 2-0
10/29/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
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Site: McCuthan Stadium (Evansville, Indiana) Score: No. 2/4 Indiana 2, Evansville 0 Records: IU (11-2-3), UE (5-9-1) Next IU Game: Saturday, Nov. 1 - Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin), 8 p.m. ET Shop: Related Links: Box Score / PDF Box Score 
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- First half goals from Grant Lillard and Femi Hollinger-Janzen held up as the Hoosiers posted a 2-0 win at Evansville Wednesday night at McCutchan Stadium.The Hoosiers improve to 11-2-3 on the season, while Evansville falls to 5-9-1.
Freshman defender Lillard used his head to put Indiana up 1-0 in the seventh minute as he crashed the box to head home a corner kick from left back Patrick Doody. That is Lillard's fourth goal of the season. The assist is number four on the year for Doody.
It is the ninth time this season Indiana has scored a goal within the first 26 minutes of play.
Indiana put its first six shots of the game on frame, forcing UE goalkeeper Eric Teppen into five saves early on. Included in that tally was an angled shot from Doody that gave Teppen trouble in the 30th minute.
The Hoosiers thought they had a second goal in the 40th minute when Michael Riedford headed home the rebound off a Hollinger-Janzen shot, but the referee's flag was up, signaling Riedford was in an offside position.
Indiana's chances paid off in the 42nd minute when Hollinger-Janzen netted his team-leading fifth of the season, hitting the upper 90 from the left side off the pass from Matt Foldesy.
Indiana went into the halftime break leading 2-0, including a 9-2 shot advantage with eight of its nine shots on frame.
Evansville has a spell near the IU net with three quick corner kicks, but the Hoosiers limited the Purple Aces to zero shots off those corners before putting the pressure back on the UE net. Kyle Sparks had a chance with a header off service from Doody in the 63rd minute, but his nod was just high.
In the 67th minute Hollinger-Janzen sent a ball toward goal off the side of his boot but angled it high for an Evansville goal kick. In the 72nd minute Foldesy had a shot off Tanner Thompson's corner kick that was cleared off the line by Evansville's Arlick Ntabana, preventing a third goal.
Three of Evansville's five shots came in the final five minutes of the game as IU goalkeeper Colin Webb was forced to make two late saves to preserve the shutout.
Indiana finished with a commanding 22-5 shot advantage, led by seven from Thompson. Hollinger-Janzen added four.
Indiana wraps up a three-match road swing on Saturday as it faces Big Ten foe Wisconsin. Match time in Madison, Wisconsin is 8 p.m. ET and the game will be shown live on BTN Plus.
Media Contact: Melanie Schneider (ms48@indiana.edu)
