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IU Drops Season Finale, 3-2 to Michigan State
11/5/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
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Site: Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium (Bloomington, Ind.) Score: No. 2/3 Indiana 2, No. 21/NR Michigan State 3 Records: IU (11-3-4, 3-3-2 B1G), MSU (10-4-4, 4-2-2 B1G) Next IU Game: Sunday, November 9 - at Northwestern (1 p.m. ET-Evanston, Ill.) Shop: Related Links: Box Score / PDF Box Score  / 2014 Big Ten Tournament Bracket
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana men's soccer team kept clawing its way back but in the end could not find a third goal in a 3-2 loss to Michigan State Wednesday night in the regular season finale on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.The Hoosiers finish the regular season at 1-3-4, 3-3-2 in Big Ten play. Indiana earns the No. 6 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will face No. 3 seed Northwestern on Sunday, November 9 at 1p.m. ET in Evanston.
Michigan State (10-4-4, 4-2-2 B1G) was on the board first in the 30th minute when Ken Krolicki received a pass from Dewey Lewis and hit a line drive from 25 yards out. To that point it had been a back-and-forth affair with neither team looking dangerous in front of the net.
The Spartans went into the halftime break leading 1-0 despite the Hoosiers holding a 6-5 advantage in shots.
Indiana did not waste any time getting on the board in the second half as Andrew Oliver knotted things at 1-all with a goal at 47:19. The hard work of Tanner Thompson set up the score as his initial shot was blocked. It landed at Dylan Lax, who played it right back to Thompson. Thompson weaved his way through a group of defenders before laying the ball off to Oliver, who hit a cross-goal shot into the upper 90 for his third of the season.
The celebration on the Hoosiers bench was short-lived as the Spartans went back on top seven minutes later with Krolicki's second goal of the night coming in the 55th minute. This time he gathered the ball in the box and took four touches before shooting past an outstretched Colin Webb for the 2-1 lead.
The Hoosiers continued to press, with Thompson sending a shot off the side netting off a Patrick Doody corner kick with 28:55 to play. Four minutes later Thompson had one of his team-best five shots blocked, with the ball deflecting to Matt Foldesy who also had his attempt snuffed out by a Michigan State defender.
Indiana's pressure around the Michigan State net led to its second goal and a 2-2 tie in the 80th minute as a ball in went off Spartan Zach Carroll and into the MSU net for an own goal.
For the second time on the night Michigan State jumped right back on top, this time taking a 3-2 lead just 2:29 after the Indiana score. Jay Chapman whipped a ball into the box, finding the head of Adam Montague for the game-winning score.
Indiana had a golden opportunity to tie it again with five minutes left in regulation when Foldesy found himself open on the right post but his attempt glided wide right.
Indiana finished on top in shots 20-13 but just four of those 20 shots were on frame. In addition to Thompson's five shots, Oliver had three attempts with two on frame. Webb tallied four saves in the match.
Media Contact: Melanie Schneider (ms48@indiana.edu)
