No. 2 Indiana Faces No. 9 Stanford in College Cup Final
12/9/2017 4:09:00 PM | Men's Soccer
PHILADELPHIA – The No. 2-seeded Indiana University men's soccer team will face the No. 9 Stanford Cardinal in the College Cup Final on Sunday, Dec. 10 at Talen Energy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pa.
Kickoff for the match is set for 1:00 p.m. ET which will air live nationally on ESPN2. A live-stream of the match is available through WatchESPN, with live stats for the match at IUHoosiers.com.
A radio broadcast of the College Cup match between the Hoosiers and Tar Heels will be available for free at IUHoosiers.com.
The Hoosiers will be looking to claim the program's ninth NCAA Championship, while the Cardinal are aiming to win the school's third-straight title.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The No. 2-seeded Hoosiers will face the No. 3-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels in the College Cup national semifinals on Friday night at Talen Energy Stadium in Philadelphia.
• IU enters Sunday's College Cup final as the only undefeated team in the nation with an overall record of 18-0-6 on the season. IU will be looking to complete first undefeated season in program history.
• After a scoreless first half against No. 3 North Carolina on Friday, Andrew Gutman scored off a corner kick in the 50th minute, notching his third game-winning goal of the season.
• Indiana earned the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament after finishing the season with an overall record of 15-0-5.
• The Hoosiers finished the regular season undefeated for the third time in program history, ending with a 13-0-4 mark. IU also finished regular season unblemished in 1976 (15-0-1) and 1997 (18-0).
• Freshman goalkeeper Trey Muse has been one of the best goalkeepers in the nation this season, posting a NCAA-record 18 shutouts and a NCAA-leading goals-against average of 0.23.
• Fellow freshman Mason Toye leads the Hoosiers with 10 goals and 22 points on the season, while Cory Thomas and Andrew Gutman have seven goals each on the year for IU.
• Junior Trevor Swartz leads the team with eight assists on the season.
NEWS AND NOTES
• IU was seeded No. 2 overall in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, marking the 13th time in the last 15 years since the current seeding format began in 2003 that IU has earned a top-16 seed.
• The berth for the Hoosiers was the team's 31st-straight bid to the NCAA Tournament and the 42nd overall in the program's history.
• Indiana has now participated in a NCAA-record 19 College Cups. This will be the second College Cup appearance for the Hoosiers under head coach Todd Yeagley. IU won the NCAA title in 2012 in Yeagley's second season at the helm of the program.
• Senior D Grant Lillard was named one of three finalists for the MAC Hermann Trophy Award.
• Lillard was named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List for the second-straight season. Last year, Lillard earned Second-Team All-America honors from both College Soccer News and Top Drawer Soccer, as well as First-Team All-Big Ten and First-Team All-Region accolades.
SCOUTING THE CARDINAL
• The No. 9-ranked Stanford Cardinal defeated No. 4 Akron Friday evening to advance to the College Cup Final. The two-time defending NCAA Champion Cardinal bring an overall record of 18-2-2 into Sunday's meeting with the Hoosiers.
• Stanford saw goals from Foster Langsdorf and Sam Werner in the 2-0 win against the Zips.
• The Cardinal earned its spot in the College Cup by advancing past Pacific on penalty kicks after a scoreless draw and defeating Coastal Carolina (2-0) and No. 1 Wake Forest (2-0).
• Stanford's two losses this season came against Tulsa and Saint Louis while the other draw came against No. 19 Washington.
• Two-time All-American and Pac-12 all-time scoring leader Langsdorf leads the Cardinal with 14 goals.
• Defender Tomas Hilliard-Arce also earned United Soccer Coaches All-America honors for the second consecutive season.
• The Cardinal saw six earn All-Conference honors with a seventh named honorable mention. Langsdorf, Hilliard-Arce, Corey Baird, Tanner Beason and Drew Skundrich nabbed First Team honors while Sam Werner was named to the Second Team.
• Langsdorf earned 2017 Pac-12 Player of the Year accolades. He was named Co-Player of the Year in 2016. Hilliard-Arce was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and Jeremy Gunn earned Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the fourth-straight season.
SERIES HISTORY
• Sunday's match will mark the ninth matchup in the Indiana-Stanford series. Indiana currently holds a 4-1-3 advantage.
• The teams have previously met in a College Cup Final as the Hoosiers defeated the Cardinal, 3-1, in 1998 en route to the team's fourth national title.
• All other meetings have come in the regular season with the last resulting in a scoreless draw in Bloomington on Sept. 4, 2016.
IU ADVANCES TO COLLEGE CUP FINAL
• The Hoosiers advanced to the College Cup Final for the 15th time in program history with a victory over North Carolina.
• IU is 8-6 all-time in College Cup Finals.
• Indiana's 19 College Cup appearances are the most in NCAA history.
• The College Cup is the second for the Hoosiers under head coach Todd Yeagley, who guided the team to the program's eighth NCAA title in 2012.
• The last three times IU played in a College Cup - 2012, 2004, 2003 - the Hoosiers won the NCAA Championship.
• With the win over UNC, IU is 15-4 all-time in College Cup national semifinal matches.
NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• The berth for the Hoosiers is the team's 31st-straight bid to the NCAA
Tournament and the 42nd overall in the program's history.
• Indiana has an NCAA-best .729 (88-31-5) winning percentage in the
tournament, while the 88 victories are also tops in the NCAA.
• IU has appeared in 19 College Cups, which leads all Division I teams, and won its eighth national title in 2012.
MUSE, HOOSIERS SET SHUTOUT RECORDS
• Freshman goalkeeper Trey Muse tied the NCAA single-season record for individual shutouts with his 18th blank sheet against No. 3 North Carolina on Friday.
• Muse matched fellow Hoosier John Putna (1979) and David Meves (2009) who also posted 18 shutouts in one season.
• The 18 shutouts on the season is an Indiana team record, matching the team mark set in 1979.
LILLARD NAMED MAC HERMANN TROPHY FINALIST
• Indiana's Grant Lillard was named one of three finalists for the MAC Hermann Trophy.
• The three finalists were determined based on voting by NCAA DI soccer coaches.
• In the storied history of Indiana men's soccer, an IU player has been named the national player of the year 11 times. Included on that list are both IU head coach Todd Yeagley and associate head coach Brian Maisonneuve.
IU TAKES DOWN NO. 7 MSU TO EARN COLLGE CUP BERTH
• After not trailing at any point in the season, IU fell behind to the No. 7-seeded Michigan State Spartans last week in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals in the second minute of the match.
• IU stormed back to tie and then advance in PK's in front of 5,450 fans at Armstrong Stadium.
• On the year, the Hoosiers have been tied or led for 2256:37 minutes of the team's 2237:15 minutes played through 23 matches.
LILLARD, GUTMAN EARN ALL-AMERICA HONORS
• Grant Lillard was named First-Team All-America, while Andrew Gutman earned Second-Team All-America honors from the United Soccer Coaches.
• Last year, Lillard was named a Second-Team All-American by both Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News. The All-America accolade is the first in his career for Gutman.
• In the storied history of Indiana men's soccer, 41 Indiana players have garnered a total of 69 All-America honors. Lillard becomes the 16th player in program history to earn All-America accolades in more than one season.
UNDEFEATED TEAMS IN THE COLLEGE CUP
• Indiana is the sixth team since 1990 to enter the College Cup undefeated and the 50th team to bring an unblemished record to the College Cup since 1959.
• There have been 13 undefeated champions in NCAA history, with the last coming in 1989 with Santa Clara.
HISTORICALLY STINGY DEFENSE
• Through the first 24 matches of the season, Indiana has allowed just six goals - the second-fewest allowed in school history.
• The Hoosiers are the only team in the nation to not allow two goals in any match this season.
• IU allowed just two goals through the first 15 matches this season, which was a school record.
• The school record for fewest goals allowed in a season is 4 by the 1979 Hoosier team.
INDIANA IN THE NATIONAL/B1G STATISTICAL RANKINGS
• Entering the College Cup final, IU is ranked in the top-20 in 13 categories in the NCAA statistical rankings.
• Indiana leads the nation in save percentage (0.912), shutout percentage (0.750), team goals against average (0.233) and win-loss-tied percentage (.875).
• Individually, freshman GK Trey Muse leads the nation in goals against average (0.233), save percentage (0.909), shutouts (18) and goalie minutes played (2237:15).
• Freshman Mason Toye, who leads the team with 10 scores, is ranked seventh in the nation with five game-winning goals.
• The Hoosiers are ranked second shots per game (17.29), second in shots on goal per game (7.79), third in corner kicks per game (7.25), fifth in total assists (48), fifth in total goals (49), fifth in total points (146), 13th in points per game (6.08), 14th in assists per game (2.00) and 17th in scoring offense (2.04).
• IU leads the Big Ten in 13 categories - assists per game, corner kicks per game, fouls per game, points per game, save percentage, shots per game, shots on goal per game, shutout percentage, team goals against average, total assists, total goals, total points and win-loss-tied percentage.
GRIFFITH EARNS NCAA'S ELITE 90 AWARD
• Senior Jack Griffith was named the recipient of the NCAA's presitgious Elite 90 Award at the College Cup.
• The Elite 90 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's championships.
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• For all the latest on Indiana University men's soccer, be sure to follow the team at @IUMensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
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Kickoff for the match is set for 1:00 p.m. ET which will air live nationally on ESPN2. A live-stream of the match is available through WatchESPN, with live stats for the match at IUHoosiers.com.
A radio broadcast of the College Cup match between the Hoosiers and Tar Heels will be available for free at IUHoosiers.com.
The Hoosiers will be looking to claim the program's ninth NCAA Championship, while the Cardinal are aiming to win the school's third-straight title.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The No. 2-seeded Hoosiers will face the No. 3-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels in the College Cup national semifinals on Friday night at Talen Energy Stadium in Philadelphia.
• IU enters Sunday's College Cup final as the only undefeated team in the nation with an overall record of 18-0-6 on the season. IU will be looking to complete first undefeated season in program history.
• After a scoreless first half against No. 3 North Carolina on Friday, Andrew Gutman scored off a corner kick in the 50th minute, notching his third game-winning goal of the season.
• Indiana earned the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament after finishing the season with an overall record of 15-0-5.
• The Hoosiers finished the regular season undefeated for the third time in program history, ending with a 13-0-4 mark. IU also finished regular season unblemished in 1976 (15-0-1) and 1997 (18-0).
• Freshman goalkeeper Trey Muse has been one of the best goalkeepers in the nation this season, posting a NCAA-record 18 shutouts and a NCAA-leading goals-against average of 0.23.
• Fellow freshman Mason Toye leads the Hoosiers with 10 goals and 22 points on the season, while Cory Thomas and Andrew Gutman have seven goals each on the year for IU.
• Junior Trevor Swartz leads the team with eight assists on the season.
NEWS AND NOTES
• IU was seeded No. 2 overall in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, marking the 13th time in the last 15 years since the current seeding format began in 2003 that IU has earned a top-16 seed.
• The berth for the Hoosiers was the team's 31st-straight bid to the NCAA Tournament and the 42nd overall in the program's history.
• Indiana has now participated in a NCAA-record 19 College Cups. This will be the second College Cup appearance for the Hoosiers under head coach Todd Yeagley. IU won the NCAA title in 2012 in Yeagley's second season at the helm of the program.
• Senior D Grant Lillard was named one of three finalists for the MAC Hermann Trophy Award.
• Lillard was named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List for the second-straight season. Last year, Lillard earned Second-Team All-America honors from both College Soccer News and Top Drawer Soccer, as well as First-Team All-Big Ten and First-Team All-Region accolades.
SCOUTING THE CARDINAL
• The No. 9-ranked Stanford Cardinal defeated No. 4 Akron Friday evening to advance to the College Cup Final. The two-time defending NCAA Champion Cardinal bring an overall record of 18-2-2 into Sunday's meeting with the Hoosiers.
• Stanford saw goals from Foster Langsdorf and Sam Werner in the 2-0 win against the Zips.
• The Cardinal earned its spot in the College Cup by advancing past Pacific on penalty kicks after a scoreless draw and defeating Coastal Carolina (2-0) and No. 1 Wake Forest (2-0).
• Stanford's two losses this season came against Tulsa and Saint Louis while the other draw came against No. 19 Washington.
• Two-time All-American and Pac-12 all-time scoring leader Langsdorf leads the Cardinal with 14 goals.
• Defender Tomas Hilliard-Arce also earned United Soccer Coaches All-America honors for the second consecutive season.
• The Cardinal saw six earn All-Conference honors with a seventh named honorable mention. Langsdorf, Hilliard-Arce, Corey Baird, Tanner Beason and Drew Skundrich nabbed First Team honors while Sam Werner was named to the Second Team.
• Langsdorf earned 2017 Pac-12 Player of the Year accolades. He was named Co-Player of the Year in 2016. Hilliard-Arce was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and Jeremy Gunn earned Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the fourth-straight season.
SERIES HISTORY
• Sunday's match will mark the ninth matchup in the Indiana-Stanford series. Indiana currently holds a 4-1-3 advantage.
• The teams have previously met in a College Cup Final as the Hoosiers defeated the Cardinal, 3-1, in 1998 en route to the team's fourth national title.
• All other meetings have come in the regular season with the last resulting in a scoreless draw in Bloomington on Sept. 4, 2016.
IU ADVANCES TO COLLEGE CUP FINAL
• The Hoosiers advanced to the College Cup Final for the 15th time in program history with a victory over North Carolina.
• IU is 8-6 all-time in College Cup Finals.
• Indiana's 19 College Cup appearances are the most in NCAA history.
• The College Cup is the second for the Hoosiers under head coach Todd Yeagley, who guided the team to the program's eighth NCAA title in 2012.
• The last three times IU played in a College Cup - 2012, 2004, 2003 - the Hoosiers won the NCAA Championship.
• With the win over UNC, IU is 15-4 all-time in College Cup national semifinal matches.
NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• The berth for the Hoosiers is the team's 31st-straight bid to the NCAA
Tournament and the 42nd overall in the program's history.
• Indiana has an NCAA-best .729 (88-31-5) winning percentage in the
tournament, while the 88 victories are also tops in the NCAA.
• IU has appeared in 19 College Cups, which leads all Division I teams, and won its eighth national title in 2012.
MUSE, HOOSIERS SET SHUTOUT RECORDS
• Freshman goalkeeper Trey Muse tied the NCAA single-season record for individual shutouts with his 18th blank sheet against No. 3 North Carolina on Friday.
• Muse matched fellow Hoosier John Putna (1979) and David Meves (2009) who also posted 18 shutouts in one season.
• The 18 shutouts on the season is an Indiana team record, matching the team mark set in 1979.
LILLARD NAMED MAC HERMANN TROPHY FINALIST
• Indiana's Grant Lillard was named one of three finalists for the MAC Hermann Trophy.
• The three finalists were determined based on voting by NCAA DI soccer coaches.
• In the storied history of Indiana men's soccer, an IU player has been named the national player of the year 11 times. Included on that list are both IU head coach Todd Yeagley and associate head coach Brian Maisonneuve.
IU TAKES DOWN NO. 7 MSU TO EARN COLLGE CUP BERTH
• After not trailing at any point in the season, IU fell behind to the No. 7-seeded Michigan State Spartans last week in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals in the second minute of the match.
• IU stormed back to tie and then advance in PK's in front of 5,450 fans at Armstrong Stadium.
• On the year, the Hoosiers have been tied or led for 2256:37 minutes of the team's 2237:15 minutes played through 23 matches.
LILLARD, GUTMAN EARN ALL-AMERICA HONORS
• Grant Lillard was named First-Team All-America, while Andrew Gutman earned Second-Team All-America honors from the United Soccer Coaches.
• Last year, Lillard was named a Second-Team All-American by both Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News. The All-America accolade is the first in his career for Gutman.
• In the storied history of Indiana men's soccer, 41 Indiana players have garnered a total of 69 All-America honors. Lillard becomes the 16th player in program history to earn All-America accolades in more than one season.
UNDEFEATED TEAMS IN THE COLLEGE CUP
• Indiana is the sixth team since 1990 to enter the College Cup undefeated and the 50th team to bring an unblemished record to the College Cup since 1959.
• There have been 13 undefeated champions in NCAA history, with the last coming in 1989 with Santa Clara.
HISTORICALLY STINGY DEFENSE
• Through the first 24 matches of the season, Indiana has allowed just six goals - the second-fewest allowed in school history.
• The Hoosiers are the only team in the nation to not allow two goals in any match this season.
• IU allowed just two goals through the first 15 matches this season, which was a school record.
• The school record for fewest goals allowed in a season is 4 by the 1979 Hoosier team.
INDIANA IN THE NATIONAL/B1G STATISTICAL RANKINGS
• Entering the College Cup final, IU is ranked in the top-20 in 13 categories in the NCAA statistical rankings.
• Indiana leads the nation in save percentage (0.912), shutout percentage (0.750), team goals against average (0.233) and win-loss-tied percentage (.875).
• Individually, freshman GK Trey Muse leads the nation in goals against average (0.233), save percentage (0.909), shutouts (18) and goalie minutes played (2237:15).
• Freshman Mason Toye, who leads the team with 10 scores, is ranked seventh in the nation with five game-winning goals.
• The Hoosiers are ranked second shots per game (17.29), second in shots on goal per game (7.79), third in corner kicks per game (7.25), fifth in total assists (48), fifth in total goals (49), fifth in total points (146), 13th in points per game (6.08), 14th in assists per game (2.00) and 17th in scoring offense (2.04).
• IU leads the Big Ten in 13 categories - assists per game, corner kicks per game, fouls per game, points per game, save percentage, shots per game, shots on goal per game, shutout percentage, team goals against average, total assists, total goals, total points and win-loss-tied percentage.
GRIFFITH EARNS NCAA'S ELITE 90 AWARD
• Senior Jack Griffith was named the recipient of the NCAA's presitgious Elite 90 Award at the College Cup.
• The Elite 90 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's championships.
@IUMensSoccer
• For all the latest on Indiana University men's soccer, be sure to follow the team at @IUMensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
#GoIU
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