Indiana University Athletics
Soccer Falls to St. John's (09-07-02)
9/7/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Sept. 7, 2002
Kings Port, N.Y. - The fourth-ranked Indiana University men's soccer team fell to No. 15 St. John's, 3-0, in a rematch of last season's national semifinal Saturday night in Kings Point, N.Y. at the St. John's Classic. With its first loss of the season, IU dropped to 1-1-2 on the season while the Red Storm improved to 2-1-0.
St. John's struck early, scoring a pair of restart goals five minutes into the contest. The Red Storm tallied goal number one on their first corner kick of the evening. Tim O'Neill served the ball in and Christopher Wingert capitalized to make it 1-0, St. John's.
Two minutes later at the 4:34 mark, St. John's added its second goal of the evening as O'Neill's throw in took a bounce on the Astroturf and found Rich Bradley's head. The header lifted the ball just over Indiana goalie Jay Nolly to extend the lead to 2-0.
Despite the pair of St. John's goals in the opening half, it was the Hoosiers who controlled the tempo and got the better chances.
The Red Storm, though, would dominate the second half and add a goal to close out the game in the second stanza. St. John's went up 3-0 with 13 minutes remaining in the game. Angel Rodriguez scored from 30 yards out on a free kick
"Other than those two goals on restarts, they didn't have a good chance from scrimmage in the first half," IU head coach Jerry Yeagley said. "In the first half, we played the better soccer. In the second half, St. John's had the better of it. They deserved to win today. I think they outfought us. We've got to generate more offensive against good teams in order to win."
Indiana closed the game with seven shots to St. John's nine.
Seniors Pat Noonan and Ryan Mack and sophomore Danny O'Rourke were selected to the Classic All-Tournament team.
The Hoosiers return to action at home on Tuesday, Sept. 10, when they host Louisville at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
