Indiana University Athletics
Indiana to Face Ohio State For Big Ten Title
11/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Nov. 10, 2007
Indiana vs. Ohio State- Match Notes (PDF)
No. 9/12 INDIANA (13-4-3) vs. No. 18/18 OHIO STATE (13-3-4)
Nov. 11, 2007 • 2:00 p.m.
Old College Field
vs. Ohio State
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Series: Indiana leads Ohio State, 33-1-2
Last Meeting: Indiana 0, Ohio State 0 (Oct. 21, 2007)
Radio: None
Television: Big Ten Network/CSTV
SETTING THE SCENE
• The 2007 Big Ten Regular Season Champion Indiana Hoosiers are the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will face No. 2 seed Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament championship game on Sunday at 2 p.m.
• The match will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network and CSTV.
• Indiana is gunning for its second-straight Big Ten Tournament title and its 12th overall.
• The game is a rematch of last year's Big Ten title game, which the Hoosiers won by a 1-0 score.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Indiana is 10-1-2 in its last 13 games after a 1-0 win over Michigan State in the semifinals on Friday.
• Neil Wilmarth scored the game-winning goal in the 78th minute with a header off the far post.
• The play began in the midfield with a ball from Brad Ring up to Charley Traylor, who then served it in to Wilmarth.
• It was Wilmarth's second goal of the season.
• He also had the game-winning goal at Notre Dame on Oct. 17.
• Ring's assist was his sixth of the season as he continues to lead the team in scoring with 16 points (5g, 6a).
• The game marked the 11th shutout for Indiana this season.
• Goalkeeper Chay Cain was credited with his ninth solo shutout of the season.
• Indiana has been held scoreless twice this season.
• Both games came in Big Ten play as Ohio State also played IU to a 0-0 tie on Oct. 21, and IU and Wisconsin also played to a 0-0 tie on Nov. 4.
• Against the Kentucky Wildcats on Oct. 31, the Hoosiers broke out for a season-high four goals. It was the most goals scored by IU since a 5-4 loss to Notre Dame on Sept. 3, 2006.
• Ring has scored a goal in three of the last five matches.
• He is tied with Alexander and Noschang for the team lead in goals scored with five.
• He also had a goal in a 2-1 win over Evansville on Oct. 24. For his efforts he was named to the College Soccer News and Soccer America Teams of the Week.
• He was also honored as the Big Ten Player of the Week on Oct. 29.
• Freshman Rich Balchan has put home a goal in three of the last six games, with his goals against Evansville (Oct. 24) and Kentucky (Oct. 31) game winners.
• Indiana goalkeeper Chay Cain and the Hoosiers posted five-straight shutouts in Big Ten play, blanking five of six league opponents in 2007. Their only blemish was two goals allowed in a 3-2 win at Michigan (Sept. 29).
• Cain was named the co-Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 5 after shutting out both Kentucky (4-0) and Wisconsin (0-0).
• Cain has not allowed a goal over the last 403:43.
• IU has come back from a 1-0 deficit three times this season.
• Indiana is 4-0 when scoring three or more goals.
• Indiana is 4-0-1 against top-10 teams this season.
• The Hoosiers are 5-2-2 against top-25 teams this season.
• Indiana is undefeated in its last 10 Big Ten matches (8-0-2), including the 2006 Big Ten tournament.
• Indiana's 1-0 win over Northwestern on Oct. 14 marked the program's 600th victory.
• Billy Weaver has a team-best seven assists.
• The Hoosiers are 6-4-1 when scoring just one goal.
• Indiana is 1-1-3 in overtime matches.
• The game against Louisville on Oct. 10 marked just the fourth time this season the Hoosiers have trailed in the shots column. They are 0-3-1 when being outshot by an opponent.
• With his two goals against Michigan State on Oct. 6, Kevin Alston was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and earned a spot on the Soccer America, College Soccer News and Top Drawer Soccer Teams of the Week on Oct. 8.
• Billy Weaver was named to the Soccer America and College Soccer News Teams of the Week on Oct. 1 after he picked up two assists and a goal as the Hoosiers went 2-0 with wins over Butler and No. 10 Michigan.
• Ring was named TopDrawerSoccer Player of the Week and was named to the College Soccer News Team of the Week on Sept. 10.
• The Hoosiers were 1-0 winners over No. 1 UCLA in front of a record crowd of 7,420 at the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic on Sept. 2.
• With the win, Indiana is 2-0 in its last two meetings with No. 1 ranked teams at Armstrong Stadium. In 2005, IU defeated No. 1 Akron, 1-0 in overtime.
• Kevin Noschang was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and NSCAA Player of the Week on Sept. 3.
• Goalkeeper Chay Cain shared Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 15 after a shutout of No. 6 Northwestern.
INDIANA IN THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
• The Hoosiers are looking for their 12th Big Ten Tournament title. Indiana won the title last year with a 1-0 win over Ohio State.
• IU won the first two tournament titles (1991 and 1992) and six straight from 1994-99.
INDIANA vs. Ohio STATE IN THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
• 1992 Semifinal: No. 2 Indiana 1, No. 3 Ohio State 0
• 1997 Final: No. 1 Indiana 1, No. 2 Ohio State 0
• 2000 Semifinal: No. 5 Ohio State 1, No. 1 Indiana 0
• 2005 Semifinal: No. 3 Indiana 3, No. 2 Ohio State 0
• 2006 Final: No. 1 Indiana 1, No. 2 Ohio State 0
