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No. 25 Indiana Falls 4-0 at No. 8 Louisville
10/21/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 21, 2009
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - No. 25 Indiana (7-6-1) fell behind early and could not get an offensive rhythm going in a 4-0 loss to No. 8 Louisville (10-2-2) Wednesday night at Cardinal Park in Louisville, Ky.
Indiana found itself down 1-0, 5:54 into the match when a free kick from Kenney Walker found the head of Freddie Braun who put it home for the score.
Seven minutes later the Cardinals took a 2-0 lead with Mark Knight crossing the ball on the ground to Colin Rolfe, who got behind the defense and sent in a chip shot. Rolfe gave Louisville a 3-0 lead in the 57th minute as he made his way through the IU defense and placed a shot into the lower left. Louisville added its fourth goal of the night on a score from Knight at 82:27.
Indiana went a man down at 73:37 when sophomore forward Will Bruin was given a red card for dissent. Bruin will also miss Sunday's Big Ten match at Northwestern.
The Hoosiers' best attempt of the first half came in the 37th minute when a shot from Alec Purdie was dropped by Cardinals goalkeeper Andre Boudreaux. Lee Hagedorn was there to get the rebound, but he could not settle the ball and get a shot off before the defense set in.
Senior transfer Nemanja Kostic made his first appearance in an IU uniform, earning the start in the second half. Louisville natives Darren Yeagle and Kevin Bick both saw action in the match, with Yeagle earning the start and Bick coming on in the second half. Junior Alex Boler also made his first career appearance for the Hoosiers.
In the second half, sophomore Will Bruin got his head on the end of a cross from Tim Wylie but the sophomore popped his shot over the cross bar. Bruin took another shot on the run in the 69th minute, forcing Boudreaux to make the save.
Goalkeeper Luis Soffner was tested early, making his first save of the match less than two minutes in as Louisville got a throw in behind the IU defense and he was forced to come out and make a kick save. Soffner finished with two saves in the first half.
Indiana was credited with just two shots in the first half, both coming from Bruin. Louisville put up nine shots and had two corner kicks to the Hoosiers' one.
Indiana makes its final road trip of the regular season as it travels to No. 17 Northwestern on Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. The match will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network.
