Indiana University Athletics
No. 25 Indiana Travels to No. 12 Northwestern Sunday
10/23/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 23, 2009
No. 25 Indiana at No. 12 Northwestern 
NO. NR/25 INDIANA (7-6-1, 2-1) at NO. 17/12 NORTHWESTERN (8-2-4, 1-1-1)
October 25, 2009 • 4:00 p.m. ET
Lakeside Field
Evanston, Ill.
All-Time Series: Indiana leads, 23-1-1
Last Meeting: Indiana won, 2-0 on Nov. 7, 2008 in Bloomington.
Last Meeting in Evanston: Indiana won, 1-0 on Oct. 14, 2007.
Television: Big Ten Network
Play-by-Play: Kenn Tomasch
Color: Richard Broad
SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana looks to snap a two-game slide as it travels to Evanston, Ill. for a Big Ten matchup at Northwestern.
• The Hoosiers have won three straight in the series with the Wildcats and 23 of 25 meetings overall.
• Indiana has never lost to Northwestern in Evanston (11-0).
• The Hoosiers are currently among the Big Ten leaders with a 2-1 mark.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Indiana was shut out for the fourth time this season and the second-straight match with a 4-0 loss at No. 8 Louisville on Oct. 21.
• The Hoosiers posted eight shots, five of which came from sophomore forward Will Bruin.
• Bruin picked up his first career red card in the match (for dissent) and will miss Sunday’s game at Northwestern.
• Senior goalkeeper Nemanja Kostic made his first career appearance for Indiana in the match at Louisville, playing the final 45 minutes between the pipes.
• Also making his first career appearance in the Cream and Crimson was junior defender Alex Boler.
• The Hoosiers have lost back-to-back matches for the first time this season and the first time since a three-match losing streak to Creighton, Saint Louis and UAB in 2007.
• Will Bruin had a season high nine shots, , three of which were on goal, in the 1-0 double overtime loss to Michigan State on Oct. 18.
• Indiana had a season-high 22 shots in the match, eight of which were on frame.
• Michigan State becomes just the seventh team to post a three-match win streak over the Hoosiers (Clemson, Cleveland State, Connecticut, Penn State, Santa Clara, UCLA).
• Indiana stretched its win streak over Notre Dame to three with a 3-0 win on Oct. 14. Darren Yeagle and Will Bruin scored for the Hoosiers, but the game winner came in the 66th minute courtesy of an own goal by the Fighting Irish.
• Bruin’s goal gives him a team-best six this season.
• Bruin leads the team in scoring with 15 points (6g, 3a).
• Freshman goalkeeper Luis Soffner recorded his sixth shutout of the season in the win at ND.
• Andy Adlard scored the game-winning goal at Michigan on Oct. 10 in the 54th minute, his fourth goal of the season and the second game winner.
• Three of Adlard’s four goals this year have come when he plays off the bench.
• Soffner recorded his fifth shutout of the year in the win over the Wolverines.
• Yeagle’s goal against Butler on Oct. 7 was his first since his freshman season in 2006. He had seven goals that year and was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
• Bruin has scored at least one point in seven of 14 matches.
• Indiana is 2-4-1 against top-25 teams this season.
• The Hoosiers are 1-2-1 in overtime games this year.
• IU is 3-0 when scoring three or more goals with wins over New Mexico (3-2), Kentucky (3-0) and Notre Dame (3-0).
• Conversely, the Hoosiers are 0-2 when giving up three or more goals.
• Earning the start in the second half against UK, redshirt freshman Nick Blevins saw his first career shot result in a goal.
• The Hoosiers improved to 16-0-3 in Big Ten openers with a 1-0 win at Wisconsin on Sept. 25.
• Sophomore Tommy Meyer recorded his first career point with an assist on Bruin’s goal against the Badgers.
• Soffner recorded a shutout in his first career Big Ten match with the 1-0 blanking of Wisconsin.
• Indiana is averaging 13.7 shots per game, 1.21 goals per game and 5.8 shots on-goal per game.
• In tournament play this year, Indiana won the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament (2-0), finished second at the University of Akron Tournament (1-1) and third at the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic (0-1-1).
• A total of 3,920 fans were on hand for the season opener against St. John’s on Sept. 4, a game which ended in a 0-0 double overtime tie.
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• Northwestern enters Sunday’s match at 8-2-4 overall and 1-1-1 in Big Ten play. The Wildcats have defeated Ohio State (1-0), while tying Penn State (1-1) and falling 2-1 in OT at home to Wisconsin.
• Matt Eliason leads the offense with 11 goals, along with two assists for a team-best 24 points.
• Piero Bellizzi has three goals, with two each from Jack Hilgard and Eamon O’Neill. Oliver Kupe has a team-best six assists.
• Indiana and Northwestern have played just one common opponent to date, Wisconsin. IU was a 1-0 winner over the Badgers in Madison.
• Northwestern has scored 22 goals while allowing 16, and is out-shooting its opponents 195-162.
• Three different goalkeepers have seen time between the pipes, with Misha Rosenthal getting the majority of the minutes, playing in 12 games and 1153:41 minutes. Rosenthal has allowed 14 goals for a 1.09 GAA and has 59 saves and a 7-2-3 record.
• Head coach Tim Lenehan is in his ninth season at NU and has an overall career record of 215-133-41. He is assisted by Andy Fleming, Rich Nassif and Ovidio Felcaro.
SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana has dominated the series with the Wildcats, leading 23-1-1.
• The loss and tie came in back-to-back years, with a 1-0 loss in Bloomington in 2004 and a 1-1 tie in 2005.
• Indiana has outscored the Wildcats, 51-4 in Bloomington and 99-8 overall.
• The Hoosiers have scored five or more goals against Northwestern eight times, most recently an 11-1 win in 1996.
• In 2008 it was Will Bruin who scored the game winning goal, along with a score from John Mellencamp. Andy Adlard assisted on both goals.
• Daniel Kelly scored the game winner for the Hoosiers in Evanston in 2007 with an assist from Billy Weaver. In 2006 it was Eric Alexander who scored the winner in a 1-0 victory.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Five of Indiana’s six losses have come to teams currently ranked in Soccer America’s top 16 (No. 1 Akron, No. 3 Wake Forest, No. 8 UC Santa Barbara, No. 11 Louisville and No. 16 Butler).
• Andy Adlard’s two goals against No. 13 Kentucky marked his first career multiple-goal game.
• It was the first multiple-goal game by a Hoosier since Will Bruin had a pair of goals in a 3-2 OT win at Evansville on Sept. 30, 2008.
• Three of Adlard’s four goals this season have come when he plays off the bench. And two of the four have been game winners.
• Seven of Adlard’s 11 career goals have been game winners.
• Eight of Indiana’s 14 matches have been one-goal affairs. IU is 4-4 in those games.
• Fifteen of Indiana’s 17 goals this season have come after the halftime break
• Three of Indiana’s 17 goals have come off set pieces.
• Both of Indiana’s goals in Big Ten play have come between the 53rd minute and 57th minute.
• Sophomore Tommy Meyer and his father, Keith Meyer, are the first father-son combination to play soccer at Indiana. Meyer played for the Hoosiers in 1980 and 1982-84, winning NCAA titles in 1982 and 1983.
• Indiana played its 100th Big Ten regular season match on Sept. 25, a 1-0 win at Wisconsin. The Hoosiers have won 85 percent (82-10-9) of their Big Ten regular season matches.
HOME SWEET HOME?
• Indiana has played nine of its 14 games away from home this season, and maybe that is a good thing since the Hoosiers’ record at Armstrong Stadium currently stands at 1-3-1.
• The Hoosiers’ lone victory in front of its home crowd came on Sept. 29 in a 3-0 win over then-No. 13 Kentucky.
• IU has dropped home matches to No. 3 Wake Forest, Butler and Michigan State.
• Indiana opened the year with a 0-0 tie against No. 5 St. John’s.
• Meanwhile, the Hoosiers are 3-3 on opponents’ fields and 3-0 in neutral site matchups.
• Both of Indiana’s Big Ten victories have come on the road.
WAKE UP!
• The Hoosiers have admittedly gotten off to slow starts in matches this season and a look at the statistics backs up that claim.
• Indiana has scored just two goals in the first period, with both of those scores coming at home against Butler (Oct. 7) and Kentucky (Sept. 29).
• IU had perked up in the second half where 14 of its 17 goals have been scored. The Hoosiers have also had one game-winning score in the second overtime period.
LOUISVILLE RECAP
• 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.
RANKING THE HOOSIERS
• Indiana ranks among the top 25 in all four of five polls.
• College Soccer News dropped the Hoosiers four spots to No. 23.
• Soccer America moved IU down two spots to No. 25.
• The Hoosiers fell out of the NSCAA poll but are second among teams receiving votes with 33.
• Soccer Times moved the Hoosiers down five spots to No. 22.
• Indiana is down four spots in the TopDrawerSoccer men’s tournament 48 ranking to No. 20.
• Three Big Ten teams are in the Soccer America top 25 this week with No. 12 Northwestern, No. 23 Ohio State and No. 25 Indiana.
• Two Big Ten teams grace the NSCAA top 25 with Northwestern No. 17 and Ohio State No. 25.
BIG TEN DOMINATION
• Since the Big Ten began sponsoring men’s soccer in 1991, the Hoosier have dominated the league.
• The Hoosiers are 82-11-9 in regular season matches, tallying nearly 30 more victories than second-place team Penn State (54).
• Indiana has never lost in its Big Ten opener, going 16-0-3 in those matches.
• IU has won 11 Big Ten tournament titles, sharing the 1995 crown with Wisconsin.
• Indiana has also been crowned regular season champion 13 times, including nine-straight seasons from 1996-2004. IU won back-to-back regular season titles in 2006 and 2007.
• Indiana has been the league’s goals-against average leader in 15 of 18 seasons, including 2007 when the Hoosiers allowed just two goals in six matches for a 0.31 GAA.
• IU had a league-record 10 Big Ten Players of the Year, including two of the last four seasons.
• The Hoosiers have also boasted the Freshman of the Year three of the last four years, with Will Bruin taking the award in 2008.
NCAA RPI RANKINGS RELEASED
• The NCAA has released its first RPI rankings of the season for men’s soccer and the Hoosiers are in the No. 17 spot.
• Out of the seven Big Ten teams, two are ranked in the top 25 with Indiana joined by No. 1 Northwestern.
• The Rating Percentage Index is a mathematical measurement of a team’s strength.
• The NCAA tournament selection committee uses it to help determine which teams will receive at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament. The formula consists of a team’s winning percentage against Division I opponents (25 percent), the opponents’ strength of schedule (50 percent) and the opponents’ opponents’ strength of schedule (25 percent).
• The rankings for Indiana’s opponents to date are as follows: 2. Akron; 5. Wake Forest; 11. Butler; 14. New Mexico; 24. Notre Dame; No. 34 UCSB; No. 48 Louisville, No. 54 Michigan; No. 57 St. John’s; No. 70 Michigan State; 90. Wisconsin; 95. Kentucky; 157. Seattle; 172. FIU.
INDIANA IN THE BIG TEN
• Here is where the Hoosiers sit in the latest Big Ten rankings:
INDIVIDUAL
Shots:
2. Will Bruin - 56
T-8. Andy Adlard - 37
Points:
T-8. Will Bruin - 15
Goals
T-7. Will Bruin - 6
Game-Winning Goals
T-3. Will Bruin - 3
Goals-Against Average
4. Luis Soffner - 0.99
Shutouts
T-2. Luis Soffner - 6
TEAM
Shots
5. Indiana- 192
Goals
5. Indiana- 17
Assists
6. Indiana- 14
Goals Allowed
T-4. Indiana- 16
Saves
7. Indiana- 41
Goals-Against Average
5. Indiana- 1.09
Shutouts
4. Indiana- 6
Fouls
7. Indiana-113
THE HOOSIER COACHING TREE
• With the successful roots of Indiana soccer, it is no surprise that the program has spawned several successful coaches throughout the country at the Division I level.
• Former IU players and assistant coaches John Trask and Caleb Porter lead UIC and Akron, respectively. Porter currently has his Zips ranked No. 1 in the country.
• Trask’s assistant Sean Phillips (assistant coach/player) also has Indiana ties.
• UAB head coach Mike Getman was a player and assistant coach at Indiana.
• Wisconsin is led by former IU assistant coach and player Todd Yeagley, and his assistant coach Ernie Yarborough also played for the Hoosiers.
• IUPUI head coach Steve Franklin was an assistant at Indiana under Jerry Yeagley, and his assistant coach Matt Reiswerg is a former IU goalkeeper.
• Louisville assistant coach Brian Maisonneuve had an outstanding career at IU, earning the Hermann Trophy in 1994.
