Hoosiers Welcome Wisconsin Sunday
10/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 1, 2010
Indiana vs. Wisconsin - Match Notes 
INDIANA (5-3-0, 1-0-0) vs. WISCONSIN (1-6-1, 0-0-0)
October 3 • 5 p.m.
Jerry Yeagley Field at Armstrong Stadium
Bloomington, Ind.
All-Time Series: Indiana leads, 34-3-4
Last Meeting: 2-0 win on Nov. 12, 2009 in Bloomington
Livestats: GameTracker (www.IUHoosiers.com)
Television: Big Ten Network (Live)
Chris Doran - Play-by-Play
Brian Plotkin - Color
SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana is riding a three-game win streak as it returns to Big Ten play against Wisconsin on Sunday evening.
• The Hoosiers are coming off a 1-0 win over in-state foe Evansville on Wednesday night.
• Junior forward Will Bruin had the game-winning score in the 30th minute, his team-leading seventh goal of the season and his second game winner in as many matches.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Luis Soffner picked up his second shutout of the season.
• Indiana improved to 2-1 at Armstrong Stadium with the win.
• The Hoosiers are 1-0 in matches broadcast on the Big Ten Network this season after a 5-1 win over UCLA on Sept. 5.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Junior forward Will Bruin put home the game winning goal for the second time in as many matches as the Hoosiers defeated in-state foe Evansville 1-0 on Sept. 29.
• Freshman Harrison Petts picked up his third assist of the season on the play, while senior Daniel Kelly recorded his first assist of the year.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Luis Soffner recorded his second shutout of the season.
• Indiana is now 23-4-3 all-time against Evansville.
• It was Indiana's first victory this year when scoring just one goal.
• The Hoosiers are 1-0 in Big Ten play after a thrilling 3-2 win at No. 20 Penn State on Sept. 24.
• Bruin scored the game-winner with 11 seconds remaining, while freshman Nikita Kotlov had a goal and two assists.
• Petts had his first career goal in the win. He also picked up an assist.
• The Hoosiers improved their all-time record against the Nittany Lions to 27-10-3.
• It was Indiana's first win in State College since the 2004 season.
• Indiana is 10-0 when opening Big Ten Conference play on the road (7-0 vs. Michigan State; 1-0 vs. Michigan; 1-0 vs. Wisconsin; 1-0 vs. Penn State).
• The Hoosiers are 17-0-3 in Big Ten openers since the league began recognizing the sport in 1991.
• The Hoosiers went 1-1 in their first true road matches of the season, falling 2-1 at Brown and picking up a 2-1 win at UMass.
• Andy Adlard had a pair of goals on the weekend, including the game-winner at UMass.
• Bruin had the other goal against the Minutemen.
• Adlard has all three game-winning goals this season.
• Freshman Jacob Bushue and redshirt sophomore Tim Wylie had the assists on Bruin's goal. It was the first career points for both players.
• Indiana went 1-1 at the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament in South Bend, Ind., falling 1-0 to Cal Poly before recording a 2-0 win over No. 22 Drake.
• Adlard and Kotlov were the goal scorers for IU in the win over Drake. Adlard scored on a penalty kick, awarded after Bruin was pulled down in the penalty area.
• Kotlov's first career goal came on an assist from Bruin.
• Soffner recorded his first shutout of the 2010 season and was named to the all-tournament team. He was also named the goalkeeping MVP.
• Bruin also earned all-tournament team honors.
• Freshmen Matt McKain and Bushue earned their first career starts vs. Drake.
• Indiana posted a second-place finish at its adidas/IU Credit Union Classic with a 1-1 record.
• The Hoosiers dropped a 2-1 double overtime heartbreaker to California before bouncing back with a 5-1 win over No. 5 UCLA.
• Bruin was the talk of the weekend, recording four goals in the two matches, including three against UCLA.
• Junior Alec Purdie and Adlard each had a goal and two assists in the UCLA win.
• Bruin, Purdie and sophomore Caleb Konstanski were named to the Classic All-Tournament team. Bruin also went home with offensive MVP honors.
• Petts and Kotlov each picked up their first career points with an assist for Petts vs. California and an assist for Kotlov vs. UCLA.
SCOUTING THE BADGERS
• Wisconsin enters Sunday's match with a 1-6-1 record. Its lone victory came in the season opener, a 2-1 win over Santa Clara.
• Two of the Badgers' six losses have come in overtime, including a 1-0 OT loss at No. 16 Creighton on Sept. 24.
• Wisconsin has scored just three goals this year, with two of those coming from senior midfielder Aaron Nichols. Sophomore midfielder Kyle McCrudden also has a goal. UW's fourth goal came as an own goal.
• Senior goalkeeper Ryan Vint has played all but 90 minutes this season, allowing eight scores for a 1.07 GAA in 676 minutes of play. Vint also has 27 saves on the season.
• Wisconsin is getting outshot 88-58 by opponents this season.
• Head coach John Trask is in his first season at UW. He is assisted by Phil Presser and Keith Tiemeyer.
SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana leads the series, 34-3-4.
• Will Bruin scored the game-winning goal in the 57th minute in a 1-0 regular season victory last year, with the assist going to Tommy Meyer.
• Bruin and Darren Yeagle had goals in a 2-0 win in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament last November.
• The Hoosiers had won 14 straight dating back to the 1996 season, until 2007's 0-0 double overtime tie in Madison.
• Wisconsin's last win came in 1995, a 2-0 victory in Madison.
• Indiana is 15-2-2 against the Badgers in regular season Big Ten matches.
WISCONSIN TIES
• There will be nearly as many Hoosiers on the Wisconsin bench as you will find on the Indiana bench.
• UW head coach John Trask played (1984-87) and coached at Indiana, serving as an assistant on the Hoosiers' 1998 and 1999 national championship teams.
• UW assistant Phil Presser also played (1999-02) and coached for the Hoosiers, serving as an assistant at IU from 2006-09.
• On the flip side, IU head coach Todd Yeagley was the head coach at Wisconsin for the 2009 season, while assistant coach Ernie Yarborough also assisted Yeagley at Wisconsin in 2009.
• IU volunteer assistant Chris Munroe was also a volunteer coach at UW in 2009.
EVANSVILLE RECAP
• A goal in the 30th minute from junior forward Will Bruin turned out to be all the offense the Indiana men's soccer team needed as it squeaked out a 1-0 win over in-state foe Evansville Wednesday night on Jerry Yeagley Field at Armstrong Stadium.
• Indiana improves to 5-3-0 with the victory, while Evansville falls to 4-4-1. The Hoosiers are now 23-4-3 all-time against the Purple Aces, including 12-0-1 in the last 13 meetings.
• "We were pleased to get the shutout, and there were some positives tonight, but we have told the team it is important to win games and play well," said head coach Todd Yeagley. "Tonight was not our top performance; not even close. But, we will take it, address the issues and move on. We need to put this performance behind us quickly and move on to get ready for Wisconsin on Sunday."
• The Hoosiers lone goal came at 29:58 when Bruin powered home a shot from 25 yards out for his team-leading seventh goal of the season. Harrison Petts and Daniel Kelly set up the score, playing the ball into Bruin past the center circle as the reigning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week recorded his second game-winning goal in as many matches.
• The Hoosiers were not at their sharpest Wednesday night, finishing with just nine shots, only three of which were on frame. Bruin had five of the nine attempts, including a ball that was cleared off the line by an Evansville defender just 2:32 into the match. Senior Andy Adlard's only attempt of the game nearly gave Indiana a 2-0 lead as his shot from 30 yards out in the 53rd minute curled just to the left of the goal.
• IU goalkeeper Luis Soffner recorded his second shutout of the season, picking up two saves on the night. Evansville goalkeeper Phil Boerger had one save, with one team saved credited for the stop on Bruin's shot. Tad Kreamalmeyer led the Evansville offense with five shots, while Tom Irvin had two attempts.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Indiana improved to 3-3 in one-goal affairs with a 1-0 win over Evansville on Sept. 29.
• The Hoosiers are now 1-3 in Friday night matches after taking a 3-2 win at No. 20 Penn State on Sept. 24.
• In eight games this season, Indiana has scored seven first-half goals. The Hoosiers tallied just four first-half goals in all of 2009.
• Indiana is outscoring its opponents 7-3 in the first 45 minutes.
• Nine different Hoosiers have put points on the board this year with Will Bruin, Andy Adlard, Alec Purdie, Nikita Kotlov, Tommy Meyer, Jacob Bushue, Tim Wylie, Harrison Petts and Daniel Kelly each putting up at least a point.
• Head Coach Todd Yeagley's first victory at the helm of the Hoosier program was a big one as the Hoosiers posted a 5-1 victory over No. 5 UCLA on Sept. 5.
• Sixteen of the 30 players on the roster hail from the state of Indiana, including two from right here in Bloomington.
• Adlard's goal vs. UMass on Sept. 19 was the game winner, making 10 of Adlard's 15 career goals game winners.
• Head coach Todd Yeagley and assistant coaches Brian Maisonneuve, Ernie Yarborough and Chris Munroe all played collegiately at Indiana.
• Yeagley, Maisonneuve and Yarborough were in fact all teammates from 1992-94.
• Junior 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, 2009 a 1-0 win at Wisconsin. The Hoosiers have won 83 percent (84-13-9) of their Big Ten regular season matches.
SUNDAY IS FUNDAY
• Perhaps head coach Todd Yeagley should look into rearranging the schedule to make all games Sunday affairs as Indiana is 3-0 when playing on Sunday this season.
• IU put a 5-1 victory up against No. 5 UCLA on Sunday, Sept. 5, and came back the next week with a 2-0 victory over No. 22 Drake on Sunday, Sept. 12. The Hoosiers also recorded a 2-1 win at UMass on Sunday, Sept. 19.
• The Hoosiers finally broke through with a Friday night win at Penn State on Sept. 24, taking a 3-2 victory over the No. 20 Nittany Lions.
BIG TEN DOMINATION
• Since the Big Ten began sponsoring men's soccer in 1991, the Hoosier have dominated the league.
• The Hoosiers are 84-12-9 in regular season matches, tallying nearly 30 more victories than second-place team Penn State (55).
• Indiana has never lost in its Big Ten opener, going 17-0-3 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.
KOTLOV NAMED TO COLLEGE SOCCER NEWS TEAM OF THE WEEK; TOP DRAWER SOCCER TEAM OF THE WEEK
• After putting up a goal and two assists in a 3-2 win at Penn State on Sept. 24, freshman Nikita Kotlov was named to the College Soccer News Team of the Week on Sept. 27.
• He was also named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week.
• Kotlov gave Indiana an early 1-0 lead with his goal at 8:04 in the first half. It was his second goal of the season.
• The freshman than had an assist on Harrison Petts' score, which tied things up at 2-2 in the 78th minute.
• His final assist came on Will Bruin's game-winning goal with 11 seconds left in regulation.
BRUIN vs. BRUINS
• In the battle of the Bruins, IU junior forward Will Bruin was the clear winner as he tallied three goals in the Hoosiers' 5-1 win over No. 5 UCLA on Sept. 5.
• Bruin recorded his first career hat trick with goals in the 9th, 58th and 68th minutes.
• It was the first three-goal game by a Hoosier since Jacob Peterson had three vs. Boston University on Sept. 11, 2005.
• Overall the junior finished with four goals on the weekend after scoring the lone goal vs. California.
• Bruin is nearly half way to his 2009 goal total with four in four games. He finished with nine scores in 2009.
• For his efforts he was named the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic Offensive MVP and earned a spot on the all-tournament team.
• Bruin was also named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, the Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Week and earned a spot on the College Soccer News Team of the Week.
BRUIN NAMED BIG TEN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• For the second time this season, junior forward Will Bruin is the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, announced on Sept. 27.
• Bruin was honored for his game-winning goal with 11 seconds left in the Hoosiers' 3-2 win at No. 20 Penn State on Sept. 24.
• On the heels of a four-goal weekend, including three scores against No. 5 UCLA, Bruin was also named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 6.
• Bruin recorded his first career hat trick with three goals as Indiana posted its first win of the season on Sunday with a 5-1 victory over UCLA in a match that was broadcast live on the Big Ten Network. Bruin had seven shots in the match, six of which were on frame. His first goal of 2010 came in the season opener with the lone score in a 2-1 double overtime loss to California.
• He was also named the Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Week and earned a spot on the College Soccer News Team of the Week.
HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
• The Hoosiers are receiving 24 votes in the NSCAA/HendricksCars.com National Coaches Poll, three spots out of the top 25. Three Big Ten teams are ranked in the top 25 with No. 11 Michigan State, No. 19 Ohio State and No. 24 Penn State.
• Indiana is back in the College Soccer News top-30 at No. 29 after dropping out last week.
• Indiana is back in the Soccer Times poll at No. 24.
• Top Drawer Soccer's 48-team NCAA Tournament outlook has Indiana at No. 36.
NCAA STATISTICS (as of 9/27)
• Junior forward Will Bruin and senior midfielder Andy Adlard are ranked among the top-50 in several NCAA Division I categories.
• Bruin is tied for 12th in points per game (1.86), tied for 10th in total goals (6), tied for 14th in total points (13) and tied for eighth in goals per game (0.86).
• Adlard is tied for 29th in points per game (1.57) and tied for 29th in total points (11).
HOOSIERS PICKED SECOND IN BIG TEN PRESEASON POLL
• In a vote of conference head coaches, the Indiana men's soccer team was picked to finish second in the Big Ten in a preseason poll announced Aug. 25.
• Indiana is coming off a 12-10-1 season in 2009, advancing to the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
• The Hoosiers return seven starters from last year's team, including All-Big Ten honoree Will Bruin, second-team All-Big Ten picks Andy Adlard and Rich Balchan, and junior defender Tommy Meyer.
• Defending champion Ohio State was picked to win by the coaches, followed by Indiana, Northwestern and Penn State tied for third, Michigan State, Michigan and Wisconsin.
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