Indiana University Athletics
Men's Soccer Visits No. 11 Creighton
10/8/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 8, 2010
Indiana at Creighton - Match Notes 
NR/NO. 20 INDIANA (5-4-1) at NO. 11/12 CREIGHTON (8-1-0)
October 9 • 7 p.m. ET
Morrison Stadium
Omaha, Neb.
All-Time Series: Creighton leads, 3-2-0
Last Meeting: 2-1 Creighton win on Sept. 13, 2007 in St. Louis, Mo.
Last Hoosier victory: 1-0 on Aug. 25, 2006 in South Bend, Ind.
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SETTING THE SCENE
• The Hoosiers will play three of their next four matches away from Armstrong Stadium, beginning with a trip to No. 11/12 Creighton Saturday night.
• Indiana is 2-1 in road matches this season and has won two straight away from Bloomington.
• IU is looking to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to No. 22 Notre Dame Wednesday night.
• Junior forward Will Bruin scored his team-leading eighth goal of the season in the loss.
• This is Indiana's first-ever trip to Creighton. In four of five previous meetings the teams have met at a neutral site.
• Both head coach Todd Yeagley and assistant coach Brian Maisonneuve played in the first meeting between the two schools on Nov. 27, 1994 in Bloomington. Yeagley had the game-winning goal in the match.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Bruin put home is team-leading eighth goal of the season for Indiana's lone score in a 2-1 loss to No. 22 Notre Dame on Oct. 9.
• Senior midfielder Andy Adlard assisted on the gaol his team-best fourth assist of the season.
• That was Indiana's first loss to a ranked team this season (3-1).
• Indiana is now 0-3-1 when the opposing team scores first.
• Freshman midfielder Harrison Petts salvaged a 1-1 tie for Indiana vs. Wisconsin on Oct. 3 with his second goal of the season coming in the 52nd minute.
• Junior Chris Estridge, starting in the midfield, picked up his first assist of the season on the play.
• Indiana out-shot the Badgers 21-7.
• The Hoosiers are now 1-0-1 in Big Ten play.
• Indiana is now 0-1-1 in overtime matches this season.
• Bruin scored 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.
• 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.
• It was Indiana's first victory this year when scoring just one goal.
• The Hoosiers took 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.
• It was Indiana's first win in State College since the 2004 season.
• 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.
• Adlard had a pair of goals on the weekend, including the game-winner at UMass.
• Bruin had the other goal against the Minutemen.
• 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 BLUEJAYS
• Creighton is 8-1 on the season, most recently taking a 3-1 win over No. 5 Tulsa in Omaha on Tuesday.
• The BlueJays' only loss was a 3-2 double overtime decision vs. No. 18 SMU. Three of Creighton's matches have gone to OT and they are 2-1 in those games.
• Creighton is outscoring its opponents 19-6, led by seven goals from Ethan Finlay. Jose Gomez and Greg Jordan have three goals each.
• The BlueJays are averaging 14.3 shots per game, compared to 9.8 per game by its opponents.
• Creighton is outscoring its opponents 11-1 in the first half this season.
• Head coach Jamie Clark is in his first season as the head coach at Creighton, taking over for Bob Warming who is now head coach at Penn State.
• The Hoosiers matched up against Clark's father, Bobby, on Wednesday in a 2-1 loss to Notre Dame.
• Clark is assisted by Johnny Torres and Jeff Rowland.
SERIES HISTORY
• Creighton leads the series, 3-2-0.
• The last meeting came at a tournament at Saint Louis University in 2007, a 2-1 win for the BlueJays.
• Indiana's last win came in 2006, 1-0 at the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament in South Bend.
• The teams have also met twice in the NCAA Tournament, a 1-0 win for Indiana in 1994, and a 2-1 victory for Creighton in the 2000 College Cup.
• Indiana has never scored more than one goal against the Blue Jays (1-0 in 1994; 1-4 in 2000; 1-2 in 2000; 1-0 in 2006; 1-2 in 2007).
INDIANA vs. MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE
• Indiana is 43-11-6 all-time against teams currently in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Hoosiers are 2-3 vs. Creighton, 0-0-1 vs. Bradley, 2-0 vs. Drake, 23-4-3 vs. Evansville, 12-2 vs. SIU-Edwardsville, and 4-2-2 vs. Eastern Illinois.
NOTRE DAME RECAP
• The Indiana men's soccer team fought back from a one-goal deficit with junior forward Will Bruin's team-leading eighth goal of the season but it was not enough as Notre Dame put home the game winner in the 80th minute for a 2-1 victory over the Hoosiers Wednesday night on Jerry Yeagley Field at Armstrong Stadium.
• Indiana dips to 5-4-1 on the season, while the Fighting Irish improve to 5-2-3 for the year.
• "This is a tough result against a good Notre Dame team," said head coach Todd Yeagley. "But I felt that even in the first half when we gave up the early goal the team stayed together. We played tough and did a good job of creating turnovers. We just couldn't get that second (goal).
• "We lost the battle in the midfield, and I thought at times we looked worn down. Notre Dame found its groove as we lost our footing."
• Trailing 1-0 after 14 minutes of play, the Hoosiers rallied to tie things at 1-all as Bruin again came up big for Indiana. Senior midfielder Andy Adlard served a ball in from the left side toward the back post as Bruin made a run toward the ball. Notre Dame goalkeeper Phillip Tuttle misjudged the bounce of the ball in front of the net, and Bruin pounced on the loose ball with a shot into the lower left corner.
• "I am just trying to score on the chances I get, whether it is one or three," Bruin said.
• Notre Dame took an early lead on a defensive miscue in the midfield. The Hoosiers turned the ball over and with numbers on his side Steven Perry took a shot that goalkeeper Luis Soffner was able to come off his line and save. The ball ricocheted out to Jeb Brovsky who was able to record his second goal of the season for a 1-0 Fighting Irish lead at 13:45.
• Indiana nearly had the tying goal 30 seconds after the Notre Dame score but junior midfielder Chris Estridge sent his open leader wide left from two yards out. With the game tied a 1-all and time winding down in the first half, Bruin broke free from his marker and sent in a liner from 25 yards out that trailed off to the left.
• The Hoosiers went into the halftime break with a slim 7-5 advantage in shots. Both teams had two corner kick opportunities in the first 45 minutes.
• Neither team could muster up much of an offensive attack in the early going of the second half, with Indiana's first scoring threat coming with 16:31 left to play. Junior Harrison Petts came racing up the middle but put up a shot right at Tuttle for the easy stop. Five minutes later Adlard made a run at the goal but ended up sending his shot wide right.
• Adam Mena broke the deadlock in the 80th minute with his first goal of the season. Mena danced with the ball on the right side before taking a left-footed shot from 18 yards out that found the back of the net.
• The Hoosiers had several scoring chances in the waning minutes, including a shot from Estridge that was cleared off the line, and three corner kicks in the final seven minutes but could not come up with the equalizer.
FRESHMEN TO THE RESCUE
• The freshmen duo of Harrison Petts and Nikita Kotlov have been key to the Hoosiers' success this season.
• The two have accounted for 24 percent of Indiana's goals this season and 33 percent of the team's assists (6/18).
• Petts has put up at least one point in three of Indiana's last four matches, where the Hoosiers have gone 2-0-1.
• He had a goal and an assist in a thrilling 3-2 win at Penn State on Sept. 24, accounting for his first career score.
• Against Evansville on Sept. 29 he assisted on Will Bruin's game-winning goal in the 30th minute.
• It was Petts' goal in the 52nd minute that salvaged a 1-1 tie for Indiana vs. Wisconsin on Oct. 3.
• Petts has started all nine matches and is tied for third on the team in scoring with seven points (2g, 3a). He has 22 shots, nine of which are on frame.
• Fellow freshman Nikita Kotlov has also come through for IU and is tied with Petts for third in scoring with seven points (2g, 3a).
• Kotlov had a goal and two assists in the 3-2 win at Penn State.
• His first career goal came in a 2-0 win over No. 22 Drake on Sept. 12, and his first assist came in a 5-1 win over No. 5 UCLA.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Indiana remains the only team to have scored a goal against Brown (7-0-2) this season.
• 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 10 games this season, Indiana has scored eight first-half goals. The Hoosiers tallied just four first-half goals in all of 2009.
• Indiana is outscoring its opponents 8-5 in the first 45 minutes.
• Ten 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, Chris Estridge 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.
• Adlard has three game-winning goals this season.
• 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 3-0-1 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 only Sunday blemish is a 1-1 tie with Wisconsin on Oct. 3.
• 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 84-12-10 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.
HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
• Indiana moved back into the Soccer America top-25, holding the No. 20 spot.
• The Hoosiers are receiving 14 votes in the NSCAA/HendricksCars.com National Coaches Poll, four spots out of the top 25. Two Big Ten teams are ranked in the top 25 with No. 15 Ohio State and No. 18 Michigan State.
• Indiana moved up four spots to No. 25 in the College Soccer News poll.
• Indiana remains at No. 24 in the Soccer Times poll.
• Top Drawer Soccer's 48-team NCAA Tournament outlook has Indiana at No. 31.
NCAA STATISTICS (as of 10/4)
• Junior forward Will Bruin is ranked among the top-50 in several NCAA Division I categories.
• Bruin is tied for 19th in points per game (1.67), tied for fourth in total goals (7), tied for 16th in total points (15) and tied for 10th in goals per game (0.78).
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