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No. 14 Seed Indiana Faces Tulsa Sunday in NCAA Tourney
11/19/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Nov. 19, 2010
No. 14 Seed Indiana vs. Tulsa - Match Notes 
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NO. 14 SEED INDIANA (9-7-2) vs. TULSA (12-6-2)
Jerry Yeagley Field at Armstrong Stadium
Bloomington, Ind.
All-Time Series vs. Tulsa: Indiana leads, 2-0
Last Meeting: 2-1 win in OT by Indiana on Sept. 9, 2006
WebCast: IUHoosiers.com
SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana is making its 24th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and 35th overall when it faces Tulsa in a second-round matchup on Sunday.
• The Hoosiers have advanced to at least the third round of the tournament each of the last two years and three of the last four seasons.
• Indiana is looking to snap a two-match losing streak, ending the regular season with a loss at Ohio State and falling to Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.
• This is the second time IU and Tulsa have met in the NCAA Tournament. Indiana was a 4-0 winner in the quarterfinal round in 2004.
NEWS AND NOTES
• All 10 of Indiana's 2010 opponents which made the NCAA Tournament field are in the second round of play.
• Indiana posted five wins over NCAA Tournametn teams in 2010 (Creighton, Michigan, Michigan State, UCLA, Penn State).
• Four of those five teams are top-16 seeds, and three of the wins came on the road.
• Junior Will Bruin is fourth in the country in goals scored with 16, picking up his 16th goal in a 2-1 loss to Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal. Three of the top four goal scorers in the country are from the Big Ten (1-Soony Saad, Michigan; 2-Corey Hertzog, Penn State).
• Indiana captured its 14th Big Ten regular season title with a 3-2 win over Northwestern on Oct. 31.
• Indiana trailed 2-0 early in the second half, but goals from Bruin in the 53rd and 62nd minutes tied things up at 2-all.
• Sophomore Joe Tolen knocked home his first career game winning goal in the 80th minute.
• Junior goalkeeper Nate Mitchell earned his second career start and is now 2-0 on the season in between the pipes.
• It was the first time this season the Hoosiers have won when the opponent scores first.
• Bruin's 13th goal of the season was not enough in a 4-1 loss to No. 8 Butler at Armstrong Stadium on Oct. 27.
• It was just the second time in eight meetings that Indiana has lost to a ranked opponent this season.
• Indiana picked up its sixth win of the season vs. a ranked opponent with a 3-0 victory at No. 10 Michigan State on Oct. 24.
• Bruin celebrated his 21st birthday in style with two goals, including the game winner, while assisting on the third.
• Bruin was named to the Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News Teams of the Week.
• Tolen had the other goal, the first of his career, and assisted on Bruin's second goal of the match.
• Goalkeeper Luis Soffner recorded his third shutout of the season, two of which have come against ranked opponents.
• Soffner was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN HURRICANE
• Tulsa enters the match 12-6-2 on the season after a 2-0 victory over Bradley in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Freshman Kyle Cumings and senior Ashley McInnes had the goals in the win.
• McInnes leads the team with 11 goals, and along with four assists has 26 points on the season. Austin Neil has nine goals and two assists on the year.
• Ray Clark has appeared in 15 matches in goal, including Thursday's win, allowing 16 scores in 1403:07 minutes for a 1.02 GAA. He also has 59 saves on the season.
• Tulsa is outscoring its opponents by a 41-23 margin and holds a 327-240 shot advantage.
• Indiana and Tulsa have had two common opponents this season in Creighton and Kentucky. IU went 1-0-1 against those schools, while Tulsa was 1-2, posting a loss to Kentucky during the regular season and a win in the Conference USA tournament.
• Head coach Tom McIntosh is in his 16th season at Tulsa. He is assisted by Colin Clarke and Justin Cook.
SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana leads the all-time series, 2-0.
• The Hoosiers posted a 4-0 victory over Tulsa in the quarterfinals of the 2004 NCAA Tournament. Indiana would go on to win the NCAA title that season.
• The teams also met during the regular season in 2006, a 2-1 overtime victory for Indiana. That match was played at the SMU Mi Cocina Classic in Dallas.
• The teams also met in a preseason match in 2008 in St. Louis, a 3-1 victory for Indiana. Andy Adlard had a goal for the Hoosiers, and it was the first-ever appearance on the pitch in an IU uniform for Will Bruin, Tommy Meyer and Luis Soffner.
INDIANA PUTS SEVEN ON ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS
• Indiana University men's soccer junior forward Will Bruin was honored for his 15-goal regular season performance with the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year award, the conference office announced on Nov. 11 at the Big Ten Tournament awards banquet in State College, Pa.
• Seven Indiana players were singled out for their play with three selections on the All-Big Ten first team and one second-team pick. The Hoosiers also had three players named to the All-Freshman team, and head coach Todd Yeagley was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year in his first season with the Hoosiers.
• Bruin, who is one of four unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selections, finished the regular season tied for the conference lead in goals scored with 15 and was also tied for the league lead in goals scored in Big Ten matches with five. Bruin opened Big Ten play with the game-winning goal with 11 seconds left in the match in a 3-2 victory at Penn State on Sept. 24. He also had two goals in a 3-0 victory at then-No. 10 Michigan State on Oct. 24. Against Northwestern in the match which would clinch the Big Ten regular season title for the Hoosiers, Bruin helped lead IU back from a two-goal deficit with scores in the 53rd and 62nd minutes, then assisted on the game-winning goal from Joe Tolen in the 80th minute as Indiana captured its 14th Big Ten regular season title.
• "He had an unbelievable year," Yeagley said. "He came into this year having improved some of the nuances of his game, his runs and scoring different types of goals. To get 15 goals and have none come from restarts is tough to do. He did it consistently throughout the year and scored big goals at big times.
• "He had some good support this year too. We had some guys that allowed him to have this success. Anytime you have an award like this, Will knows there is a lot of support that comes along with it. He will now go down among some of Indiana's best players with this award."
• It is the second-straight season Bruin has been named to the All-Big Ten first team. He was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2008. This marks the 11th time that an Indiana player has been named a Big Ten Player of the Year. From 1991-2008 the conference named a single player of the year, before moving to offensive and defensive player of the year awards in 2009. The last Hoosier to earn the award was Josh Tudela in 2006.
• Joining Bruin on the first team is senior Andy Adlard. Adlard was a second-team selection in 2008 and 2009. This season the midfielder has started all 18 matches and is second on the team in scoring with five goals and seven assists for 17 points. His seven assists is a team high and ranks fifth in the Big Ten. Adlard is tied with Bruin for the team lead in game-winning goals and is a perfect 3-for-3 on penalty kicks this season.
• Senior defender Rich Balchan was also named to the All-Big Ten first team for the first time in his career after earning second-team honors in 2009. Balchan has appeared in 15 matches with 14 starts and has seen time in various spots for Indiana. Balchan has started at left back as well as holding midfielder and has been a key component in the defensive shape. Indiana has posted three shutouts this season and limited the opposition to just 39 percent shot on goal average.
• Also being honored for his defensive work is junior Tommy Meyer who was named to the second team. Meyer picks up his first All-Big Ten honor, serving as a mainstay in central defense with 17 starts. Meyer's ability to hit the long ball out of the backfield has also helped spark the IU attack with two assists to his credit this season.
• The Hoosiers placed three on the All-Freshman team in forward Nikita Kotlov and midfielders Jacob Bushue and Harrison Petts. Petts was one of four unanimous picks for the All-Freshman team, starting 17 matches in his rookie campaign. Petts has two goals and five assists on the season, with both of his goals coming in conference play against Penn State and Wisconsin.
• Bushue has taken over the starting role as holding midfielder in his first season, starting 12 of 18 matches played. Known for his hard-nosed play, Bushue's job is to break up the opponent's attack and he has done that with the skill of a more veteran player this season. Kotlov has appeared in all 18 matches, making 15 starts and contributing two goals and four assists. Kotlov's first score of the season came against then-No. 22 Drake in the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament. He then staked the Hoosiers to a 1-0 lead at Penn State, a game they would go on to win 3-2 to start the Big Ten season.
• Sophomore defender Caleb Konstanski was named Indiana's Sportsmanship Award honoree. Konstanski has started all 18 matches at central defense with several goal-saving stops throughout the season. He also picked up his first career goal with the game-winning score in a 2-1 win over Michigan.
• Yeagley was honored by his peers after leading Indiana to the Big Ten regular season title in his first year with the Hoosiers as head coach. In his inaugural season at IU Yeagley and his staff have led Indiana to a 9-7-2 record, including a 4-1-1 mark in Big Ten play. Of Indiana's nine victories, six have come against ranked opponents including road victories at Penn State, Creighton and Michigan State.
• "It is a great honor in the sense it shows the team had the year we hoped to have in the Big Ten," Yeagley said. "It is a reflection of the team, and that goes for any of these individual awards. I am very pleased with our staff. I think we have unbelievable support within our staff and it has been a fun year."
• He is the first person to have won both the Big Ten Freshman of the Year (1991) and Big Ten Coach of the Year honors, and with his father becomes the first father-son combo to win the coach of the year award in conference history. Jerry Yeagley was an eight-time Big Ten Coach of the Year award winner.
TOLEN ON HIS TOES
• Sophomore Joe Tolen has seen his playing time increase over the last few matches and he has made the most of his opportunities.
• Over the last five games, Tolen has two goals and three assists. He entered this season with just one career assist.
• In a 3-0 win at No. 10 Michigan State, Tolen scored his first career goal and assisted on a Will Bruin score.
• Against No. 8 Butler, Tolen picked up another assist, again contributing to a Bruin goal.
• But the biggest goal of his career came on Oct. 31 against Northwestern when he scored the game winner to secure the Big Ten regular season title for Indiana.
• In the Big Ten Tournament semifinal game, Tolen assisted on Will Bruin's score less than four minutes into the match.
• For the season Tolen has appeared in 12 matches, making two starts including his first career start against Northwestern. He has taken seven shots, four of which have been on goal, and two of those four have hit the back of the net.
BIG TEN DOMINATION
• Since the Big Ten began sponsoring men's soccer in 1991, the Hoosier have dominated the league.
• The Hoosiers are 87-13-10 in regular season matches, tallying 30 more victories than second-place team Penn State (57).
• 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 14 times, including nine-straight seasons from 1996-2004. IU won back-to-back regular season titles in 2006 and 2007 and claimed the 2010 crown.
• 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.
BRUIN HITS DOUBLE DIGITS
• Will Bruin continues to be a scoring machine for Indiana, recording his 16th goal of the year in a 2-1 loss to Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament.
• Nos.14 and 15 came in a 3-2 win over Northwestern on Oct. 31.
• It was Bruins' fourth multiple-goal game of the season.
• Bruin's 16 goals matches the most by a Hoosier this century, joining Pat Noonan who also had 16 in 2001.
• Indiana's last 20-goal scorer was Aleksey Korol in 1999.
• Bruin's 11th and 12th goals of the season came in a 3-0 win at No. 10 Michigan State. No. 13 was scored against No. 8 Butler.
• Bruin tallied his ninth and 10th goals of the season in a 3-2 win at No. 11 Creighton on Oct. 9.
• Bruin's previous best was nine goals scored in 2009.
• Bruin now has 31 career goals in 64 games played. He has started every match played in his career.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Indiana currently ranks seventh in the nation in average attendance.
• Will Bruin is the No. 1 ranked upperclassman in the TopDrawerSoccer top 100 list. Rich Balchan comes in at 96.
• Ten of Will Bruin's 16 goals this season have come vs. ranked opponents.
• None of Bruin's 16 goals have come off set pieces.
• Bruin is the only current Hoosier who has scored an NCAA Tournament goal. He had the game winner in a 1-0 victory over Butler in 2009.
• Rich Balchan, Andy Adlard and Daniel Kelly have all assisted on NCAA Tournament goals.
• Indiana was the first team to win on Michigan State's home field in 2010.
• The Hoosier defense was just the second team to hold the high-scoring Spartans scoreless this season.
• Joe Tolen has seven points in the last five games. He entered the 2010 season with just one career point.
• Indiana's defense held Michigan to just 12 shots, only two of which were on frame. That was well below the Wolverine's then-average of 21.5 shots per game and 8.0 shots on-goal per game.
• Nine of Indiana's 17 regular-season opponents are currently ranked in the RPI top 25, with three of the nine in the top 10.
• In 18 games this season, Indiana has scored 14 first-half goals. The Hoosiers tallied just four first-half goals in all of 2009.
• Twelve different Hoosiers have put points on the board this year with Will Bruin, Andy Adlard, Alec Purdie, Nikita Kotlov, Caleb Konstanski, Tommy Meyer, Jacob Bushue, Tim Wylie, Harrison Petts, Chris Estridge, Joe Tolen and Daniel Kelly each putting up at least a point.
PENN STATE RECAP
• Junior forward Will Bruin scored his 16th goal of the season early in the match but Penn State came back with two unanswered goals in a 2-1 victory over IU in the second semifinal of the Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament at Jeffrey Field in State College, Pa.
• Indiana falls to 9-7-2 on the season, while Penn State improves to 13-6-1. The Nittany Lions will face Michigan, a 1-0 win over Wisconsin in the first semifinal, in the championship match on Sunday at noon.
• Bruin staked Indiana to an early 1-0 lead with his 16th goal of the season coming at 3:46. The play began with senior Andy Adlard who brought the ball up the right side and sent a pass through the Penn State's defender's legs to Joe Tolen who was making his run up the right side. Tolen sent a ball into the box and Bruin found himself in the right place at the right time as he knocked it in past goalkeeper Brendan Birmingham. It is the second time this season Indiana has scored within the first 10 minutes against the Nittany Lions.
• The Indiana lead was short-lived as Corey Hertzog tied the match up with his 17th goal of the season at 10:11. The Hoosier central defenders got their signals crossed and Hertzog was left alone to take on goalkeeper Luis Soffner 1v1. Soffner went down to his right on the play and Hertzog tapped the ball into an open net.
• With 19 minutes to play in the second half the Hoosiers had a pair of chances that fell just short. Adlard stole the ball at midfield and took a shot that was saved by Birmingham. Harrison Petts chased the ball down on the touchline and sent in a serve to Bruin on the back post who sent his header just wide.
• Petts again tried to team up with Bruin, sending a long ball into the six-yard area where the junior got a head on it. Birmingham was there to make the save.
• Early in the second half Jacob Bushue cleaned up a ball mere feet from the net and Birmingham was there to make the save. The ball was bobbled but no red jersey was there to take advantage of the miscue and the Penn State defender was able to clear it out.
• Penn State took a 2-1 lead in the 70th minute when Justin Lee shot home a Matheus Braga pass to break the deadlock. Soffner got both hands on it but the ball glanced off and into the back of the net.
• As the clock ticked down to under 12 minutes, Petts hit a rocket of a shot off a free kick from Tommy Meyer with Birmingham coming up with the goal-saving stop. On the ensuing corner kick, Adlard got the ball into the mixer where Meyer sent a header wide.
• Indiana final chance came with a minute left as Bruin came running into the box on a ball from Petts but the Hoosiers watched the attempt sail high.
RPI RELEASED-FINAL REGULAR SEASON
• In the final regular season release of the RPI, Indiana finished in the No. 12 spot, tops among Big Ten teams. That is four spots lower than its previous ranking of No. 8.
• Four Big Ten teams finished in the top 15 with No. 12 Indiana, No. 13 Penn State, No. 14 Michigan and No. 15 Michigan State. Ohio State came in at No. 20, followed by No. 93 Northwestern and No. 117 Wisconsin.
• In addition to the Big Ten teams, IU's opponents are No. 6 California, No. 8 UCLA, No. 10 Notre Dame, , No. 11 Butler, No. 22 Creighton, No. 28 Brown, No. 45 Kentucky, No. 71 Cal Poly, No. 75 Drake, No. 114 Evansville and No. 118 UMass.
• The Hoosiers were No. 22 in the initial rankings released on Oct. 12, 14th in the second release on Oct. 19, No. 8 in the third release on Oct. 26, No. 9 in the fourth release on Nov. 2 and No. 8 in the fifth release on Nov. 9.
• The RPI was released every Tuesday through the end of the regular season.
MCCARROLL NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
• Indiana University men's soccer junior midfielder Tyler McCarroll (Carmel, Ind.) was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America/ESPN Academic All-District first team, CoSIDA announced on Nov. 2.
• McCarroll is a biology major at Indiana where he maintains a 3.9 GPA. This season he has appeared in nine matches, including victories over No. 10 Michigan State, No. 25 Michigan, No. 11 Creighton, No. 5 UCLA, as well as Indiana's 3-2 win Oct. 31 over Northwestern which clinched the Big Ten regular season title.
HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
• Indiana dropped out of the final Soccer America poll after sitting at No. 24 the week prior.
• The Hoosiers are receiving votes in the NSCAA/HendricksCars.com National Coaches Poll.
• Indiana dropped to No. 28 in the College Soccer News poll.
• Indiana is receiving votes in the Soccer Times poll.
NCAA STATISTICS (as of 11/15)
• Junior forward Will Bruin is ranked among the top-five in several NCAA Division I categories.
• Bruin is fourth in points per game (1.94), fourth in total points (35), tied for third in goals per game (0.89) and fourth in total goals (16).
EVEN STEVEN
• The Hoosiers have posted nearly identical stats in first and second half play this season, showing a consistency not seen in recent years.
• Indiana's 31 goals this season have been split nearly equally with 14 coming in the first half and 17 in the second half.
• The Hoosiers have taken 275 shots: 130 in the first half and 136 in the second half. Five shots have come in the first OT period, and four in the second.
• Of its 96 corner kicks, 45 were taken in the first half and 48 in the second half.
• The Hoosiers are even fairly 50/50 in fouls with 73 in the first half and 88 in the second.
SUNDAY IS FUNDAY
• Perhaps head coach Todd Yeagley should look into rearranging the schedule to make all games Sunday affairs as Indiana is 5-2-1 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, a 3-0 win over No. 10 Michigan State on Oct. 24 and a 3-2 victory over Northwestern on Oct. 31.
• The only Sunday blemishes have been a 1-1 tie with Wisconsin on Oct. 3 and a 1-0 loss at Ohio State in the regular season finale on Nov. 7.
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