Men's Soccer Heads East to Face Brown, UMass
9/15/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Sept. 15, 2010
No. 24 Indiana at Brown/UMass - Match Notes 
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NO. 24/NR INDIANA (2-2) at BROWN (2-0-2)
September 17 • 7:00 p.m.
Stevenson Field
Providence, R.I.
NO. 24/NR INDIANA (2-2) at UMASS (0-1-2)
September 19 • 1 p.m.
Rudd Field
Amherst, Mass.
SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana is coming off a third-place finish at the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament with a 1-0 loss to Cal Poly and a 2-0 win over No. 22 Drake.
• Indiana makes its first of two consecutive East Coast trips this weekend, beginning with visits to Brown and UMass this weekend.
• The Hoosiers will take on Brown Friday at 7 p.m. in Providence, R.I., and travel to Amherst, Mass. to face UMass on Sunday at 1 p.m.
• Indiana leads the all-time series with Brown, 1-0.
• This is the first meeting between the Hoosiers and UMass.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Indiana went 1-1 at the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament in South Bend, Ind. last weekend, falling 1-0 to Cal Poly before recording a 2-0 win over No. 22 Drake.
• Andy Adlard and Nikita Kotlov were the goal scorers for IU in the win over Drake. Adlard scored on a penalty kick, awarded after Will Bruin was pulled down in the penalty area.
• Kotlov's first career goal came on an assist from Bruin.
• Goalkeeper Luis 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 Jacob 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.
• Freshmen Harrison Petts and Nikita Kotlov each picked up their first career points with an assist for Petts vs. California and an assist for Kotlov vs. UCLA.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
• Brown is 2-0-2 on the season with a 4-0 win over Bryant and a 1-0 win over South Carolina. The Bears have also posted scoreless ties vs. Hofstra and Providence.
• Sean Rosa and Taylor Gorman are the team's leading scorers with two goals each. Jon Okafor has one goal and one assist in four appearances.
• Goalkeeper Paul Grandstrand has not allowed a goal in four starts, posting 15 saves in 400 minutes of action.
• Patrick Laughlin is the head coach of the Bears. He is assisted by Andrew Biggs and Gregg Miller.
SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana is 1-0 vs. Brown with a 5-0 win in Providence on Sept. 12, 1999.
INDIANA vs. IVY LEAGUE
• Indiana is 3-3 all-time against teams from the Ivy League. The Hoosiers are 1-0 vs. Brown, 0-1 vs. Dartmouth, 2-0 vs. Harvard and 0-2 vs. Yale.
SCOUTING THE MINUTEMEN
• UMass is 0-1-2 with a 3-2 loss to No. 10 Harvard, a 1-1 tie at Boston University and a 0-0 tie at Fairfield.
• Bryant Craft and Stuart Amick had goals for the Minutemen in the loss to Harvard, while Craft scored the lone goal against Boston University.
• UMass is coached by Sam Koch, along with assistants Roy Fink, Walker Boyd and Tony Bassett.
SERIES HISTORY
• This is the first meeting between the two schools.
INDIANA vs. ATLANTIC 10
• Indiana is 33-10-4 against teams from the Atlantic 10. IU is 1-0 vs. Charlotte, 18-9-4 vs. Saint Louis, 10-0 vs. Dayton, 1-1 vs. George Washington and 3-0 vs. Rhode Island.
DID YOU KNOW?
• In four games this season, Indiana has scored four first-half goals. The Hoosiers tallied just four first-half goals in all of 2009.
• Five different Hoosiers have put points on the board this year with Will Bruin, Andy Adlard, Alec Purdie, Nikita Kotlov and Harrison Petts 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 penalty kick vs. Drake on Sept. 12 was a game winner, making nine of Adlard's 14 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.
• Eight of Indiana's 10 losses in 2009 came at the hands of teams ranked in the final NSCAA poll (No. 2 Akron, No. 3 Wake Forest, No. 4 North Carolina, No. 10 UC Santa Barbara, No. 11 Northwestern, No. 16 Louisville, No.19 Ohio State [twice] ).
• 12 of Indiana's 23 matches in 2009 were one-goal affairs. IU was 6-6 in those games.
• Indiana is 0-2 in one-goal matches this season.
• 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 (83-13-9) 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 2-0 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.
• IU has out-shot its opponents 44-20 on Sunday, compared to 37-21 in Friday matches.
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 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• On the heels of a four-goal weekend, including three scores against No. 5 UCLA, Indiana junior forward Will Bruin is the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced 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 on Sunday 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 on Friday night 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 moved down six spots to No. 24 in the NSCAA/HendricksCars.com National Coaches Poll. Four Big Ten teams are ranked in the top 25 with No. 9 Ohio State, No. 23 Penn State and No. 19 Michigan State joining the Hoosiers.
• Indiana dropped out of the Soccer America rankings after sitting at No. 21 last week.
• Indiana fell three spots to No. 22 in the College Soccer News top-30.
• Indiana moved down six spots to No. 22 in the Soccer Times poll.
• Top Drawer Soccer's 48-team NCAA Tournament outlook has Indiana at No. 30.
MIKE BERTICELLI MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT RECAP
• Indiana went 1-1 on the weekend and finished third at the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament.
• The Hoosiers dropped a 1-0 decision to Cal Poly on Friday before bouncing back for a 2-0 win over No. 22 Drake on Sunday.
• Will Bruin and Luis Soffner were named to the all-tournament team, with Soffner earning goalkeeper MVP honors.
CAL POLY RECAP
• A tally of 16 shots, seven of which were on frame, was not enough for No. 18 Indiana as the Hoosiers gave up a late goal to Cal Poly in a 1-0 loss Friday night at the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament on the campus of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.
• "We did not play our best game today," said head coach Todd Yeagley, "nowhere near it. But you learn from your mistakes and move on to the next game."
• The game-winning score came from Chris Bernardi at 82:48 as he hit a low shot to the lower left. Prior to that the Hoosiers had been peppering the Cal Poly net but could not put the ball past the goal line.
• Will Bruin led the Hoosiers with six shots, three of which were on goal. Alec Purdie had three attempts, as did defender Caleb Konstanski who came forward in the waning minutes as Indiana searched for the equalizer. Luis Soffner played all 90 minutes in goal, racking up four saves.
• Nikita Kotlov opened the match with a quick shot in the first minute, making his way around a pair of defenders but sent the shot high. Five minutes in a bad giveaway by Cal Poly left Bruin open on the right but his shot was gobbled up by goalkeeper Patrick McLain.
• A give-and-go from Bruin to Harrison Petts nearly resulted in a score in the 16th minute but Petts' attempt to chip McLain resulted in a save for the goalkeeper. With 14:30 to play, Purdie had a shot from about 10 yards out that was just tipped wide, ultimately leading to a pair of corner kicks for the Hoosiers.
• With 12:40 to play in the first half a free kick from Andy Adlard found the head of Bruin but the junior's attempt was just a few inches high. Bruin led in a ball to Blake Wise and the freshman was able to out-run his defender but had his shot blocked to set up a corner kick, one of five in the first half for the Hoosiers.
• Wise put in one of his dangerous long throw ins in the final minutes and caught McLain off his line but Bruin's attempt was just ticked wide.
• Indiana opened the second half pressuring the ball, playing in Cal Poly's final third for the first three minutes. Soffner was forced to make a diving save to his left on a shot from David Zamora and the rebound went out to Tim White but that shot was blocked by Konstanski. Less than three minutes later Zamora again got behind the Hoosiers but Soffner again was up to the task with his second save of the half. Konstanski had another shot block, this time on a Chris Gaschen attempt.
• Bruin broke free off a ball from Cameron Jordan but his shot went right to McLain for the save.
• In the 79th minute, Tommy Meyer sent a free kick into the box and Bruin got off a shot that was kick saved by goalkeeper Chris Violas, who had to come on for an injured McLain. That led to a corner kick and Purdie got his head on the ball but defender Patrick Sigler saved the ball off the line to keep the match scoreless.
• With Daniel Kelly unavailable due to injury, junior Tyler McCarroll made his first career start, taking over the left back spot. Junior Chris Estridge moved over to the right back spot normally occupied by Kelly.
DRAKE RECAP
• Goals from senior Andy Adlard and freshman Nikita Kotlov put the 22nd-ranked Indiana men's soccer team back on the winning track with a 2-0 win over No. 22 Drake on the final day of the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament in South Bend, Ind. Indiana improves to 2-2 on the year, while Drake falls to 1-3.
• "When you look at today it was a good result," said head coach Todd Yeagley. "We have been working to get some shutouts and in this game and on Friday Luis (Soffner) played well and it was nice to get rewarded for that. We had quality chances but we need to better in the final third and our players know that."
• Indiana comes home with its first shutout of the year, with goalkeeper Luis Soffner tallying a save in 90 minutes of action. Soffner and junior forward Will Bruin were named to the all-tournament team for their efforts.
• "We knew that Drake was going to be good on set pieces," Soffner said. "Those were really the only chances they had. The had two or three good crosses in the box that we were a little hesitant on but luckily we cleared them out well enough. Otherwise the defense was really solid today."
• Indiana took 31 shots to the Bulldogs' nine with eight of those shots on frame. Bruin was the top shot taker with seven attempts, while Harrison Petts and Alec Purdie had five each. Purdie was causing all kinds of problems for Drake on the left wing, getting the ball into the mix on several occasions.
• Indiana's first-half score came off a penalty kick from Adlard, his second of the season. The play was set up when Harrison Petts played a ball into Bruin, who was taken down in the box, and Adlard sent his shot past Drake goalkeeper Jordan Kadlec into the lower left at 33:58.
• The second goal came off the foot of Nikita Kotlov for his first IU goal at 69:27. The play began with a Drake turnover at midfield that found its way to Bruin. The junior held the ball as Kotlov made his run and hit the freshman as he was still onside. Facing Kadlec 1-on-1, Kotlov calmly slotted the ball home into the lower left to make it 2-0 for the Hoosiers.
• That opened the game for Indiana as over the next two minutes Bruin would break open for a chip that landed on the roof of the net, and Jacob Bushue found himself open in the six-yard box but was blocked by Kadlec. With 12:50 to play in the second half a 25-yard free kick from Adlard clanged off the crossbar and out of harms way.
• Indiana's first dangerous attempt came seven minutes into the match when Kotlov had an on-frame look that was saved by Jordan Kadlec. Less than a minute later Harrison Petts found Alec Purdie streaking up the right and his service into the box found Bruin but his diving header was high.
• A foul five yards out from the top of the box led to an on-goal free kick from Adlard in the 22nd minute but Kadlec was ready, punching out the ball for the save. A minute later Bruin had another open look, resulting in another save for Kadlec.
• The Hoosiers were unlucky in the 25th minute when a half volley shot from Petts went off the crossbar and bounced off Kadlec, setting up the fourth corner kick of the half. Adlard's corner found Kotlov, but the freshman's header tracked wide left.
• With the Hoosiers up 1-0 late in the first half, freshman Blake Wise had a left-footed shot that just got away from him, sailing high.
• The Hoosiers were living on the edge several times in the first half but were lucky as Drake just missed the final pass or was minimally off target on several shots.
• A lingering injury kept senior Daniel Kelly on the sideline, and freshman Matt McKain made his first ever appearance for the Hoosiers, taking Kelly's starting spot at right back. Chris Estridge moved back over to the left back slot, and Bushue earned his first career start at defensive midfielder.
Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament All-Tournament Team
Jeb Brovsky, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Aaron Maund, Jr., D, Notre Dame
Steven Perry, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Dillon Powers, So., M, Notre Dame
Chris Bernardi, So., F, Cal Poly
Junior Burgos, Sr., M, Cal Poly
Wes Feighner, Jr., M, Cal Poly
Will Bruin, Jr., F, Indiana
Luis Soffner, R-So., GK, Indiana
Jordan Kadlec, R-Jr., GK, Drake
Charles Schwartz, R-Jr., M, Drake
Offensive MVP - Steven Perry, Sr., Notre Dame
Defensive MVP - Aaron Maund, Jr., Notre Dame
Goalkeeping MVP - Luis Soffner, R-So., Indiana
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