IU Hosts Wisconsin in B1G Tournament Quarterfinals

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University men's soccer team will host the Wisconsin Badgers in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Sunday, Nov. 8 at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium at 1 p.m.

Sunday's match will be broadcast online on BTN Plus, with live stats online at IUHoosiers.com. Tickets for the match can also be purchased at IUHoosiers.com.

SETTING?THE?SCENE
• Indiana enters the Big Ten Tournament playing some of it's best soccer of the season. The Hoosiers have won four-straight matches and have posted a record of 8-1-1 in the team's last 10 games.
• IU ended the regular season on a high note, taking down Michigan State in East Lansing, 4-1. Tanner Thompson and Femi Hollinger-Janzen each had a goal and an assist in the win.
• On Oct. 31, the Hoosiers posted their eighth shutout of the year, beating Wisconsin on Senior Night, 1-0, on a header from Austin Panchot.
• The win gave Indiana the 700th win in program history, making the Hoosiers the fastest team to ever reach the milestone in D-I history.

NEWS AND NOTES
• Colin Webb was named 2015 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District. Webb is now eligible to be named an Academic All-American, which will be voted on in November.
• Femi Hollinger-Janzen was named one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.

SCOUTING THE BADGERS
• The Wisconsin Badgers finished the regular season earlier this week with a come-from-behind win against Northwestern that helped the team earn the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten Tournament.
• The Badgers have played well down the stretch, posting a record of 2-1-1 in their last four games with wins over Milwaukee and the Wildcats. The lone loss in that stretch came at the hands of the Hoosiers.
• Wisconsin is led by Christopher Mueller, who has a team-high 13 points on five goals and three assists.

SERIES HISTORY
• In the overall history between Indiana and Wisconsin dating back to the 1975 season, the Hoosiers hold a record of 36-5-6 over the Badgers.
• Earlier this season, Indiana defeated Wisconsin, 1-0, on Oct. 31 on a header from Austin Panchot.
• The win marked the 700^th in the history of IU men's soccer.
• Indiana has dominated the Badgers in Bloomington, posting a record of 20-2-2.

FIVE HOOSIERS EARN ALL-BIG TEN HONORS
• Tanner Thompson was named the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year, as well as First-Team All-Big Ten. Joining Thompson on the first-team all-conference squad were both Femi Hollinger-Janzen and Grant Lillard.
• Andrew Gutman was named Second-Team All-Big Ten, as well as to the All-Freshman Team, where he was joined by Francesco Moore. Hollinger-Janzen was Indiana's Sportsmanship Award honoree.
• IU was the only school to have three first-team all-conference selections and was one of just two programs with multiple all-rookie selections (Maryland).

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• IU has won 12 Big Ten Tournament titles, sharing the 1995 crown with Wisconsin.
• The Hoosiers are 6-0 all-time against Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament.
• 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 re-claimed the regular season crown in 2010.

700 WINS
• With a 1-0 win over Wisconsin on Oct. 31, Indiana men's soccer became just the fifth program in Division I history to amass 700 victories.
• With the win, the Hoosiers became the fastest program to reach the milestone, taking just 953 matches.
• Currently, UCLA was previously the fastest team to win 700 matches, taking 962 games.
• Indiana joined Virginia, Maryland, Saint Louis and UCLA in the 700-win club.

INDIANA IN THE RPI RANKINGS
• In the latest RPI rankings released by the NCAA on Monday, the Indiana Hoosiers are ranked No. 26 in the country.
• Indiana is the second-highest ranked Big Ten team in the RPI this week behind only Ohio State at No. 15.
• In total, there are six Big Ten teams ranked in the top-52 of the NCAA RPI rankings this week.

HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
• After winning three matches in a row, the Indiana Hoosiers are ranked No. 22 in Top Drawer Soccer's Top 25 and No. 26 in the College Soccer News poll.
• The Hoosiers are also receiving votes in the NSCAA Coaches poll.

WEBB IN GOAL
• Colin Webb continued his strong play on the season, posting his sixth shutout in the last eight matches for the Hoosiers against Wisconsin on Oct. 31.
• The six clean sheets pushed the junior's total to eight this season and his career total to 18.

HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
• In the NCAA rankings released on Friday, Indiana ranks seventh in the nation in shots per game (16.88), 17th in shutout percentage (0.47) and 23rd in team goals against average (0.78).
• Individually, Tanner Thomson ranks 11th in total assists (9) and 16th in assists per game (0.53).
• Colin Webb ranks 29th in goals against average (0.782) and 24th in goalie minutes played (1610:28).
• Femi Hollinger-Janzen ranks 17th in the country in shots per game (3.65).

IU IN THE BIG TEN RANKINGS
• In the Big Ten statistics released on Thursday, IU ranks second in the league in goals (27), assists (30) points (84) and shots (287).
• Individually, Tanner Thompson leads the conference with nine assists, while Colin Webb is tied for the league lead with eight shutouts on the year.
• Femi Hollinger-Janzen is tied for third in the conference with seven goals and ranks second in the league in shots with 62.

IU Hosts Wisconsin in B1G Tournament Quarterfinals

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Players Mentioned

Andrew Gutman

Femi Hollinger-Janzen

Grant Lillard

Francesco Moore

Austin Panchot

Tanner Thompson

Colin Webb