No. 22 Indiana Ties Butler on the Road, 2-2

Wednesday, September 16

Indianapolis, Ind.

7:30 PM

Indiana University

3-2-1

Butler

3-0-2

OT 3

OT 4

Indiana

Butler

9/16/2015 10:54:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

INDIANAPOLIS – In front of 4,411 fans, the No. 22 Indiana Hoosiers tied in-state foe Butler, 2-2, at the Butler Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind.

With the result, Indiana moves to 3-2-1 on the season, while the Bulldogs go to 3-0-2 on the year.

Femi Hollinger-Janzen and Rece Buckmaster scored goals for the Hoosiers, while both Tanner Thompson and Kyle Sparks notched assists for IU. In goal, Colin Webb made three saves on the night.

"Although we leave bitter and it feels like a loss, in reality it's not," Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley remarked following the match. "It was a clinic in the first half. I haven't seen an IU team pull apart a Butler team like that. Lot of positives from tonight, but there's disappointment from leaving ourselves exposed to one of their strengths and we will need to make adjustments sooner in the future."

Controlling possession early in the match, the Hoosiers were on the attack in the 12^th minute. With the ball in the middle of the pitch outside the 18-yard box, Thompson found a streaking Andrew Gutman down the right side of the box. Butler attempted to clear the danger with a clumsy tackle, earning a penalty kick for the Hoosiers. Hollinger-Janzen stepped up to the spot for IU, converting on the penalty to give IU a 1-0 lead.

Just three minutes later, the Hoosiers were back on the attack. Working down the right side, Thompson sent a cross in to the box to Sparks, who redirected to Buckmaster on the right side, setting up a point-blank shot for the freshman. The Auburn, Ind., native converted from three-yards out to push the Hoosier lead to 2-0.

The Indiana defense was stout in the first half, allowing the Bulldogs just three shots, with two on goal. The Hoosiers had an 11-2 shot advantage in the first half, while Webb made a pair of saves on Butler shots from distance.

In the second half, the Bulldogs pushed the offense, looking to cut in to the Hoosier advantage. In the 59^th minute Butler's Vincent Mitchell was able to get behind the IU defense on the right side, scoring from six-yards out to cut the Hoosier lead to 2-1.

Eight minutes later, Hollinger-Janzen cracked a shot from 25-yards out, with the ball hitting the crossbar and then dfelecting off the Butler keeper to earn the Hoosiers a corner kick. Off the ensuing corner, Phil Fives took a shot from 20-yards out, but the attempt sailed high.

In the 73^rd minute, Mitchell struck again for the Bulldogs, chipping the equalizer from the right side of the box, tying the match at 2-2.

With four minutes left in regulation, Indiana's Matt Foldesy made a great move at the top-right corner of the box to get himself space, cracking a shot that forced the Butler keeper to dive near post for a save.

At the end of regulation, Indiana and Butler remained tied at 2-2, forcing overtime. In regulation, Indiana had a 21-13 shot advantage over the Bulldogs, getting seven shots on-goal to BU's five.

In the first overtime, the Hoosiers had the only real chance at a winner. Four minutes in, IU earned a corner kick that was taken by Thompson. His corner sailed far post, but was played back beautifully in to the box to Gutman, who's shot sailed just high of the crossbar.

Indiana out-shot the Bulldogs, 3-0, in the first overtime, but Butler was able to hold the Hoosiers off, forcing a second overtime period.

In the second overtime, Indiana once again out-shot the Bulldogs, 3-1, but weren't able to score the winner. IU's best chance in the final 10 minutes came with just over a minute left, but Gutman's look at goal from 20-yards out went high.

For the match, IU out-shot the Bulldogs, 27-14, with Indiana getting nine shots on-goal to Butler's five. Indiana also held the advantage in corner kicks, 13-5.

The Hoosiers return home on Sunday afternoon to face Big Ten foe Rutgers at 3 p.m. at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The match will also be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network.