No. 7 Indiana Draws at Ohio State, 2-2

Saturday, October 15

Columbus, Ohio

2:00 PM

Indiana University

8-1-5, 2-0-4B1G

Ohio State

4-9-1, 2-3-1B1G

OT 3

OT 4

Indiana

Ohio State

10/15/2016 4:55:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 7-ranked Indiana University men's soccer team played the Ohio State Buckeyes to a 2-2 draw on Saturday afternoon at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

With the result, the Hoosiers move to 8-1-5 on the season overall and to 2-0-4 in Big Ten conference play. Ohio State goes to 4-9-1 overall and to 2-3-1 in league action.

Billy McConnell scored the equalizer for the Hoosiers in the 83^rd minute, while Jeremiah Gutjahr netted a goal in the 18^th for IU. Tallying assists for Indiana were McConnell, Francesco Moore and Cory Thomas.

Ohio State was able to take advantage of a bad break for the Hoosiers in the fifth minute to take a 1-0 lead. Trying to clear the ball, Webb's kick deflected off a OSU's Nate Kohl and headed towards goal. Webb and Kohl both dove for the ball at the goal line, but Kohl was able to get his foot to it, scoring for the Buckeyes.

In the 18^th minute, the Hoosiers answered as Gutjahr notched his first career goal to tie the match at 1-1. Working in the middle of the pitch, Moore played a great ball to McConnell on the right wing. The senior sent a great cross to the far post, finding a wide-open Gutjahr, who headed the ball back to the right from six yard out.

Less than two minutes later, the Buckeyes responded, retaking the lead on a goal from Ben Fitzpatrick, who scored from the top of the box to the left post.

With Ohio State packing it in defensively in the second half, the Hoosiers dominated possession, looking for an equalizer. Finally, in the 83^rd minute, IU found it.

On the attack, a OSU clearance came out to the foot of Thomas, who cracked a shot on goal from 30-yards out. His effort was deflected eight yards out by McConnell, who redirected the ball to the lower-right corner, tying the match at 2-2 and forcing overtime.

In the overtime periods, IU got off the only two shots. Tanner Thompson saw his curling effort go wide in the first overtime, while Andrew Gutman's effort in the final period was saved at the near post.

For the match, Indiana out-shot the Buckeyes, 14-5, getting seven shots on goal to just three for Ohio State. Corner kicks were 4-3 in favor of the Hoosiers.

In a physical match, Indiana was called for 28 fouls to just 12 for OSU. IU was also issued four yellow cards, while Ohio State was shown just one.

The No. 7 Hoosiers will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 21 when the team heads north to face Big Ten rival Wisconsin. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.

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