Indiana University Athletics
Sunday, October 15
Bloomington, Ind.
3:00 PM
Indiana University
vs
Ohio State
No. 1 Hoosiers Host No. 17 Buckeyes on Sunday
10/14/2017 10:04:00 AM | Men's Soccer
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 1-ranked Indiana University men's soccer team will host Big Ten rival and No. 17-ranked rival Ohio State on Sunday afternoon in Bloomington, Ind.
Kickoff at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium is set for 3:00 p.m. ET., with live stats available at IUHoosiers.com. The match will be streamed live via BTN Plus on BTN2Go.com.
The match against the Buckeyes will be part of a IU soccer doubleheader, with the women's soccer team hosting Nebraska at 12:00 p.m. ET. Any fan who is in Armstrong Stadium prior to the second half of the women's game will get in the men's game for free.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The No. 1-ranked Indiana University men's soccer team will host rival and No. 17-ranked Ohio State on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. ET at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
• The Hoosiers enter Sunday's contest with an 11-0-2 record on the season overall after beating No. 19 Kentucky, 2-0, on Wednesday.
• Freshman goalkeeper Trey Muse has played well this season, posting a NCAA-best 11 shutouts while allowing just two goals with 34 saves.
• Freshman Mason Toye lead the Hoosiers with six goals and 13 points on the season, while junior Andrew Gutman has scored five times this year.
• Junior Trevor Swartz, junior Austin Panchot, junior Rece Buckmaster and freshman Griffin Dorsey lead the team with four assists each.
SCOUTING THE BUCKEYES
• The Ohio State Buckeyes come to Bloomington with an overall record of 7-4-1 on the season and a 3-2 mark in Big Ten conference play.
• In this week's national polls, the Buckeyes are ranked No. 17 by Top Drawer Soccer and No. 22 by Soccer America. OSU is not ranked in the College Soccer News or United Soccer Coaches polls.
• After starting the year 7-1-1, the Buckeyes have lost three-straight matches, including the last two by score of 1-0.
• In Big Ten play, OSU has beat Northwestern, Penn State and Rutgers and has lost to Michigan State and Maryland.
• In a preseason poll conducted of the league's coaches, Ohio State was picked to finish third in Big Ten. Austin Bergstrom, Danny Jensen and Abdi Mohamed were all selected to the Big Ten Preseason Honors List.
• In 2016, the Buckeyes posted an overall record of 5-13-1 and went 3-4-1 in league play.
SERIES HISTORY
• In the 49-match history between the two programs dating back to 1973, Indiana leads the series over Ohio State, 40-5-4.
• The Hoosiers are 5-1-1 in their last seven meetings against the Buckeyes, but are 0-1-1 in the last two.
• In Bloomington, IU is 15-3-2 against the Buckeyes. IU lost the last meeting at Armstrong, 1-0 on Oct. 10, 2015.
• The last meeting between the two programs came last year in Columbus, Ohio with the two teams playing to a 2-2 draw.
• In the 49 meetings, IU has out-scored Ohio State, 103-29.
CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS
• Indiana has posted seven-straight shutouts, setting a single-season program record and matching the 1975 and 1976 teams that combined for seven-straight as well.
• Entering Sunday's match, IU has not allowed a goal in the last 689:37 minutes of play.
• The 11 shutouts in the first 13 matches is also the first for the team since the 1979 season.
• If Indiana posts a shutout on Sunday, it would be a program record for most blank sheets in the first 14 matches of a season.
HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
• Indiana is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the United Soccer Coaches poll, the Top Drawer Soccer rankings and the Soccer America Top 25. IU comes in at No. 2 in the College Soccer News poll.
• In the NCAA RPI rankings released on Monday, IU comes in at No. 10.
HISTORICALLY STINGY DEFENSE
• Through the first 13 matches of the season, Indiana has allowed just two goals - the fewest since the team allowed two in 13 games in 1979.
• The 1979 team allowed just two goals in their first 14 matches.
OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER
• Indiana's offense has been one of the most potent in the nation, scoring 32 goals through the team's first 13 matches.
• The 32 goals scored in the first 13 matches are the most for the team since 1999 (32).
• Indiana has scored 5 or more goals in three matches this season, the most for the program since eclipsing the five-goal mark six times in 2005.
• Through 13 matches in 2016, IU had scored 17 goals.
INDIANA IN THE NATIONAL/B1G STATISTICAL RANKINGS
• Entering the weekend, IU is ranked in the top-10 in 13 categories in the NCAA statistical rankings.
• Indiana leads the nation in save percentage (0.947), shutout percentage (0.846), team goals against average (0.148) and won-loss-tied percentage (0.923).
• The Hoosiers are ranked third in shots on goal per game (8.00), third in total goals (32), third in total points (96), fifth in assists per game (2.46), fifth in corner kicks per game (6.85), fifth in scoring offense (2.46), fifth in total assists (32), sixth in points per game (7.38) and sixth in shots per game (16.62).
• Individually, freshman GK Trey Muse leads the nation in goals against average (0.148), save percentage (0.944) and shutouts (11).
• IU leads the Big Ten in 13 categories - assists per game, corner kicks per game, points per game, save percentage, scoring offense, shots per game, shots on goal per game, shutout percentage, team goals against average, total assists, total goals, total points and win-loss-tied percentage.
HOOSIERS START THE SEASON 11-0-2
• Indiana has started the season undefeated through 13 matches for the sixth time in program history and the first time since 1997.
• The Hoosiers are looking to remain undefeated through the team's first 14 matches for the sixth time in school history.
• IU's 4-0 start was the first for the team since 2004 and marked the seventh time in program history IU accomplished the feat.
TRUE FRESHMEN FIREPOWER
• The Hoosiers have received an immediate boost of offense from the true freshmen trio of Mason Toye, Griffin Dorsey and Thomas Warr.
• The trio has combined to score 10 goals and tally eight assists on the season.
• Toye has totaled a team-high six goals and one assist, while Dorsey has two goals and a team-high four assists. Warr has recorded two goals and three assists on the year.
YEAGLEY EARNS CAREER VICTORY NO. 100
• Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley earned career victory No. 100 in IU's 4-0 win over Evansville on Oct. 3.
• Yeagley has posted a record of 93-41-29 at Indiana and went 7-9-2 in his lone year as head coach of Wisconsin in 2009.
DORSEY PLAYS FOR U.S. U-18 NATIONAL SQUAD
• Indiana freshman Griffin Dorsey was one of 20 players selected for the U.S. U-18 Men's National Team on Oct. 1.
• Dorsey started for the U.S. in the match against Belgium on Oct. 5 and played 20 minutes off the bench for the Americans against Russia on Oct. 9.
• Dorsey is no stranger to the U.S. U-18 squad, having played for the team in tournaments in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Portugal.
UP NEXT
• IU will head to Indianapolis to face in-state rival and No. 16-ranked Butler on Wednesday, Oct. 18.
• Kickoff at the Butler Bowl is set for 7:00 p.m. ET.
@IUMensSoccer
• For all the latest on Indiana University men's soccer, be sure to follow the team at @IUMensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
#GoIU
Kickoff at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium is set for 3:00 p.m. ET., with live stats available at IUHoosiers.com. The match will be streamed live via BTN Plus on BTN2Go.com.
The match against the Buckeyes will be part of a IU soccer doubleheader, with the women's soccer team hosting Nebraska at 12:00 p.m. ET. Any fan who is in Armstrong Stadium prior to the second half of the women's game will get in the men's game for free.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The No. 1-ranked Indiana University men's soccer team will host rival and No. 17-ranked Ohio State on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. ET at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
• The Hoosiers enter Sunday's contest with an 11-0-2 record on the season overall after beating No. 19 Kentucky, 2-0, on Wednesday.
• Freshman goalkeeper Trey Muse has played well this season, posting a NCAA-best 11 shutouts while allowing just two goals with 34 saves.
• Freshman Mason Toye lead the Hoosiers with six goals and 13 points on the season, while junior Andrew Gutman has scored five times this year.
• Junior Trevor Swartz, junior Austin Panchot, junior Rece Buckmaster and freshman Griffin Dorsey lead the team with four assists each.
SCOUTING THE BUCKEYES
• The Ohio State Buckeyes come to Bloomington with an overall record of 7-4-1 on the season and a 3-2 mark in Big Ten conference play.
• In this week's national polls, the Buckeyes are ranked No. 17 by Top Drawer Soccer and No. 22 by Soccer America. OSU is not ranked in the College Soccer News or United Soccer Coaches polls.
• After starting the year 7-1-1, the Buckeyes have lost three-straight matches, including the last two by score of 1-0.
• In Big Ten play, OSU has beat Northwestern, Penn State and Rutgers and has lost to Michigan State and Maryland.
• In a preseason poll conducted of the league's coaches, Ohio State was picked to finish third in Big Ten. Austin Bergstrom, Danny Jensen and Abdi Mohamed were all selected to the Big Ten Preseason Honors List.
• In 2016, the Buckeyes posted an overall record of 5-13-1 and went 3-4-1 in league play.
SERIES HISTORY
• In the 49-match history between the two programs dating back to 1973, Indiana leads the series over Ohio State, 40-5-4.
• The Hoosiers are 5-1-1 in their last seven meetings against the Buckeyes, but are 0-1-1 in the last two.
• In Bloomington, IU is 15-3-2 against the Buckeyes. IU lost the last meeting at Armstrong, 1-0 on Oct. 10, 2015.
• The last meeting between the two programs came last year in Columbus, Ohio with the two teams playing to a 2-2 draw.
• In the 49 meetings, IU has out-scored Ohio State, 103-29.
CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS
• Indiana has posted seven-straight shutouts, setting a single-season program record and matching the 1975 and 1976 teams that combined for seven-straight as well.
• Entering Sunday's match, IU has not allowed a goal in the last 689:37 minutes of play.
• The 11 shutouts in the first 13 matches is also the first for the team since the 1979 season.
• If Indiana posts a shutout on Sunday, it would be a program record for most blank sheets in the first 14 matches of a season.
HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
• Indiana is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the United Soccer Coaches poll, the Top Drawer Soccer rankings and the Soccer America Top 25. IU comes in at No. 2 in the College Soccer News poll.
• In the NCAA RPI rankings released on Monday, IU comes in at No. 10.
HISTORICALLY STINGY DEFENSE
• Through the first 13 matches of the season, Indiana has allowed just two goals - the fewest since the team allowed two in 13 games in 1979.
• The 1979 team allowed just two goals in their first 14 matches.
OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER
• Indiana's offense has been one of the most potent in the nation, scoring 32 goals through the team's first 13 matches.
• The 32 goals scored in the first 13 matches are the most for the team since 1999 (32).
• Indiana has scored 5 or more goals in three matches this season, the most for the program since eclipsing the five-goal mark six times in 2005.
• Through 13 matches in 2016, IU had scored 17 goals.
INDIANA IN THE NATIONAL/B1G STATISTICAL RANKINGS
• Entering the weekend, IU is ranked in the top-10 in 13 categories in the NCAA statistical rankings.
• Indiana leads the nation in save percentage (0.947), shutout percentage (0.846), team goals against average (0.148) and won-loss-tied percentage (0.923).
• The Hoosiers are ranked third in shots on goal per game (8.00), third in total goals (32), third in total points (96), fifth in assists per game (2.46), fifth in corner kicks per game (6.85), fifth in scoring offense (2.46), fifth in total assists (32), sixth in points per game (7.38) and sixth in shots per game (16.62).
• Individually, freshman GK Trey Muse leads the nation in goals against average (0.148), save percentage (0.944) and shutouts (11).
• IU leads the Big Ten in 13 categories - assists per game, corner kicks per game, points per game, save percentage, scoring offense, shots per game, shots on goal per game, shutout percentage, team goals against average, total assists, total goals, total points and win-loss-tied percentage.
HOOSIERS START THE SEASON 11-0-2
• Indiana has started the season undefeated through 13 matches for the sixth time in program history and the first time since 1997.
• The Hoosiers are looking to remain undefeated through the team's first 14 matches for the sixth time in school history.
• IU's 4-0 start was the first for the team since 2004 and marked the seventh time in program history IU accomplished the feat.
TRUE FRESHMEN FIREPOWER
• The Hoosiers have received an immediate boost of offense from the true freshmen trio of Mason Toye, Griffin Dorsey and Thomas Warr.
• The trio has combined to score 10 goals and tally eight assists on the season.
• Toye has totaled a team-high six goals and one assist, while Dorsey has two goals and a team-high four assists. Warr has recorded two goals and three assists on the year.
YEAGLEY EARNS CAREER VICTORY NO. 100
• Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley earned career victory No. 100 in IU's 4-0 win over Evansville on Oct. 3.
• Yeagley has posted a record of 93-41-29 at Indiana and went 7-9-2 in his lone year as head coach of Wisconsin in 2009.
DORSEY PLAYS FOR U.S. U-18 NATIONAL SQUAD
• Indiana freshman Griffin Dorsey was one of 20 players selected for the U.S. U-18 Men's National Team on Oct. 1.
• Dorsey started for the U.S. in the match against Belgium on Oct. 5 and played 20 minutes off the bench for the Americans against Russia on Oct. 9.
• Dorsey is no stranger to the U.S. U-18 squad, having played for the team in tournaments in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Portugal.
UP NEXT
• IU will head to Indianapolis to face in-state rival and No. 16-ranked Butler on Wednesday, Oct. 18.
• Kickoff at the Butler Bowl is set for 7:00 p.m. ET.
@IUMensSoccer
• For all the latest on Indiana University men's soccer, be sure to follow the team at @IUMensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
#GoIU
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