No. 2 Indiana Faces Michigan for Big Ten Tournament Title

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 2 Indiana University men's soccer team will face the Michigan Wolverines on Sunday, Nov. 11 for the Big Ten Tournament title at Grand Park in Westfield, Ind.

The match is scheduled for a 12:00 p.m. ET start and will be televised nationally on the Big Ten Network. A live stream for the match can be found at BTN2Go.com, while live stats will be available at IUHoosiers.com.

SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana is the No. 1 seed for the Big Ten Tournament. IU advanced past No. 5-seeded Maryland in penalty kicks, 4-3, on Friday. The two teams played to a 1-1 draw.
• IU, the Big Ten regular season champions for the 15th time in program history, became the first team in league history to go 8-0 in conference play. Indiana is the first unbeaten and untied league champion since Penn State (6-0) in 2005.
• The Hoosiers are unbeaten in the team's last 38 matches against Big Ten opponents, posting a record of 24-0-14. Indiana's last loss to a league foe was at Ohio State on Oct. 10, 2015.
• Andrew Gutman leads the Hoosiers with 10 goals, while Trevor Swartz has recorded a Big Ten-best 10 assists on the season.

SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES
• The Michigan Wolverines enter Sunday's match with a record of 12-4-2 on the season.
• Michigan, the 2017 Big Ten regular season champions, earned the No. 3 seed this year for the Big Ten Tournament.
• The Wolverines beat No. 2-seeded Wisconsin, 1-0, on Friday to earn a berth to Sunday's championship match.
• Michigan is unbeaten in their last four matches, posting a record of 3-0-1.
• The Wolverines are led by Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Jack Hallahan, who has eight goals and eight assists this season.

SERIES HISTORY
• In the overall series between the Hoosiers and the Wolverines, Indiana leads 20-3-2.
• The Hoosiers are unbeaten in their last six matches against U-M, posting a 5-0-1 mark.
• Earlier this season, IU beat then-ranked No. 14 Michigan in Ann Arbor, 1-0, on a goal from Rece Buckmaster.
• In the Big Ten Tournament, Indiana is 3-0 against the Wolverines.
• IU has out-scored Michigan, 58-18, in the series.

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• Sunday's match will be the team's 18th Big Ten Tournament Championship in program history and the fourth for the team in the last six years.
• The Hoosiers are 11-3-2 all-time in Big Ten Tournament Championship matches. IU and Wisconsin were declared co-champions in 1995 after the championship match was cancelled.
• IU has won 12 Big Ten tournament titles, sharing the 1995 crown with Wisconsin.
• The Hoosiers are 35-10-10 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament.
• Indiana last won the tournament title in 2013.

BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
• With the team's 1-0 win over Ohio State on Oct. 24, the Hoosiers clinched the outright Big Ten regular season championship.
• The title was the first for the program since 2010 and the 15th overall in school history.

PERFECT IN THE BIG TEN
• The Hoosiers became the first team in Big Ten history to post an 8-0 record in league play this season.
• IU became the first unbeaten and untied Big Ten regular season champion since Penn State (6-0) in 2005.
• Indiana went a perfect 6-0 in Big Ten play in 2002 when league had seven teams.

BIG TEN STREAK
• The Hoosiers are unbeaten in the team's last 38 matches against Big Ten opponents, posting a record of 24-0-14.
• Indiana's last loss to a league foe was at Ohio State on Oct. 10, 2015.

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No. 2 Indiana Faces Michigan for Big Ten Tournament Title

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Players Mentioned

Rece Buckmaster

Andrew Gutman

Trevor Swartz

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