No. 1 Indiana Hosts No. 13 Notre Dame on Friday in NCAA Tournament

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 1-ranked and No. 2-seeded Indiana University men's soccer team will host the No. 13-ranked Notre Dame on Friday, Nov. 30 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Friday's match is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. ET start and will be streamed live online at BTN2Go.com. Live stats for the match are available at IUHoosiers.com.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth (18 & under) and can be purchased at IUHoosiers.com. Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets online to avoid game day lines. Reminder that there are no service fees for tickets purchased at IUHoosiers.com.

Indiana University students will get in free as IU Athletic Director Fred Glass and IU Athletics will purchase their tickets for each round of the NCAA Tournament that the Hoosiers host. Students must show student ID at the ticket window to redeem free ticket.

SETTING THE SCENE
• Notre Dame advanced past Michigan in the second round of the tournament in penalty kicks before beating No. 10-seeded Virginia, 1-0, in overtime in the third round.
• The Hoosiers won both the Big Ten regular season championship (15th time) and Big Ten Tournament championship (13th time) in the same season for the first time since 2006.
• Indiana is seeded No. 2 overall for the 2018 NCAA Tournament, marking the 14th time in the
last 16 years since the current seeding format began in 2003 that IU has earned a top-16 seed.
• The berth for the Hoosiers is the team's 32nd-straight bid to the NCAA Tournament and the
43rd overall in the program's history.

SCOUTING THE FIGHTING IRISH
• The Notre Dame Fighting Irish enter Friday's match with the Hoosiers with an overall record of 11-6-3 on the season.
• The Fighting Irish earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament after falling to Louisville, 1-0, in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.
• Notre Dame is ranked No. 13 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and earned the No. 7 seed for the NCAA Tournament.
• Thomas Ueland and Patrick Berneski lead Notre Dame with six goals each on the season, while Felician Dumas has a team-best six assists on the year.
• Notre Dame is ranked 34th in the NCAA in goals-against average (0.914) and 66th in scoring offense (1.50).
• On the year, the Fighting Irish have out-scored their opponents, 30-19.

SERIES HISTORY
• In the overall series between the Hoosiers and the Fighting Irish, Indiana leads 30-9-3.
• Earlier this season, Indiana beat the Fighting Irish, 2-1, in overtime on a goal from Justin Rennicks in the 93rd minute. A.J. Palazzolo also scored for IU in the match in South Bend.
• The series has been tight recently, with four of the last five matches being decided by one goal.
• All-time in Bloomington, Indiana is 15-6-1 against the Fighting Irish.
• In the NCAA Tournament, IU is 2-1 against Notre Dame.

NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• The berth for the Hoosiers is the team's 32nd-straight bid to the NCAA
Tournament and the 43rd overall in the program's history.
• Indiana has an NCAA-best .728 (90-32-5) winning percentage in the
tournament, while the 90 victories are also tops in the NCAA.
• IU has appeared in 19 College Cups, which leads all Division I teams, and won its eighth national title in 2012.

HOOSIERS IN THE QUARTERFINALS
• With Indiana's 2-0 win over No. 20 Air Force, the Hoosiers earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals for the 27th time in program history.
• IU has been in the quarterfinals two-straight seasons and three times under head coach Todd Yeagley.
• All-time, Indiana is 17-6-2 (.720) in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, including 13-0-2 (.933) at Armstrong Stadium.
• The Hoosiers, who own the NCAA record for College Cup appearances, will look to earn the team's 20th trip in program history.

HOME COOKING
• Indiana is 23-0-2 in the team's last 25 matches at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
• IU's last loss at home came on Nov. 27, 2016 to No. 20 Virginia Tech, 2-1, in overtime in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
• The Hoosiers are 11-0 at home this season and have out-scored opponents, 27-3.

INDIANA DOWNS AIR FORCE, 2-0
• The Hoosiers posted the team's 14th shutout of the season against Air Force, shutting out the NCAA's most prolific goal-scoring team.
• Timmy Mehl had a goal and an assist, while Trevor Swartz had an assist on each IU goal. Austin Panchot netted the match-winner in the seventh minute for the Hoosiers.

GUTMAN, MUSE NAMED MAC HERMANN TROPHY SEMIFINALISTS
• Senior D Andrew Gutman and sophomore GK Trey Muse were named two of 15 semifinalists for the 2018 MAC Hermann Trophy. Gutman was just one of four defenders named to the list, while Muse was the only goalkeeper named a semifinalist.
• The MAC Hermann Trophy, presented by World Wide Technology, is the most prestigious individual award in college soccer and is presented annually to the most outstanding male and female players of the year.
• In the storied history of Indiana men's soccer, an IU player has been named the national player of the year 11 times, including IU head coach Todd Yeagley. Last season, Grant Lillard was a runner-up for the award, while in 2016 Tanner Thompson was a semifinalist.

MUSE MOVING UP
• With his 11 solo shutouts this season, Trey Muse ranks in a tie for seventh in Indiana history with 29 career blank sheets.
• Muse's 29 shutouts are even more impressive considering he has played in only 47 career matches.
• Muse is tied with Chris Oswald with 29. Chay Cain and Jay Nolly are tied for fifth with 30.

SWARTZ DISHING OUT THE ASSISTS
• Trevor Swartz leads the country in assists with 15.
• Swartz's 15 assists are the most for any Hoosier in a season since Sean Shapert had 17 in 1989.
• Swartz's five assists are tied for the most for any Hoosier in any NCAA Tournament, matching Armando Betancourt in 1980.
• Swartz's three assists against UConn in the NCAA Tournament matched the school's single-match record by a senior and were the most by a senior since Lavrynenko had three against Kentucky in 1999.
• His three assists also matched Lavrynenko's NCAA Tournament school record that he set against Evansville in 1996.

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No. 1 Indiana Hosts No. 13 Notre Dame on Friday in NCAA Tournament

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Players Mentioned

Andrew Gutman

Grant Lillard

Timmy Mehl

Trey Muse

A.J. Palazzolo

Austin Panchot

Justin Rennicks

Trevor Swartz