Palazzolo’s Late Goal Leads No. 2 Hoosiers Past No. 3 North Carolina

Sunday, August 26

Cary, N.C. (WakeMed Soccer Park)

7:30 PM

Indiana University

1-1

North Carolina

1-1

Indiana

North Carolina

Palazzolo’s Late Goal Leads No. 2 Hoosiers Past No. 3 North Carolina

8/26/2018 11:17:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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CARY, N.C. – The No. 2-ranked Indiana University men's soccer team earned a hard-fought, road win on Sunday night, beating No. 3 North Carolina at WakeMed Park in Cary, N.C., 1-0.

KEY MOMENTS
• A.J. Palazzolo made his first career goal count, scoring off a header in the 88^th minute to give Indiana (1-1) the lead.
• The score came off a free kick, where MF Trevor Swartz hit a ball to the back-right post, finding the head of Palazzolo, who finished from four-yards out. The assist was the first of the season for Swartz.
• GK Trey Muse had three saves, all in the first half, to keep the North Carolina (1-1) off the board.

NOTABLES
• The victory was Indiana's first on the road against a ranked opponent since beating No. 2 Louisville, 2-1, on Oct. 11, 2016.
• GK Sean Caulfield played 22:02 minutes against UNC, earning the combined shutout with Muse, who left in the second half but later re-entered the match.
• Indiana had three shots in the match, getting all three on-goal. North Carolina had 11 shots, with four on-goal. Corner kicks were even at 5-5.
• D Jordan Kleyn and MF Justin Rennicks had the other two shots on-goal for IU.

QUOTABLE
"Obviously a great win. That's a College Cup team. I thought we were a little out of sorts with our possession and rhythm, and I thought the guys really got it collected at halftime. Made some good adjustments and were sharper. I was pleased in the second half how we came out and performed. Still not, certainly, where we can be, so to get a road win against a top team is going to go a long way for us this season."
-- Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley

"We were aiming for the back-post spot and I was able to beat my man, put my head to it, turn around, ball in to the back of the net. Wasn't much to it. We've been practicing restarts all preseason, all week. Glad it finally paid off. A year ago today, I couldn't even run. Big turnaround a year later. Happy for the guys, so proud of the team for working hard the whole game and I'm just happy I put it away to get this win on the road."
-- Redshirt sophomore A.J. Palazzolo

UP NEXT
• The No. 2-ranked Hoosiers will head home to host the 2018 adidas/IU Credit Union Classic in Bloomington. IU will face No. 23 Dartmouth on Friday at 8:00 p.m. ET. at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

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