No. 8 Indiana Heads to Penn State on Sunday

Sunday, October 6

University Park, Pa.

1:00 PM

Indiana University

Penn State

10/5/2019 9:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Match Notes vs. Penn State Live Stream Live Stats

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 8-ranked Indiana University men's soccer team will head to University Park, Pa. on Sunday to face the Big Ten-leading Penn State Nittany Lions at 1:00 p.m. ET.

The match will be live streamed on BTN+, with live stats available at IUHoosiers.com.

SETTING THE SCENE
• Freshman Maouloune Goumballe led the Hoosiers to a 3-1, Big Ten road victory at Northwestern on Tuesday night, totaling one goal and two assists.
• Indiana is undefeated in the team's last 30 regular-season, Big Ten conference matches, posting a record of 21-0-9. IU's last league loss in the regular season came on Oct. 10, 2015 in overtime at Ohio State, 1-0.
• Last season, 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.

NEWS AND NOTES
• The preseason honors have piled up for Indiana sophomore Jack Maher prior to the 2019 season. Maher was the only sophomore named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List and also earned preseason All-America honors from both Top Drawer Soccer (Second Team) and College Soccer News (Third Team).
• Freshman Joshua Penn was named to the preseason Freshman Best XI by Top Drawer Soccer. Indiana's 2019 recruiting class was ranked No. 2 in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer.
• Maher, along with Spencer Glass and Simon Waever, were named to the Big Ten Preseason Honors List.
• In the Big Ten preseason poll conducted by the league's coaches, Indiana was picked No. 1. Maryland was tabbed second, while Michigan was picked to finish third in the conference.

SCOUTING THE NITTANY LIONS
• The Penn State Nittany Lions come in to Sunday's match with an overall record of 5-1-2 on the season with a Big Ten mark of 2-0-1.
• PSU is off to a fast start in conference play, earning road wins at Ohio State and Michigan State. They played Michigan to a 0-0 draw at home.
• Aaron Molloy and Liam Butts lead the team with three goals each on the season.
• Before the season, Penn State was picked to finish sixth in a poll conducted of the Big Ten's head coaches.

SERIES HISTORY
• In the series history dating back to 1978, the Hoosiers hold a 33-14-4 over the Nittany Lions.
• Indiana is 4-0 in the last four matches against the Nittany Lions and have not allowed a goal over that span, out-scoring PSU, 5-0.
• IU is 8-8-2 overall in University Park, winning 1-0 in the team's last visit in 2017 on a goal from Spencer Glass.

REGULAR SEASON DOMINANCE
• Indiana is undefeated in the team's last 30 regular-season, Big Ten conference matches, posting a record of 21-0-9.
• IU's last league loss in the regular season came on Oct. 10, 2015 in overtime at Ohio State, 1-0.

FRESHMEN PACE HOOSIERS AT NORTHWESTERN
• Freshman Maouloune Goumballe had a goal and two assists, while fellow freshmen Joshua Penn and Aidan Morris scored in the team's 3-1 road win at Northwestern on Oct. 1.
• Freshman Roman Celentano made his first collegiate start at goalkeeper in the match, earning the win and making two saves.
• In total, five true freshmen earned the start against the Wildcats.

HOOSIERS TABBED BIG TEN FAVORITES
• The Hoosiers were tabbed as the Big Ten preseason favorites in a poll conducted of the league's coaches for the second-straight year.
• Along with being named the preseason favorite, IU's Spencer Glass, Simon Waever and Jack Maher were named to the Big Ten Preseason Honors List.

IUMS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
• Indiana is ranked No. 8 in the country in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
• IU is ranked No. 7 in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer and No. 10 by College Soccer News.

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