First-half Flurry Leads No. 8 Indiana Over Penn State

Sunday, October 6

University Park, Pa.

1:00 PM

Indiana University

7-1-2, 3-0-0

Penn State

5-2-2, 2-1-1

Indiana

Penn St.

First-half Flurry Leads No. 8 Indiana Over Penn State

10/6/2019 3:30:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The No. 8 Indiana men's soccer team (7-1-2, 3-0-0 Big Ten) utilized an offensive flurry spanning nine minutes in the first half to bury the Penn State Nittany Lions (5-1-3, 2-1-1 Big Ten) by a score of 3-1 at Jeffrey Field on Sunday afternoon.

KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana gained the early advantage when Penn State senior Brandon Hackenberg was shown a red card at 12th minute. The Nittany Lions were forced to play a man down for the remaining 78 minutes of play.
• Senior Simon Waever swung in a beautiful cross to senior Joris Ahlinvi five yards from the goal. Ahlinvi found the back of the net off a header to jumpstart the Hoosier scoring at 15th minute.
• At the 16-minute mark, freshman Aidan Morris stood over the ball for a free kick. Junior A.J. Palazzolo was the beneficiary of the restart as he beat the keeper with a header to put the Hoosiers u 2-0.
• Junior Spencer Glass concluded the first-half barrage in the 24th minute with a laser sent in from 16 yards out. The goal came off a second assist from Morris and gave Indiana a 3-0 lead before the halftime break.
• Penn State scored their lone goal in the 55th minute on a shot from Aaron Molloy. The assist was credited to Dax Hoffman for the Nittany Lions.

NOTABLES
• IU has not suffered a loss in the last 31 regular-season, Big Ten matches with the victory. The Hoosiers have posted a record of 22-0-9, including a 11-0-0 mark in the last 11 contests.
• IU's last league loss in the regular season came on Oct. 10, 2015 in overtime at Ohio State, 1-0.
• Ahlinvi made his Indiana debut against Penn State. The Florida International transfer made his first start and netted his first goal as a Hoosier.
• All three goals scored by the Hoosiers were tallied by players who had not scored prior to the Penn State match this season. Glass has scored a goal in each of his last two matches against the Nittany Lions at Penn State after netting the winner in 2017.
• Indiana improves to 34-14-4 all time against Penn State and have won five straight decisions. The goal conceded in the second half was the first allowed during the streak.

HOOSIER POINTS
GOALS: Joris Ahlinvi (15'), A.J. Palazzolo (16'), Spencer Glass (24')
ASSISTS: Aidan Morris (2), Simon Waever

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will return to Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium to take on No. 19 Kentucky at 7 p.m. ET on Oct. 9 in Bloomington, Ind.

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