No. 4 Indiana Hosts No. 10 Notre Dame on Fireworks Night

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 4-ranked Indiana University men's soccer team will host No. 10 Notre Dame on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. Following the match, will feature the program's annual Fireworks Night.

Tuesday's match between the in-state rivals will be televised live nationally on BTN. A stream of the match can also be found at BTNPlus.com. Live stats for the match are available at IUHoosiers.com.

SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana has opened the season with four-straight overtime matches, including three dramatic, come-from-behind victories in overtime.
• On Sept. 8, the Hoosiers played WAC-favorite Seattle to a 0-0 draw at the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament in South Bend, Ind.
• 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.
• Also, IU advanced to the College Cup for the second-straight year and for a NCAA-record 20th time in program history.
• Indiana earned the 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 earned a top-16 seed.
• The berth for the Hoosiers was the team's 32nd-straight bid to the NCAA Tournament and the 43rd overall in the program's history.

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 FIGHTING IRISH
• The Notre Dame Fighting Irish come in to Tuesday's match with the Hoosiers with an overall record of 3-1-0 on the season. After posting three-straight victories to open the year, UND lost the team's ACC opener at home to Clemson on Sept. 13, 4-2.
• The Fighting Irish are ranked No. 10 in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll. They come in at No. 9 in the College Soccer News rankings and No. 15 in Top Drawer Soccer's poll.
• Prior to the season, Notre Dame was tabbed to finish fifth in the Coastal Division of the ACC in a poll conducted of the league's coaches.
• Jack Lynn leads the Fighting Irish and ranks third in the ACC with five goals on the season.

SERIES HISTORY
• In the storied history between Indiana and Notre Dame dating back to 1973, IU holds a record of 31-10-2 against the Fighting Irish, including a 16-6-1 mark against UND at Armstrong Stadium.
• Last season, the teams met twice, with the Hoosiers coming away victorious on both occasions.
• Indiana defeated Notre Dame, 1-0, on Nov. 30 in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals to earn the team's second-straight berth to the College Cup.
• IU has won four of the last six meetings in the series.

INDIANA UNDEFEATED IN LAST 28 HOME MATCHES
• The Hoosiers are undefeated in the team's last 28 matches at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium, posting a mark of 26-0-2.
• IU's last loss at home came to No. 20 Virginia Tech, 2-1 in overtime, on Nov. 27, 2016 in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

CAULFIELD EARNS BIG TEN WEEKLY HONOR
• At the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament in South Bend, Ind., Sean Caulfield had a pair of standout performances for the Hoosiers.
• In a 2-1, overtime victory over Denver on Friday, Caulfield made a pair of saves for IU. Then on Sunday against WAC preseason favorite Seattle, the East Lake, Fla. native recorded the first shutout of his career in a 0-0 draw, making three saves.

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No. 4 Indiana Hosts No. 10 Notre Dame on Fireworks Night

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Sean Caulfield

Spencer Glass

Jack Maher

Joshua Penn

Simon Waever

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