Hoosiers Set to Host Omaha Wednesday

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana men's soccer opens a week of home non-conference matches Wednesday when it hosts Omaha at 7:30 p.m. ET on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

The match will be streamed on the B1G Network+ digital platform with with Jack Edwards, Derek Decker and Grace Ybarra on the call. Live stats can be found at IUHoosiers.com.

SETTING THE SCENE
• Wednesday night's matchup marks the first-ever contest between the two programs.
• Indiana holds a 3-1-1 record against non-conference opponents this season.
• The Hoosiers have scored 10 goals through seven matches this season. Six of the 10 tallies have been scored by a player that had not recorded a collegiate goal prior to the 2021 season. Freshman midfielder Tommy Mihalic (2), freshman forward Samuel Sarver (2), sophomore
defender Joey Maher, and redshirt junior Ben Yeagley have all provided goals for the Hoosier attack this season.

ABOUT THE MAVERICKS
• Omaha is led by fourth-year head coach Bob Warming. He has compiled a record of 21-24-7
during his time with the Mavericks. Warming was previously the head coach at Penn State,
where he was named Big Ten Coach of the Year in back-to-back seasons in 2012 annd 2013.
• The Mavericks have won three of their last four matches.
• Six of Omaha's eight results have been decided by one goal.
• The Mavericks have turned to three different keepers this season. Redshirt senior Jeremy
Pollard leads Omaha in minutes played (297:31), saves (7), goals against average (0.30) and save
percentage (0.875).
• Freshman Nathanael Sallah has played the duration of Omaha's last two matches in goal,
allowing just one goal in a 1-1 split against Creighton (1-0 loss) and Missouri-Kansas City (2-0
win).

HOOSIERS ON THE REBOUND
• For the third time during the 2021 season, IU was defeated (2-1) at home against the Michigan Wolverines on Friday, October 1. The loss
marked just the 16th setback for the Hoosiers in the regular season since the start of the 2014 campaign.
• In the matches immediately following a loss, Indiana holds a record of 12-0-4. IU has outscored its opponent 26-7 in those matches.
• IU bounced back from its first loss of the season (3-0 defeat to Creighton) with a 1-0 victory over Xavier on Sept. 6. After the Hoosiers fell
in their Big Ten opener against Rutgers on Sept. 17, Indiana followed with back-to-back conference road victories at Northwestern (2-1) and
Michigan State (1-0).
• The Hoosiers have not sustained back-to-back losses in the regular season since the 2013 season.

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Players Mentioned

Joey Maher

Tommy Mihalic

Samuel Sarver

Ben Yeagley