No. 9 Indiana Host Northwestern Under the Lights

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 9-ranked Indiana Hoosiers (5-1-0) will attempt to avenge the program's only loss of the spring season against the Northwestern Wildcats (2-4-1) at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. First kick is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET with a stream being provided on BTN+.

Live stats will be available at IUHoosiers.com.

NEWS AND NOTES
• Sophomore midfielder Brett Bebej was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, while sophomore keeper Roman Celentano claimed Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week.
• Indiana holds the top spot in the Big Ten Conference team standings with 15 points. Michigan and Ohio State each have 10 points this season.
• In the program's last 42 Big Ten regular season matches Indiana holds a record of 31-2-9.
• The Hoosier offense has been clicking this season, scoring a league-high 15 goals (2.5 goals per match). IU has registered multiple tallies in all five wins this season and has scored three-plus goals four times in six matches.
• The Hoosiers have won three-straight matches, the longest unbeaten stretch of the shortened season. IU had three such streaks a season ago, including a stretch of eight-straight games without a loss heading into the final contest of the year.
• After a brief dip in the rankings, Indiana bounced back to top-10 status after blitzing Wisconsin (4-0) on March 11. IU is ranked No. 9 in the United Soccer Coaches Top-25, College Soccer News, and the Top Drawer rankings as of March 22.

LAST TIME OUT
• Indiana won for the third-straight match in a 3-0 decisive result at Rutgers on Friday afternoon. The Hoosiers won thanks in large part to redshirt sophomore forward Ryan Wittenbrink and his first career brace.
• The Libertyville, Ill., native found the back of the net twice in the second half. The first came in the 63rd minute to double the Hoosier lead (2-0), while the second sealed the win (3-0) in the 70th minute.
• Celentano earned his 15th-career victory and the fifth of his second season. In 20 career starts, the keeper has conceded just 10 goals with 11 clean sheets. He has allowed a goal or less in 95% of his career starts. He turned back five Scarlet Knights shots and did not allow a goal despite facing 10 total shots.

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• Northwestern enters Bloomington with a record of record of 2-4-1 and are seventh in the league standings with seven points. The Wildcats have scored 10 goals this season (tied for second in the conference), but has surrendered 14 tallies (second most in the B1G).
• Sophomore forward Ugo Achara Jr. (Northwestern) is tied for the league lead in shots (18) and game-winning goals (2). He is also second in goals (5), shots on goal (9) and points (11) this season amongst Big Ten players.
• The Cats have trotted out three goalkeepers this season in seven matches. Senior Miha Miskovic has started the most matches (4) and logged the most minutes (331) of the group, but has conceded nine goals in 23 shots on frame this season. Graduate student Ethan Bandre has started the other three matches for NU and has allowed five tallies on 21 chances.

SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana holds a series advantage of 31-3-7 against Northwestern, including a mark of 15-1-3 on Jerry Yeagley Field.
• The Hoosiers had been unbeaten against the Wildcats in the previous 14 matches played between the two programs before NU snapped the streak with a 1-0 decision earlier this season (Feb. 27).
• Indiana has not dropped a home contest against Northwestern since a 1-0 loss on Oct. 17, 2004. The match also signified the first ever win for the Wildcats in the series between the two teams as the Hoosiers claimed the first 20 contests. IU is 6-0-3 in home matches since the loss against NU.

@IndianaMSOC
For all the latest on Indiana University men's soccer, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaMSOC on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

#GoIU

No. 9 Indiana Host Northwestern Under the Lights

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Brett Bebej

Roman Celentano

Ryan Wittenbrink