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Mihalic Earns Spot on TDS Team of the Week
8/31/2021 12:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana freshman midfielder Tommy Mihalic was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week for the opening week of the season, the publication announced on Tuesday.
Mihalic scored a pair of goals in the Indiana 3-2 (OT) victory over Notre Dame to open the 2021 season on Friday night. His first goal came off a long service from freshman midfielder Patrick McDonald. The Skokie, Ill., native gathered the pass, defeated the primary defender, and fired a right-footed shot past the ND keeper to level the score at 1-1 in the 34th minute.
Mihalic came up clutch in the 87th minute from the spot. After a teammate, freshman forward Samuel Sarver, drew a handball in the box from a Notre Dame defender, Mihalic stepped up to the penalty spot with a chance to tie the game for a second time. His take was saved from the keeper, but he followed up his miss and tapped in the rebound for the late equalizer.
The Hoosiers would go onto win the match in the 93rd minute via a tantalizing golden goal redshirt junior midfielder Ben Yeagley.
The No. 1-ranked Indiana Hoosiers will back in action tonight against the Butler Bulldogs. Action is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Tickets can be purchased here.
TDS Team of the Week
GK – Eoin Gawronski, Temple
D – Philip Hildebrandt, Florida International
D – Lucas Meek, Washington
D – Zeron Sewell, VCU
MF – Dante Polvara, Georgetown
MF – Henry Howell, Davidson
MF – Tommy Mihalic, Indiana
MF – Veljko Petkovic, Pittsburgh
MF – Billy Hency, Loyola-Chicago
F – Simon Becher, Saint Louis
F – Gabriel Costa, SMU
TDS Team of the Week – Honorable Mention
GK Daniel Kuzemka (Charlotte), MF Kyran Chambron Pinho (SMU), MF Ernest Bawa (North Carolina), D A.J. Palazzolo (Saint Louis), F Davis Smith (Providence), F Issa Badawiya (UC Riverside), D William Gillingham (UC Santa Barbara), D Mariano Fazio (Tulsa), F Jacen Russell-Rowe (Maryland)
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Mihalic scored a pair of goals in the Indiana 3-2 (OT) victory over Notre Dame to open the 2021 season on Friday night. His first goal came off a long service from freshman midfielder Patrick McDonald. The Skokie, Ill., native gathered the pass, defeated the primary defender, and fired a right-footed shot past the ND keeper to level the score at 1-1 in the 34th minute.
Mihalic came up clutch in the 87th minute from the spot. After a teammate, freshman forward Samuel Sarver, drew a handball in the box from a Notre Dame defender, Mihalic stepped up to the penalty spot with a chance to tie the game for a second time. His take was saved from the keeper, but he followed up his miss and tapped in the rebound for the late equalizer.
The Hoosiers would go onto win the match in the 93rd minute via a tantalizing golden goal redshirt junior midfielder Ben Yeagley.
The No. 1-ranked Indiana Hoosiers will back in action tonight against the Butler Bulldogs. Action is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Tickets can be purchased here.
TDS Team of the Week
GK – Eoin Gawronski, Temple
D – Philip Hildebrandt, Florida International
D – Lucas Meek, Washington
D – Zeron Sewell, VCU
MF – Dante Polvara, Georgetown
MF – Henry Howell, Davidson
MF – Tommy Mihalic, Indiana
MF – Veljko Petkovic, Pittsburgh
MF – Billy Hency, Loyola-Chicago
F – Simon Becher, Saint Louis
F – Gabriel Costa, SMU
TDS Team of the Week – Honorable Mention
GK Daniel Kuzemka (Charlotte), MF Kyran Chambron Pinho (SMU), MF Ernest Bawa (North Carolina), D A.J. Palazzolo (Saint Louis), F Davis Smith (Providence), F Issa Badawiya (UC Riverside), D William Gillingham (UC Santa Barbara), D Mariano Fazio (Tulsa), F Jacen Russell-Rowe (Maryland)
@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
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