Second Half Rally Lifts Indiana Over Northwestern, 2-1

Tuesday, September 21

Evanston, Ill.

8:00 PM

Indiana University

4-2-1, 1-1-0

Northwestern

2-4-2, 0-2-0

Indiana

Northwestern

Second Half Rally Lifts Indiana Over Northwestern, 2-1

9/21/2021 10:45:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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EVANSTON, Ill. – The Indiana Hoosiers (4-2-1) scored two goals in the second half to defeat the Northwestern Wildcats (2-4-2) by a final tally of 2-1 at Martin Stadium on Tuesday night.

KEY MOMENTS
• Northwestern found the back of the net in the opening 10 minutes when a long, dribbling pass from sophomore forward Justin Weiss was able to leak through the defense to a streaking Vicente Castro. The junior midfielder was able to beat IU junior keeper Roman Celentano in a one-on-one situation to score in the seventh minute.
• Indiana found the equalizer early in the second half off a goal kick. Celentano took a short free kick to redshirt junior defender Daniel Munie, who played a long through ball to freshman forward Samuel Sarver. The Chesterland, Ohio, native collected the pass and chipped the ball past the Northwestern keeper in the 47th minute.
• Just five minutes later, the Hoosiers struck again. A beautiful display of ball movement saw the ball ping from junior forward Victor Bezerra to redshirt junior winger Ryan Wittenbrink. He spun a crosser into the six-yard box for the easy tap-in goal for junior forward Herbert Endeley.

NOTABLES
• With the Indiana win, Celentano became the 14th Hoosier keep to eclipse 25 career victories in net.
• Entering the match, Indiana had been credited with just one assist. The Hoosiers tripled that figure with a trio of assists on the two tallies.
• The Hoosier side has not sustained back-to-back losses in the regular season since the 2013 campaign.
• Redshirt sophomore midfielder Quinten Helmer made his second career start. His first came against Northwestern on Feb. 27, 2021. Wittenbrink also made his season debut in the starting lineup.
• The match was the first of the season on Big Ten Network for the Hoosiers.
• Indiana played its first match as an unranked team in the United Soccer Coaches Poll since the opening round of the 2015 Big Ten Tournament.

HOOSIER POINTS
GOALS: Herbert Endeley, Samuel Sarver
ASSISTS: Victor Bezerra, Daniel Munie, Ryan Wittenbrink

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will conclude a mini two-match road trip with a matchup against the Michigan State Spartans on Sept. 26. The match is slated for a 3 p.m. start at DeMartin Stadium on B1G Network +.

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