Indiana, Penn State Battle for Big Ten Double

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana men's soccer and Penn State shared the Big Ten regular season championship, but only one program can win the Big Ten Double.

The No. 1-seeded Hoosiers (11-4-4, 4-2-2 B1G) will host the No. 2-seeded Nittany Lions (10-3-5, 4-2-2 B1G) in the Big Ten Tournament Final Sunday (Nov. 12) on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Sunday's winner will receive an automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

Admission is free for Indiana University students, faculty and staff that present a valid Crimson Card.

The Big Ten Network will broadcast the match with kickoff set for noon ET.

KICKING OFF
• Indiana earned the No. 1 seed in the tournament thanks to a 2-1 win at Penn State on October 7 that kickstarted an active run of eight wins in nine games and gave IU the tiebreaker when both teams finished the regular season with a 4-2-2 conference record.
• IU is the Big Ten Tournament's winningest program, both by wins (46) and number of titles (15). The Hoosiers have a 46-11-13 (.750) record in the conference tournament.
• Indiana is appearing in its seventh consecutive conference final, which is tied for the longest active streak with Georgetown (Big East). It's also IU's 23rd overall Big Ten final.
• The Hoosiers are 9-1-2 at home this season, posting seven clean sheets while conceding seven goals in the 12 matches.
• Junior forward Samuel Sarver has provided eight goal contributions in his last eight matches played (four goals, four assists). Senior forward Maouloune Goumballe has five contributions in four matches (four goals, one assist) and scored his first-career brace in the semifinal victory over Michigan.

ABOUT THE NITTANY LIONS
• Penn State owns a 10-3-5 record, was 4-2-2 in Big Ten regular season play and has a 2-1-3 mark in road matches.
• The Nittany Lions are led by sixth-year head coach Jeff Cook, who owns a 56-31-17 record during his time in University Park and a 236-169-66 career record over 26 seasons as a head coach.
• Like Indiana, Penn State was represented by three student-athletes on the All-Big Ten First Team: Senior forward Peter Mangione (10 goals, four assists), senior defender Femi Awodesu (three goals, eight clean sheets) and fifth-year goalkeeper Kris Shakes (seven clean sheets, two assists).

SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana has historically dominated the matchup, winning 38 of the 58 matches in the series.
• IU has won the last three meetings and four of the last five as the teams have played twice (regular season plus tournament) in each of the last three seasons.
• The Hoosiers won 2-1 at Penn State on October 7 as Sarver scored a brace, assisted twice by Hugo Bacharach.
• Indiana owns a 10-4-5 advantage in Big Ten Tournament matches. The Hoosiers won the title or advanced from four of the five matches decided by penalty kicks. IU and Penn State have met in the final eight times, with the Hoosiers prevailing on six occasions.

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Players Mentioned

Hugo Bacharach

Maouloune Goumballe

Samuel Sarver

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