Hoosiers Handle Spartans for Yeagley’s 200th Indiana Victory

Friday, October 18

Bloomington, Ind.

7 p.m.

Indiana University

7-3-5, 5-1-2

Michigan State

5-6-2, 4-3-0

Michigan St.

Indiana

Hoosiers Handle Spartans for Yeagley’s 200th Indiana Victory

10/18/2024 11:32:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — On top of a fourth consecutive victory and three points in the conference race, most of all Indiana men's soccer (7-3-5, 5-1-2 B1G) celebrated head coach Todd Yeagley's 200th victory as leader of the program Friday (Oct. 18) night on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Since 2010 – his first season as head coach of IU men's soccer – Yeagley is the winningest coach in NCAA Division I men's soccer. In that time, he has led Indiana to a national title – in 2012 – and 10 Big Ten Championships.

Yeagley's team stretched its unbeaten streak to seven games with a 3-1 win over Michigan State (5-6-2, 4-3-0 B1G). Graduate forward Justin Weiss' third goal in two games and senior midfielder Patrick McDonald's penalty gave Indiana a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes before the Spartans answered with a penalty of their own. Six minutes into the second half, senior forward Samuel Sarver restored the two-goal lead with a long-distance strike.

For the moment, Indiana sits atop the Big Ten standings with 17 points through eight conference games played. Maryland (16 points) and Ohio State (13) are heavy contenders, both having played six matches in league play.

KEY MOMENTS
• 22' – Weiss opened the scoring from a throw-in as senior defender Jansen Miller nodded junior defender Quinton Elliot's long toss across goal and into Weiss' path. The forward stuck his left foot out and punched the ball into the back of the net.
• 40' – A Weiss shot deflected off the hand of a Michigan State defender inside the box, winning a penalty for Indiana. McDonald banged it down the middle from the spot as the goalkeeper dove right.
• 42' – McDonald was on the wrong side of a penalty call moments later as a cross hit his upper arm. Play resumed, but the penalty was given after review. Junior midfielder Cristiano Bruletti converted the try and cut IU's lead in half.
• 51' – Sarver worked a defender into the box, used Elliot's run alongside him to cause the defender to hesitate and fired from the corner of the box, through the keeper's fingertips and into the far corner.
• 64' – Senior goalkeeper JT Harms made a save diving to his left to keep the two-goal lead intact. Harms totaled four saves in the match.

NOTABLES
• Yeagley previously celebrated 200 career victories following last season's Sweet 16 win at Virginia. Yeagley won seven games in 2009 during his lone season at Wisconsin before returning to Indiana as head coach the next year.
• During its seven-game unbeaten streak, in which the Hoosiers have a 5-0-2 record, IU has scored 20 goals – an average of 2.86 goals per game. The 3-1 victory extends Indiana's run of multi-goal performances to seven matches, its longest such streak since 2001.
• Amidst that run, Indiana is 5-0-1 during the month of October. Over the last four years, Indiana is 22-4-6 (.781) in the month of October. IU owns a 313-56-41 (.813) October record all-time.
• Indiana's 5-1-2 Big Ten record is its best through eight games since its 2019 and 2020-21 Big Ten regular season championship seasons, when it posted 7-1-0 league marks. IU won a share of the title with a 4-2-2 record last season.
• Michigan State's penalty kick goal snapped IU's run of 276 minutes without conceding after consecutive shutouts of Penn State and Michigan.
• Indiana has scored from a throw-in in three consecutive matches.
• Weiss scored his third goal in two matches after opening his IU account Tuesday night at Michigan. Weiss and Sarver both recorded goal No. 22 of their careers, matching senior forward Tommy Mihalic as the team's active career scoring leaders.
• Sarver's goal comes as his fourth G/A in as many games. The senior had two assists in the Michigan match and another helper a week before versus Kentucky.
• Miller, the reigning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, tallied his third assist in four games.
• Elliot has three G/A in two games after scoring a goal and providing an assist in Tuesday's match.

UP NEXT
Indiana will travel cross country for its final Big Ten road match as the Hoosiers are set to face Big Ten Conference newcomer UCLA Friday (Oct. 25) night in Los Angeles. The meeting matches up NCAA Division I men's soccer's winningest programs by wins (UCLA – 1,027) and by percentage (Indiana – .773). Kickoff is set for 10:30 p.m. ET, and fans can watch the match on the Big Ten Network.

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