Freshman Swan Flies, IU Thumps Rutgers in Regular Season Finale

Friday, November 7

Bloomington, Ind.

8 p.m.

Indiana University

12-5-1, 5-5-0

Rutgers

8-6-3, 3-5-2

Rutgers

Indiana

Freshman Swan Flies, IU Thumps Rutgers in Regular Season Finale

11/8/2025 1:08:00 AM | Men's Soccer

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana men's soccer (12-5-1, 5-5-0 B1G) closed its regular season with a 5-0 victory over Rutgers Friday (Nov. 7) night on Jerry Yeagley Field. Freshman Colton Swan had a brace, and senior Palmer Ault added a goal and two assists.

IU came into the night needing a victory and a UCLA tie or draw at Washington to clinch the fourth and final spot in the Big Ten Tournament. The Hoosiers were on track to earn the bid until the 63rd minute of the west coast match, when Washington's Charlie Kosakoff received a second yellow card while protecting a 2-1 lead. UCLA responded with three goals in the final 27 minutes to steal the last remaining tournament bid.

Indiana currently sits No. 8 in the national RPI rankings, which bodes well for its NCAA Tournament résumé. IU will hear its name called during the NCAA Selection Show on Monday, November 17.

Ault finishes the regular season with 16 goals and 10 assists, becoming the first Hoosier to collect double-digit goals and assists since Pat Noonan (16 goals, 12 assists) in 2001. In conference play alone, he led the Big Ten in total goal contributions (15), points (22), tied for the lead in assists (8) and finished No. 2 in goals (7). The senior will look forward to adding to his MAC Hermann Trophy résumé come the NCAA Tournament.

KEY MOMENTS
• 5' – GOAL! Junior forward Jacopo Fedrizzi found Ault at the top of the box, and the senior flicked it to Swan making a run into the 18. Swan brought it down with his chest and volleyed a laser to the top corner. Indiana 1, Rutgers 0
• 17' – GOAL! Fedrizzi's corner swung right to the head of Swan, who punched it past the helpless keeper. Indiana 2, Rutgers 0
• 51' – GOAL! Sophomore midfielder Charlie Heuer found Ault with an overhead ball, and Ault beat the final defender to it before placing a subtle chip past the keeper. Indiana 3, Rutgers 0
• 54' – GOAL! Heuer used all his strength to push a Rutgers defender off the ball and put it into the path of junior forward Clay Murador, who sped past the last man and finished low to the far post. Indiana 4, Rutgers 0
• 59' – GOAL! An Ault corner found senior midfielder Cristiano Bruletti beyond the back post, and Bruletti headed it back across goal to redshirt junior defender Breckin Minzey who nodded it in. Indiana 5, Rutgers 0

NOTABLES
• Indiana will miss out on the Big Ten Tournament for the first time in program history. IU was the only program which never failed to qualify for the conference tournament during the eight-team format.
• IU improved its season attendance to 34,680, setting the Bill Armstrong Stadium single-season record. The previous best mark of 33,973 was set in 2023 over 14 matches. Hoosier Army has bested that through 11 home matches this year.
• After scoring twice from corner kicks Friday night, IU has scored five of its last 11 goals from restarts.
• In Big Ten play, IU's attack tied for the league lead in goals (25), while setting the top marks for shots (170), shots on target (170) and corner kicks won (71).
• Indiana improved to 14-4-3 in the all-time series with Rutgers, earning its third consecutive victory over the Scarlet Knights.
• Ault's 10 assists are the most by a Hoosier since Trevor Swartz's 16 in 2018. His 42 points are the most by a Big Ten player since Penn State's Corey Hertzog collected 46 in 2010.
• Ault's performance marks the eighth time this season he has recorded multiple goal contributions and the fifth time he has recorded three or more goal contributions.
• Ault still has not played consecutive matches without producing a goal or assist.
• In seven matches over the last month, Ault has produced eight goals and seven assists, totaling 23 points in that stretch.
• Ault now has 37 goals, 22 assists and 96 points in his career.
• Heuer has four assists on the season, doubling his freshman total. Three of his assists have contributed to Palmer Ault scores.
• Murador put his name on the scoresheet for the first time since Sept. 26, the 4-2 victory over UCLA.
• Fedrizzi tallied his first-career multi-assist performance.

UP NEXT
Indiana will make its 50th and 39th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament later this month.

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