With unbeaten streak snapped, IU hopes to rebound versus Butler

After being on the receiving end of one of the biggest upsets of the college soccer season, IU will look to rebound in Indianapolis Wednesday against the Butler Bulldogs (10-3-1).\nThe Hoosiers dropped out of the top-five in both the College Soccer Times and Soccer America polls after Sunday's loss to Northwestern. The loss came two days after the Hoosiers reached a landmark 50-straight Big Ten wins.\n"Sometimes, if we've been having our way the last couple games, we get comfortable and we don't come out there like we need to play every game," said senior midfielder Danny O'Rourke. "We need to get back in the flow of getting everything right every day."\nIU is 13-1-1 against Butler all-time, with last year's match standing as the lone tie in the series. In the second half of that game, IU mounted eight shots on the Bulldog's keeper, Evan Reinhardt, who shut the door on all of them.\nPotentially serving as the turning point in the season, though not being able to score on the eight shots, IU rallied off a 15-0-1 record after the Butler game en route to a national championship.\n"It's a big game," said junior midfielder Brian Plotkin. "That's always the case with anything within the state."\nThe Hoosiers will have to face a short week of practice once again, as they face another week with two games. Including last weekend's game against Wisconsin and Northwestern, IU will play four games in 10 days -- something IU coach Mike Freitag looks to change for the future. Sunday the Hoosiers travel to Columbus, Ohio, to take on Ohio State.\n"It's something we've talked about for a year now," he said, "and something I have to address in the future to try and get Big Ten games on the weekend (to be) one game."\nIn the grand scheme of things, Freitag said the Northwestern game was "good for college soccer." He said it made the Big Ten stronger and proved that no game will come easy.\nLooking forward, Freitag remained optimistic about his team response to such a loss.\n"Our guys will rebound and come back and hopefully play some better soccer," he said.\nWednesday's match will be held at Butler's Kuntz Stadium at 7 p.m.\n-- Contact staff writer Brian \nJanosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.