Penn State snaps Hoosier win streak

It had been 322 days, 12 games and a national championship win since the IU men's soccer team last tasted defeat before this weekend's matches. \nThe Hoosiers walked away from Friday's matchup with Penn State with their first loss of the season and their streak broken after a 2-1 overtime loss. \nThe Hoosiers jumped out to a 1-0 lead thanks to a Penn State scoring in their own goal 12 minutes into the game. Junior Josh Tudela made a run on the left flank and made a cross that a Nittany Lion defender deflected into the net.\nPenn State tied the game three minutes later on a goal from freshman forward Jason Yeisley, the first goal IU has allowed that hasn't been from a restart.\nThe Hoosiers had a chance to end the game in regulation, with five more shots and 12 more corner kicks than Penn State. The Hoosiers' best chance to score came when senior forward Brian Plotkin had a penalty kick but missed it as the second half was coming to an end.\nThe Hoosiers played in their second overtime game of the Big Ten season when regulation ended in a 1-1 tie. Six minutes into the first overtime period, Yeisley silenced the Hoosier fans by scoring his second goal.\n"One of the player's parents mentioned to me how quiet this place got when Penn State scored," IU coach Mike Freitag said. "I haven't had that feeling in a long time and I didn't like it. We aren't going to have that feeling for a long time."\nThe loss to the Nittany Lions dropped IU's Big Ten record to 0-1-1, putting the Hoosiers in 3rd place in the conference. \nThe Hoosiers rebounded Sunday, led by two goals apiece from senior forward Mike Ambersley and freshman forward Kevin Noschang in a 5-0 win against IU-Purdue University Indianapolis. \nThe Hoosiers started the game off slowly, creating few scoring chances in the early going. Ambersley opened the scoring for the Hoosiers, netting his second goal of the season 21 minutes into the game. After missing his initial shot, Ambersely regained possession and put the ball past IUPUI goalkeeper Drew Deffner to give the Hoosiers a 1-0 lead.\n"It was a great ball from (Jordan) Chirico," Ambersley said. "We made eye contact and he played a good ball. I kinda duffed the first shot but luckily it came back to me and I put it past the keeper."\nThe Hoosiers wasted little time scoring their second goal as Noschang scored the first goal of his collegiate career five minutes after the Ambersely strike. Junior defender Jed Zayner passed the ball to freshman Lee Nguyen who found Noschang running toward goal. The Hoosiers went into halftime with a 2-0 lead.\n"It felt good to get my first goals at IU," Noschang said. "I thought they would come sooner in the season, but it was worth the wait."\nThe Hoosiers did not let up after halftime. Even by playing many reserves, they still scored three goals. Ambersley and Noschang each added their second goals of the match in a five minute stretch early in the second half. After leading IU in scoring during the spring season, Noschang notched his first two goals of the season for the Hoosiers.\n"Kevin is going to score a lot of goals here at IU," Freitag said. "He continues to grow as a player. He works hard at practice and he has the one thing I'm not good at teaching -- speed."\nJunior midfielder Kevin Robson rounded out the scoring for the Hoosiers on a penalty shot with less than a minute remaining. IU out-shot the Jaguars 28-2 and had a 9-1 advantage on corner kicks.\nThe way the Hoosiers came back after losing a close game pleased Freitag. \n"I told the guys we got to get back to winning ways," he said. "We have to find ways to win. Friday we let one slip away, but today we were able to get the win"