Hoosiers split pair during weekend trip to Dallas

Riding on the team bus back from the Indianapolis International Airport, Kevin Robson said his weekend was "a little bittersweet." \nThe senior forward had a lot to be happy about. He had two assists in IU's Saturday victory against the University of Tulsa and, for his efforts, was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Mi Cocina Classic in Dallas. \nHowever, the IU men's soccer team didn't earn the two wins it wanted.\nThe No. 10 Hoosiers lost to the No. 3 Southern Methodist University 1-0 Friday night but rebounded to beat Tulsa 2-1 in overtime Saturday.\n"I thought it was a weekend we didn't play as well as we can," IU coach Mike Freitag said.\nIU lost its second consecutive game to a ranked opponent when it fell to SMU Friday night. The Hoosiers and the hosting Mustangs played a statistically even match. Each team took 12 shots, though IU had three shots on goal, compared to SMU's two. \nIn the 76th minute, one of SMU's two shots-on-goal found its way past IU sophomore goalkeeper Chay Cain and into the net to give the Mustangs a 1-0 victory. \nNeither team had a shot on goal in the first half. \n"In the game against SMU, I thought we could have won," Freitag said. "Maybe a tie would have been the best result, but we came up short ... SMU will most likely be No. 1 this week, but I feel very comfortable and confident, and I'd like to play them again."\nHis players weren't as comfortable with their loss to SMU. After the game, team captains Josh Tudela and Julian Dieterle called a players' meeting. \n"We were pretty upset," freshman Darren Yeagle said. "But we came together after the game and decided we needed to get things back on track."\nIn the second game of the Classic, the Hoosiers found themselves down 1-0 yet again. \nWith five minutes left in play against Tulsa, Robson, running up the right side of the field, pushed the ball up to midfielder Brian Ackley who scored the equalizing goal.\nIn overtime, Robson passed the ball to Yeagle, and Tulsa goalkeeper Dominic Cervi crept out of the goal to intercept the ball. Cervi missed the ball, leaving nothing between Yeagle, the ball and victory. \n"I just tried to take it upon myself to make something happen," Robson said. "We needed that win pretty badly."\nRobson, who played on the 2002 and 2003 national championship squads, said he is happy with the direction of the team.\n"I think this team has the capabilities of going really far," he said. "The chemistry of this team reminds me of the team of 2003."\nFreitag knows there's more to college soccer than chemistry, though.\n"There's parity in college soccer," he said. "You have to show up on the day. If you don't show up on the day, anybody can beat anybody."\nThe Hoosiers travel Friday to St. Louis to take on No. 18 St. Louis University. The Billikens won the Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic in Bloomington last weekend.