IU scores 3 goals in less than 3 minutes for victory against Butler

INDIANAPOLIS -- It would have been their second loss in as many games, and their second ever loss to Butler University. Two minutes and fifty-four seconds changed all of that. \nTrailing Butler 2-1 with about five minutes to play, the IU men's soccer team scored three goals to trounce the Bulldogs 4-2 Tuesday afternoon. The No. 20 Hoosiers scored three goals in 2:54, after scoring only one goal in the previous 85 minutes. \n"I'll take it in the last five minutes or the first five minutes," IU coach Mike Freitag said. "This team has to find a way to score goals."\nThe four-goal total ties the season high for IU. The Hoosiers lost to Notre Dame 5-4 Sept. 3. \nSenior midfielder Josh Tudela started the scoring onslaught with a five-yard boot between the bars. \n"Once we got that goal, I knew we had the momentum going for us," Tudela said. "I knew if we got it in and got going quick that we could get another one, and that's exactly what we did. I didn't know about two more, but I knew we'd get one more."\nAnd he also knew he didn't want to play overtime. Tudela screamed across the field to his teammates, "Let's finish it right, in regulation."\nThe team finished it. And then some. \nLess than two-and-a-half minutes later, freshman forward Darren Yeagle maneuvered past Butler goalkeeper Frank Peabody and rolled the ball into the net. Twenty-two seconds after that, freshman midfielder Eric Alexander knocked in his third goal of the season into the upper right corner of the Bulldog goal. \nYeagle took Tudela's battlecry to heart. \n"I thought after Tudes (Tudela) scored the second goal, I knew were going to win in regulation," Yeagle said. "I just had that feeling."\nThe time between Yeagle's and Alexander's goals ranks sixth all-time for quickest consecutive goals. \nThe 2:54 difference among the three goals does not even rank among the 10 fastest. But it was still "fun to watch, fun to be a part of," said sophomore midfielder Brian Ackley, who had three assists on the day. \n"I just thought it was some of the best soccer we've played all year -- pinning the ball through and just working it," Ackley said. \nThe Hoosiers went from a two-game skid to their biggest comeback all season. Freitag hoped his team learned something. \n"I think we're a team that likes to possess the ball, but we've also got to find a way to score goals because that's the name of the game," he said. "Hopefully today, games like this prove to them it's not just to possess and look pretty and knock it around."\nAckley hopes so, too, especially heading into Friday's game against Wisconsin. Whoever wins captures the Big Ten regular season championship outright. \n"I'm really excited about this Friday and going into the tournament after that last 10 minutes, if we play like that the rest of the way through"