Squad looks for 1st victory of spring

There are some changes being made to Bill Armstrong Stadium. \nAlong with the addition of seating and lighted signals in preparation for the Little 500 bicycle race, the IU men’s soccer team is looking to make a few changes of its own – like getting a win on the field this spring.\nThe Hoosiers welcome the Louisville Cardinals today for their second home game of the spring season. \nAlthough IU currently has an 0-2 record on the exhibition season, both losses have come to quality opponents. The first loss was to Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew; the second came last weekend to St. Louis. St. Louis is the only collegiate team with more national titles than IU.\nWhile the losses were tough matches, IU coach Mike Freitag doesn’t like the losing record his team is holding.\n“Even though I’ve been pleased with our play, we don’t like the habit of losing,” Freitag said. “We’ll hopefully get on the winning track again.”\nDuring last fall’s regular season, the Hoosiers bested the Cardinals by a score of 2-0. Although most of the Hoosier players who contributed to this win will be facing the Cardinals again this weekend, \nsophomore midfielder Brad Ring still thinks this weekend’s game will be an athletic challenge.\n“It’ll be a real competitive game,” Ring said. “Hopefully we’ll just come out with a victory.”\nFreshman midfielder Lee Hagedorn is optimistic about the outcome of this weekend, as well as the development of the team so far this spring.\n“I feel pretty confident going into this weekend,” Hagedorn said. “(The) past couple games have been pretty tough, but I think we’ve learned a lot. I think we’re starting to come together pretty well.”\nAlong with the Cardinals, the \nHoosiers will host several other individuals involved in soccer. This weekend, IU is hosting the Midwest Soccer Coaches \nSymposium, which is designed as a forum for coaches to discuss “offensive and defensive principles, technical and tactical development and positional play,” according to www.iuhoosiers.com. Louisville’s coach Ken Lolla will be a clinician in the symposium.