IU defeats Michigan, advances
The Hoosiers fell behind early in the game but equalized in the second half, sending the game into sudden-death overtime.
The Hoosiers fell behind early in the game but equalized in the second half, sending the game into sudden-death overtime.
Starting with Wednesday’s matchup against Michigan, the Hoosiers (6-11-1, 2-4) will attempt to put behind them a regular season that saw a program-high 11 losses and the first losing record in the program’s 40 years.
The IU men’s soccer teamw swept Big Ten Player of the Week honors this week, with senior midfielder Nikita Kotlov named Offensive Player of the Week and freshman Colin Webb the Defensive Player of the Week.
EVANSTON, Ill. — The Hoosiers reverted back to an old habit on Friday, and that habit was winning games.
The IU men’s soccer team is on the road again, out to prove it has the skills and determination to get a win in hostile territory for the first time this season.
In the moments after IU men’s soccer’s 3-2 loss to Michigan State on Friday, only one player remained on the field.
IU will begin its final push for 2013 success Friday against Michigan State in a match that will see the senior class take the field for a regular season game at Bill Armstrong Stadium for the final.
Sophomore forward Andrew Oliver’s goal in the 43rd minute was not enough to bring home the win against Michigan. The Hoosiers fell 2-1 in heartbreaking fashion when Michigan’s TJ VanSlooten scored on a broken up Indiana defense in the 87th minute.
This weekend IU will be pitted against Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. Indiana leads that series 14-2-1 all-time, and Michigan has yet to beat the Hoosiers on its own turf. The last time the two teams met, however, the Wolverines came out ahead of the then-No. 11 Hoosiers 2-1.
After a 24-day-long losing streak, the IU men’s soccer team captured an elusive win Wednesday night, defeating Evansville 4-2.
The Hoosiers’ (4-9-1, 1-2 conference) recent struggles have guaranteed the defending national champions their first regular season with a losing record in IU men’s soccer history.
The IU men’s soccer team has lost its past five games, and that marks the longest losing streak in team history.
To get back on the winning track, the Hoosiers (4-8-1) will first have to go through VCU, who has won each of its last three games in Richmond, Va.
Tuesday night’s 3-0 loss to No. 7 Louisville made a different kind of history: the loss was IU’s fourth in a row, the program’s first four-game losing streak since 1985.
Mares, who played for the Cardinals for two seasons before transferring to IU this spring, will square off against his former team for the first time as the IU men’s soccer team welcomes Louisville to Bloomington Tuesday night.
For much of the game, it appeared as if IU would get that victory, taking leads of both 2-0 and 3-1, but a familiar storyline ensued — the Hoosiers were unable to hold on to the lead and fell to Wisconsin 4-3.
The men’s soccer team hasn’t scored in its 222 minutes and 57 seconds of play. They lost 2-0 to both Notre Dame and Penn State, but after practicing finishing the attack this week, they said they hope to put a couple in the back of the net against the Badgers.
In the Hoosiers’ previous game, a 2-0 loss at No. 2 Notre Dame on Wednesday, two first-half goals by the opposition made all the difference. Against Penn State, IU (4-6-1, 1-1) again allowed a pair of first-half strikes and were defeated again by a score of 2-0.
My prediction: After a slow start on the road, the Hoosiers will enter the second half pumped and walk away with a 2-1 win.
The Hoosiers once again find themselves the underdogs looking to grind out another win against the No. 2 Irish.