Bushue fights through injury, leads Hoosiers to team's 18th College Cup
Junior midfielder Jacob Bushue initially injured his left knee Oct. 28, but did not want to miss the postseason opportunity.
Junior midfielder Jacob Bushue initially injured his left knee Oct. 28, but did not want to miss the postseason opportunity.
Leaping for joy as the clock wound down to zeroes, senior goalkeeper Luis Soffner met Patrick Doody and Jacob Bushue at the edge of the 18-yard-box for an embrace. He ran to midfield and gave an authoritative fist pump, directed at the contingency of Hoosier fans in the crowd of 4,352 people. Soffner and his teammates exorcised the agony of defeats past and upset the No. 9 seed North Carolina Tar Heels 1-0 Friday night at Fetzer Field.
This year is the first time the men have reached the Elite 8 round with Yeagley holding the reigns.
Sophomore forward Eriq Zavaleta scored his first postseason collegiate goal in the 102nd minute, and No. 16 Indiana defeated No. 1 Notre Dame 2-1 Sunday afternoon at Alumni Stadium in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
The No. 16 Hoosier men's soccer team picked up the win against No. 1 Notre Dame following a 1-0 defeat from the Irish at home during the regular season.
In the Hoosiers' first game of the NCAA tournament, the men's soccer team beat Xavier 4-1 Sunday at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
As this season makes its way into the NCAA Tournament, the Hoosiers are waiting for their big goals to meet them in their opening second-round match Sunday at Bill Armstrong Stadium against Xavier.
Could the 2012 IU men’s soccer season end in the same fashion as 2010 and 2011?
After losses in three of the team’s previous five games to end the season, the IU men’s soccer team looked anything but strong heading into the NCAA tournament selection.
The IU men’s soccer team (11-5-3, 3-2-1) won its last Big Ten Tournament title in 2006. After last season, when the Hoosiers defeated the Spartans 2-1 before falling to Northwestern in the semifinals, Michigan State flipped the script on IU.
The Hoosiers will open up the Big Ten Tournament as a No. 4 seed and play No. 5 seed Michigan State in the opening game of today’s tournament schedule.
IU’s match against Northwestern ended in a double overtime 1-1 draw for the once-top two teams in the Big Ten. Both teams had a fighting chance for the season title.
The IU men’s soccer team and Northwestern conclude their regular season tonight at Bill Armstrong Stadium with the Big Ten regular season championship at stake.
In the season finale for both teams, Northwestern and the Hoosiers will face off Thursday at 8 p.m. at Bill Armstrong Stadium in a game with significant title implications. IU must defeat the Wildcats to have any chance at winning the championship.
Facing IU Sunday afternoon, Michigan State’s Jay Chapman scored his first career goal, a strike from 22 yards away in the 43rd minute. He went on to score twice more, giving him a hat trick and the Spartans a 3-1 win on their senior day at DeMartin Stadium.
Two games stand in the way of the Hoosiers fulfilling their preseason goal of a Big Ten regular season title. The first will be this Sunday in East Lansing, Mich., against the Michigan State Spartans.
Following the Hoosiers’ first conference loss Friday, IU will play its last nonconference opponent tonight at Bill Armstrong Stadium, facing its annual matchup with Evansville.
Despite outshooting the Wolverines, the Hoosiers were defeated after letting through two goals on just five shots on goal for the entire game.
After a 2-0 win against in-state rival Butler, the Hoosiers were back on the pitch Wednesday afternoon to ready themselves for their conference matchup against Michigan at home Friday.
With a 2-0 win against Butler, the Hoosiers clinched a winning season to tie UCLA’s NCAA Division I record of 40 consecutive winning seasons.