SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana enters the Big Ten Tournament as the reigning champion and the No. 6 seed. The new format has IU traveling to No. 3 seed Northwestern for a quarterfinal match.
• Indiana is 7-0-1 this season in matches away from home, while Northwestern is 7-0-1 at home in 2014.
• Indiana is 2-0-1 against Northwestern in Big Ten Tournament matches.
• BTT seeding came down to the final day of matches as IU had a chance to finish anywhere from second to seventh. A 3-2 loss to Michigan State left IU as the No. 6 seed.
• The Hoosiers have won the most Big Ten Tournament titles (12) and have the most tournament wins with 29.
• The winner of the IU-NU match faces the winner of the Michigan-Ohio State match in the semifinals on Nov. 14 with the site TBA.
LAST TIME OUT
• The Indiana men's soccer team kept clawing its way back but in the end could not find a third goal in a 3-2 loss to Michigan State Wednesday night in the regular season finale on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
• Michigan State (10-4-4, 4-2-2 B1G) was on the board first in the 30th minute when Ken Krolicki received a pass from Dewey Lewis and hit a line drive from 25 yards out. To that point it had been a back-and-forth affair with neither team looking dangerous in front of the net.
• The Spartans went into the halftime break leading 1-0 despite the Hoosiers holding a 6-5 advantage in shots.
• Indiana did not waste any time getting on the board in the second half as Dylan Lax, who played it right back to Thompson. Thompson weaved his way through a group of defenders before laying the ball off to Oliver, who hit a cross-goal shot into the upper 90 for his third of the season.
• The celebration on the Hoosiers bench was short-lived as the Spartans went back on top seven minutes later with Krolicki's second goal of the night coming in the 55th minute. This time he gathered the ball in the box and took four touches before shooting past an outstretched Colin Webb for the 2-1 lead.
• The Hoosiers continued to press, with Thompson sending a shot off the side netting off a Matt Foldesy who also had his attempt snuffed out by a Michigan State defender.
• Indiana's pressure around the Michigan State net led to its second goal and a 2-2 tie in the 80th minute as a ball in went off Spartan Zach Carroll and into the MSU net for an own goal.
• For the second time on the night Michigan State jumped right back on top, this time taking a 3-2 lead just 2:29 after the Indiana score. Jay Chapman whipped a ball into the box, finding the head of Adam Montague for the game-winning score.
• Indiana had a golden opportunity to tie it again with five minutes left in regulation when Foldesy found himself open on the right post but his attempt glided wide right.
• Indiana finished on top in shots 20-13 but just four of those 20 shots were on frame. In addition to Thompson's five shots, Oliver had three attempts with two on frame. Webb tallied four saves in the match.
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• Northwestern finished Big Ten play at 4-1-3 and is 9-3-5 overall, coming off a 2-0 win over Wisconsin on November 5.
• The Wildcats bring a two-match win streak into the game, also topping Penn State by a 2-1 score on November 2 at Lakeside Field.
• Joey Calistri leads the team in scoring with six goals and two assists, while Cole Missimo has five goals and four assists.
• Tyler Miller has played all 1657:42 in goal, allowing 10 scores for a 0.54 GAA with nine shutouts.
• Northwestern has scored just five goals in the first half, with 16 of its 21 goals coming after the halftime break. It is 1-1-5 in overtime games this season.
• The Wildcats have not attempted a penalty kick this season, while opponents are 5-of-6 from the spot this year.
• Head coach Tim Lenahan is in his 14th season at Northwestern. He is assisted by Joe Ahearn and Jeff Oleck.
SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana leads the all-time series with Northwestern 25-2-5.
• The teams played to a 1-1 tie in Bloomington on September 28, with the Wildcats scoring the game-tying goal with 1:03 left in regulation.
• Tanner Thompson scored for IU on a penalty kick in the 73rd minute.
• Last year IU was a 3-0 winner in Evanston. Prior to 2013 IU and NU had played to three-straight ties, 1-1 in 2012, and 2-2- and 1-1 ties in 2011.
• Northwestern's two wins in the series came in 2009 (2-0) and 2004 (1-0).
SHOULD THE HOOSIERS WIN...
• A win over Northwestern in the quarterfinals would pit Indiana against either No. 2 seed Ohio State or No. 7 seed Michigan on Friday, Nov. 14 at approximately 3:40 p.m. ET.
• That semifinal match will be shown live on the Big Ten Network.
• Indiana defeated Ohio State 2-1 on October 12 in Columbus. The Hoosiers were 3-1 winners at Michigan on October 26.
• Indiana leads the all-times series with Ohio State, 39-4-3, and Michigan 17-3-1.
• Indiana is 4-0 in its last four meetings with the Buckeyes and 2-2 in its last four meetings with Michigan.
• The last meeting between Ohio State and IU in the Big Ten Tournament came in 2009, a 4-2 win for the Buckeyes in the semifinals.
• Indiana defeated Michigan 2-1 in overtime in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Big Ten Tournament.
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• Indiana enters the Big Ten Tournament as the reigning champion and the No. 6 seed. The new format has IU traveling to No. 3 seed Northwestern for a quarterfinal match.
• Indiana is 7-0-1 this season in matches away from home, while Northwestern is 7-0-1 at home in 2014.
• Indiana is 2-0-1 against Northwestern in Big Ten Tournament matches.
• BTT seeding came down to the final day of matches as IU had a chance to finish anywhere from second to seventh. A 3-2 loss to Michigan State left IU as the No. 6 seed.
• The Hoosiers have won the most Big Ten Tournament titles (12) and have the most tournament wins with 29.
• The winner of the IU-NU match faces the winner of the Michigan-Ohio State match in the semifinals on Nov. 14 with the site TBA.
LAST TIME OUT
• The Indiana men's soccer team kept clawing its way back but in the end could not find a third goal in a 3-2 loss to Michigan State Wednesday night in the regular season finale on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
• Michigan State (10-4-4, 4-2-2 B1G) was on the board first in the 30th minute when Ken Krolicki received a pass from Dewey Lewis and hit a line drive from 25 yards out. To that point it had been a back-and-forth affair with neither team looking dangerous in front of the net.
• The Spartans went into the halftime break leading 1-0 despite the Hoosiers holding a 6-5 advantage in shots.
• Indiana did not waste any time getting on the board in the second half as Dylan Lax, who played it right back to Thompson. Thompson weaved his way through a group of defenders before laying the ball off to Oliver, who hit a cross-goal shot into the upper 90 for his third of the season.
• The celebration on the Hoosiers bench was short-lived as the Spartans went back on top seven minutes later with Krolicki's second goal of the night coming in the 55th minute. This time he gathered the ball in the box and took four touches before shooting past an outstretched Colin Webb for the 2-1 lead.
• The Hoosiers continued to press, with Thompson sending a shot off the side netting off a Matt Foldesy who also had his attempt snuffed out by a Michigan State defender.
• Indiana's pressure around the Michigan State net led to its second goal and a 2-2 tie in the 80th minute as a ball in went off Spartan Zach Carroll and into the MSU net for an own goal.
• For the second time on the night Michigan State jumped right back on top, this time taking a 3-2 lead just 2:29 after the Indiana score. Jay Chapman whipped a ball into the box, finding the head of Adam Montague for the game-winning score.
• Indiana had a golden opportunity to tie it again with five minutes left in regulation when Foldesy found himself open on the right post but his attempt glided wide right.
• Indiana finished on top in shots 20-13 but just four of those 20 shots were on frame. In addition to Thompson's five shots, Oliver had three attempts with two on frame. Webb tallied four saves in the match.
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• Northwestern finished Big Ten play at 4-1-3 and is 9-3-5 overall, coming off a 2-0 win over Wisconsin on November 5.
• The Wildcats bring a two-match win streak into the game, also topping Penn State by a 2-1 score on November 2 at Lakeside Field.
• Joey Calistri leads the team in scoring with six goals and two assists, while Cole Missimo has five goals and four assists.
• Tyler Miller has played all 1657:42 in goal, allowing 10 scores for a 0.54 GAA with nine shutouts.
• Northwestern has scored just five goals in the first half, with 16 of its 21 goals coming after the halftime break. It is 1-1-5 in overtime games this season.
• The Wildcats have not attempted a penalty kick this season, while opponents are 5-of-6 from the spot this year.
• Head coach Tim Lenahan is in his 14th season at Northwestern. He is assisted by Joe Ahearn and Jeff Oleck.
SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana leads the all-time series with Northwestern 25-2-5.
• The teams played to a 1-1 tie in Bloomington on September 28, with the Wildcats scoring the game-tying goal with 1:03 left in regulation.
• Tanner Thompson scored for IU on a penalty kick in the 73rd minute.
• Last year IU was a 3-0 winner in Evanston. Prior to 2013 IU and NU had played to three-straight ties, 1-1 in 2012, and 2-2- and 1-1 ties in 2011.
• Northwestern's two wins in the series came in 2009 (2-0) and 2004 (1-0).
SHOULD THE HOOSIERS WIN...
• A win over Northwestern in the quarterfinals would pit Indiana against either No. 2 seed Ohio State or No. 7 seed Michigan on Friday, Nov. 14 at approximately 3:40 p.m. ET.
• That semifinal match will be shown live on the Big Ten Network.
• Indiana defeated Ohio State 2-1 on October 12 in Columbus. The Hoosiers were 3-1 winners at Michigan on October 26.
• Indiana leads the all-times series with Ohio State, 39-4-3, and Michigan 17-3-1.
• Indiana is 4-0 in its last four meetings with the Buckeyes and 2-2 in its last four meetings with Michigan.
• The last meeting between Ohio State and IU in the Big Ten Tournament came in 2009, a 4-2 win for the Buckeyes in the semifinals.
• Indiana defeated Michigan 2-1 in overtime in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Big Ten Tournament.
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