IU Closes Out Regular Season at Michigan State; IU wins 4-1

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University men's soccer team will close out the 2015 regular season on Wednesday when the team travels to East Lansing, Mich. to face the Michigan State Spartans.

The match is set for a 3 p.m. kickoff, with live stats for the match available at IUHoosiers.com.

SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana enters Wednesday's regular season finale winners of three-straight games, having posted a record of 7-1-1 in their last nine matches.
• On Saturday, the Hoosiers posted their eighth shutout of the year, beating Wisconsin on Senior Night, 1-0, on a header from Austin Panchot.
• The win gave Indiana the 700th win in program history, making the Hoosiers the fastest team to ever reach the milestone in D-I history.
• The Hoosiers blanked Michigan, 1-0, on a goal from Grant Lillard on Oct. 24. For his effort, Lillard was named to Top Drawer Soccer's National Team of the Week.

NEWS AND NOTES
• Colin Webb was named 2015 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District. Webb is now eligible to be named an Academic All-American, which will be voted on in November.
• Femi Hollinger-Janzen was named one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.

SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
• The Michigan State Spartans enter Wednesday's match with the Hoosiers with an overall record of 8-7-2 on the season and a mark of 2-3-2 in Big Ten play.
• MSU enters the regular season finale tied for seventh place in the league with Penn State with eight points.
• The Spartans' two wins in the conference this season came at Rutgers and at home to Penn State. MSU played both Maryland and Wisconsin to draws.
• In non-conference play, Michigan State posted a record of 6-4 that included a win at Portland and a 1-0 loss to then No. 1 Creighton.

SERIES HISTORY
• In the overall history between Indiana and Michigan State dating back to the 1974 season, the Hoosiers hold a 37-8-3 record over the Spartans.
• Despite the record, Michigan State has had the better of the series recently, winning four of the last five.
• Last year, the No. 21 Spartans defeated the No. 2 Hoosiers at Armstrong Stadium on a late winner in the 83rd minute.

700 WINS
• With a 1-0 win over Wisconsin on Oct. 31, Indiana men's soccer became just the fifth program in Division I history to amass 700 victories.
• With the win, the Hoosiers became the fastest program to reach the milestone, taking just 953 matches.
• Currently, UCLA was previously the fastest team to win 700 matches, taking 962 games.
• Indiana joined Virginia, Maryland, Saint Louis and UCLA in the 700-win club.

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT UPDATE
• Entering the final week of play, the Indiana Hoosiers sit in fifth place in the Big Ten with 10 points.
• The Hoosiers can finish as high as second in the Big Ten with losses by Rutgers, Northwestern and Michigan.
• The top four seeds will host the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Nov. 7.

INDIANA IN THE RPI RANKINGS
• In the latest RPI rankings released by the NCAA on Monday, the Indiana Hoosiers are ranked No. 26 in the country.
• Indiana is the second-highest ranked Big Ten team in the RPI this week behind only Ohio State at No. 15.
• In total, there are six Big Ten teams ranked in the top-52 of the NCAA RPI rankings this week.

HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
• After winning three matches in a row, the Indiana Hoosiers are ranked No. 22 in Top Drawer Soccer's Top 25 and No. 26 in the College Soccer News poll.
• The Hoosiers are also receiving votes in the NSCAA Coaches poll.

WEBB IN GOAL
• Colin Webb continued his strong play on the season, posting his sixth shutout in the last eight matches for the Hoosiers against Wisconsin on Oct. 31.
• The six clean sheets pushed the junior's total to eight this season and his career total to 18.

HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
• In the NCAA rankings released on Friday, Indiana ranks sixth in the nation in shots per game (17.06), 16th in shutout percentage (0.50) and 22nd in team goals against average (0.77).
• Individually, Tanner Thomson ranks 11th in total assists (8) and 16th in assists per game (0.50).
• Colin Webb ranks 28th in goals against average (0.770) and 41st in goalie minutes played (1520:28).
• Femi Hollinger-Janzen ranks 23rd in the country in shots per game (3.56).

BIG TEN DOMINATION
• IU has won 12 Big Ten tournament titles, sharing the 1995 crown with Wisconsin.
• Indiana has also been crowned regular season champion 14 times, including nine-straight seasons from 1996-2004. IU won back-to-back regular season titles in 2006 and 2007 and re-claimed the regular season crown in 2010.

IU IN THE BIG TEN RANKINGS
• In the Big Ten statistics released on Monday, IU leads the league in shots (273), is second in assists (25), tied for second in points (71) and is third in the conference in goals (23).
• Individually, Tanner Thompson leads the conference with eight assists, while Colin Webb is tied for the league lead with eight shutouts on the year.
• Femi Hollinger-Janzen is tied for fourth in the conference with six goals and ranks second in the league in shots with 57.

UP NEXT
• The Indiana Hoosiers will look to capture the 13th Big Ten Tournament title in program history when play begins on Saturday, Nov. 7.
• The top-four seeded teams will host the quarterfinals, with the highest-remaining seed hosting the semifinals and championship on November 13-15.

Go Hoosiers!

http://www.iuhoosiers.com/news/2015/11/3/MSOC_1103151507.aspx

 

[GeddyHoosier]

3:00 kickoff on a Wednesday? Seems on odd time. No lights on their soccer field maybe?

 

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Header goal by Creviston at the 7m mark; assist by Thompson. IU takes an early 1-0 lead.
Goal by Thompson at the 10m mark gives IU a 2-0 lead. Getting it done early this afternoon.
Goal by Hollinger-Janzen at the 37m mark; assist by Gutjahr annd Buckmaster.

IU leads 3-0 at the half.
IU had 11 shots and 3 saves; MSU had 9 shots and 0 saves.

MSU gets a goal at the 52m mark; cuts the IU lead to 3-1.
Ballard with a goal at the 68m mark; assist by hollinger-Janzen. IU with a 4-1 lead.

Final: IU 4 - MSU 1.
Second half had IU with 3 shots and 1 save while MSU had 7 shots and 1 save.

Next up, B10 Tourney when play begins on Saturday, November 7.

Go Hoosiers!

 

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IU Wins Fourth-Straight, Beats Michigan State, 4-1

EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Indiana University men's soccer team ended the 2015 regular season on a high-note, beating Michigan State, 4-1, at the DeMartin Soccer Complex in East Lansing, Mich.

With the team's fourth-straight win, Indiana improves to 11-4-2 on the season overall and to 4-3-1 in Big Ten conference play. Michigan State falls to 8-8-2 and to 2-4-2 in league action.

Indiana will head in to the Big Ten Tournament playing some of the team's best soccer of the season, posting a record of 8-1-1 in the team's last 10 matches. With the win, IU can finish no worse than fifth in the Big Ten. The top-four seeds will host the tournament quarterfinals on Sunday, Nov. 8.

Tanner Thompson and Femi Hollinger-Janzen led the way for the Hoosiers on Wednesday afternoon, with each tallying a goal and an assist in the victory. Derek Creviston and Richard Ballard also had scores for the Hoosiers, while Rece Buckmaster and Jeremiah Gutjahr had assists in the win.

The Hoosiers wasted little time jumping on the scoreboard on a beautiful afternoon in East Lansing. Off a corner kick in the eighth minute, Thompson's great ball found Creviston at the back corner, who headed the ball past the MSU goalkeeper from five yards out. Creviston's first goal of the season off Thompson's Big Ten-leading ninth assist gave IU a 1-0 lead.

Just three minutes later, the Hoosiers pushed their lead over the Spartans to 2-0. After a MSU foul, IU was awarded a free kick from 22 yards out, left of center. Thompson stepped up and struck a perfect, curling shot for the near left post. The Michigan State keeper had no chance on the wonderfully-struck shot, as Thompson's third goal of the year doubled the Hoosier lead.

After withstanding a MSU push, Indiana struck again in the 36th minute. Working at the top of the 18-yard box, Buckmaster one-touched a pass back to Gutjahr, who chipped a fantastic pass from 25 yards out back in to the middle of the box, finding Hollinger-Janzen. The senior struck the pass on the volley, finishing well with his right foot, beating the Spartan goalie to the right post from eight yards out. Hollinger-Janzen's team-leading seventh goal of the season gave IU a 3-0 lead headed in to the half time break.

At the half, Indiana had an 11-9 shot advantage over the Spartans. IU had five corner kicks in the first 45 minutes to three for Michigan State.

After Michigan State closed the gap to 3-1 with a goal in the 53rd minute, the Hoosiers answered right back in the 69th minute.

Working on the left side, Hollinger-Janzen flicked a pass in towards Ballard, who struck off the volley, hitting a rocket to the top-right corner from 20 yards out. Ballard's first career goal pushed the Indiana advantage to 4-1.

Over the last 20 minutes, the Spartans continued to throw players forward, but the Hoosier defense, led byColin Webb, was able to hold the Hoosier lead. In the victory, Webb had four saves for IU.

The Indiana men's soccer team will await results from Wednesday afternoon to see what the team's fate for the Big Ten Tournament. Depending on results, the Hoosiers will either host or travel for the quarterfinals on Sunday, Nov. 8.

For all the latest on Indiana University men's soccer, be sure to follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Go Hoosiers!

Boxscore within link:
http://www.iuhoosiers.com/news/2015/11/4/MSOC_1104151646.aspx

 

[RBB89]

@snowling

I really do appreciate all the updates.

Go Hoosiers!