IU Hosts Wisconsin in B1G Tournament Quarterfinals - IU wins 1-0

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University men's soccer team will host the Wisconsin Badgers in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Sunday, Nov. 8 at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium at 1 p.m.

Sunday's match will be broadcast online on BTN Plus, with live stats online at IUHoosiers.com. Tickets for the match can also be purchased at IUHoosiers.com.

SETTING?THE?SCENE
• Indiana enters the Big Ten Tournament playing some of it's best soccer of the season. The Hoosiers have won four-straight matches and have posted a record of 8-1-1 in the team's last 10 games.
• IU ended the regular season on a high note, taking down Michigan State in East Lansing, 4-1. Tanner Thompson and Femi Hollinger-Janzen each had a goal and an assist in the win.
• On Oct. 31, 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.

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 BADGERS
• The Wisconsin Badgers finished the regular season earlier this week with a come-from-behind win against Northwestern that helped the team earn the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten Tournament.
• The Badgers have played well down the stretch, posting a record of 2-1-1 in their last four games with wins over Milwaukee and the Wildcats. The lone loss in that stretch came at the hands of the Hoosiers.
• Wisconsin is led by Christopher Mueller, who has a team-high 13 points on five goals and three assists.

SERIES HISTORY
• In the overall history between Indiana and Wisconsin dating back to the 1975 season, the Hoosiers hold a record of 36-5-6 over the Badgers.
• Earlier this season, Indiana defeated Wisconsin, 1-0, on Oct. 31 on a header from Austin Panchot.
• The win marked the 700th in the history of IU men's soccer.
• Indiana has dominated the Badgers in Bloomington, posting a record of 20-2-2.

FIVE HOOSIERS EARN ALL-BIG TEN HONORS
• Tanner Thompson was named the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year, as well as First-Team All-Big Ten. Joining Thompson on the first-team all-conference squad were both Femi Hollinger-Janzen and Grant Lillard.
• Andrew Gutman was named Second-Team All-Big Ten, as well as to the All-Freshman Team, where he was joined by Francesco Moore. Hollinger-Janzen was Indiana's Sportsmanship Award honoree.
• IU was the only school to have three first-team all-conference selections and was one of just two programs with multiple all-rookie selections (Maryland).

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• IU has won 12 Big Ten Tournament titles, sharing the 1995 crown with Wisconsin.
• The Hoosiers are 6-0 all-time against Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament.
• 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.

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.

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 seventh in the nation in shots per game (16.88), 17th in shutout percentage (0.47) and 23rd in team goals against average (0.78).
• Individually, Tanner Thomson ranks 11th in total assists (9) and 16th in assists per game (0.53).
• Colin Webb ranks 29th in goals against average (0.782) and 24th in goalie minutes played (1610:28).
• Femi Hollinger-Janzen ranks 17th in the country in shots per game (3.65).

IU IN THE BIG TEN RANKINGS
• In the Big Ten statistics released on Thursday, IU ranks second in the league in goals (27), assists (30) points (84) and shots (287).
• Individually, Tanner Thompson leads the conference with nine assists, while Colin Webb is tied for the league lead with eight shutouts on the year.
• Femi Hollinger-Janzen is tied for third in the conference with seven goals and ranks second in the league in shots with 62.

Go Hoosiers!

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Yeagley: “This Is Where We Go Roll”

By: Sam Beishuizen | Twitter
IUHoosiers.com

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – There's just something about postseason soccer that changes Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley.

The weather cools down. Practice gets shorter. Training gets magnified. Everything Yeagley does leading into Sunday's opening round game of the Big Ten Tournament against Wisconsin gets tighter and more purposeful as excitement builds.

It's a comforting feeling for a program like Indiana used to playing late November soccer.

"It feels right," Yeagley said. "There's excitement. There's not an anxiety like, 'We've got to do this.' It's more like, 'This is where we go roll.' This is it.
"We want them to leave practice wanting to have more. That's when you know you've got them where you want."

After a brief mid-September rough streak of soccer where Indiana went 0-2-1 as the Big Ten season began, the Hoosiers have gone 8-1-1 in their last 10 matches.

IU's lone draw in that stretch was a scoreless tie on the road against Maryland. The loss came to Ohio State where the Buckeyes earned and won the match on a penalty kick in overtime thanks to a call Indiana didn't necessarily agree with.

The point being, Indiana's players say they have reason to be confident considering their recent play. And although the Hoosiers have insisted they've remained confident all season, it's one thing to express confidence and another to have the results to back it up.

"We've definitely found out stride," senior midfielder Matt Foldesy said. "I think everyone's playing with a lot of confidence which is helping us. I think we've started to play some of our best soccer when the tournament starts, which is exactly what you want. I think it's shaping up."

No. 2-seed Indiana (11-4-2, 4-3-1) shouldn't expect to see too many surprises from the No 6-seed Wisconsin (5-10-3, 2-3-3) at Bill Armstrong Stadium come Sunday afternoon. The Hoosiers beat the Badgers 1-0 on Jerry Yeagley on senior night just eight days ago.

Yeagley said Wisconsin's record, much like Indiana's, doesn't tell the whole story.

The Badgers' three conference ties could have just as easily turned into wins had they found a finish, Yeagley said. He also pointed out that Wisconsin ended the year with a 2-1 win over Northwestern, who at the time was fighting Indiana for the No. 2-seed in the Big Ten.

One potentially crucial difference in the rematch will be Conner Drew's availability. The Wisconsin senior midfielder was assessed a red card prior to the last time the two teams met, forcing him to sit out. Drew was ranked the No. 17 player in the Big Ten by TopDrawerSoccer.com before the start of the season.

"We already played them once, so they kind of know our game," senior midfielder Femi Hollinger-Janzensaid. "We know their game. We've just got to play our game better than they play theirs and take it to them."

Sunday's Big Ten Tournament matchup should be just the beginning of Indiana's postseason run as the larger goal of winning a ninth NCAA Championship appears to be on schedule. The latest RPI rankings have the Hoosiers at No. 26 in the nation, well positioned to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.

Yeagley said it's comforting not needing to focus too much about NCAA projections at this point in the season. It's simplified to the point where he doesn't need to worry about them because he and his players know every win could potentially give Indiana a more favorable path to the College Cup.

Winning takes care of everything in that sense. And while a ninth NCAA Tournament championship is the ultimate goal, adding a 13th Big Ten Tournament title wouldn't be all that bad either.

"We're in a good position," Yeagley said. "We haven't really focused on that at all. It's just about this title. If we do well in this Big Ten Tournament, we're going to be in great shape. We just don't know exactly where that leads."

Go Hoosiers!

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GOAL! Hollinger-Janzen puts one in from 10 yards out at the 21m mark.\

Haltime sees IU with a 1-0 lead and controlling the play.
IU had 15 shots and UW had 3 shots.
IU had 0 saves and UW had 4 saves.

Final is a 1-0 shutout.
IU had 20 shots to 5 for UW.
IU had 1 save to 5 for UW.

Go Hoosiers!

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[Rangeline Fan]

Question....While in the goalie box, can the goalie pick up the ball if it is kicked back to him by his own teammates?

 

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Question....While in the goalie box, can the goalie pick up the ball if it is kicked back to him by his own teammates?

No, not supposed to be able to do this. Referee decides the intent , but 99% of the time, unless a deflected kick by the teammate, it will be ruled as intentional and result in an indirect free kick (must touch 2 players before a goal) by the opposing team..

Go Hoosiers!

Note: there have been 24 B10 Soccer Tourneys, Indiana has won 12 of them. GBR!

 

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Hoosiers Blank Wisconsin to Advance to B1G Semifinals

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana men's soccer team recorded its ninth-shutout of the year, blanking the Wisconsin Badgers, 1-0, in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. on Sunday afternoon.

Winners of five-straight, Indiana improves to 12-4-1 on the season overall, while Wisconsin's season ends with a mark of 5-11-3. The five-match winning-streak is the longest for the team since IU won the last five games of the 2012 season, culminating in the program's eighth NCAA title. In their last 11 matches, the Hoosiers have posted a record of 9-1-1.

Femi Hollinger-Janzen scored his team-leading eighth goal of the season in the 22nd minute for the Hoosiers. In goal, Colin Webb made one save en route to his Big Ten-leading ninth shutout of the year.

In the first half, Indiana thoroughly dominated the Badgers, controlling possession nearly the entire 45 minutes. The Hoosiers had 15 shots in the opening frame, with Wisconsin only taking three.

Indiana had its first good look at goal in the eighth minute. On a great build-up, Andrew Gutman sent a cross to the right side of the pitch to Grant Lillard. The sophomore headed the ball back towards the center of the six-yard box, where Matt Foldesy was able to get his head to hit, but his shot was saved by the Badger goalkeeper.

After controlling the match, IU broke through in the 22nd minute. Working down the right side of the pitch, Hollinger-Janzen out-muscled his Wisconsin defender to get free in the 18-yard box.

The two-time First-Team All-Big Ten selection made his way to the top-right corner of the six-yard box and toe-poked the ball on a dive through the Badgers' goalie's legs for the impressive goal.

In the second half, the Indiana defense was tremendous. Despite Wisconsin sending men forward, the Hoosiers allowed the Badgers to take just two shots in the final 45 minutes.

Wisconsin's lone shot on goal came off a free kick with under a minute left. After an IU foul, the ball was placed 27 yards out, right of center. The Badgers' Christopher Mueller cracked a shot, but Webb handled it nicely, pushing the shot over the bar to secure the 1-0 win for the Hoosiers.

The No. 2-seeded Indiana men's soccer team will face the No. 3-seeded Maryland Terrapins on Friday, November 13 at either 1:00 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. live on the Big Ten Network.

If No. 1-seeded Ohio State wins this afternoon, the Buckeyes will host the semifinals and championship in Columbus, Ohio. If Penn State defeats OSU this afternoon, the Hoosiers will host the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and championship at Armstrong Stadium.

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

Go Hoosiers!

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[CrazyHands]

Who won between OSU and PSU?

 

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Who won between OSU and PSU?

OSU beat PSU 1-0. They host the semis and the final in the B10 Tourmey.

Go Hoosiers!

 

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Defense Anchors Indiana in Big Ten Tournament Win

By: Sam Beishuizen | Twitter
IUHoosiers.com

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – One goal. That's all Indiana's defense asked for.

Senior forward Femi Hollinger-Janzen got it. The defense did the rest.

The Hoosiers blanked the Wisconsin Badgers 1-0 Sunday, advancing to the second round of the Big Ten Tournament behind junior goalkeeper Colin Webb's ninth clean sheet of the season. IU will play Maryland in the semi-finals Friday.

"We tell the guys we just love them to get one goal," redshirt junior defender Derek Creviston said. "That's all we want them to get. We're just trying to keep clean sheets. We know they're going to do their job if we do ours."

Wisconsin plays a man-mark defense, which oftentimes makes it difficult for a goal-scorer like Hollinger-Janzen to find space to work with the ball. The Badgers' defenders typically find a man to match up with in the final third, which gave the Hoosiers a bit of trouble finishing on scoring chances.

But all it took was one goal. Hollinger-Janzen went streaking down the field to gather in a ball from junior defender Billy McConnell to the right of the goal and snuck a shot in past the keeper near the center of the goal.

From there, the Hoosiers' defense took over.

"Wisconsin's a good attacking team," head coach Todd Yeagley said. "I don't think we allowed them to demonstrate that today, which I think was a real credit to our guys."

Wisconsin only got five shots off, only one of which Webb had to save. Their most dangerous opportunity came off a free kick in the final minute that forced Webb to lunge for what proved to be a game-saving stop before Indiana ran the clock out.

Through the run of play, Wisconsin couldn't manage to break past Indiana's back line. Even after sophomore defender Grant Lilard was forced to leave the game with a head injury—one that Yeagley clarified after the game was minor, only bleeding—the Indiana defense was stout.

Creviston said Indiana had some minor communication issues in the first half that the defense worked out quickly. At halftime, they got on each other to keep the shutout going, knowing how difficult Wisconsin was to score on.

Time and time again, Wisconsin would send long passes into the final third without sparking any noteworthy danger.

"That team has good attacking players and we limited them to a very few high percentage shots," Yeagley said. "They had five shots, but I'm not sure there was one that was dangerous. I can't remember one. They were dangerous on restarts, but through the run of play I thought we were excellent."

The win moves Indiana's winning streak to five games for the first time since 2012—the year the Hoosiers last won a national championship. Leading up to the game, Yeagley and his players spoke about feeling like they were clicking at the right time.

In Yeagley's mind, Sunday's result was only further proof.

"I like their approach. It was very business-like," Yeagley said. "This team, it's fun to coach this group."

Go Hoosiers!

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