No. 16 Indiana Faces No. 1 Wake Forest on Sunday
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 16-seeded Indiana Hoosiers will look to continue their quest for a ninth NCAA title on Sunday when the team travels to Winston-Salem, N.C. to face the No. 1-seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.
The match is slated for a 1 p.m. ET start at Spry Stadium in Winston-Salem. Fans can watch the match live online on
ESPN3 or through the WatchESPN app. Live stats for the contest can be found at
IUHoosiers.com.
Tickets for seats inside Spry Stadium are $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors over 55 years old. For tickets on Walt Chyzowych Alumni Hill on the north end of the stadium the seating will all general admission, with prices $3 for adults and seniors over 55 and $1 for students. Both inside the stadium and on the hill, children 3 and under get in free.
SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana enters the Sunday's match playing the team's best soccer of the season, posting a record of 10-1-2 in the Hoosiers' last 13 matches.
• The Hoosiers are also unbeaten in the team's last eight contests, going 6-0-2.
• After a receiving a bye in the first round, IU defeated UConn, 1-0, in the second round on Sunday at home at Armstrong Stadium.
• After beating Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, 1-0, IU saw eventual tournament champion Maryland advance past the Hoosiers in the semifinal round in penalty kicks.
NEWS AND NOTES
• After qualifying once again this year, the Hoosiers extended their streak to 29 straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
• This season's NCAA Tournament appearance is the 40th all-time for Indiana.
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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.
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Femi Hollinger-Janzen was named one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.
SCOUTING THE DEMON DEACONS
• The Wake Forest Demon Deacons enter Sunday's match with the Hoosiers with an overall record of 16-2-2 on the season.
• In the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Wake beat Charlotte, 1-0, scoring in the 83rd minute to advance to host the Hoosiers.
• Wake Forest is 22-14-4 all-time in the NCAA Championship and 6-2-1 as the overall No. 1 seed.
• Wake Forest won the ACC Atlantic Division with a 6-0-2 record, but the Demon Deacons lost to Notre Dame in the conference tournament.
• Despite the setback, Wake was awarded an at-large berth and the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
SERIES HISTORY
• In the overall series between the two teams dating back to the 1987 season, Indiana holds a record of 2-1-0 over Wake Forest.
• The Hoosiers won the first two games of the series before falling to the Demon Deacons at home in 2009, 2-1.
• The two teams have never met in the NCAA Tournament.
NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• The berth for the Hoosiers is the team's 29th-straight bid to the NCAA Tournament and the 40th overall in the program's history.
• Indiana has an NCAA-best .735 (84-29-4) winning percentage in the tournament, while the 84 victories are also tops in the NCAA.
• IU has appeared in 18 College Cups, which leads all Division I teams, and won its eighth national title in 2012.
WINNING STREAKS
• Indiana has posted two five-match winning streaks this season – the 15th time the Hoosiers have won at least five-games in a row twice in a season.
• In the previous 14 seasons where IU won at least five-matches in a row twice, the Hoosiers appeared in the NCAA National Championship game 11 of the 14 years.
• IU won the national title on six of those occasions.
HOOSIERS EARN NO. 16 SEED
• After posting a 12-4-3 record on the season, IU earned the No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
• Since the NCAA began its current seeding format in 2003, the Hoosiers have earned a top-16 seed in 11 of the 13 tournaments.
• The last time IU was the No. 16 seed was in 2012, when Indiana won the program's eighth NCAA Championship.
TOUGH SCHEDULE
• The Hoosiers again had one of the toughest schedules in the country in 2015, playing six matches against five NCAA Tournament teams, having faced Maryland twice.
• Of the five teams, four earned national seeds – Notre Dame (No. 7), Ohio State (No. 9), Maryland (No. 10) and South Florida (No. 14).
HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
• In the final NSCAA Coaches rankings of the regular season, the Indiana Hoosiers were ranked No. 19 in the nation.
• In the weekly Top Drawer Soccer rankings, the Hoosiers are No. 14 in the country.
FIVE HOOSIERS EARN ALL-BIG TEN HONORS
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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.
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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).
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.
HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
• In the NCAA rankings released on Sunday, Indiana ranks sixth in the nation in shots per game (17.05), 12th in shutout percentage (0.50) and 12th in team goals against average (0.71).
• Individually, Tanner Thomson ranks 20th in total assists (9) and 27th in assists per game (0.47).
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Colin Webb ranks 19th in goals against average (0.710) and 17th in goalie minutes played (1900:28).
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Femi Hollinger-Janzen ranks 18th in the country in shots per game (3.70).
IU IN THE BIG TEN RANKINGS
• In the Big Ten statistics released on Sunday, IU ranks second in the league in shots (341), third in goals (30), third in goals per game (1.50), fourth in assists (32) and fourth in points (92).
• Individually,
Tanner Thompson is tied for the conference lead with nine assists, while
Colin Webb is tied for first in shutouts with 10.
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Femi Hollinger-Janzen is third in the conference with eight goals and leads the league in shots with 74.
Go Hoosiers!
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