Peterson's OT goal lifts IU past UM

Less than three minutes into the first overtime, freshman Jacob Peterson scored the game winner lifting IU over Michigan 2-1 and extending its regular season Big Ten unbeaten streak to 40 games.\nWith the victory, the Hoosiers (3-3-4, 1-0-1 Big Ten) began a difficult three-game conference road swing with a much needed win before heading north to Wisconsin and Northwestern next week. \nJunior Ned Grabavoy, credited with IU's first goal off a penalty kick, played a nice ball to Peterson on the left side, who chipped it past Michigan goalkeeper Peter Dzubay into the back of the net for the win. The goal was Peterson's second of the season, both coming in conference play. \n"I was glad to get one to end," Peterson said. "Hopefully it will get us going. It's halfway through the season, and things are starting to click."\nIU outshot Michigan 24-8 and now has outshot its opponents overall 157-100. Dzubay was forced to make six saves in the match.\nGrabavoy started the scoring for IU with a blast less then four minutes into the first half. The PK goal was the team's first restart goal of the season and Grabavoy's team-leading fifth goal of the year. \n"I feel like we've played well as a team the last four or five games, with the exception of the Michigan State game," Grabavoy said. "We've done a good job creating chances. Sometimes it's tough to dig yourself out of a hole after giving up the first goal, but this feels really good. To be successful, you have to get big wins on the road."\nLately, important wins have eluded the Hoosiers due to bad breaks and terrible luck, but these misfortunes changed in the 85th minute when Michigan's Knox Cameron hit the crossbar with a shot from about 12 yards out allowing the match to reach overtime. \n"As you can imagine, we really need this," Yeagley said. "I thought our performance certainly justified the result with the chances we created and how we possessed the ball. This may be our best overall performance of the season."\n-- Contact staff writer Daniel Cohen at djcohen@indiana.edu.