IU ties Nittany Lions 0-0

If Sunday's IU women's soccer game had been televised, it could have been considered for a spot on ESPN's "Instant Classics."\nIn one of the biggest games for the Hoosiers in nearly a decade, IU fought to a scoreless tie against No. 13 Penn State to extend its unbeaten streak to 12 games. Despite the 0-0 score, there was still a lot of action on the field with missed chances from both teams and a combined 38 fouls called against each side.\n"It's a top five game, that's for sure," IU coach Mick Lyon said. "It was exciting stuff."\nThe Hoosiers' best chance to score came toward the end of the first overtime in the 100th minute when junior midfielder Lindsay McCarthy was able to get an open shot on the net off a corner kick by senior defender Lauren Lamping. McCarthy aimed and took fire at the net, but the ball hit off the top crossbar and rebounded to the feet of freshman forward Kristin Arnold, who took a shot that was blocked by a Nittany Lions defender. Senior forward Carrie DeFreece took the rebound off the defender and ripped a shot that was deflected out of bounds by a Penn State player. On the ensuing corner kick, freshman midfielder Ali Brown crossed the ball to freshman midfielder Taylor Fallon, who took a shot at Penn State goaltender Alyssa Naeher. Naeher was able to get a hand on the ball and deflected it left of the net.\n"On Wednesday, I would have said I'd be happy with it," Lyon said about the tie. "But after the game and hitting the bar and scrambles ... we're unlucky not to get a win out of it. I'm a little bit disappointed."\nFor the seventh time this season, the Hoosiers were able to hold an opponent scoreless. This time IU held in check one of the top offenses in the Big Ten, featuring Aubrey Aden-Buie -- the second leading points scorer in the Big Ten -- and Katie Schoepfer, who entered the weekend fourth in the Big Ten in points. IU freshman forward Kelly Lawrence was on Aden-Buie for much of the game and was able to kick away some chances Aden-Buie might have had for a shot.\n"We just play to our strength as defense," Lawrence said. "We just keep tight and shoot outside. As a unit we all defended well together."\nThe Hoosiers only allowed Aden-Buie to get off two shots, and though Schoepfer had five shots in the game, the only one on net came in the 95th minute when she took a shot that was blocked by junior goalkeeper Stacey Van Boxmeer.\n"I think it's just a testament to our defense," Lamping said. "We play well together, a lot of communication, we have each others back, and we trust each other."\nThe Hoosiers certainly had their chances to score throughout the game. In the 64th minute, Brown crossed the ball to Lamping, who rocketed it toward the net. Naeher was able to get a hand on the ball and knock it wide. IU had another chance off a Brown corner in the 78th minute when the ball bounced off a number of Hoosier players and rolled along the goal line to junior forward Suzie Teixeira, who took a shot that Naeher stopped. With all the chances the Hoosiers had, not one was able to get a goal to pull off the upset.\n"We got to look in the mirror and say 'I'm good,'" Lyon said after the game. "We need more of our players to do that. Because now we've arrived, and we've got one of the best defenses in the Big Ten, and I'm not afraid of us playing anybody"