Junior midfielder Tanner Thompson had a penalty saved in the 13th minute, senior midfielder Femi Hollinger-Janzen saw his shot from inside the box rattle off the crossbar in the 61st minute and junior defender Derek Creviston had a header cleared off the goal line in the 81st minute.
Penn State’s only real scoring chance in the match found the back of the net.
In the 70th minute, Penn State earned a free kick about 40 yards from goal. Senior Brian James delivered a cross to the mouth of goal where junior Bobby Sagel was able to deflect the ball into the back of the net for his first goal this season.
IU Coach Todd Yeagley told Big Ten Network at halftime the Hoosiers were sloppy passing the ball around. This continued for much of the second half until the Hoosiers began to create most of its chances in the last 10 minutes of the match.
Freshman defender Andrew Gutman drew the penalty kick Thompson had saved in the first half and created a number of other chances running down the left wing and crossinginto the box, in addition to three shots, one of which was on goal.
The Hoosiers will play Butler Wednesday in Indianapolis before resuming Big Ten play next weekend.
Michael Hughes
