With No. 2 Indiana men’s soccer taking a break from Big Ten play, on Friday night the Hoosiers welcomed Division III Hanover College to Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. Against the step-down in competition, Indiana cruised past the Panthers 7-0 on senior night.
Fifth-year players Alex Matthews, Wes Carnevale and Breckin Minzey, plus seniors Alex Barger, EJ Dreher, Jacopo Fedrizzi, Oliver Moller-Jensen, Clay Murador, Collins Oduro, Bennett Painter, Luke Reidell and Justin Shreffler were all honored at halftime Friday.
Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley used the matchup to rotate his starting lineup, benching his usual starters. Junior forward Stephane Njike, junior defender Josh Maher and junior midfielder Charlie Heuer all did not see any game action. Yeagley fully rotated his midfielder and backline options.
Yeagley also used Friday night’s game to rotate his starting goalkeeper. Junior goalkeeper Michal Mroz traded his usual starting position in net for freshman goalkeeper Ryan Hunsucker.
Hunsucker didn’t face a shot throughout his 75 minutes in net. Yeagley then turned to redshirt sophomore goalkeeper AJ Piela to see out the rest of the match.
“What you want out of the game is a lot of players to get important minutes to see where your depth is,” Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley said postgame. “It's also just a reward for hard work, and these are fun to play in, no matter who you're playing against.”
However, Indiana’s offense provided early fireworks.
The Hoosiers received a corner kick 22 seconds into the match before gaining another one in the second minute. An in-swinging corner from junior midfielder Grant Paskus found the foot of Painter, who put the ball past Hanover sophomore goalkeeper Dugan Webster for the early 1-0 advantage.
With momentum on its side, Indiana took less than five minutes to find the back of the net again.
Moller-Jensen started the chance by unleashing his speed down the left side of Jerry Yeagley Field on the counterattack. After a few passes, Moller-Jensen received the ball again and played a perfectly timed through ball to Murador. From the left side, Murador smashed the ball into the top corner of the net.
Paskus then continued Indiana’s offensive pressure with an off-target shot in the 10th minute, but Oduro lit up the scoreboard in the 14th minute.
Moller-Jensen moved to the middle of the field before passing to Oduro, with open space on the left side of the attacking third. Oduro then put the ball on his right foot before unleashing a strike into the right side of the net.
“Coach always talked about it, just being composure in front of the goalpost, and just it's a term we kind of use for me every time,” Oduro said postgame.
Coming off a four-goal, six-assist season in 2025, Oduro finally found his first score of the 2026 season. Oduro had an undisclosed injury entering the season but has been a dangerous option off the bench for Yeagley in his 10 appearances.
As Indiana’s lead blossomed to 3-0, Hanover didn’t have time to read and react to the Hoosiers’ potent offensive chances.
Moller-Jensen generated his first goal of the night and 10th of the season in the 15th minute. After gaining a free kick outside the penalty box, Moller-Jensen sent a shot on goal and off Webster’s fingertips into the back of the net.
Indiana’s clinical abilities in the final third cooled off with the Hoosiers’ 4-0 lead, but they still controlled possession.
Oduro provided two goals in the 36th minute to polish off a hat-trick performance. His second goal of the game came off a through ball from Fedrizzi, which Oduro finished by chipping his shot over Webster. Indiana regained possession, and Oduro’s right foot scored the Hoosiers’ sixth goal of the match.
Indiana compiled 19 shots in the first half before adding eight more in the second 45 minutes. The 27 total shots tied the Hoosiers’ second-highest total of the season behind a 33-shot performance against the University of Denver on Aug. 27.
Oduro added his fourth and Indiana’s seventh goal in the 82nd minute. The Ghana native scored from a one-on-one opportunity at the net, which he chipped into the right side of the net.
“Collins needed to get a goal tonight,” Yeagley said. “I mean, if I was to say, let's get a player to get a goal, it'd be Collins because he's been close.”
By the end of the 90 minutes, Indiana compiled a season-high 14 corners. With rotation in the Hoosiers’ backline, they finally gave up their first shot on the game in the 84th minute. The shot from outside the penalty box rolled into Piela’s hands, stopping the only Hanover chance in the 7-0 Hoosier victory.
Indiana will take a week of rest before traveling to Piscataway, New Jersey, to play Rutgers on Oct. 16. With a 4-0-1 Big Ten record, the Hoosiers will look to keep their place at No. 1 in the conference standings.
“We know what we want this season,” Oduro said. “We have a great team. We want to win everything, Big Ten tournament, Big Ten regular season, the Natty.”
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