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(10/29/09 3:40am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU took free kicks, jumped for headers and, for 345 minutes, failed to put the ball in the net – until senior midfielder Lee Hagedorn changed the Hoosiers’ downhill course.“It was a whole 90-minute performance,” Hagedorn said. “Some games, we let up at the last second and give away goals. This time, we stayed focused the whole time and really put together a nice performance in its entirety.”Indiana ended their three-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory against the Evansville Purple Aces at home Wednesday.“We haven’t done as well as we’ve liked to here at home, and we have great fans coming day in and day out to support us,” Hagedorn said. “It was good to actually get a win at home in front of our fans.”Senior goalkeeper Nemanja Kostic provided the fans with a new style in-goal when he made his first start Wednesday. Kostic brought an aggressive style to Jerry Yeagley’s pitch.“This was the first time that it did actually take me a while to get settled in, but I’m fine now,” Kostic said about his first start in a IU jersey after transferring from Maine. “I wish I was a freshman.”However, Kostic’s seniority showed on the field with improved play from the defense.“I thought Nemo played within himself,” IU coach Mike Freitag said. “He gave us some confidence and handled things cleanly. It’s hard for him being a starter coming here and not starting until tonight, but he’s handled himself like a professional.”The win kept the Hoosiers from tying the program’s longest losing streak, which came in 1985.“Tonight I thought we played within ourselves and did everything we needed to be successful,” Freitag said. “This is a hard team to play against. The guys executed today and we fought.”IU snapped the program’s second-longest scoreless streak, which stood at 377:53 during the 2008 season.“I think the guys know. It’s time you gotta put up or shut up,” Freitag said. “We were focused from the start and we played 90 minutes. That was the key, we played 90 minutes.”During an aggressive but uneventful first half, the Hoosiers pushed, shoved and fought their way to try and score, but none of their five attempts were successful. With only two goals scored during the first half of games this season, not much more was to be expected.“I’m hoping there’s aggressive play on the field every night,” Freitag said. “At times I think we’ve been a little bit lax here at the end of the season. Sometimes you just have to get after it.”On the third shot of the second half, Hagedorn’s kick gave Indiana their first goal in 14 days. The Columbus, Ind., native tacked on his second goal of the 2009 season.“Lee’s a young man that people sometimes question his ability,” Freitag said. “I have no question about his ability. He’s going to fight. He’s going to work. You know he’s going to do something positive for your team.”Rough play continued with three yellow cards and a scuffle between defenders. IU stayed focused and solidified their win when freshman midfielder Nick Blevins gave his team the confidence boost they talked about needing this week when he scored a goal in the 67th minute.“We know we got a talented group – we know we got good players,” Hagedorn said. “I think we found the right mix now to get going forward. Now, we got our confidence back. “I know we can take on anyone.”
(10/28/09 2:30am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU’s next game will be more than a must-win contest for an NCAA tournament berth.This matchup will be a chance for two IU players to show two former teammates why seven stars sit atop the logos on their jerseys.Just 73 miles from where they spent four years together at Carmel High School, junior midfielder Rich Balchan and redshirt sophomore midfielder Tyler McCarroll will take the field against Evansville’s Aaron Henkle and Robby Lynch.IU will try to end its shut-out skid when it faces Evansville at Jerry Yeagley Field.Although the Carmel alumni have played with their former teammates during the summer, a game situation is not the same.“They’ll probably come out a little harder,” Balchan said.Evansville will be fighting to break a seven-game losing streak to IU. Regardless, McCarroll and Balchan both agreed the game is somewhat about the bragging rights.“Off the field, we’re friends,” Balchan said. “We’ll talk to each other, keep up with each other, wishing each other well on the field. This just provides extra motivation for me.”Motivation is exactly what the struggling Hoosiers (7-7-1, 2-2) need. With three straight shutout losses, the Hoosiers are looking for a win and a confidence booster against Evansville.Confidence, McCarroll said, is the missing component when it comes to IU gelling as a team.“I think this season has taken a lot of confidence out of us,” McCarroll said. “We just need to focus on these next three games and get our confidence back before the Big Ten Tournament and the NCAAs.”However, Balchan is still approaching this home contest like every other this season.“Each game is the same,” he said. “There’s a lot of pressure to get in the tournament, so we’re going to come out and play how we should.”The Hoosiers want to stay above .500 in hopes of receiving an NCAA tournament bid, but this game could be season-changing.“It’s one of the biggest games of the season for us,” McCarroll said. “It’s a turning point in our season. We just got to focus on that game and that game only.”IU, which has gone 277 minutes without a goal, is going against a team that has only allowed one goal or less in its last six contests. Because of the Hoosiers’ recent declining play, Balchan said IU is more concerned with the Cream and Crimson than the Purple Aces.“We have to go in a game knowing that we’re going to score and also know that we’re going to keep the ball out of the net,” Balchan said. “I don’t think we have that confidence going into this game now. We’ve lost three straight, so we have to get our swagger back.”
(10/23/09 1:12am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Jocelyn Solorzano has designed more than 50 bags for her Going Green For Grandpa campaign.Since June, when she first saw a report on how little the government contributes to Alzheimer’s research, Solorzano has been designing bags and selling them to help raise money for the cause.“Because it’s mostly private companies that are trying to come up with new medicine for Alzheimer’s, not enough government money is going to that,” Solorzano said. “My grandpa had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and he progressed really quickly and I thought, ‘There’s just got to be a way for me to raise money.’”That way ended up being the green movement.Each bag is made out of eco-friendly fabric – as close to 100 percent recycled material as Solorzano can find. She designs the bags to custom-fit the needs of each order.“People want crazy colors, or they want an all-black bag with silver writing,” she said. “I have to go out of my way to get materials, so it does cost more, but if they are willing to pay for it, then I don’t mind doing it.”A typical Going Green for Grandpa bag costs $5. However, since Solorzano does all the sketching of the bag by hand, a custom name on the bag costs $7. Although the bags are handmade, Solorzano usually has an order finished in a day.After showing the bags off at a grocery store in her hometown of Fishers, Ind., Solorzano spent the better part of her summer making bags, but she said it was a lesson learned from her leadership retreat that pushed her to make the first one.Solorzano attended LeaderShape, a week of activities and skill-building with other leaders in Morgantown, Ind. The LeaderShape Institute IU brings students from IU’s campuses together for a week of team building. There, Solorzano was told that leadership starts with a vision.“Before LeaderShape, it just would have been a thought,” she said. “But after coming from that I thought, ‘I actually need to be proactive about it and doing something.’ It definitely motivated me to go ahead and do it and not be so scared not to do it.”Conor McIntyre, one of the coordinators of LeaderShape, said Solorzano is on to something with her philanthropic cause.“It’s one thing to have an idea, but it’s another thing to take an idea and put it into action,” McIntyre said. “It’s admirable that she’s done it so quickly.”Solorzano’s grandpa passed away just days before her return to campus this year. Now, her grandmother has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, but she has no intention of changing her nonprofit business’s name.“It’s just something that is going to happen a lot to a lot more people,” Solorzano said. “If everyone keeps saying, ‘Oh, that’s so sad,’ but they don’t do anything about it, then we’re not going to actually get anything accomplished.”
(10/22/09 4:33am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Louisville only took six minutes to net their first goal of the evening Wednesday against IU. Unfortunately for the Hoosiers, a regulation soccer match is 90 minutes long.The loss gives the Hoosiers their fourth loss to a ranked opponent this season and the Cardinals’ 10th shutout and win of the regular season.“It was a good team playing a team that didn’t show up to play,” IU coach Mike Freitag said. “That’s why the result was what it was. This team is not good enough to come and play half-hearted. If it does we’ll get spanked like we did tonight.” Senior back Ofori Sarkodie credited Louisville with a solid match and a strong amount of intensity, something he said his team lacked.“On our side, I felt like the first five, 10 minutes of the game we were just a little too lackadaisical,” Sarkodie said. “We didn’t bring enough intensity to the match.”Louisville’s sophomore forward Colin Rolfe tacked on two goals for the Cardinals, one during the first and the other during the second half of the game.Eight minutes before Louisville tacked on their fourth goal of the evening, IU sophomore forward Will Bruin received his first red card of the season. The red card could not have come at a worse time for Bruin, with a conference match-up against Northwestern on Sunday that he will now have to sit out.“I definitely feel like we under-produced,” senior midfielder Lee Hagedorn said. “They just came in and scored right off the bat. They kept on pressing and we never really got right. It came back to haunt us by not coming out hard in the very beginning.”Freshman goalkeeper Luis Soffner also saw the bench for the first time this season when he was replaced by senior Nemanja Kostic at the start of the second half.“I made wholesale changes at halftime,” Freitag said. “I thought the group that started the game, many of them didn’t come with the heart that is IU soccer.”After a double overtime loss to Michigan State on Sunday, the Hoosiers have now suffered back-to-back shutouts. The loss is the Hoosiers’ fourth shut-out loss of the season.The only way Sarkodie sees his team turning their downhill slide around is by reaching within themselves.“Basically, getting back to the drawing board and figuring out what personalities we have as a team,” Sarkodie said. “We got to find a way to bring better spirit, to bring the energy.”
(10/21/09 3:11am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A freshman starts a new chapter and a senior closes one today.Senior Darren Yeagle and freshman Kevin Bick, both Louisville, Ky., natives, return home for their last and first trips, respectively, in cream and crimson.Bick, a St. Xavier graduate will take the pitch today in Louisville against two former high school teammates, sophomore midfielder Jimmy Crick and freshman midfielder Ryan Smith.“I’ve known Jimmy Crick since grade school,” Bick said about his relationship with his former teammate. “He’s afamily friend. But, it’s really exciting. It’s going to be a fun game. It’ll be a good experience going back.”A No. 25 Hoosier squad, 7-5-1, takes the field against the No. 8 Cardinal team that has lost only twice this season. Before Louisville’s overtime loss to St. John’s last week, its only other defeat was 22 days earlier against Notre Dame.With a dominating 9-2-2 record, the Cardinals have shut out their opponents in every win during regular season play.However, IU coach Mike Freitag seems unfazed by the fact that the Cardinals have shut out all but one opponent they have a win against.“They’re a good team,” he said. “That’s what that tells me.”Although Bick had a chance to wear the red and white of Louisville, he chose instead to wear IU cream and crimson.“It’s just a normal game,” Bick said. “They know why I chose Indiana. It’s just different. It’s no big deal. It’s just a game.”Freitag said flip-flopping between conference and non-conference games is a part of the schedule and is necessary.“You’ve got so many games in the season – you have to find those midweek games where you can play a strong game midweek,” he said. “Louisville will be a very strong one, and Notre Dame was a tough one last week.”IU is 2-3 on the month with one of the losses coming from a Big Ten matchup against Michigan State. The double overtime loss to Michigan State marked the second extra-time loss for the Hoosiers in October, the first being an upset against Butler.“We just have to come together as a team,” Yeagle said. “We missed a lot of opportunities ... but we just have to go out to practice and work on them.”The senior forward is making his final trip to his hometown in an Indiana uniform. He is looking forward to returning to Louisville to show off his footwork.However, Yeagle is not overlooking his hometown college team.“It’s always good to go back home to your home city, but it’s going to be a tough game,” he said. “Louisville is good this year, so it’s going to be hard to beat them at their place.”Yeagle said what the Cream and Crimson need to do differently against the Cardinals is one key word they have been saying all season: focus.“We dominated the whole game (on Sunday), and for 10 seconds we just gave up and lost focus,” Yeagle said. “We need to focus for 90 minutes. That’s what it’s going to take.”
(10/15/09 4:02am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU’s true colors shone through for one of the first times this year in Wednesday’s 3-0 victory against Notre Dame.“It was definitely a confidence booster for us, and we just needed to get one in the back and I knew the flood gates would open after that,” senior Darren Yeagle said. “We just needed to get one.”No. 23 IU beat Notre Dame by three goals Wednesday to bring them to 7-4-1 in the season.The Hoosiers made up for the goals they lacked in their first 45 minutes of play during the first 17 minutes of the second half.Freitag substituted sophomore forward Alec Purdie into the game for junior forward Andy Adlard, while senior midfielder Lee Hagedorn replaced junior midfielder Daniel Kelley.Adlard, who has not started the past few games for IU, had more than a half of playing time, with 66 minutes.The first goal for the Hoosiers came off Notre Dame’s own goal during forward Will Bruin’s free kick.The Hoosiers then showed who was in charge of the pitch when Yeagle put a slow roller into the net to send IU ahead 2-0.“The ball was bouncing, and their sweeper wanted to head it back to their goalie,” Yeagle said of his goal. “The goalie told him not to, and he just headed back, and I chipped it over the goalie’s head.”Just four minutes later, Indiana pulled away from Notre Dame when Bruin netted his seventh goal of the year.The offense wasn’t the only area that was clicking, however. The Hoosier defenders also produced, allowing only nine shots and three shots on-goal.“We covered for each other well today,” senior back Ofori Sarkodie said. We were able to get numbers out and really maintain position in the half and put them under pressure. We always had a second guy their to clean things up and I think that’s why we were so successful today.”Although freshman goalkeeper Luis Soffner only saw three saves, he did see some excitement, with a diving grab to keep the Irish’s Michael Rose’s shot out of goal.“I had to try to help our team a little bit tonight, but, otherwise, the team took care of it,” Soffner said. “The defense was solid and the offense produced some goals.”With Soffner, earning his sixth shut-out of the year, saw his first back-to-back blank sheets of the season.“This was one of the first games we played in where we actually represented IU soccer,” Yeagle said.
(10/14/09 4:40am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Sophomore forward Alec Purdie spent four years playing on a pitch just 15 miles from where he will play today when No. 23 IU takes on Notre Dame in South Bend.Winning the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament a month ago, the Hoosiers left South Bend with a pair of wins against New Mexico and Seattle. The Elkhart Central graduate and his teammates take the pitch in Northern Indiana today for the third time this season, but they are looking for the same result as their past two experiences: a win.“I have a lot of fun there,” Purdie said about playing close to his hometown. “I have a lot of friends, and I coached a lot of the young guys at the Elkhart Flames. I think they’re scheduling those little guys to play at halftime.”A 6-4-1 record follows the Hoosiers on the road for their solo road game. The Hoosiers are 5-2 away from Bloomington this season. This game is Purdie’s first appearance against the Irish in South Bend, but being in front of a hometown crowd does not scare him.“You can’t look at it that way,” he said. “You have to take it as another game and just play hard and get in your minutes.”Growing up so close to Notre Dame has had no effect on Purdie, who has been loyal to the cream and crimson since he was young.“I grew up as an IU fan, and it would be great to go home and get a result there, but I’ll treat it as I would any other opponent,” Purdie said.A win at Michigan on Saturday quickly ended the Hoosiers’ two-game losing streak, and they are not ready to start another.“We want to keep focusing on what we’ve been doing, like in the Michigan game – playing well as a team and playing really hard,” junior Daniel Kelly said.IU coach Mike Freitag has talked about line-up changes and different players switching positions on the field. Kelly, who is listed as a mid fielder, is one of those changing players. He has covered almost the entire field.“I’m used to it,” Kelly said. “I’ve always been able to play in the back and outside in the middle and up-top, so it’s fine. I enjoy it.”Although Freitag was confident in his team’s play Saturday, he said they need to continue their style against the Irish.“We want to get better offensively – take care of the ball a little bit better,” Freitag said. “I’m looking for a big performance and for us to play to our potential. That’s all I’ve been looking for all year, just playing to our potential. We’re getting there, little by little.”
(10/13/09 1:11am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Music has iTunes. Video has Hulu. And now, thanks to two Kelley grads, magazines have Maggwire. Maggwire.com is a Web site that catalogues hundreds of free magazine articles. The idea first started when Jian Chai, a University of Michigan graduate and Deutsche Bank employee, was working to create for magazines what the video and music industry already had – a central online hub. He asked his coworkers, 2007 IU graduates Steve DeWald and Ryan Klenovich, to be a part of his team. The site, which launched in July, currently offers articles from 650 magazines, providing 10,000 articles weekly – and that number is climbing. “It is a single place online to browse all the publicly available magazine content on the internet,” DeWald said. “Finding good content online can sometimes be challenging.”“Sites like Digg and Google News implement popularity ranking systems, but what is popular isn’t necessarily what you or I are interested in. Maggwire addresses this problem differently. We organize content by publication, and order them in a way that makes sense for the user.”Through syndication and Web crawling technologies, Maggwire is able to follow what topic readers use and personalize their online experience by featuring articles on those topics first.“Our belief for Maggwire and the future of the industry is content will be delivered HTML style as opposed to PDF style, because that way you can reformat for a three-and-a-half-inch screen on an iPhone, a 10-inch Apple tablet, or a 20-inch monitor,” Klenovich said.Even though the Web site is just a few months old, Klenovich, DeWald and Chai are already looking a long way down the wire. They are working with top people in the industry to help create “channels,” or specific topics like college football or teen health, that people will be able to subscribe to.“Let’s say your mother is diagnosed with arthritis and she’s going to want to know everything about arthritis that she can,” Klenovich said about the channels they hope to add in 2010. “She can come to Maggwire, subscribe to the arthritis channel and now she has the best of the best.”David Haeberle, Kelley School of Business investment banking and entrepreneurial finance professor, has talked several times with DeWald and Klenovich about their innovative Web site. Haeberle said the Kelley grads are showing other alumni and current students that Maggwire is a good idea, and his previous students are proving that there is a need for the site.“They’re showing that they are champions,” Haeberle said. “They did something in a year that it takes most students four or five years to do.”Although Maggwire’s color scheme has a Hoosier pride feel of red and white, Klenovich said he had never thought about the connection.“The lead graphic designer from mint.com actually came up with ours,” Klenovich said. “But, I’m the one who looked at it and thought ‘These are good colors.’” The two Hoosiers and the Wolverine have pulled in top names to help them work on the site.Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, a law firm based out of Palo Alto, California, who did Google’s IPO (initial public offering), Netflix’s and a bulk of Apple’s legal work, is backing Maggwire. The team also has meetings scheduled with key players in the magazine industry.With major publishers like Conde Nast laying off workers and shutting down magazines, the industry is facing tough times. Much like newspapers, publishers have yet to find a way to make money from online content.For now, Professor Haeberle offered the Maggwire team some advice on how to be successful entrepreneurs. “Be focused, be passionate and be relentless,” Haeberle said. From here, none of the Maggwire junkies know exactly where the site will go, but DeWald hopes non-public content will be available as well. DeWald said he hopes that the ease of one credit card transaction at a single location will allure readers who would normally have to give out their information at every magazine site.As a former Kelley student, DeWald understands the Sunday tests and I-Core semester it takes to make it into the business world. But DeWald offered advice to students both in Kelley and around campus that he said will help them once they leave the Bloomington campus.“The connections you make with people at college will last forever,” he said. “Get in the habit of keeping in touch with your friends as you go your separate ways. There’s no place quite like college, where you have an opportunity to meet so many diverse people with different interests and passions.”
(10/05/09 2:11am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>UC-Santa Barbara fans knew the Hoosiers’ names. They knew IU’s numbers, and they heckled the team with words and tortilla shells.The 10,114 hostile crowd members affected Indiana’s matchup with UC-Santa Barbara. Throughout the 90 minutes of missed passes and miscommunication, IU was unable to score a goal on eleven shots, losing 3-0 to the Gauchos.“The best way to define it is hectic play,” freshman defender Matt Wiet said. “I was getting hit in the back of the head with the tortillas, but I thrive on this stuff.”Dominating the first 20 minutes of play, the Hoosiers’ feet upheld their top-25 ranking. But as the game continued, play became sloppy, and IU lost focus.“We just never got to playing our game,” sophomore forward Will Bruin said. “Their pressure kind of kept us on our heels. We didn’t adjust well to that, and we just never got our game flowing.”The Gauchos’ first goal came in the 38th minute of the game, but the second half is when the Hoosiers’ problems began.“The second half didn’t go as well as the first half did,” Wiet said. “After that second goal, we kind of lost a little gas, and then after that, the third one was a dagger. I don’t want to say it finished us because we still fought after that, but after 3-0, it’s tough to come back.”Gaucho Nation helped make the environment unfavorable to IU. The UC-Santa Barbara faithful knew No. 9 Indiana playing against their No. 11 team was not an event to take lightly, so the fans used blue-and-yellow-painted tortilla shells to turn the soccer pitch into a Mexican food dish.“They were just launching them at us,” Wiet said. “They were throwing them at us while we were running down the sidelines and when we were trying to do throw-ins.“DK (Daniel Kelly) actually tried to catch one and eat one, but he unfortunately didn’t. They all probably had a pack of tortillas, because they had a lot.”The crowd’s heckling increased after senior back Ofori Sarkodie tried clearing some of the painted shells off the field.“They threw about 100 more at him,” Wiet said. “He tried it again, so they threw about 200 more. It was kind of a never-ending cycle. They cleaned it up at halftime, and when the second half started there were 400 tortilla shells on the field.”Regardless of the distractions, the Hoosiers did not dominate the ball like they had against No. 13 Kentucky just three days earlier. Bruin said the home-field advantages can always be used as an excuse. “We should have just tuned it out and just played the way we play, but we just never got it going,” Bruin said. “I’m pretty disappointed, but in the same breath it was a good thing that happened – to get a wake-up call.”Although IU coach Mike Freitag said he questions the Gauchos’ second goal and whether UC-Santa Barbara’s Machael David was offside, the game was a learning experience for his team.“All in all, we played a good team,” Freitag said. “On the day, they outperformed us. We’ll get stronger from this game and on the road. It will help us.”
(10/02/09 4:18am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Two ranked opponents in one week with a nine-hour flight in between is not what IU coach Mike Freitag wanted for his No. 9 team.Seventy-four hours after their first win against a ranked opponent, the Hoosiers take the pitch to play No. 11 UC-Santa Barbara.“For us to travel halfway across the country and go play a very talented team in a hostile environment is going to be a challenge to them,” Freitag said.Regardless of rest time, IU is looking for revenge on a team that beat them 2-1 in Bloomington last season.“I talked to Todd Yeagley from Wisconsin, who played both Akron preseason and Santa Barbara,” Freitag said. “He said there are a lot of similarities.”While the result of the 1-0 loss to No. 1 Akron was not what the Hoosiers’ wanted in their record book, the team is known to feed off big crowds and high intensity situations.“They have a really good atmosphere out there,” sophomore defender Tommy Meyer said. “I think it’s something like 15,000 fans and they’re all pretty rowdy, so it’s going to be a good atmosphere to thrive on.” After IU scored three goals and freshman goalkeeper Luis Soffner earned the fourth shutout of his career on Tuesday, IU is now faced with a team that has allowed 11 goals and scored 20. Freitag said the 3-0 result from IU’s win against No. 13 Kentucky will give the Hoosiers momentum going into California.“I have a lot of good pieces to the puzzle, and I could put a hell of a lot of different lineups out there that’d be successful,” he said. “We want to find the best one, but also find players that if somebody goes down, other players can step in.”A three-game winning streak shows that Freitag’s lineups know how to be successful.Although UC-Santa Barbara comes in with a stronger record at 6-2-1, Meyer said the No. 11 Gauchos will be no different than any other opponents.“We’ll have to be defensively strong the whole game, and we have to play some soccer,” he said. “We can’t just sit and defend the whole game. We have to score some goals while we’re out there.”The matchup is the Hoosiers’ fifth against a ranked foe, ninth of the regular season and fourth road trip, but sophomore midfielder Tyler McCarroll said this long trek should have little bearing on the Hoosiers.“It shouldn’t affect them because we’re going up a day early and we’ll have time to get rested and get a feel for the time change,” McCarroll said.With solid performances from the defense and a gelling offense, this matchup is a crucial piece to the season’s puzzle.“If we come out with a win from this game,” McCarroll said, “it could definitely set the tone for the rest of the season.”
(10/01/09 3:35am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>With nearly half of the regular season scheduled against ranked opponents, No. 9 IU picked up its first win against a ranked team Tuesday when they shut out No. 13 Kentucky, 3-0.IU is 4-0 against unranked schools this season but has struggled against the nation’s top-25 teams, posting a 1-2-1 record despite a 4-3 goal advantage in scoring against those teams.“The games we’ve played have all been close against ranked teams,” freshman goalkeeper Luis Soffner said. “We’re getting shots. We’re getting good looks at the goal. We just got to finish our chances, and hopefully our defense will help our offense get up toward the opponent’s goal and keep getting them the good looks and the good opportunities.” Despite the outcomes, IU’s defensive production has kept ranked opponents in check. However, when facing top-25 teams, the Hoosier offense has produced only half of what it has done in games against unranked opponents. Friday marks the fifth game against a ranked team this year, as IU travels to No. 11 UC-Santa Barbara, their fifth ranked opponent of the season thus far and another big non-conference threat.“For me, I love the pressure, I love the big crowds and playing big teams,” Soffner said. “I’m excited for the UCSB game because I know there are going to be a lot of fans, and I know they’re a really good team.”See the IDS for a full pullout covering the scoring issues against ranked opponents.
(09/30/09 3:25pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Todd Yeagley, son of former IU men’s soccer coach Jerry Yeagley, may not wear cream and crimson as the coach of Wisconsin men’s soccer, but he said his time spent as a Hoosier has affected his life forever.IDS: What is it like to be the son of the IU men’s soccer creator? Yeagley: I’m thrilled that I was able to see it and live it. It’s an unbelievable childhood – growing up and seeing a dynasty being created, knowing the players that were a part of it and to see the details that go into it and the behind-the-scenes. I cherish those times. I’m absolutely thrilled to be a part of what he was able to build, and a lot of that was the great people that he had around him.IDS: What is IU soccer to you?Yeagley: IU soccer has been the premier program in college soccer. When people refer to the program, that’s what everyone looks at. Due to the fact of not only the national championships – that are second to St. Louis – but it’s the consistency and the amount of success in the tournament. Coaches know how difficult that is to sustain and, therefore, it’s the benchmark that everyone looks at. To be a part of that and to see that develop, it was a great experience and one that I will always cherish.IDS: What does it take to be a champion?Yeagley: It takes a lot of good players. You have to have the talent, and then you have to have a lot of other pieces that come with it – the right chemistry with your team, the right staff, the right support around you. If you can put all those things together and the players believe in what you’re doing, then a lot of things can happen.IDS: What do the seven national championships and 17 college cups say about this program?Yeagley: It’s the pinnacle of its sport. That is something that only a few programs across different sports can claim – the significance of success that IU soccer has had. You just think of excellence when you think of IU soccer. It’s a special program and one that I expect to continue to have great success through the years.
(09/30/09 4:13am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>There is a life-changing decision facing three members of the IU men’s soccer team.That decision creates a clash between two dreams – one in a scrub, the other in a jersey.The tough question facing senior Ofori Sarkodie, sophomore Tyler McCarroll and freshman Matt Wiet is whether to pursue a career in medicine or professional soccer.Time to decideAlthough Wiet stepped foot on campus as a student just two months ago, he is juggling the prospects of two boyhood goals. “I’m trying to decide between two entirely different worlds,” the defender said. “Medical school – obviously a little bit more of a prestigious job with regards to around the community and helping out, but pro soccer has always been a dream of mine.”Wiet’s father, a physician at a children’s hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has given his son some guidance on the topic.“He says, ‘Just go with your heart because you can always be a doctor later,’” Wiet said. “So, if I want to play pro soccer, I can.”After shadowing his father, Wiet, the second oldest of six children, is looking at pediatrics.“I’ve always been one of those people who loves hanging around little kids,” he said.But the 17 years of school Wiet’s dad took to become a full-time doctor would not be of interest to Wiet if he turns pro.“If I play pro soccer, then I’ll probably do something with regards to leg injuries or an orthopedic surgeon,” Wiet said.Although Wiet has four years of undergraduate schooling and hours on the pitch ahead of him, his decision between professional soccer and medical school is made.“My ultimate goal, as of right now, is playing professional soccer, either here in America or over in Europe,” Wiet said. “But, if I realize as it comes through college, through experience, that soccer’s not for me, then definitely medical school is where I’ll go.”Time not necessaryWith three years of eligibility left, Tyler McCarroll has loved medicine since he was young. Like Wiet, McCarroll grew up with a doctor for a father.McCarroll has three years before he can follow in his father’s footsteps. Dr. John McCarroll is the IU men’s soccer team doctor, and Tyler McCarroll said his goal is to become either IU’s team doctor or work for the Colts as an orthopedic surgeon.But the question of Major League Soccer or medical school is not as big of a challenge for Tyler McCarroll.“If I had the chance, I’d always go medicine,” Tyler McCarroll said. “I love soccer, but ... even in high school, I always wanted to go to med school. That’s always been my dream.”Time running lowUnlike his teammates, senior Ofori Sarkodie has to make his decision in just a few months.With parents in the medical field, Sarkodie grew up in hospitals, and he would go to work with his mom.“I’ve seen a lot of it,” Sarkodie said. “Just being around the game of soccer, I got really attracted to sports medicine.”The back story, had chances to go into the MLS in previous years. He’s said medicine is a passion of his but medical school after a professional soccer career is not.“You can’t go into med school at 28, 29 years old,” Sarkodie said. “I mean you can, but ... I have to look at something more along like physician assistant or physical therapy or maybe even optometry.“I definitely want to try and stay around the game of soccer. It’s a beautiful game. I love it.”Regardless, Sarkodie already knows where his future lies.“Right now my heart is saying MLS, and I’m working hard for it,” Sarkodie said. “I want the opportunity to be at the next level, see where I stand with the pros.”
(09/29/09 2:07am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Throughout the last 15 years, the Crabb Band has sounded the alma mater after every home game.But what these musicians are waiting for is the chance to play IU’s fight song, after earning an eighth national championship trophy.“They’re faithful fans,” IU coach Mike Freitag said. “They’re part of the tradition of IU soccer.”The Crabb Band, a four-credit hour course, is not just an auditioned band or the top players from the Jacobs School of Music, but a group of musicians who support IU’s Olympic sports because of one man’s persistence.Chuck Crabb began his history in athletics as the only part-time student in sports information. During his undergraduate work at IU, Crabb’s sister played in Indiana State University’s marching band. At the time, ISU’s band was one of the only collegiate marching bands that allowed women to play.“I would drive over there on Saturdays when Indiana didn’t have an athletic event and I’d follow my sister,” Crabb said. “I can’t read the first note of music, but I’ve always had a close relationship with marching bands.”When he began working full-time with IU athletics in September 1976, Crabb saw the need for music at more athletic events.“I started making more and more requests to Ray Cramer, the chair of the department of bands,” Crabb said. “I’d say, ‘Look, we need to have coverage. It’s very important for our coaches that they see interest in their sport, that we’re supporting them and we’re supporting female, as well as male, Olympic sports. We need gender equity.’”The request occurred so frequently during meetings that Crabb eventually gained a title to his request.“It was a matter of short-hand speech where ‘Crabb has asked for a band’ to ‘Let’s send Crabb’s Band,’” Crabb said.In the beginning, volunteers from among the Marching Hundred comprised the Crabb Band. Today three horns, five trumpets, five trombones, one baritone, two sousaphones and three percussionists make up the auditions-only ensemble.“We’ll play almost any time during the game – any time we feel a lull in energy or the crowd needs a pick-me-up,” said Matt Holzner, a graduate student and wind conductor at the Jacobs School of Music.With 30 tunes to choose from, the band entertains the crowd and players with music ranging from classic rock to pop melodies.“As far as the students, I think they like songs in which they participate in ways other than playing, like ‘Hey Baby,’ they get to sing, or ‘Roxbury Nights,’ they get to run around and dance, and ‘Shout,’ they get to lay down and pretend like they’re asleep,” Holzner said. “Pretty much anything that implements extra playing stuff on them in which they can act or do something outside the box, they like the best.”Regardless of what tune they’re blasting, the Crabb Band offers Indiana athletics extra layers to the game-day experience.“Their musical skills combined with their passion for Indiana athletics makes it an improved environment for fans to come and enjoy our sport,” Crabb said.Crabb said seeing his name listed along with the symphonic and concert bands in the directory of one of the nation’s best music schools is an honor.Crabb said he would choose live music before recorded music at athletic events.“There’s a place for recorded music,” he said. “I think it just has to be used appropriately and judiciously. It can’t be the sole means of trying to get a crowd into it. There’s always been something about the spontaneity of a college event and its music not being canned when a great play happens.”As for his band, Crabb agrees with Freitag that his members are not just in it for the credit hours.“They certainly bring a lot of enthusiasm to our sporting events,” Crabb said. “They’re fans, there’s no denying that.”
(09/28/09 3:05am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Hoosiers continued their winning history Friday in their 100th Big Ten matchup.IU beat Wisconsin 1-0 in their conference season opener and first road game of their Big Ten season.“We get to start off with a win in the Big Ten,” sophomore forward Will Bruin said after his team brought its all-time series record against Wisconsin to 33-3-4. “It would have been tough to start with a tie, or even a loss. It’s huge coming out with the win.”IU took the pitch in Madison against previous assistant coach Todd Yeagley, expecting a high-intensity game.What the Hoosiers got was an opponent that received two yellow cards and a red card and scored no goals.“We can obviously still play better, but, first Big Ten game, it was good to get a win and a shutout,” freshman goalkeeper Luis Soffner said. “Our defense is solidifying as the season goes on. We were really solid filling the back.”But Soffner did not leave out accrediting Bruin for his help to the team. Bruin’s fifth goal on the season was IU’s only shot of twelve that was netted.“Will helped us out again,” Soffner said. “I think all around we’re just starting to gel as a team more.”Bruin has scored the game-winning goal three times this season and leads the team with five goals.Regardless of the points he has put on the scoreboard, Bruin said he does not feel like he’s leading the team.“We were attacking, and I saw Tommy got the ball,” Bruin said of the help he received on his goal. “We made eye contact and I just started going, and he just hit the ball deep and I just ran onto it and got it under control.”Throughout the season, Bruin has consistently walked off the pitch, saying he missed many opportunities to put IU ahead by more goals. But after Friday’s win, Bruin’s reaction was not the same.“I probably only had one or two other chances, good chances,” Bruin said. “I’ll take scoring one out of two any game.”But there is always improvement for the Hoosiers.“We need to work on, when we get the lead, not going into a defensive shell and just keep playing our game and keep attacking,” Bruin said.Walking out of Yeagley’s new home with a victory is what the Hoosier team wanted. Regardless, IU coach Mike Freitag said seeing his previous coach on the other bench was a somewhat sad experience.“It’s sad and happy because that’s what Todd wants to be, a head coach, and he’s a very good one,” Freitag said. “I was happy to see him have his dream.”However, Soffner said seeing Yeagley wearing the red and white of Wisconsin was not much different from when he wore the colors at Indiana.“You saw the same old guy on the bench,” Soffner said. “You could still hear him yelling the whole game. It was good to see him again and definitely fun to play against him. We definitely miss him, but we did what we needed to for our team and came out with the win.”
(09/25/09 3:48am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Since soccer’s inception within the Big Ten in 1991, IU has ranked toward the top of the conference.In Friday’s milestone matchup, the Hoosiers will look to prolong that position.Indiana will take the pitch Friday at Madison, Wis. for the Hoosiers’ 100th Big Ten game.More than a year ago, IU walked off the field in Bloomington after beating Wisconsin 3-2 in overtime of its Big Ten season opener.The Hoosiers and Badgers kick off their Big Ten season again this year. But senior defender Ofori Sarkodie and his teammates are prepared for the Badgers’ aggressive style of play.“I honestly expect Wisconsin to come out very physical, with a lot of energy,” Sarkodie said. “They have a couple seniors on the team. ... They’re going to be very familiar with our style of play. We’re going to obviously expect the physicality and expect them to be organized and very prepared for this game.”Heading to Madison with a 3-2-1 record, the Hoosiers are undefeated in conference road openers. The Cream and Crimson have not lost to Wisconsin since 1995.“When we have other fans heckling us, it just gets us hyped up for the game,” junior midfielder Rich Balchan said. “It’s just a game, another game.”In a way, though, this game is different.On Friday, the Hoosiers will face the son of the legendary coach who founded IU soccer.Todd Yeagley, who played and coached for the Hoosiers during two national championships, is the current coach at Wisconsin.“IU will always have a special place in my heart,” Yeagley said. “But, I have a love where I am right now. I have to pull away the emotional elements of this game and know I have to prepare a team for one of the best and most talented teams we’ll face all year.”Coming off a 1-1 weekend in which the Hoosiers lost to former assistant and current Akron coach Caleb Porter is in the back of the Hoosiers’ minds.“Everyone wants to be a little sharper and have more confidence with the ball,” Balchan said. “We turned the ball over way too many times, and that’s why they had the ball 75 percent of the time. ... I think we improved on Sunday against Florida International. And hopefully we’ll be able to keep that going this weekend.”With Wisconsin next in line, Sarkodie said Yeagley is an exceptional coach. “This program owes a huge amount of thanks to him and his family for what they’ve done,” Sarkodie said. “I know all the guys have an immense amount of respect for him.”As for Yeagley’s team, Sarkodie and his teammates are prepared for an intense matchup.“We know the type of players and the type of play that they’re going to bring,” Sarkodie said. “We’re going to have to have their intensity. We’re going to have to match their organization. And honestly we have to come out just as physical, just as hard, just as focused if we’re going to get a good result.”As for Wisconsin, Yeagley said he is looking for the best from his players.“Indiana has a lot of ways that they can unbalance you,” Yeagley said. “We have to take away some of the things that Indiana likes to do. At the same time, have the confidence when it’s time to attack that we get numbers forward and put Indiana under pressure and test them as well.”
(09/18/09 3:55am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Indiana vs. Akron is more than a game between top-ranked teams. It is a family-pride battle.Not only will Hoosier senior back Ofori Sarkodie go foot-to-foot with his brother, Kofi, a starter for Akron, but the rivalry between the Hoosiers and the Zips also extends to former Hoosier coaches and best friends.“They know us as well as we know ourselves,” IU coach Mike Freitag said about former IU assistant and current Akron coaches Caleb Porter and Dave Giffard. “They’ve followed us. I’m sure they’ve watched a lot of tapes of us. They know what we’re about.”Giffard spent one season as a volunteer with the Hoosiers in 2005 before becoming the Zips’ assistant coach. The Indiana-to-Akron roots lie deeper within Porter. He led IU as a player to two College Cup appearances from 1994-97. In his six seasons as an assistant coach with the Hoosiers, Porter helped coach the team to two NCAA titles.“It brings good soccer to the college game,” Freitag said about the rivalry. “You’ve got programs that are committed to the sports ... The winner of the whole thing is college soccer.”Freshman defender Matt Wiet, who grew up in Columbus, Ohio, expects pride with his victory.“We’re going to win,” Wiet said. “I have four or five what I consider best friends on their team that can be potentially starters. It’s a little more than just a game of Indiana versus Akron. It’s more about pride among the hometown boys.”A 2-1-1 record takes the No. 8 Hoosiers into the sold-out stadium of the No. 1 Zips.“It should be pretty incredible, to say the least – the fans screaming – it sounds kind of cheesy, but the blood pumping in your body,” Wiet said. “Personally, I’m going to be playing the kids that I’ve grown up with, and I have to prove to them why I chose Indiana over Akron.”The largest rivalry is in blood – between the Sarkodie brothers.“At the end of the game, there might be a little bit of bragging rights,” Ofori Sarkodie said. “I think we’re both looking for just a hard-fought, competitive game and really rooting for each other to do well, but knowing we have to go out there and represent our universities and teams and want to win.”However, Kofi Sarkodie has a slightly different view on winning.“It’s always all-out when we play, and there’s definitely bragging rights on the line,” Akron’s sophomore defender said. “If we get the ‘W’ and we play well and consistently, then after the game I’m definitely going to be rubbing it into Ofori’s face ... But it’s all friendly fighting.”This heated matchup is one on which the Sarkodie family tries to stay neutral. Last year, their mother, Olivia Sarkodie, wore a shirt that said, “May the best team win.”However, the other Sarkodie children are torn between their brothers.“Kwame, my older brother, he told me he’s not quite sure yet who he’s going for,” Kofi Sarkodie said. “My little sister told me she wanted me to win, but she might be telling Ofori the same thing.”Regardless, a deep bond lies between the rival brothers.“We are so close,” Ofori Sarkodie said. “We grew up playing with each other, sort of teaching each other our different skill sets. It’s kind of like watching a different part of yourself.”Ofori Sarkodie is looking to imitate his brother’s composure – which he says is Kofi Sarkodie’s best skill – to help lead the Hoosiers to victory.“I have to be composed offensively when I get the ball,” Ofori Sarkodie said. “Make sure I’m making strong, clean passes and trying to make him do a little bit more running than he’d like to, to get him out of his comfort zone.”Withholding coaches, best friends and brothers from the matchup, Freitag said his boys are ready to perform on the pitch of a No. 1 team.“The guys like to be on the stage when the game is supposed to be one that they play well in,” he said, “and they rise to the occasion.”
(09/16/09 2:42am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Stephen Vogl may don an IU tennis shirt, but he has a sports past that consists of more than tennis balls and rackets.The sophomore tennis player didn’t spend his childhood days solely on the tennis court. He competed on the basketball court, soccer field, baseball diamond and in the swimming pool.Of all the sports Vogl was involved in as a child, he excelled most in the pool.Before reaching his teenage years, Vogl was ranked No. 25 in the nation for the 50-yard butterfly and was also in the nation’s top-30 for the 100-yard fly. He served another brief time in the pool playing water polo for a club team in high school. “Swimming in the chlorine is actually really good for asthma, so that’s how I started,” Vogl said. “I started getting kind of good, so I continued doing it and then I realized that staring at the bottom of the pool – you can only do so much of that.”Then there was baseball.At the age of 15, Vogl’s mother told him since baseball and tennis were in the same season, he would need to make a decision on whether he wanted to continue playing with a team or playing individually.He chose tennis. And Vogl has compiled a stats sheet that includes a 55-4 high school record, no losses in his senior season and a 13-8 collegiate doubles record with then-sophomore Lachlan Ferguson.“I’m an only child, so I’ve been put in the spotlight my entire life,” Vogl said of his choice to play tennis instead of baseball. “I enjoy having all the pressure on my side, as opposed to having the decision be up to a teammate or someone else ... I’d rather it be myself.”IU coach Randy Bloemendaal said the athleticism is what caught his eye during Vogl’s recruitment.“When you’re a coach and you work on player development, you look at kids and what you think their upside’s going to be,” Bloemendaal said. “And I always thought he had a tremendous upside because of his movement on the court and his size.” Voted “Most Athletic” and Athlete of the Year during his high school days in Connecticut, Vogl racked in many sports related accolades.The nationally ranked childhood swimmer became No. 74 in the nation and No. 2 in his home state’s ranking of singles tennis players.Vogl’s participation in multiple sports as a child has helped him as a Hoosier tennis player, Bloemendaal said.“There’s a value to cross training, which is very difficult because tennis is a year-round sport,” he said. “But anytime you add some other sport, it just helps you as an athlete – your overall agility just seems to get better.”Vogl’s speed is not always used on the court, since he normally has to share space with his doubles partner.Things differ, though, in the pool. Every Monday the team swims as part of its training. This conditioning is where his teammate, sophomore Jeremy Langer, and the rest of the Hoosiers realized Vogl could swim.“He’s really fast in the pool,” Langer said. “He’s the only one that can do a flip turn on the team. When we do our pool workouts, he just destroys everyone.”Vogl agreed that he swims faster than his teammates, and said he often messes around just to stay close to them.“Oh yeah, they call me ‘Michael Phelps Jr.’ in the pool,” Vogl said. “I get a dirty look every once in a while when I do two laps in 30 seconds and everyone else is battling.”Although there are times when Vogl still dreams of lacing up his baseball cleats, he said he’s happy to be a Hoosier tennis player.“I miss that every once in a while, but I’m pretty happy I stuck with tennis,” he said. “Having a chance to serve out a match is more fun for me than watching a teammate step up in the ninth inning and have him win the game or lose the game for us.”
(09/14/09 3:01am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>SOUTH BEND – The IU men’s soccer team combined for five goals and 33 shots taken in its first two victories of the season.But the Hoosiers weren’t happy with their performance.“We got to take better chances with our strikes,” sophomore forward Will Bruin said. “I should have had two or three other ones. I have yet to score with my foot, but that’s alright. They’ll come.”IU walked off the pitch with a 2-0 record this weekend after beating New Mexico on Friday evening 3-2 and Seattle University 2-0 Sunday in the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament in South Bend.Coming off their first loss of the season to No. 2 Wake Forest, the Hoosiers had a slow start followed by sloppy play against the Lobos.Both teams took five shots in the first half before cranking up their legs in the second for a combined 20 shots.Senior midfielder Lee Hagedorn had the first goal for the Hoosiers, just minutes after New Mexico scored.The Hoosiers’ second and third goals, from sophomore forwards Bruin and Alec Purdie, respectively, were both headed in.Hagedorn said different styles of play were part of the Hoosier’s first road game stumble.“Overall, I think everyone from the coaches to the players were a little disappointed in how we played today,” Hagedorn said after Friday’s win. “We were happy we ended up getting a win, and we fought hard when we got down, but we definitely let a couple goals go in that shouldn’t have gone in.”After a day of rest, the Hoosiers came out solid Sunday with non-stop chatter in the backfield to win their second road contest.“I didn’t think we played very well against New Mexico,” IU coach Mike Freitag said. “Defensively I think we gave them too much respect early on, and then today I thought we played much better ... Defensively and offensively we’re starting to gel little by little.”The constant talking between freshman goalkeeper Luis Soffner and his teammates is something Soffner said Freitag told them they needed to develop.“Coach has just been telling the back line that the more and more we talk, the better we’ll be,” Soffner said. “As long as we talk to each other and are talking to the midfielders ... We really can’t let up any shots.”Soffner recorded his second shutout for the Hoosiers after a rookie attitude almost lost him the zero that lit up Seattle’s score.“I was backpedaling and on my last step before I hopped up, and I just twisted my ankle,” Soffner said of his first save of the game. “I just kind of threw my momentum off. I dropped it and luckily we got on it and just put it out right away. It was kind of a mistake from me being a little casual, I guess.”Bruin agreed he and the rest of the team also made mistakes in the match.Still, he and junior forward/midfielder Andy Adlard combined for 12 total shots, with both earning goals in the contest.“We’re starting to gel offensively,” Bruin said. “Defensively we’re staying in shape, but there’s still stuff they need to work on. Our offense is starting to come along now. We’re starting to find gaps and finally put some balls in.”The Hoosiers still missed many opportunities, with 19 shots taken and only two goals.“It’s better than 15,” Freitag said. “We could have had more goals today. We just got to get better in making our chances, but I’ll take 19 shots and two goals any day if we shut them out.”
(09/13/09 8:27pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The IU men’s soccer team combined for five goals and 33 shots taken in their first two victories of the season.But the Hoosiers weren’t happy with their performance.“We got to take better chances with our strikes,” Bruin said. “I should have had two or three other ones. I have yet to score with my foot but that’s alright. They’ll come.”Indiana walked off the pitch with a 2-0 record this weekend after beating New Mexico on Friday evening 3-2 and Seattle University 2-0 Sunday afternoon in the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament in South Bend, Ind.Coming off their first lost of the season to No. 2 Wake Forest, the Hoosiers had a slow started followed by sloppy play against the Lobos.Both teams took five shots in the first half before both teams cranked up their legs in the second for a combined 20 shots.Senior midfielder Lee Hagedorn had the first score for the Hoosiers, just minutes after New Mexico scored.The Hoosiers’ second and third goal, from sophomore forwards Will Bruin and Alec Purdie respectively, were both headed in.Hagedorn said different styles of play were part of the Hoosier’s first road game stumble.“Overall, I think everyone from the coaches to the players were a little disappointed in how we played today,” Hagedorn said after Friday’s win. “We were happy we ended up getting a win and we fought hard when we got down, but we definitely let a couple goals go in that shouldn’t have gone in.”After a day of rest, the Hoosiers came out solid on Sunday with non-stop chatter in the backfield to win their second road contest.“I didn’t think we played very well against New Mexico,” IU coach Mike Freitag said. “Defensively I think we gave them too much respect early on and then today I thought we played much better ... Defensively and offensively we’re starting to gel little by little.”The constant talking between freshman goalkeeper Luis Soffner, and his teammates is something he said Freitag told them needed to develop.“Coach has just been telling the back line that the more and more we talk, the better we’ll be,” Soffner said. “As long as we talk to each other and are talking to the midfielders ... We really can’t let up any shots.”Soffner recorded his second shutout for the Hoosiers after a rookie attitude almost lost him the zero that lit up Seattle’s score.“I was backpedaling and on my last step before I hopped up and I just twisted my ankle,” Soffner said of his first save of the game against Seattle. “I just kind of threw my momentum off. I dropped it and luckily we got on it and just put it out right away. It was kind of a mistake from me being a little casual I guess.”Bruin agreed he and the rest of the team also made mistakes in the match.Still, he and junior forward/midfielder Andy Adlard combined for 12 total shots from the Hoosiers, with both earning goals in the contest.“We’re starting to gel offensively,” Bruin said. “Defensively we’re staying in shape but there’s still stuff they need to work on. Our offense is starting to come along now. We’re starting to find gaps and finally put some balls in.”The Hoosiers still missed many opportunities, with 19 shots taken and only two goals.“It’s better than 15,” Freitag said. “We could have had more goals today. We just got to get better in making our chances but I’ll take nineteen shots and two goals any day if we shut them out.”