Quest for No. 8 begins Sunday
As this season makes its way into the NCAA Tournament, the Hoosiers are waiting for their big goals to meet them in their opening second-round match Sunday at Bill Armstrong Stadium against Xavier.
As this season makes its way into the NCAA Tournament, the Hoosiers are waiting for their big goals to meet them in their opening second-round match Sunday at Bill Armstrong Stadium against Xavier.
Could the 2012 IU men’s soccer season end in the same fashion as 2010 and 2011?
After losses in three of the team’s previous five games to end the season, the IU men’s soccer team looked anything but strong heading into the NCAA tournament selection.
The IU men’s soccer team (11-5-3, 3-2-1) won its last Big Ten Tournament title in 2006. After last season, when the Hoosiers defeated the Spartans 2-1 before falling to Northwestern in the semifinals, Michigan State flipped the script on IU.
The Hoosiers will open up the Big Ten Tournament as a No. 4 seed and play No. 5 seed Michigan State in the opening game of today’s tournament schedule.
IU’s match against Northwestern ended in a double overtime 1-1 draw for the once-top two teams in the Big Ten. Both teams had a fighting chance for the season title.
The IU men’s soccer team and Northwestern conclude their regular season tonight at Bill Armstrong Stadium with the Big Ten regular season championship at stake.
In the season finale for both teams, Northwestern and the Hoosiers will face off Thursday at 8 p.m. at Bill Armstrong Stadium in a game with significant title implications. IU must defeat the Wildcats to have any chance at winning the championship.
Facing IU Sunday afternoon, Michigan State’s Jay Chapman scored his first career goal, a strike from 22 yards away in the 43rd minute. He went on to score twice more, giving him a hat trick and the Spartans a 3-1 win on their senior day at DeMartin Stadium.
Two games stand in the way of the Hoosiers fulfilling their preseason goal of a Big Ten regular season title. The first will be this Sunday in East Lansing, Mich., against the Michigan State Spartans.
Following the Hoosiers’ first conference loss Friday, IU will play its last nonconference opponent tonight at Bill Armstrong Stadium, facing its annual matchup with Evansville.
Despite outshooting the Wolverines, the Hoosiers were defeated after letting through two goals on just five shots on goal for the entire game.
After a 2-0 win against in-state rival Butler, the Hoosiers were back on the pitch Wednesday afternoon to ready themselves for their conference matchup against Michigan at home Friday.
With a 2-0 win against Butler, the Hoosiers clinched a winning season to tie UCLA’s NCAA Division I record of 40 consecutive winning seasons.
The Hoosiers resume play tonight and look to extend their four-game undefeated streak (3-0-1) when they take on the Butler Bulldogs.
The IU men’s soccer team notched a 2-2 draw Wednesday night at Cardinal Park.
The No. 12 Hoosiers (9-2-1, 3-0-0) will travel south tonight to face the Louisville Cardinals (7-4-0, 3-1-0) at Cardinal Park.
Freshman midfielder Ballard will make his first trip back to his hometown on Wednesday in a 7 p.m. match against Louisville.
After Saturday night’s game against Wisconsin, the Hoosiers were undefeated in the games in which they have scored first this season.
The IU men's soccer team hosts Wisconsin in their third Big Ten match of the season.