IUMS vs Ohio State - 10/12/21 @ 7:00 on BTN

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,236]

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After shutting out a pair of non-conference opponents last week, Indiana men's soccer (7-3-1, 2-2-0 B1G) restarts Big Ten Conference play Tuesday (Oct. 12) night when it hosts Ohio State (4-5-1, 0-3-0 B1G) at 7 p.m. ET on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.  The match will be aired live on Big Ten Network with Dean Linke and Patrick Doody on the call. 
 
SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana went 2-0 last week against non-conference opponents Omaha (1-0) and Trine (9-0) and recorded clean sheets against both teams.
• Junior forward Victor Bezerra has scored four goals over IU's last three matches, including a golden goal in Indiana's 1-0 win over Omaha last week. Three of those goals have given the Hoosiers a lead.
• IU is looking for its first conference win at home this season.
 
ABOUT THE BUCKEYES
• Ohio State is led by fourth-year head coach Brian Maisonneuve. He has compiled a record of 11-32-4 during his time with the Buckeyes.
• Before taking the helm at OSU, Maisonneuve called Indiana home both as a coach and as a student-athlete. As a player from 1991-94, Maisonneuve earned All-America honors and played beside current IU head coach Todd Yeagley. As an assistant coach at IU under Yeagley from 2010-2017, Maisonneuve helped guide the Hoosiers to the 2012 NCAA National Championship and coached nine All-Americans.
• The Buckeyes are searching for their first win in conference play, starting 0-3-0 in the Big Ten. OSU has dropped matches to Maryland, Northwestern and Wisconsin.
• Sophomore midfielder Laurence Wootton leads the Buckeyes in goal scoring, recording four goals this season. Senior midfielder Xavier Green is right behind him with three goals.
• Ohio State has turned to two different goalkeepers this season. Senior Keagan McLaughlin has seen the majority minutes in goal and leads the Buckeyes in minutes played (800:37), saves (29), goals allowed average (1.01), save percentage (.763) and shutouts (2).
 
SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana has historically dominated the series with Ohio State, owning a 46-5-4 record against the Buckeyes.
• In the last seven matches of the series going back to 2016 IU holds an undefeated 6-0-1 record against OSU. Indiana has won the last six matches via a combined score of 17-1.
• The Hoosiers are 11-1-1 against Ohio State since 2011.
• Indiana won the first 26 matches of the series, a span that lasted from 1973-2000.
• Current Hoosiers Victor Bezerra (4) and Spencer Glass (1) have scored against OSU in their careers.

[Aaron 4,294]

Must win. OSU along with NW is worst team in conference. They beat up on some of the best teams in the MAC but can't beat anyone in Big Ten including NW.

The last three teams we play in conference are best in Big Ten and this is last chance for a bad RPI loss. Win this and at least split your remaining games and while that is not quite the season you wanted, it will at least put you solidly in tourney.

Hopefully Bezerra has confidence and can get us a few goals now down strect now that he is scoring again. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,236]

18' Tommy Mihalic puts the Hoosiers on the board first with an assist from Herb Endeley.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,236]

Halftime and Hoosiers lead 1-0.  Couple of dicey minutes shortly after the Mihalic goal, but we withstood the challenge.

O$U assessed a red card with two seconds remaining in the half and will play shorthanded in the second half.

 

[Aaron 4,294]

5 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Halftime and Hoosiers lead 1-0.  Couple of dicey minutes shortly after the Mihalic goal, but we withstood the challenge.

O$U assessed a red card with two seconds remaining in the half and will play shorthanded in the second half.

 

Weird half. IU was outshot 7-6 but if you take out the min after the Mihalic goal where OSU had six shots in a row that somehow none went in IU was by far better team and stats would reflect that.

No excuse to blow it now playing with a lead and a man up.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,547]

Not overwhelming at all, but solid. Gave up 2 scary scoring chances, a better team might have capitalized.


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[LamarCheeks 19,256]

Dang. How did we not score there?  Missed a wide-open net -- by a lot. 

[Aaron 4,294]

Finally get number 2 to breath. Similar to first with Mihalic at top of box but it was Bezerra to Goumballe on break to tuck it in.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,236]

Luck Be A Lady Tonight.  Right before the Goumballe goal, Buckeyes had a goal waved off because of contact with Celantano inside the goal box.  

 

 

[Hoosierfan1901 6,379]

Let’s go Maouloune!

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,236]

85' Brett Bebej makes it 3-0 and that should remove any doubt.

 

[Aaron 4,294]

Finishing touches. OSU had to press forward and overplayed McDonald who found Redmon in space who dribbled all the way to box and found Bebej for tap in.  

[Hoosierfan1901 6,379]

That should do it

[Aaron 4,294]

3-0 victory. Finally a game with no nail biting and an easy result over a team not named Trine.