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#18 IUMS vs #2 Kentucky - Saturday, 10/22/22 @ 7:00 on BTN+

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3 non-conference matches coming up before our B1G season ending game against Maryland on Oct. 30.  Kentucky on Saturday; Evansville on the 25th and Trine on the 27th.

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Eighteenth-ranked Indiana men's soccer (7-2-4, 3-1-3 B1G) is set to host the No. 2-ranked and undefeated Kentucky Wildcats (8-0-5, 3-0-3 Sun Belt) Saturday (Oct. 22) on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium, where the Hoosiers have not lost all year.

The match will be streamed live on the Big Ten Plus digital platform with kickoff set for 7 p.m. ET.


The first 250 students at Saturday's match will receive a free Hoosier Army, 50th season T-shirt. Additionally, Saturday is "Bark at The Bill" night as fans can bring their canine friends to the game.

SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana has won back-to-back matches, both coming in Big Ten Conference play, during a seven-match undefeated streak. IU has lost once since the start of September (7-1-3).
• While Kentucky is undefeated in 13 matches this season, IU has not lost at Armstrong Stadium in 16 matches going back to the 2021 season.
• The Hoosiers have scored 27 goals from 12 unique goal scorers this season. Redshirt senior Ryan Wittenbrink, the reigning Big Ten Player of the Week, leads the Hoosiers in goals (6) and points (17).• Senior defender Nyk Sessock leads the Big Ten with seven assists, four of which have come from throw-ins. Sessock has provided an assist in three straight matches.

ABOUT THE WILDCATS
• Kentucky comes into the match with an 8-0-5 record and a 3-0-3 mark in Sun Belt play. Its last result was a scoreless draw with Coastal Carolina.
• The Wildcats are led by 11th-year head coach Johan Cedergren, who has compiled a 125-55-53 record at Kentucky.
• Four Wildcats have scored at least four goals this season, led by senior forward Eythor Bjorgolfsson. Senior midfielder Nik Gutmann, who has tallied four goals, leads Kentucky in assists (9) and points (17).

SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana has dominated the all-time series with Kentucky, leading 26-2-4.
• IU has won five of the last seven matches in the series, going 5-1-1 in that span.
• The two teams last met in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Victor Bezerra became the third Hoosier to score a hat trick in an NCAA Tournament match while leading IU to a 3-0 win over the Wildcats.
• Indiana is 3-0 against Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament all-time.
 

 

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Need this game tomorrow if team wants normal top 16 seed and bye in NCAA Tournament (RPI 22).

Also, with tonight's results IU can no longer win the Big Ten outright. However, they will be going into the final day now with at least a chance at a share of the title. If OSU and MSU tie early next week, IU will be playing for a share of the title no matter what, which they would earn by beating Maryland. If OSU or MSU win their matchup early next week, IU would need that same team to lose or tie on final day to clinch a share with a victory.  

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What you see tonight is the difference between the very top couple teams in college soccer like UK is and a solid top 15-20 team IU is. 

UK is taking away everything Hoosiers want to do and Indiana needs to find a way to get in the box with out getting the ball taken away. A top midfield is what IU really lacks and it's really showing tonight with the Wildcats winning or taking away most second and third balls in the middle of the pitch.

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UK is exposing every one of IU's weaknesses tonight. Dominating the midfield and winning every every second and third ball. Now we continue to have goalie issues as Pratt whiffed on a save at a shot right at him.

Whatever it takes, IU has got to address the goalie position in offseason. First goal and third goal were by no means Pratt's fault but an elite goalie like Celantano or Muse in past might be able to bail you out on some of these. Neither Harms or Pratt is ever gonna bail out a defense and will let in a soft one from time to time.

Tonight is nothing more than the gap showing up between the top team in college soccer and a decent top 20 IU team.    

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