Indiana hosted the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament Friday night. By the time the Hoosiers went up 2-0 in the 55th minute, it seemed like they would cruise to victory. Wisconsin equalized in the 75th minute and had more chances, but Indiana survived.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In the last two meetings between Indiana soccer and Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament – back-to-back seasons in 2016 and 2017 – the Badgers advanced via penalty shootout. On Friday night, Indiana captain Joey Maher buried the team’s first goal at the penalty spot in poetic justice, as the Hoosiers held out 2-1 in the opening-round victory.
“I don't think expected Oduro to kind of come around him like that,” Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley said."That that was why was able to create it. He doesn't go down. I say ‘Collins if you get fouled, go down’ … So, he really got fouled today. I really have to tell him, ‘Collins if you get fouled, go down in the box, because that's a penalty.’”
Yeagley said that Indiana wasn’t accustomed to Wisconsin’s formation shape of three players in the midfield, which it hadn’t deployed yet this season. The head coach also considered that although it befuddled Indiana to begin with, it disoriented the Badgers in the second half. In the 55th minute, Indiana’s leading scorer and facilitator, Samuel Sarver, drove through three Badgers to reach the edge of the box, then crossed to the scoring Maouloune Goumballe.
“They threw everything,” Maher said about the conclusion of the match. “They had like six, seven guys in the box, even their goalie at the very end. They gave us everything they could give us. They gave us a lot of problems. The biggest thing for us, especially after they got that goal, was just weathering the storm … Winning the throw in your defensive third, functional clear, getting the line up. Those extra details are something that we can still improve on.
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