Oct. 6, 2010
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Junior midfielder Adam Mena (Holland, Mich./West Ottawa) scored the game winner in the 80th minute as the No. 22 Notre Dame men’s soccer team defeated No. 20 Indiana 2-1 on Wednesday night at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The win upped the Fighting Irish unbeaten streak to four games.
Senior forward Jeb Brovsky (Lakewood, Colo./Green Mountain) put Notre Dame (5-2-3) on the board in the 14th minute when he deposited the rebound off a Steven Perry (Edmond, Okla./Bishop McGuinness) shot. It was Brovsky’s second goal of the season.
Indiana (5-4-1) answered back in the 24th minute as Will Bruin scored off a pass from Andy Adlard. The match was knotted 1-1 at halftime. The Hoosiers had seven shots in the first half compared to five for the Irish. Both teams had two corner kicks in the opening stanza.
“I felt that we started the game very well,” stated Irish head coach Bobby Clark. “However, I thought that after we scored the goal we kind of let up a bit. We then gave up the goal and let them (Indiana) kind of control the rest of the half.”
Senior goalkeeper Philip Tuttle (Hooksett, N.H./Brewster Academy) made two saves for the Irish to improve his record to 2-0-1 on the season. Notre Dame also had one team save. Indiana’s Luis Soffner made one stop in the loss. The Hoosiers held an 11-8 edge in shots for the match. Indiana had eight corner kicks, while the Irish had five.
Mena had the most important shot of the night for the Fighting Irish as he put home the game winner from 18 yards out on the right side. It was his first goal of the season. Perry also picked up the assist on Mena’s goal.
“I thought we played very well in the second half,” added Clark. “We controlled the ball for long periods of time and made a lot of nice passes. We did a lot of things well in the second half. After (Adam) Mena scored with 10 minutes left we defended really well for the remainder of the match.”
Notre Dame returns to the pitch on Saturday with a BIG EAST Blue Division showdown at West Virginia. Kickoff against the Mountaineers is slated for 7:30 p.m. (ET) at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in Morgantown, W. Va.
Bill Armstrong Stadium – Bloomington, Ind.
October 6, 2010
#22 Notre Dame (5-2-3) 1 1 – 2
#20 Indiana (5-4-1) 1 0 – 1
Scoring: ND: Jeb Brovsky (Steven Perry) 13:45; IU: Will Bruin (Andy Adlard) 23:17; ND: Adam Mena (Steven Perry) 79:44
Shots: ND 5-3 – 8, IU 7-4 – 11
Corner Kicks: ND 2-3 – 5, IU 2-6 – 8
Goalkeepers: ND: Philip Tuttle – 2 SV (1 team save), 1 GA, 90:00, W; IU: Luis Soffner – 1 SV, 2 GA, 90:00, L
Fouls: ND 14, IU 3
Offsides: ND 1, IU 0