Michigan Battles to Double-Overtime Draw with Indiana

Sunday, September 24

Bloomington, Ind.

2:30 PM CT

Michigan

5-4-1, 0-1-1

Indiana

4-3-1, 0-0-1

OT 1

OT 2

Michigan

Indiana

Michigan Battles to Double-Overtime Draw with Indiana

9/24/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: Joseph Conrad

Site: Bloomington, Ind. (Bill Armstrong Stadium)
Score: Michigan 2, Indiana 2 (2OT)
Records: U-M (5-4-1, 0-1-1 Big Ten), Indiana (4-3-1, 0-0-1 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Wednesday, Sept. 27 -- vs. Detroit (U-M Soccer Field), 7 p.m.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The University of Michigan men's soccer team played to a 2-2 tie against Indiana on Sunday (Sept. 24) at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Sophomore/freshman Patrick Sperry (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central HS) made three saves in the two 10-minute overtime periods to keep the match deadlocked.

In the fifth minute the Maize and Blue netted the first marker of the match, jumping to an early 1-0 lead over the Hoosiers. Sophomore Michael Holody (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston HS) gave the Wolverines the 1-0 advantage as he scored his third goal of the season off his second successful penalty kick of the year. Holody's goal was set up by freshman Peri Marosevic's (Rockford, Ill./Edison Academy) offensive pressure, as Marosevic drew a foul in the goal box after taking a shot.

The Wolverines continued intruding the IU defensive third of the field as they took a 2-0 lead in the 19th minute. Senior tri-captain Kevin Hall (Kalamazoo, Mich./Portage Central HS) gave Michigan its two-goal advantage with his first goal of the season. Marosevic earned his second assist of the season after sending Hall a through ball from the right side, allowing Hall to beat the keeper low and to the right.

In the 21st minute sophomore Jake Stacy (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Central HS) had the opportunity to give Michigan a 3-0 lead. Sophomore Steve Bonnell (St. Clair Shores, Mich./Detroit Country Day School) set up the scoring chance after serving the ball in behind the Hoosiers defense with Stacy getting behind the defense as well. An IU defender made a play on the ball along with Indiana keeper Chay Cain, with Stacy and Cain falling to the ground after all three players hit the ball. As Stacy was lying on his right hip, he spun 90 degrees to strike the ball with his left foot, but the ball hit the post and went wide.

The Hoosiers put themselves within one goal of the Wolverines in the 34th minute as Kevin Robson scored his first of two markers on a penalty kick, beating Sperry, who was facing his second PK of the year. Robson netted the equalizer in the 68th minute from 25 yards out.

In the extra periods of the match Sperry made three saves, with two of them coming in the second overtime. Sperry finished the game with five saves in 110 minutes.

Michigan searched for the game-winner in the closing seconds of the second overtime as Holody cracked a volley from 30 yards out that sailed a foot and a half wide at the 109:58 mark.

The Wolverines come back to Ann Arbor to face the Detroit Titans on Wednesday (Sept. 27) at 7 p.m. on the U-M Soccer Field.

GAME SUMMARY

By Periods	1	2	OT	OT	F
Michigan	2	0	0	0	2
Indiana	1	1	0	0	2

Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- U-M, Michael Holody, 4:11 (unassisted)
1st -- U-M, Kevin Hall, 18:10 (Peri Marosevic)
1st -- IU, Kevin Robson, 33:27 (unassisted)
2nd -- IU, Robson, 67:18 (unassisted)

Shots: U-M 14, IU 18
Saves: U-M 5 (Patrick Sperry), IU 4 (Chay Cain)
Corner Kicks: U-M 5, IU 8
Fouls: U-M 15, IU 17
Cards: IU, Darren Yeagle, (yellow); U-M, Alex Morisset, 41:57 (yellow); IU, Billy Weaver, 45:33 (yellow); U-M, Santos Perez, 96:05 (yellow)

NOTES

• The 2-2 deadlock is the first tie of the season for the Maize and Blue and marks the first time Michigan and Indiana have played to an equal finish. The last draw that Michigan played in was on Sept. 29, 2005, as they fought Dayton to a 2-2 stalemate in Dayton, Ohio.

• This is the first time Michigan played an unranked Indiana team since 2003, when they played to a 2-1 overtime IU victory on Oct. 5, 2003.

• U-M scored two goals, the most the Wolverines have scored against Indiana in Michigan program history.

• Freshman Peri Marosevic earned his second career assist, and he has tallied five points in the last two games, boosting his season total to a team-best 12 points. Marosevic is the first freshman to earn a point against Indiana in the series since Oct. 5, 2003, when teammate Kevin Savitskie earned a point off an assist.

• Senior tri-captain Kevin Hall netted his first goal of the season. Hall is the second defenseman to score for the Wolverines; Michael Holody was the first.

• Sophomore Michael Holody scored his third goal of the season, moving him to second on the team. Holody's goal came via his second successful penalty kick of the year.

• Sophomore/freshman Patrick Sperry faced his second penalty kick of the year. He is 1-1 in PKs, making one save and relinquishing one goal.

• The Wolverines and Hoosiers played in their third all-time overtime game against each other (2002, '03).

• Michigan played in a double-overtime match for the first time since Oct. 20, 2005, when U-M defeated No. 25 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2-1 on the U-M Soccer Field. The last time the Wolverines battled to double overtime on the road was Oct. 12, 2005, when they lost 2-1 at Western Michigan.

• Today's draw with Indiana broke U-M's eight-game losing streak against IU dating back to the Michigan varsity program's debut in 2000. The Wolverines are now 0-8-1 against the Hoosiers.

QUOTES

Michigan Head Coach Steve Burns
On going into halftime with a 2-1 lead ... "There were moments in the first half where we stopped playing soccer, and those were the moments that Indiana got back in the game. So the big theme was to make sure that we continued to move and play the game the way we wanted to play and that is with ball movement and off-ball movement of runs. That was the big adjustment or reminder for our team at halftime."

On the ability to get off to an early start with the offense ... "I think this team has a belief that they're going to win every game that they're going to step out to. That's making the job of putting the X's and O's, in a tactical sense, so much easier. So with that belief it translated into some real strong play that resulted into two goals and a third that was right there that didn't go."

On building off this match ... "Right now what's more important is not our opponent but playing up to our potential. I think this was a great team effort, and we had a lot of guys that exceeded their potential, and when that happens we're going to do a lot of good things on the season."

On how the Big Ten is faring thus far ... "It's similar to a tennis match; it's really up to the home team to hold their serve. I think what you're going to see here as the Big Ten unfolds is that you have to win your home games and if you can get a win or a tie on the road, it's going to set you up very nicely come tournament time."

On the performance of the team ... "There were easily eight guys on our team that had great games. It's tough to single anyone out for man of the match. If I had to note three players, it would be (Patrick) Sperry, Michael Holody and Peri Marosevic. Holody obviously got a goal on the penalty shot; he played very well. There were never any dangerous Indiana situations that Holody didn't have a grasp of what was happening."