2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team

The 2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team was the represented Indiana University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the Hoosiers' 45th season of varsity college soccer, and their 27th season in the Big Ten Conference.

2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Runner-Up
Conference	Big Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 2
2017 record	18–1–6 (5–0–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Todd Yeagley (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Brian Maisonneuve (8th season) Kevin Robson (4th season) Zac Brown (1st season)
Home stadium	Bill Armstrong Stadium

2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#11 Michigan +	6	–	1	–	1			12	–	6	–	2
#2 Indiana +	5	–	0	–	3			18	–	1	–	6
#6 Michigan State +	5	–	0	–	3			13	–	3	–	4
Maryland +	5	–	1	–	2			10	–	5	–	4
#10 Wisconsin ‡	4	–	3	–	1			12	–	5	–	5
Ohio State	3	–	5	–	0			8	–	10	–	1
Penn State	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	10	–	2
Northwestern	1	–	7	–	0			7	–	12	–	0
Rutgers	0	–	8	–	0			4	–	13	–	1
‡ – 2017 Big Ten Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The Hoosiers finished as runners-up for both the Big Ten regular season, the 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, and the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The Hoosiers only lost one match in regulation or overtime the entire season, finishing with an 18-1-6 record. It was the fewest losses the program posted in a season since 1997, when the Hoosiers finished 23-1-0, and reached the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. It was also only the fourth time in program history the Hoosiers had only one loss on the season.

Background

In the 2016 season Indiana tied for second in the regular season with Wisconsin.[1] Indiana then lost to Wisconsin in semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament on penalties.[2] Indiana was selected for an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament, losing in the third round to Virginia Tech.[3]

Preseason roster changes

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Colin Webb	1	GK	6-1	190	Sr.	San Diego	Graduated
Billy McConnell	2	DF	5-10	154	Sr.	Richboro, PA	Graduated
Tanner Thompson	10	MF	5-7	150	Sr.	Loomis, CA	2017 MLS SuperDraft
Christian Lomeli	30	GK	5-9	135	Sr.	Crown Point, IN	Graduated

2017 team recruits

Ten true freshmen joined the Hoosiers ahead of the 2017 campaign. Of the 10, three of the recruits were in-state recruits and six were from the midwest region. Indiana announced their initial recruiting class on February 1, 2017.[4] In March, recruiting class was considered the fifth-best recruiting class by CollegeSoccerNews.com. Seattle Sounders FC Academy, and Sounders U-19 goalkeeper, Trey Muse, made a late commitment to Indiana on May 4, 2017.[5][6]

Name	Nat.	Hometown	High School	Club	Height	Weight	Commit date
Trey Muse GK	USA	Louisville, KY	Roosevelt HS (WA)	Seattle Sounders FC	6'4"	195	May 4, 2017[5][6]
	Recruit star rankings: TDS: [7] CSN: IMG 150: NR
Jacob Meier DF	USA	Shakopee, MN	Shakopee HS	Minnesota Thunder	6'2"	170	Feb 1, 2017[4]
	Recruit star rankings: TDS: [8] CSN: IMG 150: 106
Mason Toye FW	USA	South Orange, NJ	Seton Hall Prep	N/A	6'3"	180	Feb 1, 2017[4]
	Recruit star rankings: TDS: CSN: IMG 150: 100
Justin Rennicks MF/FW	USA	Hamilton, MA	Hamilton-Wenham RHS	New England Revolution	5'11"	165	Feb 1, 2017[4]
	Recruit star rankings: TDS: CSN: IMG 150: 30
Griffin Dorsey MF/FW	USA	Evergreen, CO	Evergreen HS (CO)	Colorado Rush	6'0"	160	Feb 1, 2017[4]
	Recruit star rankings: TDS: CSN: IMG 150: 18
Thomas Warr FW	USA	Zionsville, IN	Zionsville HS	Indy Eleven	6'0"	175	Feb 1, 2017[4]
	Recruit star rankings: TDS: CSN: IMG 150: 58
Joe Schmidt MF	USA	Bainbridge, OH	University School	Cleveland Internationals	5'8"	155	Feb 1, 2017[4]
	Recruit star rankings: TDS: CSN: IMG 150: 118
Kyle Barks MF	USA	St. Louis, MO	De Smet Jesuit	St. Louis Scott Gallagher	5'11"	165	Feb 1, 2017[4]
	Recruit star rankings: TDS: CSN: IMG 150: NR
John Bannec DF	USA	Bloomington, IN	South HS (IN)	N/A	6'0"	165	Feb 1, 2017[4]
	Recruit star rankings: TDS: CSN: IMG 150: NR
Jacob Gruber GK	USA	Fishers, IN	Cathedral HS (IN)	Indy Eleven	6'1"	190	Feb 1, 2017[4]
	Recruit star rankings: TDS: CSN: IMG 150: 129

Review

Bill Armstrong Stadium (pictured) hosted the Hoosiers during the season.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an undefeated record, being on the only program in the nation to achieve such an accomplishment. During the regular season, the Hoosiers finished 13-0-4 and 5-0-3 in conference play. They finished second in the Big Ten behind Michigan, and were seeded second in the 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. There, the Hoosiers defeated Penn State and Ohio without giving up any goals. In the championship game, the Hoosiers faced Wisconsin, the same program that eliminated them from last year's Big Ten Tournament. After a scoreless draw, the Badgers got the better of the Hoosiers in a penalty shoot-out, giving the Badgers the Big Ten title. Despite failing to win the Big Ten title, Indiana earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they were given the number two-overall seed. This afforded the Hoosiers a first-round bye, where they hosted the winner of the Old Dominion (2017 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament champions) vs. NC State (ACC 9th-place finishers) match in the second round. Old Dominion won the match 2-0, meaning the Hoosiers hosted the Monarchs in Bloomington on November 19, in the second round. Goals from Lillard, Toye and Panchot were enough for Indiana, as they cruised to a 3-0 win over Old Dominion.

In the third round, or "sweet sixteen" of the tournament, Indiana hosted the 20th-ranked, New Hampshire (2017 America East Men's Soccer Tournament semifinalists). Thomas opened the scoring for the Hoosiers in the 10th minute, while Moore scored the game-winning goal in the 65th minute, giving Indiana a 2-0 lead over New Hampshire. The Wildcat's Jacob Gould would notch one back in the 76th minute, creating a nervy final quarter hour for the Hoosiers. Despite this, Indiana would hold on to win the match, and advance to their 25th NCAA quarterfinal ("elite eight") and their first since their national championship run in 2012. In the quarterfinals, Indiana was pitted against their conference foes, the seventh-seed, Michigan State. The match, played at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington was sold out, with a capacity crowd of 5,450 on hand. In the match, the Spartans would score a stunning 2nd-minute goal to put the Hoosiers in an early hole. Michigan State left winger, Ken Krolicki served a cross to Ryan Sierakowski who headed it in the bottom left corner. It was Ryan Sierakowski's ninth goal of the season. The Spartans would hold on to the lead through the first half and through a third of the second half of play. In the 60th minute, Indiana's Swartz headed an inswinging corner kick to tie the match, 1-1. The score would remain gridlocked through the remainder of regulation and the two overtime periods. In penalty kicks, Indiana prevailed over Michigan State, 3-2, giving the Hoosiers their 19th College Cup appearance.[9]

In the national semifinals, Indiana took on a familiar college soccer powerhouse, North Carolina. The cagey match featured a lone goal from Gutman, who scored off a loose ball in the penalty box off a deflected corner kick. The 50th-minute goal from Gutman was the lone goal of the match and enough to send Indiana to its 15th NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game.

Roster

[10] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Sean Caulfield 1 GK  USA Trey Muse 2 DF  USA Jordan Kleyn 3 DF  USA Jacob Meier 4 DF  USA A.J. Palazzolo 5 DF  USA Grant Lillard 6 MF  USA Jack Griffith 7 MF  USA Trevor Swartz 8 FW  USA Mason Toye 9 FW  TRI Rashad Hyacenth 10 MF  USA Justin Rennicks 11 MF  USA Cory Thomas 12 MF  USA Austin Panchot 13 MF  USA Francesco Moore 14 MF  USA Griffin Dorsey

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  USA Andrew Gutman 17 MF  USA Jeremiah Gutjahr 18 FW  USA Thomas Warr 19 DF  USA Rece Buckmaster 20 DF  USA Timmy Mehl 21 DF  USA Spencer Glass 22 FW  USA Ian Black 23 MF  USA Joe Schmidt 24 MF  USA Isaac Friendt 26 MF  USA Kyle Barks 28 DF  USA John Bannec 29 FW  USA Josh Lipe-Melton 30 GK  USA Jacob Gruber 32 GK  USA Drew Nuelle

Competitions

Regular season

Indiana v Cal Poly

August 25 1	Indiana	2–0	Cal Poly	Notre Dame, Indiana
5:00 pm ET	Gutman  8' Toye  72'	Report	Olsen  32' Carroll  72'	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 746 Referee: Jeff Swartzel

Indiana v San Diego

August 27 2	Indiana	1–0 (a.e.t.)	San Diego	Notre Dame, Indiana
11:30 am ET	Dorsey  100'	Report	Brandt  58' West  88' Mueller-Wiesen  93' van Wey  97'	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 697 Referee: Josh Kelley

Indiana v San Francisco

September 1 3	Indiana	5–1	San Francisco	Bloomington, Indiana
8:00 pm ET	Swartz  1' Toye  19' Mehl  71' Thomas  73' Moore  79' Hyacenth  83'	Report	Bowman  21'  42' Orr  44' Leong  71' Padilla  73'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,639 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

Indiana v USF

September 3 4	Indiana	3–0	USF	Bloomington, Indiana
7:05 pm ET	Gutman  14' Toye  25' Swartz  62' Hyacenth  81'	Report	Rodriguez  25'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 3,168 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Maryland v Indiana

September 8 5	Maryland	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Indiana	College Park, Maryland
7:00 pm ET	Williamson  16' Pines  70' Bergmann  76' Elney  95'	Report	Thomas  89'	Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 6,981 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Indiana v Michigan

September 13 6	Indiana	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Michigan	Bloomington, Indiana
7:30 pm ET	Gutman  12'	Report	Mertz  51' Samake  91' Cerda  103'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,831 Referee: Cesar Ibarra

Northwestern v Indiana

September 17 7	Northwestern	0–2	Indiana	Evanston, Illinois
3:30 pm ET	Buescher  43' Opperman  57' McLeod  71'	Report	Toye  10' Thomas  64'	Stadium: Martin Stadium Attendance: 1,130 Referee: Carmen Serbio

Indiana v Rutgers

September 22 8	Indiana	5–0	Rutgers	Bloomington, Indiana
7:30 pm ET	Thomas  32', 59' Mehl  43' Panchot  60' Warr  85'	Report	Guzman  45'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 2,084 Referee: Nikola Aleksic

Indiana v Notre Dame

September 26 9	Indiana	1–0	Notre Dame	Bloomington, Indiana
7:00 pm ET	Panchot  67'	Report		Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 4,654 Referee: Peter Dhima

Indiana v Santa Clara

September 30 10	Indiana	5–0	Santa Clara	Bloomington, Indiana
7:30 pm ET	Gutjahr  20' Lillard  32' Toye  36' Gutman  41' Thomas  41' Dorsey  65'	Report	Smith  44'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 2,668 Referee: Calin Radosav

Indiana v Evansville

October 3 11	Indiana	4–0	Evansville	Bloomington, Indiana
7:30 pm ET	Toye  6', 68' Gutman  58' Warr  89'	Report	Shuck  71'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,883 Referee: Brandon Artis

Penn State v Indiana

October 7 12	Penn State	0–1	Indiana	University Park, Pennsylvania
7:00 pm ET	Curran  44'	Report	Glass  21' Thomas  90'	Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 1,138 Referee: Nick Balcer

Indiana v Kentucky

October 11 13	Indiana	2–0	Kentucky	Bloomington, Indiana
7:30 pm ET		Report		Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 2,166 Referee: Alex Beehler

Indiana v Ohio State

October 15 14	Indiana	2–0	Ohio State	Bloomington, Indiana
3:00 pm ET	Mehl  13' Gutman  68'Hyacenth  73'	Report	Bumpus  50' Hummel  50' Pedersen  74'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 2,087 Referee: Calin Radosav

Butler v Indiana

October 18 15	Butler	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Indiana	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 pm ET	Sutton  56'	Report	Hyacenth  90'	Stadium: Sellick Bowl Attendance: 6,105 Referee: Brandon Artis

Indiana v Wisconsin

October 21 16	Indiana	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Wisconsin	Bloomington, Indiana
7:50 pm ET	Barlow  77' Masbruch  109'	Report	Dorsey  2' Moore  94' Toye  109'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 2,643 Referee: Nick Balcer

Michigan State v Indiana

October 29 17	Michigan State	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Indiana	East Lansing, Michigan
3:05 pm ET	Sierakowski  61'	Report	Swartz  25' Toye  108'	Stadium: DeMartin Stadium Attendance: 1,793 Referee: Sorin Stoica

Big Ten Tournament

Indiana v Penn State

November 6 QF	Indiana	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Penn State	Bloomington, Indiana
12:00 pm ET	Thomas  97'	Report	Sigue  36' Hackenberg  72' Beckford  81'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

Indiana v Ohio State

November 10 SF	Indiana	4–0	Ohio State	Westfield, Indiana
2:30 pm ET	Thomas  17' Gutman  47' Moore  62' Panchot  71'	Report	Blackwell  45' Robertson  53'	Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 1,609

Indiana v Wisconsin

November 12 F	Indiana	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Wisconsin	Westfield, Indiana
12:00 pm ET	Toye  76'	Report	Mueller  107'	Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 1,029
	Penalties
	Moore Swartz Toye Panchot		Schlenker Barlow Schilling Segbers

NCAA Tournament

Indiana v Old Dominion

November 19 R2	Indiana	3–0	Old Dominion	Bloomington, Indiana
1:00 pm ET	Lillard  36' Toye  49' Panchot  63'	Report	Klosterhalfen  49' Slotemaker  65' Rojas-Goodbold  84'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 908 Referee: Aaron Hernandez

Indiana v New Hampshire

November 25 R3	Indiana	2–1	New Hampshire	Bloomington, Indiana
7:00 pm ET	Thomas  10' Toye  29' Moore  65'	Report	Sahlen  65' Gould  77'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,487

Indiana v Michigan State

December 1 QF	Indiana	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Michigan State	Bloomington, Indiana
7:00 pm ET	Gutman  27' Mehl  52' Swartz  60'	Report	Sierakowski  2'  72' Freitag  30' Barone  60' Centala  86'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 5,450
	Penalties
	Moore Buckmaster Panchot Toye		Sierakowski Krolicki Centala Jones Barone

Indiana v North Carolina

December 8 SF	Indiana	1–0	North Carolina	Chester, Pennsylvania
8:50 p.m. EST	Gutman  50'	Report	Pineda  85'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 4,948 Referee: Chris Penso

Indiana v Stanford

December 10 F	Indiana	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Stanford	Chester, Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m. EST		Report	Skundrich  89' Werner  103'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 5,764 Referee: Chico Grajeda

Rankings

National rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
United Soccer [11]	7	7	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	None Released				2
TopDrawer Soccer [12]	5	5	5	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	6	8	7	5	3	2
CollegeSoccerNews.com [13]	8	8	6	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	None Released				2

Regional rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
USC Midwest Region	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Statistics

Competitions table

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Big Ten regular season	—	2nd	September 8	October 29
Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament	Quarterfinals	Final	November 5	November 12
NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament	Second round	Final	November 19	December 10

Updated to match played December 24, 2017
Source: Competitions

Appearances and goals

As of December 11, 2017[14]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		B1G Tournament		NCAA Tournament
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
0	GK		Sean Caulfield	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
1	GK		Trey Muse	25	0	17+0	0	3+0	0	5+0	0
30	GK		Jacob Gruber	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	GK		Drew Nuelle	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Jordan Kleyn	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Jacob Meier	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		A.J. Palazzolo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Grant Lillard	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF		Andrew Gutman	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF		Rece Buckmaster	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF		Timmy Mehl	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF		Spencer Glass	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF		John Bannec	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Jack Griffith	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Trevor Swartz	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF		Justin Rennicks	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Cory Thomas	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	MF		Austin Panchot	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF		Francesco Moore	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Griffin Dorsey	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Jeremiah Gutjahr	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF		Joe Schmidt	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF		Isaac Friendt	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Kyle Barks	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
8	FW		Mason Toye	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Rashad Hyacenth	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW		Thomas Warr	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	FW		Ian Black	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW		Josh Lipe-Melton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

See also

• 2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
• 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

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