Sunday, Nov. 18
NCAA BRACKET
Highlights
Indiana 4, UConn 0
The UConn men's soccer team was blanked by No. 1 Indiana on Sunday afternoon, 4-0, at Jerry Yeagley Field – dropping its second round NCAA Tournament match and ending the 2018 season. The Huskies finish the year with an overall record of 12-6-2.
UConn was unable to get the offense flowing, as they were outshot, 22-3, in the contest against the second-seeded Hoosiers. Freshman goalkeeper Gianluca Catalano made five saves in the losing effort.
After registering 6 corner kicks through the opening 15 minutes, Indiana broke a scoreless tie at 16:07, as Andrew Gutman headed home the team's seventh corner kick (at that point) to give the Hoosiers a 1-0 lead.
Indiana increased its lead to two goals after Rece Buckmaster beat Catalano and netted a goal four yards out from the near right side. The Hoosiers would take the 2-0 lead into the halftime break, holding a 13-1 shot advantage.
Timmy Mehl (58th) converted on a deflected header off a corner kick and Spencer Glass (60th) tallied on a shot from the left side into the near post – extending Indiana's advantage to 4-0 and putting the game out of the Huskies' grasp.
Physicality was evident as the teams went head-to-head over the course of the match, resulting in 20 fouls.
UConn managed just three shot attempts in 90 minutes of play against the Hoosiers' pressing attack. – two of which sailed high of the goal post and the third saved by the Indiana keeper.
Lipscomb 1, UCF 0
The 2018 season came to a close on Sunday night for the UCF men’s soccer team. The No. 9 Knights (13-3-3) fell in overtime 1-0 to Lipscomb in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Knights enjoyed the lion’s share of chances during the match, outshooting the Bisons 19-8 for the match. Cal Jennings led the way for all players with six strikes. Richard Amon came on for 79 minutes and tallied five shots, three of which were on goal.
Jennings, Zachary Waitman, Yoni Sorokin, Yanis Leerman and Andres Hernandez Betancur went the distance of 142 minutes.
In back, Yannik Oettl kept command of the defense. The German international was called into action just one in each of the first and second halves. Oettl turned away three shots in the overtime period, including a quick, double-save less than a minute before Lipscomb’s game winner.
The Knights found the woodwork four times in the opening 45 minutes. Cal Jennings saw his opening effort from the top of the box carom off the bar in the third minute. He later had a close header skip off the cross bar again.
UCF recorded 12 of its 19 shots in the first half, forcing Lipscomb netminder Chris Zappia into five saves.
The 13 victories for the Knights this season were the most since 1998 and is tied for second most in a season in program history.