By Nick Jenkinson-SCINN Sports Director
The #2 Indiana Hoosiers celebrated Senior Night Friday Night with a 7-0 win over the Division III Hanover College Panthers Friday Night on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Hoosiers celebrated 12 senior student-athletes on the field prior to the match: Alex Barger, Wes Carnevale, EJ Dreher, Jacopo Fedrizzi, Alex Matthews, Breckin Minzey, Oliver Moller-Jensen, Clay Murador, Collins Oduro, Bennett Painter, Luke Reidell and Justin Shreffler as well as senior managers Aidan Grady and Ryan Wheeler. Eight of the 12 seniors started the match and most of the normal starters did not play as the Hoosiers get ready for a Road Trip to Rutgers next Friday Night at 7 PM.
Collins Oduro scored four goals as he scored at 13:02 Mark, 35:16 Mark and the 35:42 Mark and added one in the second half at the 81:38 Mark for his first four goals of the season. Oliver Moller-Jensen scored his 10th goal in 13 matches at the 14:47 and assisted on two goals. Indiana scored 1 minute and 37 seconds into the match as Bennett Painter scored his first goal of the season and Grant Paskus had the assist. Clay Murador scored at the 6:24 mark. Jacopo Fedrezzi recorded two assists, and Owen Sloan recorded a second half assist on Oduro’s fourth goal.
Indiana is 11-0-2 overall and 4-0-1 in the Big Ten and these two teams met for the first time in 2025, an Indiana 8-0 victory. Hanover is 4-4-4 overall as the Panthers rank tied for second in the Heartland Conference table with seven points from a 2-0-1 league record. • Matt Wilkerson leads Hanover in his 15th season and carries a 150-83-41 mark during his time with the program. Three Panthers have scored multiple goals this season: John Azzara (four goals), Andrew Pavlisko and Kunal Chawla (three goals apiece). Hanover has two Bloomington natives on the team with Sophomore Forward Mateo Soto who played 40 minutes and Freshman Joe Luther who played 60 Minutes are both Bloomington South Graduates. Hanover’s Cole Huff had the only shot on goal for the Panthers in the Second Half.
Indiana recorded 27 shots with 15 shots on goal. The Hoosier Goalkeepers Ryan Hunsucker and AJ Piela did not record a save and combined for a shutout as Starting Goalkeeper Michal Mroz did not play. Hanover Goalkeeper Dugan Webster made 5 saves in the first half and Patrick Shoellig made four in the second half. Both teams committed 3 fouls a piece. Indiana had 14 corner kicks and called offsides six times and Hanover was called for offsides once.
This is to celebrate the Seniors as Indiana’s 2026 class has compiled 49 victories, three Big Ten Championships and has led the team to an unbeaten start to this 2026 season. The Hoosiers have been perfect at home this season, boasting a 10-0-0 record at Bill Armstrong Stadium and outscoring visitors 28-5. With a season attendance of 31,225 as 3,202 attended Friday’s Match to add to the total. Indiana has eclipsed 30,000 fans in a single season for the fourth consecutive year and the fifth time since 2013 (the first year that the NCAA published men’s soccer attendance).