THE FINAL WHISTLE
Final: Drury 0 – UIndy 2
Records: Drury 7-9-2 (7-6-2 GLVC) | UIndy 12-4-2 (10-3-2 GLVC)
Location: Key Stadium – Indianapolis, Ind.
 
INDIANAPOLIS – Post season play began for the University of Indianapolis men's soccer team on Sunday afternoon, as the Greyhounds began their GLVC Tournament Championship defense with a 2-0 win over Drury University in a quarterfinal showdown at Key Stadium.
 
The Hounds struck early in the first half and added an insurance marker late to notch their fifth straight win and move to the conference semifinals for the third consecutive year.

GAME CHANGER
UIndy got the critical first goal of the match in the 19^th minute when Zak Mitiche played a Casey Zimmerman cross off his chest and to his right foot before slamming the ball into the back of the net. It was Mitiche's fifth goal of the 2015 campaign and third game-winner of the year.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
With the Panthers pressing for the tying marker late, UIndy added an insurance goal in the 86^th minute when Jacob Meyer got in behind the Drury defense on a Mitiche free kick and headed home his 10^th goal of the year, giving him the most tallies in the GLVC.
 
The Greyhounds finished the game with a 16-12 advantage on the shot clock and an 8-2 edge in shots on goal. Mitiche led all players with 6 attempts and a trio of shots on target. Meyer finished with four shots while Brendon Widau and Connor Cowan had two shots each.
 
Christopher Jones made only two saves to earn his 11^th clean sheet of the year, his biggest coming in the 53^rd minute when he denied Drury's Julien Chevy on his bid for the equalizer.
 
Nicholas Helin made six stops at the other end for the Panthers, whose season came to an end with their defeat on Sunday.
 
COACHES' CORNER
Head coach John Higgins: "There's no way Drury is a seventh seed. They're a really good squad and they had a great game plan for us. Earlier in the year, we may have struggled against that kind of defensive formation, the difference now is that Zak (Mitiche) and Jake (Meyer) are absolutely dialed in up front. But they really brought it to us, especially right out of the half and our guys responded with a real character win today."
 
"It was important to get off to a quick start. We knew that Drury had trouble finding the back of the net coming into this match and to get that first one, we felt we had a real good chance to win. Zak made an unbelievable play on what didn't look like a quality chance and he turned it into a goal."
 
"It was the first time in a long time someone has come to our home field and got the better of us in terms of possession. It was a great performance by our guys in terms of battling. It was great for our guys to show that character to keep the quality chances to a minimum."

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UP NEXT
The second seeded Greyhounds will hit the road for the remainder of the GLVC Tournament, traveling to Kansas City, Mo. on Friday for a semifinal showdown against the third-seeded Hawks of Quincy University.
 
Quincy advanced with a 3-1 win over Bellarmine on Sunday, setting up a rematch of last year's GLVC Tournament championship match. The Hawks took down the Greyhounds in overtime back on Sept. 27 with a 3-2 overtime win at Key Stadium.
 
Start time for Friday night's game will be announced at a later date.