INDIANAPOLIS - The UIndy men's soccer team won a thrilling 3-2 game on Senior Day against the Truman State Bulldogs.
The win marks head coach Gabe Hall's 50th win at UIndy as a head coach.
Early on the offense challenged the Bulldogs, but saw a response soon after from the visitors. The two teams traded offensive chances through the first 20 minutes before Truman scored the opening goal off of a penalty kick in the 26th minute.
Truman then followed up that goal with another just five minutes later, putting UIndy in their biggest first half deficit of the season and scoring the most goals against UIndy in a game all of October.
After the goal the duo of Tobias Herrera V and Brendan French came into the game and proved to be major difference makers as the game progressed
Almost immediately after halftime those two combined with Shayne Abrams to create a beautiful tapestry of passes for French to then score off of to bring the Greyhounds within one in the 50th minute.
The Hounds continued to rally, pressuring the Bulldog backline before Rick Lammerts came up with a save to keep the score at 2-1. Immediately after the Lammerts save Brendan French then earned an assist, setting up Alexander Veridiano for the equalizer.
Again, the Bulldogs attempted to race back down the field, but Lammerts found another timely save and the offense reset once more. Then the Greyhounds found their third goal in 11 minutes and nine seconds of in-game action with a precisely placed shot by Brendan French off a Sam Siegel assist gave the Greyhounds the lead.
Their three goals in 11 minutes and nine seconds is the fewest time between three goals since they scored three goals in seven minutes and 18 seconds in their 4-2 win over Upper Iowa on September 19th last season.
After the third UIndy goal it became a battle for possession over the final 20 minutes of the game where each team traded possession while UIndy looked to find their fourth goal of the game and the Bulldogs yearned for their own equalizer.Â
A number of stoppages for fouls, corner kicks and goal kicks cycled in during those final 20 minutes, but the Greyhounds continued to bend, but not break, to win the game 3-2.
The last time the Greyhounds came back to win a game after going down by two points at half was in the opening round of the Midwest Regional when they scored three goals in the second half to beat the McKendree Bearcats 4-3 and make the second round of the regional.
The Greyhounds will return to action when they host the opening round of the GLVC tournament on Sunday, Nov. 1. More information about the matchup will be released in the coming week.
