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SEMIFINALS: No. 4 Penn State vs. No. 1 Indiana
Friday, November 3 * 5:00 p.m.
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium * Columbus, Ohio
FINAL: INDIANA 1, PENN STATE O
84th minute: Penn State??s best scoring chance of the half. Jeff Chambers served a pass off a free kick from the right wing. David Gray headed the ball high in the air on target but his shot was stopped by the IU keeper.
80th minute: Penn State freshman midfielder Alex Wentzel is down with an injury. He walked off under his own power.
75th minute: The game has slowed down significantly since the IU goal. Most of the action is taking place in the midfield.
65th minute: IU??s Yeagle centered pass to a wide open Lee Hagedorn but his shot from 18 yards out went high.
55th minute: INDIANA 1, PENN STATE 0. Darren Yeagle scored from 20 yards out. Assist to Brian Ackley.
48th minute: Omekanda centered a pass to Martini but he could not possess the ball and IU cleared.
NOTES: Halftime stats ?C Shots: Penn State 9, Indiana 8; Shots on goal: Penn State 3, Indiana 1; Fouls: Penn State 8, Indiana 8; Corner kicks: Indiana 4, Penn State 0
HALFTIME: PENN STATE 0, INDIANA 0. This has been a typical Penn State-Indiana game thus far. Very physical. Hard fought. Low scoring.
43rd minute: Badaracco was in the clear from 25 yards out. He took a shot but it was high and wide
40th minute: Chambers with another chance. Shot a knuckleball wide of the net after getting a pass from Andy Machi.
37th minute: Off a free kick, Chambers lobbed a shot over the defense but IU goalkeeper caught it.
34th minute: Yeagle had breakaway on right wing but Geordie MacNeill made a great defensive play, slowing him down, stealing the ball, then drawing a foul.
30th minute: Yellow card on Markku Vittanen.
29th minute: Omekanda headed ball high in front of the goal. IU goalkeeper snagged the ball out of the air.
27th minute: Omekanda took shot from right wing from 20 yards out. The ball skipped right to IU goalkeeper. Penn State is upping the offensive pressure.
25th minute: Omekanda stole the ball in the IU zone and centered a pass but no one was home for Penn State.
24th minute: Laser shot from Yeagle from 12 yards out saved by Taylor.
23rd minute: Give and go between Martini and Jeff Chambers resulted in a high shot from 20 yards out.
21st minute: IU??s Yeagle took the ball to the corner and got off a shot that Taylor deflected. Hoosier Josh Tudela got the rebound, shot it, but it was blocked by the Penn State defense.
19th minute: Martini with another shot. This time off a free kick. His shot made it through the defense but was corralled by IU GK Chay Cain.
16 minute: IU??s Darren Yeagle chased down a ball on the back line, shot it but it was a bad angle and Taylor easily caught it.
6th minute: Daniel Martini had a chance for Penn State but his bounding shot was cut off by an Indiana defender, never making it on goal.
NOTES: Penn State is 9-23-3 all-time versus Indiana, but has won the last three meetings. The Lions are 1-3-1 in Friday night games this season.
INDIANA STARTERS: Cain, Sarkodie, Ring, Hayden, Jo. Tudela, Mellencamp, Yeagle, Ackley, Traylor, Robson, Stevning
NOTE: This is Penn State??s 19th different starting line-up through 20 games this season.
PENN STATE STARTERS: Taylor, Renfrow, MacNeill, Reihner, Martini, Chambers, Costigliola, Viitanen, Gray, Omekanda, Badaracco.
WEATHER: Clear, cold, windy. Temperature: 39. Feels like: 32