No. 2 Pitt Set for College Cup Semifinal vs. No. 3 Indiana

CARY, N.C. – The No. 2 seed Pitt men's soccer team is set to face No. 3 seed Indiana in the NCAA College Cup Semifinal Friday at 8:30 p.m. at Sahlen's Soccer Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park. Live coverage can be found on ESPNU.

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG

The match begins at 8:30 p.m. EST with live coverage on ESPNU.
Live stats can be found here.

THE SERIES – INDIANA

Pitt faces Indiana for the second time in program history and second time in as many seasons, last facing the Hoosiers Aug. 30, 2019.
Indiana won the lone contest of the series by score of 3-2 in double overtime in the Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic in Bloomington.
Head Coach Jay Vidovich is 1-2-0 all-time against the Hoosiers.

SCOUTING THE HOOSIERS

Indiana enters the College Cup 11-1-2 overall and finished the regular season 7-1 in BIG Ten play. The Hoosiers won the BIG Ten Championship with a 1-1 tie (3-2 PKs) over No. 14 Penn State.
The Hoosiers enter the match with a stout defense that has limited its oppositon to five goals this season. As a team, Indiana is third in the country in goal differential (25), first in save percentage (.909), second in team goals against average (.343) and fourth in shutout percentage (.643).
The Hoosiers has totaled 88 points this season, good for 11th in the country. Their 6.29 points per game rank 15th, while the scoring offense is 14th in the country (2.14).
Sophomore Victor Bezerra leads the Indiana offense with 12 goals and four assists on the season. Bezerra was named a MAC Hermann Trophy Finalist, as well as a All-Region First Team recipient and a First Team All-American. Bezerra has one goal and one assist in the NCAA Tournament.
Sophomore Roman Celentano is 10th in the nation with 50 total saves. Celentano leads the country with a .909 save percentage and has limited the opposition to five goals on the year.

PITT ADVANCES TO COLLEGE CUP WITH 3-0 WIN OVER NO. 7 WASHINGTON

The Pitt Panthers advanced to their first NCAA College Cup with a 3-0 shutout victory over No. 7 seed Washington Monday, May 10.
Sophomore Valentin Noel scored the first goal in the 52nd minute - his 14th of the year - and freshman Bertin Jacquesson and sophomore Veljko Petkovic added goals with less than five minutes to play to clinch the victory.
Graduate student Jasper Löeffelsend had an assist, his second of the NCAA Tournament and nation leading ninth of the year.
Graduate student goalkeeper Nico Campuzano tallied four saves for his sixth shutout of the season.

PANTHERS SET PROGRAM RECORD WITH MULTIPLE ACCOLADES

The Panthers earned a plethora of awards this past week, including five All-Region honors and two All-American recipients.
Sophomore Valentin Noel and graduate student Jasper Löeffelsend each earned All-American honors, with Noel claiming First Team and Löeffelsend Second Team.
The duo become the first Panthers in program history to be named All-Americans.
Five players were named United Soccer Coaches South All-Region recipients, as Noel, Löeffelsend and graduate student Nico Campuzano received First Team, sophomore Veljko Petkovic Second Team and junior Jackson Walti Third Team.
The five Panthers on All-Region is the most of any season in school history. Pitt had a total of seven players since 1983 earn an All-Region spot.

NOEL NAMED MAC HERMANN TROPHY FINALIST

Sophomore Valentin Noel was recognized by the United Soccer Coaches and Missouri Athletic Club Wednesday as a finalist for college men's soccer's most prestigious award, the MAC Hermann Trophy.
Noel joins Oregon State's Gloire Amanda and Indiana's Victor Bezarra as finalists.
The award is the most coveted individual honor in NCAA Division I men's soccer and has been awarded annually since 1967.

PETKOVIC NAMED TOPDRAWERSOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Sophomore Veljko Petkovic was named TopDrawerSoccer Player of the Week for his performance against UCF and Washington.
Petkovic scored three goals for the week, including a goal 23 seconds in to the UCF match, a school record for fastest goal scored to start a match.
Petkovic joins freshman Bertin Jacquesson to win TDS Player of the Week.