Sept. 15, 2007

St. Louis - Kyle Patterson took advantage of an Indiana miscue to give Saint Louis a 2-1 victory over the Hoosiers to close out the Saint Louis/Nike Soccer Classic Saturday evening at Robert R. Hermann Stadium. The victory handed the Billikens a share of the tournament title with Creighton. Josh Aranda was named co-MVP of the tournament, while Patterson, Calum Angus and Ross Kaufman were SLU's selections onto the All-Tournament squad.

"To get a win over a top 10 team like Indiana is a great result," Billiken head coach Kyle Patterson was overpowering tonight. Indiana had possession, but he took the ball away and scored. I'm very happy and pleased with how we played."

In the 26th minute, the Hoosiers struck first when Brad Ring took advantage of a SLU defensive miscue. He collected the ball from 20-yards out and launched a low drive into the left side of the Billiken net to put IU up 1-0 early.

Kyle Hayes had a chance to equalize when Brandon Barklage flighted a long ball into the IU box. Hayes ran onto the ball and pushed it forward, but IU keeper Chay Cain covered up the ball to keep the Hoosiers in the lead.

With three minutes left in the half, Brian Grazier scored his first career goal when he tapped in a ball after a cross from Hamzagic for the equalizer.

In the 60th minute, it was the Billikens turn to take advantage of a defensive miscue. Indiana turned the ball over deep in their own defensive end, then Kyle Patterson sprinted into the box and pounded home the shot to boost the Billikens to a 2-1 lead.

The Hoosiers nearly tied the game midway through the second half when Kevin Noschang's long shot from the left side rang off the right SLU goal post and trickled away. IU continued to push forward in an attempt to tie the game, but the Billiken defense kept the Hoosiers off the scoreboard. Kaufman made five saves to pick up his second win of the season.

Dado Hamzagic had the first good scoring chance 17 minutes into the game when he took a ball down the right side and hit the post. Patterson then collected a pass from Hamzagic and launched a shot wide right of the Indiana goal. Hamzagic had another strong scoring opportunity, but Cain stretched to his right to make the save.

The Billikens improve to 2-1-2 on the season, while the Hoosiers suffer their second straight loss and drop to 3-2-1. The Billikens return to action on Sat., Sept. 22, when they travel to Peoria, Ill., to take on Bradley.

All-Tournament Team
Co-MVP Josh Aranda (SLU)
Co-MVP Tim Walters (CU)
Kyle Patterson (SLU)
Calum Angus (SLU)
Ross Kaufman (SLU)
Seth Sinovic (CU)
Chris Schuler (CU)
Jeff Thayer (CU)
Adam Sloustcher (LMU)
Nick Blanco (LMU)
Brad Ring (IU)
Greg Stevning (IU)