Saint Louis Men's Soccer // Match Information
Match No. 21	Saint Louis (11-2-7) at Indiana (12-5-1)
Date // Time	Sunday, Nov. 23 // 11 a.m. (CT)
Location	Bloomington, Ind. (Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium)
NCAA Championship	Interactive Bracket
Tickets	Purchase Now
Stream	ESPN+
Live Stats	NCAA.com
Series History	Indiana leads 25-18-5

ABOUT THE MATCH

-- Two of the most storied programs in college soccer will meet Sunday as Saint Louis and Indiana match up in the second round of the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship. Game time at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, Ind., is 11 a.m. (CT).

-- Saint Louis, which is making its NCAA-record 52nd appearance in the national tournament, owns the most national titles with 10. Indiana, making its 39th straight NCAA appearance, is second with eight national crowns.

-- Saint Louis advanced to the second round with a thrilling 2-1 double-overtime victory over Kentucky in Thursday's first round. Indiana had a first-round bye by way of earning a No. 6 national seed.

-- The winner of Sunday's match advances to face either Seton Hall or No. 11 seed Bryant next weekend. Seton Hall and Bryant play later in the day on Sunday in a 5 p.m. (CT) kickoff. 

WATCH PARTY AT BALLPARK VILLAGE

-- FanDuel Sports Network Live inside Ballpark Village will host an official Watch Party of Sunday's match. Fans who reserve a table at this link can receive discounted food and drinks. 

THE BILLIKENS-HOOSIERS SERIES

-- Indiana leads 25-18-5 in a series dating to 1959. 

-- Earlier this season, Indiana defeated the Bills 1-0 on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium on a seventh-minute goal by Collins Oduro. Last year, the Billikens defeated Indiana 2-0 at Hermann Stadium, ending the Hoosiers' seven-game winning streak in the series. 

-- The last SLU win against the Hoosiers in Bloomington was a 1-0 overtime winner on Sept. 5, 1999. SLU senior Jeff DiMaria scored the game-winning goal in that game. Jeff's son, Jack, is a freshman on this year's Billiken team.

-- This will be the sixth time the Billikens and Hoosiers will meet in NCAA Tournament action. IU owns a 5-0 lead in NCAA games. Most recently, the teams met in the second round in the 2022 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship, with the Hoosiers prevailing 1-0 on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. In fact, all NCAA Tournament games against the two teams have been in Bloomington.

LAST TIME OUT

-- Jack DiMaria scored the 86th minute equalizer, then the golden goal in double overtime to vault the Billikens to a thrilling 2-1 victory over Kentucky Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship at Hermann Stadium.

-- The goals for DiMaria were the first of his career. With the Bills trailing 1-0 late, he sent a long shot in at the 85:56 mark that the Kentucky keeper couldn't corral to make it 1-1 SLU.

-- Neither team scored in the first 10-minute overtime session before DiMaria ended it nearly four minutes into the second OT. Carlos Leatherman did much of the work on the right flank. He sent a ball across the face and DiMaria was there to tap it in and send the crowd of 1,000+ at Hermann Stadium into a frenzy.

-- The Billikens played from behind as Kentucky scored early in the match. 

ABOUT THE BILLIKENS

-- Saint Louis (11-2-7 overall) is unbeaten in its last 11 matches. Its last loss was a 3-0 defeat at Akron two months ago on Sept. 23. 

-- The Bills were the A-10 regular season and tournament champions. They went 5-0-3 in the A-10 regular season. SLU captured the A-10 tournament title in thrilling fashion in PKs against Dayton at Hermann Stadium to earn the A-10's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

-- Freshman Theo Franca leads the Billikens with five goals, three of them game-winners. He scored the second-half equalizer against Dayton in the A-10 final that helped SLU capture the A-10 crown. Sophomore Andrew Heckenlaible (2G, 3A) and senior Abdoul Karim Pare (3G, 1A) have seven points apiece.

-- Senior Jeremi Abonnel, a first-team All-Conference selection and the A-10 Goalkeeper of the Year, has played every minute in goal and is tied for fourth in the country with 10 shutouts. He has registered 23 career shutouts in just 51 games played. Abonnel is 11th in the NCAA in goals against average (0.64) and 22nd in save percentage (.800).

-- Drake Fournier, Abdoul Karim Pare, Quinten Blair and Carlos Leatherman all earned a spot on the A-10's second team All-Conference squad. The Billikens placed a league-high three players on the All-Rookie team – Jack DiMaria, Theo Franca and Nick Schramm.

-- SLU head coach Kevin Kalish, the A-10 Coach of the Year, is in his eighth season at Saint Louis (80-33-34) and 14th season overall (129-79-48). This is the fourth NCAA Tournament for Kalish as a head coach. In 2021, he led the Billikens to the NCAA quarterfinals.

QUICKLY ON THE HOOSIERS

-- Indiana is 12-5-1 overall and finished 5-5-0 in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers haven't played since Nov. 7, a 5-0 home victory over Rutgers.

-- Indiana ranks No. 2 in the country in scoring with 46 goals in the regular season. The attack is directed by Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Palmer Ault, who leads the NCAA with 42 points from 16 goals and 10 assists. Ault is the first NCAA DI player since 2017 to eclipse 15 goals and 10 assists in the same season.

CHECKING IN ON HISTORY

-- This is the 67th season Billiken men's soccer. SLU's all-time record is 852-284-138.

-- Saint Louis has won 10 national championships, an NCAA record. The Billikens' 10 national titles came in the first 15 seasons in their history. The Bills won the first NCAA crown in 1959 and won its 10th in 1973.

-- SLU has made 52 NCAA Tournament appearances, an NCAA record.