With a trip to go to the Big Ten tournament championship game on the line, No. 4 seed Maryland men’s soccer couldn’t afford to fall behind the Big Ten’s best in No. 1 seed Indiana. However, in the opening minutes of the second half, the Hoosiers finally broke through the Terps’ backline.
Sophomore forward Herbert Endeley of Indiana laid the ball off to junior defender Nyk Sessock on the far side of the field in Maryland’s defensive third, who then lofted a beautifully curved cross into the Maryland’s box. The ball sailed through the air and found the feet of Indiana’s leading goal scorer, sophomore forward Victor Bezerra, who muscled home a right footed volley that went top-shelf past freshman goalkeeper Jamie Lowell to give Indiana a 1-0 lead in the semifinals of the tournament.