SOUTH BEND, Ind. –  Goals from senior Andy Adlard and freshman Nikita Kotlov put the 22nd-ranked Indiana men’s soccer team back on the winning track with a 2-0 win over No. 22 Drake on the final day of the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament in South Bend, Ind. Indiana improves to 2-2 on the year, while Drake falls to 1-3.

    “When you look at today it was a good result,” said head coach Todd Yeagley. “We have been working to get some shutouts and in this game and on Friday Luis (Soffner) played well and it was nice to get rewarded for that. We had quality chances but we need to better in the final third and our players know that.”

    Indiana comes home with its first shutout of the year, with goalkeeper Luis Soffner tallying a save in 90 minutes of action. Soffner and junior forward Will Bruin were named to the all-tournament team for their efforts.

    “We knew that Drake was going to be good on set pieces,” Soffner said. “Those were really the only chances they had. The had two or three good crosses in the box that we were a little hesitant on but luckily we cleared them out well enough. Otherwise the defense was really solid today.”

    Indiana took 31 shots to the Bulldogs’ nine with eight of those shots on frame. Bruin was the top shot taker with seven attempts, while Harrison Petts and Alec Purdie had five each. Purdie was causing all kinds of problems for Drake on the left wing, getting the ball into the mix on several occasions.

    Indiana’s first-half score came off a penalty kick from Adlard, his second of the season. The play was set up when Harrison Petts played a ball into Bruin, who was taken down in the box, and Adlard sent his shot past Drake goalkeeper Jordan Kadlec into the lower left at 33:58.

    The second goal came off the foot of Nikita Kotlov for his first IU goal at 69:27. The play began with a Drake turnover at midfield that found its way to Bruin. The junior held the ball as Kotlov made his run and hit the freshman as he was still onside. Facing Kadlec 1-on-1, Kotlov calmly slotted the ball home into the lower left to make it 2-0 for the Hoosiers.

    That opened the game for Indiana as over the next two minutes Bruin would break open for a chip that landed on the roof of the net, and Jacob Bushue found himself open in the six-yard box but was blocked by Kadlec. With 12:50 to play in the second half a 25-yard free kick from Adlard clanged off the crossbar and out of harms way.

    Indiana’s first dangerous attempt came seven minutes into the match when Kotlov had an on-frame look that was saved by Jordan Kadlec. Less than a minute later Harrison Petts found Alec Purdie streaking up the right and his service into the box found Bruin but his diving header was high.

    A foul five yards out from the top of the box led to an on-goal free kick from Adlard in the 22nd minute but Kadlec was ready, punching out the ball for the save. A minute later Bruin had another open look, resulting in another save for Kadlec.

    The Hoosiers were unlucky in the 25th minute when a half volley shot from Petts went off the crossbar and bounced off Kadlec, setting up the fourth corner kick of the half. Adlard’s corner found Kotlov, but the freshman’s header tracked wide left.

    With the Hoosiers up 1-0 late in the first half, freshman Blake Wise had a left-footed shot that just got away from him, sailing high.

    The Hoosiers were living on the edge several times in the first half but were lucky as Drake just missed the final pass or was minimally off target on several shots.

    A lingering injury kept senior Daniel Kelly on the sideline, and freshman Matt McKain made his first ever appearance for the Hoosiers, taking Kelly’s starting spot at right back. Chris Estridge moved back over to the left back slot, and Bushue earned his first career start at defensive midfielder.

    The Hoosiers continue their road swing next weekend as they travel to the East Coast to take on Brown and Massachusetts. IU and Brown meet on Friday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. in Providence, R.I., while the trip wraps up at UMass in Amherst, Mass., on Sept. 19 at 1 p.m.