AKRON, Ohio - The Indiana University men's soccer team saw its 2010 season come to an end with a 2-1 loss to No. 3 seed Akron Sunday evening in an NCAA Tournament third round game at Lee Jackson Field in Akron, Ohio.

The Hoosiers finish the season at 10-8-2. Akron improves to 20-1-1 and will face California in the quarterfinal round.

"First of all, I am very proud of our seniors," said head coach Todd Yeagley. "They did a lot for our program and played a big role in our success this year.

"Akron is a good team. Tonight I thought we performed well for parts of the game but we got a little off track with those two goals in succession. Once we got back on track the goal came and I thought the momentum was there. I thought it showed our character and resilient nature to come back from down 2-0 against a good team.

"That was just a good tournament game with two good teams going at it."

The first half was a defensive battle with neither team finding the back of the net. Indiana's best chance came in the 40th minute when junior Alec Purdie sent a shot off the right post on a give-and-go with junior Will Bruin. Earlier in the half Bruin sent a shot high on a back heel pass from freshman Nikita Kotlov.

Sophomore goalkeeper Luis Soffner had a solid half between the pipes, registering two saves while controlling his goal area. Soffner picked off all three Akron corner kicks in the air, as well as a free kick from Michael Nanchoff.

Akron had the better of possession for most of the first half, holding a 6-3 advantage in shots, but the Hoosiers found their offensive footing in the final minutes of play and went into the lockerroom on a high note.

Indiana's first corner kick of the match came at 50:20 with Akron goalkeeper David Meves punching out senior Andy Adlard's kick. The ball bounced out to senior Cameron Jordan who sent his shot wide left.

The Zips took a 1-0 lead at 52:57 with Nanchoff's ninth goal of the season on a shot to the far post from seven yards out. The Hoosiers barely had time to collect themselves after the score when Akron put home the game-winner on an Indiana miscue. A bad clearance in the back put the ball at the feet of Akron's Darren Mattocks at the top of the 18-yard box, who took on Soffner 1v1 before taking a shot from six yards out.

"When you are a back or goalkeeper, that one bad play can be the one everyone remembers," Yeagley said. "They forget all the good you did leading up to that."

Indiana never gave up the fight and with 8:04 to play took a goal back off the foot of Adlard. Kotlov played the ball on a deflection to Adlard, who took his open shot from 12 yards out to put the Hoosiers right back in it. The Hoosiers applied offensive pressure for the final eight minutes but could not come away with the equalizer.

"We had moments when we were controlling the game, and others where we had to get back and recover," Adlard said. "If we had weathered the storm better, it might have been a different game.

Bruin was limited to just two shots but played 88 of the 90 minutes despite suffering a severe ankle injury during practice on Wednesday. Daily treatments from trainer Joe Lueken got the junior back into playing shape in time for the match.

"It didn't really effect me," Bruin said. "I tried my best to get over the mental aspect of it, going in hard on tackles and stuff like that. But I should have been more aggressive.