Excitement surrounded the MSU men’s soccer team on Friday as they defeated defending national champion Indiana 3-2 in double overtime.
Junior Tim Kreutz scored the game-winning goal and is this week’s Big Ten offensive player of the week.
Men's soccer readies for No. 1 Notre Dame
Now, with No. 1 Notre Dame on the schedule for this afternoon, the team hopes to inch themselves closer to the NCAA tournament.
Damon Rensing, the men’s head coach, hopes to use the momentum from the Indiana win as they face off against the Fighting Irish.
“We have some confidence and we should be confident because of how we played against Indiana,” Rensing said. “But when you look back on the body of work, we’re in a pretty good place.”
College Soccer News and Top Drawer have ranked Notre Dame No. 1 and No. 2 in the country, respectively. Rensing thinks they are the most complete team the Spartans will play this season.
He said his team will have to put their best foot forward on Tuesday.
“We’re just going to have to be good in all our positions,” Rensing said. “And if we continue to play and defend, we’ll create chances, and we’ll have to capitalize on a couple of them.”
The game will kick off at 3 p.m. at DeMartin Stadium.
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