Oct. 20, 1999

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The University of Kentucky dropped a hard-fought decision totop-rankedIndiana on Wednesday, falling 4-2 to the Hoosiers in Bloomington.

Despite playing in the attacking half for the majority of the match,IU?s counterattack and set plays were too much for the Cats.Indiana?s potent counterattack put the Hoosiers up 2-0 early in the first halfbefore UK?s Jason Bell found the nets in the 40th minute to close themargin to2-1 at the break.

After IU scored early in the second to push the score to 3-1, the Catsappeared to close the margin once again, but a Kentucky goal was disallowed byreferee Ricardo Salazar.

Kentucky?s Lee Baker netted a penalty kick in the 72nd minute to pullthe Cats within one at 3-2, but IU struck back just minutes later to ice theHoosier win.

The two goals scored by UK are the most IU has allowed in any match in1999 and just the seventh and eighth goals they have surrendered on theseason.

?We?re certainly disappointed,? UK Coach Ian Collins said. ?Ithought weplayed well enough to win, but IU?s counterattack was deadly.?

UK returns to the pitch on Sunday, when the Cats host Louisville attheUK Soccer Complex.

                    1       2       FKentucky        1       1       2Indiana         2       2       4

Goals: IU Matt Funderburger (Yuri Lavrinenko) 1:18, Funderburger (AlekseyKorol Ryan Mack) 33:18, Pat Noonan (Lavrinenko) 48:08, Funderburger(Lavrinenko) 83:15, UK Jason Bell (unassisted) 39:26, Lee Baker (unassisted)71:04