INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's soccer team dropped its final non-conference match of the 2025 campaign on Tuesday night (Oct. 14) as the Jaguars fell at home to Bellarmine, 1-0. The Jaguars conceded a restart goal in the game's 13th minute to account for the game's only tally. 

Head coach Sid van Druenen's team finished with a 9-5 margin in corner kicks and 13-11 shot advantage, but steered just three attempts on target against the Knights (7-3-2). Alex Halevy netted the game-winner with a bullet into the upper-left corner of the net from 20 yards out for his first score of the season. 

"I think the boys dug deep. I think they tried. I think we were able to rotate a little bit more and rest some guys and focus a little bit more on the (Horizon League) game this week," van Druenen said. "The effort, like always, has been great. The work rate is good. The intention is correct - they try to do the right thing and then we get to final third and we have been struggling and today was not any different. I told the guys, all we can do is put our head down, continue to work hard and eventually it'll come."

The Jaguars (4-6-3) were forced to chase the game after the Knights struck early. However, the IU Indy attack was held to just one shot in the opening 35 minutes before applying some pressure late in the first half. Sophomore Tyson Aschliman redirected a dangerous header in the 39th minute, but had it knocked down by a defender. Jose Antonio Herrera had a similar flick go off target in the 42nd minute and Aschliman fired again off target in the final minute of the first half.

The IU Indy attack was the aggressor to start the second half with Youri Keijser missing just over the bar in the 47th minute and Nikolai Zapolskikh misfired in the 49th minute. Junior Gijs Velings just missed from distance in the 59th minute as the Jaguars began racking up attempts. 

The Jaguars didn't put a shot on frame until the 70th minute when Herrera had an attempts stopped by Bellarmine keeper Peter Van Euwen for his first of three saves. 

Bellarmine's Tate McCrery nearly ended any suspense in the 85th minute when he rocketed a shot off the right post and rebound nearly snuck inside the opposite bar before rolling out of bounds. 

The game ended as freshman Marcus Danh-Khoa Nguyen had a shot on goal as the final seconds ticked away. 

Quentin Flowers and Herrera had a team-high three shots apiece while Finnegan made three saves in net. Flowers, making just his second start of the season, played a team-high 81 minutes in the defensive third. 

The Jaguars return to action on Saturday (Oct. 18) when they trek to Northern Kentucky for a 4:00 p.m. kickoff on ESPN+.