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Bookend Beast – Celentano Delivers the ‘Wow’

IUHoosiers.com

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – It was inevitable. Roman Celentano had too much ability, too much potential, too many intangibles, to remain an Indiana soccer sideline fixture.

More and more, youthful talent tops experience.

It showed in IU's NCAA tourney-opening win against St. Francis Brooklyn, a 3-1 PK shootout thriller Sunday night Celentano dominated. It could show in Thursday night's Sweet Sixteen matchup with Marquette (8-2-2).

It's the sixth-straight season the third-seeded Hoosiers (9-1-2) have reached the Sweet Sixteen round.

Add a dominant scorer in Victor Bezerra (he scored IU's only regulation goal against St.