Like an Academy Award winning actor, the Penn State men's soccer team seems to have a flare for the dramatic.

They have shown an innate ability to rise to the level of the competition, but on the flip side, they have also played down to it.

Freshman Jason Yeisley scored both goals for the Nittany Lions, with the second coming on a golden goal in overtime, as Penn State upset No. 5 Indiana, 2-1, on the road Friday night, giving the Hoosiers their first loss of the season.

"They're used to winning every game, especially at home." Yeisley said. "It's probably one of the best feelings I've ever experienced."

Penn State (3-5-2, 1-0 Big Ten) was outplayed for the majority of the match, giving up 12 corner kicks and a penalty kick late in the second half.

But once again, sophomore goalkeeper Conrad Taylor and the Lions defense held the fort, while the offense finally came through from its end.

Center backs Markku Viitanen and Geordie MacNeill had their hands full with Indiana's duo of freshman sensation Lee Nguyen and veteran forward Jacob Peterson. And, as they have done all season, Viitanen and MacNeill held the two relatively silent. Nguyen and Peterson were held to a combined one shot on goal.

"Whenever you have a shaky defense, you're always worried if you don't score first, you lose," Penn State junior forward Simon Omekanda said. "It always gives you a lot of confidence to have a strong defense."

Omekanda played his best game of the season, recording four shots and one assist. Omekanda made Indiana defenders look stupid all game with tremendous ball handling abilities and lightning quick speed.

After Indiana took an early lead on another Penn State own goal, Omekanda danced around and through three Hoosiers before finding a wide-open Yeisley to knot the game up at 1-1. It was Yeisley's third goal of the season.

"It's difficult to go into Bloomington and get a [win]," Penn State men's soccer coach Barry Gorman said. "We felt that Simon and Jason were capable of beating their three backs."

Yeisley's goal forced the Hoosiers to tighten up their back line and the game was relatively uneventful until the waning minutes, when Indiana forward Kevin Noschang was taken down in the box and awarded a penalty kick.

Senior midfielder Brian Plotkin took the attempt for the Hoosiers. He aimed for the left side of the net and a diving Taylor tipped the ball off of the left post and it was cleared by Penn State.

The Taylor save ensured overtime, which marked the third time this season the Lions entered the extra period with one or less goals. But Yeisley quickly ended any thought of another draw.

After an Indiana turnover, senior midfielder David Walters found a streaking Yeisley on the right side of the pitch, who received the ball and drilled it behind Hoosier goalkeeper Chris Munroe.

"After that it was just jubilation," Omekanda said.

The goal was so forceful that it quieted 4,000 people at the same time.

"It just proves to us and to the rest of the nation that we don't have the best record out there, but we can play with anybody there is and beat them," Yeisley added.

The Lions will have little time to enjoy this win, as they have to get mentally prepared for tonight's battle against the undefeated and untied No. 4 Akron (9-0-0).

As good as Indiana (4-1-3, 0-1-1) is, the Zips might be that much better. Coming into tonight's game, they are averaging more goals per game (3.09) than they have given up in the entire season (3), including a 12-2 shellacking of Cleveland State. In its last game, Akron destroyed Ohio State at home, 3-0.

"[The Indiana win was] huge for us, it's gonna hopefully be a pivotal point in the season," Yeisley said.