It took just two minutes of offense to give the Penn State men's soccer a 1-0 lead. It took 88 minutes of defense to hold it.

Under the lights of Jeffrey Field Friday evening, the Nittany Lions (6-8-2, 3-2 Big Ten) pulled off the Big Ten upset of the season, beating No. 9 Indiana, 1-0, in front of a national television audience.

On Senior Day, David Gray received a floating corner kick pass from fellow senior Jeff Chambers and headed the ball into the net.

Gray scored his second goal in the last two games off of corner kicks and described Chambers' delivery as almost perfect.

"He found me off the back post," Gray said. "I kind of just closed my eyes and hoped it went in. Fortunately enough, it did."

The goal, which came at the 1:59 mark, gave the Lions an early lead against the favored Hoosiers.

Goalie Conrad Taylor felt the goal was a perfect way to settle the nerves of the struggling Lions squad and made it easier for him in net.

"It was real important," Taylor said. "As soon as they got that it was a big load off, but there still was a lot of work to be done. It's still good to be up 1-0 in the first five minutes of the game. It gives you more margin for error and a lot more confidence."

The Hoosiers were unrelenting for the following 88 minutes, putting pressure on the Lions throughout. But the Lions' defense held strong and captain Markku Viitanen led the defense in holding the slim lead.

He credited the goal as something that made the defense crack down and hold the Hoosiers scoreless.

"I like those starts ... when we get on the board quickly," Viitanen said. "Of course that creates some pressure and we have to keep that lead but that's better than going down and we don't have to chase."

The support of the 2,000-plus in attendance helped a once underachieving team, pull off the upset.

"They had all of the pressure," he said. "We had a home crowd over here so it was good for us."

The Lions seemed to have had a second goal 15 minutes after the first one, but it was called back on a controversial call that ended with Hoosiers goalie Chay Cain having to leave the game needing stitches.

Penn State coach Barry Gorman credits his players for pulling off a win that no one thought the Lions would get. They have had the Hoosiers' number the last few years, dominating the top-ranked squad year in and year out.

Gorman says that there is no singular reason why, and only joked of his team's success against Indiana.

"I finally figured it out over the years," Gorman said. "We've been very close different times, and the law of averages come onto your side. Maybe if I stick around for another hundred years, I'd get ahead."