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In the 80th minute, Bellarmine scores and holds on for a 2-1 win.  IU women dominated the game strictly from an offensive standpoint firing off 22 shots, 7 on goal and 9 corners.  Meanwhile Bellarmine just 8 total shots but 5 were on goal and they had just 2 corners.  Women now 2-2 on the young season and host Xavier at 8:00 Thursday evening.

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In the 80th minute, Bellarmine scores and holds on for a 2-1 win.  IU women dominated the game strictly from an offensive standpoint firing off 22 shots, 7 on goal and 9 corners.  Meanwhile Bellarmine just 8 total shots but 5 were on goal and they had just 2 corners.  Women now 2-2 on the young season and host Xavier at 8:00 Thursday evening.

Now thats gotta be a frustrating loss. Why can’t the ladies soccer ever get anything rolling?


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You hire a coach from a lower level with minimal success, and you get these results. IU has made it very clear that the women's soccer program is in existence only for Title IX purposes, so they can continue to be in compliance and have their elite men's program.

When your last coach leaves a Power Five head coach job here at Indiana to be an assistant elsewhere, you know this women's program is not getting support to ever succeed. I have no issue with Indiana handling this way, but as fans, we need to understand this and evaluate results accordingly. 

The other women's programs have taken massive steps forward at IU, and those can expect to win at a relatively high level accordingly. Meanwhile, women's soccer is clearly around, so we can have a top men's program in this sport and nothing more.

Every action by the program and athletic department in the last few years has only reinforced this.  

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10 minutes ago, Aaron said:

You hire a coach from a lower level with minimal success, and you get these results. IU has made it very clear that the women's soccer program is in existence only for Title IX purposes, so they can continue to be in compliance and have their elite men's program.

When your last coach leaves a Power Five head coach job here at Indiana to be an assistant elsewhere, you know this women's program is not getting support to ever succeed. I have no issue with Indiana handling this way, but as fans, we need to understand this and evaluate results accordingly. 

The other women's programs have taken massive steps forward at IU, and those can expect to win at a relatively high level accordingly. Meanwhile, women's soccer is clearly around, so we can have a top men's program in this sport and nothing more.

Every action by the program and athletic department in the last few years has only reinforced this.  

This hire made no sense if you want to compete. A friends daughter plays at Ball State and they were not at all sad to see him go.  I like the assistants as they built a strong program at IWU and have good instate connections but I was hoping for someone who has had a track record of success. Even if at a lower level. 

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10 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

This hire made no sense if you want to compete. A friends daughter plays at Ball State and they were not at all sad to see him go.  I like the assistants as they built a strong program at IWU and have good instate connections but I was hoping for someone who has had a track record of success. Even if at a lower level. 

Like I said, this hire makes sense if IU has no interest in being competitive in women's soccer, and the program is solely there to comply with Title IX so we can compete for national titles on the men's side. I have always thought that is the case, but the actions last year to let the last coach leave to be an assistant elsewhere, and this new hire only reinforce that.

I can't blame the athletic department, given all the money they have thrown at the other sports to improve. As fans, we just need to adjust the expectations for this program accordingly.

If the men's team were not elite, soccer would be the first sport to be cut in the new era of college sports. However, with the men's success, Indiana has determined the best path forward is to let the women's side limp along with very little support, and I can't say I blame them. 

When you look at it through this lens logically, this hire and the lack of success is very sensible for better or worse.

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