IU Women's Soccer

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Schedule is out.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/6/17/womens-soccer-indiana-womens-soccer-announces-2025-schedule

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Women's season opens tomorrow evening at 8:00 in Bill Armstrong Stadium vs. Youngstown State.  Televised on B1G+.

Live Stats

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8' |  Haden Vlcek gets the first goal of the '25 season and Hoosiers lead 1-0

https://x.com/i/status/1956149478769021393

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Hoosiers lead 1-0 at the break.  We've fired 12 shots; 5 on goal.  Youngstown has yet to get off a shot.

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IUWS with a 6-0 season opening win over Youngstown State.   IU women had 32 total shots; 15 on goal and 11 corners.  YSU with just e total shots all on goal and 3 corners.  Next up on the 21st, we host Ball State at Bill Armstrong Stadium at 5:00

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/8/14/womens-soccer-hoosiers-take-6-1-win-in-first-game-under-rife

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IUWS starts the regular season tomorrow vs Ball State at Bill Armstrong Stadium at 5 pm. 

LIVE STATS

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No score at the break.  Hoosiers 6 total shots; 2 on goal; 4 corners.  Ball State 3 shots; none on goal; 1 corner.

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62' |  Women get on the board first on a goal from Alyena Quinn off an assist from Marisa Grzesiak via a corner kick.

https://x.com/i/status/1958658932928401539

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Women make the Quinn goal stand up and open the season with a 1-0 win over Ball State.  For IU, 13 total shots; 5 on goal; 5 corners.  Limited BSU to 8 total shots; 2 on goal; 2 corners.  Next Thursday evening at 8:00 ET, the women will be on the road to play St. Louis.  Televised on ESPN+.

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Women on the road Thursday evening to face St. Louis at 8:00 ET.  Match televised on ESPN+.  On Sunday they'll play Bellarmine in Louisville at 1:00 ET.

Live Stats

 

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At the half, neither team has yet to score but the St. Louis defense has been stifling limiting our Hoosiers to just a single shot and 1 corner.  St. Louis with 10 total shots but just 1 on goal; 5 corners.

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St. Louis defense was just as strong in the 2nd half and they make their halftime lead hold up for a 1-0 win.  Hoosier women only managed 6 total shots; 2 on goal; 3 corners.  St. Louis 22-6-8.

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Sunday at 1:00 ET in Louisville, the IU women (2-1) will play Bellarmine (1-1).  Televised on ESPN+.

Live Stats

 

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At the half it's a 1-1 tie.    29' | Bellarmine got on the board first but in the 38th minute Abbey Iler tied it up with an assist from Olivia Rush.  IU women have taken 8 shots; 4 on goal; 4 corners.  Bellarmine 2-2-1.  

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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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[Aaron 4,609]

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.