IU Women's Soccer

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Rutger scored in 37'| and at the half it's a 2-1 Hoosier lead.  Women have taken 6 shots; 4 on goal.  Rutger 7 shots; 5 on goal.

Allison Lynch of Rutger was issued a yellow card.

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Rutger ties it at 2-2 in 51'|

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Hope Paredes and Sydney Masur have been assessed yellow cards for IU.  Inside 20 minutes remaining in the match still tied at 2-2.

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GOAL in 84'| by Paige Webber, her second of the day and 11th on the season, to make it 3-2.  Piper Coffield with the assist and the Hoosiers hold on for a 3-2 win to open B1G play.   Women finished with 13 shots; 5 on goal.  Rutger 11 and 7.

Next Thursday night they'll be at Illinois for an 8:00 match televised on basic BTN.  Next Sunday they'll be back home to host Northwestern at 1:00.

The game winner by Webber.

 

 

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How important is the strike position in soccer? Paige Webber has turned into the dynamic scorer the team lacked last year and suddenly they went from bad to good. 

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Honors for Webber.

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Thursday night the women (7-0-2) (1-0-0) are on the road to face Illinois (4-2-2) (0-0-1).  Match scheduled for an 8:00 ET start and televised on basic BTN.

Preview

Live Stats

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GOAL with some beautiful passes from Paige Webber and Natasha Kim for Anna Bennett's goal.  Hoosiers with a 1-0 lead.

 

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Illinois ties it at 1-1.

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And our Hoosiers bounce right back to make it 2-1 on a Sofia Black goal.  Black had been in the game less than a minute having subbed in for Anna Bennett.  She never gave up on the ball.

  She 

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Halftime with Hoosiers holding a 2-1 lead.   11 shots with 6 on goal to Illinois' 6 and 3.  Hoosiers with a 5-0 advantage on corners.

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Huge diving save by Gerstenberg with 6 min. remaining and we're holding on to a 2-1 lead.  

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2-1 is the final score and the women are 2-0-0 in B1G play.  We finished with 15 shots; 8 on goal and 8 corners.  The Illini finished 12; 7 and 4.

We return home and host Northwestern on Sunday at 1:00.  Northwestern was on the road at #19 Michigan this evening and lost 2-0 so its record is now (7-1-2) (1-1-0).

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Physical second half. Wasn’t always beautiful soccer but it was what was needed to get the road win. Gerstenberg was great. 

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Sunday at 1:00, IUWS (8-0-2) (2-0-0) hosts Northwestern                    Match televised on B1G+.

Live Stats

Northwestern (7-1-2, 1-1-0 ) ranked second in the Big Ten in goals (28) and assists (26) prior to its Thursday night loss to Michigan.  Senior forward Ella Hase leads the team with six goals, nine assists for 17 points. She has recorded 22 shots posting a .500 shots on goal percentage.

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Midway thru the second half and the women hold a 1-0 lead.  Hope Paredes scored just a little over a minute into the match off an assist from Lauren Costello.

 

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The women make Paredes' goal stand up and get a 1-0 win over the Wildcats and are now (9-0-2) (3-0-0) on the season.  We finished with 15 shots; 7 on goal and 7 corners.  NU had 6, 3 and 6.

Next Thursday night the women will be at O$U (5-3-2) (1-1-2).

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Part of the reason for our success thus far this season is the work of our goalkeeper.  

  

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Keep up the hard play ladies.