IU Women's Soccer

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Game ends in a 0-0 tie, our 3rd straight game without allowing a goal or scoring a goal.  To say we're offensively challenged may be an understatement as we've yet to score a goal this season.  In tonight's game we had 12 shots but only 2 were on goal.   Defensively we held BSU to 6 shots with only 1 of them on goal.   Next Thursday, we host Indiana State.

This was Gerstenberg's 12th career shutout.

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Still undefeated!! Lol!

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IUWS vs Indiana State - Wed., Sept. 1, at 8:00

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TV:  B1G+

 

The Indiana women's soccer team (0-0-3) will look for its first victory of the program's 30th season with an in-state matchup against Indiana State (0-2-1) on Sept. 1 at Bill Armstrong Stadium on Jerry Yeagley Field in Bloomington. First kick between the Hoosiers and Sycamores is slated for 8 p.m. ET. The match will serve as senior night and the program will honor Bethany Kopel, Karlee Luker and Megan Wampler.

BTN+ will provide a stream of the match with Samantha Condra (PxP) and Max Parker (Analyst) on the call. Live stats of the match can be tracked on IUHoosiers.com.

ABOUT THE SYCAMORES
• The Indiana State Sycamores, led by head coach Julie Hanley, enter the matchup off a scoreless opening weekend. ISU fell to the SIU Edwardsville (2-1) to open the season before tragedy struck the Sycamore campus. Three students were involved in a fatal one-car accident that led to the postponement of its second match.
• The Sycamores returned to the pitch for a 0-0 draw against Eastern Illinois before falling to Toledo by a final score of 3-0.
• Sophomore forward Mackenzie Kent scored the lone Sycamore of the season in the 2-1 loss to SIU Edwardsville. She has started all three matches and leads the team in shots (6) and shots on goal (2).
• Junior forward Audrey Stephens and senior midfielder CeCe Wahlberg joined Kent as goal scorers in the exhibition matches for ISU. Wahlberg led the Sycamores in scoring 2021 with six goals.
• The Sycamores have split time in goal with junior Maddie Alexander and senior Tara Hoffman, both tallying 135 minutes in net. Hoffman has made 11 saves in two starts (0.846 save percentage), while Alexander has carded seven saves (0.700 save percentage).

SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana has earned victories in each of the four matchups against Indiana State in program history. The two sides last met in a 2-0 shutout victory on Aug. 22, 2014. 
• The Hoosiers opened the series with a 3-0 result on Oct. 28, 2001 before topping the Sycamores by a score of 2-1 on Oct. 27, 2002. IU also recorded a 2-1 triumph on Sept. 12, 2012.
• IU holds a record of 14-1-2 all time against teams currently in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).  The winning percentage (0.882) is the second best against any conference with at least 10 matches played. Indiana is 14-1-0 (0.933) against the Horizon league.

LAST TIME OUT
• Indiana posted a 0-0 draw for the third-straight match to open the 2022 season in the program's home opener against Ball State on Aug. 25.
• This marks the fifth season in program history in which the Hoosiers have held their opponent scoreless in three-straight matches to open the season.
• IU held statistical advantages in shots (12-6), shots on goal (2-1) and corners taken (11-5).
• The match marked the first career start for freshman defender Natasha Kim, while sophomore midfielder Sydney Masur and sophomore forward Jordyn Levy each made their 20th career appearances.

RANKED OPPONENTS
• Indiana is slated to play six teams that are ranked second edition of the United Soccer Coaches rankings, highlighted by a couple of top-10 Big Ten opponents in No. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Rutgers.
• Wisconsin (No. 22) and Michigan (No. 24) each found enough votes to reach top-25 status, while Ohio State is received votes and is sitting just outside the final rankings.
• In the non-conference slate, Indiana will host No. 16 Notre Dame and No. 23 Memphis at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Hoosiers also played No. 21 West Virginia to a 0-0 draw to open the season.
• Since rankings were tracked during the 2001 season, Indiana has not played more than five ranked opponents in a single season. The Hoosiers took on five ranked foes in 2007, 2009 and 2015.
• The Hoosiers last toppled a ranked opponent on Sept. 8, 2017 with a 1-0 triumph over No. 23 SMU in Dallas, but did earn a result after a 0-0 draw against No. 7 Michigan on Oct. 3, 2021.

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Some offense; some offense.  My kingdom for some offense.

Halftime and neither team has scored.  We've taken 12 shots but only 1 was on goal.  Defensively we've only allowed ISU to take a single shot.  Don't know where we'd be without Gerstenberg.

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Woohoo! 3-0 win for the Hoosiers!

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Finally we find the net.  We ended up with 24 shots, of which 8 were on goal.  Pretty easy night for Gerstenberg as ISU only had a total of 3 shots with 1 on goal.  Gerstenberg's 13th career shutout.  Next up is a Sunday evening match at home against #16 Notre Dame which will be a much tougher team than ISU was.

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The only save Gerstenberg had to  make last night.

 

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 The Indiana women's soccer team (1-0-3) will look for its first victory of the program's 30th season with a third-straight in-state matchup against No. 16 Notre Dame (5-0-0) on Sept. 4 at Bill Armstrong Stadium on Jerry Yeagley Field in Bloomington. First kick between the Hoosiers and Fighting Irish is set for 6 p.m. ET.

BTN+ will provide a stream of the match with Austin Platt (PxP) and Ben Haller (Analyst) on the call. Anna Winterhalder is slated to provide sideline reports. Live stats of the match can be tracked on IUHoosiers.com.

ABOUT THE FIGHTING IRISH
• The Notre Dame Fighting Irish, led by head coach Nate Norman, enter Sunday as the 16th-ranked team in the country according to the United Soccer Coaches Top-25 poll. The Irish have ripped off six-straight regular season wins and have won 14-of-17 regular season matches dating back to 2021.
• The Irish have tallied at least two goals in each contest this season and are out-scoring their opponents by a count of 15-1 through five matches. The game on Sunday will mark the third-straight for ND against a Big Ten opponent after topping Illinois (4-0) and Wisconsin (4-1) in the last week.
• Graduate forward Olivia Wingate leads Notre Dame in goals (5), including a hat trick in ND's 4-1 triumph over Wisconsin on Thursday night, and total points scored (11).
• Senior midfielder Maddie Mercado is just off the pace for the team lead in goals with four. Freshman defender Leah Klenke has contributed five total points (2G, 1A) to the season box score.
• Graduate transfer keeper Mackenzie Wood has started three matches for the Irish in net and conceded just one tally while making three saves across 270 minutes of play. She previously played at Northwestern.

SERIES HISTORY
• For the first time in the 12-match history between the two sides, Indiana walked away with a result against Notre Dame in a 0-0 draw on Aug. 22, 2021 in South Bend. Indiana had dropped the previous 11 matchups in the series.
• Then freshman keeper Jamie Gerstenberg recorded three saves to salvage the result for the Hoosiers.
• Notre Dame represents the first of six opponents remaining on Indiana's schedule to be ranked in the coaches poll.
• Indiana is 4-23-3 all time against schools currently in the Atlantic Coast Conference after a 0-0 draw at Virginia Tech in the early stages of the 2021.

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Tonight's match vs. Notre Dame has been postponed due to weather and field conditions.  It may or may not be re-scheduled for later in the season.

Next up is a Thursday evening trip to face Louisville at 7:30 ET.

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The Indiana women's soccer team (1-0-3) continues the program's 30th season with a road tilt against Louisville (3-1-1) on Sept. 8 at Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium. First kick between the Hoosiers and Cardinals is set for 7:30 p.m. ET.

ACCNX will provide a stream of the match with Jeff Greer (PxP) and Casey Whitfield (Analyst) on the call. Live stats of the match can be tracked on IUHoosiers.com.

ABOUT THE CARDINALS
• The Louisville Cardinals, led by long-time head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes, enter Thursday's match with a record of 3-1-1. U of L has secured victories over UIC (3-0), Northern Kentucky (1-0) and No. 23 Memphis (3-2) to open the season.
• Karen Ferguson-Dayes is Louisville's all-time winningest women's soccer coach with 197 wins to her credit in her 23rd season on the sidelines.
• Graduate forward Maisie Whitsett paces the Cardinals in total points (7), assists (3), shots (11) and shots on goal (6). The San Diego native is also second on the team in goals scored with two.
• Freshman defender Karsyn Cherry leads Louisville in goals scored with three, two of which have served as game-winning tallies.
• Freshman keeper Erynn Floyd has started all five matches for the Cardinals. She has allowed four goals (0.80 goals against average) with seven saves (0.636 save percentage). The Wilton, Conn., native has recorded three shutouts this season.

SERIES HISTORY
• The two sides have met five previous times on the pitch with the first of the meetings happening in the 1994 season. Each program has recorded two wins and a draw in the series.
• Indiana won the first two matchups of the rivalry with a 5-1 decision on Sept. 14, 1994 followed by a 2-1 result on Oct. 31, 1997. The teams did not face off again until a 1-1 draw on Aug. 13, 2016.
• Louisville has earned the upper hand in each of the last two matches with a pair of shutout victories in 2017 (2-0) and 2019 (1-0).
• Indiana is 4-23-3 all time against schools currently in the Atlantic Coast Conference after a 0-0 draw at Virginia Tech in the early stages of the 2022 season.

LAST TIME OUT
• Indiana found the net three times in a 3-0 victory over the Indiana State Sycamores (0-3-1) under the lights on Thursday night at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
• Senior forward Paige Webber broke the seal on the Hoosier scoring with a header in the 56th minute off an assist from senior defender Alaina Kalin.
• Junior forward Jen Blitchok doubled the Hoosier lead after collecting a throw in from Kalin. She took three touches towards the top of the box and launched a right-footed shot into the back of the net in the 61st minute.
• Junior forward Anna Bennett capped the scoring in the 76th minute. Freshman midfielder Jaelyn Pallas redirected a crosser from freshman forward Sarah Sirdah to Bennett's frame. She hooked in a right-footed attempt.
• Indiana outshot Indiana State by a count of 24-3. The Hoosiers attempted 12 shots in each half.
• Blitchok tallied her seventh-career goal, while both Webber and Bennett recorded their sixth career goals.
• Freshmen Olivia Smith and Sarah Sirdah each made their first career starts in the match, while junior Anna Bennett made her debut start of the season. Sophomore goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenbergmade her 20th career start for the Hoosiers in the match.
 

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No score at the half in Louisville.  Hoosiers 4 shots; 2 SOG; 1 corner.  L'ville 5 shots; 2 SOG; 2 corners.

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Another shutout for Gerstenberg but another game where we can't score and it ends in a 0-0 tie.  We finished with just 6 shots for the game; 4 on goal; 1 corner.  Louisville managed 11 shots; 5 on goal; 3 corners.   We are definitely offensively challenged this season.

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The Indiana women's soccer team (1-0-4) will host the Memphis Tigers (4-3-0) on Sunday evening in their USA themed Salute to Service Day in honor of 9/11. The first pitch between the Hoosiers and Tigers is set for 5:00 p.m. ET at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

BTN+ will provide a stream of the match with Kevin Vera (PxP) and Austin Platt (Analyst) and Gwen Parks (Sideline) on the call. Live stats of the match can be tracked on IUHoosiers.com.
 

ABOUT THE TIGERS
• The Memphis Tigers are led by long-time head coach Brooks Monaghan and enter Sunday's match with a record of 4-3-0. Memphis is coming off a 3-0 victory against FAU after struggling against Louisville and  #5 Virginia.
• The Tigers have saw 10 different players get the ball in the back of the net this season.
• Sophomore midfielders Momo Nakao and Anne-Valerie Seto lead the team with three goals each while sophomore forward Jocelyn Alonzo leads with four assists on the season.
• The sophomore duo set the tone for the Tiger's offense in points (13), assists (1), shots (23) and shots on goal (16).
• Memphis has saw three goalkeepers this season with freshman Sarah Bozeman leading the team with 360 minutes played earning two victories. She has tallied 10 saves (0.536 save percentage) and allowed nine goals (2.25 goals against average). The O'Fallon, Mo., native has recorded one shutout this season.

SERIES HISTORY
• The two sides have met three times before with the first of the meetings happening in the 2005 season where the Hoosiers defeated the Tigers 5-0. Memphis leads the series 2-1.
• Indiana is looking for its first win since the 2021 season. Memphis has dominated in the last two matches with a pair of shutout victories in 2017 (2-0) and 2021 (2-0).
• IU is 9-9-0 all time against schools currently in the American Athletic Conference.

LAST TIME OUT
• Indiana saw their first opportunity from senior forward Paige Webber in the 27th minute before it was saved by Louisville's goalie Erynn Floyd.
• After subbing in the 36th minute, freshman midfielder Izzy Smith had a strong shot at the center of the goal before it was caught by Floyd once again.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg picked up a save in the 39th minute to keep the match tied as the Cardinals had the last attempt before the half.
• Louisville attacked first in the second half before it went back-and-forth between the Hoosiers and Cards. Gerstenberg picked up two big saves in the 69th and 81st minutes to keep the game tied up.
• In the 79th minute, the Hoosiers saw another attempt from Webber to score, before being pounced on by the goalie.
• Indiana received the last attempt in the 88th minute from freshman Abbey Iler but couldn't get it behind the net before the goalie dived for the save.
• IU earned its fourth draw of the season in just five games.
• Gerstenberg tallied four saves on the night and earned her fifth shutout game of the season and 14th on her career.

INDIANA DEFENSE 
• The Hoosiers have shutout five consecutive opponents, extending their scoreless streak to a total of 450 minutes this season.
• This is the third longest consecutive scoreless streak in IU history followed by the 2015 run (463 minutes) and the 1993 inaugural season (720 minutes).

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Start of match against Memphis delayed until 6:00 due to weather.

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Another scoreless 45 minutes offensively but another 45 minute shutout for Gerstenberg so we have a scoreless first half.  We've only  managed 3 shots with 2 of them on goal.  Memphis has 6 shots; 2 on goal.  

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Another scoreless tie for the women and another shutout for Gerstenberg who has not allowed a goal this season.  Memphis had 15 shots with 5 on goal and 8 corners.  We managed just 6 shots with 2 on goal and 2 corners.

Next up is a Wednesday visit from Trine University slated to start at 5:00.

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The Indiana women's soccer team (1-0-5) will close out their non-conference slate against Trine (3-1-0) on Sept. 14 at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Kickoff is set to begin at 5:00 p.m. ET.

BTN+ will provide a stream of the match with Ben Haller (PxP) and Zach Browning (Analyst) and Anna Winterhalder (Sideline) on the call.

ABOUT THE PantherS
• Trine is led by Gary Boughton who is in his fourth season after leading the Thunder to a program best record of 15-5-2 in 2021.
• The Thunder have a current record of 3-1-0 this season with three shutout wins.
• Trine is on a two-game winning streak after a 2-0 victory against Hanover where they outshot the Panthers 21-6.
• Trine has saw seven different players get the ball in the back of the net this season.
• Sophomore midfielder Mia Augustino leads the Thunder's offense in points (5), assists (1) and goals (2) in only four games. 
• Trine's sophomore goalkeeper Sophie Aschemeier has three saves on the year and a pair of shutout wins. She has a (1.000 save percentage) and has not allowed a goal in her three games played (0.00 goals against average).

Series History
• This will be the first matchup for the Hoosiers against the Division III school.
• Indiana is 1-2-0 all time against schools in a non-Division I conference.

LAST TIME out
• In the first half, junior forward Anna Bennett had a couple of chances outside the 18-yard box, in the 29th minute, but both were saved at bottom center of the goal line.
• Indiana's best opportunities came late in the second half with a pair of back-to-back shots in the 81st minute.
• The first shot came from sophomore midfielder Sydney Masur as she bounced one off the near post just left of the net.
• Sophomore forward Jordyn Levy was there to clean it up with an open shot but couldn't get it to go as the Tiger's defense blocked it.
• Masur had a second opportunity in the 82nd minute, but once again the Memphis defense held a strong front against the Hoosiers.
• This is the first season since 2015 where the Hoosiers have had six draws in a single season.
• The Hoosiers have shutout six consecutive opponents, extending their scoreless streak to a total of 540 minutes this season.
• This is the second longest consecutive scoreless streak in IU history followed by the 1993 inaugural season where IU shutout eight opponents totaling 720 minutes.