Field hockey travels to Louisville

Although the field hockey has not won a game this year or even scored a goal, Sunday's game in Louisville is shaping up to be the turning point of the season. \nIU faces off against Division II Bellarmine University in hopes of going 1-4 on the year and dropping the Knights to a record of 4-3. This is the second game played on neutral turf at the University of Louisville.\nThe Hoosiers have abandoned the defensive approach and attention has shifted back to increasing attacks and lighting up the scoreboard. Junior back Kelly Lewis and freshman forward Lauren Micka, who attended Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville., are calm and cool for the second return to their hometown this season. \n"For the Michigan game we used a completely different defense," Lewis said. "Now we're getting back to our same game plan. We're trying to control the ball more and move it up in our space."\nCoach Amy Robertson said she is confident that her team will step up to get that elusive first goal.\n"The first thing we need to do is increase the number of shots we're getting in a game because we're not getting many," Robertson said. "To create more opportunities, we want to draw more attack corners. Mentally, the players are getting stronger after every game."\nLewis and Micka said battling against opponents they know on a personal level brings out more competition, and it's fun talking to them after the game, especially if the Hoosiers win.\nFreshman forward Becky Preston, sophomore forward Angela Ash and junior forward Andrea onterman have scored two goals apiece for the Knights. But Robertson wants to concentrate on her team instead of adapting to her opponents like she did against Michigan.\n"Rather than having a strategy to change in relation to how the other team is, we're focusing on ourselves for this game and going back to our basic structure," Robertson said. "We're going to play a more typical game style and expect to see both sides of the ball. It will be more like how we started off the season, but now we're better conditioned and have better ball possession skills."\nSmiling from ear to ear, Micka combined all her teammates' thoughts in one short statement.\n"This is our biggest chance to win," Micka said. "It's all uphill from here"