Wins against Appalachian St., Lindenwood push record to 4-1

The IU field hockey team extended its winning streak to four with a 4-0 win versus Appalachian State University Saturday afternoon at the Mellencamp Pavilion. The Hoosiers improved their record to 4-1 with the only loss coming in their first game away against University of California-Berkeley. \nSophomore Morgan Miller struck first for IU with the only goal in the first half, coming off of sophomore Lydia Schrott's assist. Miller also chalked up an assist to junior Mallory Reabold late in the second half.\n"We played hard and worked well together," Miller said. "The team made some great cuts to the ball and we shut down No. 22, their big threat." \nThat big threat was forward Andrea Lee who failed to record any shots on goals and made minimal noise against the tenacious Hoosier defense led by junior Leslie Wiler and freshman Meredith Brown. IU goaltenders senior Katie Kanara and freshman Haley Exner recorded their second combined shutout of the season. \nTwo more unassisted goals were scored in the second half by junior forward Nikki Orciuch and Wiler. IU finished the game with 23 shots, including 13 shots on goal to the Mountaineers' five. \nIU coach Amy Robertson said she was most impressed with her team's play. \n"I was impressed with the depth on the attacking line by our forwards," Robertson said. "We have a lot of athleticism on our back line and we are working comfortably together." \nIU continued its winning streak to five when they dominated the Lindenwood Lions Sunday at the Mellencamp Pavilion, 7-1. The field hockey team improved its record to 5-1 and broke a team record with five straight wins in a season. The record, which was previously four consecutive wins, was set by the 2003 Hoosier team. \nThe offensive charge by IU was led by Schrott who scored a goal off a pass from sophomore Jodi Murphy, and two minutes later scored a solo shot adding to her first half total. \n"I'm a forward," Schrott said. "My job is to score and that is what I set out to do. We came out and played hard today." \nAlso contributing goals in the first half were Reabold and Orciuch, pushing the Hoosiers to a 4-0 run. \nLindenwood's first and only goal came late in the first half by Ingrid Hoffman. Despite the lone goal by the Lions, IU roared on into the second half. Wiler received a pass from Brown off of a Schrott corner shot to add to the Hoosier total. Junior Amelia Quane and freshman Frederique Meeuwen scored a goal each to complete IU's seven goal performance. \nThe Hoosiers take the field next in Louisville, where they face the Louisville Cardinals Friday at 3 p.m. \n-- Contact staff writer Andrew Shaffer at asshaffe@indiana.edu.