Hoosiers conclude non-conference with weekend split

Indiana scored quickly — 37 seconds into the match against Marquette on Sunday, but the Golden Eagles responded less than seven minutes later and went on to win a 2-1 victory.

Junior forward Ori Velasquez gave the Hoosiers the lead less than a minute into the game when she converted a one-on-one matchup with Marquette goalkeeper Natalie Kulla.

Senior forward Carly Samp earned the assist.

Velasquez’s goal gave her 17 for her career.

With a goal and assist, Samp is now tied for fifth in career points with 48.

“We always talk about scoring early,” IU Coach Mick Lyon said. “That’s what we’re good at — putting teams under pressure right from the bat. Every time we enter a game, we know their game. We know their strengths and how we’re going to exploit them.”

Marquette scored its first goal in the eighth minute after an IU defensive error.
“We made a mistake, and we got punished for it,” sophomore midfielder Lisa Nouanesengsy said.

The goal increased IU’s urgency, sophomore midfielder Becca Zambon said.
“I think it made us play a lot harder,” she said. “It made us play with a lot more heart. We did a good job of that. We kept our composure and played our own game.”

Marquette scored its second goal in the 63rd minute as Taylor Madigan scored from a cross from Vanessa Legault-Cordisco.

That goal marked the first time in 422 minutes that an IU opponent had the lead at Jerry Yeagley Field.

Zambon said that helped the Hoosiers play more at ease.

“We brought it in real quick,” she said. “Just relaxed, took a couple deep breaths, sorted it out, decided to play our own game and go from there.”

On Friday, Indiana escaped with a 1-0 victory against Xavier University, Samp received the ball at the top of the box and converted.

“I got a ball from Lisa,” she said. “I turned, spun (and) hit it, and it went in. I was glad we didn’t go into overtime.”

Indiana attempted 19 shots before Samp scored. Goalkeeper Katie Markesberry recorded 10 saves for Xavier.

Meanwhile, senior goalkeeper Lindsay Campbell recorded the only save of the game for IU.

Sophomore goalkeeper Shannon Flower played the second half and earned
the win.

Lyon said after Sunday’s match that Xavier’s style afforded an opportunity to get Flower some playing time.

“Xavier was never going to score,” Lyon said. “Everybody gets experience and gets better by being on the pitch during game time.”