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The Indiana Daily Student

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IU looks to remain undefeated in home opener

The IU field hockey team comes off a victorious opening weekend, going 2-0 against Kent State and Vermont and now look toward the team’s home opener against the Missouri State Bears at 4 p.m. Friday.

Freshman back Sydney Supica said her team is at an advantage going into
this game.

“We have good team chemistry, which makes us really composed in the field and especially when we are attacking, we know what to do with the ball,” she said.

Supica, named Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week last Tuesday, said she is happy because the team received more recognition from the award.

While the Hoosiers have had success in the first two games of the season, IU Coach Amy Robertson said the difficult aspect of this upcoming game will be to take the momentum from last week and use it to start strong.

“I think we can be very happy with our results and relax a little, so I think the challenge is to stay on our edge and to keep shooting for the next level of our performance,” Robertson said.

Robertson said the team had a strong focus on scoring in practice this week after the game against Vermont,in which the Hoosiers had many scoring opportunities, but only three found the back of the net. Sophomore forward Nicole Volgraf said she feels their practices will help the team score more this game.

“We took this week to work on offensive movement, and we are really looking to put the ball in the back of the cage this weekend,” she said.

Volgraf said the team applies the criticism they hear about their play on the field to future contests.

“We hear things left and right about us being the underdog, and I think that is a good position for us to be in because I think we are in a great stance to show some teams up this year,” Volgraf said.

The Bears come off a 6-1 loss at Virginia Commonwealth. Robertson said for her team to win the game they have to be more efficient and productive at the attacking end.

“We have to keep our communication really high,” she said. “The times where our communication is high on the field are the times when we have been playing at our best.”

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