Hoosiers fall short during final home game

The IU field hockey team hosted its senior game Saturday against No. 24 Ohio State. IU was unable to come away with the win, losing 3-1, despite graduate student goalkeeper Viki Green’s 10 saves during her final home game as a Hoosier.

IU Coach Amy Robertson said Green’s play in the game was outstanding, and she also mentioned that she could see the passion in her goalkeeper’s performance.

“Viki played like a senior who wanted to win her last game,” Robertson said. “She played fearless, confident and her ability allows her to play the way that she feels.”
Green, though, said she felt very disappointed after the defeat.

“I wanted to get the win more than anything, and it’s just overall disappointment that we didn’t get it,” Green said. “The reason I’m most disappointed, is that I love these girls on my team and everyone wanted that win in the Big Ten and we didn’t get it.”

Senior forward Morgan Fleetwood said while she also shared the hurt feelings of her teammates, the fact that her team still has a chance to avenge the Big Ten season.

“It’s always upsetting to end the Big Ten season this way but, we still have another chance,” Fleetwood said. “We still have the Big Ten tournament, and we can make NCAA’s by winning that, so it’s one game at a time.”

The Hoosiers had a few opportunities to tie the game. During one play in particular, IU had three shots on goal, but the team failed to find the back of the net.

Although her team failed to capitalize on those few trips down the field, Robertson said she admired the team’s attacking mentality. She also noted that the scoreless trips left her with a feeling that her team had been robbed.

“I liked the way we looked on attack,” Robertson said. “We were scrappy, we were diving, creating good chances, and it is really unlucky that we didn’t finish with a couple more goals. I feel robbed in that game. Ohio State is a very good team on the ball, but I felt like we got robbed and I feel very disappointed.”

Robertson said her team is planning to do big things in the tournament. She also noted that all it takes is one win in the Big Ten and the pain from prior conference losses can be avenged.

“We’re a pack that’s gonna go out in the Big Ten tournament, unleash the dogs and see what we can do because we have nothing to lose,” Robertson said. “We still have that one that we are trying to get, and whether it means postseason or not, it would take away from a lot of the hurt from the close losses where we didn’t see the result we felt like we deserved.”