After a five-match homestand, the Hoosiers prepare for road matches against Illinois and Northwestern. The Hoosiers look to build off the result earned against Nebraska, Cervantes said.
The women's soccer team has entered this season with a new way of thinking and a new way of playing the game.
“You’re concussed,”the training staff said to the now-senior goalkeeper Lindsay Campbell two years ago, following IU’s upset of No. 6 Florida. The injury began a new chapter in Campbell’s IU career, a long road back to being the team’s goalkeeper
Junior forward Ori Velasquez scored off an assist from senior forward Carly Samp in the 71st minute to draw the Hoosiers even in an eventual 2-1 IU victory.
Indiana takes on Iowa Friday and Nebraska Sunday.
The six seniors on Indiana’s roster began their playing career in 2008, a year after IU last reached the NCAA Tournament.
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.
With conference play on the horizon, the IU women’s soccer team has little time left to ensure they are prepared for the rigors of a Big Ten season.
Notre Dame and Indiana last faced one another in a women’s soccer match in September 2001. That will change Sunday when IU will take on the Fighting Irish, the defending national champions, at their home base.
The University of South Florida will host the IU women’s soccer team Friday in the opening match of its new soccer stadium.
Soccer had its 15 minutes of fame again this summer in the United States.
The game that defines sports in European countries garnered attention
from the USA women’s soccer team’s run to the World Cup final and two of
England’s top teams’ visits to Major League Soccer stadiums across the
country.
To many, Ori Velasquez is just another face in the crowd during Welcome Week, another student at IU.
IU Women’s Soccer Coach Mick Lyon said he will think positively and use the opportunity provided by his team’s youth to make some tactical changes to help the team win more close, low-scoring matches. Over the past three seasons in 1-0 matches, the Hoosiers are 7-7, including five consecutive matches in 2008 when IU lost 1-0 to open the Big Ten schedule.
IU Women’s Soccer Coach Mick Lyon said his team failed to create shots in their Aug. 7 exhibition loss against DePaul.
Five seniors were recognized before the game, and all played later on, but the Hoosiers (6-12-1, 2-8) did not prevent a Golden Gopher shutout. Goals in the fifth, 16th and 25th minutes determined the final result of the game.
For the third straight season, the IU women’s soccer team will miss the NCAA Tournament berth.
The Hoosiers (6-11-1, 2-7) benefited from an entire game of high-quality defense and a lob shot from senior forward Joselyn Moses, defeating No. 18 Ohio State, 1-0, on Sunday.
In the 18-year history of the IU women’s soccer team, the Hoosiers have recorded just one win against Penn State. That win came in the 1996 Big Ten Tournament. Thursday, the Nittany Lions gave the visiting Hoosiers (5-11-1, 1-7) their worst loss this season with a 6-1 final score.
After defeating Iowa 3-2 on the road Sunday, the Hoosiers do not have the luxury of enjoying their win for long as they travel to play Penn State on Thursday.
The junior forward's game-winner in overtime at Iowa earned the IU women's soccer team its first Big Ten victory of the season.
Solutions by The State News