Indiana University women’s soccer standout Orianica Velasquez has been named to the Colombian National Team and will become the first IU women’s soccer player to compete in the Olympics.
On Saturday, the Hoosiers played their second contest of the spring when they beat the Screaming Eagles of the University of Southern Indiana, 5-1.
The 2012 signing class for the IU women’s soccer program was announced Wednesday via news release.
Five of the six IU women's soccer team discuss their time in an IU jersey.
As the youngest team in the Big Ten, the IU women’s soccer team posted a 2-3 record in Big Ten play through Oct. 2. A six-game losing streak concluded its season and denied an opportunity for the team’s six seniors to play in a postseason match.
The Hoosiers get another chance Friday when IU plays Minnesota, currently sixth in Big Ten standings. The Gophers’ freshman forward Taylor Uhl is ninth in the conference in scoring, averaging 0.56 goals per match.
Before some high school soccer games and practices, Devon Beach and her team had to shovel snow.
Michigan State scored two goals late in the game to escape with a 2-1 victory.
Purdue was never seriously threatened en route to an 8-2 win.
IU's six seniors have never defeated Purdue. Thursday's match is their final chance.
The Hoosiers (6-6-1, 2-3) welcome No. 21 Penn State, which is riding a six-game winning streak, to Bloomington on Sunday in IU’s penultimate home match of the season.
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.
