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Hoosiers Edged by Illinois 1-0
10/22/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Oct. 22, 2006
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Ella Masar scored the game's only goal as Illinois topped Indiana 1-0 on Sunday, Oct. 22. The Illini clinched the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament with the victory. Penn State, which topped Northwestern 2-1 on Sunday, clinched the regular season title. Indiana is now 9-5-4 on the season with a 5-3-1 mark in conference play, while Illinois improved to 11-6-0 with a 7-2-0 Big Ten record.
The Illini struck first at 38:30, with Masar picking up her sixth goal of the season. Brittany Garrett threw the ball in on the right side to Courtney Bell. Bell sent a beautiful through ball to a streaking Masar at the corner of the 18-yard box, and the junior placed a shot just inside the far post past IU keeper Stacey Van Boxmeer.
Indiana had several chances in the first half, the majority of which came from freshman Christie Kotynski. In the 20th minute, Carrie DeFreece sent a cross toward the six-yard box that carried just over Kotynski's head. The ball found its way to Megan Pipkens' foot. Pipkens wound up a shot that deflected off Kotynski's head, but keeper Lindsey Carstens made the save to keep the game scoreless.
Neither team was able to put home a goal in the second half, with the Hoosiers' best chance coming on a cross by Pipkens. The ball carried into the wind and glanced off the crossbar, but the Illinois defense was able to clear it out of danger. The Illini earned three shots to the Hoosiers' one in the half.
The Hoosiers will finish up their regular season on Friday, Oct. 27, against rival Purdue in West Lafayette. The Boilermakers are currently tied with the Hoosiers for third place in the Big Ten with 16 points after a scoreless tie against Iowa. The winner of the contest will clinch the third seed in the conference tournament.
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