Indiana University Athletics
Field Hockey Set To Host Ohio Saturday
9/17/2013 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Sept. 17, 2013
| GAMES 7: Indiana (4-2) vs.Ohio (2-4) | |
| Date | Friday, Sept. 21, 2013 |
| Time | 1 p.m. ET |
| Location | IUFH Complex | Bloomington, Ind. |
| Live Stats | Ohio |
| Game Notes | Indiana vs. Ohio |
| Social Media | @IUFieldHockey |
HISTORIC HOMESTAND
Indiana opened up its home portion of the schedule the weekend of Sept. 6 with Saint Louis and Radford and will play the following six contests at the IUFH Complex. The eight consecutive home games is the longest homestretch in program history.
LOOKING AT THE BOBCATS
The Hoosiers will host Ohio this Satuday, Sept. 21 at the IUFH Complex. Indiana and Ohio will meet for the ninth time in program history, with the Bobcats owning a 5-3 advantage in the all-time series. The two teams last met in the 2012 season, where Ohio slipped by with a 2-1 win after both squads went scoreless through two overtime periods. The Bobcats won the matchup after taking the game-deciding shootout, 3-2, for the victory.
Ohio will travel to Bloomington this weeking owning a 2-4 record on the season. The Bobcats suffered losses to ranked Boston College and Northwestern and dropped games against Deleware and Louisville. Ohio’s two wins this season were over William and Mary and California.
LAST TIME OUT
The Hoosiers extened its win streak to four games after defeating both Missouri State and Robert Morris last weekend at the IUFH Complex. Indiana blanked the Bears 3-0 on Friday before capping off the weekend with a 4-1 win over Robert Morris on Sunday.
In Friday’s contest, IU scored three unanswered with goals by Audra Heilman, Danielle McNally and Mariella Grote. Maggie Olson would make two saves to preserve the shutout, earning her third consecutive this season.
Heilman, McNally and Grote scored for the second consecutive game and Sydney Supica tallied a goal to help IU to its fourth-straight win in a 4-1 victory over Robert Morris.
UNDENIABLE DEFENSE
The Indiana backfield did a fine job of thwarting opposing team’s offensive efforts in the past four games. The Hoosiers did not give up a single goal between the 56th minute of the Aug. 31 game with Drexel and the 67th minute of Sept. 15’s matchup with Robert Morris, a total time of 256:00 minutes. IU also limited opponents to just 12 shots on goal, an average of 3.00 per game, and limited penalty corners to just 17, or 4.25 per game.
THIRD TIME’S A CHARM
With an 11-0 win over Saint Louis, a 3-0 victory over Radford and a 3-0 blanking of Missouri State, Indiana posted three consecutive shutout wins for the first time since 2003. Those three consecutive shutouts made Maggie Olson the first IU goalkeeper in program history to earn three shutouts in three consecutive starts. Olson’s three shutouts also tie the program’s single season record for shutouts in a single campaign.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE
Through the Hoosiers’ four-game winning streak, Indiana has outscored opponents, 21-1. They have outshot opposing teams 97-30 with 56 on goal compared to 12 by opposing teams.
HOOSIER NOTABLES
- Audra Heilman ties for the lead in the Big Ten in points per game with an average of 2.50 through five contests, and her 15 points total also ties for tops in the B1G. Her five goals ranks third in the conference and her five assists are second-most.
- Maggie Olson ties a Big Ten-best in shutouts per game (0.50). and her 4.17 saves per game is third amonst B1G goalkeepers. Her 1.17 GAA and .781 save percentage are second-best in the conference.
- Danielle McNally netted a pair of goals this past weekend, helping her season total reach four, which currently ranks fourth in the Big Ten.
- Sydney Supica’s three assists currently ties for fourth in the B1G.
- Indiana returns 16 letterwinners for the 2013 campaign, including 2012 All-Big Ten selections Audra Heilman and Hannah Boyer.
- Audra Heilman, Hannah Boyer and Danielle McNally were all named to the 2013 Big Ten Players to Watch list.
- The returning members of this year’s team accounted for 80 out of 118 points tallied in 2012.
- Audra Heilman and Sydney Supica each participated in the U.S. Field Hockey Under-21 Women’s National Championship this summer in Norvolk, Va.
- Indiana’s regular season home opener is slated for Friday, Sept. 6 against Saint Louis, where IU assistant coach Kate Lipton spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach.
- There are six newcomers on the team, each hailing from California, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Ireland.
- In the latest NFHCA Poll, five opponents on the Hoosiers’ 2013 slate appear this week.
