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THIS WEEK
Saturday, Oct. 31 -- vs. Michigan State (9-8-1, 3-8-1 Big Ten), 7:00 p.m. ET
Video: BTN Plus | Live Stats: Gametracker
Game Notes: Indiana | Michigan State
Promotions: The Hoosieriettes will perform at halftime | Fans are encouraged to dress up in their Halloween costumes, with a prize awarded to the best costume | Candy will be available for those fans in costume | "Crimson Guard" members can come and pickup their T-shirt
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PRAYERS FOR LISA
Last Friday, former Indiana women's soccer standout Lisa Nouanesengsy was badly injured during a gas explosion at her apartment as she attends graduate school at Shawnee State University. To follow along as she begins the long road to recovery and for ways to help her and her family, visit the "Prayers For Lisa" page on Facebook.
LAST WEEK
For the third straight season, the Indiana Hoosiers defeated the Purdue Boilermakers after last Saturday's 1-0 IU win in West Lafayette. Veronica Ellis scored the game's only goal in the 49th minute and Sarah Stone made nine saves in goal to preserve her fourth shutout of the season.
AGAINST THE COMPETITION
Each of the last three meetings between Indiana and Michigan State have gone to overtime, with the Hoosiers coming out on top in the last two - both in East Lansing. Last year, Indiana won by a 3-2 margin after claiming a 2-1 win in the second overtime period in 2012. Overall, Indiana has won six of the last eight meetings between the two schools.
GOALS ALLOWED
Through the first 18 games of the season, Indiana has allowed just 25 goals to the opposition. That total is on pace to be one of the best over the last eight seasons. The last time IU gave up fewer than 30 goals in a season was 2009.
STRIVE FOR FIVE
Junior midfielder Jessie Bujouves leads the Hoosiers with five goals this season. And while the Hoosiers have scored 14 goals as a team so far this year, Bujouves, Abby Smith and Kayla Smith are the only ones that have recorded more than one marker. In the first three years of her career at IU, Bujouves had three goals and 11 points.
ABBY'S AMAZING
Senior Abby Smith was on the receiving end of Tori Keller's free kick into the box in the second overtime period at Northwestern. She got her head on the ball and put it in the back of the net for the game-winner. It was her first game-winner of the season, but the seventh of her career. The seven GWG put her in a tie for fifth place on the all-time list at Indiana with Carly Samp and Kristin Arnold.
Then last week at Purdue, she assisted on Veronica Ellis' game-winner in the 49th minute.
"V" FOR VICTORY
Sophomore midfielder Veronica Ellis (Naperville, Ill.) has showed a penchant for coming up big in the clutch. She has five career goals scored and each one of them has been a game-winning goal. Most recently, she tallied the game-winner at Purdue to secure the Golden Boot. Her other winning marker was against UC Irvine earlier this season. She scored three game-winning goals last year as a freshman and was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team at the end of the year. But her biggest goal of the season came in the postseason, where she put home the winning marker against DePaul late in the second half of the NCAA Tournament.
SMITH'S SERVICE
Freshman Kayla Smith saw her streak of three straight games with a point end against Ohio State. She scored a goal against UC Irvine and followed that up by assisting on both game-winning goals in Columbus the weekend of Sept. 5-7. The Green Lane, Pa., native scored her second goal of the year against Minnesota, putting home a loose ball inside the box.
"STONE"-WALLED
Redshirt junior Sarah Stone has registered four shutouts this season, besting her total of three from the 2012 season. She opened the year with a clean sheet against Indiana State and has added shutouts in conference play against Northwestern, Maryland and Purdue. For her career, she has seven shutouts, which is tied for 7th all-time at Indiana.
SENIOR SALUTE
The six seniors that will recognized prior to Friday's game are Tori Keller, Kristin Leist, Abby Smith, Bekah White, Jordan Woolums and Rebecca Dreher. They contributed to the record-setting season last year and have been outstanding in the classroom as well. When this Fall semester is over, they will have accumulated Academic All-Big Ten honors in each semester in which they have been eligible - a total of 19 times.
GETTING "FRESH"
Through the first half of the 2014 season, there have been a couple of freshmen that have made a splash for the Hoosiers. In looking at the stats, Kayla Smith, Mykayla Brown and Annelie Leitner have all scored goals this season while Taylor Coley has started every game as a defender. Looking deeper, Smith has three assists to tie for the team lead while Brown also has an assist.
Another new face - Molly Pittman - has registered two assists on the year, equalling her total from last year while playing at Samford.
Defensively, freshman Taylor Coley has started every game as a defender. She has been inserted as a central defender and played well alongside redshirt sophomore Marissa Borschke in the middle.
All totaled, seven different players - five freshmen, one sophomore and one transfer - have seen their first action in the Cream and Crimson this season. Last year, a total of four players made their Indiana debut.
WOOLY BULLY
Senior Jordan Woolums played the role of hero against Dayton, scoring the game-winning goal in the 87th minute after the Flyers had tied the game in the 81st minute.
In her career, Woolums has six goals scored and three of them have been game-winning goals.
VELASQUEZ IN WORLD CUP `15
IU women's soccer alum Orianica Velasquez helped her home country of Colombia qualify for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup over the weekend. The World Cup will be held in various cities in Canada during the summer of 2015.
Velasquez, a 2013 graduate of Indiana, appeared in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany for Colombia as well as the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She is the only IU women's soccer player to ever appear in either of those events.
