Indiana University
Vanderbilt
Hoosiers Head to Nashville for Music City Invitational
8/31/2017 1:37:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Friday's game against Vanderbilt will be streamed live on SEC Network Plus ($).
SCOUTING VANDERBILT
The Commodores are 3-1 after picking up a pair of wins against Boston College and Massachusetts over the weekend. Vanderbilt's other win came against Tennessee Tech while the Commodores' lone loss was at the hands of Saint Louis. Simone Charley is leading the way with a pair of goals and an assist. Both of Charley's goals have been game-winners for Vanderbilt. Goalkeeper Kaitlyn Fahrner won SEC Defensive Player of the Week after posting a shutout with 13 saves against Boston College before tallying five more against UMass. For the year, Fahrner has 21 saves and a 1.00 goals against average.
Indiana's series with Vanderbilt is split, 1-1. The Hoosiers won the first-ever meeting in 1993, 2-0. The teams last played in 1999, when Vanderbilt came away with a 1-0 victory,
MATCHING UP WITH MEMPHIS
The Tigers, who received votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches rankings and come in at No. 24 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll, are a perfect 3-0 after earning a 2-1 overtime victory against UAB on Sunday. The first two wins of the season were a pair of 3-0 decisions against Samford and Little Rock. Elizabeth Woerner and Marie Levasseur have both found the back of the net twice for Memphis, while Olivia Gauthier and Stasia Mallin are the assist leaders with two apiece. In net, Rachel Ashworth Shepard has a pair of shutouts with 11 saves and a 0.31 goals against average.
The Tigers, who have never faced Indiana, are coming off a 2016 season that saw them go 14-5-1 and appear in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011. Memphis will face Rhode Island on Friday evening to open the Music City Invitational.
LAST TIME OUT
Indiana came away with a 4-0 victory at Western Michigan on Sunday, behind a pair of goals apiece from junior Maya Piper and sophomore Chandra Davidson, who also added an assist.
HOOSIER NOTABLES
• A number of Hoosiers earned career firsts during Indiana's victory at Western Michigan:
-Freshman goalkeeper Bethany Kopel earned her first career shutout.
-First multi-goal games for Piper and Davidson.
-First career assists for freshman Hanna Németh, redshirt freshman Kyndal McKinney and redshirt junior Annelie Leitner.
-The four second-half goals were the most in a single half for Indiana since Sept. 7, 2012 against Xavier.
-The 25 shots from Indiana was the most since Sept. 18, 2013 against Xavier. IU had 16 shots on frame, the most for the Hoosiers in a single game since at least 2006.
• Piper has scored three goals in the first four games of the season to lead the Hoosiers. It's a new career high for the Midland, Mich. native, who entered the year with three career scores.
• Six different Hoosiers have recorded an assist this season.
WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2017?
The 2017 schedule features 10 total games against participants in the 2016 NCAA Tournament and 11 opponents who finished last season ranked in the top 60 of the RPI.
The non-conference portion of the slate includes eight games, with three opponents advancing to the tournament last year and four finishing in the RPI Top 60.
Big Ten play for Indiana includes 2016 Big Ten Co-Champions Northwestern and Minnesota, as well as seven meetings with 2016 NCAA Tournament teams.
In this week's United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll, five of Indiana's 2017 opponents are ranked - No. 8 Clemson, No. 14 Nebraska, No. 16 Rutgers, No. 22 SMU and No. 23 Michigan. In addition, another four opponents received votes.
