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IU Travels West to Nebraska, Iowa
9/18/2018 4:09:00 PM | Women's Soccer
The Hoosiers are currently riding a six-game unbeaten streak and are winners of five of the last six games.
SCOUTING NEBRASKA
• Nebraska is on a three-game unbeaten streak, sparked by a 2-1 upset of No. 13 NC State to close out non-conference play. The Cornhuskers opened Big Ten action with a pair of road overtime contests - a draw with Rutgers and a victory against Maryland. Nine of Nebraska's 16 goals this season have come from two players - Savanah Uveges (5) and Faith Carter (4). Uveges has also added three assists to lead Nebraska in points with 13. In goal, Aubrei Corder has a 1.57 goals against average with 24 saves.
• Nebraska leads the all-time series, 6-1-1 with IU's lone win in the series coming in 2011. Last season, a 72nd minute goal by Mykayla Brown was the equalizer for the Hoosiers as the teams played to a 1-1 draw.
SCOUTING IOWA
• The Hawkeyes started the season 4-0-1, but have since dropped four straight. Over the weekend, Iowa fell to Maryland, 4-0, before dropping a heartbreaker to Rutgers in overtime, 2-1. The Hawkeyes have scored 10 goals on the season, led by three from Natalie Winters and two apiece by Kaleigh Haus and Josie Durr. In goal, Claire Graves has seen the most minutes with a 0.66 goals against average and a 4-1-1 mark. Cora Meyers has also seen a lot of minutes, including the entire Rutgers game. Meyers has a 1.77 goals against average with a 0-3-0 mark.
• Iowa leads the all-time series, 10-9-1. Last season, led by a career-high 12 saves from Bethany Kopel and goals from Maya Piper and Kylie Kirk, the Hoosiers defeated the Hawkeyes in Bloomington, 2-1. Sunday's game marks the first time IU has played in Iowa City since 2014. Iowa will host Purdue on Thursday before facing IU Sunday.
LAST TIME OUT
• Indiana opened the start of Big Ten play by defeating Michigan and Michigan State. The Hoosiers are the only conference team to go 2-0 over the weekend.
• IU's 3-2 comeback victory against Michigan was a thriller as Indiana scored two goals in the final 4:36 of regulation to tie the game at 2-2 and send it in to overtime. Chandra Davidson found the game-winner for the Hoosiers in the 108th minute, marking the first double OT victory for Indiana since 2014.
• Indiana completed its perfect weekend by shutting out Michigan State on Sunday, 3-0. IU saw goals from Maya Piper, Melanie Forbes and Caroline Dreher in the win. The 3-0 win was IU's largest margin of victory in a conference game since defeating Purdue 3-0 in 2012.
HOOSIER NOTES
• Indiana checked in at No. 45 in the first NCAA RPI of the season, which was released Tuesday. Nebraska is No. 21 and Iowa comes in at No. 127.
• The 2-0 conference start is the best beginning to Big Ten play since 2007. In addition, IU's 6-1-2 mark is the best start to a season since the 2013 squad began 8-0-1.
• IU earned a pair of weekly honors - Chandra Davidson was named to TopDrawerSoccer's National Team of the Week and Claudia Day was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. Davidson, who on top of the game-winner against Michigan also added an assist against the Spartans - is the first Hoosier to earn the TopDrawer honor since 2013. Day netted the equalizer for the Hoosiers against Michigan in addition to making a huge goal line team save in each of the wins.
• IU has seen 10 different Hoosiers find the back of the net this season, while 14 have registered at least one point. Six different players have scored two or more goals.
• Abby Allen is leading the Hoosiers in scoring this season with six goals, which is tied for first in the conference. She is second in the Big Ten in total points (16) and her 1.78 points per game average is tied for 34th nationally. Annelie Leitner is close behind Allen with four goals, including three game-winners, which is tied for first in the Big Ten and tied for 13th most in the nation.
• Indiana's offense has been hot throughout the season as the Hoosiers have scored two or more goals in eight of nine games on the year. IU currently leads the Big Ten in shots (150), total points (69), assists (25) and is tied for first in goals scored (22). IU is just one goal short of tying last season's total (23). Nationally, IU is 19th with a 7.67 points per game average and is fifth in the country in total assists.
• On the other end, sophomore goalkeeper Bethany Kopel has been impressive between the pipes as she leads the Big Ten with 50 saves, which is 19th in the country.
• Indiana was recognized during this past Saturday's IU football game against Ball State for winning the Herbert Cup for the sixth time and second time in as many semesters. The award is given to the Indiana team with the highest team GPA for Spring 2018.
• Eight Hoosiers have seen their first career games in an Indiana uniform this season - graduate transfer Claudia Day, sophomores Maddie West, Nicolette Kapsalis, Camryn Carty and Ana Garibaldi and freshmen Maddie Essick, Madeline Carlson and Caitlin Arbuckle.
WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2018?
• The 2018 schedule features five games against 2017 NCAA Tournament participants and six that finished in the top 50 of the final RPI of the year. Three of this year's remaining opponents were ranked or received votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches Rankings.
• After this weekend, other road conference battles include Purdue, Northwestern, Illinois and Maryland. Remaining home Big Ten contests include Wisconsin, Minnesota and Penn State
