IUWS Heads North This Weekend to face Michigan and Michigan State

Friday, September 27

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - 2019.09.20 - Women's Soccer vs. Iowa

IUWS Heads North This Weekend to face Michigan and Michigan State

9/26/2019 10:55:00 AM | Women's Soccer

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Women's Soccer (4-5-0, 0-2-0) will face their first Big Ten Conference road test this weekend with matches at Michigan State (7-3-0, 0-0-2) and (RV) Michigan (7-2-0, 2-0-0).

Both games will be available for streaming on BTN+.

SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
•Michigan State is coming off a Big Ten road swing that saw losses at Penn State and Ohio State. Gia Wahlberg leads the Spartans offense with eight goals while tallying 22 shots on the season. Danielle Stephan has played a key role as she leads the team in assists with five. In goal, Lauren Kozal has started all 10 games of the season and has recorded 35 saves with one shutout.

• The Hoosiers hold a 17-7-2 record in the all-time series vs. Michigan State. Indiana has won the last two matches by posting a 3-0 win in 2018 at home and 1-0 win on the road in 2017.

SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES
• Michigan comes in to Sunday's match receiving 24 votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll. The Wolverines enter the second weekend of conference play with two B1G wins on the road. Last Friday, Michigan posted a 1-0 shutout over Penn State before routing Ohio State 2-1 on Sunday. The Wolverines are led by Sarah Stratigakis who has recorded four goals, four assists, and 12 points so far this season. Goalkeeper Hillary Beall has played every minute of action so far this season. She has allowed only five goals through nine games and has posted 29 saves.

• The Wolverines hold a 17-5-3 advantage in the all-time series. Last season the Hoosiers went down early, but two unanswered goals by Indiana pushed the match to overtime. Chandra Davidson notched the golden goal in the 108th minute to give the Hoosiers the victory, 3-2 in double overtime.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Hoosiers opened Big Ten play last weekend as they played host to then No. 19 Iowa and Nebraska. Indiana put up a good fight vs. Iowa, creating chances but couldn't contain the Hawkeyes offense as they fell, 2-0. On Sunday they faced Nebraska where they saw another chance for opportunities but couldn't come with the win. The Hoosiers dropped the match 2-0.

NONCONFERENCE WRAPUP
• The Hoosiers ended non-conference play on a three-game win streak. The carry a 4-3 record that includes wins over UIC, Morehead State, UT Martin, and Kentucky.

• Of Indiana's seven non-conference games on the schedule, just two were played home (UIC and Morehead State).

• Indiana's non-conference road slate included three different states - North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee.

IMMEDIATE IMPACT
• Four freshmen have earned starts so far this season – Alaina Kalin, Avery Lockwood, Bria Telemaque and Jaimie Tottleben. In addition, sophomore transfer Oliwia Wos has also started each of the first five contests.

• Lockwood and Kalin each scored their first career goals on Sunday. Kalin added her first career assist, as did freshman Jaimie Tottleben and sophomores Madeline Carlson and Megan Wampler.

NEWS AND NOTES
• The Hoosiers have tallied seven goals in the second half compared to their opponents five.

• Junior goalkeeper Bethany Kopel has 209 saves in her career, good for fifth all-time at Indiana. In addition, her 12.0 shutouts are tied for sixth all-time in program history, while her 18 victories are seventh.

• Davidson earned the title of team captain for the season.

UP NEXT
• Indiana will split their next Big Ten weekend with a stint at Illinois on Thursday Oct. 3 before returning home to face Minnesota on Sunday Oct. 6

START OF VAN BENNEKOM ERA
• Erwin van Bennekom was named the fourth coach in Indiana Women's Soccer history on Dec. 4, 2018 after spending the last four seasons at Duke as associate head coach. His time at Duke was the most successful stretch in the Blue Devils' history, earning a 68-17-11 record and advancing to a pair of Women's College Cups.

• Completing his staff are assistant coaches Bri Young and Doug Starnes, as well as Emily Basten and Director of Operations/Video Analyst Alex Ng. Young, a former All-American at Texas A&M joins the Hoosiers after serving as an assistant at Kansas. Starnes spent the previous season as an assistant with IUPUI while Ng served as a student assistant with Valparaiso Women's Soccer. Basten, an alumna of the women's soccer team has been with the program since 2017, previously serving as the team's graduate student manager.

DAVIDSON, LOCKWOOD AND WOS EARN BIG TEN PRESEASON HONORS
• Senior Chandra Davidson, sophomore Oliwia Wos and freshman Avery Lockwood were named to the Big Ten Preseason Honors List, the conference announced on Monday. It marks the second straight year for Davidson, who is the team's active team leader in both goals (10) and points (28). Lockwood is just one of three freshmen who made the list.

RETURNING IN 2019
• Indiana returns five starters from a season ago - Davidson, Allison Jorden, Bethany Kopel, Hanna Nemeth and Meghan Scott. In addition, Melanie Forbes and Madeline Carlson logged heavy minutes last season.

• Kopel has been the starting goalkeeper for the Hoosiers in each of her first two seasons.

NEW TO THE HOOSIERS
• IU adds 12 newcomers this year - 10 freshmen and two sophomore transfers.

•Oliwia Wos joined Indiana after spending her freshman season at Wake Forest, starting 13 games as the Demon Deacons advanced to the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament.

• Megan Wampler transferred to IU after playing her freshman season at Dayton.

• The freshman class hails from seven different states - Indiana (Jacelyn Smith and Grace Saccone), Michigan (Avery Lockwood, Bria Telemaque and Madi White), California (Lily Davis), Missouri (Jaimie Tottleben), Texas (Allie Schlom), Georgia (Chloe Briede) and Pennsylvania (Alaina Kalin).

WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2019?
The 2019 schedule features seven games against 2018 NCAA Tournament participants and eight against teams ranked or receiving votes in the final United Soccer Coaches Poll of the season. Five of this year's opponents were ranked or received votes in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Rankings, highlighted by No. 1 North Carolina and No. 8 Penn State.

IU's non-conference portion includes seven games with three coming against those in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Five of those contests will come on the road with UIC (Aug. 25) and Morehead State (Aug. 30) to be played at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

The Big Ten slate includes home games against Iowa (Sept. 20), Nebraska (Sept. 22), Minnesota (Oct. 6), Penn State (Oct. 10), Oct. 13 (Ohio State) and Purdue (Oct. 27). On the road, the Hoosiers will travel to Michigan State (Sept. 27), Michigan (Sept. 29), Illinois (Oct. 3), Maryland (Oct. 17) and Rutgers (Oct. 20).