Hoosiers Battle to Draw with Fighting Irish

Sunday, August 22

South Bend, Ind.

4:00 pm

Indiana University

1-0-1, 0-0-0

Notre Dame

1-0-1, 0-0-0

Indiana

Notre Dame

8/22/2021 7:04:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Both teams had great chances in extra time, but in the end, it was a hard-fought 0-0 tie between Indiana and Notre Dame on Sunday at Alumni Stadium.

KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana had one of the best chances by either team in regulation in the sixth minute as Avery Lockwood played it to Anna Bennett just outside the six-yard box. Bennett attempted a pass to Jordyn Levy that was just wide.
• In the 43^rd minute IU goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg dove to her right to block a significant Notre Dame chance. In the first extra time Gerstenberg tipped a ball over the upper crossbar to preserve the 0-0 score.
• Both teams had free kicks just outside the box in the first extra time session. For the Hoosiers Gabi Rennie was fouled making a run to the goal. Anna Aehling's shot on the free kick sailed high.

NOTABLES
• Indiana and Notre Dame are now both 1-0-1 on the season.
• This was the Hoosiers first result against Notre Dame. Previously Notre Dame led the series history 11-0.
• The Hoosiers had five shots in the game with two from Anna Bennett and one each by Aehling, Lockwood and Kelly Monaco.
• Freshman goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg tallied three saves in the match.
• Freshman Camille Hamm made her first career start.
• The Hoosiers played eight subs in the match, while Notre Dame played 10 subs.
• After Notre Dame had a 5-1 shot advantage in the first half, the Hoosiers performed better in the second half with shots equal at 3-3.

IU HEAD COACH ERWIN VAN BENNEKOM

"I'm very proud of the whole team, proud of our effort, our mentality, and very happy to get a draw out of this tough away game. There are some things we need to work on and get better at but our staff saw a lot of things today that will be building blocks for the rest of the season. Notre Dame is a really good team, and probably the best team that they have had in the last five years and for us to get our first ever result against them, especially on the road is very good."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers host UT-Martin on Thursday August 26 at 7:00 pm at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

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