Gerstenberg Shatters Shutout Record; Coffield’s Penalty Kick Leads No. 25 Indiana Past RV Michigan, 1-0

Sunday, October 15

Bloomington, Ind.

3:00 P.M.

Indiana University

11-1-4, 5-1-2

Michigan

7-5-3, 3-4-1

Michigan

Indiana

Gerstenberg Shatters Shutout Record; Coffield’s Penalty Kick Leads No. 25 Indiana Past RV Michigan, 1-0

10/15/2023 6:25:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Freshmen defender Piper Coffield converts on her second penalty kick of the season to lead No. 25 Indiana over RV Michigan at Bill Armstrong Stadium on a cold Sunday afternoon. Junior goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg picked up her ninth shutout this season and the 24^th of her career, setting a program record.

KEY MOMENTS
• The Hoosiers (11-1-4, 5-1-2 B1G) and the Wolverines were even going into the half each with five shots. Junior midfielder Sydney Masur and senior midfielder Anna Bennett provided Indiana with two chances in the half as they IU defense held Michigan (7-5-3, 3-4-1 B1G) to just one.
• Indiana picked up the pace in the second half. In the 46^th minute, Paige Webber had a great opportunity on a feed from midfielder Sofia Black, but it hit off the right side post going just wide of the net.
• Bennett fired a shot on goal in the 52^nd minute followed by another chance from junior defender Camille Hamm in the 54^th minute but couldn't get anything past U-M's keeper.
• Coffield converted on a penalty kick in the 61^st minute after Michigan was called for a handball in the box.
• The defenses would battle it out, but Gerstenberg and Indiana backline held off the Wolverines attack holding them to zero shots on goal in the last 29 minutes of play.

HOOSIER POINTS
GOALS: Piper Coffield (61')
ASSISTS: None.

NOTABLES
• Indiana outshot Michigan 6-2 in shots on goal. They held the Wolverines to one shot each half.
• Seven Hoosiers recorded a shot in the win. Webber led the team with three shots while Masur, Bennett and Marisa Grzesiak recorded two each.
• Gerstenberg earned her 24th career shutout set a new career program record. Her ninth cleansheet of the season tied the single season program record that she set last season.
• She tallied two saves in the win over the Wolverines.
• Coffield scored her third goal of the season.

QUOTEABLES
Indiana head coach Erwin van Bennekom
"Credit to Michigan as they made it hard for us. We didn't really know how they were going to set up formation-wise. Tactically, we had to make some adjustments. I thought the first half they were the better team. We didn't get pressure on the ball and didn't really do much. We made a couple of tactical tweaks and changes, but also in terms of effort and the intensity we put into the game. I thought we stepped it up in the second. I told the team that our depth from the bench won us the game, players like Abbey Iler, Paige Droner, Ava Akeel, Sofia Black, Olivia Albert and Hope Paredes. We had a lot of players come off the bench and really do an unbelievable job for us. Our depth is what won us the game. We had a couple of people not on their game today, but we had a lot of people step up. So, I won't say great game but a great result for the team."

UP NEXT
Indiana will travel to the east coast for another ranked match up at No. 4 Penn State on Thursday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on B1G+.

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