Indiana Field Hockey to Close Regular Season Against No. 15 Penn State and Kent State

Friday, October 27

Bloomington, Ind.

3:00 PM

Indiana University

#15 Penn State

BLOOMINGTON, IN - October 13, 2023 - forward Jemima Cookson #1 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at IU Field Hockey Complex in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Dalton wainscott/Indiana Athletics

Indiana Field Hockey to Close Regular Season Against No. 15 Penn State and Kent State

10/25/2023 5:00:00 PM | Field Hockey

Game Notes (PDF)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Indiana Field Hockey will finish out the regular season with two games at home. On Friday, Oct. 27, Indiana will host No. 15 Penn State at Deborah Tobias Field. Then, on Oct. 29, Indiana will finish the regular season by taking on Kent State and participating in Senior Day festivities.

WEEKEND REWIND:
-Last weekend the Hoosiers came up short in two tight battles.

-Indiana lost at No. 4 Rutgers, 4-2, on Friday, and came up just short at No. 9 Maryland, losing 2-1.

-With the weekend's results, the Hoosiers' record now stands at 5-12 on the season and 0-7 in Big Ten play.

-Against Rutgers, the Hoosiers were pressured early with the Scarlet Knights scoring twice in the fisrt quarter.

-Indiana's Theresa Ricci would score right before the second quarter to only trail 2-1 at the half.

-Indiana would tie the game in the third quarter on a Kylie Dawson goal to make it 2-2.,

-In the fourth quarter, Rutgers earned a penalty stroke and converted, to build a 3-2 lead. The Scarlet Knights would add on one more goal to close out the game.

-Indiana junior goalkeeper Arabella Loveridge recorded seven saves on the afternoon, while Ricci and Dawson would each score their first career goals.

-At Maryland, the Terrapins took control early in the game with a goal from Margot Lawn in the 9th minute to put Maryland up 1-0.

-Indiana worked its way back into the game by creating a number of shot opportunitities and chances around the cage.

-The hard work paid off when the team got four consecutive penalty corners in the third quarter with the fourth resulting in a goal from Sofia Arrebola Garcia. WIth the score, the Hoosiers were right back in it at 1-1.

-Maryland would take the advantage again on a 39th minute score from Maci Bradfrod to go up 2-1.

-The score would hold from that point on for a 2-1 Maryland win.

-Despite the loss, Indiana led in shots taken (12-10) and in penalty corners (9-6).

QUICK STATS:
-12 different Hoosiers have scored a goal this season: Sarah Charley, Inés Garcia Prado, Jemima Cookson, Yip van Wonderen, Maggie Carter, Meghan Dillon, Anna Mozeleski, Meredith Lee, Ava Winner, Sofia Arrebola Garcia, Theresa Ricci and Kylie Dawson.

-Charley leads the way with five goals while Garcia Prado is the team's second leading goal scorer with three. Dillon and van Wonderen each have two goals, while the rest have one.

-Charley also leads the team in shots taken with 33. Twenty-three of those have been on goal. Yip van Wonderen has taken 29 shots this season with 12 of them being on goal.

-As a team, 18 Hoosiers have recorded a shot taken. 108 of the team's 172 total shots (62.8%) have been on goal.

-Charley and Garcia Prado both lead the team in assists with four. Cookson follows with three assists. Arrebola Garcia, and Keld each have two assists, as well.

-Shannon McNally and Arabella Loveridge have both seen time in the cage this season. Loveridge has made 13 appearances this season and has 62 saves. McNally has played in nine games and has recorded 24 saves.

-Kennedy Reardon and Sarah Charley are the most experienced players on the team with each player appearing in 88 career games. Reardon has been a Hoosier her whole career while this is Charley's first season at IU.

SCOUTING THE COMPETITION:
-Indiana opens the weekend at home against at No. 15 Pen State. The Nittany Lions own an 8-7 record on the year with a 3-4 Big Ten mark.

-The Nittany Lions are coming off of a victory at home against No. 5 Iowa.

-Penn State boast wins over No. 7 Ohio State and No. 5 Iowa, among others. The Nittany Lions have won the last ten matchups against the Hoosiers, dating back to 2010.

-Penn States' Sophia Gladieux currently leads the team with 18 goals on the season.

-Mackenzie Allessie and Carly Gannon are the team's leading distributors with five and three assists, respectively.

-Penn State leads the all-time series with Indiana, 25-4. Indiana's last win in the series came in 2009 during the Big Ten Tournament, when it won, 3-1.

-Kent State owns a 6-9 record on the year, but it has won its last three matchups.

-Kent States' Eva Usoz currently leads the team in goals with nine for the season.

-Indiana leads the all-time series, 4-3, but Kent State has won the last three games.

OVERTIME TIDBITS:
-Indiana will have six seniors honored after the Kent State game as part of Senior Day festivities. Sarah Charley, Jemima Cookson, Taylor Etling, Sydney Keld, Shannon McNally, and Kennedy Reardon will all be honored.

-Indiana's 2022 team captains of Sydney Keld and Kennedy Reardon are both team captains again in 2023. Senior Jemima Cookson was voted in as a team captain in the spring, as well.

-Indiana's roster features three pairs of former high school teammates who are now playing together again. Maggie Carter and Javi Baeza played together at Shaker Heights High School (Ohio), Meredith Lee and Hannah Riddle played together at Assumption High School (Kentucky) and Anna Mozeleski and Maddie Olshemski played at Wyoming Seminary Prep (Pennsylvania).