Indiana University Athletics
Thursday, August 17
Bloomington, Ind.
8:00 P.M.
Indiana University
vs
Illinois State
Hoosiers Host Illinois State, Virginia Tech in Week One of the Regular Season
8/16/2023 4:30:00 PM | Women's Soccer
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana women's soccer team begins the 2023 regular season hosting two-games in the week one of the regular season. The Hoosiers will kick off the season against Illinois State on Thursday, Aug. 17 at 8 p.m. ET followed by a Sunday afternoon match against Virginia Tech at 12 p.m. ET at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
B1G+ will provide a stream of both matches. Josh Bode (PxP) and Hayden Smith (Analyst) will be on the call for game one followed by Joe Brennan (PxP) and Cruz Martin (Analyst) in game two.
ABOUT THE REDBIRDS
• Illinois State finished the 2022 season with a 3-14-1 record.
• The Redbirds will return sophomore forward Kelsi McLaughlin who was named to the pre-season All-Conference Honorable Mention team. She started in 15 out of 18 games played, scored two goals and had 19 shots on the season.
• Illinois State also returns key players in sophomore defender Jade Rehberger. She totaled 1,448 minutes on the pitch and started in all 17 games in her rookie season.
• Redshirt freshman Keeper Audrey Brown started in 13 games for the Redbirds making 62 saves between the posts. She totaled three wins along with a .721 save percentage.
ABOUT THE HOKIES
• Virginia Tech will open the season in Indianapolis with a match against the Butler Bulldogs on Thursday, Aug. 17.
• The Hokies finished last season with a 10-7-2 record.
• VT earned their 13th berth into the NCAA Tournament before falling 2-0 in the first round against West Virginia.
• Sophomore forward Taylor Price led the Hokies with eight goals, three assists and 41 shots last season. She tallied four game winning goals and a .488 shot on goal percentage.
• Junior goalkeeper Lauren Hargrove started 17 games between the posts and held 1.43 goals against average. Hargrove posted a 9-7-2 record with six shutouts on the season.
SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the first match up in the series against Illinois State.
• Last season, the Hoosiers battled the ACC team to a 0-0 draw in Blacksburg, Va.
• Virginia Tech leads the series 1-2-1. Last season, the Hoosiers battled the ACC team to a 0-0 draw in Blacksburg, Va.
B1G PRESEASON PLAYERS TO WATCH
• Junior goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg, senior defender Zoe Tiger and graduate forward Paige Webber were all named to the Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch list.
• Tiger played in 14 games, making eight starts for the Hoosiers her junior year and played over 800 minutes to aid the Indiana's defense. Tiger, a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, helped the team to eight shutouts and a defensive record of 788 minutes without conceding a goal. Tiger played a season high 90 minutes in Indiana's win over Michigan.
• Webber played in 17 games and made 13 starts last season. The Grand Blanc, Mich., native recorded 771 minutes on the pitch last season. Webber, a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, netted the gamewinner over Indiana State and leads the Hoosiers offense. She posted a team-high 23 shots and nine shots on goal.
• Gerstenberg played in 14 games last season totaling 52 saves with .77 goals against average. She totaled six clean sheets leading the Hoosiers to eight straight shutouts and recorded a career-high eight saves in a 0-0 result at Virginia Tech. Gerstenberg was named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week twice last season and was named to the All-Big Ten Third Team at the conclusion of the season. She has been a standout between the post and was a member of the 2021 Big Ten All-Freshman Team after she tied the Indiana program record with nine shutouts in her rookie campaign.
2022 SEASON RECAP
• The Hoosiers finished the season with a 3-7-7 record.
• IU ended on a high note after defeating the Michigan Wolverines 1-0 in Ann Arbor.
• Indiana's backline put up a strong defense after they shutout eight consecutive opponents to open the season. They extended the scoreless streak to a total of 788 minutes this season for a program record of longest consecutive scoreless streak which was set in the 1993 inaugural season.
RANKED OPPONENTS
• Indiana has seven teams that are ranked second edition of the United Soccer Coaches rankings, highlighted by three top-20 Big Ten opponents in No. 10 Penn State, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 18 Northwestern and RV Virginia Tech and Rutgers.
• In the non-conference slate, Indiana will face Virginia Tech who is currently receiving votes as well as Big Ten foe Rutgers.
• Since rankings were tracked during the 2001 season, Indiana has not played more than five ranked opponents in a single season. The Hoosiers took on five ranked foes in 2007, 2009 and 2015.
• The Hoosiers last toppled a ranked opponent on Sept. 8, 2017, with a 1-0 triumph over No. 23 SMU in Dallas, but did earn a result after a 0-0 draw against No. 7 Michigan on Oct. 3, 2021, and against No. 8 Penn State on Sept. 18, 2022.
HOOSIER REWIND
• The 2013 campaign was the most successful season of Indiana women's soccer. The season featured a school-record 15 victories and included a program-record-tying nine-game single-season unbeaten stretch to open the schedule, a stretch that saw the Hoosier defense concede just two goals.
• The Hoosiers secured the program's eighth 10-win season in program history, a feat not accomplished since the run put on by the '13 squad.
• Indiana advanced to the semifinal of the Big Ten Tournament in '13 before falling to the top-seeded and No.18-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers by a final tally of 3-1.
• IU was selected as an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2007 season. Indiana knocked off DePaul in the first round in a thrilling 1-0 result at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Then freshman Veronica Ellis scored the winner in the 76th minute to secure Indiana's third NCAA Tournament victory in school history.
• The dream season would end at the hands of the second-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels in the second round.
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B1G+ will provide a stream of both matches. Josh Bode (PxP) and Hayden Smith (Analyst) will be on the call for game one followed by Joe Brennan (PxP) and Cruz Martin (Analyst) in game two.
ABOUT THE REDBIRDS
• Illinois State finished the 2022 season with a 3-14-1 record.
• The Redbirds will return sophomore forward Kelsi McLaughlin who was named to the pre-season All-Conference Honorable Mention team. She started in 15 out of 18 games played, scored two goals and had 19 shots on the season.
• Illinois State also returns key players in sophomore defender Jade Rehberger. She totaled 1,448 minutes on the pitch and started in all 17 games in her rookie season.
• Redshirt freshman Keeper Audrey Brown started in 13 games for the Redbirds making 62 saves between the posts. She totaled three wins along with a .721 save percentage.
ABOUT THE HOKIES
• Virginia Tech will open the season in Indianapolis with a match against the Butler Bulldogs on Thursday, Aug. 17.
• The Hokies finished last season with a 10-7-2 record.
• VT earned their 13th berth into the NCAA Tournament before falling 2-0 in the first round against West Virginia.
• Sophomore forward Taylor Price led the Hokies with eight goals, three assists and 41 shots last season. She tallied four game winning goals and a .488 shot on goal percentage.
• Junior goalkeeper Lauren Hargrove started 17 games between the posts and held 1.43 goals against average. Hargrove posted a 9-7-2 record with six shutouts on the season.
SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the first match up in the series against Illinois State.
• Last season, the Hoosiers battled the ACC team to a 0-0 draw in Blacksburg, Va.
• Virginia Tech leads the series 1-2-1. Last season, the Hoosiers battled the ACC team to a 0-0 draw in Blacksburg, Va.
B1G PRESEASON PLAYERS TO WATCH
• Junior goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg, senior defender Zoe Tiger and graduate forward Paige Webber were all named to the Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch list.
• Tiger played in 14 games, making eight starts for the Hoosiers her junior year and played over 800 minutes to aid the Indiana's defense. Tiger, a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, helped the team to eight shutouts and a defensive record of 788 minutes without conceding a goal. Tiger played a season high 90 minutes in Indiana's win over Michigan.
• Webber played in 17 games and made 13 starts last season. The Grand Blanc, Mich., native recorded 771 minutes on the pitch last season. Webber, a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, netted the gamewinner over Indiana State and leads the Hoosiers offense. She posted a team-high 23 shots and nine shots on goal.
• Gerstenberg played in 14 games last season totaling 52 saves with .77 goals against average. She totaled six clean sheets leading the Hoosiers to eight straight shutouts and recorded a career-high eight saves in a 0-0 result at Virginia Tech. Gerstenberg was named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week twice last season and was named to the All-Big Ten Third Team at the conclusion of the season. She has been a standout between the post and was a member of the 2021 Big Ten All-Freshman Team after she tied the Indiana program record with nine shutouts in her rookie campaign.
2022 SEASON RECAP
• The Hoosiers finished the season with a 3-7-7 record.
• IU ended on a high note after defeating the Michigan Wolverines 1-0 in Ann Arbor.
• Indiana's backline put up a strong defense after they shutout eight consecutive opponents to open the season. They extended the scoreless streak to a total of 788 minutes this season for a program record of longest consecutive scoreless streak which was set in the 1993 inaugural season.
RANKED OPPONENTS
• Indiana has seven teams that are ranked second edition of the United Soccer Coaches rankings, highlighted by three top-20 Big Ten opponents in No. 10 Penn State, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 18 Northwestern and RV Virginia Tech and Rutgers.
• In the non-conference slate, Indiana will face Virginia Tech who is currently receiving votes as well as Big Ten foe Rutgers.
• Since rankings were tracked during the 2001 season, Indiana has not played more than five ranked opponents in a single season. The Hoosiers took on five ranked foes in 2007, 2009 and 2015.
• The Hoosiers last toppled a ranked opponent on Sept. 8, 2017, with a 1-0 triumph over No. 23 SMU in Dallas, but did earn a result after a 0-0 draw against No. 7 Michigan on Oct. 3, 2021, and against No. 8 Penn State on Sept. 18, 2022.
HOOSIER REWIND
• The 2013 campaign was the most successful season of Indiana women's soccer. The season featured a school-record 15 victories and included a program-record-tying nine-game single-season unbeaten stretch to open the schedule, a stretch that saw the Hoosier defense concede just two goals.
• The Hoosiers secured the program's eighth 10-win season in program history, a feat not accomplished since the run put on by the '13 squad.
• Indiana advanced to the semifinal of the Big Ten Tournament in '13 before falling to the top-seeded and No.18-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers by a final tally of 3-1.
• IU was selected as an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2007 season. Indiana knocked off DePaul in the first round in a thrilling 1-0 result at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Then freshman Veronica Ellis scored the winner in the 76th minute to secure Indiana's third NCAA Tournament victory in school history.
• The dream season would end at the hands of the second-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels in the second round.
@IndianaWSOC
For all the latest on Indiana University women's soccer, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaWSOC on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
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