Grzesiak’s Goal Leads Hoosiers Past Purple Aces, 1-0

Sunday, August 27

Evansville, Ind.

8:00 P.M.

Indiana University

3-0-1, 0-0-0

Evansville

0-1-2, 0-0-0

Indiana

Evansville

Grzesiak’s Goal Leads Hoosiers Past Purple Aces, 1-0

8/27/2023 10:59:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Indiana sophomore forward Marisa Grzesiak netted her first career goal as she led the Hoosiers past the Purple Aces (3-0-1) 1-0 on a second chance header in the 18^th minute at Arad McCutchan Stadium on Sunday evening.

KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana (3-0-1) came out firing as they took 15 shots in the first half before scoring early in the 18^th minute.
• The Hoosiers capitalized on a corner kick from senior midfielder Anna Bennett as she crossed one into the 18-yard box. Junior defender Lauren Costello's header was swatted by the keeper. Grzesiak's netted the goal on a second chance header from Costello sending it into the far-right corner of the net.
• The Hoosiers held Evansville to only two shots in the first half. The Aces saw one opportunity on goal in the 54^th minute, but junior goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg would make the grab.
• IU continued to bring the pressure firing off seven more shots in the second half with the backline holding strong in the remaining minutes.

HOOSIER POINTS
GOALS: Marisa Grzesiak
ASSISTS: Lauren Costello, Anna Bennett

NOTABLES
• Junior Hope Paredes and Grzesiak earned their first start of the season.
• Grzesiak netted her first career goal as a Hoosier.
• Indiana set a season-high in shots after they outshot the Purple Aces 22-4 with four shots on goal, holding the Aces to just one shot on goal.
• IU led 6-2 in corner kicks.
• Gerstenberg earns her 18^th career shutout and her third of the season. She holds a 0.25 goals against average along with seven saves this season.

QUOTABLES
Indiana assistant coach Erwin van Bennekom
"Obviously, very happy with the win. I said to the team after that the teams that play a similar game like we did today with the shot count and how dominate we were and didn't get a goal, we got one at the right time again off a set piece. I am very happy with that. I don't think that we made the game any easier for ourselves. We left them hanging a little bit, but I thought it was a deep organized team like they were. Credit to them on how they defended. They made it really hard for us to create chances, but I think even with that we created enough to win the game a little easier than we did. The season is too short to look into how we win, its more the outcome. It's another win and we are happy with that."

Q: On the takeaways from the first four games heading into Tennessee…
"It's obviuously going to be a different opponent similar to Virginia Tech's level. We have a few players that are playing really well and a couple that are going up and down. We need to get everyone back playing their best soccer especially playing Tennessee on the road. We are going to need everyone to be playing at their best."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will travel to Knoxville, Tenn. on Thursday, Aug. 31 for a matchup against the Lady Vols at Regal Soccer Stadium.

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