Hoosiers Travel to No. 25 Tennessee, Host Huskies in Week Three

Thursday, August 31

Knoxville, TN

6:00 P.M.

Indiana University

Tennessee

Hoosiers Travel to No. 25 Tennessee, Host Huskies in Week Three

8/30/2023 11:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana women's soccer team heads to Knoxville for a match against No. 25 Tennessee at Regal Stadium before returning home to host Northern Illinois on Sunday, Sept. 3.

STREAMING
• Kick off at Regal Soccer Stadium is slated for 6 p.m. ET on SEC Network+ with Will Boling (PxP) and Tori Beeler-Watson (Analyst) on the call.
• Sunday's home match against Northern Illinois will be broadcasted on B1G+ at 7 p.m. ET.

ABOUT THE VOLS
• No. 25 Tennessee (3-1-0) is coming off a 2-1 loss against Southern Methodist. Graduate midfielder Sizzy Lawton recorded her first career goal for the equalizer before the Mustangs found the net again in the 84^th minute.
• Sophomore forward Kameron Simmonds leads the attack with four goals, totaling eight points in 208 minutes played.
• Head coach Joe Kirt enters his 17^th season with the Lady Vols and his second with the reins of the program. In 2022, he led the Vols to their third straight SEC East Division Championship.
• Tennessee finished second in the league with 22 points and 10 shutouts.
• Redshirt sophomore Ally Zazzara has earned two victories with four saves for a .667 save percentage. Zazzara has totaled 180 minutes between the posts along with 1.00 goals against average.

ABOUT THE HUSKIES
• Northern Illinois (2-1-1) will face the Hoosiers after a week off. The Huskies played Oakland to a nil-nil draw on Sunday, Aug. 27 after the defense held the Grizzlies to only one shot in the match.
• Freshman midfielder Isabel Struble leads the team with two goals and five shots for a .800 shot on goal percentage. Junior defender Lea Gruennagel follows with one goal, two assists and four shots.
• Redshirt senior goalkeeper Sadie McGille has started in all four games in goal totaling six saves. She holds a .857 save percentage along with three shutouts.
• Through four games, NIU has given up one goal in 19 shot attempts.
• Head coach Michael O'Neill enters his second season at the helm of the Huskie's program. In his first season, he led NIU to six wins, the most since 2017 and finished with a 6-8-4 record.

SERIES HISTORY
• It's been over a decade since the two squads took the pitch against each other.
•The Hoosiers lead the series against the Vols, 1-0. The two squads last saw each other on Aug. 29, 2008, when IU defeated No. 14 ranked UT, 2-0, in the Aggie Soccer Invitational in College Station, Texas.
• Indiana will face Northern Illinois in their first ever match up.

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.

#IUWS PROMOTIONS
• Pups at the Pitch – Bring your furry friend to Bill Armstrong Stadium as we host the Northern Illinois Huskies on Sunday, Sept. 3. Fans will receive one Indiana script doggie bag dispenser per pup.

HOOSIER POINTS
GOALS:
Anna Bennett (20'), Paige Webber (60'), Lauren Costello (74') vs. Illinois State on Aug. 17
Sydney Masur (10'), Paige Webber (46'), Piper Coffield (69') vs. Morehead State on Aug. 24
Marisa Grzesiak vs. Evansville on Aug. 27

ASSISTS:
Anna Bennett, Lauren Costello (2), Piper Coffield, Paige Webber vs. Illinois State on Aug. 17
Anna Bennett, Lauren Costello vs. Morehead State on Aug. 24
Anna Bennett vs. Evansville on Aug. 27

LAST TIME OUT
• Indiana (3-0-1) came out firing as they took 15 shots in the first half before scoring early in the 18th minute.
• The Hoosiers capitalized on a corner kick from senior midfielder Anna Bennett 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 54th 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.

THE COFFIELD, COSTELLO CONNECTION
• Lauren Costello, a junior transfer from LaSalle, and freshman Piper Coffield has made an immediate impact for the Hoosiers.
• The Pennsylvania natives have combined for two goals, five assists and nine points.
• Costello scored her first career goal and tallied two assists in the first week of the season as IU flew past Illinois State with a 3-1 win to open the season.
• They have started in 4-of-4 matches for Indiana and have aided in three cleansheets while holding the backline strong in a nil-nil draw against a tough ACC opponent in Virginia Tech.

B1G WEEKLY AWARDS
• Junior defender Lauren Costello and freshman defender Piper Coffield earned their first Big Ten Weekly Awards on Tuesday, Aug. 29 after the Hoosiers posted two cleansheets against Morehead State and Evansville in week two of the regular season. The defenders anchored the Hoosier's backline holding Morehead State and Evansville to only four shots each. The eagles had only three chances on goal with the Aces seeing only one.

FRESHMEN ON THE PITCH
• Freshman defender Piper Coffield earned her first career start, playing a full 90 minutes on the pitch and added her first career assist against Illinois State. She has started in 4-4 games with 360 minutes on the pitch.
• Freshmen Elle Britt, Kennedy Neighbors, Mary Kate Sullivan and Paige Droner also made their first collegiate debuts against Illinois State.
• Britt and Neighbors earned their first career starts against Virginia Tech on Aug. 20.

BENNETT AND WEBBER - DYNAMIC DUO
• Senior midfielder Anna Bennett and graduate forward Paige Webber are on the attack combining for three goals, four assists and 10 points and 22 shots.
• Bennett scored the first goal of the season in the 20th minute against Illinois State on an assist from Webber while Webber netted the Hoosiers' second goal on an assist from junior defender Lauren Costello in the 54th minute.

GERSTENBERG IN GOAL
• Junior goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg has tallied three shutouts this season bringing her career total to 18. Six more shutouts would surpass former teammate Bethany Kopel (2017-22) who holds the career record with 23 cleansheets.
• The Birkenwerder, Germany, native surpassed Sarah Stone (2012-15) for most career victories as she moves into the top-10 with 13 wins.

1. Merit Elzey 1994-97 35
2. Bethany Kopel 2017-22 30
3. Shannon Flower 2010-13 24
4. Shaunna Daugherty 2000-03 23
5. Lauren Hollandsworth 2007-10 22
6. Ashley Davis 1996-99 21
7. Lindsay Campbell 2008-11 17
8. Stacey Van Boxmeer 2003-06 15
9. Lauren Fabbro 2003-05 14
10. Jamie Gerstenberg 2021-pr. 13
11. Sarah Stone 2012-15 12

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