Friday, October 22
Bloomington, Ind.
12:00 P.M.
Indiana University
vs
Saint Louis
Indiana Set to Honor Seniors Friday, Travel to Ohio Sunday
10/20/2021 12:40:00 PM | Field Hockey
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana Field Hockey team continues its homestand on Friday against St. Louis before hitting the road Sunday for a matchup with Ohio. IU split matchups with Michigan State and No. 2 Michigan over homecoming weekend. After dispatching of the Spartans 5-0, IU's three goals weren't enough to overcome the second-ranked Wolverines in a 5-3 loss on Sunday.
ALL-TIME SERIES
ALL-TIME SERIES
- IU has dominated the series against St. Louis, holding a 9-3 advantage over the Billikens. The Hoosiers have won nine out of the past 10 matchups.
- Sunday's matchup against Ohio will be the 14th game between the two opponents. IU holds a 7-6 all-time advantage after winning four of five in the series.
- St. Louis comes into Friday's matchup off a victory against A-10 foe VCU. The Billikens have won just two games all season. This will be their third game against Big Ten competition. Josefina Perez and Lotte Teunissen lead the way offensively with three goals each.
- Ohio has won three of its last four games, will all three wins coming in an overtime period. The Bobcats have scored 13 goals in their last four contests. This will be Ohio's fourth matchup with Big Ten opposition after dropping games with Iowa, Michigan State and Ohio State.
- IU spent the entire 2020-2021 spring season on the road in Head Coach Kayla Bashore's second year in charge. The Hoosiers finished the campaign 1-14 overall and in conference play. Then-junior Peyton Becker's overtime winner on April 15th at Michigan State gave IU its first victory of the season.
- The Big Ten Conference named its Preseason Honorees on Wednesday, August 25th. Senior Hailey Couch, Senior Mary Kate Kesler and Freshman Kira Curland were named to the list for Indiana.
- Mary Kate Kesler returns as last year's leading point scorer. The Louisville native scored seven points in a condensed-spring season.
- After opting out for health and safety concerns, Hailey Couch returns to action as the team's active goal scorer. In her sophomore season, Couch bagged 10 goals enroute to Second Team All-Big Ten honors.
- Senior Jes McGivern (61), junior Kennedy Reardon (48) and senior Peyton Becker (36) have each also played 30-plus matches in an IU uniform.
- IU's 4-1 start was the best five-game start to a season since starting 5-0 in 2014.
- The seven goals scored on the opening weekend matched the most IU's scored in its first two games since scoring nine goals in the first two matches of 2014.
- IU's 17 penalty corners against Richmond were the most in a game since it had 17 against Northwestern on November 4, 2005.
- Goalkeeper Arabella Loveridge has seven victories in 15 appearances this season.
- Midfielder Kira Curland has scored a team-high six goals in 16 games this season.
- Forward Kayla Kiwak and midfielders Sofia Arrebola Garcia (2) and Maggie Carter (2) have also scored for IU this season.
- Curland's six goals are the most by an IU freshman in a single season since Morgan Fleetwood scored 15 as a redshirt freshman in 2009.
- van Wonderen's five assists are the most in a single campaign by an IU freshman since Mollie Getzfread had nine in 2016.
- Freshmen have combined for 37 points for IU this season.
- Curland is tied for the most goals by a freshman in the Big Ten with Maryland's Hope Rose (6).
- Loveridge is the only starting freshman goalie in the Big Ten and has held a 1.84 GAA against the nation's most elite offenses.
- IU has played nine ranked opponents this season. The Hoosiers are 2-7 so far against Top-25 teams with a win over No. 21 Miami and No. 16 Ohio State
- Seven of the nine teams in the Big Ten are ranked in the NFHCA Coaches' Poll released on October 19th.
- 9 of IU's 19 opponents are in the latest version of the NFHCA Coaches' Poll. IU will play seven of the top-eight teams in this week's poll.
- Sydney Keld, Mary Kate Kesler and Yip van Wonderen have helped anchor the defense for IU. While leading the Hoosiers to eight victories, the trio has also scored 19 points and poured in 63 shots.
- IU has recorded six shutout victories this season. That's the most in a single season in program history.
- Against Ball State, Arabella Loveridge recorded her fourth clean sheet of the season. That breaks the program record for most shutouts by a goalie in a single season. Her shutout of Michigan State extended that record to five in a season.
- The ranked win over No. 21 Miami (OH) was the first ranked victory for IU since beating No. 15 Wake Forest on Sept. 1, 2017.
- IU's 3-1 victory over No. 16 Ohio State on Oct. 8, 2021 was the first top-20 ranked road win for the program since beating No.12 Michigan in Ann Arbor on Oct. 14, 2016.
- This is the first time since 2005 that IU has recorded two-ranked road victories in a single season.
- IU's 5-0 victory over Michigan State on October 15, 2021 was the biggest conference win in program history.
- The five goals scored against Sparty tied the IU record for the most against a conference opponent. It was the most in any game since putting five past Central Michigan on September 25, 2016.
- The Hoosiers had five different goal scorers against Michigan State, the first time that's happened since five different players scored against UC-Davis on September 7, 2014.
- IU's 30 shots against the Spartans were the most recorded in a single game since firing 34 against St. Louis on September 5, 2013.
- IU made its season debut in the Top-25 of the RPI on October 18, 2021.
- IU will celebrate its senior class on Friday before the matchup with St. Louis. Peyton Becker, Hailey Couch, Mary Kate Kesler and Jes McGivern will be honored.
- The four have combined for 212 appearances, 148 starts, 21 goals and 7 assists over the past four years at IU
- On Sunday against Michigan, Mary Kate Kesler became the 37th player in program history to make 65 career appearances. She has played in every single one of IU's games during her four years in Bloomington.
- Hailey Couch's 13-career goals put in her in a tie for 21st all-time in IU program history.
- Jes McGivern made her 60th-career appearance against Michigan State on October 15th, 2021 while Hailey Couch made her 50th-career appearance against Michigan on October 17th, 2021
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