Friday, September 17
Bloomington, Ind.
3:00 P.M.
Indiana University
vs
Iowa
Indiana Begins Three-Game Homestand with Conference Opener
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind - The Indiana Field Hockey team (4-2, 0-0) is back in action after dropping a close 1-0 contest to No. 6 Louisville on Friday, Sept. 10. The Hoosiers host No. 2 Iowa on Friday to kickoff conference play and Richmond on Sunday to wrap up the weekend.
ALL TIME SERIES
- This is the 25th all-time meeting between IU and Iowa. IU last beat the Hawkeyes in a 2015 home contest, 3-1. Iowa took the only meeting of last year in a 1-0 season-opening victory in Virginia Beach.
- Richmond and IU are relatively unfamiliar opponents. This is just the third all-time meeting between the two programs and the first since 2009. This will be IU's second meeting with an A-10 program this year.
- Iowa comes into Friday's match as one of the hottest teams in the country. The No. 2-ranked Hawkeyes have two top-15 wins including a win over then-No. 1 North Carolina. In its six games this year, Iowa is outscoring its opponents 33-4.
- Richmond begins the weekend 0-5 with three losses to teams in the Top 25. The Spiders open A-10 play on Friday afternoon against St. Louis before visiting Bloomington on Sunday afternoon.
- 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.
- Midfielder Mary Kate Kesler was named the IU Scholar Athlete of the Month for September. As a full-time student athlete, Kesler has maintained a cumulative 3.9 GPA in her time in Bloomington.
- Indiana welcomed seven newcomers to the roster for the 2021 season. Kayla Kiwak, Arabella Loveridge, Yip van Wonderen, Meredith Lee, Kira Curland, Maggie Carter and Sofia Arrebola Garcia all come to Bloomington to join the program.
- In June, forward Hailey Couch was named to the 2021-2022 U.S. Women's National Indoor Team
- Goalkeeper Arabella Loveridge was invited to the Hockey New Zealand U-18 National Camp in July.
- 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 (49) and Junior Kennedy Reardon (38) have each also played over 30 games 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 has recorded three shutout victories this season, the most in a single campaign since 2016.
- 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.
- Goalkeeper Arabella Loveridge has three victories in five appearances this season. Two of those wins were clean sheet performances for the Auckland native.
- Midfielder Kira Curland has scored a team- high four goals in six games this season.
- Forward Kayla Kiwak and midfielders Sofia Arrebola Garcia and Maggie Carter have also scored for IU this season.
- Freshman defender Yip van Wonderen has a team-high two assists on the campaign.
- IU opens Big Ten play on Friday afternoon with a visit from Iowa. The Hawkeyes finished the abbreviated 2020-2021 season as National Semifinalists.
- Eight of the nine teams in the Big Ten are ranked in the NFHCA Coaches' Poll released on September 14.
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