Indiana Beats Ball State Behind Strong Defensive Performance

Sunday, September 26

Muncie, Ind.

1:00 P.M.

Indiana University

(6-4)

Ball State

(3-7)

Indiana

Ball State

Indiana Beats Ball State Behind Strong Defensive Performance

9/26/2021 4:29:00 PM | Field Hockey

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MUNCIE, Ind. – The Indiana Field Hockey team kept its fifth clean sheet victory of the season on Sunday afternoon with a 1-0 victory over in-state foe Ball State.

The victory moves the Hoosiers to 6-4 (0-2) on the campaign while Ball State falls to 3-7 (1-1).

KEY MOMENTS
• Ball State moved quickly on offense to open the match, earning a penalty corner within the first minute. IU stood tall to the challenge with redshirt sophomore defender Sydney Keld making the defensive save to keep Ball State off the board.
• IU won its first corner of the game in the eighth minute. Freshman midfielder Sofia Arrebola Garcia inserted the corner and fellow freshman midfielder Kira Curland fired off the shot, but it was saved by the Ball State goalie.
• The Hoosiers totaled five shots in the second period but couldn't find the opener in the first half.
• IU finally found Its breakthrough goal in the 38^th minute. Sophomore forward Anna Gwiazdzinski found a pass from Arrebola Garcia and buried home the winning goal.
• Ball State pulled its goalkeeper with 3:40 to go but IU managed to fend off an extra attacker to preserve the clean sheet.

NOTABLES
• Gwiazdzinski's goal was the second of the season for her and the third of her career. The assist for Arrebola Garcia was her third of the season.
• Arrebola Garcia also attempted a career-high five shots on the afternoon.
• The 10 shots on goal for IU was the second-highest tally of the season.
• The shutout was the fourth of freshman Arabella Loveridge's season so far.
• With the clean sheet, IU has now recorded five shutout victories. That matches a program record, set three times previously, for shutouts in a single season.

UP NEXT
• IU takes the East Coast road trip next weekend with stops at Penn State on Friday and Rutgers on Sunday for the first full weekend of conference play.

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