Friday, October 1
University Park, PA
6:00 P.M.
Indiana University
at
Penn State
Indiana Heads East to Face Two Ranked Opponents
9/28/2021 2:11:00 PM | Field Hockey
BLOOMINGTON. Ind. - The Indiana Field Hockey team heads out east for its first full weekend of conference action. After splitting last weekend with Maryland and Ball State, IU preps for a full slate of ranked opponents in No. 8 Penn State and No. 6 Rutgers.
ALL-TIME SERIES
ALL-TIME SERIES
- Penn State has won eight consecutive matches in the series. IU's last victory over the Nittany Lions came in 2015.
- IU has lost four straight matchups with Rutgers. The two wins for the Hoosiers in the series came in back-to-back years in 2015 and 2016.
- Penn State suffered its first two defeats of the season last weekend with back-to-back losses to No. 2 Iowa. Only one loss counted as a conference match for the Nittany Lions bringing their Big Ten Record to 1-1.
- Rutgers comes into the weekend as one of the hottest teams in the nation. The Scarlet Knights are 7-1 against ranked opponents heading into a Friday showdown against No. 1 Iowa. Rutgers is also 2-0 in overtime matches this season.
- 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.
- 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 (53), junior Kennedy Reardon (42) and senior Peyton Becker (32) 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.
- 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 17 penalty corners against Richmond was the most in a game since it had 17 against Northwestern on November 4, 2005.
- Goalkeeper Arabella Loveridge has five victories in nine appearences this season.
- Midfielder Kira Curland has scored a team-high four goals in 10 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 three assists on the campaign.
- This weekend will see IU play its fifth and sixth ranked opponents on the season. The Hoosiers are 1-3 so far against Top-25 teams
- Seven of the nine teams in the Big Ten are ranked in the NFHCA Coaches' Poll released on September 28.
- 9 of IU's 19 opponents are in the latest version of the NFHCA Coaches' Poll. IU will play seven of the current 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 helping the Hoosiers to six victories, the trio has also scored nine points and poured in 45 shots.
- IU has recorded five shutout victories this season. That's tied for 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 clean sheets by a goalie in a single season.
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