Indiana Defeats Bellarmine 3-0 in Home Opener

Monday, September 6

Bloomington, Ind.

3:00 P.M.

Indiana University

(4-1)

Bellarmine

(1-2)

Bellarmine

Indiana

9/6/2021 6:03:00 PM | Field Hockey

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana Field Hockey team beat Bellarmine 3-0 on Monday afternoon in IU's first home match since 2019.

With the victory, IU improves to 4-1 (0-0) while Lafayette drops to 1-2 (0-0).

KEY MOMENTS
• Freshman midfielder Sofia Arrebola Garcia recorded an early shot that was saved by the Bellarmine goalkeeper.
• Sophomore forward Anna Gwiazdzinski opened the scoring inside five minutes off a cross into the box from fellow sophomore forward Jemima Cookson. Gwiazdzinski took the one time shot and buried it into the back of the net.
• Freshman midfielder Kira Curland scored just eight minutes later with a shot into the corner of the net off an assist from freshman back Yip van Wonderen.
• IU dominated possession the entirety of the possession in the first half and had a couple of chances in the second quarter but couldn't extend its two-goal lead.
• Curland grabbed her second of the afternoon late in the fourth quarter to give IU an insurance goal.

NOTABLES
• Monday afternoon marked IU's first home game since October 18^th, 2019 against Iowa. It was also the first victory in Bloomington since September 8^th, 2019.
• Curland's brace was her second of the season. She leads IU with four goals on the season.
• Freshman goalie Arabella Loveridge recorded her second clean sheet of the year and her third win overall in her first campaign.
• Gwiazdzinski's goal was her first of the season and the second of her career.
• Cookson's first-quarter assist was her first-career point. She recorded the assist just seconds after entering to her first match of the season.

UP NEXT
• IU is back in action on Friday evening with a trip to Louisville for a matchup with the host-Cardinals. The match is set for 6:00 p.m. EST.

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