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Indiana Field Hockey to Host No. 15 Michigan and No. 11 Ohio State
9/27/2023 3:00:00 PM | Field Hockey
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– After an exciting first home game last weekend, the Indiana Field Hockey team is set to host two more big games at Deborah Tobias Field in the coming days. The Hoosiers will have No. 15 Michigan on Friday, Sep. 29 and No. 11 Ohio State on the docket for Sunday, Oct. 1.
WEEKEND REWIND:
-Indiana went 1-1 in last weekend's games with two close finishes.
-On Friday, Sep. 22, the Hoosiers suffered a tough 1-0 defeat at Michigan State. On Sunday, Sep. 24, Indiana defeated James Madison, 3-2.
-With the weekend's results, Indiana's record now stands at 4-5 overall and 0-2 in Big Ten play.
-The Hoosiers have roughly hit the midway point of the season, having played nine of their 19 games thus far.
-The loss at Michigan State was a tough one as Indiana was in control for the majority of the game.
-The Hoosiers played stout defense throughout the game, limiting Michigan State to just five shots taken. The Spartans only were able to get one shot off in the first half, as well.
-The game was scoreless until the 58th minute when Michigan State's Ellie Rutherford found the back of the cage to put Michigan State up 1-0 with barely any time left.
HOME, SWEET HOME:
-The win over James Madison was Indiana's first home game of the regular season after playing their first eight games on the road or in neutral sites.
-The Hoosiers started out strongly, opening up a 1-0 lead from a Sarah Charley goal at the end of the first period.
-James Madison took the momentum when they scored back-to-back goals in a matter of two minutes midway through the third period to lead 2-1.
-Early in the fourth period, Meredith Lee scored the first goal of her career to tie the game at 2-2.
-With 37 seconds left on the clock, Indiana drew a penalty corner which resulted in Meghan Dillon tapping in the game-winning shot.
-With Michigan and Ohio State coming to town, these will be Indiana's first Big Ten games at home this season.
QUICK STATS:
-Eight different Hoosiers have scored a goal this season: Sarah Charley, Inés Garcia Prado, Jemima Cookson, Yip van Wonderen, Maggie Carter, Meghan Dillon, Anna Mozeleski and Meredith Lee.
-Charley leads the way with four goals while Dillon, Garcia Prado and van Wonderen are the team's second leading goal scorers with two each. Everyone else has notched one.
-Charley also leads the team in shots taken with 18. Fourteen of those have been on goal. Cookson has taken 12 shots this season with nine of them being on goal.
-As a team, 14 Hoosiers have recorded a shot taken. Fifty-six of the team's 84 total shots (66.7%) have been on goal.
-Garcia Prado land Charley both lead the team in assists with three. Sofia Arrebola Garcia, Cookson and Keld each have two assists. Yip van Wonderen has one assist thus far.
-Shannon McNally and Arabella Loveridge have split time in the cage this season. McNally has played in seven games and has recorded 23 saves. Loveridge has made five appearances this season and has 20 saves.
-Indiana has tied with their season opponents in penalty corners drawn. thus far. Both the Hoosiers and their opponents have drawn 48 corners.
-Kennedy Reardon and Sarah Charley are the most experienced players on the team. Reardon and Charley both have played in 80 career games. Charley's first 71 came as a Buckeye while Reardon has been a Hoosier her entire career.
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION:
-No. 15 Michigan owns a 5-4 record and an 0-2 mark in Big Ten play through the opening half of the season.
-The Wolverines lost to No. 1 North Carolina, 3-2, and No. 12 Wake Forest, 1-0, in the opening weekend. Michigan also lost to No. 17 Ohio State, 5-1, and No. 1 Iowa, 2-0. Michigan owns wins over No. 18 Old Dominion and No. 10 Saint Joseph's, among others.
-Michigan's Lora Clarke is the team's point leader with ten, notching six assists and two goals. Kelsey Reviello leads teh team with four goals with Alana Richardson not far behind, scoring three.
-Michigan has had Indiana's number for most of the series history, leading it 22-4. Indiana's last win over the Wolverines was in 2016 when Indiana won 1-0 in Ann Arbor.
-Ohio State's season is off to a tremendous start, owning a 9-2 record and vaulting to being ranked at No. 11 by the NFHCA.
-The team's notable wins include beating Stanford, 6-0, Michigan, 5-1, and Michigan State in overtime, 3-2. The team's only losses are to No. 3 Northwestern and No. 5 Louisville.
-Makenna Webster has been a major impact player for the Buckeyes, already notching 13 goals and six assists. Goalkeeper Abby Danson is currently at 37 saves on the season.
-Ohio State leads the all-time series against Indiana, 19-7, but the temas have split the last two matchups. Ohio State won last year 2-1 in Bloomington, while Indiana won 3-1 in Columbus in 2021.
OVERTIME TIDBITS:
-Indiana's Sarah Charley will play against her former team on Sunday when the Hoosiers host No. 11 Ohio State. Charley played for the Buckeyes from 2019-2022.
-Indiana's 2022 team captains of Sydney Keld and Kennedy Reardon are both team captains again in 2023. Senior Jemima Cookson was voted in as a team captain in the spring, as well.
-Indiana's roster features three pairs of former high school teammates who are now playing together again. Maggie Carter and Javi Baeza played together at Shaker Heights High School (Ohio), Meredith Lee and Hannah Riddle played together at Assumption High School (Kentucky) and Anna Mozeleski and Maddie Olshemski played at Wyoming Seminary Prep (Pennsylvania).
