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Indiana to Host No. 11 Iowa Doubleheader to Open Big Ten Play
9/17/2025 9:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Indiana Field Hockey is set to stay in Bloomington to open Big Ten Conference play at Deborah Tobias Field. Indiana will host No. 11 Iowa in a doubleheader on Friday, Sep. 19 at 4 p.m. and Sunday, Sep. 21 at 12 p.m. The Friday game will be a conference game while Sunday will be a non-conference matchup.
WEEKEND REWIND
• Indiana Field Hockey defeated Lock Haven on Friday, Sep. 12 and Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sunday, Sep. 14.
• Indiana defeated Lock Haven in record-breaking fashion, winning 12-0. The Hoosiers broke their previous program record of 11 goals in one game, which was previously set in 2013 against St. Louis.
• The Hoosiers built on that momentum to best Saint Francis (Pa.) 5-1 on Sunday.
• Ten individual Hoosiers recorded a goal during the weekend and the team took 81 collective shots through both games.
• Lily Freeman, Ava Winner, Mijntje Hagan and Hannah Riddle each scored their first goals of the 2025 season.
BACK TO B1G PLAY
• Friday's game against Iowa will be Indiana's first Big Ten conference game of the 2025 season.
• In 2024, the Hoosiers improved their conference record from 0-8 in 2023 to 4-4. This improvement earned Indiana the No. 6 seed for the 2024 Big Ten Tournament.
• IU notched conference wins over Rutgers, No. 12 Iowa, No. 7 Michigan and Michigan State in 2024.
• Inés Garcia Prado is ranked third for the Big Ten with 12 points this season, followed by Charlotte Glasper with 11 points.
• The Hoosiers lead the Big Ten with 80 shots on goal in their 2025 campaign.
CONNECTIONS TO HOME
• There are both international ties and local ones featured in Indiana's weekend matchups against Iowa.
• In this weekend's games, nine players will represent the Netherlands. This includes IU's Keke Sluiter, Kiki Oomens, Mijntje Hagen and six athletes from Iowa.
• Oceania will be represented by two players in Bloomington this weekend. Indiana's Emma Thompson (New Zealand) and Iowa's Niamh De Jong (Australia).
• Two players from Indiana and three from Iowa will showcase talent from the United Kingdom. This includes IU's Lily Freeman (England) and Elen Nicholls (Wales).
• Indiana's Molly Stutte and Iowa's Tess Reed both hail from St. Louis, Mo.
QUICK STATS
• Nine Hoosiers have scored a goal this season: Celia Arroyo Cabezudo, Mijntje Hagen, Anna Mozeleski, Molly Stutte, Lily Freeman, Charlotte Glasper, Theresa Ricci, Hannah Riddle, Ava Winner and Inés Garcia Prado.
• Arroyo Cabezudo leads scoring for the Hoosiers with five goals while Mozeleski has four.
• Sixteen Hoosiers have taken shots on goal this season. Garcia Prado leads the squad with 23 shots, followed by Stutte with 21.
• Hagen leads IU in assists with six. Glasper has an additional five assists while Garcia Prado adds four.
• Mozeleski has scored in four of the first six contests.
• Sadie Canelli leads goalkeepers with 12 saves in the 2025 campaign.
• Canelli has recorded two shutouts this season.
• Indiana has drawn 33 penalty corners in the first six games.
• Arroyo Cabezudo is tied amongst all freshmen nationally with four goals scored this season.
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION
• The Hoosiers will host No. 11 Iowa in a doubleheader on Friday, Sep. 19 and on Sunday, Sep. 21.
• This will be Indiana's second ranked opponent of the 2025 campaign. IU played No. 8 Boston College in the second game of the season.
• Iowa stands at 5-1 with a 3-1 victory over No. 20 Miami (Ohio) and a 5-1 win against Louisville.
• Dionne van Aalsum leads the team with 14 goals on the season.
• This will be the 29th all-time matchup between IU and Iowa. Iowa leads the series 22-6. The last time IU and Iowa played was in 2024.
OVERTIME TIDBITS
• Indiana's Inés Garcia Prado, Emma Thompson and Mijntje Hagen were named to the Big Ten's preseason Players to Watch list.
• Senior Emma Thompson, a captain in 2024, is once again a team captain in 2025. Junior Inés Garcia Prado was voted in as a team captain for the Hoosiers as well.
• Indiana's roster bolsters a former high school duo who are once again playing together at the collegiate level. Javi Baeza and Charlotte Glasper played together at Shaker Heights High School (Ohio).
• The Hoosiers further their international talent, expanding the number of countries represented on the team. Lily Freeman and Elen Nicholls came to Bloomington from England while Keke Sluiter, Kiki Oomens and Mijntje Hagen travelled from the Netherlands. Emma Thompson is from New Zealand. Both Celia Arroyo Cabezudo and Inés Garcia Prado represent Spain in Bloomington.
