Indiana Set for Final Home Matches No. 19 Penn State, No. 1 Maryland

Friday, October 23

Bloomington, Ind.

3:00 PM

Indiana University

Penn State

BLOOMINGTON, IN - October 16, 2026 - forward/midfielder Theresa Ricci #27 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between Northwestern and the Indiana Hoosiers at Deborah Tobias Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Sophia Kaplan/ Indiana Athletics

10/22/2026 11:28:00 AM | Field Hockey

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– After falling to No. 2 Northwestern last weekend, No. 11 Indiana Field Hockey closes out its regular-season home slate at Deborah Tobias Field in Bloomington, Ind. , against Penn State on Friday, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. and No. 1 Maryland on Sunday, Oct. 25 at Noon.

SCOUTING THE COMPETITION

No. 13 IU Field Hockey and No. 19 Penn State will face off for the 33rd matchup in history of play. The record is 5-27 all-time, favoring Penn State.
The last time the pair met, the Hoosiers came home with a 3-1 in State College in 2025. Previously, IU had a 12-game losing streak against the Nittany Lions.
Ella Gaitan leads the offense for Penn State with 11 goals and two assists. The opponent has totaled 192 shots on the season with 105 being on goal.
Penn State is on a seven-game win streak, with the last loss being on Sep. 20 against No. 19 Monmouth. B1G wins include Rutgers (1-0), Michigan State (1-0), Ohio State (4-3, OT, PS) and Michigan (2-1).
Maryland has been the No. 1 ranked team for two weeks in a row and sits undefeated in conference play. On Thursday at 8 p.m., it will face off against No. 2 ranked Northwestern who handed IU a 4-1 loss last Sunday afternoon.
All-time, the Hoosiers are 1-12 against Maryland. The single win was added in the 2025 season in an away match where IU claimed the victory in a 2-1 shootout.
Maryland is led by Babs van Hest and Francisca Eschoyez. Van Hest has recorded eight goals and nine assists on the season and Eschoyez has totaled nine goals and two assists. Overall, the team has notched 49 goals and allowed opponents 10.

B1G UPDATES

Indiana and Penn State are currently tied for third in the Big Ten, both with a 4-1 record. Penn State's lone loss was given to them by then No. 5 Maryland.
Maryland and Northwestern both lead the conference, tied for first place with a 5-0 record.
The match against Penn State will be Indiana's sixth B1G game and seventh against a ranked opponent.
Molly Stutte sits at sixth overall in the conference in shots with 42 overall and a 3.23 average per game. She is also sixth in shots on goal with 27 overall.
Stutte and Celia Arroyo Cabezudo are tied for ninth in goals, both totaling eight. Mijntje Hagen is 19th in goals with five.
Arroyo Cabezudo is 13th overall in total shots with 30. Sitting close behind is Inés Garcia Prado at 14th with 29 shots. Arroyo Cabezudo is 11th for shots on goal with 20. Garcia Prado is 17th with 17. Charlotte Glasper also sits in the top-25 for shots on goal, taking the 22nd spot with 14.
Sadie Canelli is the third ranked goalie in the B1G with a .792 save percentage, saving 38 goals and allowing 10. She is also third in shutouts with five.

QUICK STATS

Molly Stutte and Celia Arroyo Cabezudo lead the team with eight-goals each. Stutte has totaled seven assists throughout the season and Arroyo Cabezudo has recorded four.
With nine total wins, Indiana looks to total the most wins since 2021 where it finished 10-10 on the season.
IU has recorded 34 total goals in the 2026 season and have held opponents to 13 goals, with three coming from the last game against Northwestern on Oct. 16.
The 4-1 record in the B1G is the best conference five-game start since 2015 when the Hoosiers finished 5-3, the best all-time conference record. It looks to continue conference success to tie or break the conference win record.
Sadie Canelli's 10 goals allowed in 12 games is on track to be the least amount of goals she has allowed in a single season. In her first season with the Hoosiers, she allowed 18 goals in 15 games.

WEEKEND RECAP

The Hoosiers hosted No. 2 ranked Northwestern on Friday, Oct. 16 at Deborah Tobias Field.
After a short back-and-forth, Northwestern scored first to put them up 1-0 at the end of the first quarter. Indiana responded with Mintje Hagen putting the equalizer in the cage to make it 1-1.
The tie was short-lived as a penalty corner awarded to Northwestern would set them up to score a goal. As play ended in the first half, it was 2-1 Northwestern.
It was all Wildcat in the second half, as the remainder of their goals went unanswered to end the match 4-1.
In the third-quarter, goalkeeper Sadie Canelli made two critical saves to prevent more Northwestern goals.
The Hoosiers held Northwestern to just seven shots on goal, tying it for the second-lowest shot-on-goal stat on the scoresheet this season. They tie with Princeton, who defeated Northwestern the previous week in an overtime victory.

OVERTIME TIDBITS

Indiana's Inés Garcia Prado, Molly Stutte and Mijntje Hagen were named to the Big Ten's preseason Players to Watch list.
Inés Garcia Prado, Mijntje Hagen and Gabriela Garayo Aranceta were featured on the 2026 NFHCA Division I Players to Watch List.
Upperclassmen Mijntje Hagen, Javi Baeza, Inés Garcia Prado look to get the team to new heights this season as team captains.
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 Jessie Mauro came to Bloomington from England while Keke Sluiter, Isa Smulders and Mijntje Hagen traveled from the Netherlands. Agustina Gamonal is from Chile and Helen Grahe represents Germany. Spain boasts the highest representation with Celia Arroyo Cabezudo, Inés Garcia Prado, Berta Sáenz de Santa María and Gabriela Garayo Aranceta representing Spain in Bloomington.
First year Berta Sáenz de Santa María reunites on the field with second-year Celia Arroyo Cabezudo as the pair both attended Esclavas Del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús. Alongside the duo, Gabriela Garayo Aranceta is also from Santander, Spain.