By Nick Jenkinson-SCINN Sports Director
#22 Purdue Boilermakers dominated the Indiana Hoosiers Women’s Soccer Team 5-0 Thursday Night on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. The Boilermakers are 13-2-2 overall and 7-2-1 in the Big Ten and leave Bloomington with the Golden Boot which the trophy the teams play for. Purdue was sixth in the Big Ten Standings coming into Thursday’s Match with 19 points as the top eight teams qualify for the Big Ten Tournament. Purdue will travel to Northwestern on Sunday and Host Nebraska Next Friday to close out the regular season.
Indiana is 4-10-2 on the season and 1-8-1 in the Big Ten. Indiana and Maryland were tied for 17th in the Big Ten with 4 points and have been eliminated from Big Ten Tournament consideration. Indiana won the Big Ten opener at Nebraska 1-0 on September 10 and have gone 0-8-1 since and been outscored 26-5 during the losing streak. Indiana will host Rutgers on Sunday afternoon at 1 pm and then travel to Penn State next Friday at 7 PM to close out the season.
Purdue leads the all-time series 17-5-9 as the two teams have battled to a scoreless draw in the previous two meetings. Indiana beat Purdue 1-0 in West Lafayette on October 8, 2023. The teams played to a 2-2 draw in Bloomington on October 16, 2022. Purdue last win in the series came on October 4, 2021, in West Lafayette when they beat the Hoosiers 2-0.
Purdue jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first half as the Boilermakers scored all three goals in a 14-minute stretch. Irene Campo scored two goals for her brace. Campo’s first goal came in the 23rd minute with the assist to Cherry Yu and her second goal came in the 37th minute with the assist to Tanna Schornstein. Jaiden Anderson scored in the 27th minute with an assist to Emilla Deppe.
The Boilermakers had 14-1 shot advantage in the first half with 8-0 shots on goal. Indiana Goalkeeper Dani Jacobson had five saves in the first half and Purdue Goalkeeper Grace Miller did not save. Purdue committed six fouls and Indiana committed 5 fouls. Purdue had 7 corner kicks and Indiana did not have a corner kick. Purdue was called offsides three times and Indiana were not called offsides in the first half.
Two minutes into the second half Purdue added a fourth goal as Megan Santa Cruz found the back of the net to give the Boilermakers a 4-0 lead. Indiana Head Coach Josh Rife made a goalkeeper change at the 56:30 mark as Kendell Williams replaced Dani Jacobson between the pipes. In the 74th minute Jaiden Anderson scored her second goal of the game for her brace as Purdue led 5-0 as the five goals are tied with UCLA for the most goals in a game against the Hoosiers this season. Jacobson finished with 6 saves and Williams made 1 save for the Hoosiers.
Grace Miller got her first shutout for Purdue this season in just her fifth game this season with a record of 2-1-1. Miller made one save in the second half with a shot by Emma Ehret. Purdue outshot Indiana 23-2 and 12-1 shots on goal. Purdue committed 15 fouls and Indiana committed 9 fouls. Purdue had 10 corner kicks and was called offsides four times. Indiana did not have a corner kick or called for offsides.
In a game against your biggest rival Purdue controlled the game from start to finish and Indiana looked defeated after the first goal. Its has been a tough season for the Hoosiers and a blowout loss at home to rival it’s not the result anybody wanted. The Hoosiers have two more games to finish the season and hope to have something positive out of these final two matches.