Indiana University Women’s Soccer travels to Ohio State this evening and Host Minnesota on Sunday
No. 16/17 Indiana women’s soccer (9-0-2, 3-0 B1G) faces Ohio State in a border battle in Columbus tonight and close out the week at home against Minnesota at Bill Armstrong Stadium on Sunday at 1pm. The match against OSU will be aired live on B1G+ at 7pm and Sunday’s match will stream on B1G+ with Adam Oppenheim (PxP) and Josh Bode (Analyst) on the call and Gwen Parks reporting on the sideline. IUWS will host their Cutters Youth Day on Sunday against Minnesota. The youth soccer program will line up alongside the athletes in the handshake line. In addition, there will be team photo giveaway with postgame autographs.
The Hoosiers have scored 25 goals through ten matches with .461 shots on goal percentage. In the 2022 season, Indiana totaled 11 goals with .429 shots on goal percentage. In the B1G, IU ranks fifth in goals with (25) and second in assists (29), and third in points (78). Indiana climbed into the national polls coming in at No. 16 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll. This is the highest ranking in program history. IU last appeared in the polls in March 2021 when they were ranked No. 24. Additionally, IU was also recognized in TopDrawerSoccers’ national poll coming in at No. 17. The Hoosiers are off to their best start since 2013 with an undefeated record of 9-0-2. In the Big Ten, they are off to their best start in conference play with a 3-0 record since 2006.
Indiana is coming off a 1-0 win against Northwestern last Sunday at home. The Hoosiers took an early lead as Paredes put one in the back of the net in the second minute of the match off a throw in by junior defender Lauren Costello. Costello threw a ball inside the six-yard box. The Wildcats attempted to clear it out, but the header would find the foot of Hope Paredes for the goal. Indiana continued to attack seeing another opportunity by Paredes in the 11th minute. Another throw-in would send the ball into the 18-yard box as Paredes sent one to the top of the net, but NU’s keeper tipped it for the save. IU held the Cats to zero shots in the first half. They saw their first shot in the 53rd minute but it was off the mark. Their next opportunity came in the 61st minute, but junior goalkeeper made a diving save in the box. Senior midfielder Sofia Black saw Indiana’s second-best chance in the 77th minute after redshirt sophomore Ava Akeel found her on the outside corner of the box but the Cats keeper would make a diving save. In the 82nd minute, the Wildcats saw another chance after senior midfielder Meg Boade took a shot in the middle of the goalie box on a breakaway, but junior goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg came up with a phenomenal save as she pounced on the ball to secure the shutout.
Ohio State (5-3-2, 1-1-1 B1G) is coming off a shutout, 1-0, victory over Maryland in College Park. Senior midfielder Christin Baumbick scored in the 45th minute to give OSU the game winner. Junior forward Kailyn Dudukovich leads the Buckeyes offense with seven goals, four assists and 18 points. She holds .556 shots on goal percentage with two game winning goals. The XX ranks third in goals (7) and points (18), fourth in shots on goal (20) and fifth in shots (36). Goalkeeper Molly Pritchard has played in 10 matches with over 800 minutes on the pitch. Pritchard has five victories, two shutouts and 34 saves on the year. • As a team, they combine for 22 goals, 18 assists for 62 points. OSU holds .444 shots on goal percentage with 75 shots on goal. Head coach Lori Walker-Hock is in her 27th season. She earned her 300th career win in the victory. Indiana is 13-16-3 all-time against Ohio State. The Buckeyes won the last match 4-0 in Bloomington on Sept. 29, 2022.
Minnesota (4-3-3, 0-2-1 B1G) will face Wisconsin at home this evening before heading to Bloomington. Senior goalkeeper Sophia Boman leads the Golden Gophers with five goals and two assists for 12 points. Graduate goalkeeper Megan Plaschko holds a .793 save percentage with 23 saves on the year. She has tallied nearly 900 minutes between the posts with .62 goals against average with six goals faced. Minnesota leads the series 11-19-2. The Golden Gophers won the last match up in 2022, 3-0, in Minneapolis.
Indiana University Women’s Basketball ranked Preseason Number 9 by the Athletic
The 2023-24 Indiana women’s basketball season is almost here. Coach Teri Moren and the Hoosiers might have lost superstar Grace Berger to the WNBA Draft. But aside from that, they essentially return the entire roster from a team that went 28-4, won the Big Ten regular season title and earned a No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Indiana expects to compete for a national title this year, and for good reason. On Wednesday, The Athletic published its preseason top 25 rankings for the upcoming women’s college basketball season. They ranked Moren’s squad as the ninth-best team in college basketball. Here are the entire top 25 rankings from The Athletic for the 2023-24 women’s college basketball season:
1. LSU, 2. UConn, 3. UCLA, 4. South Carolina, 5. Utah, 6. Iowa, 7. Ohio State, 8. Virginia Tech, 9. Indiana, 10. Texas, 11. Notre Dame, 12. Tennessee, 13. North Carolina, 14. Ole Miss, 15. Maryland, 16. Florida State, 17. Colorado, 18. Stanford, 19. Louisville, 20. Baylor, 21. Illinois, 22. USC, 23. N.C. State, 24. Creighton and 25. Texas A&M.
Overall, The Athletic ranked Indiana as the third best Big Ten team behind Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes, as well as behind the Ohio State Buckeyes. Indiana also has two nonconference games scheduled against teams in The Athletic’s top 25 — No. 12 Tennessee, and No. 18 Stanford. In their story, authors Chantel Jennings and Sabreena Merchant listed offensive flow, pick-and-roll scoring and ball control as strengths for the 2023-24 Indiana Hoosiers. In turn, they listed depth, athleticism and paint defense as weaknesses. Moren and the Indiana women’s basketball team begin their 2023-24 season at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Nov. 9, when the Hoosiers host Eastern Illinois.
Indiana Football’s Trey Walker named Semifinalist for NFF’s William V. Campbell Trophy
On Wednesday, the National Football Foundation announced its semifinalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy and Indiana Football Redshirt Senior Trey Walker was among the prestigious group. The William V. Campbell Trophy has become the most prestigious and desirable academic award in college football. The trophy recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the country for academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
Walker has appeared in 10 career games and garnered his first career start in Week 4 against Akron, where he also hauled in his first collegiate catch. The 20-yard grab was part of a two-catch game for Walker, who joined the program as a walk-on in 2019. The Winnetka, Illinois, native owns his Undergraduate Degree in Sport Marketing and Management. He spent four seasons as a walk-on but was awarded a scholarship during fall camp prior to the start of the 2023 season.
Celebrating its 34th year, the Campbell Trophy® recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership. The NFF will announce 12-14 finalists on Oct. 25, and each of them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2023 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments. The Campbell Trophy® was first awarded in 1990, adding to the program’s prestige. Past recipients include two Rhodes Scholars, a Rhodes Scholar finalist, two Heisman Trophy winners and eight first-round NFL draft picks.
Indiana University Field Hockey Hosts a pair of ranked teams this weekend
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 at 3pm and No. 11 Ohio State on the docket for Sunday at 12pm. 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. 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.
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 the 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 teams have split the last two matchups. Ohio State won last year 2-1 in Bloomington, while Indiana won 3-1 in Columbus in 2021. 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.
Former Indiana University Men’s Basketball player A.J. Guyton’s Daughter Aaliyah Commits to Iowa for Women’s Basketball
The Iowa women’s basketball team landed a stellar prospect on Monday in Aaliyah Guyton. Guyton is a four-star guard out of Peoria, Ill., and is rated as the No. 57 overall best women’s basketball recruit in the class of 2024 by ESPN. Notably to fans of the Indiana Hoosiers, she’s the daughter of IU men’s basketball legend A.J. Guyton.
Guyton played for Indiana from 1996-2000 under coach Bob Knight and finished his time in Bloomington as the fifth all-time leading scorer in the history of the men’s basketball program. In total, he scored 2,100 career points. He is also the program’s all-time leader in career three pointers made, with 283 three-point field goals during his four seasons of college basketball. Guyton also tallied 403 assists and 129 steals in his collegiate career. He has the eighth most assists in Indiana men’s basketball history, and the 10th most steals. Guyton was a four-year starter during the final four seasons of the Knight era at Assembly Hall. He burst onto the scene as a freshman in 1996-97, finishing that season with an average of 13.6 points per game and 38.6% shooting from the three-point line. Guyton’s play only improved in the following years, as he averaged 16.8, 16.0 and 19.7 points per game in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, respectively. The efforts of the 6-foot-1 guard from Peoria garnered him many awards and recognitions throughout his time in Bloomington. Guyton was named to an All-Big Ten team as just a sophomore in 1997-98, and in 1999-2000, he won Co-Big Ten Player of the Year, and was named a consensus first team All-American.
After college, Guyton was selected with the 32nd overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. He would spend two seasons with the Bulls and one with the Golden State Warriors in 2002-03 before ultimately washing out of the NBA. However, Guyton would continue playing basketball professionally overseas until 2010. He’s since worked as a basketball coach and director of player development at several different stops, including Illinois Central College, Northwestern and Loyola, Md.
His daughter, Aaliyah, is the Hawkeyes’ fourth commit in the class of 2024 that is inside the top 100 of ESPN’s HoopGurlz recruiting rankings. She joins Ava Heiden, Teagan Mallengi and Taylor Stremlow as players committed to an Iowa women’s basketball team that nearly took home the 2022-23 national championship behind superstar Caitlin Clark. Aaliyah is a 5-foot-8 guard, only a tad shorter than the 6-foot-1 her father stands at. If she can shoot anything like he could during his time in Bloomington, then Iowa surely has a superstar women’s basketball player on its hands.
Indiana University Men’s Basketball Miniseries Ticket packages are on-sale
The IU ticket office released mini-series ticket package Tuesday that includes a number of notable games. The package features six total games, including a marquee nonconference matchup against the Kansas Jayhawks, the nation’s No. 1 team in ESPN’s way-too-early top-25 rankings, as well as Big Ten contests against Ohio State and Michigan State. The remaining games are Morehead State, North Alabama and Kennesaw State. Five of the six games in this package take place during the Indiana University winter break. The final game in the package against Michigan State on March 10, which will also be senior night, takes place during spring break. Here’s more information, per the IU ticket office. To request tickets, CLICK HERE.
PRICE: Main Level: $440 and Balcony: $260 PRIORITY REQUEST DEADLINE: October 6, 2023- Please note: Completing an application does not guarantee your order can be filled. This package includes the following games: Saturday, Dec. 16 – Kansas Tuesday, Dec. 19 – Morehead State Thursday, Dec. 21 – North Alabama Friday, Dec. 29 – Kennesaw State Saturday, Jan. 6 – Ohio State Sunday, Mar. 10 – Michigan State
There will be a limit of four (4) main level seats per account. Seating for this package will be in the East Main Level and Balcony Level of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. All seats will be assigned by the IU Priority Points Policy. You will not be charged for tickets at this time. We will not charge you until we know the quantity and seating level you qualify for based on Priority Points. All fulfilled orders will be processed with a $20 service fee at the time the payment is processed. If demand is greater than supply, your order will be substituted for the next available price level. Per Big Ten policy, everyone entering into Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall must have a ticket, regardless of age.
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