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INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI women's soccer team celebrated Senior Day by clinching a share of The Summit League regular season crown on Sunday afternoon after knocking off in-state foe IPFW, 1-0 at Kuntz Memorial Stadium. Sophomore Megan Hock scored the game-winner in 65th minute, thanks to assists from Natalie Holland and Alicia Brock on the play.

It marked the second straight regular season title for the IUPUI program and upped the current school record to 15 victories.

"We knew we had to win to get the title," senior goalkeeper Jamie Farrell said. "It gave us a little bit of extra motivation going in, but more than anything, we wanted to do it out of pride. It feels good, but now we need to focus on having a good week of training going into the (Summit League) tournament."

While IUPUI (15-4, 7-2 Summit) was the more aggressive offensive team from the outset, IPFW (4-12-1, 3-6 Summit) did a good job of keeping the Jaguars from getting clean looks. IPFW goalkeeper Kristen McFadden snuffed out a pair of first half Hock breakaways, including a diving stop where she plucked the ball from the IUPUI forward's foot before she could strike.

The Jaguars finally broke through in the 65th minute, set up by Brock drawing a foul along the end line on the right side of the field. On the ensuing free kick, Holland chipped a ball to the far post that Brock headed back towards the right side. Hock was in the right place at the right time to poke the ball over the painted line for her sixth school record tying sixth game-winner of the season. It was her tenth goal overall of the year, placing her second in The Summit.

Defensively, IUPUI bottled up The Summit's top scorer, Lisa Underwood, thanks to some tight marking by junior defender Kelly Williams. Williams shadowed the IPFW forward nearly the entire match, limiting her to just two attempts in 90 minutes.

Underwood nearly tied the match with a drive in the 83rd minute, but was otherwise held at bay.

"We wanted Lisa (Underwood) to have to think about what she was going to do before she got the ball at her feet," Farrell said. "I didn't have to do much back there, just a little cleanup because our backs did a good job of shutting them down."

Farrell finished with four stops in her seventh shutout of the season.

"It felt awesome to get a shutout," Farrell said. "We'd been trying to get one the past few games, but it just hadn't happened."

McFadden made eight saves as Hock led all players with five attempts.

IUPUI will enter The Summit League Tournament as the No. 2 seed and will take on North Dakota State in the opening round of play on Friday, Nov. 6 in Brookings, S.D.. That match will kickoff at 6:00 p.m. at Fishback Soccer Park.