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INDIANAPOLIS - After an undefeated opening weekend, the IUPUI women's soccer team will be back in action on Friday (Aug. 28) when the Jaguars host Marshall at 6:00 p.m. at Michael A. Carroll Stadium. Admission is free of charge for all home soccer during the 2015 season. 

IUPUI (1-0-1) started well, earning a 110 minute scoreless draw against Eastern Illinois on Friday before rallying for a 4-1 win over UIC on Sunday. The Jaguars fell behind in the game's second minute, but pulled even almost immediately when Krissy Kirkhoff tallied in the seventh minute, thanks to assists from Sierra Bryant and Tori Minnich. The match was tied at 1-1 at the break, but IUPUI needed just 14 seconds to score in the second half when Minnich contributed her first-ever game-winner off a pass from Hayley Shelton. Later, both Kirkhoff and Beth Parks added insurance to account for the final margin.

Sophomore goalie Catherine Schmidt earned the win, improving her career record to 7-5-4 between the posts.   

HONORS
Minnich and Schmidt swept the initial Summit League weekly awards of the season, earning the accolades on Monday (Aug. 24). The offensive honor was the second of Minnich's career while Schmidt collected her third career defensive honor. 

QUOTABLE
"Tori worked her butt off this game," Kirkhoff said of Minnich after the UIC win. "She played it wide and I just shot far post and had the goal wide open." More here from Kirkhoff after the UIC victory.  

NUMBERS
-Senior Lauren Kulaga made her 60th career start over the weekend and is well on her way to becoming the sixth player in school history to earn 70 career starts. 
-Kirkhoff, a sophomore, became the tenth player in IUPUI history to reach double-digit career goals with her two scores against UIC. Kirkhoff now has 11 career goals and three career multi-goal games. 
-Minnich's game-winner was the first of her career and her 12th career score.
-Senior Kalli Shepler-Tucker enters play with 14 career assists, one shy of tying Sheri Levack for the program's all-time lead in that category. 
-Since the start of the 2013 season, IUPUI is 10-6-7 in matches at Carroll Stadium. 

SCOUTING MARSHALL
Marshall (1-1) split a pair of road matches on opening weekend, losing to Monmouth 1-0 before rebounding to beat VCU on Sunday by the same score. Freshman forward Ashley Seltzer has the Thundering Herd's lone goal of the season while senior Erin Simmons has the squad's lone assist. In goal, senior Lizzie Kish has been dynamic, totaling seven saves and a 0.50 goals against average in 180 minutes of action. 

SERIES RECORD
IUPUI is 0-2 all-time against Marshall, dropping a home contest in 1999 and a road matchup in 2001. Marshall won the initial meeting between the two schools, 2-0 on Sept. 5, 1999. Two years later, the Herd dominated the Jaguars 8-0 in Huntington, W.Va.. 

UP NEXT
IUPUI will cap the four-game homestand to open the 2015 season when they host Butler at 5:00 p.m. to start a men's and women's doubleheader. The match will be the official open to Youth Soccer Month in the state of Indiana. Admission will be free and open to the public and those who cannot attend can watch the action online at IUPUIJags.com/showcase.
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