INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI women's soccer team will play a crucial stretch of Summit League games, beginning this weekend when they host Omaha on Friday night (Oct. 14) before traveling to Tulsa to play Oral Roberts on Sunday (Oct. 16).

The Jaguars enter the weekend in the middle of The Summit League standings with four points, having claimed a win over South Dakota and a draw at Fort Wayne. Omaha is fourth at 2-1 and Oral Roberts is ninth at 0-3. Head Coach Chris Johnson's team is tied for the top spot in the league with 26 goals scored this season as the senior duo of Tori Minnich and Catherine Raster are tied for second in the league with seven goals apiece.

IUPUI students are admitted for FREE to all home soccer matches this season and adult tickets are just $5 each.

LAST TIME OUT
    IUPUI collected a 2-2 draw at Fort Wayne last Friday night (Oct. 7), thanks to a pair of goals from Minnich. The Jags fell into a hole in the game's opening 34 seconds, but rebounded when Minnich scored off a Krissy Kirkhoff assist in the 14th minute.
    IPFW retook the lead in the 32nd minute, only to see Minnich net her 24th career goal in the 57th minute to help earn a draw.
    Junior goalie Catherine Schmidt faced nine shots and collected two saves to move her record to 4-4-2 on the year.
    
ON THE POSTER
    Senior defender Maddie Riedford will be featured on Friday's poster.

QUOTABLE
    "We came out and dug ourselves a hole right away. We shot ourselves in the foot and that's something that's plagued us. Winning on the road in conference play is difficult. Getting one point (on the road) is a good thing and certainly wasn't easy, but at some point, you have to be able to get three (points)," said Head Coach Chris Johnson after the 2-2 tie at Fort Wayne.

11 AND COUNTING
    The IUPUI women's soccer team was honored with the NSCAA College Team Academic Award for posting a grade point average of at least 3.0 for 2015-16. Johnson's team posted an incredible 3.55 GPA last year and it was the eighth straight year the program was honored. 

LEADERS
    Here's a look at IUPUI's statistical leaders: 
    Goals: Catherine Raster (7), Tori Minnich (7) 
    Assists: Maryna Clark (8), Hayley Shelton (5)
    Points: Raster (16), Minnich (16) 
    Shots: Raster (41), Shelton (20)
    Game-Winners: Raster (3), Minnich (1), Krissy Kirkhoff (1), Sam Bathurst (1), Braegan Lyon (1)
    Minutes: Becca Spitalniak (1,091), Leia Peterman (1,045), Maddie Riedford (1,044)

SCOUTING OMAHA (4-8-2 overall, 2-1 Summit)
    Omaha comes in at 4-8-2 overall, but 2-1 to start Summit League play with home wins over Oral Roberts and Fort Wayne. The Mavs are 4-4-1 overall at home this season and 0-4-1 in five matches away from home. 
    Carlie Cook leads the Omaha attack with six goals and 14 points while Emily Romero has a team-high five assists. Cook has two of the team's four game-winners and has attempted a team-high 28 shots. 
    In goal, Omaha has used three keepers, led by Haley Shelton. Shelton has started 10 of the team's 14 matches with a 1.27 goals against average and 66 saves and three shutouts. 
    For the year, Omaha has been outscored 19-15 and outshot 108-61.
    
SCOUTING ORAL ROBERTS (5-9-1, overall, 0-3 Summit)
    Oral Roberts enters the weekend at 5-9-1 overall and 0-3 in Summit League play. The Golden Eagles have dropped four straight and will host Fort Wayne on Friday night before the Jags come to town on Sunday.     
    Lexi Jones leads ORU with four goals and nine points and Chloe Basnett and Mariah Morgan have a team-high three assists. Brittney Lawrence paces ORU with 33 shot attempts, putting 20 on frame.
    Defensively, Ryliegh Bohnenstiehl has started 12 of the team's 15 games in goal and has a 1.78 goals against average. She's collected 47 saves with a .701 save percentage and 2-8-1 mark.  
    
INSIDE THE SERIES
    IUPUI is 3-1 all-time against Omaha and 3-12-2 all-time against Oral Roberts.

NEXT UP
    After this weekend's two Summit League matches, the Jags will return home for a Sunday (Oct. 23) showdown with Western Illinois at 1:00 p.m. at Carroll Stadium. The IUPUI Athletics Department will recognize the senior class immediately after that match.