Live Stats
INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI women's soccer team will start a busy week on Tuesday night (Sept. 13) when the Jaguars face Butler at the Butler Bowl at 7:00 p.m.. The Jaguars have been strong in non-conference play so far this season, collecting four wins, including a pair on the road. Head Coach
Chris Johnson's team is coming off a 2-1 come-from-behind win at Eastern Illinois on Friday.
LAST TIME OUT
IUPUI is coming off a 2-1 victory at Eastern Illinois on Friday, Sept. 9, thanks to goals from seniors
Tori Minnich and
Catherine Raster. Minnich pulled the Jaguars even in the 60th minute thanks to an assist from Raster. Raster later netted the game-winner in the 84th minute off freshman
Maryna Clark's Summit League-leading sixth assist of the season.
Freshman
Sophia Lipka earned the win in goal, playing the final 38-plus minutes without yielding a score.
QUOTABLE
"We knew that we could play better so we wanted to come out into the second half with fire. Today's game was all about fight and we battled to get those two goals in the second half. A win is a win and we were just happy to come out of there on top," said senior
Catherine Raster following Friday's win at Eastern Illinois.
LEADERS
Here's a look at IUPUI's statistical leaders:
Goals: Tori Minnich (5),
Catherine Raster (4)
Assists: Maryna Clark (6),
Hayley Shelton (3)
Points: Minnich (10), Raster (10)
Shots: Raster (17), Shelton (11)
Game-Winners: Raster (2), Minnich (1),
Krissy Kirkhoff (1)
Minutes: Becca Spitalniak (533),
Leia Peterman (485)
SCOUTING BUTLER (5-2-1 overall, 3-2 home)
Butler is 5-2-1 overall and 3-2 at the Butler Bowl this season. The Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 14-5 in eight matches and authored four shutouts, including back-to-back wins over Indiana State (3-0) and Fort Wayne (4-0). Butler also has victories this season over Ohio, Akron and SMU.
Serina Kashimoto leads the Butler attack with five goals and three assists and Paige Monaghan has two goals and two assists. In goal, Hannah Luedtke has started all eight matches and owns a 0.68 goals against average and 22 saves.
INSIDE THE SERIES
IUPUI is 3-10-1 all-time against Butler and has dropped the past three meetings between the two schools. Butler won last year's meeting at Carroll Stadium, 2-0.
The Jaguars' last win was on Sept. 29, 2010 by a 3-1 score. IUPUI's last road win over Butler came on Sept. 1, 2009.
NEXT UP
IUPUI will return home to host home matches against Evansville (Sept. 16, 7pm) and Xavier (Sept. 18, 1pm). Friday's match with Evansville will be broadcast on IUPUIJags.com as Greg Rakestraw (pxp) is on the call.
Student tickets are FREE of charge with a valid JagTag and adult tickets are just $5 at the door.