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JAGS TO HOST CLEVELAND STATE ON SENIOR DAY

IUPUI (9-5-1, 3-2 HL) to honor senior class following Saturday's match

10/18/2019 11:01:00 AM

By: Ed Holdaway (@EdHoldaway), IUPUI Sports Information
Cleveland State (Oct. 19 / 1pm): ESPN+ I Live Stats

INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI women's soccer team will honor its senior class of Emma Chambers, Katie Darling, Bri Denny, Sophia Lipka and Jenna Sterr when the Jaguars host Cleveland State as part of a Horizon League doubleheader on Saturday (Oct. 19). Kickoff is slated for 1:00 p.m. and the senior recognitions will follow at approximately 3:00 p.m.. Saturday's match holds major postseason implications as the Jags are locked in a three-way tie for third-place while Cleveland State is lurking, just behind the Jaguars .

MATCH INFO 
  • Saturday's match will kickoff at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday at Carroll Stadium. The match will air on ESPN+ as Scott Agness (pxp) is on the call. In addition, live stats will begin right at kickoff. 
  • Admission is just $5 for ages 13-and-up and just $2 for youth, ages 3-12. IUPUI students are admitted for FREE with a valid Crimson Card and parking is FREE during home events in lots 59, 63, 80 and 86. 
  • The Jaguars' five seniors will be recognized between games of the doubleheader as the men's team will take on Cleveland State after the women's match at 4:00 p.m.. 
THE SERIES
  • IUPUI is 4-4-1 all-time against Cleveland State. The Vikings won the most recent meeting, 3-1, in Cleveland on Sept. 14, 2018. 
  • IUPUI is 3-1-1 in the five matches played in Indy, including a 1-1 double overtime draw in the 2017 Horizon League Tournament in which the Jaguars ultimately advanced on penalty kicks, 4-2. 
  • Three of the nine meetings have gone to overtime with the Jags going 2-0-1 in those contests. 
JAG SCRATCHES
  • IUPUI enters play at 9-5-1 and 3-2 in Horizon League play. The Jags have outscored foes by a 21-13 margin on the year and blanked seven foes. The Jags are 4-2-1 at home on the year. 
  • IUPUI's seven wins before Oct. 1 tied for the third most in program history. The 2017 squad, which won the Horizon League Tournament, had 10 wins heading into the month of October, while the 2009 squad, which won The Summit League Tournament, won eight matches prior to Oct. 1. The 2016 squad also won seven matches prior to Oct. 1 en route to a 9-7-3 finish. 
  • The Jags are coming off back-to-back losses for the first time all season, having dropped decisions to Illinois State (1-0) and at Oakland (1-0) last Saturday. 
  • IUPUI has two different freshmen tally multi-goal games this month as Maya Lacognato scored twice in the 3-0 win at Detroit Mercy (Oct. 6) and Autumn Weeks tallied twice in the 2-1 win over UIC (Oct. 2).  
  • Junior Valentine Pursey is tied with Lacognato with a team-high five goals and leads the Jaguars in assists (5), points (15), shot attempts (49) and game-winners (3). 
  • Lipka earned her 19th career shutout at Detroit Mercy (Oct. 6) and enters play two shy of tying Hall of Famer Jamie Farrell's career record of 21 clean sheets. 
  • Pursey earned Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week award on Sept. 16 after contributing to four of the Jaguars' six goals in 3-1 wins over Belmont and Valparaiso. Pursey had two assists in the Jaguars' 3-1 win over Belmont and followed with two goals in the win at Valpo, including the game-winner. 
  • Redshirt freshman AP Woodall was named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 9, recording a 1.00 goals against average and .875 save percentage in the Jaguars' contests against EKU (Sept. 5) and Central Michigan (Sept. 8). She dialed up a scoreless half in the win over EKU and yielded her first goal of the year on a PK in the Jaguars' 2-1 loss at CMU, snapping her personal scoreless streak at 276 minutes to start her career.
  • For the season, Woodall has allowed just three goals in 560 minutes, good for a 0.48 goals against average. 
  • The win at Valparaiso was the 200th of the career of head coach Chris Johnson. Johnson has won 123 matches on the Jaguars' sidelines and collected 81 wins at UIndy from 1994-2002. Johnson is the program's all-time leader in wins (123) and has taken IUPUI to two NCAA Tournaments (2009 & 2017). 
  • IUPUI is 3-1 this season against Missouri Valley Conference foes with road wins at SIU, Valpo and Evansville before losing at home to Illinois State.  
  • Pursey has moved into sixth on the program's all-time list with 22 career goals, 12 of which have been game-winners. Her 12 career game-winners are second on the program's all-time list, three shy of tying the school record.  
  • The Jaguars was picked to finish fourth in the Horizon League preseason polls
  • Junior defender Natalie McNally has played a team-high 1,279 minutes in the defensive third this season, 170 more than Pursey's 1,108, which ranks second on the team. McNally has played 93 percent of the team's minutes so far this season.
  • The Jags return their top four scorers from a season ago in Elizabeth Bueckers (14 pts), Ricks (11), Pursey (10) and Emma Chambers (8).
  • IUPUI returns 10 of 11 starters from last season, including the quintet of Lipka, Pursey, Chambers, McNally and Jenna Sterr, who started all 19 matches a season ago. 
SCOUTING CLEVELAND STATE
  • Cleveland State enters play at 4-6-3 overall and 2-2-1 in Horizon League play. The Vikings are 3-3-1 away from home this season.  
  • The Vikings have been outscored 18-13 on the season and been shutout six times, while also issuing five shutouts. 
  • Elena Gutlove and Grace Krosky have a team-high three goals each while Gutlove also has a team-high three assists. Gutlove, a junior midfielder, also has a team-high 28 shot attempts and 19 shots on goal. 
  • Stevie Holbrook has played virtually every second in goal for the Vikings this season, registering a 1.13 goals against average and 56 saves in her 12 starts. She has an .800 save percentage and has played all but 140 minutes in net. 
HORIZON LEAGUE STANDINGS (as of 10/16/2019)
  • 1. Milwaukee - 5-0 (15 pts)
  • 2. Oakland - 3-1-1 (10 pts)
  • t-3. IUPUI - 3-2 (9 pts)
  • t-3. Wright State - 3-2 (9 pts)
  • t-3. UIC - 3-2 (9 pts)
  • 6. Cleveland State - 2-2-1 (7 pts)
  • 7. Northern Kentucky - 2-3 (6 pts)
  • 8. Green Bay - 1-3-1 (4 pts)
  • 9. Youngstown State - 1-4 (3 pts)
  • 10. Detroit Mercy - 0-4-1 (1 pt)
NEXT UP
  • IUPUI will hit the road to face Milwaukee on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 8:00 p.m. in a match that will be aired on ESPN+. 
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