Illinois State (Oct. 8 / 4pm): ESPN3 I Live Stats

INDIANAPOLIS - Winners of four-in-a-row, the IUPUI women's soccer team (9-3-1) will step out of league play on Tuesday (Oct. 8) when the Jaguars host Illinois State (8-4) at 4:00 p.m. as part of a soccer doubleheader. The Jaguars come in on the precipice of a fifth double-digit win season under head coach Chris Johnson. 

MATCH INFO 

• Tuesday's match will kickoff at 4:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN3 as Greg Rakestraw (pxp) is on the call. Live stats will be available 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 men's match with Bowling Green will kickoff immediately afterwards at 7:00 p.m. and one ticket will provide admission to both contests. 

THE SERIES

• IUPUI is 2-1 all-time against Illinois State and has won the past two meetings by a combined 7-0 score. 
• IUPUI won last year's meeting, 4-0 on the road on Oct. 1, 2018. The Jags scored four times in the second half of last year's victory, including a pair of goals from Elizabeth Bueckers. Sophia Lipka registered 11 saves in last year's match, collecting a shutout. 
• IUPUI is 1-0 in games played in Indianapolis, winning 3-0 on Sept. 10, 2017. 

JAG SCRATCHES

• 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. 
• IUPUI has had a freshman tally multi-goal games in each of the past two games as Maya Lacognato scored twice in Sunday's 3-0 win at Detroit Mercy and Autumn Weeks tallied twice in last Wednesday's 2-1 win over UIC.  
• Junior Valentine Pursey is tied with Lacognato with a team-high five goals and leads the Jaguars in assists (5), points (15), shot attempts (44) and game-winners (3). 
• Lipka is coming off her 19th career shutout 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 two goals in 470 minutes, good for a 0.38 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 9-3-1 on the season, having blanked seven opponents this year. The Jags have shutout Toledo, Western Illinois, Southern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Evansville, Youngstown State and Detroit Mercy this year and yielded just 11 goals in 13 games.
• IUPUI is 3-0 this season against Missouri Valley Conference foes with road wins at SIU, Valpo and Evansville.  
• 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 1,099 minutes in the defensive third this season, 130 more than Pursey's 969, which ranks second on the team. McNally has played 92 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 ILLINOIS STATE

• Illinois State is 8-4 overall and comes in on a six-game winning streak. During the winning streak, Illinois State has outscored their opponents by a 19-3 margin. For the year, Illinois State has outscored their foes by a 30-15 margin and outshot opponents by 2.3 shots per game. 
• Kate Del Fava leads the Illinois State attack with 13 goals and three assists and has tallied four of the team's game-winners. Abby Basler has four scores and is one of two Illinois State players with four assists, joining Natalie Vaughn-Low. The Redbirds have had 10 different players tally a goal and 12 players provide at least one point. 
• Haley Smith has played 970 minutes in goal and notched a 1.30 goals against average with 47 saves and a .770 save percentage. 
• Illinois State is 4-3 on the road this season with wins at Omaha (3-2), North Florida (5-0), Stetson (3-2) and Northern Iowa (5-0). 

HORIZON LEAGUE STANDINGS

• 1. Milwaukee - 4-0 (12 pts)
• t-2. IUPUI - 3-1 (9 pts)
• t-2. Wright State - 3-1 (9 pts)
• t-4. UIC - 2-2 (6 pts)
• t-4. Northern Kentucky - 2-2 (6 pts)
• 6. Oakland - 1-1-1 (4 pts)
• 7. Cleveland State - 1-2-1 (4 pts)
• 8. Youngstown State - 1-3 (3 pts)
• 9. Detroit Mercy - 0-2-1 (1 pt)
• 10. Green Bay - 0-3-1 (1 pt)

NEXT UP

• IUPUI will hit the road to face Oakland University on Saturday (Oct. 12) at 1:00 p.m. in Rochester, Mich.