INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI women's soccer team will look to keep its winning ways rolling this week when the Jaguars host Green Bay on Thursday (Oct. 14) and trek to Robert Morris for a Sunday (Oct. 17) showdown. Head coach Chris Johnson's team is coming off a 1-0 road win at Detroit Mercy as sophomore Leah Shumate powered the offense with her first career score and senior AP Woodall dialed up her first clean sheet of the campaign. 

The Jags, knowing they need to be nearly flawless down the stretch to earn a spot in the Horizon League Tournament, took the first step in that direction with the 1-0 win. The defense allowed just nine shots and just one on frame in the victory at UDM. Shumate delivered the goods with a free kick in the 34th minute to account for the game's only offense. 

This season, senior Elizabeth Bueckers fuels the attack with six of the team's 13 goals and a team-high 13 points. Junior Maya Lacognato has six points (2 goals, 2 assists) and both Shumate and Sam Slimak have two assists each. The defense has grown stronger through continuity as Autumn Weeks has moved to the center back spot and has played a team-high 1,103 minutes. At the outside spots, Makenna Collins and Maya Turner are second and third among field players in minutes played while Woodall has been her typical solid self between the pipes. Woodall has a 1.92 goals against average and 79 saves in her 11 starts. 

Johnson has had 22 different players start at least one contest while only three - Collins, Lacognato and Weeks - have started all 13. 

QUOTABLE
"It's always a great feeling to get the lead. We had a great effort by the whole team to keep it. It's awesome to come out with a win and we are aiming to keep the momentum going," Shumate said following the victory at Detroit Mercy. 

PRESEASON POLLS
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PROBABLE XI (based on the last outing)
GK- AP Woodall, Sr.
D- Makenna Collins, Fr.
D- Grace Moore, Jr.
D- Maya Turner, Jr.
D- Autumn Weeks, Jr.
MF - Jessica Jacobs, Soph. 
MF- Abbie Schad, Jr.
MF - Alex Stocker, Soph.
MF- Paige Waskom, Fr.
F- Elizabeth Bueckers, Sr.
F- Maya Lacognato, Jr.

FIRSTS
Four IUPUI players have tallied their first collegiate goals this season in junior Ciena Miller, sophomores Sam Slimak and Leah Shumate and freshman Abbey Renner. Both Miller and Slimak tallied against Marian and Renner scored against Wright State. Shumate netted her first on Oct. 10 at Detroit Mercy for the game-winner. In addition, Ashton Kudlo registered a shutout in her first match in goal, blanking Purdue Fort Wayne on Sept. 19. 

HEAD COACH CHRIS JOHNSON
Johnson is now in his 19th season on the IUPUI sidelines and owns a 134-167-42 mark with the Jaguars. He spent his first nine years of his coaching career at the University of Indianapolis where he amassed an 81-79-2 mark. All total, Johnson has 215 collegiate wins to his credit.  

SCOUTING GREEN BAY
Green Bay is 6-1-4 overall and 3-1-3 in Horizon League play this season. The Phoenix enter play on a three-game winning streak, having won all three matches by an identical 1-0 score. Green Bay is undefeated in its last five outings since a 6-0 loss at Oakland back on Sept. 19. Green Bay has outscored opponents by a 14-12 margin with McKayla Kertscher leading the way with five goals and two assists and Savanna Hayes has three scores. Green Bay has six different players with a game-winning goal this season. Annie Mason has started 10 of the team's 11 matches in goal with a 0.94 goals against average and 30 saves with a 5-1-4 record and four shutouts. 

SCOUTING ROBERT MORRIS
RMU is 4-9-2 overall and 0-5-2 in Horizon League play. The Colonials haven't won since a 4-2 road win at Hampton on Sept. 12, going winless in seven matches since. Haleigh Finale leads the RMU attack with five goals and six assists and has 50 shot attempts. Kayla Veloso-Lima has three goals and both Kaoru Hayashi and Gabriella Lecuona have a team-high three assists each. Two RMU keepers have split time as Isabella Bohlen (1.88 GAA, 30 saves) has started nine times and Courtney Worstell (2.13 GAA, 36 saves) has made eight starts. 

ALL-TIME SERIES
IUPUI is 3-1-1 all-time against Green Bay and won three-in-a-row in the series. (Series History)
Sunday's contest marks the first-ever meeting between IUPUI and Robert Morris. 

UP NEXT
IUPUI will host Youngstown State on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 10:00 a.m. at Carroll Stadium. The Jaguars will honor its senior class surrounding that match.