MILWAUKEE, Wisc. - The IUPUI women's soccer team will enter the postseason as the No. 3 seed in the Horizon League Tournament and face No. 2 Milwaukee (7-1) in the second semifinal on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Central (2:00 Eastern). Sunday's match will be aired on ESPN+ with the winner set to face the winner of No. 1 Northern Kentucky/No. 4 UIC on Saturday, April 17. 

IUPUI (5-1-2) was the lone team to defeat Milwaukee this season, knocking off the Panthers by a 1-0 count on Mar. 3. Milwaukee-native Elizabeth Bueckers, who was recently one of two Jaguars to be named first team All-Horizon League, tallied the game-winner off a Grace Moore assist in the game's 52nd minute. AP Woodall registered a shutout in net with four stops. 

The IUPUI defense has been formidable all season long, yielding just three goals in eight games, despite three different keepers seeing time between the posts. Woodall has been the team's primary keeper, registering a 0.33 goals against average in her six starts, while also posting four shutouts. Collectively, IUPUI is allowing just 11 shot attempts per game and just more than four of those are getting on frame. Senior defender Natalie McNally was voted first team All-Horizon League for her defensive work while senior midfielder Morgan Rymer was named second team all-league. 

Offensively, IUPUI closed the regular season by matching its season-high with three goals scored in the 3-0 road win in its season finale. Miranda Ricks netted the winner and McNally and Kamryn Benscoter also tallied in the affair. Freshman Jessica Jacobs finished with two assists and has a team-high four assists on the year. 

QUOTABLE
"We knew we were at the point in our season where we had to win to keep moving forward. We all agreed we didn't want today to be our last game, so we just went out there and played our hearts out. Every minute was a battle, but all three goals coming from seniors just shows you how badly we wanted it," Ricks said after the season-ending win at Purdue Fort Wayne. 

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS
IUPUI is 5-1-2 on the year, having allowed just three total scores and having played 400 minutes without allowing a goal on the road. IUPUI has outscored its opponents by a 9-3 margin and is outshooting the opposition by more than two attempts per game. IUPUI's nine goals have come from seven different scorers as Valentine Pursey has a team-high two goals, both of which have been game-winners. Jacobs has a team-high four assists and Benscoter has a goal and an assist. In goal, Woodall has a 0.33 goals against average and .920 save percentage, having made 23 stops against just two goals allowed. 

LAST TIME OUT: IUPUI 3, Purdue Fort Wayne 0 // Recap I Box Score I Highlights

ALL-LEAGUE HONOREES
League awards came out earlier this week and the IUPUI duo of Elizabeth Bueckers (Jr./MF) and Natalie McNally (Sr./D) were voted to the league's first team. Valentine Pursey (Sr./MF) and Morgan Rymer (Sr./MF) were voted to the league's second team and rookie Sam Slimak (Fr./F) was chosen to the All-Freshman Team. 

RECENT AWARDS
Recently, IUPUI players collected a slew of honors and awards - here's a rundown. 
PURSEY AMONG 30 CANDIDATES FOR WOMEN'S SOCCER SENIOR CLASS AWARD
RYMER HONORED WITH WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH STUDENT AWARD
BENSCOTER, BUECKERS AND RYMER AMONG IUPUI'S TOP 100

#HLWSOC FINAL STANDINGS
NOTE: For the 2021 spring season only, qualifying teams will be seeded in descending order according to Horizon League points per match. The standings reflect the seedings at the close of the regular season.

SCHOOL	CPTS	CONF	CPCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	STREAK
Northern Kentucky	22	7-0-1	0.938	7-1-1	0.833	W6
Milwaukee	21	7-1	0.875	7-1	0.875	W4
IUPUI	17	5-1-2	0.750	5-1-2	0.750	W1
UIC	16	5-2-1	0.688	5-2-1	0.688	T1
Cleveland State	18	6-4	0.600	6-4	0.600	W3
Oakland	17	5-3-2	0.600	5-3-2	0.600	L1
Wright State	12	4-5	0.444	4-5	0.444	L1
Purdue Fort Wayne	7	2-5-1	0.313	3-5-1	0.389	L1
Detroit Mercy	7	2-6-1	0.278	2-6-1	0.278	L2
Green Bay	4	1-4-1	0.250	1-4-1	0.250	T1
Youngstown State	4	1-7-1	0.167	1-7-1	0.167	W1
Robert Morris	3	1-8	0.111	1-8	0.111	L5

HONOREES AND LEADERS
Pursey was a first team All-Horizon League selection last season while Maya Lacognato and departed senior goalkeeper Sophia Lipka were voted to the second team. Lacognato, Weeks and AP Woodall were voted to the All-Freshman Team as IUPUI had a league-best three All-Freshman Team selections. Pursey was fourth in the league with 0.40 goals per game last season and third in the league with 1.10 points per game. Woodall, albeit in limited action, ranked second in the league with a 0.60 goals against average while Lipka was fourth at 1.18. Lipka was third in the league at 4.69 saves per game and had four shutouts. 

ON THE SIDELINES
Head coach Chris Johnson enters his 18th season on the IUPUI sidelines, easily ranking as the longest tenured current head coach among any of the Jaguars' sports. Johnson has 131 career wins on the IUPUI sidelines and 212 in his college head coaching career dating back to the University of Indianapolis where he began coaching in 1994. 

NEW FACES
IUPUI has seven new faces on the roster this year in true freshmen Emma Antoine, Jessica Jacobs, Emma Manolovic, Leah Shumate, Sam Slimak, Alex Stocker and Carlie Werner. The group represents four different states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio) as Antoine (Carmel), Jacobs (Castle) and Werner (Batesville) were in-state recruits. Slimak, Stocker, Shumate, Jacobs and Werner all made their collegiate debuts at Detroit Mercy with Slimak and Stocker earning starts. 

SCOUTING MKE
Milwaukee comes in at 7-1 on the year, having outscored opponents by a 21-3 margin this season. Six different Milwaukee players have multiple goals, led by Jelena Sever (5 goals, 1 assist) and Natalie Auble (4 goals, 1 assist). Gaby Schwartz has a team-high seven assists from her defensive post. In goal, Elaina LaMacchia has a 0.27 GAA and has allowed just two goals while recording 27 saves. She's collected three shutouts on the year. 

VERSUS THE PANTHERS (see the entire history here)
IUPUI is 1-3-1 all-time against Milwaukee with the lone win in the series coming earlier this season. The Jags are 1-2-1 in the four meetings in Milwaukee with the draw having come in the 2017 Horizon League Tournament, where the Jags ultimately advanced on penalty kicks. The Panthers have outscored the Jaguars by a 10-1 margin in the five meetings.