INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI women's soccer team will host Purdue Fort Wayne to the on-campus Michael A. Carroll Stadium on Wednesday night (Oct. 25) for a 6:00 p.m. kickoff in both sides regular season finale. The Jaguars have already secured a spot in the upcoming Horizon League Tournament and are hoping to secure an opening round bye and the No. 2 seed with a victory, while PFW has been eliminated from postseason contention.
IUPUI (10-3-4-, 4-1-4 HL) is coming off an impressive 1-0 road win at Robert Morris over the weekend as sophomore goalkeeper
Cailynn Junk blanked the high scoring Colonials on the road. Junk recorded four saves in the win and was later named #HLWSOC Defensive Player of the Week. Freshman
Caroline Kelley provided the game's only goal on a header early in the contest for her team-high seventh score of the season. Sophomore
Kailyn Smith contributed the assist on the goal for her second helper of the year.
It was the Jaguars' eighth shutout of the season while Junk collected her first solo shutout of the season and second of her collegiate career. Smith and
Emily Tobin have continued to anchor the IUPUI back line as they lead the team in minutes played.
IUPUI's attack has been a decidedly three-pronged attack behind Kelley (7g, 2a), senior
Emma Antoine (5g, 8a) and senior
Sam Slimak (5g, 2 a). The trio has combined on seven of the team's 10 game-winners while the Jags have outscored foes by a 30-17 margin.
Shannon Ott (3 goals),
Lindsey Castillo (2),
Avery Bangert (2) and
Jessica Jacobs (2) all have multiple goals this season.
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"It was a great team effort today. It was a win we needed to get on the road and we were able to dig it out. Being able to get the clean sheet was a job that needed to be done and we couldn't have done it without the help of the defense, who stayed organized and connected," Junk said following the win at RMU.
AGAINST PURDUE FORT WAYNE
IUPUI is 7-7-5 all-time against Purdue Fort Wayne and 4-4-2 in the 10 meetings in Indianapolis. Last season, the two sides played to a 2-2 draw in Fort Wayne as
Abbie Schad and
Carlie Werner tallied the Jaguar goals.
UP NEXT
IUPUI will move into the Horizon League Tournament with a full breakdown of matchups and brackets released later this week.
