DAYTON, Ohio - The IUPUI women's soccer team collected a critical road result on Thursday night (Oct. 5), capturing a 0-0 draw at Wright State on a rainy evening in Dayton. Ashton Kudlo earned her fourth shutout of the season, making six saves, including some spectacular efforts, while the team recorded its sixth clean sheet of the year. 

"It never stopped raining during the game so the conditions were pretty tough to deal with," Kudlo said. "However, I don't think it took too much away from our game. Tying 0-0 isn't what we wanted going into the game, but I'm super proud of our defense for staying composed. I think we're all looking forward to this weekend to try and grab more points now."

Kudlo kept Wright State (5-4-3, 3-1-1 HL) off the scoreboard just before halftime with a brilliant save against Makenzie Chinn in the 40th minute. Chinn was making a run through the middle and hit a powerful shot from the six-yard box, but Kudlo made a reactionary save, much to the chagrin of the home crowd. 

In the 60th minute, Kudlo made a one-handed stop on a Kaylin Helinski attempt, pushing the shot just wide of the post for a corner kick. Kudlo later made a business decision in the 62nd minute as she upended a WSU attacker just beyond the penalty area on a breakaway, receiving a yellow card and yielding a free kick, rather than facing a shot attempt. Caitlin Burger launched the free kick well high of target as the game remained scoreless. 

In the 78th minute, Burger pushed a shot just wide of the far post as Kudlo challenged off her line in an effort to cut off the scoring angle. 

The Jaguars struggled to create true scoring opportunities as the rain and wet turf made connecting passes a near impossibility for much of the evening. IUPUI was outshot 13-9 overall and 6-5 on frame, but did earn five corner kicks, four coming in the second half. Freshman Avery Bangert just missed sneaking an attempt inside the far post in the closing minutes of the first half and later tested WSU keeper Kiera Sarka with a left-footed bullet in the game's 79th minute. Senior Emma Antoine put her only shot on frame in the 55th minute, prompting Sarka to make one of her five saves on the evening. 

Possession was divided 50-50 for the game, largely in the midfield. Helinski led all players with five shot attempts while Ohio-native Lindsey Castillo had two attempts for IUPUI in a return to her home state. 

Defensively, sophomore Kailyn Smith was the lone field player on either side to log all 90 minutes while freshman Emily Tobin played 85. Thursday's game marked just the second time this season the Jaguars had been blanked and the first time since Aug. 31 at Butler. 

IUPUI will return home to host Green Bay at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday (Oct. 8) on Senior Day. The Jaguars will honor six seniors - Jessica Jacobs, Emma Manolovic, Leah Shumate, Sam Slimak, Alex Stocker and Carlie Werner - immediately following Sunday's contest.