INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis women's soccer team will return home to host Detroit Mercy (4-6-2, 2-0-2 HL) at Michael A. Carroll Stadium at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday (Oct. 5). The Jaguars are coming off an unbeaten road trip after a 1-0 win at Youngstown State followed by a 1-1 draw at Robert Morris. In doing so, senior goalkeeper Ashton Kudlo earned #HLWSOC Defensive Player of the Week honors while senior Hannah Roberson collected the game-winner at YSU. 

Sophomore Caroline Kelley tallied the game's first score at RMU for her team-high fifth goal of the season off an assist from classmate Avery Bangert. Kelley leads the team in goals (5), shots (20), points (11) and game-winners (2) in her second season with the program. Junior midfielder Emma Frey has contributed a pair of goals and four assists while Maia Ransom is tied with Frey with the team lead in assists. 

In goal, Kudlo has a 1.68 goals against average and .761 save percentage in her 11 starts, having amassed a 3-5-2 records with two clean sheets. 

HORIZON LEAGUE STANDINGS:

School	CPTS	Conf	CPct.	Overall	Pct.	Streak
Milwaukee	10	3-0-1	.875	4-6-2	.417	T1
Detroit Mercy	8	2-0-2	.750	4-6-2	.417	T2
Robert Morris	7	2-1-1	.625	3-4-4	.455	T1
IU Indy	7	2-0-1	.833	3-6-2	.364	T1
Northern Kentucky	6	2-1	.667	5-6	.455	W2
Oakland	6	2-2	.500	3-8-2	.308	W1
Wright State	4	1-1-1	.500	3-6-1	.350	W1
Purdue Fort Wayne	3	1-2	.333	6-5-1	.542	L2
Youngstown State	3	1-3	.250	3-7-2	.333	W1
Green Bay	2	0-2-2	.250	2-5-4	.364	L1
Cleveland State	0	0-4	.000	0-10-1	.045	L6

QUOTABLE:
"Overall, I thought this was a very good trip for us. We were able to come away from it with four points on the road. As a team, we are looking forward to our next set of games and excited to get back out there," Kudlo said following the draw at RMU on Sunday. 

SCOUTING DETROIT MERCY: 
Detroit Mercy is 4-6-2 overall and 2-0-2 to open Horizon League play with home wins over YSU and RMU and road draws at Green Bay and Milwaukee. Erica Toupin and Abbey Lodato lead the Titans with five goals apiece with Toupin having two game-winners. In goal, Marisa Silver has played the majority of the team's minutes with a 1.56 goals against average and .725 save percentage in 10 appearances (nine starts). 

SERIES RESULTS: 
IU Indy is 8-6-4 all-time and 5-0-2 in the seven meetings as league foes. The Jaguars are 3-2-3 in the eight meetings in Indianapolis, having won last year's meeting 3-1, which included goals from Emma Antoine and Kelley. 

UP NEXT: 
The Jaguars will host Green Bay on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 4:00 p.m. at Carroll Stadium on ESPN+.