INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indy women's soccer team (3-9-2, 2-3-1 HL) is set to face off against the Panthers of Milwaukee on Thursday (Oct. 16) at 7:00 PM CT and will be live-streamed on ESPN+. This past weekend, the Jags fell short against Youngstown State in a 2-0 loss. The Jaguars were dominating the game in shots with a 21-10 advantage, with senior Emma Frey leading the team with eight, and also had the advantage in corner kicks, 8-3, and graduate student Sarah Bambrick registered six saves.
Through 14 games, sophomore Keilah Muldrow leads the team in points with eight, with a team high of three goals and tallied on two assists as well. And behind her are three different Jaguars with four points (senior Sarah Henson, junior Caroline Kelley, and redshirt sophomore Lilly Ma). Kelley leads the team in assists with four and also leads the team in shots with 41. Bambrick has played 12 games in goal and has registered 44 saves and a save percentage of .733.
In the Horizon League, Kelley is ranked second in shots with an average of 3.21 per game, and freshman Anika Guenther is fifth with 20 shots and an average of 2.50 and is ranked fifth in shots on goal with 18 and an average of 1.38.
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"We've just got to continue to work on finishing. We're creating the opportunities, whereas if we weren't creating them, that would be a bigger issue. Hats off to their keeper as well. She had some great saves. We also have to hit it where she isn't. We just have to do a better job of finding the open space in the net, and those opportunities are there." Head coach Angela Berry White said.
SCOUTING MILWAUKEE
The Panthers on the season are 9-4-2 overall and 6-0-1 in league play. Milwaukee had a tough first couple of games, facing off against #23 Wisconsin, #20 Michigan State, and #22 North Carolina. And in their last nine games, the Panthers are (8-0-1), with seven of those games being against Horizon League opponents, resulting in six wins and one tie. Seven of their nine wins have resulted in shutout wins.
Through 15 games, Mallory McGurie leads Milwaukee in points with 18 points and leads the team in goals with seven, and also tallied four assists and leads the team in shots with 32. Right behind her with 17 points is Emily Petring with six goals and five assists. Ashlyn Barrett Skinner leads the team in assists with seven and tallied three goals, and has one of the highest shot on goal percentages on the team with .600.
McGurie is third in the Horizon League in shots on goal and fourth in points, and second in game-winning goals with three. And Bella Hollenbach is third in saves with 66 and a save percentage of .759, and is ranked first in the Horizon League in shutout wins with six.
INSIDE THE SERIES
The Jags are 1-8-2 all-time against the Panthers, with last year's match up ending in a 2-0 loss, and will be the Jaguars' first win over Milwaukee in five years.
UP NEXT
The Jaguars will be on the road again to face off against Green Bay on Sunday (Oct. 19) at 1:00 PM central time and will be live-streamed on ESPN+.
