INDIANAPOLIS- The IU Indianapolis women's soccer team will host Wright State at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday night (Sept. 25) inside Carroll Stadium. The Jaguars fell short this past weekend in their conference match against Northern Kentucky, losing 1-0 and starting 0-1 in conference play. And feel free to bring your pups as it is Canines at Carroll Dog Night!

IU Indy and Northern Kentucky had very even scoring opportunities. Still, NKU took better advantage of their scoring opportunities by getting the first and only goal of the match at the 35-minute mark. Each team had 14 shots. NKU had six of those shots on goal, and IU had three. In corner kicks, each team had four opportunities. 

Through nine games, redshirt freshman Olivia Hopper and grad student Hannah Roberson each have one goal and assist, and both of them lead the team with three points. Four jaguars have 780+ minutes of play. And senior Emma Frey has played all 810 minutes. Kailyn Smith is right behind her with one minute less of play.    

QUOTABLE
"We had a good game plan in place, and if you went through a checklist, our team did really well in that aspect of having defensive things in check. We created opportunities and just weren't able to put them away." Head coach Angela Berry White said

SCOUTING WRIGHT STATE
Wright State is 5-5 on the season, 2-0 in conference play. In their last four games, they have produced four shutouts, all 1-0, with two of those victories coming against conference opponents Detroit Mercy and Purdue Fort Wayne. 

Caitlin Burger leads the Raiders in points with three goals and two assists, totaling eight points, and Samara Nunn is right behind her with six points and a goal behind Burger. In the net, Kiera Sarka has registered 36 saves and a save percentage of .735. Five players for Wright State have registered over 650 minutes of game time, and Zara Graff leads the team with 778 minutes played.

INSIDE THE SERIES
The Jaguars are 3-9-3 all-time against Wright State. With the last two match ups resulting in 0-0 ties. 
UP NEXT
The Jaguars will travel to Cleveland, Ohio, to take on Cleveland State on Sunday (Sept. 28) at 1:00 PM.