INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis women's soccer team will close out the regular season slate on Friday (Oct. 30) when the Jaguars host Northern Illinois (4-7-5, 3-4-3 HL) at 2:00 p.m. at Michael A. Carroll Stadium. Head coach
Angela Berry White's team controls its own postseason fate and will qualify for the six-team Horizon League Tournament with a win on Friday.
The Jaguars (7-9-2, 5-5 HL) has won four of its past six outings and scored 11 goals in its past four matches. IU Indy is also amidst a modest three-game home winning streak, having scored nine goals in those three contests.
For the season, junior
Keilah Muldrow (8 goals, 2 assists) continues to lead a balanced attack as four different players have double-digit points. Junior
Annaliese Black (4 goals, 7 assists),
Caroline Kelley (5 goals, 5 assists) and
Maci Sammons (3 goals, 5 assists) are the team's top scorers, but 17 different Jaguars have at least one point and 13 different players have scored a goal. Senior midfielder
Megan Swift tallied her first career goal in Sunday's 2-1 loss at Youngstown State and both
Lilly Ma and
Elle Blessinger netted their first goals of the season in the 4-0 shutout at RMU.
Sophomore
Isabel Oferosky continues to lead the way in net with a 1.35 goals against average and 6-3-1 record in her 15 appearances (11 starts).
QUOTABLE
"It's a tough loss. We didn't play well. We had some great opportunities but couldn't finish. It's hard to win on the road in this league. But we split on this trip and now it's in our hands. If we win at home Friday, we accomplish one of our goals and that's to make the conference tournament," White said following Sunday's road loss at Youngstown State.
#HLWSOC STANDINGS
| School |
C PTS |
Conf |
CPct. |
Overall |
Pct. |
| Milwaukee |
30 |
10-0 |
1.000 |
12-4-2 |
.722 |
| Green Bay |
23 |
7-1-2 |
.800 |
12-1-4 |
.824 |
| Youngstown St. |
18 |
5-2-3 |
.650 |
5-9-5 |
.395 |
| Wright State |
17 |
5-3-2 |
.600 |
7-8-3 |
.472 |
| Northern Kentucky |
17 |
5-3-2 |
.600 |
9-5-3 |
.618 |
| IU Indy |
15 |
5-5 |
.500 |
7-9-2 |
.444 |
| Cleveland State |
13 |
3-3-4 |
.500 |
3-10-4 |
.294 |
| Northern Illinois |
12 |
3-4-3 |
.450 |
4-7-5 |
.406 |
| Detroit Mercy |
10 |
3-6-1 |
.350 |
5-10-2 |
.353 |
| Robert Morris |
9 |
2-5-3 |
.350 |
5-8-4 |
.412 |
| Oakland |
2 |
0-8-2 |
.100 |
1-12-3 |
.156 |
| Purdue Fort Wayne |
2 |
0-8-2 |
.100 |
1-13-3 |
.147 |
SCOUTING NORTHERN ILLINOIS
NIU is 4-7-5 overall and 3-4-3 in Horizon League play with wins over Wright State, Cleveland State and most recently Oakland. Monica Correa has a team-high 11 points on three goals and four assists and Sarah Roy has a team-high two game-winners. Alexandra Devory has started all 16 matches in net with a 1.19 goals against average and four shutouts.
INSIDE THE SERIES
IU Indy is 0-1 all-time against NIU with the lone matching having been in August 2007. The Jaguars lost that contest 1-0 on the road.
UP NEXT
The full Horizon League Tournament bracket will be decided on Friday with the Jaguars learning their postseason fate following the day's action. Should the Jaguars qualify for the postseason, they'll play on the road on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 1:00 p.m. on ESPN+.
