HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The IU Indianapolis women's soccer team will open the postseason on Saturday (Nov. 7) when the No. 5 seeded Jaguars trek to No. 4 Northern Kentucky (10-5-3, 6-3-2 HL) for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff on ESPN+. 

Saturday's contest pits two of the league's hottest teams against one another as the Jaguars closed the regular season winning four of their last five matches and outscoring opponents by a 12-5 margin in that span. NKU comes in unbeaten in its last seven outings, outscoring opponents by a 16-4 margin and going 5-0-2 since Oct. 4. 

The Jaguars come in with 33 goals this season, tying for the second-most in a single season in program history. Junior Keilah Muldrow has a team-high eight tallies while senior Caroline Kelley has scored five times. Junior midfielder Annaliese Black has four goals and a team-high seven assists and sophomore Maci Sammons has 11 points on three goals and five assists. 

Defensively, sophomore goalkeeper Isabel Oferosky has helped steady the ship with a 1.24 goals against average in her 16 appearances (12 starts). She's registered 69 saves with an .812 save percentage and is coming off her first shutout of the season, having blanked Northern Illinois in the regular season finale. In front of her, junior Bethany Hartigan has been reliable in the defensive third, playing nearly 97 percent of the team's minutes and scoring a pair of goals from the back line. 

The Jaguars defeated NKU during the regular season by a 3-2 score in Indianapolis behind goals from Black, Kelley and the game-winner from rookie Taylor Townley. 

QUOTABLE
"It feels great, but you know, job isn't done. That's what we said. We treated this game like a playoff game. We knew that if we had it in our own hands, we controlled our destiny, all those cliches that you want to put into it, but we played an outstanding game," White said following the 1-0 win over NIU in the regular season finale, earning a spot in the Horizon League Tournament. 

SCOUTING NORTHERN KENTUCKY
NKU finished the regular season at 10-5-3 overall and 6-3-2 in Horizon League play to earn the No. 4 seed overall. The Norse topped the league in scoring with 42 goals and outscored opponents by a 42-21 margin for the season and 22-12 margin in league play. Megan Molner finished the regular season with a league-best 15 goals, including six game-winners, and Emma Gianino had a league-high nine assists. Erykah Cornett contributed five goals and six assists from the midfield, ranking second on the team with 16 points. In goal, Donna Bundy was the team's No. 1 keeper with a 0.89 goals against average and 9-1-2 record with 33 saves in her 14 starts. 

INSIDE THE SERIES
The Jaguars are just 2-8-3 all-time against NKU and 0-3-1 in the four meetings in Kentucky. 

UP NEXT
With a win, the Jaguars would advance to the semifinals of the Horizon League Tournament and would trek to either top-seeded Milwaukee or No. 2 Green Bay for a match on Wednesday (Nov. 11) on ESPN+.