Indiana women’s soccer fails to keep clean sheet, loses to Maryland 0-1 in final home match

Within the first month of Indiana ladies’s soccer’s season, there was a typical theme: 0-0 attracts. Six of the primary eight matches ended with that scoreline, and identical to final season, Indiana’s spine was a protection led by sophomore goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg. Gerstenberg racked up seven shutouts at first of the 12 months, bringing her profession complete to 16. 

By 85 minutes of play in an eventual 1-0 loss to Maryland, it appeared that Indiana would decide up its seventh goalless draw of the season Thursday within the season’s ultimate match at Invoice Armstrong Stadium. Each offenses have been stagnant, and it appeared, for the second 12 months in a row, the matchup would end 0-0. 

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However, an 86th minute purpose on the counterattack by Maryland senior ahead Alina Stahl gave the Terrapins a breakthrough that allowed them to snap a seven-match shedding streak. The purpose was Stahl’s fifth of the season to create the primary and solely lead of the evening. 

What was as soon as Indiana’s power has now was a query mark. After the loss to the Terps, the Hoosiers have been unable to maintain the opponent off the board in eight straight matches, all in convention play, going 0-7-1 in that span. 

The sport, very similar to the season after 16 video games, was a story of two halves. Indiana led in pictures 6-4 and pictures on purpose 4-2 and managed the vast majority of possession within the first half. Within the first eight matches of this season, Indiana didn’t concede a single purpose. 

Then, every part began to go downhill. Maryland dominated the second half, recording 9 pictures on purpose, matching Indiana’s complete within the match. 

Head coach Erwin van Bennekom stated his facet “didn’t have the standard on the ball” within the first half hour in comparison with the ultimate hour. The issue of passing the ball to the flawed group continued once more tonight, which led to the one purpose. 

Indiana will hit the street once more for its ultimate match of the season in hopes of selecting up its and sole first convention win of the season. Indiana has not gone winless in convention play since 2015. 

Van Bennekom stated, because the match is so low-stakes and the group is enjoying only for pleasure, he would possibly give the upperclassmen important minutes of their ultimate collegiate match. 

“We’ll give it some thought, and particularly (graduate goalkeeper) Bethany (Kopel) would possibly play one thing, that’s for certain,” van Bennekom stated. 

Indiana will play Michigan on Sunday. The Wolverines are 2-5-2 in convention play with eight factors, six forward of Indiana. First kick from Ann Arbor is at 2 p.m.