Indiana women’s soccer loses second consecutive match, falls to Wisconsin 0-2

The Indiana ladies’s soccer staff traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to tackle Wisconsin in its second consecutive street convention match of the season. The Hoosiers fell to the Badgers 0-2 and gave up a objective for under the second time this season.  

Each cases occurred inside a four-day span, as Indiana dropped a 0-3 match to Minnesota on Thursday. 

[ Indiana women’s soccer loses first game of the season 0-3 at Minnesota] 

The Hoosiers began out robust, taking offensive management for the primary jiffy of the sport. A back-and-forth marketing campaign between the Indiana and Wisconsin defenses was on full show for a lot of the first half. 

Nonetheless, the sport took a powerful flip in favor of Wisconsin within the thirty second minute. 

Indiana sophomore goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg obtained a crimson card after a collision wherein Gerstenberg kicked a Wisconsin participant within the head. The Hoosiers have been required to play with out the sophomore standout, bringing graduate goalie Bethany Kopel in to take her place, and compete with one much less participant all through the half. 

It didn’t take lengthy for the Badgers to make the most of the mismatch, as they scored two objectives in a sub-ten-minute span. 

Wisconsin junior ahead Emma Jaskaniec discovered the again of the web within the thirty fourth minute, nearly instantly after Kopel stepped on the sector. Jaskaniec then executed a phenomenal go to Wisconsin sophomore ahead Riley Philbin, who scored a objective of her personal to increase the Badger result in two.  

Indiana was capable of maintain off Wisconsin for the remainder of the half, regardless of a noticeably weaker defensive position and an aggressive Badger offense.  

Going into the second half, Indiana head coach Erwin van Bennekom’s frustration was obvious. The Hoosier teaching workers was visibly and audibly directing visitors with a way of urgency, conscious the staff would wish a fast rating if it needed an opportunity to attract or win the match. 

Nonetheless, Indiana was unable to get high quality photographs on objective throughout the second half. The Hoosiers’ finest look was an try by senior midfielder Alaina Kalin that hit instantly off the highest of the goalpost and rolled exterior the penalty field earlier than any of her teammates might capitalize on the Badgers’ disassembled protection.  

Kopel recorded three saves on the afternoon, however the first-half frenzy was an excessive amount of to maintain the Badgers off the board. Kopel will nearly definitely begin in objective throughout the Hoosiers’ subsequent match, as Gerstenberg is required to sit down out a full sport after being issued a crimson card.  

Indiana will return to Bloomington to tackle Ohio State on Thursday. Invoice Armstrong Stadium will host Worldwide Pupil Night time earlier than the sport, and kickoff is slated for 7 p.m.