The teams battled the entire
first half and most of the
second half with neither one
able to put home the elusive
first goal of the match.
But Jocelyn Moses gathered
a rebound in the middle of
the box and lifted it into
the top left corner of the
goal at the 82:24 mark to
give the Hoosiers (10-3-2,
2-2-2 Big Ten) 1-0 lead.
“Lex made spectacular diving
save on the PK that saved
the lead for us,” Indiana
head coach Mick Lyon said
afterwards. “And it was
just as important for us to
get the first goal of the
game and Jocelyn was able to
come through for us.”
Devon Beach took a pass on
the right wing and made a
run down the right side of
the field with an Iowa
defender in pursuit. As she
neared the endline, she made
an abrupt stop and the
Hawkeye (8-9, 0-7 Big Ten)
defender went sailing past
and she then made her move
towards the goal. She was
able to dribble in and get
off a shot that was blocked
by an Iowa defender but
rolled right to Moses in the
middle of the box and she
put it home for her second
goal of the year. Beach was
credited with her fifth
assist on the play, which
leads the team.
Four minutes after the
Hoosier took the lead on
Moses’ goal, Iowa drew a
foul inside the box and was
awarded a penalty kick.
Alex Seydel stepped up to
take the shot against
Dickison in goal. Seydel
moved towards the ball and
struck a low shot that
looked destined to squeeze
inside the left post, but
Dickison dove at the last
possible second and was able
to push it wide and out of
bounds for a corner kick to
maintain the 1-0 IU lead.
Junior Lauren Hollandsworth
got the start in goal for
the Hoosiers in the place of
injured starter Lindsay
Campbell. Dickison then
came on to start the second
half and made three saves to
pick up her first collegiate
win.
As the game’s final minute
was winding down, junior
defender Leigh Anne Cummings
cleared the ball beyond
midfield and freshman
Orianica Velasquez Herrera
was able to run under it and
hold of the Iowa defender to
score her team-leading fifth
goal of the season with 10
seconds left to give the
Hoosiers the 2-0 win.
Cummings earned her first
assist of the year on the
goal.
Indiana outshot the Hawkeyes
14-6 in the game, with
Velasquez Herrera taking
five. Senor Kristin Arnold
came off the bench and was a
force for the Hoosiers with
four shots and some nice
passing to set up other
scoring opportunities for
teammates.
Indiana is in the midst of
four games in 10 days as
they take on Penn State at
Armstrong Stadium on
Thursday, starting at 7:30
p.m. ET. Then on Sunday
they travel to Ohio State
followed by a make-up game
against Purdue on Tuesday,
Nov. 3, at 7 p.m.
