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Gophers Travel to Hoosier State for Pair of Big Ten Matchups
10/3/2018 12:35:00 PM | Soccer
MINNEAPOLIS – Entering week eight of the regular season, Minnesota soccer travels east to The Hoosier State where they will face off against Purdue on Friday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. CT. The Gophers will then take on Indiana at 11 a.m. CT on Sunday, Oct. 7.
AN APPETITE FOR ASSISTS
With an assist against Maryland, April Bockin continues to climb the Gophers top-10 career assists list. Now with 24 career assists she ties Laurie Seidl for seventh all-time and is one assist away from tying Corinne Bolder and Erin Hussey for fifth all-time.
NOTHING ON NIELSEN
Sophomore goalkeeper Maddie Nielsen recorded four-straight shutouts for the first time in her career keeping a clean sheet against Northwestern, Michigan State, Michigan and Maryland. Two of those four matches reached double overtime while she collected a total of 10 saves during the stretch. With the aid of the back line she had not given up a goal in 533:07 of play. Nielsen now has five shutouts on the season which ranks third in the Big Ten and 36th in the NCAA.
THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER
There are six different Gophers who have recorded a goal and an assist to tally three points on the season. McKenna Buisman, TJ McKendrick, Celina Nummerdor, Patricia Ward, Maddie Castro and Emily Heslin have all done damage offensively. Among those six Buisman and Ward have netted game-winners for the Maroon and Gold.
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
This past week the Big Ten conference announced that the tournament semifinal and championship games will return to Grand Park in Westfield, Ind. Nov. 2-4. The tournament is slated to begin Oct. 28 with the top four seeds of the eight team field hosting the quarterfinal games at campus sites.
SERIES HISTORY
The Gophers have won the six previous meetings against Purdue while holding a 13-8-0 all-time record. In the last 10 meetings the Gophers have kept a clean sheet on the Boilermakers five times while outscoring them 22-6 during that stretch. Last year's meeting saw the Gophers score a pair of goals in the shutout while outshooting Purdue 14-5.
Against Indiana, Minnesota leads the all-time series 18-9-2. The Gophers are on a four-match winning streak against the Hoosiers and have scored three goals in each of the last three meetings. This will be the first time since September 28, 2014 that Minnesota will travel to Bloomington, Ind. to take on the Hoosiers. In last year's meeting the Gophers walked away with a 3-2 win in a back-and-forth match. After allowing a goal in the 12th minute the Gophers responded scoring three-straight with two first-half goals and one in the second.
AN APPETITE FOR ASSISTS
With an assist against Maryland, April Bockin continues to climb the Gophers top-10 career assists list. Now with 24 career assists she ties Laurie Seidl for seventh all-time and is one assist away from tying Corinne Bolder and Erin Hussey for fifth all-time.
NOTHING ON NIELSEN
Sophomore goalkeeper Maddie Nielsen recorded four-straight shutouts for the first time in her career keeping a clean sheet against Northwestern, Michigan State, Michigan and Maryland. Two of those four matches reached double overtime while she collected a total of 10 saves during the stretch. With the aid of the back line she had not given up a goal in 533:07 of play. Nielsen now has five shutouts on the season which ranks third in the Big Ten and 36th in the NCAA.
THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER
There are six different Gophers who have recorded a goal and an assist to tally three points on the season. McKenna Buisman, TJ McKendrick, Celina Nummerdor, Patricia Ward, Maddie Castro and Emily Heslin have all done damage offensively. Among those six Buisman and Ward have netted game-winners for the Maroon and Gold.
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
This past week the Big Ten conference announced that the tournament semifinal and championship games will return to Grand Park in Westfield, Ind. Nov. 2-4. The tournament is slated to begin Oct. 28 with the top four seeds of the eight team field hosting the quarterfinal games at campus sites.
SERIES HISTORY
The Gophers have won the six previous meetings against Purdue while holding a 13-8-0 all-time record. In the last 10 meetings the Gophers have kept a clean sheet on the Boilermakers five times while outscoring them 22-6 during that stretch. Last year's meeting saw the Gophers score a pair of goals in the shutout while outshooting Purdue 14-5.
Against Indiana, Minnesota leads the all-time series 18-9-2. The Gophers are on a four-match winning streak against the Hoosiers and have scored three goals in each of the last three meetings. This will be the first time since September 28, 2014 that Minnesota will travel to Bloomington, Ind. to take on the Hoosiers. In last year's meeting the Gophers walked away with a 3-2 win in a back-and-forth match. After allowing a goal in the 12th minute the Gophers responded scoring three-straight with two first-half goals and one in the second.
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