INDIANA
OUTSHOOTS KENTUCKY IN 2-0 LOSS
Hoosiers had 18
shots to 10 for the Wildcats
LEXINGTON, KY. – Despite holding
a 18-10 edge in shots and a 6-2 advantage in
corner kicks, a pair of Indiana (1-1-0)
mistakes turned into a pair of UK goals and
a 2-0 loss at the UK Soccer Complex on
Friday night.
“While we are disappointed that we lost the
game,” Indiana head coach Mick Lyon said,
“We did play very well. We had more shots,
more corners and we really pushed them.”
The Wildcats (2-0-0) got on the board in the
fourth minute after they stole a pass up the
sideline and quickly centered the ball to
Natalie Horner for her first goal of the
season. That shot would be the only one in
the first 45 minutes for UK, as the IU
defense clamped down and the offense took
over with eight shots of its own in the
half.
In the second half the Hoosiers kept the
pressure on the Kentucky defense,
registering 10 more shots, four of which
were on goal.
“Our shots just hit the keeper in the
hands,” Lyon said, “and she was able to hang
on to them. But we did improve on getting
more shots on goal from our first game so
that was very good to see.”
UK struck again in the 71st minute on a shot
by Kelsey Hunyadi that deflected off an IU
defender in front of the goal and went in to
increase the lead to 2-0.
Indiana goalkeeper Lindsay Campbell made
four saves in the losing effort while
Kentucky keeper Sydney Hiance made eight
saves of her own to earn the shutout.
Indiana is back in action on Sunday against
Butler starting at 1 p.m.
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