By Dylan Vazzano, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech soccer team will head back on the road for the first of a season-long two-match away swing, as the Golden Eagles take the trip to IUPUI for a Sunday afternoon tangle with IUPUI. Kickoff from Michael A. Carroll Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. is set for 12 p.m. CT.
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A look at Tennessee Tech
The Golden Eagles (0-2-2) head north on the heels of the club's second draw of the season behind a 1-1 deadlock with ETSU Thursday night in Cookeville. Scoreless late into the first half, Tori Soutuyo gave Tech the edge behind the freshman's first career score in the 41st minute. The Chattanooga, Tenn. product's goal came courtesy of a Taylor Clark assist for Clark's first career helper.
TTU's go-ahead score marked the club's second net-finder of the 2023 campaign after fellow freshman Abigail Davis notched her first career goal in the 85th minute of Tech's other draw at WKU in the season opener on Aug. 17.
Thursday's knot with the Buccaneers featured two Maggie Conrad saves to bump her season stop total to 21, tying SIUE's Taylor Spiller for the most in the OVC. The Golden Eagle defense has allowed only one score in three of the club's four contests this season. Defenders Selma Askildsen and Macy Carter join Conrad as the trio of Golden Eagles who have not left the pitch the season, tallying 360 minutes of total action this year.
Fresh off her first career start, freshman Neve Renwick heads into Sunday's affair at IUPUI with a team-best nine shots to tie for second in the league.
A look at IUPUI
Following a 3-0 start to the season that saw the Jaguars outscore their opponents (Southern Indiana, Southern Illinois and Bellarmine) 7-0, IUPUI has since dropped back-to-back contests after falling 3-2 to SIUE on Aug. 27 and 3-0 at Butler on Thursday.
The Jaguars have produced nine goals in five matches, paced by the tandem of Caroline Kelley and Shannon Ott who have scored three goals apiece. Emma Antoine leads the club in assists thanks to three helpers this year.
Defensively, IUPUI has used a pair of goalkeepers over the course of the first five matches. Ashton Kudlo has started all five tilts in between the pipes and has allowed four goals to go along 17 saves for a 1.08 GAA and a .810 save percentage. Cailynn Junk has appeared off the bench in four affairs, and in 115 minutes of action has yielded two scores and made three halts.
Inside the series
Sunday's matchup will represent the third-ever meeting in an all-time set that is squared away at 1-1. Tech topped the Jaguars 5-0 in Indianapolis in 2002, but IUPUI has the latest nod thanks to a 1-0 triumph in last year's season opener in Cookeville. Emma Antoine scored the tilt's lone goal in the 81st minute to give IUPUI the victory. Ashton Kudlo picked up two stops en route to the clean sheet, while Maggie Conrad notched three saves in her first collegiate action.
Photo by Jim Dillon
