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Purdue (3-7, 1-3 B1G) at Iowa (6-6, 0-4 B1G)
Friday, Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. ET / BTN Plus on BTN2Go
Iowa Soccer Complex / Iowa City, Iowa
All-Time Series: Iowa leads 7-6-3
All-Time Series in Iowa City: Iowa leads 5-3-1
Last Meeting: Iowa 3, Purdue 1 (10/19/14 in Iowa City)
Purdue's Last Win: No. 23 Purdue 3, Iowa 2 -- OT (11/7/09 in West Lafayette)
Purdue's Last Win in Iowa City: Purdue 2, Iowa 1 (10/12/08)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue women's soccer closes out the month of September by visiting Iowa City for the fourth time in the last five years, setting the stage for a game with Iowa in which both sides are in need of a win.
Kickoff at the Iowa Soccer Complex is set for 8 p.m. ET. The Boilermakers will be in search of their first win in Iowa City since 2008.
Purdue and Iowa did not play last season in the first year of the Big Ten's new 11-game conference slate in which every team does not play two of its league rivals. This year the Boilermakers do not play Nebraska and Michigan, while the Hawkeyes do not square off against Indiana and Rutgers.
Oddly, Purdue's 2015 and 2016 senior classes both did not play Iowa at home during their careers. Although the Hawkeyes did play three games in West Lafayette during the 2014 Big Ten Tournament, the Boilermakers have not hosted Iowa since September 2011. That schedule quirk is a byproduct of the Big Ten's expansion in recent years coupled with the shift from the 13-game to 11-game conference slate last season. Although Purdue did not play at Wisconsin and Minnesota from 2012 through 2014, its longest active absence since last playing at a Big Ten rival's home pitch is Michigan State (October 2013). The Boilermakers and Spartans also did not play each other last season.
Having lost three straight by a combined margin of 7-1 since winning its Big Ten opener, Purdue is in search of a win to finish off what has been an otherwise tough month on a high note. Meanwhile, the Hawkeyes are looking for their first Big Ten win of the season. And with only two of its final six games at home, Iowa is in desperate need of a victory.
Jordan Ginther & Drew Roff preview Friday's game at Iowa. #Purdue travels to Iowa City for 4th time in 5 years. https://t.co/XyPeuw7klR
-- Purdue Soccer (@PurdueSoccer) September 28, 2016
Erika Arkans scored a goal and Jordan Ginther started in net in the Boilermakers' last visit to Iowa City. Holly Gregory, Vanessa Korolas, Mikayla Lasky and Maddy Williams are the other active Purdue players that were also starters that day. Ginther had to leave the game in the 26th minute after reaggravating a leg injury. Sophomore Kyrie Seying started all 18 games for Iowa last year before the Indianapolis native transferred back to her home state.
Since losing in overtime to Wisconsin in the championship game of the 2014 Big Ten Tournament at Folk Field, the Hawkeyes are 12-3 in non-conference play but only 1-13-1 against Big Ten rivals. From 2011 to 2014, Iowa went 20-19-7 in conference play, easily its best four-year stretch in program history. This season, Iowa was 6-1 after defeating rival Iowa State on Sept. 9 in Ames. But the Hawkeyes have not won since and enter Friday's game mired in a scoring drought of 400 consecutive minutes dating back to the second half of their non-conference finale at Colorado. Coincidentally, Iowa managed to score in all eight of its non-conference games and led the league in goals after the win in Ames. The Hawkeyes were competitive in 1-0 home losses to Michigan and Michigan State (in overtime) during the conference-opening weekend.
Four-year starter Bri Toelle (5 goals) and junior midfielder Karly Stuenkel (4) lead the way offensively for Iowa, but 11 different players have scored this year. Noblesville, Indiana, native Claire Graves has started every game in goal as a true freshman. Both teams feature a host of players from the Chicagoland area, with Iowa's roster featuring nine and Purdue's 10.
Surprisingly, the Iowa game is the Boilermakers' last of the regular season on a Friday. Purdue plays Thursday-Sunday the next two weeks before closing the regular season with night games at Folk Field on a Saturday vs. Indiana (Oct. 22) and a Wednesday vs. Michigan State (Oct. 26).
Check out highlights from last week's dedication ceremony at @PurdueSoccer's Folk Field. #BoilerUp https://t.co/vP34qkrZIk
-- Purdue Video 🎥 (@purduevideo) September 28, 2016
GINTHER FINISHES WISCONSIN-MINNESOTA WEEKEND WITH 17 SAVES
- Goalkeeper Jordan Ginther returned to the starting lineup for the first home weekend of Big Ten play, making a combined 17 saves in the losses to Wisconsin and No. 9 Minnesota. She made a career-high nine saves vs. the Badgers and followed that up with eight saves vs. the Gophers. With Erika Yohn also making nine saves in games at No. 4 West Virginia and Northwestern this month, a Purdue keeper has stopped nine shots on goal in three of the Boilermakers' last six games. Prior to this season, a Purdue keeper had not made nine saves since the 2012 season finale.
- Ginther's 17 saves were the most by a Boilermaker in consecutive games since Jenny Bradfisch made 19 in October 2008 vs. Minnesota (12) and Iowa (7). However, the Minnesota game went to overtime and was not decided until the 109th minute. Lauren Mason was the last keeper with at least 17 saves in consecutive 90-mintue games. Mason made 21 saves in October 2006 vs. Wisconsin (10) and Illinois (11).
MILARO, KOROLAS SCORE FIRST COLLEGIATE GOALS IN BIG TEN PLAY
- Gianna Milaro (at Illinois) and Vanessa Korolas (vs. Wisconsin) both scored their first collegiate goals during the first two weekends of Big Ten play. They joined Hannah Mussallem (2015 vs. Illinois) as active Boilermakers to record their first collegiate goals in a Big Ten game. Prior to Mussallem, Makaela Nellams (2014 vs. Ohio State) and Kate Fowee (2012 vs. Wisconsin) were the last players to accomplish the feat. The 2009 season marked the last time at least two different Boilermakers did it -- Jessica Warren (vs. Michigan), Roya Akhavain (vs. Illinois) and Remi Gibba (vs. Iowa).