MATCH PREVIEW
Indiana State leads the all-time series by a 14-7-1 edge in the all-time series.
 
The Sycamores hold a 6-3-1 advantage in games played in Terre Haute.
 
Evansville has won each of the last five meetings in the series dating back to a 1-0 Sycamore victory in 2013 in Terre Haute.
  The Valley on ESPN, part of the Missouri Valley Conference's media rights agreement with ESPN, will feature most home soccer matches from all eight MVC institutions on the ESPN+ and the ESPN3 streaming platforms. The HD-quality telecasts are available on the ESPN app. Seven Sycamore games will be featured on ESPN+ while four will be shown live world wide on ESPN3.
 
Danielle Varner Named To Preseason All-MVC Team
Indiana State junior Danielle Varner was named to the Preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference Team as part of a summer time vote of the league's head coaches. Varner was named in 2018 to the All-MVC Second Team as well as an honorable mention Valley Scholar-Athlete. She played and started in all 18 matches for the Sycamores and scored a pair of goals while adding an assist for a total of five points on the season. Varner fired off 15 shots, including five shots on goal. She scored her first goal at Akron as she had three shots in the contest. Varner then added another goal as part of the eight goal outburst against Chicago State. She tallied an assist in conference play at Missouri State. Varner was named the MVC Defensive Player of the Week after the Sycamores completed a busy three-game road swing around the Labor Day weekend undefeated. It was her first career MVC Weekly honor.
 
For Valley Openers
The Sycamores open the Missouri Valley Conference slate on Saturday, September 28 when they host Evansville. Indiana State is 5-14 all-time in Missouri Valley Conference openers, notably winning their very first conference opener against UNI in the program's inaugural season back in 2000. ISU is 1-1 vs. Evansville in a MVC lidlifter, having won 1-0 in 2003, but falling in overtime on the road last season. The Sycamores have dropped each of their last 10 MVC openers, looking for their first win in their initial Valley match since a 3-2 win against Northern Iowa to open the 2008 MVC campaign.
 
New Faces
Indiana State freshman Kate Face was tied for the team lead with five shots, including three on goal and broke through with a score in the 56th minute which ended a scoreless tie and opened the flood gates for a 3-0 Senior Day victory over Purdue Fort Wayne. It marked the first goal of Face's career.
 
Wahlberg Breaks Through!
Indiana State freshman Celeste Wahlberg tallied three points and scored one goal with one assist as the Sycamores fell to Detroit Mercy but tied with Belmont over the weekend. Wahlberg scored a late-game goal against the Titans and her brilliant cross pass from the right hand side of the field towards the middle set up freshman Liz Humphrey for the equalizer goal. She paced the team with 17 shots over the weekend and owned a total of nine shots on goal.
 
Liz Humphrey Records Late First Half Goal Against Belmont
Indiana State freshman Liz Humphrey – a native of Terre Haute – scored a goal for her hometown collegiate team on Sunday as part of a 1-1 draw against Belmont of the Ohio Valley Conference. Humphrey used fresh legs to catch a nice cross pass from fellow freshman Celeste Wahlberg as she took the ball and made a quick punch into the back of the net to equalize the match at 1 just 17 seconds before intermission.
 
Young Strikers Making Their Mark Early
The Sycamores have recorded 128 shots this season, including 63 of which have come on goal. Of those 128, 100  have been by players that are either in their first or second season with the program. Of the 63 on goal, 50 have come by that same group. So 78.1 percent of the team's shots have been by underclassmen while 79.3 percent of the shots on goal have come from that same group.
 
Sidney Ewing Posts 5th Quickest Goal In Program History At Central Michigan
Sidney Ewing (off the assist from Danielle Varner) lit the scoreboard in just 2:28 of game time on Friday night at Central Michigan. It was the fifth fastest goal scored in the 19-year history of the ISU women's soccer program and the fastest since Caitlyn Eddy found the back of the net at SIU Edwardsville in just 2:24 last season. Ewing also scored quickly against Chicago State on September 16, 2018 when she stole the ball and scored from 25 yards out just 2:40 into the match. That goal proved to be the sixth-fastest goal scored in ISU history. Ewing now owns both the 5th and 6th fastest scored goals in program history. In the last two seasons, the Sycamores have scored three of the six fastest goals in the history of the program.
 
Sycamores Pick Up First Ever Win Over Atlantic 10
Indiana State's 1-0 victory over Dayton was the first for the program against the current membership of the Atlantic 10. ISU fell earlier to Saint Louis by the score of 2-1 on August 25 of this season and the only other previous meeting was in 2008 against Rhode Island.
 
Up Next
Indiana State concludes the five-match home stand on Saturday, October 5 when they host Valparaiso. Kick-off is set for 7:00 p.m. (ET).