DAYTON, Ohio – The Sycamores' youth movement continued on Sunday afternoon at Baujan Field as a freshman scored Indiana State's only goal and a freshman goalkeeper kept her first career clean sheet en route to a 1-0 victory over the Flyers on Sunday afternoon.

Indiana State improved to 1-5 on the season while Dayton fell to 1-4-1.

Celeste Wahlberg, who entered the match with a team-high 13 shots, finally broke through with her first career goal in the 37^th minute to stake the Sycamores to a 1-0 lead over the homestanding Flyers. Wahlberg connected on a shot at the top of the box and fellow freshman Kate Face provided enough of a distraction that the ball was able to find the lower right corner of the net for the score.
Freshman Tara Hoffman received her first career start in the match and posted a shutout as she recorded four saves and kept Dayton off the scoreboard.

Dayton held a 29-6 edge in shots, including a 5-3 advantage in shots on goal. The Flyers had their share of scoring opportunities as they held an 8-1 cushion in corner kicks.

Walhberg was credited with five shots in the match, including three shots on goal. Freshmen Olivia Sharar, Anna Holcombe, Erin Sweda and Kate Face had the other shots for the Sycamores in the contest.

Nearly 90 percent of the Sycamores' shots this season have come from either freshmen or sophomores and in the victory over Dayton, all nine of them were by first-year players.

The Sycamores will look to keep the momentum rolling as they begin a season-long five-match home stand and host Belmont on Friday, September 13 at 7 pm (ET) inside the friendly confines of Memorial Stadium. The game is scheduled for national broadcast on ESPN+.