Bashore ready to break scoring record

Last year the IU field hockey team scored 22 goals in a total of 19 games. The leading scorer for the Hoosiers last year was senior Erica Nilsson who scored five goals.\nIn just four games this year the Hoosiers totaled 14 goals, averaging three and a half per game. \nLeading the offensive charge for the Hoosiers has been junior co-captain Kayla Bashore who has already tied a school record with five goals on the season. Bashore has been able to score at least once in every game.\nCoach Amy Robertson said she is extremely happy with the improvement of her co-captain. \n"I think Kayla always takes it upon herself to improve her game," Robertson said. "She step-by-step continues to work on any weaknesses she has and I think this year the fact that she knows she has a better team around her allows her to step up and take more risks and play with even more confidence."\nAlthough Bashore has already almost doubled the three goals she scored last year, she believes her teammates are the reason for her increased scoring this year.\n"Well, compared to last year we have a lot more scoring opportunities," Bashore said. "Our offense is much more dangerous than it was last year. Just overall we've improved. We've increased our chances to score and we've increased our shots so it just makes sense that I would score more." \nBashore is correct when she says the team has increased its scoring chances as eight different Hoosiers have scored this season. Last year, after 19 games, the Hoosiers had only nine people that scored goals. \nOne person who has not been surprised by the Hoosiers offensive explosion is players Assistant Coach Reita Holmes.\n"This is not a surprise to me; she has been a work in progress every year. She has taken more shots. She has been improving and ... had a great summer," Holmes said. "This is not totally unexpected, but it is always a good thing to be racking up the goals and get some confidence going." \nBashore looks to keep her goal streak alive this weekend as the Hoosiers travel to Williamsburg, Va., Friday to face off against William and Mary.\n-- Contact staff writer Andrew Rosen at ajrosen@indiana.edu.