No. 8 IU taking streak on road to Iowa City

The No. 8 IU field hockey team continues its march toward a Big Ten title at 1 p.m. Saturday when it travels to Iowa City, Iowa, to take on the No. 11 Hawkeyes. The Hoosiers are 4-0 in the Big Ten, 13-1 overall and winners of 10 games in a row -- all team records. \nIowa is currently 9-5 and holds a 2-2 record in the Big Ten. All five Iowa losses have come at the expense of nationally ranked teams, a reason IU coach Amy Robertson said she believes Iowa is one of the toughest teams in the conference. \n"Iowa is always a successful team," Robertson said. "We have to put it all out there. We can't go out there trying to preserve our record. We have to go on the attack."\nThe Hoosiers are coming off a 2-1 double overtime victory at Ohio State last weekend. The victory extended the team's record-long winning streak to 10 games and kept the Hoosiers undefeated in the Big Ten. Sophomore goalkeeper Haley Exner said leading the conference is in the back of all the Hoosiers' minds, but not something they focus on. \n"Every Big Ten game is a huge game because it's such a tough conference," Exner said. "Staying undefeated is something that we have in the back of our minds, but we really just try to play one game at a time and try not to get ahead of ourselves. We use it as fuel to play as hard as we can."\nExcluding the season-ending Big Ten tournament in November, Saturday's matchup with Iowa will be the Hoosiers' last road game of the season. IU's last two regular season games will be played at home. \n"We're excited to play the last road game," said senior defensive back Morgan Albini. "It's always great to end the season at home." \nWith the Big Ten tournament being held at Iowa this year, Robertson said she believes her team caught a bit of a scheduling break to have a trip to Iowa scheduled this close to the end of the season.\n"It's nice to have a game on the same surface as the Big Ten tournament, especially since it's a newer facility," Robertson said. "But we are not really trying to look that far ahead. We have to remain focused on playing one game at a time"