No. 15 IU travels to Ohio to play against Ohio Bobcats, Radford Highlanders

The Hoosiers are on the road again.\nAfter playing the first four games of their season away from Bloomington, the No. 15 Hoosiers (3-1) will travel to Athens, Ohio, Friday for a weekend doubleheader against Ohio University.\nThe Bobcats (1-3) have gotten off to a rocky start this season but defeated perennial Big Ten contender Penn State in overtime earlier this season.\n"Ohio is a strong offensive team," said junior goalkeeper Haley Exner. "They are strong girls, and it's going to be a physically tough game. I know I'll have to be on my toes."\nOn Saturday, the Hoosiers will stay the night in Athens and take on the Radford Highlanders the next day. This is the first time the Hoosiers and the Highlanders (2-2) have ever played each other.\nWith two games in two days, IU coach Amy Robertson recognizes that fatigue and stamina will be issues with her team, but she isn't worried about her players pacing themselves.\n"We have a lot of depth this year. I have no problem playing 19 to 20 players," Robertson said. "I know we'll use a lot of reserves and switch people in and out. We'll do it on Friday and go to it some more on Saturday."\nThe Hoosiers play the weekend doubleheader after defeating Miami University of Ohio on Tuesday, 2-1. The Hoosiers were led with goals from senior back Morgan Miller and All-American senior forward Lydia Schrott. Exner aided the Hoosiers by registering six saves.\n"I just go out there with the mentality that they can't score," Exner said. "Poised and aggressive is kind of my thing. Another big thing for me is I'm not alone out there. Communication is key and has been a huge part in not letting other teams score."\nExner and the Hoosiers have allowed just four goals in four games this season. And while they have been struggling to score in the first half, they have been scoring when it counts most.\n"In the second half, our forwards really broke out offensively and stepped it up," Exner said of the Miami game. "Coach told us this game would make us or break us. We were a little down from the (University of) Virginia and Ball State games so we expected to play better."\nRobertson purposefully put the added heat on her team before the game.\n"I put a lot of pressure on them," Robertson said. "This is a big year for Miami. They've grown a lot and are a very good team. If we came out and played our best and stepped up, then I knew I could see us as one of the top teams in the country."\nThe Hoosiers did step up late in the game. Both of the Hoosiers' goals came in the second half for the second straight game, extending IU's power outage in the first half.\n"I just think as the game goes on and things get more competitive, you are going to start taking more risks and going after it more," Robertson said of her team's second-half scoring.\n"I think we come out a little bit flat sometimes," said junior forward Kate O'Connell. "We changed our warm-up a little bit, and it helped us because we were a little more dynamic. We weren't just going through the motions."\nO'Connell, who scored a goal versus Ball State on Sept. 2, said she thinks the Hoosiers will continue to score as long as they keep getting penalty corners.\n"You go into a corner thinking, 'Great, we can get a goal here,'" O'Connell said. "If the insert's good, the stop's good and the hit's good, we should score every time."\nThe Hoosiers will finally play their home opener against Central Michigan at 3 p.m. next Friday, Sept. 15 in the Mellencamp Pavilion.