Women's soccer loses heartbreaker in Big Ten tourney

The IU women’s soccer team lost their first-round game in the Big Ten Tournament to Ohio State 2-1 on Thursday.\n“The team played outstanding and gave a great performance,” IU coach Mick Lyon said. “Obviously, I’m disappointed that, with the several chances we had, that we didn’t put in the back of the net.”\nIU had 18 shots on goal in the match as opposed to the Buckeyes’ 13.\nEight minutes into overtime, Buckeye senior midfielder Lara Dickenmann sent a cross into the six-yard box that was punched toward the near post by Hoosier freshman goalkeeper Lauren Hollandsworth.\nWith the ball on the way to the post, Ohio State sophomore midfielder Ashley Bowyer slid in and redirected the ball into the back of the net, giving OSU the win.\nIU struck first in the contest in the 54th minute, when sophomore forward Kristin Arnold sent a corner kick into senior midfielder Lindsay McCarthy, who gathered the ball and struck it into the corner of the goal. The score was McCarthy’s fifth of the season.\nIU didn’t have the lead long, however, as Buckeye freshman midfielder Courtney Jenkins bent a ball past Hollandsworth less than three minutes later.\n“(The Hoosiers) just played outstanding,” Lyon said. “Which is just tremendous since we were absolutely blown apart last weekend by Purdue. But then again, this was a different team, the same team showed up at Penn State and Ohio State a couple of weeks ago, and that is just a great, great team.”