Week 10 Preview: Ohio State

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• Iowa’s 14 wins are tied for the second-most in a single season in school history. It is the second 14-win season under head coach Dave DiIanni. Iowa won 14 games during his first season in 2014.
• The Hawkeyes have six Big Ten victories, which are tied for the third-most in a single season in school history.  Iowa won a school-record seven league contests in 1999 and 2014.
• Iowa has clinched a spot in the 2019 Big Ten Tournament, its second berth in three seasons.
• The Hawkeyes’ 14 regular-season wins are the most for the program in school history.
• Senior Claire Graves won her 37th career game in Iowa’s road win at Minnesota, moving her past Hannah Clark as the all-time winningest goalkeeper in school history.
• Iowa tied a school record, winning its first nine games of the 2019 season.  The Hawkeyes also started 9-0-0 in 2013.
• Hannah Drkulec was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and Gianna Gourley was tabbed as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Oct. 8.  It was Iowa’s fifth and sixth weekly honor of the season — the most in school history.
• Iowa is receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll, sitting 29th with 20 points.  The Hawkeyes are fourth in the North Region rankings.
• The Hawkeyes tied No. 10/14 Wisconsin (2-2) on  Oct. 17 in Madison and defeated Minnesota (2-1) on Oct. 20 in double overtime in Minneapolis courtesy of a Samantha Tawharu golden goal in the 110th minute.
• The Hawkeyes have scored a Big Ten-best 43 goals — eight off the national lead — through 18 games. The figure is seventh nationally. This figure also doubles the 2018 season goal total.  Iowa is six goals shy of tying the school record of 49 goals in 1999.

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
Iowa has 14 victories this season, which are tied for the second most in a single season in program history. The Hawkeyes won a school-record 15 games in 2013, the year the program made its first NCAA Tournament appearance.

1. 15 wins (2013)
2. 14 wins (2019)    
    14 wins (2014)

DYNAMO DEVIN
Senior Devin Burns has registered a point in nine of Iowa’s 18 games this season.  She scored her team-leading sixth goal in the Hawkeyes’ 3-0 win over Michigan State on Oct. 6, giving her 20 goals for her career.  The total is sixth all-time in program history.
• Iowa is 16-0-1 in games in which Burns has scored in her career.

GRAVES GETS IT DONE
• Senior Claire Graves has posted 13 victories in goal this season, which are tied for the second-most in a single season in program history.
• The Indiana native has posted 7.5 shutouts, a career high.  The figure is third in a single season in program history.
• Graves is 13-3-1 with a 0.78 goals against average this season.  She has made 38 saves.

OF NOTE…
• Senior Isabella Blackman scored her first goal of the season — a game-winner — in Iowa’s 4-0 Senior Day victory over Maryland.  It was the midfielder’s first goal since the second game of her career — a game-winner in a road win at Missouri in 2016.  
• Sophomore Riley Whitaker scored her second career goal, bending in a strike off a corner kick against the Terrapins.  She is the 16th Hawkeye to score this season.
• Emma Tokuyama assissted on both goals on Oct. 20 against Minnesota. She now leads the team with five assists.
• Sophomore Samantha Tawharu scored her fourth goal of the season to give Iowa a 2-1 double overtime victory over Minnesota on Oct. 20.  The golden goal came in the 110th minute with 25 seconds remaining in the game.

DRKULEC DOES IT ALL
Senior Hannah Drkulec earned her fourth Big Ten weekly honor of the season Oct. 8 when she was tabbed the league’s Defensive Player of the Week.  Drkulec keyed an Iowa defense that posted backto-back shutouts of Nebraska and Michigan State and she scored the game-winning goal in East Lansing.
• Drkulec was previously named Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 27 and Sept. 10 and she tabbed as the Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 17 following her first career two-goal game in the road win at Notre Dame.
• Drkulec became the third Big Ten student-athlete all-time to garner Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week honors in the same season (Lisa Grubb, Ohio State, 2001; Izzy Rodriguez, Ohio State, 2018).
• Drkulec’s four weekly honors match Britta Vogele for the most in a single-season in school history.
• The defender was also named to TopDrawerSoccer’s National Team of the Week on Sept. 17.
• Drkulec has a career-high five goals in 2019. She scored her second career game-winning goal in the road win at Michigan State on Oct. 6.

A PROGRAM FIRST
The Hawkeyes debuted in the United Soccer Coaches poll on Sept. 17, coming in at No. 19.  It was Iowa’s highest ranking in school history and the first time the program has been in the United Soccer Coaches poll (previously NSCAA).  
• Iowa also joined TopDrawerSoccer’s Top 25 for the first time since 2014, when the Hawkeyes were ranked 25th.  

ADDITIONAL HAWKEYE HONOREES
• Senior Claire Graves was named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week on Sept. 10 after posting backto-back shutouts of No. 14 NC State and UNC Greensboro.  She was also named honorable mention on TopDrawerSoccer’s National Team of the Week on Sept. 10.
• Freshman Gianna Gourley was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Oct. 8 after scoring the game-winning goal in the home win over Nebraska.

AMONG THE NATION’S BEST
The Hawkeyes rank among the top 20 in the nation in seven categories.  Iowa is tied for first in penalty kicks (1.000), seventh in goals (43), eighth in points (121), 12th in assists (35), 18th in scoring offense (2.39), 18th in shots on goal per game (8.33), and 20th in winning percentage (.806).

B1G LEADERS
• The Hawkeyes are leading the Big Ten in all six offensive categories — goals (43), points (121), shots (296), goals per game (2.39), assists (35), and assists per game (1.94).
• Senior Devin Burns and Natalie Winters are tied for ninth in the Big Ten with six goals. 
• Devin Burns is tied for sixth in the conference with 45 shots and tied for eighth in shots per game (2.50).
• Senior Natalie Winters is tied for sixth in game-winning goals with three.

IOWA’S DEFENSE HAS…
• allowed seven or fewer shots in 11 of its 18 games.  Iowa allowed just two shots in three games — wins over Western Michigan, Northern Iowa, and Northern Colorado — and three shots in the road loss at Purdue.
• posted eight shutouts, including back-to-back-to-back against No. 14 NC State, UNC Greensboro, and Northern Colorado.  Four of Iowa’s six Big Ten wins have come via the shutout.

OFFENSIVELY SPEAKING
• Iowa is out-shooting its opposition, 296-125, and the Hawkeyes have an 102-57 advantage in corner kicks. The Hawkeyes have 20 or more shots in six games.
• Nine different Hawkeyes have scored a game-winning goal this season, including career firsts from: Hannah Drkulec, Gianna Gourley, Samantha Tawharu, Emma Tokuyama, and Sara Wheaton.
• The Hawkeyes have scored three or more goals in eight games this season.

I SCORE, YOU SCORE, WE ALL SCORE
The Hawkeyes have scored 43 goals in 18 games (Iowa scored 20 total goals in 2018) and 16 different players have found the back of the net. Seventeen different players have tallied a point this season.
• Iowa has an NCAA-leading 16 different goal scorers in 2019.
• Freshmen Gianna Gourley, Sara Wheaton, and Samantha Cary, sophomores Samantha Tawharu, Skylar Alward, Jenny Cape, and senior Emma Tokuyama have scored their first career goals this season.  
• Iowa scored six goals in its 6-1 victory over Northern Iowa on Aug. 25 — the most for the program since 2017.  The six goals (and six assists in the game) are tied for the most in a single game in the Big Ten this season.

DOWN GOES NO. 14
• The Hawkeyes’ 1-0 victory at No. 14 NC State was the program’s third-highest ranked victory in its history and the highest ranked opponent since 2013.  
• Iowa defeated No. 7 Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals in 2013. The program also knocked off 12th-ranked Wisconsin in 1999.

PERFECT PK
Senior Natalie Winters has scored six goals — with four coming on penalty kicks.  She is a perfect 8-for-8 in her career in penalty kicks.

HOME COOKIN’ AT THE ISC
The Hawkeyes home unbeaten streak came to an end Sept. 29 in an overtime loss to Northwestern. Iowa was riding a 16-game unbeaten streak that dated back to Oct. 21, 2017.  
• Iowa is 15-2-3 dating back to the start of the 2018 season, which includes a 8-2 record at home this season. 

HAWKEYE TIDBITS
• The Hawkeyes are 6-1-1 on the road this season, a year after going 1-7-0 away from Iowa City.  The six road wins are tied for the most in a single season in school history.
• Iowa posted a 1-0 road win at Indiana in its Big Ten Conference opener.  It was the Hawkeyes’ first victory in a league opener since 2014 and the first on the road in school history.

90-MINUTE CLUB
Iowa has five position players that are a part of the 90-minute club.  The club includes: Riley Whitaker (14 games), Hannah Drkulec (10), Sara Wheaton (10), Samantha Cary (9), and Isabella Blackman (8).

QUICK ATTACK
• The Hawkeyes’ offense has come out fast, scoring in the game’s first seven minutes in four contests — (UNI (6:58), Illinois State (0:47), UNC Greensboro (3:52), Northern Colorado (6:09).
• Iowa has scored first in 13 of 18 games this season.  The Hawkeyes fell behind in the road win at Notre Dame, but responded by scoring three times in a 10-minute stretch in the 3-2 victory.
• Out of 1,576 total minutes this season, Iowa has only trailed for 129 minutes and 23 seconds.

EXPERIENCE GALORE
• The Hawkeyes boast a roster featuring 12 seniors and 14 total upperclassmen.  The 12 seniors are believed to be the most by a team in the nation.
• The 12 seniors have combined to start 433 games in their collegiate careers.
• Iowa has played 72 games since the senior class arrived in 2016.  Nine seniors have appeared in 50 or more games in their careers.
• Senior Natalie Winters has started 73-of-74 career games and she has appeared in all 74 contests.
•  Hannah Drkulec – 73-of-74 (50 starts); Isabella Blackman – 72-of-74 (64 starts); Claire Graves – 69-of-74 (68 starts), Kaleigh Haus – 68-of-74 (50 starts); Devin Burns – 67-of-74 (54 starts), Olivia Fiegel – 58-of-74 (17 starts); Leah Moss – 57-of74 (40 starts); Emma Tokuyama – 53-of-74 (4 starts).

GRAVES TIES CAREER WINS RECORD
Senior Claire Graves became Iowa’s career wins leader when the Hawkeyes defeated Minnesota,  2-1, on Oct. 20.  She has 37 career victories. Graves currently ranks in the top-four in three categories — first in career wins (37), second in career shutouts (24.5), and fourth in career saves (229).

Shutouts
1. Hannah Clark, 26
2. Claire Graves, 24.5

Victories
1. Claire Graves, 37
 
Saves
1. Britta Vogele, 489
2. Emily Moran, 350
3. Hannah Clark, 321
4. Claire Graves, 229

BURNS AMONG CAREER LEADERS
• Senior Devin Burns has scored six goals during the 2019 season, giving her 20 career goals, which are the sixth-most in school history.  Linzy Wolman is fifth with 21 goals.
• Burns is also tied for third all-time with nine career game-winning goals.
• She currently has 52 career points, which is tied with Bri Toelle (52) for sixth place all-time.

HAWKEYE TIDBITS
• The Hawkeyes were picked to finish 10th in the Big Ten preseason poll.
• Seniors Hannah Drkulec and Isabella Blackman were voted the Hawkeyes’ team captains for the 2019 season.

SCOUTING OHIO STATE
• The Buckeyes bring a 4-8-4 overall and 2-4-3 conference record into Sunday’s game against Iowa. Ohio State is currently 10th in the Big Ten standings.
• Ohio State is winless while playing away from Columbus this season with an 0-4-2 road record.
• The Buckeyes are currently on a five-game winless streak, and they have scored only scored three goals during this stretch.
• Kayla Fischer and Marissa Birzon are tied with four goals a piece to lead the Buckeyes. Seven other players have scored one goal this season.

SERIES RECORD
• The Buckeyes lead the all-time series over Iowa, 16-6-1. Ohio State has won five straight in the series over Iowa.
• Iowa’s last victory in the series was a 2-1 road win in Columbus in 2014.  

NEXT UP
The Hawkeyes will compete in the Big Ten Tournament on Nov. 3 at a time and location to be announced.  The top four teams in the regular season standings will host quarterfinal games on campus on Nov. 3.