Ducks Set to Host Indiana, Purdue

Oregon hosts Indiana on Thursday (7 p.m. B1G+) and Purdue Sunday (1 p.m. B1G+).

ONE-TIMERS
• This will be the first meeting between Oregon and Indiana.
• The Ducks and Boilermakers played a home-and-home series in 2007-08.
• Oregon has scored in nine-of-10 matches this season.
• With a goal and an assist last Sunday at Maryland, Haley McWhirter took over the team lead in points with nine (3G, 3A).
• Seven different Ducks have scored a goal this year, led by three a piece from Cameron Bourne, Taylor Bryan and Haley McWhiter. Bryan also leads the team with 22 shots. Bourne's three goals have come on just seven shots.
• The Ducks' 15 assists have been recorded by eight different players led by three from Grace Mensah and Haley McWhirter. • GK Maddy Goldberg is second in the Big Ten in saves (43) and third in saves per game (4.30).
• GK Maddy Goldberg recorded her fifth career shutout - and fourth this season - Sept. 22 at Maryland. She moved ahead of Domenique Lainez (2001-05) for seventh in UO career shutouts.
• Seven of Oregon's eight transfers have NCAA Tournament experience, including NCAA Champion Makoto Nezu (Santa Clara).
• Six players currently on the Ducks' roster are working on their Master's degrees.

LAST WEEK: DUCKS NET FIRST BIG TEN WIN
Oregon split its East Coast trip to Rutgers and Maryland, and picked up its first Big Ten Conference win along the way. The Ducks opened the trip with a 3-0 loss at Rutgers on Sept. 19. Oregon rebounded with a 2-0 win at Maryland on Sept. 22. Haley McWhirter and Ariane Haysman Boaler scored goals and Oregon's defense held Maryland to just one shot in the second half as the Ducks shutout the Terrapins. The Ducks limited Maryland to five shots for the game, a season-low for an Oregon opponent, and Maddy Goldberg made two saves in picking up her fourth shutout of the season. McWhirter gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead in 26th minute, while Haysman Boaler added an insurance goal, the first of her career, in the 63rd minute.

GOLDBERG NOW SEVENTH IN UO CAREER SHUTOUTS
Maddy Goldberg now has five career shutouts - four this season - and is seventh on the UO career list, She passed Domenique Lainez (2001-05) Sept. 22 at Maryland.

GOLDBERG CLIMBS CAREER SAVES LIST
Maddy Goldberg made her 100th career save in the season opener against Seattle and currently ranks ninth in school history with 142. She is nine behind Cody Miles (150, 2008-10) for eighth.

"GRANDMA SEASONS"
Coined by Taylor Bryan in the aftermath of her game-winner against Seattle, Oregon has seven players in their "grandma season" (fifth year) of eligibility thanks to the NCAA's Covid policy. In addition to Bryan, others playing their fifth season in college include Sydney Cradle, Lucy Green, Sydney Hennessey, Haley McWhirter, Makoto Nezu and Jayd Sprague. All seven of those players have NCAA Tournament experience - Bryan at Virginia Tech, Cradle with Towson, Green at Mississippi, Hennessey with Tennessee, McWhirter at Mississippi State, Nezu an NCAA champion with Santa Clara and Sprague at Idaho. Because they played in the 2020 Covid season and subsequently redshirted, both Bryan and Hennessey actually have another year of eligibility remaining and could return for a sixth season.