{"id":888400,"date":"2026-09-08T21:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/888400\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:12:10","slug":"soccer-commences-big-ten-play-against-indiana-iowa-university-of-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/888400\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Commences Big Ten Play Against Indiana, Iowa &#8211; University of Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huskers Commence Big Ten Play<br \/>\u2022 Nebraska soccer begins Big Ten Conference action with a home match on Thursday, Sept. 10, against the Indiana Hoosiers at 7:05 p.m. (CT) and a road match at Iowa on Sunday, Sept. 13, at 1 p.m. (CT).\u00a0<br \/>\u2022 The Huskers enter this week with a record of 2-1-3, coming off a scoreless draw at Kansas State on Aug. 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How To Follow<br \/>\u2022 Thursday\u2019s match will stream on B1G+ and kick off at 7:05 p.m. (CT). Sunday\u2019s match in Iowa City will be available on the Big Ten Network.\u00a0<br \/>\u2022 Radio for Thursday\u2019s match will be provided on KRNU 90.3 with Ethan Mackenthun and Christian Ellner. The match will also be broadcast on B1G+ with Chase Ruch and Christopher Sullivan-Diaz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Series History vs. Indiana<br \/>\u2022 Nebraska is 10-1-1 all-time against Indiana, with the last meeting coming in the 2024 season. The Huskers came away with a 3-1 victory over the Hoosiers.\u00a0<br \/>\u2022 The Huskers are an unblemished 6-0 against Indiana in Lincoln. Nebraska has beaten IU in 2024, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2013, and 2012 by a combined score of 16-6.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Series History vs. Iowa<br \/>\u2022 The Big Red is 12-6-1 against Iowa, with all but three meetings coming since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011.\u00a0<br \/>\u2022 Iowa has taken four of the last five matchups, including a 1-0 win over Nebraska during the 2025 season.\u00a0<br \/>\u2022 Nebraska\u2019s last win against Iowa came in the 2023 season, a 4-2 win over the Hawkeyes in Lincoln.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2026 By The Numbers<br \/>\u2022 3: As of Tuesday, Sept. 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/huskers.com\/sports\/soccer\/roster\/player\/avery-gillahan\" title=\"Avery Gillahan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avery Gillahan<\/a> is third in the Big Ten in goalie minutes played, tallying 537:46 in the net in 2026. The Strongsville, Ohio native has recorded two consecutive shutouts.<br \/>\u2022 5: Nebraska ranks fifth in the conference in shots per game (17.50) and shots on goal per game (7) through the first six matches of the season. \u00a0The Huskers notched a season-high 26 shots against Omaha on Aug. 27 and also eclipsed 20 or more shots vs. South Dakota (25) and Alabama (22).<\/p>\n<p>Bohonek&#8217;s Brace Lifts Huskers Past Omaha, 3-0<br \/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/huskers.com\/sports\/soccer\/roster\/player\/carson-bohonek\" title=\"Carson Bohonek\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carson Bohonek<\/a> (pronounced Bo-HON-ek) recorded the first brace of her career, and Nebraska soccer dominated the Omaha Mavericks, 3-0, on Aug. 27.<br \/>\u2022 The Huskers set single-season highs in shots (26), shots on goal (13), and corner kicks (12).\u00a0<br \/>\u2022 The Big Red also held Omaha to just two shots, the fewest allowed by Nebraska since 2021, when they also held Omaha to one shot. Nebraska also surrendered zero corner kicks.\u00a0<br \/>\u2022 The brace for Bohonek marks the first of her career and the first for a Husker since <a href=\"https:\/\/huskers.com\/sports\/soccer\/roster\/player\/kayma-carpenter\" title=\"Kayma Carpenter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kayma Carpenter<\/a> netted two goals against Kansas State on Sep. 7, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska Works Scoreless Draw at Kansas State<br \/>\u2022 Nebraska soccer earned a road point on Sunday, Aug. 30, closing non-conference play with a 0-0 draw with Kansas State at Buser Family Park in Manhattan, Kan.\u00a0<br \/>\u2022 Nebraska moved to 2-1-3 with the tie, while Kansas State remained unbeaten at 4-0-1. The Big Red produced 12 shots, including six on goal, and nine corner kicks but could not score.<br \/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/huskers.com\/sports\/soccer\/roster\/player\/ella-rudney\" title=\"Ella Rudney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Rudney<\/a> led the Huskers with six shot attempts, including a missed penalty kick in the second half. <a href=\"https:\/\/huskers.com\/sports\/soccer\/roster\/player\/avery-gillahan\" title=\"Avery Gillahan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avery Gillahan<\/a> posted her second consecutive clean sheet at goalie, logging all 90 minutes and saving three Wildcat shots.<br \/>\u2022 Along with Rudney, <a href=\"https:\/\/huskers.com\/sports\/soccer\/roster\/player\/nathalie-lewis\" title=\"Nathalie Lewis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nathalie Lewis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/huskers.com\/sports\/soccer\/roster\/player\/kayma-carpenter\" title=\"Kayma Carpenter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kayma Carpenter<\/a> recorded a pair of shots, with Lewis narrowly missing a goal in the opening minutes. Carpenter also had a late attempt in the final minutes that was saved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Huskers Commence Big Ten Play\u2022 Nebraska soccer begins Big Ten Conference action with a home match on Thursday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-888400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}