{"id":273590,"date":"2026-08-28T00:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273590\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T00:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:48:46","slug":"iup-battles-lake-erie-to-scoreless-draw-in-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273590\/","title":{"rendered":"IUP Battles Lake Erie to Scoreless Draw in Season Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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INDIANA, Pa. \u2013 The IUP women’s soccer season was just shy of three minutes old before an hour-plus lightning delay halted the Crimson Hawks’ season opener against Lake Erie College on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Once play resumed, IUP kept the pressure coming. The Crimson Hawks tallied 15 shots, including nine on goal, but could not find the back of the net in a scoreless draw with the Storm.<\/p>\n

Freshman Ayla Cook<\/a> led the IUP attack with three shots on goal, while Zoe Ans-Bitchoka<\/a> also had three attempts turned away by the Lake Erie goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

IUP’s defense was stout throughout the match, limiting Lake Erie to just four shots and only one attempt on goal. Junior goalkeeper Sarah Gatz<\/a>, who became accustomed to facing limited opportunities last season, once again posted a clean sheet. Gatz stopped the only Lake Erie shot that reached the frame.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Hawks, who are dealing with injuries early in the season, used 16 available players in the opener. Ans-Bitchoka and Cook were the only IUP players to put multiple shots on goal, while Adi Myers<\/a> provided the lone shot on goal off the bench.<\/p>\n

IUP will make a quick return to the pitch, traveling to Edinboro for its first PSAC West matchup of the season Saturday. Kickoff against the Fighting Scots is set for noon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Next Game: at Edinboro 8\/29\/2026 | 1:00 PM Aug. 29 (Sat) \/ 1:00 PM …\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-273590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}