The women's soccer team remains winless as it dropped its seventh straight game Thursday night against Div. I opponent, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 4-1.
The Jaguars got off to a hot start as junior midfielder Ashley Doreski was able to score off a cross from freshman defender Grace Perkowitz in the third minute of the game. IUPUI (2-9) head coach Chris Johnson was pleased with how Doreski and her fellow midfielder, Taylor Heidorn, played the entire game.
"Those two kids out there combined and assisted on a couple of goals today," Johnson said "They were two of our more dangerous players of the day, and I'm really happy with what they did."
Despite the early goal, the Tigers (0-7) responded and played a much better first half. Junior midfielder Angela Cotherman nearly scored from a free kick in the 15th minute, followed by a header in the 16th minute.
However the second half was a different story.
IUPUI capitalized again early in the half and scored three quick goals within a span of four minutes to push their lead to 4-0.
"I think mentally we have to have a little bit more fortitude especially when we gave up the second goal," DePauw head coach John Carter said. "I thought we kind of put our heads down, and we didn't respond to it."
The Tigers scored in the 81st minute when senior forward Dana Sprague chipped a goal over the Jaguars goalkeeper, cutting the lead to 4-1.
"I thought we did a lot of really good things in this game, and in some ways, even though it's a 4-1 loss, we probably played our best game against a Div. I team," Carter said.
Throughout the seven game loss streak, the Tigers have been outscored 19-4 and also suffered two overtime losses.
"We've had chances to win games, and we probably should have won some games, but now I think we've pressed a little," Carter said. "We feel like we got to get win. If you just relax and play and you saw from the 15th minute to the half we had a bit of it, we had better chances."
The Tigers will look to get their first win of the season at conference opponent Hiram College (3-4-1) on Saturday.