Aug. 27, 2015 WACO, Texas --Baylor soccer makes its first road trip of the season by competing in the 2015 Boilermaker Challenge Cup, hosted by Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind., at Boilermaker Soccer Complex. The Bears (0-2-0) will face Purdue (2-0-0) Friday at 6 p.m. CT and Indiana (0-1-1) Sunday at 10 a.m.
The Bears enter the event after dropping both home matches last weekend to USF and Michigan State. In college soccer's opening weekend, Purdue topped Ohio and Xavier at home while Indiana fell to No. 13 Virginia Tech and tied SIU-Edwardsville at home.
BU returns 15 players from last year and adds 16 newcomers. Both matches will feature a live stats on PurdueSports.com and live video on the Big Ten Network's BTN Plus package on BTN2Go. Twitter updates can be found on the @BaylorFutbol official account.
MATCH INFO
Fri., Aug. 28 at Purdue @ 6 p.m.
Boilermaker Soccer Complex (1,000)
Stats: www.PurdueSports.com
Video: www.PurdueSports.com
Sun., Aug. 30 vs Indiana @ 10 a.m.
Boilermaker Soccer Complex (1,000)
Stats: www.PurdueSports.com
Video: BTN Plus on BTN2Go
BAYLOR BEARS
2015 Record: 0-2-0
2015 Big 12 Record: 0-0-0
Head Coach: Paul Jobson
Career: 0-2-0 (1st season)
BU: 0-2-0 (1st season)
PURDUE BOILERMAKERS
2015 Record: 2-0-0
2015 Big Ten Record: 0-0-0
Head Coach: Drew Roff
Career: 126-65-12 (11th season)
PU: 2-0-0 (1st season)
INDIANA HOOSIERS
2015 Record: 0-1-1
2015 Big Ten: 0-0-0
Head Coach: Amy Berbary
Career: 22-19-3 (3rd season)
IU: 22-19-3 (3rd season)
BAYLOR QUICK NOTES
* Baylor will make its first appearance in the 15th Boilermaker Challenge Cup, hosted by Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind., at Boilermaker Soccer Complex. No Big 12 team has ever won the challenge and Purdue has won it six times (last in 2009).
* Baylor holds edges over its 2015 opponents in shots (25-14) and shots on goal (9-5) but trails in goals (4-2) and corner kicks (14-9).
* Junior McKenna Martin scored her first collegiate goal in the 85th minute Aug. 24 vs. Michigan State.
* Senior Bri Campos had her first assist of the season, 11th of career Aug. 24, tying her for 10th all-time in program history.
* Freshman Amanda Hoglund netted her first collegiate goal in the 68th minute of her first game Aug. 21 vs. USF.
* Baylor has 35 shutouts over the last three seasons (nine in 2014).
* Baylor is 20-2-1 when scoring first since 2013.
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