INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced the women’s soccer schedule for the upcoming 2009 season, including 10 home matches and meetings with five in-state foes. Head Coach Chris Johnson’s team will host schools from the Atlantic Sun, Horizon League, Mid-American and Ohio Valley Conferences before beginning Summit League play.

Coming off a year in which the Jaguars captured a share of its first-ever Summit League Regular Season title and a school record 13 wins, IUPUI will open the 2009 slate at home against Eastern Illinois on Aug. 21. Prior to that match, members of the 2008 squad will receive their championship rings, followed by a 7:00 p.m. kickoff.

From there, the Jaguars will play four straight in-state foes in Butler (Aug. 28), Valparaiso (Aug. 30), Evansville (Sept. 4) and Indiana State (Sept. 6). The non-conference portion of the schedule wraps up with three straight matches at Kuntz Stadium against Lipscomb (Sept. 20), Cleveland State (Sept. 25) and Murray State (Sept. 29).

“With the teams we play before the conference season, we have a mix of strong teams that will prepare us for The Summit League,” Johnson said. “We’re hoping to turn the tables on a couple of teams that we played early in the year last year.”

IUPUI was 6-5 in the non-conference before going 7-1 against Summit League foes last year.

IUPUI’s defense of its Summit League regular season crown will begin with three consecutive road games at Western Illinois (Oct. 3), first-year program UMKC (Oct. 8) and Southern Utah (Oct. 10). Four of the Jaguars’ final six Summit League matches will be at home, concluding with IPFW on Senior Day on Sunday, Nov. 1.

The Summit League Tournament is scheduled to take place on Nov. 6-8 in Brookings, S.D..

The Jaguars return 10 starters from last year’s 13-7-0 team including First Team All-Summit midfielder Katrina McCrory and the league’s Newcomer of the Year, Alicia Brock. Brock scored a team high nine goals as a freshman and McCrory and Megan Hock had seven each. The trio combined to net eight of the team’s 13 game-winning goals and 23 of 31 total goals.

Defensively, senior goalkeeper Jamie Farrell is coming off a banner year in which she posted a 0.85 goals against average, .850 save percentage and school record eight shutouts. In front of her, the defensive core is led by juniors Kelly Williams and Anna Pigg and sophomore Margaret Allgeier.

IUPUI’s complete 2009 schedule is available by clicking here.