Minnesota's soccer team visits Indiana at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, while No. 15 volleyball opens Big Ten play at Illinois at 7 p.m.; both matches will stream on B1G+. Soccer is 5-2-2 overall, and volleyball enters at 6-2.
Minnesota soccer is 1-1-1 in Big Ten play, while Indiana is 1-2. The Gophers drew Northwestern 2-2 on Sunday, and Indiana lost 2-0 to No. 14 Wisconsin. Minnesota visits 8-1-1 Purdue on Sunday.
Minnesota's McKenna Wucherer earned her second Big Ten Player of the Week honor this season after recording 25 kills in each of the team's wins over South Dakota and South Dakota State; she also had a career-high 15 digs against South Dakota. Illinois is 8-3 with four straight wins, and Minnesota has won its last 11 matches against the Illini. Each team will face every Big Ten opponent once before the conference's inaugural tournament.
