The University of Minnesota women’s soccer team (4-1-0, 0-0-0 B1G) handed Brown University (3-1-0, 0-0-0 Ivy League) its first loss of the season Sunday on the road, 2-0.
Goalkeeper Sarah Martin recorded her third shutout of the year, making eight saves for the clean sheet. Senior forward Freya Jupp scored both goals for the Golden Gophers, with Taylor Heimerl assisting on the first.
Minnesota got on the board 15 minutes into the match when Heimerl’s long throw in set up Jupp, who finished to give the Gophers an early lead.
Martin made four saves in the first half to keep Brown scoreless at the break. She stopped four more shots in the second half to preserve the shutout.
With less than a minute remaining in the game, Jupp settled a ball out of the air in the attacking third, dribbled through a group of Brown defenders and fired a shot that deflected off the goalkeeper before crossing the goal line.
Jupp’s third goal of the season secured Minnesota’s fourth consecutive win.
The Gophers return to Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium on Friday, Sept. 5, to face the Milwaukee Panthers at 7 p.m.
(info and stock photo courtesy of Gopher Sports)
