Thursday, September 8, 2011

Milwaukee v. Marquette Match Report

#12 Marquette 1, #14 Milwaukee 0 (2ot)
Sept. 7, 2011 – Engelmann Stadium (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Woman of the Match: Jamie Forbes. Once again, Jamie came up big in goal. She made nine saves and was the KFC Man of the Match on the Fox Soccer Broadcast. With two tremendous saves in the first half, she set the tone for the defense in the game.

NOTES: This was the 20th meeting between Milwaukee and Marquette and the eighth to go to overtime ... MU evened the all-time series at 7-7-6 ... this was UWM's first game against a ranked team as a ranked team ... the Panthers are now 11-5-1 as a ranked side and 2-26-5 against ranked foes in team history ... the attendance of 2,212 was a school record by over 900 fans ... initial research has the state record for a women's soccer attendance as 4,532 – Wisconsin vs. North Carolina (Sept. 4, 1995) ... Forbes and the Panther defense saw their shutout streak end at 398:03 ... Sarah Hagen also saw her goal-scoring streak end at four games.

Iron Woman Watch (Played every minute this season): 648+ minutes (Gillaspie, Forbes)

Up Next: The Panthers stay home to host another in-state rival, Wisconsin, on Sunday. Kickoff is at 4 p.m.