Milwaukee v. Minnesota Match Report

#22/20 Milwaukee 1, Minnesota 0
Sept. 4, 2011 – Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium (St. Paul, Wis.)

Woman of the Match: Jamie Forbes. Tiebreakers and technicalities abound in keeping Jamie from her rightful places as defensive MVP, but she can take solace in a job well done and Woman of the Match honors. She was great in goals, finishing with 11 saves, including a number of the highlight variety. Tied for second is the four-person defense of Makenzie Gillaspie, Mary Wandolowski, Emily Scott and Amy Kauffung. Great defensive effort all around. Oh yeah, Keara Thompson and Sarah Hagen connected on a nice goal, too... can I give it to the whole team?

NOTES: Milwaukee is now 3-7-2 all-time against Minnesota … it is also now 11-4-1 in games as a ranked team … the school record for best start to a season was 6-0 in 2008 … that was also the last season UWM was ranked … Hagen’s goal was the 21st winner of her career, 74th goal and 167th point—all school records … Keara Thompson’s assist was her 17th career, eighth in school history … with 43 career points, she is also in sole possession of 10th in school history … Forbes’ shutout was her 13th career clean sheet ... UWM is -27 in the foul department the last two games (40-13).

Iron Woman Watch (Played every minute this season): 540 minutes (Gillaspie, Forbes)

Up Next: The Panthers return home for rivalry week. Marquette comes to Engelmann Wednesday for a nationally-televised game on Fox Soccer Channel. Then Wisconsin visits Sunday.