ITHACA, N.Y. - The University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team played its final game of the season and got a 1-0 win over Cornell at Berman Field.
Playing in her final collegiate match, senior
Janae Stewart scored her first goal of the season with just under 12 minutes left in regulation and it proved to be the winner.
The Quakers finished the season with a record of 1-3-3 in Ivy League play and 2-8-6 overall. Cornell sits at 2-5-0 in the Ivy League and 3-9-4 overall.
Quaker Notemeal
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Anuli Okafor made her first start of the season.
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Isobel Glass led the Quakers in shots with three. Stewart,
Kat Peroulas,
Taylor Ferraro and
Mila Maltby finished with one shot each.
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Maya Leschly, Peroulas,
Clare Robke,
Mia Fuss, Ferraro, and
Eden Veenema clocked in a full 90 minutes on the pitch.
*Junior goalkeeper
Annabel Austen played the full 90 between the pipes, grabbing seven saves in keeping her fourth clean sheet of the season and her third in the last four Ivy League matches.
*Stewart's goal was her first since the 2022 season.
How it Happened
The Quakers had a rough start offensively in the first half, not being able to put up any shots in the first 45. However, the back line of Leschly, Veenema and Ferraro did a great job not allowing any easy looks for Cornell. Goalkeeper
Annabel Austen also had a great start, getting four saves in the first half.
The Quakers continued the defensive effort in the second half as Austen grabbed three more saves.
On the offensive side, all seven of the Quakers' shots came in the second half. It was Maltby who gave Stewart the excellent cross, which the senior slotted inside the far post for the game's only goal.
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