University of Minnesota Athletics

Thursday, October 12
6:00 PM

University of Minnesota

6-4-4, 2-3-2

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Ohio State

7-5-2, 3-3-1

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2
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Ohio St.
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Minnesota
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Plaschko Megan, celebration, Skwierawski Fiona
Photo by: Brad Rempel

Minnesota Shuts Out Buckeyes at Home

10/12/2023 8:12:00 PM | Soccer

The Golden Gophers earn three points over Ohio State

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota got goals from Izzy Brown and Sadie Harper in a 2-0 shutout win over Ohio State on Thursday night at home at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

Minnesota improved to 6-4-4 overall and 2-3-2 in Big Ten play with the win.

How it Happened
Minnesota started the scoring when Brown recorded her fifth goal of the season in the third minute, assisted by Sophia Boman and Khyah Harper.

The Golden Gophers took a 2-0 lead on a goal from Harper -- her first goal of the season -- in the 78th minute, assisted by Boman and Paige Kalal. Neither team added another goal in the match.

Game Notes

  • Megan Plaschko recorded five saves for the Golden Gophers out of eight total Buckeyes shots.
  • With the shutout, Plaschko moves to No. 4 overall in career shutouts for Minnesota at 26. Plaschko surpasses Lindsey Dare (2005-08) who finished her career with 25.
  • Sadie Harper finished the first goal of her career.
  • Sophia Boman assisted both goals.
  • Minnesota put eight shots on net.

Quotes
"It's (this win) is huge," said goalkeeper Megan Plaschko. "Obviously the first half of the Big Ten season didn't go as we had wanted, but we have five more games to flip the page. We had nothing to lose, so we gave it our all. Ohio State is a great team, they're athletic, fast and dangerous on the attack. Our backline was laying out, Abi (Abi Frandsen), Jordy (Jordy Rothwell), Fi (Fiona Skwierawski), and E (Elizabeth Overberg), all took ones for the team, it was awesome. It was an awesome team win, which was huge and it was so much fun."

Up Next
Minnesota returns for its last home game on Sunday to face the Nebraska Huskers at 1 p.m. CT at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium. Sunday's match is also Senior Day, the Golden Gophers' eight seniors will be honored prior to the match. 

Next Event

Nebraska
L, 0-2

Oct 15 (Sun)

1:00 PM

Team Stats

OSU
Minn
Goals
0
2
Shots
8
16
Shots on Goal
5
8
Saves
6
5
Corners
5
6
Fouls
4
4
Scoring Plays
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Izzy Brown (5)

Assisted By: Khyah Harper , Sophia Boman

GOAL by Minn Brown, Izzy Assist by Harper, Khyah and Boman, Sophia.

03:06

Logo

Sadie Harper (1)

Assisted By: Sophia Boman , Paige Kalal

GOAL by Minn Harper, Sadie Assist by Boman, Sophia and Kalal, Paige.

78:34

Game Leaders

Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
5
SOG
3
Goals
0
Assists
2
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
1

Players Mentioned

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