Michigan Rolls Past No. 19 Purdue, Advances to Big Ten Tournament Final

Thursday, November 4

Piscataway, N.J.

4:00 PM

Michigan

14-3-3, 6-3-2

Purdue

14-4-2, 8-2-0

Michigan

Purdue

(Ben Solomon)

Michigan Rolls Past No. 19 Purdue, Advances to Big Ten Tournament Final

11/4/2021 7:33:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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By: Scott Kemps

» U-M led 2-0 at the half and stretched its lead to 4-0 with goals less than three minutes apart in the second half to build an insurmountable lead.
» The Wolverines outshot Purdue 24-7 and 14-2 in the second half alone.
» Michigan advances to the Big Ten Tournament final for the first time since the 2019 season.

Site: Piscataway, N.J. (Yurcak Field)
Event: Big Ten Tournament Semifinals
Score: #13 Michigan 4, #19 Purdue 1
Records: U-M (14-3-3), Purdue (14-4-2)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, Nov. 7 -- vs. #4 Rutgers - Big Ten Tournament Final (Piscataway, N.J.), 2 p.m. (TV: Big Ten Network)

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The 13th-ranked and No. 3-seeded University of Michigan women's soccer team scored a resounding 4-1 win over No. 19 Purdue, the No. 2 seed, in a Big Ten Tournament semifinal match on Thursday (Nov. 4) at Rutgers' Yurcak Field.

The win advances U-M to the Big Ten Tournament final for the second time under head coach Jennifer Klein and the first time since 2019. The Wolverines will take on host and No. 1 tournament seed, No. 4-ranked Rutgers, on Sunday (Nov. 7) at 2 p.m.

Michigan (14-3-3) outshot the Boilermakers 8-1 in the early going, with a handful of opportunities, but the Wolverines were not able to cash in. Seven different players had shots over that span, with senior Meredith Haakenson's second attempt putting U-M on the board in the 27th minute.

Tweet of the Match

Field-side view of this @meredith9914 goal. ?@umichwsoccer pic.twitter.com/FV3FlZcaz5
— Michigan On BTN (@MichiganOnBTN) November 4, 2021

In the 31st minute, senior goalkeeper Hillary Beall made a pair of stellar saves, the first a point-blank stop taken by Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Sarah Griffith, and the latter by Ally Mussallam that was also kept out.

With four minutes to go in the first half, U-M doubled its lead with a goal from junior Hannah Blake. Senior captain Alia Martin played a ball out of the back to junior Lily Farkas on the left-wing. Farkas slid a ball into Blake who finished lower-left to make the score 2-0.

Leading by two goals at the half, U-M's Sammi Woods came out of the half with a chance right away that was pushed wide.

Michigan then tacked on two more goals within minutes of each other. Junior Dani Wolfe had a breakaway and was fouled inside the box for a penalty kick. She stepped to the spot and converted her second penalty of the season to give U-M a 3-0 lead.

Less than three minutes later, junior Emily Leyson and senior Raleigh Loughman connected with classmate Nicki Hernandez to run the score to 4-0.

Purdue (14-4-2) added a goal in the 84th minute to bring the match to the final resting place of 4-1.

The Wolverines outshot the Boilermakers 24-7 on the match, highlighted by a 14-2 sot advantage in the second half. Wolfe led Michigan with four shots, while Beall totaled five stops.