The No. 13 University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team played a ranked opponent on the road even for 87 minutes — but a span of 3 minutes in the first half was enough to bury the Badgers.
No. 10 Pepperdine notched two goals in an offensive burst and held on to defeat UW 2-0 in a non-conference game in Malibu, California.
The Waves’ Courtney Assumma scored on a free kick from just outside the box in the 27th minute to give Pepperdine (3-0-0) a 1-0 lead, and Michelle Maemone put one in the net in the 29th minute to make it 2-0.