Lady Boilermakers Down USC

Purdue shut out USC, two-nothing, to earn its first Big Ten victory of the season.

The match stayed scoreless until the 77th minute. Jaiden Anderson broke through at 76:43, finishing a pass from Feldman for her eighth goal of the year.

Only 78 seconds later, Purdue struck again. Rosa Maalouf scored at 78:01, with Cherry Yu providing the assist. It was Maalouf’s sixth goal of the season.

Goalkeeper Krystina Wolf made four saves for the shutout and her seventh victory. USC had been reduced to 10 players in the 65th minute following a red card to Edra Bello.

Purdue improves to 7-1-and-1 overall and 1-and-1 in the Big Ten. USC falls to 1-5-and-2.