Pepperdine Falls 3-1 at Wisconsin

MALIBU, Calif. Â Amanda Rupp scored her fifth goal of the season, but it wasn’t enough as the Pepperdine women’s soccer team suffered a 3-1 loss at Wisconsin Friday night. 

The loss snapped the Waves’ two-match winning streak and dropped their record to 3-4-1. Wisconsin improved to 5-2-1.

“It was not a great evening for the Waves,” Pepperdine head coach Tim Ward said. “I know we can do better but give to credit to Wisconsin. They’re a solid, hard-working team and we didn’t give them the game we wanted to or could have.”

Rupp (Encinitas, Calif./La Costa Canyon HS) has scored all five of her goals over the past six matches and has notched a least one point during that same span. Her consecutive-match scoring streak started with the Aug. 31 match vs. UC Santa Barbara.

Rupp’s five goals match her season high from last season when she led the club with 15 points. The senior continues to lead the Waves in 2008 with 11 points.

“She had a nice goal,” Ward said. “We put some pressure on them in the last 20 minutes of the second half, but it was just too late at that point.”

Pepperdine doubled its shot total from three to six late in the game, but the Waves would have had to connect on all three attempts to erase Wisconsin’s 3-0 lead.

Emily Wynne (El Cajon, Calif./University HS) led the Waves with three shots.

The Badgers scored first on a Sheri Ferron goal in the 16th minute that was assisted by Taryn Francel, and then went up 2-0 on a rebound shot in the 34^th minute.

Erin Jacobson’s first attempt was stopped by Lacey Heck (Long Beach, Calif./Wilson HS), but the freshman goalkeeper couldn’t corral the ball in time and Darcy Riley followed with her first score of the season. Jacobson was credited with the assist.

Heck played only the first half and made one save to go with the two goals allowed.

Both of Wisconsin’s first half goals were scored off free kicks that Ward considered Âsoft’.

“On the second goal, their girl got the ball over our wall and Lacey made a great save, but Wisconsin was there to knock in the rebound,” he said.

Jacobsen made it a three-point day by successfully converting a penalty kick in the 66th minute against the Waves’ second-half goalkeeper Kayla Stolte (Santee, Calif./West Hills HS).

Stolte, who was making her first appearance since leaving the Sept. 7 match vs. Northwestern with an injury, did not record a save as the Badgers’ were limited to four second-half shots and 10 overall.

Both teams committed their fair share of fouls, but the Badgers were twice as bad, collecting 22 fouls to Pepperdine’s 10.

Pepperdine’s next match is scheduled for Sunday at 12:15 p.m. PT vs. Marquette. 

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