EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State’s attack found its footing and notched two goals in the second half of play, as the Spartan women’s soccer team downed the Purdue Boilermakers in a 3-1 contest Sunday afternoon at DeMartin Stadium.
The game served as the women’s soccer team’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX, which helped pave the way for increased equality and greater opportunity for women in sports. Michigan State also welcomed its soccer campers back to campus, as the team hosted numerous young athletes in a special halftime youth scrimmage.
Michigan State is off to its first undefeated start through three conference games since the 2015 team went 2-0-1 against Big Ten challengers in Iowa, Nebraska and Michigan. The 2022 squad is off to a 7-1-3 start in addition to an identical 2-0-1 ledger through its first trio of B1G contests. In defeat, Purdue falls to 3-7 overall on the year with an 0-3 start to conference action.
Junior midfielder Justina Gaynor led the way in the box score, putting up a trio of shots with one on target that found the back of the net. Sophomore forward Jordyn Wickes scored a goal and put up two shots on goal, while senior defender Bria Schrotenboer notched her first goal in a Spartan uniform since Oct. 19, 2019, against Michigan. Graduate defender Ruby Diodati booked an assist on Gaynor’s header, while freshman defender Allie Mairn secured her first career point on an assist to Wickes.
Michigan State kicked the ball off and practically lived in the Boilermaker final third for the first five minutes of…
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