WKU Soccer shut out the UTEP Miners 2-0 Sunday, ending a 34 day drought without a win.
The Hilltoppers picked up their first win in September, snapping a streak of six games without a win. It’s the teams fourth game this season in which they’ve held a team scoreless.
The win gives WKU their first Conference USA win, moving them to 3-6-1 (1-1-1 CUSA). The team is 4-3-1 all time versus the Miners, and 2-1-1 all time in El Paso.
WKU’s first goal found the back of the net off the leg of Lily Rummo in the 24th minute, her first of the season and sixth of her career.
The Hilltoppers scored their second in the 40th minute off of a penalty kick. Fellow grad student Olivia Cooke was bumped into by the UTEP goalie, which earned the goalie a red card. Cooke scored her second goal of the season and fifth of her career on the penalty.
Senior goalkeeper Maddie Davis racked up all of WKU’s seven saves, holding the Miners off in the second half, protecting the net from 13 Miner shots and seven shots on goal.
Davis now has 101 saves in her career as she picked up her third clean sheet of the season.
WKU will return to Bowling Green to host C-USA newcomer Kennesaw State on Thursday, Oct. 3rd at 7 p.m at the WKU Soccer Complex.
