MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Displaying suffocating defense, No. 6 West Virginia held Wright State without a shot during a 2-0 win Sunday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.
Two days after knocking off top-ranked Penn State, the Mountaineers (4-1) got a penalty-kick goal from Michaela Abam just 2:22 into the contest — the 12th-fasted goal in program history.
Amandine Pierre-Louis earned a second penalty kick in the 82nd minute. The attempt was stopped by goalkeeper Maddie Jewell, but Pierre-Louis pounced on the rebound and chipped it into the empty right pocket.
Wright State (3-3) became the sixth opponent in West Virginia history to be held without a shot.
“It’s very hard to have such an emotional win after beating the No. 1 team in the country and then coming back out and finding that same energy,” WVU coach Nikki Izzo-Brown said. “I was proud of that. Obviously, I would have liked more goals, but Wright State played us tough tonight, and we were able to find two. Two wins this weekend – I’ll take it.”
West Virginia finished with a 33-0 edge in shots and forced Jewell into seven saves. The Mountaineers also earned a 14-0 edge in corner kicks.