WALTHAM, Mass. – In their fourth game this season against a top-10 opponent, the #19-ranked Brandeis University women's soccer team suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of #6 Case Western Reserve in a University Athletic Association contest on Gordon Field.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis: 7-4-3, 0-4-0 UAA.
• Case Western Reserve: 12-1-2, 2-1-1 UAA.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Spartans scored goals in each half to earn the win. In the 21^st minute, Mia Modrovich finished a service from Molly Shamah after the visitors earned a corner kick.
• They added an insurance goal in the 65^th minute when a throw-in deep in the Brandeis zone made its way to Izzy Probst. Probst threaded a pass through the 18-yard box to Maggie Farra, who turned and shot a laser into the right netting for her 11^th goal of the season.
• Brandeis first-year Grace Carman (Chicago, Ill./Lane Tech) was the victim of some hard luck, twice hitting the crossbar with shots.
• Carman, who had four of the team's eight total shots, dinged one off the woodwork in the 11^th minute and again in the 49^th minute.
• Her two other shots were also on frame, but CWRU's Ellie Palaian denied Carman in the 71^st and 88^th minutes.
• Junior Amaya Logan (Jacksonville, Fla./Creekside) made four stops in the first half, while sophomore Penny Alston (New York, N.Y./East Side Community) had three in the second stanza, including two terrific stops in the 15 minutes of the second half.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Spartans had a 15-8 shooting advantage for the game, but Brandeis had a 7-6 edge in the second half.
• The Judges fell to 1-3 against Top 10 opponents this season, having defeated then-#6 MIT but falling to then-#5 Washington U. and then-#2 Emory before today's defeat.

UP NEXT

• Brandeis will face #18 Carnegie Mellon on Sunday at 1:30 PM in their final home game of the regular season.