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Abby Kenkelen with the ball at her feet at midfield during a soccer game
Lewis Glass
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Bridgewater St. BSU (0-1-0, 0-0-0)
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Winner Brandeis DEIS (1-0-0, 0-0-0)
Bridgewater St. BSU
(0-1-0, 0-0-0)
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Final
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Brandeis DEIS
(1-0-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Bridgewater St. BSU 1 0 1
Brandeis DEIS 4 1 5

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Adam Levin '94

Kenkelen brace helps women best BSU, 5-1, in season opener

WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University women's soccer team got points from six different players tonight as the Judges opened their 2025 season with a bang, defeating Bridgewater State University, 5-1, on Gordon Field.

TEAM RECORDS
  • Brandeis, 1-0.
  • Bridgewater State, 0-1.
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Judges scored four times in the first half and once in the second and picked up their 12th-straight win over the Bears in the process.
  • Brandeis opened the scoring in the sixth minute with a flurry of shots. BSU keeper Marcy Clapp twice denied junior Lacey Mbugua (Brockton, Mass. / Worcester Academy) before sophomore Peterly Leroy (Malden, Mass. / Prospect Hill Academy Charter School) was able to convert her first goal of the season and the fifth of her career.
  • The game-winning goal came in the 17th minute, when senior captain Caroline Alcock (Southborough, Mass. / Algonquin Regional) headed home a corner kick taken by first-year Kira Pevow (Houston, Texas / Emery-Weiner Schools).
  • BSU got one back in the 29th minute when senior Jenna Sweeney converted a pass by Erin Richards into the far-right netting past the dive of Brandeis junior Amaya Logan (Jacksonville, Fla. / Creekside).
  • The Judges' final two goals of the first half came less than two minutes apart, in the 38th and 40th minutes. Pevow found the upper 90 on a free kick from 25 yards out for her first collegiate goal, and junior Abby Kenkelen (Philadelphia, Pa. / Springside Chestnut Hill) blasted home a cross from first-year Grace Carman (Chicago, Ill. / Lane Tech) to end the first-half scoring.
  • Kenkelen scored the lone second-half goal on an assist from Leroy in the 51st minute.
  • The two goals were the second and third of Kenkelen's career, marking her first collegiate brace.
  • The win was Brandeis's largest in the series since 2014.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Brandeis outshot Bridgewater State, 27-9, including 13-2 in shots on goal.
  • They also owned a 7-0 advantage in corner kicks.
  • Logan had one save to earn a win in her first start since 2023. Clapp had eight stops in the losing effort for the Bears.
UP NEXT
  • Brandeis will take on local rivals Babson on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Wellesley.
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