CHICAGO, Ill. -- Rookie reserve forward Mimi
Theodore (Walpole, Mass.) scored her first game-winning
goal of the season in the 55th minute to lead the Brandeis
University women's soccer team over the University of Chicago in
University Athletic Association (UAA) action this afternoon. The
Judges improve to 8-4-1 overall and 2-1 UAA, while Chicago falls to
6-5-1 overall and 1-2 in the league.
After Brandeis got just one shot off in the first half, their
offense improved after the break, taking seven attempts in the
second. Six of their eight shots for the game were on net. Theodore
scored the game's only goal when she volleyed home a throw-in by
junior forward Melissa Gorenkoff (Woodbury, N.Y.)
from about 12 yards out. The goal was Theodore's second of the
season and career.
Chicago, which finished with a 24-8 advantage in shots and 6-0
margin in corner kicks, had their best attempts with about 20
minutes to go, but junior Hillary Rosenzweig (Boca
Raton, Fla.) was up to the task. On shots by the Maroons' Maggie
Tobin at with 21:19 left and Anne Scherer with 20:38 on the clock,
Rosenzweig punched the ball over the net. She finished with seven
saves for her sixth shutout of the season and the Judges' seventh
overall.
Brandeis is next in action on Sunday afternoon when they take on
15th-ranked Washington University, their fourth nationally-ranked
opponent of the campaign.