The Boilermakers (6-1-2, 1-0-0 Big Ten) have won four in a row and six of their last seven games. Purdue opened the Big Ten slate with a road win for the first time since 2017, and the 6-1-2 start to the season is its best since 2007.
On a hot, sun-soaked day at Hibner Stadium in Lincoln, Mathews registered the seventh hat trick in program history and the second by a Boilermaker this season. Purdue has multiple hat tricks in the same year for the first time in program history, after senior forward Sarah Griffith scored three goals on August 29. Mathews' three goals is a career-best and matches the team record. The Macomb, Michigan, native entered the match with one career goal, scored two games ago.
Mathews' first goal came in the 16th minute, but Nebraska quickly answered to even the match at 1-1 less than two minutes later. Mathews scored her second in the 71st minute to give the Boilermakers the lead back, and she netted her third on a breakaway in the 90th minute to complete the hat trick. Her second goal also was her second career game-winning goal.
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Meanwhile, Bova made five great saves to hold the Cornhuskers (4-5-0, 0-1-0 Big Ten) to just one goal on the day.
The Boilermakers had an 18-13 advantage in shots, and a 7-6 edge in shots on goal. Mathews had a team-high five shots, four on goal, while senior midfielder Grace Walsh and freshman forward Megan Hutchinson each had three shots. Bova made five saves while NU's keeper stopped four shots.
Purdue took a 1-0 lead at 15:48, as Mathews scored from just beyond the penalty spot. She received a cross from freshman forward Gracie Dunaway near the far sideline, and the ball bounced off her foot once before she volleyed it over the Nebraska keeper. Dunaway and Walsh earned assists on the goal.
The Huskers leveled the match at 1-1 less than two minutes later, at 17:38. Reagan Raabe scored from Gwen Lane.
More than 50 minutes passed before the Boilermakers regained the lead, at 70:52. Griffith sent the ball up-field to senior forward Sydney Duarte, who one-touched it to her left to Mathews, on the run. She received the pass just outside the far corner of the 18-yard box and beat NU's goalkeeper, who was at the edge of the six-yard box. Griffith and Duarte collected the assists.
Nine minutes later, Mathews provided an insurance goal at 89:01 to make it a 3-1 contest with a breakaway goal. As the Purdue defense cleared a corner kick, Mathews beat the Nebraska defender to the ball near the center circle. She sent the ball past midfield, where she picked it back up and had a one-on-one opportunity with the Nebraska goalkeeper at the top of the 18-yard box. The keeper made a great save on Mathews' first shot, but as the rebound bounced to the right, Mathews converted on her second attempt to seal the victory and the Boilermakers' second hat trick of the season.
😲 Two fantastic saves by Marisa Bova!! 🙌 #MoSaysNo #SCTop10
56' - Purdue 1, Nebraska 1
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— Purdue Soccer (@PurdueSoccer) September 19, 2021
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Up next, Purdue makes the short trip west to Champaign, Illinois, to face Illinois on Thursday, September 23 at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT. The Boilermakers then return home to host Iowa on Sunday, September 26, with kickoff at Folk Field set for 1 p.m. ET. It's the annual Reunion Weekend, and Purdue soccer alumnae can visit https://boile.rs/SOCReunion21 to RSVP and register.
For more on the Purdue soccer team, visit PurdueSports.com/Soccer and follow and connect with the Boilermakers at @PurdueSoccer on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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