The Shippensburg University women’s soccer team lost 1-0 to No. 17 Kutztown on Wednesday in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division match at Keystone Field.
Shippensburg moved to 1-5-1 overall and 0-5-0 in conference play. Kutztown improved to 6-0-1 overall and 4-0-0 in the PSAC East.
Kutztown recorded 10 shots on goal and held 56% of the possession. Shippensburg had a 3-2 advantage in corner kicks.
Goalkeeper Kirstin Brown and defender Mia Kemp kept the match scoreless during a first-half sequence. Brown made a close-range save before Kemp cleared a second shot near the goal line.
Emma Eisenhart hit the crossbar with a long-range shot in the 22nd minute. Four minutes later, Kutztown’s Carly Louey scored the match’s only goal after advancing along the left side and converting from close range.
Brown finished with nine saves. She has recorded 35 saves through five conference matches, averaging seven per game.
Shippensburg will host East Stroudsburg at 5 p.m. Saturday at David See Field.
