Box Score
 
NEWARK, NJ—Visiting Penn scored once in each half for a 2-0 women's soccer win Tuesday night, stretching the once-beaten Quakers' winning streak to six straight, all by shutout.
 
Penn (10-1-3) has allowed just five goals total in 2013 and all 10 of the victories, plus a scoreless tie, have been shutouts. The Quakers allowed two goals in their only loss (2-1 at Harvard on September 27), two in a 2-2 tie at Old Dominion and one in a 1-1 tie at Lehigh on September 29, also the last time Penn conceded a goal.
 
Tuesday's defeat drops NJIT to 6-10 on the season.
 
Sophomore Erin Mikolai scored the first goal of the night and assisted on the second for the winners. Clara Midgley, a junior, assisted on the first Penn goal and senior Laura Oliver scored the second goal of the night.
 
The total shots favored Penn, 10-3, with 8 of the Quaker tries on frame. NJIT did not have a shot on goal attempting to break the stout Penn defense. Sophomore Kalijah Terilli notched her eighth shutout of the season in goal for the winners. NJIT's sophomore keeper Samantha Bersett, who was outstanding, made 6 saves. Most of the saves were challenging, including a stop on a breakaway.
 
The only goal in the first half came scored in the 31st minute from Penn's Mikolai on a header. Midgely crossed the ball right-to-left and when NJIT's Bersett slipped to the ground to adjust to the pass, Mikolai needed only to the hit the target and she did, heading the ball into the net.
 
The Quakers doubled their lead quickly in the second half, striking in the 51st minute on an 18-yard blast into the upper 90 right by Oliver, with an assist credited to Mikolai.
 
As with any coach, NJIT's Mandi Risden was not satisfied with the result in a 2-0 loss. However, she saw positives in her team's grit against a formidable foe that defeated the Highlanders the first time they played, 8-0, in 2011 and then 4-0 in the 2012 rematch.
 
"We are very proud, as a staff, of the way the girls played," said Risden. "Our goal was to limit (Penn's) chances and to work for the whole 90 minutes. The girls came out and did just what we asked.
 
"We stayed in the game because of what we did defensively. We obviously need to get to where we create more scoring chances against a team of Penn's caliber, but I think it showed how far we've come, comparing how we played tonight to where we were when we first played them. We're not satisfied, but there are a lot of good things we can build off of."
 
NJIT is off until Sunday, when it plays its final away game of the season. The Highlanders will head to Washington, DC, for a 1 pm game at Howard.