MSU women's soccer suffers more Big Ten tournament championship heartache, falling to Purdue in overtime
Michigan State’s women’s soccer team suffered more heartbreak Friday in the Big Ten tournament championship.
Key points
- This time, after rallying from 3-1 down in the second half at Purdue to send the game to overtime, the Boilermakers’ Jaiden Anderson, taking on four MSU defenders, scored with a stinger of a shot into the right corner of the goal with a little more than 3 minutes left in what was slated to be the first OT.
- The loss was the Spartans’ third in three tries in the Big Ten tournament championship in recent years.
- #BoilerUp 🏆 @PurdueSoccer is the Big Ten Tournament champion for the 2nd time!!
Later, trailing 3-1, MSU’s Bella Najera scored her third goal of the Big Ten tournament in the 61st minute.
4 seed in the Big Ten tournament, again outshot its opponent in a Big Ten tournament championship game.
Additional details
- pic.twitter.com/uNHK2kYvum — Purdue Sports (@PurdueSports) November 14, 2026 MSU, the No.
- Purdue made its opportunities count, taking a 2-0 lead in the 40th minute, before Kayla Briggs got the Spartans on the board just before halftime.
- They’ve won two Big Ten regular season championships in that time (2022 and ’23).
- Then, with time running out, Mackenzie Kruer headed in a corner kick from Renee Watson to send the game to overtime.
- A gut punch for an MSU team that had scored with a 100 seconds left in regulation to force the extra time.
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