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Craig Houtz

Women’s Soccer Visits Maryland

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women's soccer program travels to Maryland for a Big Ten Conference match on Sunday, Oct. 9 with a 1 p.m. kickoff broadcasted live on B1G+.

GAME INFORMATION
Maryland (2-5-5, 1-4-0)

  • Date: Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022 | Time: 1 p.m. EST
  • Location: College Park, Md. | Venue: Ludwig Field
  • Live Stats | Watch: B1G+

 PENN STATE BREAKDOWN

  • Record: 7-3-2, 2-2-1
  • Top Goal Scorers: Ally Schlegel (5 Goals), Penelope Hocking (4 Goals)
  • Top Assists: Kate Wiesner (5 Assists)
  • Top Saves: Katherine Asman (41 Saves, .788 save percentage)

LAST TIME OUT

  • PSU fell 0-3 at Ohio State on Sunday afternoon. 
  • The Nittany Lions could not capitalize on offensive opportunities as they out-shot the Buckeyes 20 to 15 and had ten corner opportunities to their four.
  • OSU scored all three goals in the second half. 

SCOUTING MARYLAND 

  • Maryland is coming off a 0-4 loss to Michigan State last Sunday.
  • The Terps have lost their past four matches in B1G play but won the conference opener 1-0 vs. Michigan.
  • Maryland has been out-scored 10-4 in conference play this season.
  • Senior Alina Stahl leads the Terps with ten points on four goals and two assists.
  • Graduate student Emory Wegener has taken over keeper duties in the last three matches. She has nine saves and a .563 save percentage.
  • Coach Meghan Ryan Nemzer continues her first season at the helm of the program. Nemzer comes to Maryland after spending the previous 14 seasons on the coaching staff at Rutgers.

PENN STATE AGAINST MARYLAND

  • Penn State leads the all-time series against Maryland 14-4-0.
  • In their last matchup, PSU won 5-1 on Oct. 8, 2021. Sam Coffey netted a hat trick and Schlegel and Wasserman each scored a goal.
  • PSU has outscored Maryland 16-1 in their last five matches.
  • The last time Maryland beat PSU was on Nov. 14, 2004 when the Terps won 1-0 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. 

OTHER NOTES

  • The Nittany Lions were selected as the favorite to win the 2022 Big Ten Conference championship alongside Rutgers, according to the annual preseason poll of conference head coaches.
  • For the first time in the Big Ten Preseason Poll history, there was a tie for first place with Penn State and Rutgers leading the list.
  • The Nittany Lions have been picked as the conference preseason favorites every year since 2003.
  • Under the direction of head coach Erica Dambach, the Nittany Lions have won 11 Big Ten regular season championships and four Big Ten Tournament championships as she enters her 16th season as Penn State's head coach. 
  • The Nittany Lions have the No. 1 2022 recruiting class in the nation per TopDrawerSoccer.com
  • The Blue & White return 18 letterwinners and welcome 11 newcomers.
  • Seniors Penelope Hocking, Payton Linnehan and Schlegel were named Big Ten Players to Watch.
  • Hocking and Schlegel were named to the United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch - Forwards list and to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.
  • The Nittany Lions have faced four ranked opponents having defeated No. 21 West Virginia, 2-0 and No. 4 Rutgers 2-0, lost to No. 12 Stanford, 2-0 and tied No. 19 Georgetown 2-2. 

NEXT TIME OUT

  • The Nittany Lions return home to host Wisconsin on Thursday, Oct. 13. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. and will be broadcasted by Big Ten Network.

The Penn State women's soccer season is presented by the Smeal College of Business.