2009 penn state nittany lion women's soccer

WOMEN’S COLLEGE CUPPENN STATE 2009WOMEN’S SOCCER

QUICK FACTS • 2009 SCHEDULE

2 1999 • 2002 • 2005

Head Coach . . . .Erica Walsh (William & Mary ‘97)[email protected]

Penn State Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-12-2 (.729)Career Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-40-5 (.643)Assistant Coach . . .Ann Cook (William & Mary ‘97)

[email protected] Coach . . . . .Michael Coll (Penn State ‘97)

[email protected]. Assistant. . . . .Mariel Wilner (Northeastern ‘08)

[email protected]

Soccer Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263 Rec HallUniversity Park, Pa. 16802

Soccer Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . .(814) 863-5372Soccer Office Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(814) 865-6157Home Stadium (Capacity) . . . .Jeffrey Field (5,000)2008 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-8-02008 Big Ten Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2-0 (T-1st)2008 Big Ten Tournament . . . . . . . . . . .Champions2008 NCAA Tournament . . . . . . . . . . .First Round

Lost at Rutgers, 2-1 (2OT)

Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . .21/5Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9/2Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9First Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994All-Time Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278-63-21 (.797)Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15All-Time Big Ten Record . . . . . . . .117-15-7 (.867)Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15NCAA Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Women’s College Cup Appearances . . . . . . . . . . .3

TEAM QUICK FACTS

ERICAWALSH

Head Coach

ANNCOOKAssistantCoach

MICHAELCOLLAssistantCoach

MARIELWILNERVolunteerAssistantCoach

2009 SCHEDULEAUGUST

Saturday 23 VIRGINIA University Park, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

PENN STATE INVITATIONALSaturday 29 WEST VIRGINIA University Park, Pa. 7:30 p.m.Saturday 31 CONNECTICUT University Park, Pa. 2:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBERFriday 4 at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. 7:00 p.m.Sunday 6 RUTGERS University Park, Pa. 1:00 p.m.

UCONN CLASSICFriday 11 vs. Wake Forest Storrs, Conn. 5:00 p.m.Sunday 13 vs. Boston University Storrs, Conn. 11:30 a.m.Sunday 20 JAMES MADISON University Park, Pa. 1:00 p.m.Wednesday 23 at Bucknell Lewisburg, Pa. 7:00 p.m.Sunday 27 * at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. 1:00 p.m.

OCTOBERSunday 4 * OHIO STATE University Park, Pa. 1:00 p.m.Friday 9 * NORTHWESTERN University Park, Pa. 7:00 p.m.Sunday 11 * IOWA University Park, Pa. 11:00 a.m.Friday 16 * at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. 7:00 p.m.Sunday 18 * at Wisconsin Madison, Wis. NoonSunday 25 * ILLINOIS University Park, Pa. 1:00 p.m.ursday 29 * at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. 7:30 p.m.

NOVEMBERSunday 1 * PURDUE University Park, Pa. NoonFriday 6 * at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. 7:00 p.m.

NCAA TOURNAMENTFriday 13 ^ NCAA First Round Campus Sites TBASunday 15 ^ NCAA Second Round Campus Sites TBAFriday 20 ^ NCAA ird Round Campus Sites TBAFriday 27 ^ NCAA Quarterfinals Campus Sites TBA

DECEMBER

NCAA WOMEN’S COLLEGE CUPFriday 13 ^ NCAA Semifinals College Station, Texas TBASunday 15 ^ NCAA Final College Station, Texas TBA

* – Indicates Big Ten Match; ^ – Indicates NCAA Tournament MatchAll home games in CAPS played at Jeffrey Field; All times are local to site

TABLE OF CONTENTS • ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .is is Penn State Women’s Soccer2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick Facts • 2009 Schedule3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of Contents • Communications Information4-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeffrey Field: Home of the Nittany Lions6-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head Coach Erica Walsh8-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nittany Lion Assistant Coaches9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Soccer Without Borders10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Nittany Lion Roster11-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Outlook13-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Nittany Lions29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penn State Dance Marathon30-31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Year-in-Review32-33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Final Statistics34-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e Big Ten Conference • e Big Ten Network35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e Big Ten Network36-37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Big Ten Women’s Soccer Review38-39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nittany Lions on National Teams40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nittany Lions in the Pros41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brazil 200942-45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team History42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e Nittany Lions at Wembley Stadium43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nittany Lion Legend Christie Welsh46-47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Tournament History48-49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penn State in the Final NCSAA Polls50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.A.C. Hermann History51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nittany Lion All-Americans52-53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Honors54-55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Regional Honors56-57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Big Ten Honors58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Team Awards59-61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Individual Records62-63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Team and Class Records64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yearly Stat Leaders65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .All-Time Nittany Lion Letterwinners and Captains66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Uniform Number History67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Former Nittany Lions by State and Country68-71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Year-by-Year Results71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .All-Time Series Records • All-Time Upsets72-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University Section77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PSU Athletics Directory78-79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Media Information80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TV/Radio Chart

11-TIME BIG TEN CHAMPIONS 1998-2008

2009 CAPTAIN

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Content and Layout .................Jeremy S. FallisExcutive Editor ...............................Jeff NelsonDesign and Cover Art...............Michele KopecContributors ...Stephanie Petulla, Kris PetersonPrinter.......................Jostens, State College, Pa.

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CREDITSe 2009 Penn State Women’s Soccer Yearbook

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JEFFREY FIELD

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TOP 10 JEFFREY FIELD CROWDS

Att. Opponent Date3,208 #2 UCLA Aug. 25, 20062,963 #1 Notre Dame Sept. 21, 20082,768 #4 Virginia Sept. 4, 20052,366 Indiana Sept. 24, 20042,216 #5 Texas A&M Sept. 16, 20072,197 #4 Florida State Aug. 29, 20081,878 Navy Oct. 30, 20051,676 #20 Washington Aug. 26, 20051,407 Illinois Oct. 8, 20041,337 Iowa Oct. 9, 2005

HOME ATTENDANCE RECORDS

Year Games Att. High Avg.1994 6 2,340 640 3901995 10 3,187 500 3191996 7 1,967 637 2811997 12 4,346 674 3621998 13 6,849 693 5271999 12 9,640 1,257 8032000 12 6,131 1,050 5112001 10 6,217 1,270 6222002 9 4,394 702 4882003 11 8,090 1,274 7352004 10 9,284 2,366 9282005 13 14,711 2,768 1,1322006 16 12,969 3,208 8112007 11 8,706 2,216 7912008 10 10,964 2,963 1,09615 yrs. 162109,522 3,208 676

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FIELD OF THE YEARA stadium rich in history, Jeffrey Field has been the host site for several special women’s soc-

cer contests. Penn State has played NCAA games on its home field every year since 1997 and11 years overall. Additionally, Jeffrey Field was the site for the 1998 and 2006 Big Ten Confer-ence Tournaments, both of which the Nittany Lions won. e final contest of the 1998tournament aired on Fox Sports, marking the first-ever television broadcast of women’s soccerfrom Jeffrey Field. e 2006 Big Ten final was broadcast by CBS College Sports (nee CSTV).

e Nittany Lions have enjoyed great success at Jeffrey Field, compiling a 143-14-5 record(.898) in 15 seasons, with six undefeated home slates (1996, ‘98, 2001, ‘02, ‘03 and ‘05) includ-ing undefeated home seasons four of the last eight years. Over 100,000 spectators have attended women’s soccer games at Jeffrey Field since 1994. Overthe last six seasons, attendance at Nittany Lion women’s games has more than doubled. Dur-ing the 2006 campaign, Penn State re-wrote its all-time best crowd again. A school-recordattendance of 3,208 cheered on the Lions in their upset-victory over No. 2 UCLA on Aug. 25.

e Nittany Lion women’s soccer team has hosted some of the top teams in the nation. OnSept. 17, 1999, Penn State played host to defending national champion Florida. Powerhousessuch as UCLA, Santa Clara, Southern Methodist, Tennessee, Florida and Maryland as well asNo. 1 Notre Dame in 2008, have all visited Jeffrey Field. is year, the Lions will host Virginia,Connecticut, West Virginia, Rutgers, and James Madison in non-conference action as well asan always strong Big Ten slate that includes Ohio State, Northwestern, Iowa, Illinois, and Pur-due.

On the road, the Nittany Lions have also exhibited their skills before large crowds. In addi-tion to the 40,000 fans at the Wembley exhibition match in 1997, Penn State played before acrowd of 14,013 at the 1999 College Cup in San Jose, Calif., and almost 10,000 at the 2002College Cup in Austin, Texas.

FACILITY HISTORY AND FUTUREDedicated on Sept. 29, 1972, Penn State’s soccer stadium is named in honor of the late Bill

Jeffrey, the Penn State men’s soccer coach from 1926-52.Regarded as the finest grass surface in the country and named such officially in 2006, Jeffrey

Field was refurbished first in 1978. New bleachers with a capacity of 3,500 were added alongwith fencing and an adjacent practice field. New lights were added prior to the 1996 season.

During the summer of 2004, Jeffrey Field again underwent a facelift. In addition to a newfield surface, new bleachers, a press box and a video booth were also added. Additional improve-ments are in the long-term plans for the stadium, including a team building with locker andtraining rooms, and more practical fields in the complex where the former baseball field oncestood.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER HAS A 143-14-5 RECORD AT JEFFREY FIELD.

A PROgRAM-BEST 3,208 FANS SAW

THE LIONS PLAY #2 UCLA IN 2006 AT JEFFREY FIELD.

PENN STATE HAS RECORDED SIx UNDEFEATED SEASONS

IN 14 YEARS AT JEFFREY FIELD.

SINCE UPgRADES IN THE SUMMER OF 2004,

JEFFREY FIELD NOW HOLDS 5,000 FANS.THE NITTANY LIONS’ BIg TEN JEFFREY FIELD

RECORD STANDS AT 67-2-3.

ALL-TIME JEFFREY FIELD RECORD

Year W L T Pct.1994 5 1 0 .8331995 7 2 0 .7501996 7 0 0 1.0001997 9 2 1 .7921998 13 0 0 1.0001999 10 1 1 .8752000 11 1 0 .9172001 10 0 0 1.0002002 9 0 0 1.0002003 11 0 0 1.0002004 9 1 0 .9002005 13 0 0 1.0002006 14 1 1 .9062007 9 1 1 .8642008 6 4 0 .60015 Years 143 14 5 .898

TOP PENN STATE ROAD CROWDS

Att. Opponent Date40,000 at London Select Team Aug. 3, 1997

Wembley Stadium; London, England14,013 vs. #2 North Carolina Dec. 3, 1999

NCAA Women’s College Cup; San Jose, Calif.9,774 vs. #9 Portland Dec. 6, 2002

NCAA College Cup; Austin, Texas6,701 vs. #1 Portland Dec. 2, 2005

NCAA College Cup; College Station, Texas4,213 at #1 North Carolina Sept. 12, 19993,774 at #9 Texas A&M Sept. 3, 20062,667 at #15 Illinois Oct. 1, 20062,412 at Navy Oct. 26, 20062,241 at #17 Connecticut Sept. 6, 20072,079 at Ohio State Oct. 14, 2005

ATTENDANCE RECORDS

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Jeffrey Field and the adjoining practice soccer facility at night.

Head coach Erica Walsh is entering her third season at the helmof the Penn State women’s soccer program. Walsh continued hersuccess from the 2007 campaign into a 16-8-0 record that saw PennState capture its 11th-straight Big Ten Championship and the 2008Big Ten Tournament crown.

Her transition to Penn State was quite smooth as the team fin-ished 18-4-2 including a 9-1-0 mark in conference play and wasranked 12th in the final NSCAA poll of the season.

When she came to Penn State, Walsh brought with her a wealthof experience at both the international and collegiate levels alreadyhaving coached at six different universities, including three stints ashead coach as well as serving as an assistant for the U.S. U-19 teamfrom March to December of 2004 and as head coach of the U-17team from December 2004 to February of 2007.

As of January 2009, Walsh was appointed as a member of thePanel of Instructors and Lecturers fro FIFA Courses. In addition,she was appointed as the Chairman of the Women’s Technical Com-mittee for the period of January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2011.

In January of 2008, Walsh was named as the assistant coach byPia Sundhage for the U.S. National Team. With Walsh’s help andguidance the U.S. team completed its historic run with a gold medalat the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, China. Even sweeter wasthat Walsh’s main responsibility was the U.S. Team’s defense, whichheld fellow world power Brazil scoreless in the gold medal game.

The head coach at Harvard University as well as the U.S. Under-17 team prior to her hiring at Penn State, Walsh has consistentlybeen active among the coaching ranks both at the Division I leveland with the U.S. Youth National Team program for nearly adecade. Prior to her time with the Harvard Crimson, she was partof a Florida State staff that led the Seminoles to one of its most suc-cessful year to date. FSU joined Penn State in the 2005 Women'sSoccer College Cup, with both programs reaching the national semi-finals.

Walsh's coaching path began in 1997 as a graduate assistant withBucknell University. In 1998, she accepted a position at Dartmouthwhere she was an assistant coach for two seasons. After helping theteam to a final NSCAA ranking of No. 8 at the conclusion of the

team's 1998 NCAA quarterfinalrun as well as an Ivy Leaguechampionship in 1999, Walshassumed the head coachingduties before the 2000 season.

As head coach, Walsh led theBig green to back-to-back IvyLeague co-championships in2000 and 2001. Her squad wasranked in the NSCAA's top 25each year, rising as high as No.13 in 2001. In her three seasonsas head coach, Dartmouth wasinvited to the NCAA Tourna-ment each season and reachedthe round of 16 twice. All threeof her teams earned the

HEAD COACH ERICA WALSH

EricaWALSHHead Coach • 3rd YearWILLIAM & MARY ‘97Record at PSU: 34-12-2 (.729) Overall: 74-40-5 (.643)

WALSH’S CAREER AT PENN STATESeason Overall Pct. Big Ten Pct. Finish NCAA Postseason2007 18-4-2 .792 9-1-0 .900 1st Third Round (L, 1-0 at West Virginia)

2008 16-8-0 .667 8-2-0 .800 T-1st First Round (L, 2-1 (2OT) at Rutgers)

Penn State 34-12-2 .729 17-3-0 .850 2 NCAA Appearances (2-2)Career 74-40-5 .643 5 NCAA Appearances (5-5)

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WALSH’S NATIONAL RÉSUMÉHead CoachU.S. Under-17

December 2004-March 2007

Assistant CoachU.S. National Team

January 2008-present

2008 Olympic Goal Medalists

U.S. Under-19

March-December 2004

WALSH’S COLLEGIATE RÉSUMÉHead CoachPenn State 2007-present

Harvard 2006

Dartmouth 2000-02

Assistant CoachFlorida State 2005-06

Darmouth 1998-99

Graduate AssistantLehigh 2003-04

Bucknell 1997

Student-AthleteWilliam & Mary 1993-97

WALSH’S ACCOLADES6 YEARS OF COLLEgE HEADCOACHINg EXPERIENCE5NCAA APPEARANCES5NCAA TOURNAMENT WINS3 ALL-AMERICAN HONORS2 BIg TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS1gOLD MEDAL

NSCAA's Academic Team Award. Walsh left Dartmouthto earn her MBA in Business Administration at LehighUniversity where she served as a graduate assistant from2003-04.

Beginning in the spring of 2004, Walsh joined theUnited States Under-19 team as an assistant coach whereshe helped with preparations for the Under-19 WorldCup. The U.S. finished with the bronze medal in Thai-land after defeating Brazil in the third place match. Afterthe World Cup, Walsh was appointed the U.S. NationalTeam's U-17 head coach, a position which she held forthree years.

As a player, Walsh was an NSCAA All-Region selectionat William & Mary. A two-time first team All-CAA pick,she propelled her team to four NCAA Tournamentappearances as well as two CAA regular season and twoCAA league championships.

A high school All-American at Lower Moreland, she wasalso a member of the U.S. Under-17 National Team.

Walsh earned her bachelor of science degree with a con-centration in biology from William & Mary in 1997.

Currently, she resides in State College.

HEAD COACH ERICA WALSH


Michael Coll is entering his sixth season as an assistant coach for the PennState women’s soccer team after a three-year stint as an assistant coach on theLions’ men’s team and a four-year tenure as the head women’s soccer coachSaint Francis (Pa.).

A native of Derry, Ireland, Coll graduated in 1997 with a bachelor’s degreein exercise and sport science from Penn State University.

A former Nittany Lion All-Big Ten and All Mid-Atlantic Region defender,Coll also served as an assistant coach with the Penn State men’s programfrom 1997-2000. A four-year letterman, Coll started 84 out of 85 gamesduring those four years. He was a two-time first team all-conference selec-tion, a 1996 All-Mid-Atlantic Region honoree as well as a member of theAcademic All-Big Ten Team. Still a factor on the offense, Coll netted a goaland tallied 10 assists during his career. Coll was part of the Lions’ 1993 BigTen championship squad, as well as three NCAA teams.

While at Penn State he continued to represent Ireland in Internationalcompetition starting all matches at the World University games in Buffalo,N.Y., in 1993 and Fukuoka, Japan in 1995.

Following his career at Penn State, Coll played for the A-League HersheyWildcats during the summer of 1997 where he helped the franchise to anAtlantic Division crown. Happy Valley called for a second time, however,and Coll returned for three more years.

His professional experience also includes time spent with the ReadingRage and the Cape Cod Crusaders in the USL. Before enrolling at PennState, Coll had tryouts with English Premier League clubs Arsenal andChelsea as well as English Championship clubs Nottingham Forest andIpswitch Town as a teenager. After failed contract negotiations following hissuccessful time at Chelsea, he decided to continue his education at PennState.

Coll left Penn State in 2000 to become the head women’s soccer coach atSaint Francis (Pa.), a post from which he resigned in order to return to hisalma mater in the spring of 2004. While there, Coll coached the 2002 NECRookie of the Year as well as three other All-NEC picks and his Red Flashteam earned the NEC Fair Play Award in both 2002 and 2003.

A resident of nearby Lemont, Coll holds an NSCAA Premier Diploma aswell as an Irish FA “C” License.

Mariel Wilner is entering her third season as the volunteer assistant coach.e former Harvard assistant soccer coach, Wilner followed Erica Walshafter spending the 2006 season with the Crimson. Wilner also served brieflyas the goalkeeper coach at Northeastern, where she was a member of theteam from 2003-05.

Already a proven instructor, Wilner guided current Nittany Lion goal-keeper Alyssa Naeher to 2007 and 2008 First Team All-America honors aswell as Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2007.

Before Penn State, she helped Harvard goalkeeper Lauren Mann to 2006Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. Wilner’s other coaching experienceincludes spending the summer of 2006 as an assistant with the Region IODP squad and coaching the New England Eagles FC (Under-11 headcoach, Under-17 assistant coach) that same year. She is also a director ofWorld Cup winner and Olympic goal Medal coach Tony DiCicco’s Soc-cerPlus Camps. In the summer of 2007, she became the head coach of theCentral Penn United U-14 girls, which she in the third year of coaching as

U-16s. Additionally, Wilner has served on the coaching staff for the NSCAAgoalkeeping Institute since December of 2006 and is a Region I ODP goal-keeper coach.

A native of Owings Mills, Md., Wilner began her collegiate playing careerat the University of Maryland from 2002-03, eventually transferring toNortheastern in the spring of 2003 for her final two years.

She was the starting goalkeeper at NU her junior and senior years, earn-ing second team All-New England honors in 2005. Wilner garneredconference player of the year honors twice during her undergraduate career.She finished second on the all-time goals against list at Northeastern with a1.49 average through two seasons with the Huskies. She posted sevenshutouts with the Huskies and racked up 3316 minutes over 36 contests. AtMaryland, Wilner started the first 12 games of her career, and had 30 savesand 1.5 shutouts.

She set the Maryland state record for shutouts (38) during her prep careerand earned All-State, All-County and All-Leagueaccolades at McDonoghSchool.

A 2007 graduate ofNortheastern with a B.S. inbusiness administration,Wilner is set to earn herMasters in Business Admin-istration from Penn State’sSmeal College of Businessthis spring. She earned herNSCAA Diploma in June2007.

MichaelCOLLAssistant Coach • 6th YearPENN STATE ‘97

MarielWILNERVolunteer Assistant • 3rd YearNORTHEASTERN ‘07

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SOCCER WITHOUTBORDERS

ASSISTANT COACH ANNCOOK SPENDS TIME gIV-INg BACK BY BRINgINg

SOCCER TO OTHERSLast spring, Penn State players and families donated close to 100 pairs of

shoes for assistant coach Ann Cook to take to Nicaragua with an organiza-tion called Soccer Without Borders. Soccer Without Borders' mission is touse soccer as a vehicle for positive change in the lives of marginalized youth.Working with other community-based organizations in under-served areas,the Soccer Without Borders program combines soccer instruction with lifeskills education and uses soccer as a tool for youth development.

ey are a non-profit organization based here in the U.S. but they haveprojects all over the world. Ann went to granada, Nicaragua in March tohelp with the inaugural project for girls in Latin America. “It was an amaz-ing experience. e girls are incredible to work with – they are so eager toplay and to learn. Soccer Without Borders has a great vision for change.What I like about it most I think is that it doesn't use the same formula forevery place or culture they go into. ey get to know the community a bitand define its particular needs and then work with the organizations andpeople who are already there to set up something that will be sustainablelargely by local people. e community then has a stake in it and the proj-ects have a better chance of becoming part of the fabric of the communityat large.”

To read more about Cook’s experiences and the SWB projects visit:www.soccerwithoutborders.org

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Ann Cook is entering her third season with the Nittany Lions after help-ing guide them to their 11th-straight Big Ten title. is will also be the thirdseason Cook will be coaching under former teammate and friend EricaWalsh. e two combined for many wins on the field at William & MaryUniversity and have already shown their prowess on the sidelines together asthey led the squad to an 16-8-0 slate in 2008 and a 2008 Big Ten Tourna-ment Championship.

For the second consecutive year, Cook traveled to Nicaragua with anorganization called Soccer Without Borders, brining along a few NittanyLions in the process to help out. e organization focuses on using socceras a tool for youth development around the world. e Nittany Lion play-ers helped collect numerous pairs of shoes prior to Cook’s departure andaccounted for about 50 young girls in Nicaragua getting new shoes and anew appreciation for soccer.

Prior to PSU, Cook was an assistant coach at Nebraska, for two season.Cook was responsible for numerous tasks while at Nebraska including indi-vidual and team training, recruiting, video analysis and scheduling. She alsoworked closely as the staff’s liaison to the Huskers’ athletic support staff.

During her tenure at Missouri State from 2004-05, she handled training,recruiting and team travel duties as well as supervising the strength and con-ditioning program. e head coach at Drury University from 1999-2000,her squad ranked No. 5 in the NCAA Division-III poll among new pro-grams in 1999.

A three-time All-American, Cook played for William & Mary from 1993-97, medically redshirting during the 1996 campaign. In the mix for theHermann Trophy as well as the M.A.C. Player of the Year Award in both1995 and 1997, she was the 1997 CAA Conference Player of the Year andCAA Conference Tournament MVP. e Tribe made the NCAA Tourna-ment quarterfinals in two of Cook’s four seasons, grabbing a bid for theTournament each year.

Active with the U.S. National Team programs, she was a member of theU.S. Under-20 team from 1994-95 andplayed with the full national team in 1998.

Professionally, Cook was a fourth-rounddraft pick (25th overall) by the Bay AreaCyberRays. A member of the team thatwon the WUSA’s inaugural season champi-onship in 2001, she was traded inDecember of that year to the WashingtonFreedom, which eventually finished as the2002 league runners-up.

As a member of the W-League’s ChicagoCobras from 1998-2000, she was the cham-pionship MVP in 2000 after helping theteam to a league championship. In 1999,her team finished as the league runners-up.

AnnCOOKAssistant Coach • 3rd YearWILLIAM & MARY ‘97


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PRONUNCIATION GUIDEMichael Coll COLETani Costa TawnyRachel Lamarre Rah-SHEL LAH-marMegan Monroig MON-roygAlyssa Naeher NAY-er Alli Rago RAY-goJess Shue SHOODanielle Toney TOE-neeMaura Ryan MORE-aKatie Schoepfer SHEP-fur

LIONS BY ELIGIBILITYSeniors (8): Davies, Hayes, Naeher,Rago, Ryan, Schoepfer, Shue, WattsJuniors (2): Monroig, ToneyRedshirt-Sophomores (1): gillSophomores (7): garcia, Hakes, Niness,Rosenbluth, Schaefer, omson, TribbettRedshirt-Freshmen (2): Hartmann,ZavalaFreshmen (9): Costa, Evans, Lamarre,Marton, McCarty, Molinda, Nairn,ompson

LIONS BY POSITIONGoalkeepers (3): Hartmann, Naeher,TribbettForwards (9): Costa, Hubbard,Molinda, Niness, Schoepfer, ompson,Toney, WattsMidfielders (14): Evans, gill, Hayes,Hubbard, Lamarre, Molinda, Monroig,Nairn, Rago, Rosenbluth, Schaefer,Shue, omson, ZavalaDefenders (8): Davies, garcia, Hakes,Marton, McCarty, Rago, Ryan, om-son

LIONS BY STATE/PROVINCE/COUNTRYArizona (1): HayesCalifornia (1): ZavalaColorado (1): TribbettConnecticut (3): Naeher, Rago,ShoepferEngland (2): omson, WattsHawaii (1): CostaMaryland (1): NairnMichigan (1): Toney Nevada (1): SchaeferNew Jersey (1): DaviesNew York (2): garcia, McCartyOntario (1): MartonPennsylvania (10): Evans, gill, Hub-bard, Molinda, Monroig, Niness,Rosenbluth, Ryan, Shue, ompsonQuebec (1): LamarreTexas (1): HartmannWashington (1): Hakes

2009 PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER NUMERICAL ROSTERNo. Name Pos. El. Ht. Hometown High School/Previous College0 Kristin Hartmann gK R-Fr. 5-10 Katy, Texas Seven Lakes1 Alyssa Naeher gK Sr. 5-9 Seymour, Conn. Christian Heritage School2 Maura Ryan D Sr. 5-4 Doylestown, Pa. gwynedd Mercy Academy3 Meghan McCarty D Fr. 5-8 Baldwin, N.Y. Oceanside4 Melissa Hayes M Sr. 5-5 Cave Creek, Ariz. Cactus Shadows /North Carolina5 Dani Zavala M R-Fr. 5-7 El Camino Village, Calif. Redondo Union6 Jackie Molinda F/M Fr. 5-5 Pittsburgh, Pa. Mt. Lebanon7 Tara Davies D Sr. 5-4 Cape May Court House, N.J. Middle Township8 Jackie Hakes D So. 5-2 Spokane, Wash. Mead9 Bri garcia D So. 5-6 Babylon, N.Y. St. Anthony’s10 Christine Nairn M Fr. 5-6 Bowie, Md. Archbishop Spalding11 Ali Schaefer M So. 5-5 Las Vegas, Nev. green Valley12 Katie Schoepfer F Sr. 5-8 Waterford, Conn. Waterford14 Jess Shue M Sr. 5-6 York, Pa. Susquehannock15 Rachel Lamarre M Fr. 5-3 Montréal, Québec georges Vanies16 Jess Rosenbluth M So. 5-4 gladwyne, Pa. e Shipley School17 Alli Rago M/D Sr. 5-4 Fairfield, Conn. green Farms Academy18 Lexie Marton D Fr. 5-11 Aurora, Ontario e Country Day School19 Maddy Evans M Fr. 5-6 glenside, Pa. Abington 20 Krissy Tribbett gK So. 5-7 Centennial, Colo. grandview21 Carly Niness F So. 5-8 Berwyn, Pa. Conestoga22 Tani Costa F Fr. 5-8 Honolulu, Hawaii Kalani23 Nikki Watts F Sr. 5-4 Hungerford, England John O’gaunt24 Julie Hubbard F/M Fr. 5-6 Waverly, Pa. Abington Heights25 Emma omson D So. 5-4 Retford, England Retford Oaks26 Megan Monroig M Jr. 5-3 Northumberland, Pa. Shikellamy27 Meghan gill M R-So. 5-4 State College, Pa. Central Mountain28 Danielle Toney F Jr. 5-4 Northville, Mich. Northville33 Alexa ompson F Fr. 5-5 Scottdale, Pa. Southmoreland

Head Coach: Erica Walsh (3rd year)Assistant Coaches: Ann Cook (3rd year), Michael Coll (6th year)Volunteer Assistant: Mariel Wilner (3rd year)

2009 PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER NUMERICAL ROSTERNo. Name Pos. El. Ht. Hometown High School/Previous College22 Tani Costa F Fr. 5-8 Honolulu, Hawaii Kalani7 Tara Davies D Sr. 5-4 Cape May Court House, N.J. Middle Township19 Maddy Evans M Fr. 5-6 glenside, Pa. Abington 9 Bri garcia D So. 5-6 Babylon, N.Y. St. Anthony’s27 Meghan gill M R-So. 5-4 State College, Pa. Central Mountain8 Jackie Hakes D So. 5-2 Spokane, Wash. Mead0 Kristin Hartmann gK R-Fr. 5-10 Katy, Texas Seven Lakes4 Melissa Hayes M Sr. 5-5 Cave Creek, Ariz. Cactus Shadows/North Carolina24 Julie Hubbard F/M Fr. 5-6 Waverly, Pa. Abington Heights15 Rachel Lamarre M Fr. 5-3 Montréal, Québec georges Vanies18 Lexie Marton D Fr. 5-11 Aurora, Ontario e Country Day School3 Meghan McCarty D Fr. 5-8 Baldwin, N.Y. Oceanside6 Jackie Molinda F/M Fr. 5-5 Pittsburgh, Pa. Mt. Lebanon26 Megan Monroig M Jr. 5-3 Northumberland, Pa. Shikellamy1 Alyssa Naeher gK Sr. 5-9 Seymour, Conn. Christian Heritage School10 Christine Nairn M Fr. 5-6 Bowie, Md. Archbishop Spalding21 Carly Niness F So. 5-8 Berwyn, Pa. Conestoga17 Alli Rago M/D Sr. 5-4 Fairfield, Conn. green Farms Academy16 Jess Rosenbluth M So. 5-4 gladwyne, Pa. e Shipley School2 Maura Ryan D Sr. 5-4 Doylestown, Pa. gwynedd Mercy Academy11 Ali Schaefer M So. 5-5 Las Vegas, Nev. green Valley12 Katie Schoepfer F Sr. 5-8 Waterford, Conn. Waterford14 Jess Shue M Sr. 5-6 York, Pa. Susquehannock33 Alexa ompson F Fr. 5-5 Scottdale, Pa. Southmoreland25 Emma omson D So. 5-4 Retford, England Retford Oaks28 Danielle Toney F Jr. 5-4 Northville, Mich. Northville20 Krissy Tribbett gK So. 5-7 Centennial, Colo. grandview23 Nikki Watts F Sr. 5-4 Hungerford, England John O’gaunt5 Dani Zavala M R-Fr. 5-7 El Camino Village, Calif. Redondo Union

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2009 SEASON OUTLOOK


e 2009 season will be viewed by many as abounce back season despite Penn State capturing its11th consecutive Big Ten Champion ship in additionto the 2009 Big Ten Tournament title.ird-year head coach Erica Walsh returns ninestarters from a team that won 16 games, the fewestfor a Nittany Lion squad since 1997. After the team’s2008 NCAA First Round exit, sights turned to 2009to recapture the glory of previous years. In 2009, theteam will have plenty of tools to brining the Lionsback to the pedestal to which they are accustomed.

Leading the way to PSU’s fourth Women’s CollegeCup appearance will be team captain and two-timeAll-American goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher. Alongsideher will be a cast of talent and experience to guide thesquad to a 12th-straight Big Ten title and a deepNCAA run. Another Big Ten crown will place thePSU women’s soccer team alongside the Michiganswimming & diving teams of 1987-98 as record hold-ers of the most consecutive Big Ten Championshipsin women’s sports.

FORWARDSUp front, Katie Schoepfer and Danielle Toney

headline a powerful forward contingent. Schoepfer, atwo-time First Team Big Ten selection, looks to returnto her 2007 form where she set season highs in goals(15) and points (35) en route to NSCAA SecondTeam All-America honors.

Nevertheless, Schoepfer wound up as the team’sleader in goals and points last year with 11 and 29respectively. She ranks in the top ten all-time in goals,points, game-winners and shots in Penn State history.

On the other hand, Toney, who came on late in

2008, was a force in the Big Ten Tournament earningthe Offensive MVP. She set new season highs in goals(10), assists (seven) and points (27), second most onthe club behind Schoepfer. Toney figures to be a keycog again this year spearheading the attack withSchoepfer.

Alongside Schoepfer and Toney will be NikkiWatts, a senior forward from England. Wattsimpressed last year, appearing in every game notch-ing five goals, three of which were game-winners.Watts wound up with 12 points in 11 starts, thirdmost on the team that will look to her increased pro-duction in 2009 in order to succeed.

Myers won’t be the only Lion up front with previ-ous experience as Carly Niness saw time in 19 gameslast year as a freshman, tallying a goal and three assists.A playmaking attacker, Niness looks to continue her

positive vibes from her first campaign and translate itto her sophomore season.

A bevy of freshmen will add to the cast of charac-ters in the forward unit, as a decorated freshman classaccustomed to scoring and winning will add much toan already accomplished position.

Tani Costa, Julie Hubbard, Jackie Molinda, andAlexa ompson are the quartet of forwards added toWalsh’s arsenal, all will compete for playing time intheir first years in University Park.

MIDFIELDERSOf the two graduating seniors from 2008’s starting

lineup, Zoe Bouchelle, will leave open a gap for oneof the most anticipated incoming freshman in the his-tory of Penn State women’s soccer.

With her sights set on filling that role successfullywill be U.S. Women’s Senior National Team memberand FIFA U-20 World Cup winner Christine Nairn.Donning the 10 this season, Nairn will bring her win-ning and extremely talented ways to the Blue andWhite, picking up where Bouchelle left off.

In the middle with Nairn for her final season at Jef-frey Field is Melissa Hayes. A starter in 21 of the 24games last year, Hayes provides leadership and famil-iarity in a midfield with plenty of experience. Aprimary kick taker, Hayes will play the part of dis-tributor, setting up the offense with Nairn and gettingher teammates involved on the attack.

Returning midfielders Meghan Gill, Alli Rago andMeghan Monroig will take up spots alongside Nairnand Hayes displaying their collective veteran prowess.gill was a Second Team All-Big Ten in a breakoutcampaign last season, bouncing back beautifully afteran injury-riddled freshman year in 2007. Walsh andcompany will rely on gill for her passing ability andscoring spark, as she netted three goals in just 16games last year.

Rago and Monroig have combined for 24 starts intheir careers at Penn State, improving every year.Rago scored her first career goals last year, while Mon-roig posted a goal and two assists as both midfielderssaw time in every game last year.

Other returners who saw time in midfield last yearare Jess Rosenbluth and Ali Schaefer. Rosenbluthplayed in every match a season ago with 10 starts,notching her first career goal and assist, and willattempt to bump those numbers up in 2009. Schae-fer played primarily as a reserve in 11 games a season


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FIFA U-20 World Cup Champion and senior All-Americangoalkeeper Alyssa Naeher will captain the squad in 2009.

BOUNCEBACK SEASON IN STORE FOR WALSH AND COMPANY IN QUEST FOR COLLEGE CUP BERTH

Two-time First Team All-Big Ten senior Katie Schoepferwill try to regain her All-American form this season.

Senior Melissa Hayes is the glue of the Nittany Lion mid-field for a third-straight year.


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ago.Jess Shue and Dani Zavala look to return from

injuries, as they redshirted the 2008 campaign. Join-ing the duo are two freshmen in Rachel Lamarre andMaddy Evans. Lamarre is a quick and clever mid-fielder from Montreal, while Evans boasts abackground from glenside, Pa. Also adding depth inmidfield occasionally will be Hubbard and Molinda.

DEFENDERSIn the absence of 2008 co-captain

and All-Big Ten defender Jessie Davis,three returners provide the core of thebackline in 2009. Tara Davies, MauraRyan and Emma omson are goingto play vital roles this season in securingone of the most successful defenses inthe east, in addition the Big Ten.

Davies is a capable senior defender,who has 28 starts under her belt inthree years. With Ryan on the rightflank, the Nittany Lions are set withplaymakers and steady defenders asRyan has the ability to contain, butmake runs up the field to support themidfield in the attack.

A 2008 All-Freshman Big Ten selec-tion, England-product omson is poised torecapture and improve on her initial campaign in theBlue and White. omson saw time in all 24 games,making 22 starts, notching a goal and two assists, topsamongst defenders.

Returning to the fold are sophomores Bri Garciaand Jackie Hakes, who assisted the defense primarilyas reserves a year ago, totaling 36 appearances with 11starts. Both will continue their respective roles giv-ing the team much-needed depth.

An important addition to the defending corps willbe Canadian National Team member Lexi Marton.Already a stabilizing force for the Canadians, Martonhas given the Lions sufficient size and experience as afreshman during spring play and has an excellentopportunity to crack the starting lineup for Walsh’ssquad. e defensive unit’s other freshman isMeghan McCarty, a steady and capable player in thebackfield from Oceanside, N.Y.

GOALKEEPERSReturning fresh off a winning U.S. U-20 campaign

with teammate Nairn, Alyssa Naeher was namedteam captain for the 2009 season. e two-timeNSCAA First Team All-American ranks in the all-time top five in many goalkeeping categories at PennState and looks to move up the charts some more in2009.

Naeher’s task will be guiding the Lions to their12th-straight Big Ten title and to the team’s firstWomen’s College Cup since 2005. Currentely, Nae-her sits in second in shutouts (25.39), minutes played(6,047:31), wins (47), as well as being third in saves(272) and goals against average (0.86). e three-

time First Team All-Big Ten selection has the chanceto go down as one of the greatest Nittany Lions withanother successful year.

In Naeher’s occasional absence due to U.S. teamcall-ups, Krissy Tribbett received plenty of playingtime. Tribbett recorded a 2-1 record in seven gameswith three starts. Totaling 343 minutes in net, Trib-bett boasted a 0.52 gAA and a .833 save percentage,

giving up just two goals all year. KristinHartmann redshirted last year and willbe Walsh’s third option in goal.

SCHEDULEe 2009 slate is once again one of

the toughest schedules in the nation asthe Nittany Lions will take on 10NCAA Tournament teams from lastseason, five of which will be homegames at Jeffrey Field.

Opening the season will be Virginia,who reached the third round of theNCAA Tournament on August 23. Aperennial-ranked power, the Cavalierswere 15-5-3 out of the ACC.

A week later the Nittany Lions hostBrigham Young, Connecticut and West

Virginia in the annual Penn State Invitational at Jef-frey on Saturday August 29 and Monday August 31.e doubleheader kicks off at 5:00 p.m. on Saturdayas BYU takes on UConn setting the stage for a clashbetween NCAA Second Round squad West Virginiaand PSU at 7:30 p.m. e Mountaineers went 14-3-6 en route to a #14 NSCAA ranking in the final pollin 2008.

Two days later the four teams will reconvene asBYU will tackle West Virginia at noon and a decade-long rivalry with UConn will berenewed when the Huskies face PennState at 2:30 p.m. UConn was a dis-appointing 7-9-6, but reached the BigEast Final last year before losing toNotre Dame.

e Nittany Lions’ gauntlet contin-ues in non-conference play when theytravel to Tallahassee, Fla. to take onFlorida State on September 4 7:00p.m. e Seminoles were NCAAQuarterfinalists a year ago going 17-3-3.

Penn State returns to Happy Valleytwo days later in the hopes of revenge.Last season, Nittany Lions saw theirseason come to an end at the hands ofthe Rutgers Scarlet Knights in double overtime, 2-1,in Piscataway, N.J. After going 1-1 against theKnights, the Lions will attempt to beat the NCAAird Rounders for the eighth time in 11 tries. Rut-gers went 13-7-2 in 2008.

e following week, Penn State travels to Con-necticut to participate in the UConn Soccer Classic in

Storrs. First up on September 11 will be Wake For-est, a team that reached the second round of NCAAsin 2008. e Lions have never faced the DemonDeacons, who went 13-8 last year ranking 25th bythe NSCAA.

Two days later PSU plays Boston University, theonly NCAA team on the schedule to lose its firstround game, at 11:30 a.m., which will also be the firsttime the two squads will meet. BU was 15-6-1 lastyear, going a perfect 8-0-0 en route to its sixth Amer-ica East title in the last nine years.

A week later PSU wraps up out-of-conference playwhen the Dukes of James Madison arrive at JeffreyField on Sunday, September 20 for a 1:00 p.m.matchup. e third-round participants have facedthe Nittany Lions every year of Penn State’s existence,last year taking a 1-0 win in Harrisonburg, Va. enroute to a 14-7-2 record.

ree days later, the Nittany Lions travel down theroad to Bucknell, an 11-6-3 squad a year ago, for a7:00 p.m. mid-week tilt on September 23. Penn Stateis 13-0 all time against the Bison.

e Big Ten Conference slate of games starts witha big match against Michigan State in East Lansing.e Spartans took a 3-1 win at home last seasonbefore capitulating 1-0 to Penn State in the Big TenTournament a month later. MSU had one of its mostsuccessful seasons ever in 14-7-3 campaign, an NCAAird Round appearance as well as boasting the reign-ing Big Ten Offensive Player and Freshman of theYear in Laura Heyboer.

A week off is all the Nittany Lions get to regroupprior to a October 4 clash against Ohio State whodealt only the second loss to Penn State in Big Tenplay at Jeffrey Field when the Buckeyes took a 1-0match on Halloween.

October 9 and 11 see Northwestern (10-9-1) andIowa pay a visit to Jeffrey Park for atypical Friday/Sunday home stand. Aweek later, the Nittany Lions fly to theMidwest for a Friday night bout withMinnesota (22-4), an NCAA irdRound squad that fell twice to PennState in 2008. PSU then travels downthe road to Madison to take on formercoach Paula Wilkins and company atWisconsin (9-9-1) on Sunday October18.A week later sees the final NCAA

Tournament team in the regular sea-son when Illinois (12-9-2) travels toUniversity Park for an October 25showdown. Penn State wraps up itsBig Ten regular season with a trip at

Indiana (8-10-1) on October 29 before returninghome for a match against Purdue (12-7-3) the fol-lowing Sunday and concluding with a game atMichigan (4-10-5) on Friday, November 6.

Overall, the schedule will plenty of quality compe-tition to Penn State, who seeks its 14th-straightNCAA Tournament berth come November.

Sophomore Emma omson

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Senior Tara Davies

MEET THE NITTANY LIONS


ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2007, 2008)

LION CAREER2008 Played in 23 games with 14 starts...Made the transition from mid-fielder to wing defender...Assisted the Nittany Lion defense in shutting outnine opponents...Academic All-Big Ten selection.2007 Played in 22 matches with 14 starts...Registered one shot fromher defensive position against Michigan (10/14)...Named to the SoccerAmerica Team of the Week, Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week and Big TenDefensive Player of the Week following a stellar defensive performanceagainst Indiana (10/28) and then-No. 4 Purdue (10/26)...Named to the Aca-demic All-Big Ten list.2006 Saw action in nine games...Recorded three shots against North-eastern (9/17).

BEFORE PENN STATEOne of four Penn State recruits on the Soccer Buzz list of Top 150 recruits,Davies was a key player on her USL Super Y-League ODP NationalTeam...Earned all-state honors and tallied more than 104 goals throughouther high school career...ree-time MVP for her high school team, Davies

was named athlete of the year by e AtlanticCity Press and the Cape May County gazetteLeader...ree year varsity captain and memberof the Philadelphia Pirates club team...Currentlyplays for the Atlantic City Diablos of the WPSL.

PERSONALFull name is Tara Aileen Davies...Born onNovember 7, 1987...Daughter of Butch andPatty Davies...Two brothers, Sean and Ryan,that played soccer at Millersville and York Col-lege, respectively...Member of the NationalHonor Society...Played softball for four years,captaining her team the final two...Majoring inelementary education.

BEFORE PENN STATEFirst Team All-State three times...Four-year starter at Kalani...Leading goal-scorer in state junior and senior years...First Team All-Star squad selectionthree straight years...Named Hawaii gatorade Player of the Year junior andsenior seasons...Member of three-time Division I East champions...Namedto the 2008 NSCAA All-American team...Finalist for the Hawaii Quarter-back Club Female Athlete of the Year...Member of the 2007 adidas EliteSoccer Program as an All-Star and team captain.

CLUB EXPERIENCEMember of the Leahi Soccer Club coached by Michelle Nagamine...Teamwon 2008 Surf Cup U-19 gold Division championship...Member of train-ing camp roster for U-18 and U-20 U.S. National Team squads...As amember of the U-17 Nationals, scored first goal against germany in Tour-nament of the Stars in New Zealand to win the championship...Member ofCONCACAF Champions team in Trinidad & Tobago...Sat out FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile due eto injury.

PERSONALFull name is Tani Lei Costa...Born September 27, 1991 in Honolulu...Daughter of Derek and Renee Costa...Has an older sister, Erin, and ayounger brother, Derek...Was a sprinting champion in track as a freshman,earning first place in the 100m dash at states...Enjoys to read and go to thebeach in her free time...Majoring in pre-med with the intent to become adoctor.

COACH WALSH ON COSTA"Tani is one of the best goal-scorers I've seen at any level. Herability in the box is almost unsurpassed and will add anotherdimension to our attack."

COSTA ON CHOSING PENN STATE“It felt right to me and the fact the team is 11-time Big TenChampions.”

TaniCOSTAHonolulu, Hawai’iKALANI

Freshman • 5-8 • FORWARD

22TaraDAVIESCape May Court House, N.J.MIDDLE TOWNSHIP

Senior • 5-4 • DEFENSE

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2007 22-14 0 0 0 0 1

2008 23-14 0 0 0 0 9

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LION CAREER2008 Saw action in 16 games while earning two starts against Williamand Mary (8/23) and then-No. 4 Florida State (8/29).

BEFORE PENN STATEA two-time NSCAA All-American at St. Anthony's, garcia led her squad totwo NYSCHgAA League Championships and two State Championships...Complied a 70-2-2 record over her four years at St. Anthony's while scor-ing 14 goals...Named the NSCHSAA Player of the Year in 2008...Memberof the all-state team in 2008 and all-league team in 2007...Played four yearsof club soccer for the East Meadow Dynamite, leading her team to two NewYork State Championships and two finals appearances...Two-year memberof the USL W-League Long Island Rough Riders... Spent time training withnumerous U.S. Youth National teams including the U-14, U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-18 squads...Played in germany with the U-16 U.S. National teamas a defender.

PERSONALFull name is Brianna Krisagarcia...Born October 2,1990 in Babylon, N.Y., she isthe daughter of Brian andKristine garcia...Has ayounger sister, Marisa...Enjoyscoaching youth programs inher area...Majoring in kinesi-ology.


BEFORE PENN STATEOne of three PSU freshmen ranked in the ESPN Rise girls’ Soccer Top 50Rankings, coming in at No. 41…Two-year letterwinner at Abington as afreshman and sophomore…Led team in scoring in those two years…Namedto Southeastern Pa. Coaches’ All-Star Team as a sophomore…Opted to playvarsity lacrosse junior and senior years.

CLUB EXPERIENCESeven-year member of FC Bucks Vipers midfielder coached by EdLeigh…Won six Eastern Pa. State Cups, Region I Premier League Champi-onship, and Region I Championship…Seven-year member of Eastern Pa.and Region I ODP teams…Attended 2008 U-17 Women’s National Teamcamp… Competed internationally with Region I team…Member of RegionI Inter-Regional team 2005-07…Captained 2008 Pa. ODP team that wonthe Region I Championship.

PERSONALgiven name is Madlyn Whitney Evans…Born April 21, 1991 in Philadel-phia…Daughter of grant and Elizabeth Evans…One of four children,brothers grant and James and sister, Kara…Four-year letterwinner in crosscountry and indoor track, captaining both squads senior year and capturingAll-League honors…All-State in 800m…Two-year letterwinner in lacrosse,earning All-League recognition in 2008…Lettered in outdoor track…Recip-ient of the Union League of Philadelphia good Citizenship Award...Memberof the National Honor Society…Majoring in...........

COACH WALSH ON EVANS"One of the best and most hard-working players in the country. We antici-pate her helping us in the midfield but she can play anywhere on the fieldand will be an amazing asset to our group."

EVANS ON CHOSING PENN STATE“Team chemistry, coaching staff, atmosphere, and a great school that offerseverything.”

MaddyEVANSGlenside, Pa.ABINGTON

Freshman • 5-6 • MIDFIELD


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LION CAREER2008 Earned nine starts through 20 appearances as a defender...Helpedthe defense limit opponents to 23 goals throughout the season and nineshutouts.

BEFORE PENN STATEA first team All-gSL selection her senior year...Led her Mead squad to aDistrict Championship and regional finals her senior season…Also a mem-ber of the Spokane Shadow…Led the Shadow to two Washington StateChampionships and two championship finals…Reached the final eight ofthe Far West Regional Championships in 2006 and final four in2007…Reached the U.S. Club Soccer National Finals and Super Y LeagueNational Finals in 2005.

PERSONALFull name is Jaclyn Marie Hakes …Born July 18, 1990 in Seattle, Wash....Daughter of Harold and Katie Hakes…Has two younger brothers,Nicholas and Alexander…Enjoys playing piano and volunteering in her freet ime. . .Biologymajor.

SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG TEN (2008)

LION CAREER2008 A Second Team All-Big Ten selection...Played in 16 games whilestarting six...Scored three goals with one assist for seven points...Scored herfirst career goal in a 1-0 victory over Indiana (9/26)...Earned her first careerstart against then-No. 4 Portland (9/28)... Netted the game-winner in a 1-0 win over Northwestern (10/3)...Scored the game-winner in a 2-1 victoryover then-No. 23 Minnesota (10/17)...Assisted the game-winner in an over-time win over Iowa (10/19)...Named Most Improved on the team.2007 Redshirt season...Appeared in three games while starting twobefore a season-ending injury.

BEFORE PENN STATEAn all-state selection after leading her Central Mountain team to the statesemifinals her senior year...She also helped capture a District 6 AAA crownfor the Wildcats...ree-time All-Mountain Athletic Conference selection,her high school team also won districts her freshman year en route to a statequarterfinal appearance...Central Mountain was district runners-up hersophomore and junior seasons...Captained her team the final two years ofher career...Played her club ball with the Central Penn Intimidators for cur-rent Nittany Lion assistant coach Michael Coll...Also played basketball.

PERSONALFull name is Meghan Marie gill...Born on August 28, 1989, in Bedford,Pa. ...e daughter of Jim and Joy gill, she has one older brother Chris andthree younger sisters: twins, Kaitlin and Kelsey, and Stephanie...Majoringin accounting.

MeghanGILLState College, Pa.CENTRAL MOUNTAIN

Redshirt Sophomore • 5-4 • MIDFIELD

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Career 20-9 0 0 0 0 4


2008 16-6 3 1 7 2 11

Career 19-8 3 1 7 2 11

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2008)

LION CAREER2008 Played in all 24 games, starting 21...Selected as a team captain...tallied two assists on the season...Recorded one helper in a 3-1 victory overWilliam and Mary (8/23)...Her second assist came in a 4-1 win over Hofs-tra (8/31)...Academic All-Big Ten selection2007 Played in and started all 24 games...Scored a goal and added sixassists..Had three helpers in the 5-1 defeat of Bucknell (9/19)...Scored herlone goal against then-No. 24 Notre Dame (9/23), netting the game-win-ner...Had an assist in three other contests against Northwestern (10/7),then-No. 4 Purdue (10/26) and Ohio State (11/2)...Assisted on three game-winners...Tied for fifth on the team in points with eight.

CAREER AT UNC2006 Hayes played in 15 games for the National Champion Tar Heels,

scored one goal and added two assists...goal came against Navy (11/12)in the NCAA Tournament Second Round...While her assists wererecorded against SMU (8/27) and Miami (Fla.) (9/24).

BEFORE COLLEGEOne of Soccer Buzz's Top 25 recruits in 2006 and was a Parade All-American and NSCAA Youth All-American...Played on U.S. YouthU.S. Youth National U-14 team (2002), U-16 team (2003-04) and theU-17 team (2004-05)...Helped carry the U-16 National Team to the2003 Ballymena International Tournament Championship...Served onthe U-16 team in 2004 and the U-17 team in 2005...Led U-17 team tothe 2005 U.S. adidas Cup Championship...USYSA National Champi-onship Finalist in 2003 with the Sereno White (1997-2006) and servedas team captain...Her club was six-time Arizona state champions...played on Region IV finalist squads in 2002 and 2004 and won a RegionIV championship in 2003...Member of the Region IV ODP team from2002-05 and was the Club's Female Player of the Year in 2005...Didnot play high school soccer.

PERSONALFull name is Melissa Jean Hayes...Born April 22, 1988 in Chico, Calif.to Kip and Nancy Hayes...Has one sister...Majoring in communications.


LION CAREER2008 Redshirt season

BEFORE PENN STATEAs a freshman, led her team to a share of the District Championship whileallowing just one goal through district play…Led Seven Lakes to a DistrictChampionship her sophomore season while recording 14 shutouts with 86saves…Named NSCAA/adidas High School Scholar All-American her jun-ior year…All-State First Team, Region III First Team, District MVP andAll-greater Houston her junior year…Had 21 shutouts and 143saves…Played club for Eclipse 90 Black…Reached the Austin Labor DayCup semifinals in 2005…Placed fourth in the region in 2006 while win-ning the Disney Showcase Tournament Copa Division…Recorded 34shutouts in 44 games in two years with the Eclipse...Started high schoolcareer at Cinco Ranch before being rezoned to Seven Lakes for her sopho-more through senior seasons.

PERSONALFull name is Kristin Nicole Hartmann…Born September 18, 1989 in DenHaag, Netherlands…Has younger sister, Michelle…Fourth generation PennState legacy, her father was an ’81 graduate, grandmother a ’55 graduate andgreat grandmother a ’27 graduate…Majoring in engineering.

KristinHARTMANNKaty, TexasSEVEN LAKES

Redshirt Freshman • 5-10 • GOALKEEPER


00MelissaHAYESCave Creek, Ariz.CACTUS SHADOW/NORTH CAROLINA

Senior • 5-5 • MIDFIELD

CAREER STATSSeason GP-GS G A PTS GWG SH2006 (UNC) 15-0 1 2 4 0 6

2007 24-24 1 6 8 1 20

2008 24-21 0 2 2 0 18

Career 63-45 2 10 14 1 44

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BEFORE PENN STATELamarre has been a member of the U-15, U-16 and U-17 CanadianNational teams as a midfielder...Competed in the U-17 World Cup whereshe became the first woman to score a goal for Canada in her division...egoal was scored in preliminary play against the eventual champion, NewZealand...Helped Canada to the bronze medal in the 2008 CONCACAFWomen's U-17 Championship in Trinidad & Tobago...For her perform-ance, she was a finalist for Canadian U-17 Player of the Year...Won a goldmedal with Quebec at the 2007 BMO National Championships U-16 All-Star Selects and was later named the Quebec Province U-16 Player of theYear...An excellent student, Lamarre has earned excellence mention in biol-ogy, physical sciences, history, French and English.

PERSONALRachel Patricia Lamarre was born April 17, 1991 in Montréal Québec...Sheis the daughter of Harry Lamarre and ginette Floreal...Has a youngerbrother, Daniel...Her uncle, Edrick Floreal was an Olympian in track andfield for Canada...Enjoys playing the piano...Majoring in kinesiology.

COACH WALSH ON LAMARRE“Rachel’s speed and quickness allows her to glide by defenders with ease.We will look for her to get behind our opponents’ backline and provide uswith some high level flank service. Her ability to escape pressure is secondto none and she has shown an ability to score goals even at the internationallevel. “

LAMARRE ON CHOSING PENN STATE"It is a very beautiful place, outstanding soccer team and a very good school."

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BEFORE PENN STATEFour-year letterwinner at Abington Heights, starting in center midfield…All-Regional All-Star in 2006-07, 2009…First Team All-Conference in2006-07, 2009…Sat out junior year due to torn ACL…Time Tribunegirls’Soccer Player of the Year in 2007…Team captured District II AAA Cham-pionship…Captained squad senior season.

CLUB EXPERIENCEMember of Eastern Pa. ODP ’91 coached by Kevin Long and PetePososky…Member of Wyoming Valley Soccer Club ’89 coached by JavierRodriguez…Played for Yardley Makefield Soccer club coached by DavidSimpson…Team won EPYSA NCA U-16 State Championship in 2008…EPIC Tournament Finalists in 2008.

PERSONALgiven name is Julianne Hubbard…Born in Worcester, Mass on August 2,1991…Daughter of Charles and Kathleen Hubbard…Has twin sister, Ali,and two brothers, Jack and Peter…Intends to major in kinesiology.

COACH WALSH ON HUBBARD"Julie's ability with the ball is spectacular. She has a beautiful touch and willbe one of our most technical players. is technical ability and her hard-working mentality will take her far."

HUBBARD ON CHOSING PENN STATE“I chose Penn State because it provides an excellent environment both inthe classroom and on the soccer field.”

JulieHUBBARDWaverly, Pa.ABINGTON HEIGHTS

Freshman • 5-5 • FORWARD/MIDFIELD

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BEFORE PENN STATEFour-year starter in the defense for Oceanside...Named as an ESPN RiseSecond Team All-American senior year...Earned a spot on the All-LongIsland team senior season...An All-County player her junior year...Named tothe All-Class squad sophomore and senior years...Named team MVP forsoccer three times.

CLUB EXPERIENCEMember of the Massapequa Power as a center back under Tom Daly...Mem-ber of the five-time State Cup champions with the Power.

PERSONALBorn Meghan Danielle McCarty on November 25, 1991 in Oceanside,N.Y. to Roberta and Anthony McCarty...Has two older siblings, Brittanyand Ryann...Four-year letterwinner for lacrosse and track...Two-time All-Conference pick for lacrosse...Enjoys dancing in her spare time...Majoringin special education.

COACH WALSH ON MCCARTY"A hard-nosed defender, Meghan has the tenacity of many great Penn Stateplayers of the past. Her speed and power make it very difficult to beat her."

MCCARTY ON CHOSING PENN STATE“It was a good mix of academics and athletics and fit what I wanted.”

MeghanMCCARTYBaldwin, N.Y.OCEANSIDE

Freshman • 5-8 • DEFENSE


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BEFORE PENN STATECompeted her freshman year for e Country Day School leading the squadto an undefeated season as team captain...Won the Canadian National Inde-pendent HS Championship while being named team MVP...Following herfreshman season she was not allowed to compete in high school soccer dueto her affiliation with the National Training Centre of Ontario...She cap-tained the NTCO team from 2006-08...Member of the Women's U-20Canadian National Team and nominated for the 2007 Canadian Youth U-20 Player of the Year...Trained with the Canadian Women's Senior Nationalsquad in 2008 and went on to compete at the U-20 World Cup inChile...Helped the team finish second at the 2008 CONCACAF Women'sOlympic Qualification Tournament...Won the 2008 Cyprus Cup as well asthe 2007 International Soccer Festival Championship...Served as captainand won the gold medal at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Cham-pionships...Won the 2008 Four Nations Tournament...also played forVancouver Whitecaps FC...Was named Defensive Player of the Year and FanFavorite in 2008...Competed in the USL W-League with the Toronto LadyLynx...Was team captain in 2007...Named the 2007 Lynx Defensive Playerof the Year...Named to the W-League All-Eastern Conference Team...Fin-ished second in the W-League's U-19 Player of the Year voting.

PERSONALAlexandra Berit Marton was born on April 28, 1990 in Aurora,Ontario...e daughter of Audrey and Les Marton...Has an older brother,James, and a younger brother, Christopher...Undecided on a major...Enjoyswriting and listening to music during her free time.

COACH WALSH ON MARTON“Lexi’s size and strength will allow herto make an immediate impact at thecollege level. She has the ability todominate opponents in the air and cancompete physically with all types ofstrikers. On top of this, one of Lexi’sgreatest strengths is her communicationand even after after only one spring sea-son our team already views her as aleader in our backline.”

MARTON CHOSING PENN STATE"It has an outstanding women's soccerprogram and great academics. I'vewanted to come here since I was a kid."

LexiMARTONAurora, OntarioTHE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

Freshman • 5-11 • DEFENSE

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BEFORE PENN STATEAs a four-year starter at Mt. Lebanon, led the team in scoring sophomore,junior and senior years…Named All-State senior year…A three-time All-WPIAL and All-Section honoree…Member of the Pittsburgh TribuneReview and Pittsburgh Post-gazette All-Area Team…Captained WPIALChampions her senior year.

CLUB EXPERIENCEBeadling Soccer Club forward and midfielder coached by Denny Kolh-myer…Member of the Pa. West Champions 2003-08…USYSA Region IChampion 2005, the only Pa. West women’s club team to compete atNationals…Region I semifinalists 2003 and 2007…Region I ODP team2007-present.

PERSONALFull name is Jacqueline Ann Molinda…Born June 6, 1991 in Pittsburgh…Daughter of gail Winters and John Molinda…Has one sister, Jennifer…Letterwinner in basketball…National Honor Society member and a four-time High Honor Roll recipient…Intends to major in engineering.

COACH WALSH ON MOLINDA"Jackie is an incredibly fast, left-footed player.She is great on the ball and has an outstand-ing mentality. Her great combination ofspeed, quickness and technical ability willbring a much-needed dimension to our flankplay."

MOLINDA ON CHOSING PENN STATE“Penn State has great academics athletics andan outstanding soccer tradition as well as aone of a kind school spirit.”



JackieMOLINDAPittsburgh, Pa.MT. LEBANON

Freshman • 5-5 • FORWARD/MIDFIELD

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LION CAREER2008 Played in all 24 games while starting 12...Scored one goal alongwith two assists for four points...Recorded an assist in a 4-1 victory overHofstra (8/31)...Scored the insurance goal in a 4-0 shutout over Michigan(10/10)...Assisted the game-winner in a 2-0 victory at Illinois (10/24)...AnAcademic All-Big Ten selection.2007 Appeared in 22 of the 24 games and started two..Scored one goalalong with three assists for five points...Lone goal came in the season-openeragainst then-No. 20 Tennessee (8/31)...Had assists in back-to-back gamesagainst Wisconsin (10/5) and Northwestern (10/7)...Final point came in thefirst round of the NCAA Tournament with an assist against Monmouth(11/16).

BEFORE PENN STATEAn NSCAA All-Region selection and Pennsylvania productfrom Shikellamy High School...Four-time All-SusquehannaValley League pick...An all-state selection her senior year,she started every game of her high school career...Led herteam to district championships in 2003, '04 and '06 andleague titles in 2004 and '06...Daily Item All-Star four yearsrunning and garnered the publication's Player of the Yearmoniker in 2006... Her senior year, she led the ShikellamyBraves to the first state playoff win in programhistory...Played club for NU United for coach Jason Dukeas well as the Pa. Classics Club Team.

PERSONALFull name is Megan Elizabeth Monroig...e daughter ofRodney and Lori Swineford, she was born on March 16,1989 in Sunbury, Pa. ...One of five children, she has an oldersister, Natalie, and three brothers: Victor, Anthony andSteven...Four-time District Champion on the track, herteam also won two district titles...Member of the NationalHonor Society, she was the PIAA District IV OutstandingFemale Athlete...Enrolled in the College of Health andHuman Development.

MeghanMONROIGNorthumberland, Pa.SHIKELLAMY

Junior • 5-3 • FORWARD


2008 24-12 1 2 4 0 18

Career 46-14 2 5 9 0 32

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SOCCER BUZZ FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN (2007, 2008)NSCAA FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN (2007, 2008)SOCCER BUZZ FIRST TEAM ALL-GREAT LAKES (2008)NSCAA FIRST TEAM ALL-GREAT LAKES (2007, 2008)SOCCER BUZZ FIRST TEAM ALL-MID ATLANTIC (2007)BIG TEN TOURNAMENT DEFENSIVE MVP (2008)BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (2007)

FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN (2007, 2008)SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG TEN (2006)ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2007, 2008)

SOCCER AMERICA SECOND TEAM ALL-MVP (2007)COSIDA/ESPN THE MAGAZINE

SECOND TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT (2007)BIG TEN ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM (2006)

SOCCER BUZZ FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN (2006)SOCCER BUZZ FRESHMAN ALL-MID-ATLANTIC (2006)

NATIONAL CAREERMade history by becoming the first ever Penn State World Cup Championleading the U.S. U-20 National Team to five wins throughout the tourna-ment and claimed the Cup with a 2-1 win over North Korea...Earned thegolden glove at the U-20 World Cup.

LION CAREER2008 Earned First Team All-America and First TeamAll-great Lakes Region from Soccer Buzz...Named a firstteam All-American by the NSCAA...First team All-BigTen...Big Ten Tournament Defensive MVP...Started all21 games, allowing 23 goals...Tallied 90 saves en route toan 14-7 record with nine shutouts...Earned Big TenDefensive Player of the Week as well as recognition onthe Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week for Oct.20...Registered a season high nine saves against then-No.21 Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament Finals(11/9)...Sported a .796 save percentage...An AcademicAll-Big Ten selection...Named team MVP.2007 Named a first team All-American by SoccerBuzz and NSCAA...Soccer America MVP SecondTeam...Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the



AlyssaNAEHERSeymour, Conn.CHRISTIAN HERITAGE SCHOOL

Senior • 5-9 • GOALKEEPER

CAREER STATSSeason GP-GS Minutes Record SHO SV Pct. GA GAA2006 22-22 2011:27 15-4-3 8 79 .798 20 0.89

2007 24-24 2176:18 18-4-2 9 103 .873 15 0.62

2008 21-21 1859:56 14-7-0 8.39 90 .796 23 1.11

Career 67-67 6047:31 47-15-5 25.39 272 .824 58 0.86

11Year...First team All-Big Ten selection...CoSIDA/ESPN e Magazine sec-ond team Academic All-District...Started all 24 games in net for the NittanyLions...Allowed just 15 goals...Had a 0.62 gAA...Made 103 saves includinga season-high nine versus then-No. 5 Texas A&M (9/16)...Recorded nineshutouts including a 1-0 victory over then-No. 4 Purdue (10/26)...Posted a.873 save percentage...Played all but 37 minutes of the season...Recordedan assist against Wisconsin (10/5)...Academic All-Big Ten selection.2006 Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team...Also a second teamAll-Big Ten selection...Along with Katie Schoepfer, named to the SoccerBuzz Mid-Atlantic All-Freshmanteam...Honored as a Soccer Buzz FreshmanAll-American...Started all 22 games sheplayed...Notched 830 minutes of scorelesssoccer en route to eight shutouts on the sea-son...Tied PSU All-American EmilyOleksiuk for goals against average as a fresh-man (0.89)...Had a string of five straightshutouts beginning with Purdue (10/6) andfinally ending in a 2-1 victory over North-western (10/22)...Made 79 saves with a .798save percentage.

BEFORE PENN STATEA top five recruit nationally according toSoccer Buzz, she was the highest rated goal-keeper in the country...Parade All-Americanand two-time NSCAA Youth All-American...Completed stints with the U.S. National Team at the Under-16and Under-17 levels...ree-time All-State and three-time FAA All-Confer-ence selection at Christian Heritage School, where she also was an honorroll student...Scored over 2,000 points in her career as a standout basketballplayer.

PERSONALFull name is Alyssa Michele Naeher...Born April 20, 1988 in Bridgeport,Conn. to John and Donna Lynn Naeher...Her father was a varsity basketballand track athlete at King’s College...Majoring in kinesiology.

NAEHER’S PSU RANKSShutouts25.39 2nd

Minutes6047:31 2nd

Wins47 2nd

Saves272 3rd

Goals Against Average0.86 3rd

Winning Percentage.730 5th


BEFORE PENN STATENairn earned her first cap with the U.S. National Senior team on May 25in a 4-0 win at Canada…Has been on the National scene since age ninewhen she began training with the Maryland State Region I ODP travelteam...In January of 2008 she was called up to the Senior Women's NationalTeam and was the youngest member to attend training camp...SoccerBuzznamed her the number three recruit in the country for the 2008 sea-son..Member of the U.S. U-16, U-17. U-18 and U-20 teams throughout hercareer...On the U-20 World Cup Championship team in 2008...Tallied anassist in a 3-0 win over England which propelled the U.S. to the semi-finals...Traveled throughout North and South America and Europe with the numer-ous national teams...Played club soccer with the Freestate Shooters U-18team, which won the WAgS Championship in 2004 and the U.S. ClubSoccer Championship in 2007...Maryland State Cup Champions in 2004...Four-year captain for the Region I ODP team...Won the 2006 RegionalODP National Championship...Four-time Parade All-American out ofArchbishop Spalding...ree-time All-Met First Team member..ree-timePlayer of the Year named by the Washington Post...ree-time All-Stateselection...NSCAA/adidas All-American from 2005-08...gatorade Mary-land State Player of the Year from 2005-07...NSCAA/adidas All-SouthRegion selection from 2005-07...All-time leader in assists, goals and pointsat Archbishop Spalding...Team assist/goal leader from 2004-07 also a four-year member of the varsity basketball team...An excellent student, Nairn wasa National Honor Society member and graduated with Dean's List honors.

PERSONALChristine Marie Nairn was born on September 25, 1990 in Annapolis, Md....Daughter of Tommy and Danamarie Nairn..Two older brothers, T.J. andKevin... brother T.J. played collegiate soccer at Salisbury University from2003-07 and currently is an assistant coach for the Seagulls...Kevin playedcollegiate soccer at Anne Arundel C.C. from 2005-06...Enjoys reading andmusic when not on the playing field...Majoring in communications.

COACH WALSH ON NAIRN“Christine is a special player who possesses the combination of skill, vision,and ability to see the game at the highestlevel. We are anxious to place her into thecenter of our midfield and give her somefreedom to be creative. She is not only anoutstanding passer of the ball but has alsoproven to be quite dangerous when shoot-ing from distance. ”

NAIRN ON CHOSING PENN STATE“I decided that this was the best place forme to enhance and continue my soccercareer and get an excellent education.”

ChristineNAIRNBowie, Md.ARCHBISHOP SPALDING

Fresman • 5-6 • MIDFIELD


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LION CAREER2008 Played in 19 games as a forward...Scored her first career goalagainst then-No. 1 Notre Dame (9/21)...Earned her first career start againstthen-No. 4 Portland (9/28) where she tallied an assist...Recorded a seasonhigh three shots-on-goal in a 1-0 victory over Northwestern (10/3)...Regis-tered a helper on the opening goal against Rutgers in the first round of theNCAA Tournament (11/14).

BEFORE PENN STATEA four-year member of the Conestoga varsity team, Niness was one of onlytwo freshmen to make the squad...Named Main Line Times second teamfreshman year...Member of the Central League Championship team hersophomore year...Scored the game-winning overtime goal...ree-time MainLine Times First Team...Named to the all-state team her junior and senioryears...Member of the Southeastern PA Soccer Coaches Association All-StarTeam her junior year...Two-time Daily Local First Team including Player ofthe Year her senior season... two-time Central League First Team and MVPof the league her final season...Named to the Philadelphia Inquirer First Teamher senior season...Chester County Female Athlete of the Year...Led hersquad to the 2007 PIAA Championship ...Also lettered in track...Holds nineschool records on the track...An All-State and All-American her freshmanand sophomore years.

PERSONALFull name is Carly ElizabethNiness...Born October 23, 1989 inBerwyn, Pa. ...Daughter of Sam andKathy Niness...Has older sister, Ash-ley, who runs track at Colgate

University...Enjoys dancingwhen not on the field...Major-ing in business.

CarlyNINESSBerwyn, Pa.CONESTOGA

Sophomore • 5-8 • FORWARD


Career 19-1 1 3 5 0 11

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LION CAREER2008 Played in all 24 games, starting 10 as a midfielder her freshmancampaign...Assisted the game-winner in a 4-0 victory at Michigan(10/10)...Scored the game-winner in a 2-0 win at Illinois (10/24).

BEFORE PENN STATEA four-year varsity starter for e Shipley School...ree-time MVP for thegators...Honorable Mention All-Main Line her freshman season...SecondTeam All-Main Line her sophomore season and first team both her juniorand senior seasons...Named the Main Line Player of the Year her junioryear... scored 32 goals and had 16 assists her senior season...Played club forFC Delco Fury...Won the 2004 Super Y U-15 Mid-Atlantic regular seasonChampionship...Won three EPYSA State Cup Championships...Four-yearstarter for the Shipley lacrosse team.

PERSONALFull name is Jessica Lee Rosen-bluth...Born January 28, 1990 inPhiladelphia...Daughter of Haland Renee Rosenbluth...Has threebrothers: Jeffery, Travis andKyle...Jeffrey played baseball atFranklin & Marshall...Enjoyscooking when not on the playingfield...Majoring in communica-tions..


ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2007, 2008)

LION CAREER2008 Played in 23 games, starting 12...Scored in a 3-1 victory atWilliam & Mary in the first game of the season (8/23)...Scored the insur-ance goal in a 2-0 win at Illinois (10/24)...Tallied two or more shots in fourgames...Academic All-Big Ten selection.2007 Appeared in seven games...Recorded one shot against Wisconsin(10/5)...Academic All-Big Ten selection.2006 Saw action in 10 games...Recorded one shot against Bucknell(9/10).

BEFORE PENN STATEA four-time all-state selec-tion...Member of theConnecticut ODP team thatreached the national champi-onship game in 2004...TeamMVP her senior year andearned "Who's Who in Sports"accolades three straightyears...Four-time All-Fairch-ester League player inConnecticut...Named a West-ern New England Prep SchoolSoccer All-Star every year dur-ing high school...Tallied over86 goals throughout her careerincluding 31 in her freshmancampaign alone.

PERSONALFull name is Allison Ann Rago...Born on July 28, 1988, her parents areSherry and omas Rago...Has two brothers, Chris and Jason, an outfielderon the Fairfield University baseball team...An honor roll student, she earnedscholar-athlete status...Majoring in psychology with minors in business andSpanish with plans to pursue law school following graduation.

AlliRAGOFairfield, Conn.GREEN FARMS ACADEMY

Senior • 5-4 • MIDFIELD/DEFENSE



2007 7-0 0 0 0 0 1

2008 24-14 2 0 4 0 17

Career 41-14 2 0 4 0 20

1177JessROSENBLUTHGladwyne, Pa.THE SHIPLEY SCHOOL

Sophomore • 5-4 • MIDFIELD


Career 24-24 1 1 3 1 12

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LION CAREER2008 Played in all 24 games while starting 23 as a defender..Recordedone assist on the season against Michigan State (10/12)...Kept the defensesolid in the middle allowing 23 goals on the season.2007 Started all 24 games for the Nittany Lion defense...Tallied twoassists...Notched assists against Colgate (9/26) and Hofstra (11/18), respec-tively...Helped solidify a defense that allowed just 15 goals allseason...Academic All-Big Ten selection.2006 Played in 11 games, starting six...Tallied one shot against WestVirginia (9/8).

BEFORE PENN STATEA two-time all-state selection...Earned All-Catholic Academy League hon-ors three times during her high school career...Named League MVP herjunior year...Captained her team to three-straight 10-win seasons...Teamleader in assists four years and led in scor-ing twice during her time at gwyneddMercy...Played club ball with the WestChester United Predators and was a Penn-sylvania State Cup Champion in 2002and 2005.

PERSONALFull name is Maura Quinn Ryan...Born inJanuary 6, 1988 in West Chester, Pa., sheis the daughter of Michael and AndreaRyan...Has one brother, Kieran, whoplayed soccer at Mount St. Mary's...Alsoa standout track athlete, she won the statechampionship in the 4x800m Relay in2005 and the gold medal at the PennRelays in the 4x800m and 4x400mRelays...Majoring in human developmentand family studies.

MauraRYANDoylestown, Pa.GWYNEDD MERCY ACADEMY

Senior • 5-4 • DEFENSE


2007 24-24 0 2 2 0 0

2008 24-23 0 1 1 0 0

Career 59-53 0 3 3 0 1

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LION CAREER2008 Saw time in 11 games as a midfielder, recording one shot.

BEFORE PENN STATEA four-year starter for the green Valley gators, Schaefer scored 96 goals and84 assists over her career...Named the green Valley team MVP... Led teamto four-straight Zone Championships...Also played for the Speedsters of theFCLV...Won eight straight state titles with the Speedsters...Named the teamMVP for the U-14 Pro Select International team...Voted student body pres-ident her senior year as well as homecoming queen.

PERSONALFull name is Alexandra Claire Schaefer...Born August 16, 1989 in LasVegas....Daughter of Linda Logan...Has two sisters, Kelly and Kim...Enjoyswatching and making films in her free time...Majoring in film.

AliSCHAEFERLas Vegas, Nev.GREEN VALLEY

Sophomore • 5-5 • MIDFIELD


Career 11-0 0 0 0 0 1

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round of the NCAA Tournament (11/14)... Was a Second Team ESPN eMagazine Academic All-District selection...Earned Academic All-Big Tenhonors.2007 Named Second Team All-American by Soccer Buzz and theNSCAA...First Team All-Big Ten selection...Appeared in all 24 games, whilestaring 23...Scored a team-high 15 goals and five assists...Took 104 shotsalmost double the next highest Nittany Lion...Scored seven game-winninggoals...Had goals in four-straight games, including two versus Indiana(10/28) and one each against Ohio State (11/2), Iowa (11/8) and Ohio State(11/9)...Scored goals in three straight games twice...Had game-winning goalsin three-straight contests...Scored two goals against Colgate (9/26)...NamedBig Ten Offensive Player of the Week twice (9/17 and 10/8)...Named to theSoccer America Team of the Week twice (9/17 and 10/8)...Member of theSoccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week (9/17)...Top Drawer Team of the Weekon 10/1...Academic All-Big Ten selection.2006 Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team...Soccer Buzz Mid-Atlantic All-Freshman choice...Saw action in 23 games, starting 14...Talliedeight goals and five assists in freshman campaign...Scored first career goalagainst Tennessee (8/27)...Scored twice at Harvard, including the game-win-ner (9/15)...Tallied a goal in three-straight games, at Iowa (9/29), at Illinois(10/1) and at Purdue (10/6)...Notched the game-winning goal against OhioState (10/15)...Led the team in shots with 76.

BEFORE PENN STATEA Soccer Buzz top 50 recruit, Schoepfer was the gatorade and NSCAA girlsSoccer Player of the Year for Connecticut...High school and NSCAA youthAll-American...e Connecticut state record holder for goals with 157 andsecond with assists with 47...Named Player of the Year by the HartfordCourant, Schoepfer led her school to four straight Eastern Connecticut Con-ference championships...Scored game-winning goal in the championshipmatch vs. England as a player on the U.S. Under-17 national team in Ire-land...Scored four of her team's nine goals while on the Under-17 adidasAll-Star team that toured Europe through the Olympic Development Pro-gram.

PERSONALFull name is Kathryn eresa Schoepfer...Parents are Martin and Mary JaneSchoepfer...Father played basketball at Boston University...Brother, Andrew,played football for HolyCross and was an All-Patriot league four-yearstarter on the offensiveline...graduated fromWaterford High Schoolwith a 3.5 grade pointaverage...Captain of herbasketball team...Fea-tured in the Jan. 16,2006 Sports Illustrated"Faces in the Crowd" sec-tion...Majoring inhuman development andfamily studies.


NSCAA SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN (2007)SOCCER BUZZ SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN (2007)

FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN (2007, 2008)NSCAA FIRST TEAM ALL-GREAT LAKES (2007)NSCAA FIRST TEAM ALL-MID-ATLANTIC (2007)

SOCCER BUZZ FIRST TEAM ALL-MID ATLANTIC (2007)NSCAA SECOND TEAM ALL-GREAT LAKES (2008)

SOCCER BUZZ SECOND TEAM ALL-GREAT LAKES (2008)COSIDA/ESPN THE MAGAZINE

SECOND TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT (2008)ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2007, 2008)BIG TEN ALL-FRESHMAN (2006)

SOCCER BUZZ MID-ATLANTIC ALL-FRESHMAN (2006)

LION CAREER2008 Named second team All-great Lakes Region by the NSCAA andSoccer Buzz...First Team All-Big Ten selection...Appeared in 24 games, whilestarting 21...Tied for first on the team in goals (10)...Tallied six assists on theseason for 26 points...Led the Big Ten in shots (41) and shots per game(4.10)...Scored two goals including the game-winner and added an assist ina 4-1 victory over Hofstra (9/5)...Recorded the game-winner and two assistsin a 4-2 win over Bucknell (9/7)...Scored the game-winner in a 2-0 victoryover then-No. 25 UConn (9/14)...Netted two goals in the first eight min-utes in a 3-0 shutout of Wisconsin (10/5)...Contributed two goals in a 4-0thumping of Michigan (10/10)...Assisted the game-winner in a 2-0 win overthen-No. 23 Minnesota (10/17)...Scored the game-winner in an over-timedefeat of Iowa (10/19)...Earned Big TenOffensive Player of the Week accolades andrecognition on Soccer America Team of theWeek (10/20)...Notched the game-winner ina 2-0 victory over Purdue to assure the Nit-tany Lions their 11th straight Big Tenchampionship (10/26)... Helped the game-winner in a 1-0 victory over Michigan State(11/7) propelling the Nittany Lions to thefinals of the Big Ten Tournament...Assistedthe game-winner in a 2-1 win over then-No.21 Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournamentchampionship game (11/9)...Scored theopening goal against Rutgers in the first

KatieSCHOEPFERWaterford, Conn.WATERFORD

Senior • 5-8 • FORWARD



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2008 24-21 11 7 29 4 104

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SCHOEPFER’S PSU RANKSShots284 5th

Goals34 7th

Game-Winning Goals13 7th

Points85 8th




LION CAREER2008 Redshirt season.2007 Appeared in seven games... Took one shot against Monmouth(11/16)...An Academic All-Big Ten selection.

BEFORE PENN STATEAn all-state selection in 2006, she led her team to a Division champi-onship...e trip to districts was the school's first...All-County in 2005 and`06 and Honorable Mention in 2004...Led her high school to a 2005 countychampionship...Holds the Susquehannock girl's record for assists...Memberof the EPYSA ODP from 2001-03...Played club for Steve Correri on YorkUnited Impact...Team won the Pa. Chevy Cup state championship in2002...Virginia Tournament finalists in 2003...Team was also the outdoorstate champions in 2003 and the indoor state finalists in 2004, `05 and ̀ 06.

PERSONALFull name is Jessica Erin Shue...Born May 31, 1988...Daughter of Liz Kappand Tom Shue, she is one of three children and has two older sisters, Jaimeeand Melody...Member of the Susquehannock girl's basketball team, whichwon their division in 2005 and `06...e secretary of the National HonorSociety, she was on the school's distinguished honor roll...Majoring inforestry science.

JessSHUEYork, Pa.SUSQUEHANNOCK

Senior • 5-6 • MIDFIELD


2008 Redshirt

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BEFORE PENN STATEompson attended the Nike Premier 50 camps and earned the Best Offen-sive Player Award for her 1990 age group...Earned four varsity letters whileat Southmoreland.

CLUB EXPERIENCECompeted in Russia with the Regional I team taking third place in 2008and also traveled to England with the Regional I team in 2005...Played as aforward for Beadling SC...Two-year starter at Shattuck-St. Mary's SoccerAcademy in Minnesota.

PERSONALAlexa Rae ompson was born September 16, 1990 in Scottdale, Pa. toBrian and Lori Shrum...Majoring in elementary special education.

COACH WALSH ON THOMPSON“Alexa has established herself to be one of the top players in this region. Sheis clever and crafty on the ball and has the ability to strike from distancewith both feet. She has been working hard to get herself back and healthyin order to compete for a starting role this fall.”

THOMPSON ON CHOSING PENN STATE

THIRD TEAM ALL-GREAT LAKES (2008)BIG TEN TOURNAMENT OFFENSIVE MVP (2008)

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2008)ALL-BIG TEN FRESHMAN (2007)

LION CAREER2008 A ird Team All-great Lakes Region selection...Named the BigTen Tournament's Offensive MVP...Played in all 24 games while starting18...Notched 10 goals while tallying seven assists for 27 points...Scored thegame-winner and assisted the insurance goal in a 3-1 win over William &Mary (8/23)...Earned a helper against then-No. 4 Florida State (8/29)...Net-ted a goal and assisted the game-winner in a 4-1 victory over Hofstra(8/31)...Assisted the game-winner in a double-overtime thriller against Rut-gers (9/5)...Recorded a goal and an assist in a 4-2 victory over Bucknell (9/7)to score points in her fifth consecutive game...Scored the insurance goal ina 2-0 shutout over then-No. 25 Connecticut (9/14)...Netted a goal againstthen-No. 4 Portland (9/28)...Assisted the game-winner in a 1-0 victory overNorthwestern (10/3)...Scored a goal in a 3-0 shutout over Wisconsin(10/5)...Scored the game-winner in a 2-0 win over then-No. 21 Minnesota(10/17)...Assisted the insurance goal in a 2-0 victory over Purdue (10/26) tohelp assure the Nittany Lions their 11th straight Big Ten Champi-onship...Registered the game-winner in a 2-1 victory over Iowa (11/6) inthe quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament...Scored the game-winner in a1-0 shutout of Michigan State (11/7) in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tour-nament...Recorded her 10th goal of the season for the game-winner overthen-No. 23 Minnesota (11/9) in the finals of Big Ten Tournament helpingthe Nittany Lions to their fifth Big Ten Tournament championship...Namedthe team's Offensive MVP...Academic All-Big Ten selection.2007 Big Ten All-Freshman team selection...Played in 23 games whilestarting three...Posted seven goals and two assists...Scored two game-win-ning goals against Illinois (9/30) and Monmouth (11/16)...Recorded firstcareer point with a goal against Colgate (9/26)...Scored goals in three straightgames twice...Notched two goals in the opening round of the NCAA Tour-nament against Monmouth...Started in two of PSU's three NCAATournament games.

BEFORE PENN STATEOne of two Parade All-Americans in the Nittany Lions' 2007 signing class...a three-time NSCAA Youth All-American...Soccer Buzz Top 25 recruit...Active in the U.S. Youth National Team program, she is a member of the U-17 Team Pool after spending time in the U-16 Team Pool in 2004 and '05,

DanielleTONEYNorthville, Mich.NORTHVILLE

Junior • 5-4 • FORWARD


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SOCCER BUZZ FOURTH TEAM FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN (2008)SOCCER BUZZ FRESHMAN TEAM ALL-GREAT LAKES (2008)

ALL-BIG TEN FRESHMAN (2008)

LION CAREER2008 Named a Fourth Team Freshman All-American and to the All-great Lakes Region Freshman Team...All-Big Ten Freshman team selection...played in all 24 games, starting 22 as a defender...Tallied an assist in a 3-1victory at William and Mary (8/23)...Registered a helper on the insurancegoal in a 3-0 shutout of Wisconsin (10/5)...Scored her first career goal in a2-1 victory over then-No. 21 Minnesota giving the Nittany Lions their fifthBig Ten Tournament Championship.

BEFORE PENN STATEPlayed two seasons with Retford United before moving onto the DoncasterRovers Belles...League runners-up with Retford her first season before cap-turing the title her second year...Earned Manager's Player of the Year hersecond season...Won two league titles with the Belles...Named the Player'sPlayer of the Year and Manager's Player of the Year in her second seasonwith Doncaster...Selected for the U-15 England squad in 2005-06 and madea leap to the U-17 squad in 2006-07...Named the Young Player of the Yearin 2007.

PERSONALFull name is Emma Jennie om-son...Born Jan. 21, 1990 inNottinghamshire, England...Daugh-ter of Ian and Deborah omson...Has three brothers, gary, Aidan andSaul...Enjoys listening to a variety ofmusic as well as watching all differenttypes of sports...Majoring in kinesiol-ogy.


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LION CAREER2008 Played in seven games, starting three...Collected shutouts at Indi-ana (9/26) and Illinois (10/24)...Tallied a season high three saves againstRutgers (11/14) in the NCAA Tournament.

BEFORE PENN STATESix-time State Cup Champion with her club team, the Colorado RushNike...Began winning championships with her U-13 team...Named MVP ofthe State Cup Championships with her U-17 team after defeating thedefending National Champions...Started on the varsity squad at grandviewas a freshman...Trained with the boys team her remaining three years.

PERSONALFull name is Kristin Nicole Tribbett...Born July 11, 1990 in Mountain View,Calif. to Jon and Mary Tribbett...Two younger brothers, Ken and Tim...

Mother was a two-time All-American at Pacific involleyball and led the Tigersto back-to-back NCAA titlesin 1985 and '86...Enjoyscamping with her family inher spare time...Majoring inhealth and human develop-ment.



and the U-15 pool in 2004...Two-time First Team All-State pick, she wastwice named to the Michigan High School Dream Team by the state's highschool soccer coaches association...NSCAA High School All-Region pick,she scored a school record 86 goals during her career at Northville HighSchool, last year's state runner-up...Been part of runs to a third-place finishat ODP nationals in 2005 and the semifinals of USYSA Nationals that sameyear...Played her club ball with the Michigan Hawks, coached by Jim Kim-ble.

PERSONALFull name is Danielle Lauren Toney...Born on January 20, 1989...Daughterof Frederick and Cynthia Toney... Older brother Fred, Jr. and two sisters:Camille and Simone...Both sisters were Division I athletes–Camille playedsoccer for UCLA from 2002-05 and Simone currently plays at Bowlinggreen...Pre-med major.

KrissyTRIBBETTCentennial, Colo.GRANDVIEW

Sophomore • 5-7 • GOALKEEPER

CAREER STATSSeason GP-GS Minutes Record SHO SV Pct. GA GAA2008 7-3 343:14 2-1-0 2.61 10 .833 2 0.52

Career 7-3 343:14 2-1-0 2.61 10 .833 2 0.52

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DID YOU KNOW?When Danielle Toney was named the Offensive MVP of the

2008 Big Ten Tournament that she was just the second NIttany

Lion to earn the honor? The last PSU student-athlete to earn

the award was Aubrey Aden-Buie in 2006 when the Lions swept

the Tournament for the fourth time. For her efforts, Toney

received the team’s Outstanding Offensive Player of the Year

Award for 2008.

LION CAREER2008 Redshirt season...Saw time in two games, the 4-1 victory overWilliam and Mary (8/23) and the 2-0 win over Illinois (10/24).

BEFORE PENN STATEFour-year starter at Redondo Union, Zavala was named First Team All-BayLeague her junior season...Captain in her final season..Named a scholar-ath-lete all four years...Played club soccer with the ISC Strikers...Won the 2005U.S. Club Soccer National Championship...Regional finalist in the 2007U.S. Club Soccer National Championship tournament.

PERSONALFull name is Danielle Ashley Zavala...Born April 16, 1990 in Santa Clara,Calif. ..Daughter of Richard and Uvon Zavala...Has an older brother,Richard...Majoring in business marketing.


LION CAREER2008 Played in all 24 games while earning 12 starts as a forward...Scored first career goal against then-No. 4 Florida State (8/29)...Netted agoal in a 4-1 win over Hofstra (8/31)...Scored the golden goal in a doubleovertime victory at Rutgers (9/5)...Tallied an assist and scored the game-winner in a 4-2 victory over Bucknell (9/7)...Earned Soccer Buzz Team of theWeek honors (9/14)...Registered a helper against then-No. 1 Notre Dame(9/21)...Scored the game-winner against Purdue (10/26).

BEFORE PENN STATEFour-year player with Bristol Academy WFC...Finished fourth in the leaguein 2006, `07 and `08...gloucestershire County Cup winners in '06 and'07...FA Cup semi-finalists in '07...Played for Filton College from 2006-08...Won the British Colleges Sport National Championship on 2007 and'08...Took home the English Colleges Football Association National LeagueChampionship and Cup Championship in 2007...Won the English Col-leges Football Association National 5-a-side Cup...Captain of the 5-a-sideteam...Scored all four goals in a 4-0 victory over Arsenal Academy in2007...Went unbeaten at theCanadian Soccer ShowcaseTournament in Vancouver inMarch 2008...Scored 11 ofthe team's 14 goals at theShowcase...Invited to Eng-land's U-17 and U-19training camps.

PERSONALFull name is Nicola ClareWatts...Born September 22,1987 in Swindon, England toColin and Di Watts...Olderbrother, Liam...Majoring inkinesiology.


DaniZAVALAEl Camino Village, Calif.REDONDO UNION

Redshirt Freshman • 5-7 • MIDFIELD

55NikkiWATTSBerkshire, EnglandJOHN O’GAUNT

Senior • 5-4 • FORWARD

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rough their work with the Student-Athlete AdvisoryBoard (SAAB) and the CHAMPS Life skills Program,Penn State’s women’s soccer team is an active participantin Dance Marathon. e largest student-run philan-thropy in the nation, “THON” as it is affectionatelycalled across campus raises millions of dollars every yearfor cancer treatment and research at the Milton S. Her-shey Medical Center. Dancers raise money in order toparticipate and are not allowed to sit nor sleep for theduration of the 46-hour marathon in honor and admi-ration of everything the children and their familes gothrough in the fight against cancer. Last year, THONraised $6,615,318.04 for the Four Diamonds fund.

WOMEN’S SOCCER ATPPEE NNNN SSTTAATTEE DDAANNCCEE MMAARRAATTHHOONN

46-HOUR DANCE MARATHON BENEFITS PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT

Above: (Top)Maura Ryan, Megan Monroig, Katie Schoepfer; (Bottom) DanielleToney and Allie Daus at the 2009 Dance Marathon.

Left: Members of the team take time off the dance floor to hang out with one ofthe THON children, who benefit by the Four Diamonds fund.

Bottom Left: Daus with Schoepfer and Jessie Davis spend some time on the floorat the Bryce Jordan Center.

Bottom Right: Schoepfer joins Daus, the team’s representative dancer during the46-hour session.

Special thanks goes to Allie Daus for providing photos, captions, information andorganizing Penn State women’s soccer’s involvement in THON the last four years.


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PENN STATE MAKES 14TH-STRAIGHTNCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCEAFTER 11TH-STRAIGHT BIG TEN TITLEPenn State continued its winning ways in 2008,winning the Big Ten for the 11th-straight timewith an 8-2 record. A mid-season win over Min-nesota gave the Nittany Lions possession of thetitle as they were tied with the Golden Gophers.By virtue of the Big Ten title, Penn State earned its14th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

NITTANY LIONS CAPTURE FINAL BIG TENTOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPPrior to the close of the season, the Big Tenannounced that the season-ending tournamentwould see its last edition in 2008. Penn Stateromped through the field, taking three straightagainst hosts Iowa (2-1), fourth-seeded MichiganState (1-0) and second-seeded Minnesota (2-1),handing the Gophers just their third loss of theyear at the time. Penn State would account fortwo of Minnesota’s four losses in 2008.

TONEY AND NAEHER EARN BIG TENTOURNAMENT MVP AWARDSDanielle Toney and Alyssa Naeher were namedOffensive and Defensive MVPs for the Big TenTournament. Toney scored three of Penn State’s

five goals, one in eachgame, while Naeher made14 saves in the tourna-ment, nine alone againstMinnesota.

UPSET CITYPSU suffered tough defeatsat the hands of non-rankedopponents early in thenon-conference season inmatching 1-0 losses toBrown and James Madi-son. Another upset wouldcome when Michigan

State broke Penn State’s eight-game Big Tenunbeaten streak with a 3-1 win in East Lansing.In all three of the losses, Penn State was ranked11th or better.

UPSET CITY: PART IIFive days after the Michigan State game droppedthe Nittany Lions out of the polls altogether, PSUfought back and served then-No. 23 Minnesotatheir second loss of the season, 2-0, at Jeffrey Fieldthanks to goals by Meghan Gill and DanielleToney.

PENN STATE CAPTURES SHARE OF 11th-STRAIGHT TITLE AT PURDUEPenn State captured a share of the Big Ten titlewith a 2-0 win in West Lafayette, Ind. over Pur-

due. e win put PSU second behind the Michi-gan women’s swimming & diving dynasty thatwon 12 in a row.

HOME WIN STREAK BROKENOhio State came into town as an unassumingteam muddling through a 7-9-2 campaign, 4-5 inBig Ten play to face the Nittany Lions on SeniorNight. No one thought the Buckeyes wouldbreak Penn State’s 49-game home Big Ten win-ning streak, which dated back to 1999 and57-game Big Ten winning streak, which datedback to 1995. With the Big Ten title alreadyassured, Ohio State broke through for a 1-0 upsetof the No. 21 Nittany Lions to drop Penn State’sall-time Big Ten home record to 67-2-3.

NAEHER EARNS WORLD CUP TITLE ANDSECOND ALL-AMERICAN AWARDAlyssa Naeher was named an NSCAA First TeamAll-American on December 7. Hours later shewould pick up the Golden Glove Award as the topgoalkeeper in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.Along with future PSU teammate ChristineNairn, Naeher led the Americans to the worldchampionship victory.

PENN STATE WELCOMES SECONDLARGEST CROWD TO JEFFREY FIELDe Notre Dame Fighting Irish came locked andloaded to University Park for a late-Septemberclash with the Nittany Lions. e 2,963 in atten-dance were witness to a dazzling display ofwomen’s college soccer at its finest as then-No. 1Notre Dame left a 3-1 winner over Penn State.e Nittany Lions were just 245 short of settinga single-game record. 3,208 is still the mark tobeat, which was set in 2006 in an upset win ofthen-No. 2 UCLA.

Seniors Jessie Davis, Kaleen Adami, Zoe Bouchelle and AlliDaus celebrate their last Big Ten title at Purdue.

1999 • 2002 • 2005

NNIITTTTAANNYY LLIIOONNSS TTAAKKEE 1111TTHH--SSTTRRAAIIGGHHTT BBIIGG TTEENN TTIITTLLEENAB FINAL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

e Penn State Nittany Lions celebrate the 2008 BigTen Tournament championship at Iowa.

Melissa Hayes tracks a Notre Dame attacker in front of 2,963.

DID YOU KNOW?Penn State women’s soccer andNorthwestern women’s tennis arecurrently tied with 11-straight Big TenChampionships in their respectivesports. The Nittany Lions will get firstcrack at #12 in 2009 to tie Michi-gan’s women’s swimming & diving,who set the women’s Big Ten markback in 1998.

BIG TEN YEAR-END HONOR ROLLZOE BOUCHELLE First Team All-Big TenJESSIE DAVIS First Team All-Big TenMEGHAN GILL Second Team All-Big TenALYSSA NAEHER First Team All-Big Ten

Big Ten Tournament Defensive MVPKATIE SCHOEPFER First Team All-Big TenEMMA THOMSON Big Ten All-Freshman TeamDANIELLE TONEY Big Ten Tournament Offensive MVP

ALL-AMERICAN HONOR ROLLALYSSA NAEHER First Team NSCAA

First Team Soccer Buzz

PENN STATE RANKS 19TH NATIONALLY IN AVERAGEATTENDANCEe 2008 season ended as Penn State’s second-best in terms of aver-age attendance as 10,964 fans passed through the turnstiles at JeffreyField in 10 dates, averaging 1,096 per contest. PSU ranked first in theBig Ten, while placing 19th overall in the country.

DAVIS TWICE SELECTED TO TOPDRAWERSOCCER.COMTEAM OF THE WEEK After shutouts against Northwestern and Wisconsin, Jessie Davisearned a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer.com team of the week, herfirst natinoal honor. "Jessie is the backbone of our defense," said headcoach Erica Walsh. "rough her leadership we get better and bet-ter." ree weeks later Davis was again named to the team and addedBig Ten defensive player of the week to her credit too after wins overIllinois and Purdue.

SCHOEPFER AND NAEHER SWEEP CONFERENCE ANDNATINOAL WEEKLY HONORSOn October 20, Alyssa Naeher and Katie Schoepfer were recognizedby the Big Ten Conference as the players of the week for their per-formances against Minnesota and Iowa. Naeher recorded twoshutouts, totaling nine saves, while Schoepfer scored two goalsand added an assist during the week. Schoepfer would later benamed to the Soccer America team of the week while Naeherearned TopDrawerSoccer.com honors.

BOUCHELLE EARNS THIRD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERI-CAN HONORZoe Bouchelle was named a ird Team Academic All-Amer-ican by ESPN the Magazine. Bouchelle held a 3.88cumulative GPA in economics and become just the secondNittany Lion to be a three-time Academic All-American.

DAVIS AND BOUCHELLE RECOGNIZED AS NSCAASCHOLAR ATHLETESBouchelle and Davis capped off their Nittany Lion careerswith one more honor as they both were named NSCAAScholar All-Americans. Bouchelle picks up her second honorwhile Davis became the eighth Penn State women's soccerplayer to join this prestigious group.

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e team brings it in after capturing the 2008 Big Ten title at Purdue.

Seniors Jessie Davis, Kaleen Adami, Zoe Bouchelle, and Allie Daus click their heals after securing the Big Ten title.

2008 PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER FINAL STATISTICSOverall: 16-8-0 Big Ten: 8-2-0 Home: 6-4-0 Away: 8-3-0 Neutral: 2-1-0

CAREERNAME GP-GS G A PTS SH SHOT% SOG SOG% GW PK-ATT GP-GS G A PTS GWG SH

12 Schoepfer, Katie 24-21 11 7 29 104 .106 45 .433 4 0-0 71-58 34 17 85 13 28428 Toney, Danielle 24-18 10 7 27 76 .132 39 .513 5 0-0 57-21 17 9 43 7 10923 Watts, Nikki 24-11 5 2 12 45 .111 25 .556 3 0-0 24-11 5 2 12 3 4533 Bouchelle, Zoe 24-23 4 3 11 38 .105 16 .421 1 0-0 86-70 13 14 40 2 12227 Gill, Meghan 16-6 3 1 7 11 .273 6 .545 2 0-0 19-8 3 1 7 2 1121 Niness, Carly 19-1 1 3 5 11 .091 8 .727 0 0-0 19-1 1 3 5 0 1117 Rago, Alli 24-14 2 0 4 17 .118 7 .412 0 0-0 41-14 2 0 4 0 2026 Monroig, Megan 24-12 1 2 4 18 .056 6 .333 0 0-0 46-14 2 5 9 0 3225 Thomson, Emma 24-22 1 2 4 10 .100 5 .500 0 0-0 24-22 1 2 4 0 1016 Rosenbluth, Jess 24-10 1 1 3 12 .083 5 .417 1 0-0 24-24 1 1 3 1 123 Davis, Jessie 24-23 1 0 2 7 .143 3 .429 0 0-0 83-78 5 2 12 0 304 Hayes, Melissa 24-21 0 2 2 18 .000 8 .444 0 0-0 63-45 2 10 14 1 442 Ryan, Maura 24-23 0 1 1 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 59-53 0 3 3 0 122 Myers, Ashley 18-0 0 0 0 22 .000 9 .409 0 0-0 59-22 10 3 23 3 909 Garcia, Bri 16-2 0 0 0 10 .000 4 .400 0 0-0 16-2 0 0 0 0 107 Davies, Tara 23-14 0 0 0 9 .000 4 .444 0 0-0 54-28 0 0 0 0 138 Hakes, Jackie 20-9 0 0 0 4 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 20-9 0 0 0 0 415 Daus, Allie 5-0 0 0 0 2 .000 2 1.000 0 0-0 17-0 1 2 4 0 711 Schaefer, Ali 11-0 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0-0 11-0 0 0 0 0 124 Daus, Kristie 3-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 3-0 0 0 0 0 020 Tribbett, Krissy 7-3 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 7-3 0 0 0 0 019 Adami, Kaleen 3-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 13-0 0 2 2 0 35 Zavala, Dani 2-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 2-0 0 0 0 0 01 Naeher, Alyssa 21-21 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 67-67 0 1 1 0 0

Total 24 40 31 111 415 .096 193 .465 16 0-0Opponents 24 25 23 73 286 .087 125 .437 8 0-0

CAREERName GP-GS Minutes GA GAA Saves Pct. W L T ShO GP-GS Minutes GA GAA Saves Pct. W-L-T ShO

1 Naeher, Alyssa 21-21 1859:56 23 1.11 90 .796 14 7 0 8.39 67-67 6047:31 58 0.86 272 .824 47-15-5 25.3920 Tribbett, Krissy 7-3 343:14 2 0.52 10 .833 2 1 0 2.61 7-3 343:14 2 0.52 10 .833 2-1-0 2.61

Total 24 2203:10 25 1.02 100 .800 16 8 0 11Opponents 24 2203:10 40 1.63 153 .793 8 16 0 3

Team Saves: 0

2008 PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS

GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total TEAM STATISTICS PSU OPPPenn State 20 18 1 1 40 Goals-Shot attempts 40-415 25-286

Opponents 13 10 1 1 25 Goals scored average 1.63 1.02

Shot percentage .096 .087

SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Shots on goal-Attempts 193-415 125-286

Penn State 192 212 7 4 415 SOG pct. .465 .437

Opponents 145 136 3 2 286 Shots/Game 17.3 11.9

Assists 31 23

SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total CORNER KICKS 113 67

Penn State 47 53 0 0 100 PENALTY KICKS 0-0 0-0

Opponents 80 69 4 0 153

CORNER KICKS BY PRD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total PENALTIESPenn State 58 53 2 0 113 Yellow cards 6 14

Opponents 29 35 2 1 67 Red cards 0 0

FOULS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalPenn State 116 125 3 1 245

Opponents 99 127 2 0 228

2008 STATISTICS


2008 PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER RESULTS

Date Opponent Result Score Overall Conf Att. Goals scored Goalkeeper Saves (Min.)Aug 23, 2008 at William and Mary W 3-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 560 Bouchelle, Zoe (Hayes, Melissa) Naeher, Alyssa 1 (90)

TONEY, DANIELLE (Thomson, Emma)

Rago, Alli (Toney, Danielle)

1 Aug 29, 2008 FLORIDA STATE L 1-4 1-1-0 0-0-0 2,197 Watts, Nikki (Toney, Danielle) Naeher, Alyssa 2 (90)

1 Aug 31, 2008 HOFSTRA W 4-1 2-1-0 0-0-0 1,166 Toney, Danielle (Schoepfer, Katie) Naeher, Alyssa 7 (86)

SCHOEPFER, KATIE (Toney, Danielle) Tribbett, Krissy 1 (4)

Watts, Nikki (Bouchelle, Zoe;Hayes, Melissa)

Schoepfer, Katie (Monroig, Megan)

Sep 05, 2008 at Rutgers W O2 1-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 785 WATTS, NIKKI (Toney, Danielle) Naeher, Alyssa 4 (109)

Sep 07, 2008 BUCKNELL W 4-2 4-1-0 0-0-0 644 Toney, Danielle (Schoepfer, Katie) Naeher, Alyssa 7 (90)

Schoepfer, Katie (Watts, Nikki)

WATTS, NIKKI (Schoepfer, Katie)

Bouchelle, Zoe (Toney, Danielle)

2 Sep 12, 2008 vs. Brown L OT 0-1 4-2-0 0-0-0 1,648 - Naeher, Alyssa 7 (99)

2 Sep 14, 2008 at #25 Connecticut W 2-0 5-2-0 0-0-0 1,057 SCHOEPFER, KATIE (unassisted) Naeher, Alyssa 7 (81)

Toney, Danielle (unassisted) Tribbett, Krissy (9)

Sep 18, 2008 at James Madison L 0-1 5-3-0 0-0-0 1,849 - Naeher, Alyssa 3 (90)

Sep 21, 2008 #1 NOTRE DAME L 1-3 5-4-0 0-0-0 2,963 Niness, Carly (Watts, Nikki) Naeher, Alyssa 6 (90)

* Sep 26, 2008 at Indiana W 1-0 6-4-0 1-0-0 374 GILL, MEGHAN (unassisted) Tribbett, Krissy 1 (90)

Sep 28, 2008 #4 PORTLAND L 1-4 6-5-0 1-0-0 336 Toney, Danielle (Niness, Carly) Naeher, Alyssa 6 (90)

* Oct 03, 2008 NORTHWESTERN W 1-0 7-5-0 2-0-0 1,113 GILL, MEGHAN (Toney, Danielle) Naeher, Alyssa 2 (90)

* Oct 05, 2008 WISCONSIN W 3-0 8-5-0 3-0-0 908 SCHOEPFER, KATIE (Bouchelle, Zoe) Naeher, Alyssa 2 (69)

Schoepfer, Katie (Thomson, Emma) Tribbett, Krissy 1 (21)

Toney, Danielle (unassisted)

* Oct 10, 2008 at Michigan W 4-0 9-5-0 4-0-0 557 BOUCHELLE, ZOE (Rosenbluth, Jess) Naeher, Alyssa 2 (66)

Monroig, Megan (unassisted) Tribbett, Krissy (24)

Schoepfer, Katie (unassisted)

Schoepfer, Katie (unassisted)

* Oct 12, 2008 at Michigan State L 1-3 9-6-0 4-1-0 1,123 Bouchelle, Zoe (Ryan, Maura) Naeher, Alyssa 4 (90)

* Oct 17, 2008 #23 MINNESOTA W 2-0 10-6-0 5-1-0 434 TONEY, DANIELLE (Schoepfer, Katie) Naeher, Alyssa 6 (90)

Gill, Meghan (Schoepfer, Katie)

* Oct 19, 2008 IOWA W OT 1-0 11-6-0 6-1-0 567 SCHOEPFER, KATIE (Gill, Meghan) Naeher 3 (91)

* Oct 24, 2008 at Illinois W 2-0 12-6-0 7-1-0 153 ROSENBLUTH, JESS (Monroig, Megan) Tribbett, Krissy 2 (90)

Rago, Alli (unassisted)

* Oct 26, 2008 at Purdue W 2-0 13-6-0 8-1-0 354 WATTS, NIKKI (unassisted) Naeher, Alyssa 6 (90)

Schoepfer, Katie (Toney, Danielle)

* Oct 31, 2008 OHIO STATE L 0-1 13-7-0 8-2-0 636 - Naeher, Alyssa 1 (90)

3 Nov 06, 2008 at Iowa W 2-1 14-7-0 8-2-0 311 Davis, Jessie (unassisted) Naeher, Alyssa 2 (90)

TONEY, DANIELLE (Bouchelle, Zoe)

3 Nov 07, 2008 vs. Michigan State W 1-0 15-7-0 8-2-0 247 TONEY, DANIELLE (Schoepfer, Katie) Naeher, Alyssa 3 (90)

3 Nov 09, 2008 vs. #21 Minnesota W 2-1 16-7-0 8-2-0 289 Thomson, Emma (Niness, Carly) Naeher, Alyssa 9 (90)

TONEY, DANIELLE (Schoepfer, Katie)

4 Nov 14, 2008 at Rutgers L O2 1-2 16-8-0 8-2-0 873 Schoepfer, Katie (Niness, Carly) Tribbett, Krissy 5 (105)

KEY* – Denotes Big Ten Game

1 – Penn State Invitational (University Park, Pa.)

2 – UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.)

3 – Big Ten Tournament (Iowa City, Iowa)

4 – NCAA Tournament (Piscataway, N.J.)

2008 SEASON RESULTS


ATTENDANCE FIGURESDates Total Average

Total 24 18,966 790

Penn State 10 10,964 1,096

Opponents 11 8,002 726

Neutral 3 2,148 716

THIS IS THE BIG TEN CONFERENCEe Big Ten Conference is a union of 11

world-class academic institutions who share acommon mission of research, graduate, profes-sional and undergraduate teaching and publicservice. e conference’s 100-plus years of his-tory, strong tradition of competitive inter-collegiate athletic programs, vast and passionatealumni base, and consistent leadership in inno-vations position the Big Ten and its entirecommunity firmly on the Big Stage.

e Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive setof shared practices and policies that enforce thepriority of academics and emphasize the valuesof integrity, fairness and competitiveness in allaspects of its student-athletes’ lives, with the ulti-mate goal of ensuring that each individual havethe opportunity to live a Big Life.

STUDENT-ATHLETE OPPORTUNITIES• Big Ten universities provide approximately$100 million in direct financial aid to more than8,500 men and women student-athletes whocompete for 25 championships, 12 for men and13 for women.

• Conference institutions sponsor broad-basedathletic programs with more than 270 teams.Other than the Ivy League, the Big Ten has themost broad-based athletic programs in theUnited States.

TOP ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS• Big Ten universities are members of thenation’s only conference whose constituency isentirely composed of institutions that are mem-bers of the AAU, a prestigious association ofmajor academic and research institutions in theUnited States and Canada.

• Big Ten institutions house on their campuses10 of the nation’s 35 largest academic libraries.Collectively, conference libraries hold more than70 million book volumes, and institutions workcollaboratively to build and share their resourceswith other Big Ten members.

LEADERSHIP IN GENDER EQUITY• Since 1992, the Big Ten has shown a strongcommitment to increasing opportunities forwomen in sports and exposure of women’s ath-letics by establishing a multi-phased genderequity program. In that time, the Big Ten has cre-ated in excess of 2,000 new opportunities forwomen student-athletes and established 28 newwomen’s teams, while expanding the number ofwomen’s championships to 13 by adding fieldhockey, soccer and rowing.

• As part of the gender equity action plan, theBig Ten was the first conference to voluntarilyadopt male/female participation goals for stu-dent-athletes in 1992. e Big Ten initiated afive-year plan for conference members to committo a 60 percent/40 percent male-to-female stu-dent-athlete participation ratio. is wasachieved as a conference by 1997 and 2000 wasthe first year that all institutions individually metthis goal. As part of its commitment to genderequity, the Council of Presidents/Chancellorsannually monitors this policy. Over the past five

years, the Big Ten has maintained on average a53 percent/47 percent male-to-female participa-tion ratio.

• According to the National Association of Col-legiate Women’s Athletics Administrators(NACWAA), the Big Ten is one of only two con-ferences in the nation in which women accountfor over 50 percent of the head coaching posi-tions and 60 percent of the assistant coachingranks in women’s sports.

BUILDING THE FUTURE• In 1989, the Big Ten created a communityoutreach program - SCORE (Success Comes Outof Reading Everyday), which partnered the con-ference with two Chicago elementary schools toimprove reading performances. What began withone school, two grade levels and five classroomshas grown in its 20th year to include gradeskindergarten through eighth, encompassing allclasses and students at Melody School and LouisArmstrong School.

• Following the national tragedy on Sept. 11,2001, the Big Ten, through its intercollegiate ath-letic department revenues, pledged a $1 millionscholarship contribution to assist the families ofthose affected by the terrorist attacks. e con-ference’s donation is called the “Big Ten 9-11Scholarship Fund”, and the $1 million contribu-tion will be drawn from conference reserveswhich are generated as a result of football andmen’s basketball participation in NCAA, bowland regular-season television opportunities.

• e Big Ten has established numerous com-munity programs surrounding the Big Ten Men’sand Women’s Basketball Tournaments, includingthe Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award Scholar-ship, the Big Ten Career Fair and the Shoot forthe Cure event during the women’s tournamentthat raised over $10,000 for the IndianapolisAffiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure in itsfirst year.


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PENN STATE’S DOMINANCEIN BIG TEN

WOMEN’S SOCCERIn 15 years of competition, Penn State’s women’s

soccer team has dominated the Big Ten Conference.e Nittany Lions have won the last 11 titles andhave added five Big Ten Tournament titles to theirrésumé as well. e Nittany Lions have never had alosing record in the conference, even posting threeperfect seasons and four undefeated campaigns, andhave never finished lower than third.

Two Penn State women’s soccer players, ChristieWelsh and Tiffany Weimer, have received the SuzyFavor Award for being Big Ten Women’s Athlete ofthe Year. e duo remain the only women’s soccerplayers to receive the honor. Additionally, Welsh wasthe M.A.C. Hermann Trophy recipient in 2001.

THE BIG TEN NETWORK


Last year, the Big Ten Networkproduced four Nittany Lion women’ssoccer games. e first was a clashagainst then-No. 1 Notre Dame atJeffrey Field and the second was a 3-0win over Big Ten rival Wisconsin,again at Jeffrey Field.

PSU’s thrilling 1-0 victory overMinnesota in the Big Ten semifinalsand 2-1 win over Michigan State inthe Big Ten Tournament title gamewrapped up the BTN slate forwomen’s soccer, and the team will befeatured again in 2009.

e BTN wasn’t the only outlet toshow Penn State women’s soccer lastyear as the James Madison game inHarrisonburg, Va. was broadcasted onthe Fox Soccer Channel.

e BTN is dedicated to covering theConference and its 11 memberschools. e BTN provides unprece-dented access to an extensive scheduleof conference sports events andshows; original programs in academ-ics, the arts and sciences; campusactivities; and associated personalities.Sports programming includes livecoverage of more women's eventsthan ever before, along with news,highlights and analysis comple-mented by university-producedcampus programming.

e network is available to all cableand satellite carriers and televisiondistributors nationwide, with mostprograms offered in stunning high-definition television (HDTV). eBig Ten Network is a joint venturebetween subsidiaries of the Big TenConference and Fox Cable Networks.For more information regarding theBig Ten Network, visit www.BigTen-Network.com.ree of the last four Big Ten Championship teams from 2005, 2007, and 2008.

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2008 BIG TEN FINAL STANDINGSConference Overall

W L T Pct. Pts. W L T Pct.PENN STATE #%^ 8 2 0 .800 24 16 8 0 .667Minnesota ^ 8 2 0 .800 24 22 4 0 .846Purdue 5 3 2 .600 17 12 7 3 .614Michigan State ^ 5 4 1 .550 16 14 7 3 .646Illinois ^ 5 5 0 .500 15 12 9 2 .565Northwestern 5 5 0 .500 15 10 9 1 .525Ohio State 5 5 0 .500 15 8 10 2 .450Iowa 3 6 1 .350 10 9 11 1 .452Indiana 3 6 1 .350 10 8 10 1 .447Wisconsin 3 7 0 .300 9 9 9 1 .500Michigan 1 6 3 .250 5 4 10 5 .342# – Big Ten Regular Season Champion; % – Big Ten Tournament Champion; ^ – NCAA Tournament Participant

PENN STATE IN THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENTSeason/Site Round PSU Opponent Result Score Champion1994 at Wisconsin Quarterfinal #2 #7 Michigan T * 1-1 (2OT) Wisconsin1995 at Indiana Quarterfinal #3 #6 Michigan State W 1-0 Minnesota

Semifinal #2 Wisconsin L 0-11996 at Ohio State Quarterfinal #2 #7 Indiana L 0-1 Indiana1997 at Minnesota Quarterfinal #3 #6 Wisconsin W 3-1 Michigan

Semifinal #2 Michigan L 1-31998 at Penn State Quarterfinal #1 #8 Illinois W 1-0 PENN STATE

Semifinal #5 Michigan W 3-1Final #7 Ohio State W 2-0

1999 at Indiana Quarterfinal #1 #8 Wisconsin W 3-0 MichiganSemifinal #4 Minnesota W 2-1Final #2 Michigan L 2-4

2000 at Illinois Quarterfinal #1 #8 Minnesota W 1-0 PENN STATESemifinal #4 Illinois W 2-1 (3OT) Final #3 Michigan W 1-0 (3OT)

2001 at Purdue Quarterfinal #1 #8 Northwestern W 3-0 PENN STATESemifinal #4 Ohio State W 2-0Final #3 Illinois W 2-1 (OT)

2002 at Michigan State Quarterfinal #1 #8 Illinois L 3-4 Ohio State2003 at Wisconsin Quarterfinal #1 #8 Wisconsin T # 0-0 (2OT) Illinois2004 at Ohio State Quarterfinal #1 #8 Indiana W 2-0 Ohio State

Semifinal #4 Illinois W 3-2Final #2 Ohio State L 0-2

2005 at Michigan Quarterfinal #1 #8 Michigan T @ 3-3 (2OT) Wisconsin2006 at Penn State Quarterfinal #1 #8 Northwestern W 3-2 PENN STATE

Semifinal #5 Michigan W 2-0Final #2 Illinois W 3-1

2007 at Minnesota Quarterfinal #1 #8 Iowa W 3-1 PurdueSemifinal #5 Ohio State T ^ 2-2 (2OT)

2008 at Iowa Quarterfinal #1 #8 Iowa W 2-1 PENN STATESemifinal #4 Michigan State W 1-0Final #2 Minnesota W 2-1

Totals 15 Tournaments 32 games 22-6-4 5 Titles* – Michigan advanced on penalty kicks, 3-1; # – Wisconsin advanced on penalty kicks, 4-3; @ – Michigan advanced on penalty kicks, 4-2; ^ – Ohio State advanced on penalty kicks, 5-4

BIG TEN IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENTTeam (Years Participated) Years Games W L T Pct.PENN STATE (1995-2008) 14 42 28 13 1 .679Wisconsin (1994-96, ‘98, ‘00, ‘02, ‘04-05) * 14 25 11 14 0 .440Michigan (1997-2004, ‘06) 9 18 9 9 0 .500Illinois (2000-01, 2003-08) 8 18 10 8 0 .555Minnesota (1995-99, 2008) 6 11 5 6 0 .455Purdue (2002-03, ‘05-07) 5 8 4 4 1 .500Ohio State (2002-04, ‘07) 4 8 4 4 0 .500Michigan State (2002, ‘05, ‘08) 3 6 3 3 0 .500Indiana (1996, 98, 07) 3 6 2 3 1 .417Northwestern (1996, ‘98) 2 4 2 2 0 .500e Big Ten added women’s soccer as a Conference sport during the 1994 season with eight teams participating. Illi-nois and Iowa began programs in 1997, while Purdue was added to league competition in 1999. *Wisconsin participatedin the NCAA Tournament in 1985, ‘88-91, and ‘93 prior to Big Ten sponsorship of the sport.

e most successful team in Big Ten women’ssoccer history, the Penn State Nittany Lions capturedtheir 11th-consecutive conference regular season titlein 2008 and have won five tournament crowns,including last year’s final Big Ten Tournament. eonly conference school to appear in the prestigiousNCAA College Cup, Penn State has finished third orbetter in the conference and has participated in theBig Ten Tournament each year since the conferencebegan sponsoring the sport in the fall of 1994. eNittany Lions have completed four perfect confer-ence seasons, including 2005’s 10-0 record. PennState also went without a loss in 1999 (9-0-1) and2000 (10-0-0).

Big Ten competition is always fierce. Just mak-ing the conference tournament is tough as only eightof the 11 nationally competitive Big Ten squadsadvance to the postseason tournament.

2008 BIG TEN WOMEN’S SOCCER TOURNAMENT

Iowa City, Iowa; Iowa Soccer Complex

Thursday, November 6#2 Minnesota 3, #7 Northwestern 1

#3 Purdue 2, #6 Ohio State 1

#1 Penn State 2, #8 Iowa 1

#4 Michigan State 0, #5 Illinois 0 (4-3 PKs)

Friday, November 7#2 Minnesota 1, #3 Purdue 0

#1 Penn State 1, #4 Michigan State 0

Saturday, November 9#1 Penn State 2, #2 Minnesota 1

BIG TEN ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMAlexandra Kapicka (ILL), Alyssa Cosnek (IOWA),Kelly Amorrmino (MSU), Clare Grimwood (MIN),Kaitlin Wagner (MIN), Jennifer Baumann (NU),Ashley Bowyer (OSU), Danielle Toney (PSU),Alyssa Naeher (PSU), Jessie Davis (PSU), LizSecue (PUR)

Offensive MVP: Danielle Toney (PSU)Defensive MVP: Alyssa Naeher (PSU)

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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

POINTS Games Points

1. Laura Heyboer (MSU) 24 51

2. Lauren Hill (MSU) 23 33

3. Katie Schoepfer (PSU) 24 284. Danielle Toney (PSU) 24 275. Lindsey Schwartz (MIN) 26 23

GOALS Games Goals

1. Laura Heyboer (MSU) 24 21

2. Lauren Hill (MSU) 23 12

3. Katie Schoepfer (PSU) 24 114. Danielle Toney (PSU) 24 105. Alyssa Cosnek (IOWA) 21 9

ASSISTS Games Assists

1. Lauran Sinacola (MSU) 22 11

2. Morgan Showalter (IOWA) 21 9

Lauren Hill (MSU) 23 9

Laura Heyboer (MSU) 24 9

5. Sam Greene (NU) 20 8

Kellie Phillips (PUR) 22 8

GAME-WINNERS Games GWG

1. Alyssa Cosnek (IOWA) 21 6

Lindsey Schwartz (MIN) 26 6

3. Lisa Collison (OSU) 20 5

Lauren Hill (MSU) 23 5

Danielle Toney (PSU) 24 5Tamara Strahota (MIN) 26 5

SAVES Games Saves

1. Alyssa Naeher (PSU) 21 902. Jenny Bradfish (PUR) 22 88

3. Madison Gates (MICH) 18 77

4. Alexandra Kapicka (ILL) 23 3.30

GOALS AGAINST AVG. Min. GAA

1. Lindsey Dare (MIN) 2378:19 0.45

2. Alexandra Kapicka (ILL) 2131:02 0.80

3. Lindsey Wrege (MSU) 1565:40 0.80

4. Jenny Bradfish (PUR) 1886:48 0.86

5. Alyssa Naeher (PSU) 1879:27 1.10(Minimum 1,200 minutes played)

SHUTOUTS Games ShO

1. Lindsey Dare (MIN) 26 17

2. Alexandra Kapicka (ILL) 23 9

3. Alyssa Naeher (PSU) 21 8.394. Lindsey Wrege (MSU) 18 7

5. Carolyn Edwards (NU) 20 5

TEAM LEADERS

POINTS Games Points

1. Michigan State 24 150

2. Minnesota 26 128

3. PENN STATE 24 1124. Purdue 22 91

5. Wisconsin 19 90

GOALS Games Goals


2. Minnesota 26 43

3. PENN STATE 24 404. Purdue 22 32

5. Wisconsin 19 29

ASSISTS Games Assists


2. Minnesota 26 42

3. PENN STATE 24 32Wisconsin 19 32

5. Ohio State 20 31

SAVES Games Saves

1. Iowa 21 108


3. PENN STATE 24 1004. Michigan 19 96

Purdue 22 96

GOALS AGAINST AVG. Min. GAA

1. Minnesota 2378:19 0.45

2. Illinois 2131:02 0.80

3. Michigan State 2219:23 0.81

4. Purdue 2058:12 0.87

5. PENN STATE 2222:41 1.01

SHUTOUTS Games ShO

1. Minnesota 26 17

2. PENN STATE 24 113. Iowa 21 9

Illinois 23 9

Michigan State 24 9

CORNER KICKS Games CKicks

1. Minnesota 26 169

2. PENN STATE 24 1133. Illinois 23 110

4. Wisconsin 19 99

5. Purdue 22 97

Ohio State 22 97

Offensive POY: ....................Laura Heyboer (MSU)Defensive POY: .......................Kelsey Hood (MIN)Freshman POY: ...........LAURA HEYBOER (MSU)Coach of the Year:........Mikki Denney Wright (MIN)

FIRST TEAMLAURA HEYBOER F Michigan StateKatie Schoepfer F Penn StateLoredana Riverso F PurdueLauren Sinacola M Michigan StateKelsey Hood M MinnesotaZoe Bouchelle M Penn StateEmily Zurrer D IllinoisKelly Lawrence D IndianaJennie Clark D MinnesotaJessie Davis D Penn StateAlyssa Naeher GK Penn State

SECOND TEAMLauren Hill F Michigan StateLindsey Schwartz F MinnesotaJenny Dunn F NorthwesternJackie Santacaterina M IllinoisCara Freeman M Michigan StateJeanette Lorme M NorthwesternMeghan Gill M Penn StateLauren Montenegro M PurdueDanielle Kot D IllinoisJenna Aleo D IowaLaura Janowitsch D NorthwesternJessica Stellhorn D PurdueLindsey Dare GK Minnesota

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAMLAURA HEYBOER F Michigan StateTamara Strahota F MinnesotaPaige Maxwell F Ohio StateLaurie Nosbusch F WisconsinMorgan Showalter M IowaNatalie Horner M MichiganLauren Montenegro M PurdueErin Jacobsen M WisconsinKerri Krawczak D IndianaKatelin Chaklos D Michigan StateNicole Duller D NorthwesternEmma omson D Penn StateEmily Moran GK Iowa

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONORSKrystin Miller IllinoisKirsta Kellin IndianaKelsey Shaw IowaKristen omas MichiganKristi Timar Michigan StateLindsey Dare MinnesotaAmanda Hoffman NorthwesternLauren Beachy Ohio StateZoe Bouchelle Penn StateAlexis Tryba PurdueDarcy Riley Wisconsin

Note: CAPS denotes unanimous selection

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2008 BIG TEN HONORS

WOMEN’S COLLEGE CUP

UNITED STATES TEAMS

AMANDA BROWNSenior National Team Training Camp 2003, 2004

KELLY CONVEYSenior National Team Training Camp 2000

HEIDI DRUMMONDU-21 National Team Training Camp 2002, 2003

SHEREE GRAYU-21 National Team Member 2006U-21 National Team Nordic Cup in Finland 2006U-21 National Team England Tour February 2006U-19 National Team Member 2003, 2004U-21 National Team Nordic Cup in Finland 2003

MELISSA HAYESU-20 National Team Team Training Camp April 2008

ALI KRIEGERSenior National Team Alternate for Olympics August 2008Senior National Team Four Nations Tournament in China January 2008U-21 National Team Nordic Cup in Finland July 2007U-21 National Team Training Camp 2005, 2007

JOANNA LOHMANSenior National Team Training Camp 2008Senior National Team World Cup Send-Off Series June 2007Senior National Team Four Nations Tournament in China January 2007Senior National Team Queen Peace Cup in South Korea November 2006

Senior National Team Training Camp 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007U-21 National Team Nordic Cup in Finland 2002, 2003Senior National Team Algarve Cup in Portugal March 2001U-21 National Team Training Camp 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005U-18 National Team Bulgaria Tour April 2000

ALYSSA NAEHERU-20 National Team FIFA U-20 World Cup November 2008U-20 National Team CONCACAF Championship June 2008U-20 National Team Cyprus Women’s Cup March 2008U-20 National Team Pan Am Games July 2007U-20 National Team Training Camp 2007

CHRISTINE NAIRNSenior National Team Canada Friendly May 2009U-20 National Team FIFA World Cup November 2008U-20 National Team CONCACAF Championship June 2008U-20 National Team Cyprus Women’s Cup March 2008U-20 National Team Pan Am Games July 2007U-20 National Team Training Camp 2007

DENAY RILEYU-21 National Team England Tour February 2006

KATIE SCHOEPFERU-23 National Team England Friendly July 2009U-23 National Team Northern Ireland Tour May 2009U-23 National Team England Friendly March 2008U-20 National Team Training Camp 2000, 2006, 2007

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In the short time that the Nittany Lion women’s soccer programhas been in existence it has proved to be a force within the NCAAsoccer scene but many of its products have also been key contribu-tors on the international scene with both the U.S. and CanadianNational Teams. Twenty Nittany Lions have donned their Nationalcolors in hopes of bringing their country International success.

Head coach Erica Walsh was an assistant on the U.S. Women’sNational Team that won gold for the U.S. at the 2008 BeijingOlympic Games. Two-time All-American Erin McLeod was the start-ing goalkeeper for the Canadian National Team at those Games.

Current Nittany Lions Melissa Hayes, Alyssa Naeher, ChristineNairn and Katie Schoepfer have all worn the red, white and blue thispast year with Naeher leading the U.S. squad to the FIFA Under-20World Cup championship last fall. Lexi Marton and Rachel Lamarrehave been members of various Canadian National Teams.

Ali Krieger, a 2007 graduate, was an alternate on the U.S.Olympic squad and hopes to move her way onto the full squad in thecoming years. Junior Katie Schoepfer scored a pair of goals in an U-23 U.S. contest versus FC Indiana in June after a three-game tour ofNorthern Ireland. She completed the summer with the U-23’s com-

peting in London.Former standouts Joanna

Lohman, Christie Welsh andTiffany Weimer were all broughtinto U.S. National team trainingcamps for a shot at the Olympicsin 2008.

Above: Christine Nairn (11) and Alyssa Naeher (1) celebrate their ‘08 FIFA U-21 World Cup win.Below: Erica Walsh with the gold-medal women’s soccer team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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EMILY OLEKSIUKU-21 National Team Nordic Cup in Norway July 2001U-21 National Team Mexican Tour Champions May 2001Senior National Team Algarve Cup in Portugal March 2001U-21 National Team Training Camp 2000U-21 National Team France Tour May 2000U-21 National Team Training Camp 2000

CHRISTIE WELSHSenior National Team Training Camp 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008Senior National Team World Cup Send-Off Series June 2007U-21 National Team Nordic Cup in Finland July 2002Senior National Team Canada Friendly June 2005Senior National Team Finland Friendly April 2002U-21 National Team Nordic Cup in Norway July 2001U-21 National Team Mexican Tour Champions May 2001Senior National Team Algarve Cup in Portugal March 2001 and 2005Senior National Team Australia Cup, Pacific Cup, 2000

Nike U.S. Cup Winners,Germany & Portugal Tours

Senior National Team Training Camp 2000Senior National Team Olympic Team Alternate 2000U-21 National Team Training Camp 2000

TIFFANY WEIMERSenior National Team Training Camp 2006, 2008U-21 National Team Nordic Cup in Finland 2006U-21 National Team Training Camp 2004, 2005U-21 National Team England Tour February 2005

CANADIAN TEAMS

HOLLY LINCOLNU-20 National Team Pan-American Games 2003

LEXI MARTONU-20 National Team FIFA U-20 World Cup November 2008U-20 National Team CONCACAF Championship June 2008Senior National Team Training Camp 2007-2008

ERIN MCLEODSenior National Team U.S. Friendly May 2009Senior National Team Member 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Senior National Team Beijing Olympics August 2008Senior National Team Peace Queen Cup June 2008Senior National Team CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying April 2008Senior National Team FIFA World Cup September 2007Senior National Team Queen Peace Cup in South Korea November 2006Senior National Team FIFA World Cup Fall 2003Senior National Team Algarve Cup in Portugal May 2003U-19 National Team FIFA U-19 World Cup August 2002

CARMELINA MOSCATOSenior National Team FIFA World Cup Fall 2003Senior National Team Algarve Cup in Portugal May 2003U-19 National Team Member 2003U-19 National Team FIFA U-19 World Cup August 2002

GILLIAN SAMUELSenior National Team Training Camp 2000


Clockwise (Top Left): Alyssa Naeher won the Golden Glove at the 2008 U-20World Cup; ChristieWelsh at Portugal (2000); Erin McLeod in net for Canada(2005); Tiffany Weimer at the Nordic Cup; Ali Krieger at the Four NationsCup (2008); Christine Nairn at the 2008 U-20 World Cup. (All U.S. SoccerPhotos supplied by U.S. Socer; McLeod photo courtesy of Canada Soccer).


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NITTANY LIONS IN...WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL SOCER (WPS)

Seven Lions Drafted or Signed by WPS Clubs During Inagural Campaign

After the sudden demise of the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA), there wereserious doubts about its revival in 2003. Nevertheless, business owners and soccer fans alikewilled the league to begin anew, and so launched Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) in thespring of 2009.

In the inaugural year, no less than seven Lions have participated in the WPS in someform or another. Original draftees included Christie Welsh and Sheree Gray to the SaintLouis Athletica, while Tiffany Weimer was sent out west to play with FC Gold Pride in SanJose, Calif.

A trio of PSU stars are key members of the Washington Freedom. Erin McLeod, theWPS Player of the Week in mid-June, is the starting goalkeeper for the club while AliKrieger returned stateside to join the club in early June, starting in defense. Joanna Lohmanis also a member of the Freedom. Bonnie Young was drafted to the Chicago Red Stars.

In all, seven teams comprise the WPS landscape including some holdover teams from theWUSA. e Freedom and Boston Breakers are two of those clubs, while the Atlanta Beatwill join the league in 2010.

New clubs such as the Chicago Red Stars, FC Gold Pride, Los Angeles Sol, Saint LouisAthletica and the Sky Blue FC of New Jersey are looking to tap into markets to rekindle theearly magic of the WUSA and sustain the league throughout the years.

Many of the teams have links to current Major League Soccer (MLS) clubs, whether itis sharing a stadium or marketing strategies. Washington plays in RFK Stadium with D.C.United, arguably the most successful MLS team. Chicago shares Toyota Park in Bridgeview,Ill. with the Chicago Fire, while Los Angeles plays in Carson, Calif., home of the L.A.Galaxy and Chivas U.S.A.

Joining Atlanta as an expansion team in 2010 will be the Philadelphia Independance,who are going to be run in conjunction with the MLS’s newest franchise, the PhiladelphiaUnion in the state-of-the-art Chester Stadium, set to open in 2010 on the banks of theDelaware River.

NITTANY LIONS IN THE...WOMEN’S UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION (WUSA)

In February of 2000, major U.S. media companies and individual investors joined forces with 20 of thenation’s leading female soccer stars to form the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA), the premier topwomen’s international professional soccer league.

In April 2001, the WUSA kicked off its inaugural season with eight teams: Atlanta Beat, Bay Area Cyber-Rays, Boston Breakers, New York Power, Carolina Courage, Philadelphia Charge, San Diego Spirit, andWashington Freedom. ree Penn Staters also participated in the League’s first season as well as former Nit-tany Lion head coach Patrick Farmer, who left his post with the school to become the head coach of the NewYork Power. Former assistant coach Zac Shaw was an assistant coach for the Carolina Courage when theleague started before he joined Farmer in New York prior to the start of the 2002 campaign. Current Assis-tant Coach Ann Cook was the 25th overall pick in the inaugural draft, she was part of the Bay Area CyberRays’championship run that year.

Four-time regional All-American Rachel Hoffman was drafted in the supplemental draft by New York. Selected in the third round(12th pick), she served as a reserve player for the Power. In 2002, All-American goalkeeper Emily Oleksiuk and regional All-American Bon-nie Young were drafted in 2002. Young was selected in the second round (14th overall pick) by her one-time head coach Patrick Farmer.Ending her collegiate career as the NCAA’s leader in goalkeeper minutes played, Oleksiuk was the first pick in the third round and the 17thpick overall. In February 2003, Christie Welsh became the fifth Lion in school history to be drafted in the WUSA when the New YorkPower selected the Long Island native with the second overall pick.

e WUSA suspended operations in 2003, but league “Festivals” were held during the summer of 2004 and the league relaunched asWomen’s Professional Soccer (WPS) in 2009.

Christie Welsh was the second overallpick in the 2003 WUSA draft. Welshwas selected by the New York Power.

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FORMER LIONS IN WPS

Sheree Gray 2005-07 Saint Louis Athletica

Ali Krieger 2003-06 Washington Freedom

Joanna Lohman 2000-03 Washington Freedom

Erin McLeod 2004-05 Washington Freedom

Tiffany Weimer 2002-05 FCGold Pride

Christie Welsh 1999-2002 Saint Louis Athletica

Bonnie Young 1998-91 Chicago Red Stars

Erin McLeod of the Washington Freedom and Tiffany Wiemer of FC Gold Pridecompete in WPS. (Photos courtesy of Tony Quinn and FC Gold Pride/ISI Photos)

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In May 2009, the Nittany Lions took a 12-day voyage to Brazil participat-ing in exhibition games and experiening Brazilian culture.

Penn State played in three full-field games in addition to taking part in fut-sal and beach soccer tournaments. All told, all but four Lions, including recentgraduates and incoming freshman alike, made the trip to South America.

e NCAA allows teams to go on one international trip every four years,which allows each student-athlete an opportunity to take a trip during her col-legiate career.

Photos included were taken by Zoe Bouchelle, Kaleen Adami as well as thecoaching staff.

OS LEÕES DE NITTANY EM BRASIL

BRAZIL 2009

CAPTIONS: (1) Panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro. (2)Head coach Erica Walsh and Ann Cook.

(3) Alli Rago, Meghan Gill, Carly Ninessand Danielle Toney warm up for the fut-sal tournament.(4) The Nittany Lions took in a matchbetween Vasco and Corinthians at famedEstádio do Maracanã.(5) Emma Thomson, Megan Monroig,Walsh and Melissa Hayes at Maracanã.(6) The squad at Cristo Redentor atop theCorcovado mountain.(7) Team phot at the overlook.(8) The team at the Corinthiansheadquarters.(9) The squad poses with its opposi-tion after the first match.

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On August 5, 1993, then-athletic director Jim Tarmanofficially announced that women’s soccer would becomePenn State’s 14th women’s varsity sport and 29th varsityathletic team overall. Not since 1977, when Penn Stategranted women’s volleyball varsity status, had anothersport been added to the Nittany Lions’ elite athletic pro-gram.

In its short 15-year history, the Nittany Lion women’ssoccer program has grown by leaps and bounds. Here’s alook at its history, so far...

1977• January: A group of female athletes organized the Inter-national Soccer Club – Women’s Division on campus.

1979• January: e University formally recognized women’ssoccer as an independent club sport.

1993• November: In its final club season, Penn State compileda 7-5-1 record. Seven team members made the varsity ros-ter in 1994.

1994• January 7: Patrick Farmer was hired as the first headcoach of Penn State women’s soccer after a very successfulcareer at Ithaca College.• September 3: e Nittany Lions took the field for thefirst time, losing at James Madison, 4-1. Freshman RachelHoffman recorded the team’s first-ever goal.• September 11: Penn State claimed its first women’s soc-cer victory with a 4-1 win at Towson State.• September 18: With a 2-1 win over Indiana, PSU wonits first home game at Jeffrey Field while recording its firstBig Ten win.• October 7: Unranked Penn State registered its first upsetof a nationally-ranked foe, knocking off No. 8 Wisconsin,3-0, in Madison, Wis.• November 4: Following their inaugural season, the sec-

ond-seeded Nittany Lions participated in their first-everBig Ten Tournament.

1995• October 10: Penn State jumped into the national spot-light, receiving its first national ranking. e Lionsdebuted at No. 17 in Soccer America’s poll and No. 22 inthe NSCAA coaches’ poll.• November 3: After finishing the regular season third inBig Ten play, the Lions won their first Big Ten Tourna-ment game with a 1-0 sweep of Michigan State.• November 11: e Nittany Lions competed in theirfirst NCAA Tournament, losing to James Madison, 2-1,in first round action at Jeffrey Field.

1996• November 12: Moving up the national poll, the Nit-tany Lions finished the season with their then-highestnational ranking to date at No. 9 by the coaches.• November 17: On the road, Penn State claimed its firstNCAA Tournament victory with a 2-0 shutout at No. 19George Mason.

1997• August 3: Making international history, Penn Statebecame the first American women’s team to play in Eng-land’s Wembley Stadium. e Nittany Lions lost to the

London Select Team, 3-2, before 40,000 fans. Junior Car-ole Dutchka became only the second American andfirst-ever American woman to score a goal in Wembley.• November 16: Senior Rachel Hoffman concluded herPSU career as the Lions’ most decorated player. e four-time All-Big Ten and NSCAA All-Region selection endedher four-year stint as the Big Ten’s all-time scoring leader.She also set every PSU career scoring mark.

1998• September 4: Freshman Bonnie Young recorded theLions’ first-ever hat trick in a 3-0 upset of No. 18 Mary-land. Sophomore Jeannine Verdrager assisted on eachgoal.• October 5: Penn State received its then-highest nationalranking at No. 6, a spot it held onto for two weeks.• October 18: With a 4-2 win at No. 20 Wisconsin, PennState clinched its first-ever Big Ten Championship with a7-1-1 record.• November 8: e Nittany Lions claimed their first-everBig Ten Tournament title with a 2-0 shutout of OhioState. e game was also televised by Fox Sports Chicago,marking the first-ever broadcast of a women’s soccermatch from Jeffrey Field.• November 29: e Nittany Lions advanced to theNCAA quarterfinals, losing to eventual national cham-pion Florida, 3-1, in Gainesville.• December 8: Junior Kelly Convey became the first Nit-tany Lion named NSCAA Division I First TeamAll-America.

1999• September 5: After just one hat trick in five years ofPenn State history, freshman Christie Welsh notched fourgoals in the 4-2 win over James Madison. e All-Amer-ican finished her initial campaign with three hat trickswhile rewriting every game and season scoring record.• September 12: Before a pesky crowd of 4,213, then-No. 5 Penn State recorded the biggest upset in schoolhistory with its 3-2 knock off of No. 1 North Carolina in

e 1997 senior class is the first-ever four-year graduating classin Penn State’s varsity women’s soccer history.

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Penn State women’s soccer etched its name into the Wembley Stadium recordbook during its 1997 Summer European Tour.

On August 3, 1997, before a near-sellout crowd, Penn State played an exhi-bition match with the London Select Team prior to the annual FACommunityShield Match, which pitted the men’s regular-season league champion (Man-chester United) against the league cup winner(Chelsea FC).

e Nittany Lions became the first Americanwomen’s team to play in England’s Wembley Sta-dium. Carole Dutchka also became only the secondAmerican and first-ever American woman to score agoal in Wembley when she tied the score 1-1 late inthe first half. Trailing 2-1 midway through the sec-ond half, Shari Pickett knocked in a goal to tie thescore. But with 8:00 left to play, England scored thefinal goal to post the 3-2 win in front of 40,000 fans.

“Our entire team was excited about (the tour) andabout the chance to play in one of the great histori-

cal stadiums worldwide,” said then-Penn State

head coach Patrick Farmer. “We saw some different styles of play, and we expe-rienced soccer as more than just a sport. In Europe, the game is a phenomena,it’s a part of the culture. e trip was a great opportunity for our players.”

At halftime of the FA Community Shield Match, the Nittany Lions chal-lenged the London Select Team in a penalty kick shootout. Proceeds from the

event went to the Charity Shield, England’s equiva-lent of the U.S. United Way.

But Wembley wasn’t Penn State’s only stop. OnAugust 5, the Nittany Lions captured a 4-2 win fromMillwall Football Club, the top-ranked club team inthe Premier Division, on live national television.Dutchka notched a goal to send the game into half-time knotted 1-1. After falling behind early in thesecond stanza, PSU reeled off three unanswered goalsfrom Rachel Hoffman, Kelly Convey and Dutchkafor the win.

PSU also traveled to Belgium for a match with theDutch Select Team and to Germany for the S.V.Hemmerdon Frauenfussball Tournament.

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Chapel Hill, N.C. Named the team’s Most Valuable Playerfor the UNC tournament, Emily Oleksiuk saved a penaltykick to preserve the win.• October 8: In the 3-2 overtime win at Iowa, goalkeeperEmily Oleksiuk made school history as the first keeper torecord a scoring statistic, assisting All-American KellyConvey’s goal.• October 24: Sophomore goalkeeper Emily Oleksiukbecame the Lions’ all-time winningest keeper with her34th victory after 42 games in the 3-2 win at GeorgeMason.• November 4: e back-to-back Big Ten Champion Nit-tany Lions swept the league’s annual honors as ChristieWelsh earned Player of the Year and Freshman of the Yearaccolades.• November 21: With its 5-0 blasting of No. 19 South-ern Methodist in the NCAA third round, the NittanyLions claimed the 100th victory in the program’s historyand the 50th win at home on Jeffrey Field.• November 27: Following its 2-0 shutout of Hartford inthe NCAA quarterfinals, Penn State became the first BigTen school to advance to the NCAA Women’s CollegeCup since the Conference began sponsorship in 1994.• December 3: Making their national television debut onESPN2, the No. 6 seeded Nittany Lions lost 2-0 to No.2 seed North Carolina in the Women’s College Cup.

2000• January, 2000: Head coach Patrick Farmer earnedNSCAA National Coach of the Year honors at thecoaches’ annual convention. Forward Christie Welsh wasnamed Soccer Buzz magazine’s National Freshman of theYear.• October 22: With her last save in the 1-0 win over No.19 Harvard, junior All-American keeper Emily Oleksiukbecame PSU’s career leader in saves. By the end of the sea-son, she ranked first in every PSU career goalkeepercategory.• October 27: With its 1-0 shutout at Michigan State,Penn State recorded its first perfect slate of 10-0-0 in BigTen play en route to its third consecutive Big Ten cham-pionship. e Nittany Lions became the first team inleague history to win three crowns.• November 2: Sophomore Christie Welsh earned BigTen Player of the Year accolades for the second time,becoming just the second player in conference history toachieve the feat. For the third consecutive season, a Nit-tany Lion walked away with Big Ten Freshman of the Yearhonors– Joanna Lohman.• November 17: With a 4-0 blanking of Dartmouth,Penn State set the school record with 17 shutouts in theseason. e victory marked a then-school record for con-secutive home wins with 19 and improved the homeunbeaten streak to a record 20 games.• November 25: For the third straight year, Penn Stateadvanced to the NCAA quarterfinals, hosting Portland inthe season finale.• December 4: After seven years as the Lions’ mentor,head coach Patrick Farmer resigned to become the headcoach of the newly formed WUSA’s New York Power.• December 11: For the second straight year, keeperEmily Oleksiuk and forward Christie Welsh earned

NSCAA First Team All-America accolades.• December 18: With the program since its inception,assistant coach Paula Wilkins was promoted to headcoach. She became just the second head coach in PennState women’s soccer history.

2001• October 7: Christie Welsh sets game and career recordsin the 6-2 thrashing of Michigan. Tying the school recordwith four goals in the game, her 12 shots and 10 points area school record. During this game, Welsh tied the PennState and Big Ten career record with 58 goals.• October 12: With a goal in the 3-1 win at Iowa, Welshbecame the outright Big Ten and Penn State career leaderfor goals and points.• October 21: With a 1-0 decision over Northwestern,the Nittany Lions capture an unprecedented fourth con-secutive Big Ten regular-season title.• October 26: e Lions end a 29-game unbeaten streakin the Big Ten when Ohio State hands the Lions a 2-1 lossin Columbus, Ohio. Penn State had not suffered a con-ference loss since Sept. 19, 1999. All-America goalkeeperEmily Oleksiuk also records 8,128 career minutes in goal,breaking the All-Time NCAA record.• November 8: Christie Welsh is named Big Ten Player ofthe Year, becoming the first women’s soccer player to earnthe award three times. Five other Lions also earn All-BigTen accolades, while first-year head coach Paula Wilkinsis voted co-Big Ten Coach of the Year.• November 9: Christie Welsh’s two assists in the 2-0 winover Ohio State not only ensure the Lions a spot in the BigTen Tournament title game, but also gives her the Big Tenand Penn State career assists record. Welsh owns everyconference and school career scoring record.• November 11: Penn State pulls out a 2-1 overtime vic-


e most decorated player in Penn State women’s soccer history, in 2001,Christie Welsh swept collegiate soccer’s national player of the year awards as ajunior, winning the Hermann Trophy and the National Soccer Coaches Associ-ation of America/Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year.

On December 4, 2001, Welsh became the first-ever Big Ten Con-ference and Nittany Lion women’s soccer player to win the prestigiousHermann Trophy. e 14th female soccer player to be honored with theaward, Robert R. Hermann himself presented the Trophy to Welsh in aceremony at the Bryce Jordan Center. Welsh is the second Penn Staterto ever garner the award. Jim Stamatis won the award in 1979 playingunder Hall of Fame coach Walter Bahr.

Two days later, the Missouri Athletic Club announced that Welshwas voted 2001 NSCAA Collegiate Player of the Year on Decem-ber 6. e only Nittany Lion to ever win the award, she becamethe first soccer player in the Big Ten Conference to garner thehonor.

e Hermann Trophy is the oldest and most prestigious award in colle-giate soccer. e equivalent to college football’s Heisman Trophy, theHermann Trophy was first awarded to male soccer players in 1967 and ispresented every year to the most outstanding collegiate soccer player inthe nation. e winners are determined through a nationwide ballotingof soccer coaches and sportswriters. In 1988 the Trophy was expanded toinclude both a male and female recipient.

e official NCAA Division I player of the year award ofthe National Soccer Coaches Association of America, theMissouri Athletic Club Collegiate Player of the Year was

decided in 2001 by a voting of all Division I soccer

coaches. Presented to the top male and female soccer player in the nation, therecipients receive the traditional crystal ball trophy at the NSCAA All-Americadinner in St. Louis, Mo.

e M.A.C. Player of the Year was first presented in 1986 to the top male col-legiate player. In 1991, the award was expanded to include a female winner.

Past female winners of the Hermann Trophy andNSCAA/M.A.C. Player of the Year award include United

States Women’s World Cup Champions Michelle Akers,Kristine Lilly, Tisha Venturini, Shannon MacMillanand two-time winners Mia Hamm and Cindy Parlow.

Welsh won the M.A.C. Player of the Year award by a largemargin, picking up 152 points. Florida’s Abby Wambach finished

second in the voting with 119, followed by North Carolina’s JenaKleugel (106), Santa Clara’s Aly Wagner (103), and UNC’sDanielle Borgman (90).

In 2001, Welsh was the only player in the nation to rank amongthe top 10 in points per game (third, 2.62), goals per game (fourth,

0.96) and assists per game (eighth, 0.69). at season, she not onlyhelped the Lions to their fourth-straight Big Ten regular season crown andthird conference tournament title in four years, she broke the Big Ten career

records for points, goals, assists and game-winning goals. She also broke herown single-season Big Ten records for points (68) and tied the assists mark

(18) en route to her third-straight conference Player of the Year honor.Welsh is the last player to receive both awards. Prior to the 2002 season,

the Hermann Trophy and NSCAA/M.A.C. Player of the Year award were com-bined to form the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy and is voted on by members of theNSCAA.

PENN STATE LEGEND CHRISTIE WELSH: 2001 NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

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tory over Illinois in West Lafayette, Ind., to claim its thirdBig Ten Tournament title in four years.• November 24: Penn State upsets No. 8-seed Connecti-cut in Storrs, Conn., 2-0, in the NCAA Tournament toadvance to the quarterfinals for the fourth-straight year.Leigh Hamilton’s gamewinner in the 87th minute liftedthe Lions.• December 4: Welsh becomes the first player in Big Tenwomen’s soccer history and only second Nittany Lion toever win the prestigious Hermann Trophy. Jim Stamatiswas the first Nittany Lion to win the Trophy in 1979.• December 6: Two days after winning the Hermann Tro-phy, the NSCAA announces Christie Welsh as the 2001M.A.C. Player of the Year, the NSCAA’s official DivisionI Player of the Year award. Emily Oleksiuk earns FirstTeam All-America honors for the third time while JoannaLohman is a first-time honoree.

2002• February 7: Joanna Lohman and Emily Oleksiukbecome the first players in Penn State women’s soccer his-tory to be named first team CoSIDA Verizon AcademicAll-America.• February 11: Emily Oleksiuk and Bonnie Youngbecome the second and third players in school history tobe drafted in the WUSA draft. Young is selected by theNew York Power while Oleksiuk is picked by the CarolinaCourage.• June 25: e Big Ten Conference announces ChristieWelsh is the 2001-02 Suzy Favor Big Ten Athlete of theYear. She is the first soccer player in the conference to gar-ner the award.• September 1: With her first assist of the season in thewin over Pittsburgh, Christie Welsh became the 29thplayer in NCAA history to record 40 goals and 40 assists.• September 8: Penn State records its biggest upset sincetopping No. 1 North Carolina in 1999, defeating second-ranked UCLA, 1-0, in double overtime in Los Angeles,Calif.• September 13: Welsh claims the last Big Ten careerrecord that did not have her name on it. At Boston Col-lege, she broke the conference’s career mark for shots. Sheleaves Penn State owning every conference offensiverecord with 413 shots, 83 goals, 53 assists, 27 game-win-

ning goals and 216 points.• October 11: In the 4-0 blowout of Illi-nois, Welsh becomes just the 14th playerin NCAA history and only Big Ten player

to reach the 200-point plateau, even-tually finishing with 216.

• October 25: With a 4-2win over Ohio State,the Nittany Lions

secure their fifth-straight Big Tenregular season title.• November 25: Joanna Lohman

and Christie Welsh are the 99th and100th Nittany Lions in Penn State his-

tory to be selected CoSIDA Verizon

Academic All-Americans. Lohman is named to the firstteam for the second-straight year and Welsh is given sec-ond-team honors.• December 6: Unseeded Penn State makes its secondNCAA College Cup appearance in front of a live televi-sion audience on ESPN2. e No. 12 Nittany Lions fallto eventual national champion, No. 9 Portland, 2-0. Atthe conclusion of the championship, Joanna Lohman was

named to the College Cup All-Tournament team.• December 16: e NSCAA award the Nittany Lions aNo. 4 final ranking tying their highest final ranking in thehistory of the program. Christie Welsh becomes the firstwomen’s soccer player to earn All-America honors fourtimes as she was named to the second team. JoannaLohman is selected first team for the second time.

2003• February 2: e New York Power selects Christie Welshwith the second overall pick of the WUSA Draft. She isthe fourth Nittany Lion to be drafted into the WUSA andthe highest draft choice of any Lion.• October 25: Capturing a 5-0 win on senior day vs. Wis-consin, Penn State wins its sixth-straight Big Ten regularseason title.• November 5: Penn State sweeps the Big Ten awards forthe first time ever, with Paula Wilkins earning Coach ofthe Year, Joanna Lohman snatching Player of the Year andAli Krieger garnering Freshman of the Year. All told, sixLions earn all-conference honors.• November 10: Penn State earns it’s highest seed to datein the NCAA Tournament, the No. 5 seed, eventuallymaking it as far as the quarterfinal round for the sixth-straight year.• December 8: Penn State receives a final national rank-ing of sixth in the NSCAA poll. e 2003 season was thesixth-straight year the Lions were ranked in the top 10 inthe final poll.• December 15: Senior Joanna Lohman and sophomoreTiffany Weimer both garner NSCAA All-America hon-ors. Lohman, Penn State’s third three-time First TeamAll-American, is also named a Soccer America MVP.Weimer’s All-America nod is the first of her career afterleading the Nittany Lions in scoring and netting a goal inall but one Big Ten game during the 2003 season.• December 23: Joanna Lohman is honored by theNSCAA as the Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.Lohman’s honor marks the first time a male or femaleplayer wins the award in back-to-back years. Lohman wasalso named the first three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American and would go on to receive one of the NCAA’scoveted postgraduate scholarships.

2004• January 9: Joanna Lohman’s runner-up finish for theM.A.C. Hermann trophy marks the fourth Penn Stateplayer in four years to be named either the player of theyear or the runner-up.• June: Christie Welsh continues her illustrious career,earning a contract with the U.S. National Team and train-ing with the team for a time for the right to go to Athensfor the Summer Olympics.• October 17: With a 2-0 win over Minnesota, PennState clinches its unprecedented seventh straight Big Tenregular season title.• October 29: Penn State completes its best regular sea-son to date with a 16-1-1 record. e Lions’ loss atWashington to start the season was the only loss of theregular-season slate for PSU.• November 3: Penn State claims numerous conferencehonors, including head coach Paula Wilkins’ secondstraight Coach of the Year nod. Tiffany Weimer collectsBig Ten Offensive Player of the Year honors, while fellowjunior Natalie Jacobs earns Big Ten Defensive Player ofthe Year accolades. Both are First Team All-Big Tenchoices, as are junior goalkeeper Erin McLeod and soph-omore midfielder Ali Krieger.• November 5: With its 3-2 Big Ten Tournament semifi-nal win over Illinois, Penn State records the program’s200th win.• November 14: Penn State earns the No.2 seed overall, the Nittany Lions’ highest NCAA Tourna-ment seed ever in the program’s 11-year history. e Lionsare upset 1-0 by Maryland in the second round, 1-0, end-ing a 39-game home win streak— the longest in theprogram’s history.• December 7: Penn State receives a final national rank-ing of ninth in the NSCAA coaches pollmarking theseventh-straight year the Lions are ranked in the top 10 inthe final poll.• December 10: ree Lions are honored as All-Ameri-cans, the most since 2001. Tiffany Weimer and NatalieJacobs both receive First Team NSCAA nods, while ErinMcLeod is named to the ird Team. Weimer also garnersSoccerBuzz’s Mid-Atlantic Player of the Year after scoringa nation-best 26 goals.

2005• January 7: Junior Tiffany Weimer finishes second in theM.A.C. Hermann Trophy balloting, marking the fifthtime in five years that a PSU player has been named eitherPlayer of the Year or runner-up for the prestigious award.• June: Ali Krieger, Tiffany Weimer and Lion alumJoanna Lohman receive invites to U.S. U-21 TrainingCamp. Christie Welsh also enjoys success as a starter onthe U.S. National Team.• October 11: After starting the season 14-0, Penn Statereceives the program's first No. 1 ranking from theNSCAA and remains there for three weeks before tyingMichigan at the Big Ten Tournament.• October 23: With a 3-0 victory over Michigan State,Penn State secures its eighth-straight Big Ten title. eNittany Lions post their fourth undefeated conferencecampaign overall and second in two years, finishing 10-0.

Penn State made its second College Cup appearance in 2002.

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All-American Emily Oleksiuk ended her collegiate career asthe NCAA leader in career minutes played.

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• October 23: After being in a back-and-forth battle toown the NCAA record for consecutive goals scored ingames, senior Tiffany Weimer and Portland’s ChristineSinclair tie with 17-game stretches. Weimer’s streak startson Aug. 26 vs. Washington and ends on Oct. 23 vs.Michigan State with her game-winner.• October 23: Weimer becomes the Big Ten’s all-timeleading goal scorer, breaking Christie Welsh’s record withher 83rd career goal against Michigan. Weimer ends hercareer with 91 goals. All told, Weimer breaks five ofWelsh’s conference records her senior year.• November 1: Penn State receives one of four No. 1 seedsin the 2005 NCAA Tournament, its highest seed ever.ESPNews speaks with Lion head coach Paula Wilkins viaphone for her perspective during the selection show.• November 19: Wilkins guides Penn State to a 4-1 vic-tory over No. 4 seed Texas A&M at Jeffrey Field, markingher 100th career win in under five years.• November 25: PSU advances to the third College Cupin program history with its 2-1 win in the NCAA quar-terfinals against No. 2 seed Santa Clara. e Lions meetNo. 1 seed Portland in the national semifinals in CollegeStation, Texas. Weimer scores her 32nd and final goal ofthe season in Penn State’s win, which becomes the Big Tenrecord for goals in a season.• December 2: e Lions tie Portland, 0-0, in the CollegeCup semifinals, but fail to advance after losing on penaltykicks, 4-3. PSU finishes with a 23-0-2 record, markingthe first undefeated season in program history.

2006• January 6: Tiffany Weimer finishes as the runner-up forthe M.A.C. Hermann Trophy for the second straight year,marking the sixth consecutive year that a Nittany Lionhas either finished first or second for the award.• January 20: Paula Wilkins becomes Penn State’s secondhead coach to receive National Coach of the Year honorsfrom the NSCAA.• June 26: Tiffany Weimer is named the Big Ten’s FemaleAthlete of the Year, marking the second Lion to earn theSuzy Favor Award.• August 25: In front of a Jeffrey Field women’s soccerrecord crowd of 3,208 rowdy fans, No. 3 Penn Stateknocks-off No. 2 UCLA, 3-1. e upset victory was theNittany Lions’ 15th in program history.• October 22: With a 2-1 win over Northwestern, PSUgrabs its ninth consecutive Big Ten Title. e streak is tied

for second longest ever among women’s con-ference teams. e win also marked PennState’s 100th in conference play.• November 2: Six Nittany Lions earn All-Big Ten honors, including Co-DefensivePlayer of the Year Ali Krieger. Senior Krieger,junior Aubrey Aden-Buie, and sophomoresSheree Gray and Allie Long all garner FirstTeam honors, while junior defender DenayRiley and freshman goalkeeper Alyssa Nae-her are named to the Second Team.• November 5: On its home field, PennState captures its fourth Big Ten Tournament

title with a 3-1 victory over Illinois in a final broadcast onCSTV. Aden-Buie was named Offensive MVP, whileKrieger garnered Defensive MVP accolades.• November 6: e Big Ten champion Nittany Lionsearn a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the 12thstraight for Penn State.• November 24: After racking up three NCAA wins,Penn State falls to eventual national runner-up NotreDame in South Bend. e quarterfinal appearance is theeighth overall for PSU.• December 5: Ali Krieger and Sheree Gray are namedNSCAA All-Americas. Krieger’s First Team honor was thesecond consecutive, while Gray became Penn State’s ninthAll-American in program history.

2007• January 25: After six years as head coach, Paula Wilkinsdeparts Penn State with a 119-19-11 career record.• February 8: Former Dartmouth andHarvard head coach, current U.S. U-17bench boss Erica Walsh becomes thethird head coach in PSU history.• Spring: Erica Walsh announces a Top20 recruiting class headed up by ParadeAll-Americans Danielle Toney, and UNCtransfer Melissa Hayes.• Summer: PSU alums Christie Welshand Joanna Lohman are named to the24-player travel roster as the U.S.Women’s National Team continues itstune-up for the 2007 FIFA Women’sWorld Cup in China. Canadian goal-keeper Erin McLeod primed for a World Cup appearance,while recent graduate Ali Krieger headed to U-21 trainingcamp to prep for the Nordic Cup. Rising sophomore goal-keeper Alyssa Naeher trained with the U.S. U-20 team inpreparation for the Pan-Am Games.• September 2: Erica Walsh gets her first victory as PennState’s head coach in a 1-0 win over Central Florida inKnoxville, Tenn.• November 2: e dynasty reaches a decade, as PennState wins its 10th consecutive Big Ten title with a 1-0victory at Ohio State. e Nittany Lions went 9-1 on theconference season.• November 7: Sophomore Alyssa Naeher is named BigTen Defensive Player of the Year and six Nittany Lionsearned All-Big Ten. Naeher is PSU's 10th Big Ten Playerof the Year in any category.

• November 12: Penn State earns one of four No. 1 seedsin the NCAA Tournament, which signals its 13th con-secutive NCAA appearance.• November 24: After a 4-0 victory over Monmouth anda 2-1 thrilling overtime win versus Hofstra, Penn Statelost a 1-0 battle to visiting West Virginia to end its NCAAtournament run in the third round.• December 11: Aubrey Aden-Buie and Zoe Bouchellereceived Academic All-America honors from ESPN theMagazine, pushing the Nittany Lions' number of hon-orees to seven in the program's 14 years.• December 17: Alyssa Naeher and Katie Schoepfer arenamed NSCAA All-Americans. eir selection pushes thenumber of Penn State individual All-America honorees to11 all-time in 14 years. e number of all-time honorsearned by the group stands at 22 overall.

2008• April 14: Erica Walsh becomes an assistant coach of theU.S. Women’s National Team set to compete in the 2008Beijing Olympics.• May 24: Former Nittany Lion Ali Krieger becomes thefirst American woman to win the UEFA Women's Cupwhen her FFC Frankfurt team captured its third Cup, 3-2. Her squad beat Swedish powerhouse Umea IK led bythe ‘07 FIFA Women's Player of the Year, Marta of Brazil.• Summer: Erin McLeod continues as Canada’s starterand represents her home country at the Beijing Games.Current Lions Alyssa Naeher (U-20) and Katie Schoepfer(U-23) see game action with their respective U.S. Teamsand incoming players Lexi Marton (Canada) and Chris-

tine Nairn (U.S.) are also in preparationsfor the upcoming U-20 World Cup.• August 21: Head coach Erica Walshwins gold with the U.S. Women’sNational Team as an assistant coach.Walsh was charged with the defense andthe Americans followed through, shuttingout Brazil 1-0 in overtime to earn theU.S. its third Olympic gold medal.• October 26: PSU claims a share of the11th consecutive Big Ten title with a 2-0win at Purdue, going 8-2.• November 7: Penn State captures itsfifth, and possibly last, Big Ten Tourna-

ment title with a 1-0 victory over Michigan State,avenging an earlier loss to the Spartans. Danielle Toneyearns tournament Offensive MVP and Alyssa Naeher isthe Defensive MVP. e Conference would announce thetournament’s elimination after 2008.• December 8: Alyssa Naeher and future Lion ChristineNairn capture the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile. Nae-her earns the tournament’s Golden Glove Award. She alsogarners her second First Team All-America honors.

2009• May 18-28: e PSU Lions trek to Brazil for a three-match tour of the South American country in addition toa beach soccer and an indoor futsal tournament.


Penn State and Portland line up during the National Anthemat the 2005 Women’s College Cup in College Station, Texas.

Penn State’s 15-year-old program hasalready built an illustrious NCAA history.Earning it 14th-straight NCAA berth in 2008,the Nittany Lions only missed the tournamentin the program’s inaugural year. e Lions havemade eight appearances in the NCAA quarter-finals in the last 11 years, making it all the wayto the College Cup in 1999, 2002 and 2005.

Propelled into the NCAA Tournament byan undefeated 19-0-0 regular season record in2005, Penn State received one of four No. 1seeds to the tournament and used four-straighthome wins to make its third College Cupappearance in seven years.

e Nittany Lions used 17 goals, a NCAArecord for the program, to cruise past Bucknell(6-0), No. 21 West Virginia (5-2), No. 9 TexasA&M (4-1) and No. 8 Santa Clara (2-1). Forthe second time in the Lions’ College Cup his-tory, Portland proved to be a roadblock PennState could not pass, but came as close as pos-sible. In front of a crowd of 6,701 and anational television audience on ESPN2, theLions and Pilots thrilled to a 0-0 tie after twoovertimes with eventual national championPortland advancing on penalty kicks, 4-3.

In 2002, Penn State made a historic run inthe NCAA Tournament, reaching the NCAACollege Cup for the second time in four years.On the way to the College Cup, Penn Stateoutscored its opponents, 8-2, while upsettingseventh-seeded Connecticut, in Storrs,Conn., for the second-straight year, 2-1. Play-ing Portland in front of a crowd of almost10,000 fans and a national television audi-ence on ESPN2, the Lions fell to the eventualnational champion Pilots, 2-0.

En route to the school’s first-ever NCAACollege Cup appearance in 1999, Penn Stateknocked off Maryland, SMU and Hartfordat home in Happy Valley. Penn State quicklypacked its bags for San Jose, Calif., where theLions met perennial powerhouse and even-tual national champion North Carolina inthe national semifinal. Adding to the excite-ment in San Jose were the more than 12,000screaming fans and a national televisionaudience on ESPN2.


NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY

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IN ITS 15-YEAR HISTORY PENN STATE HAS HOSTED

28 NCAA GAMES, ADVANCED TO3 COLLEGE CUPS AND HAS AN

NCAA RECORD OF 28-13-1.1999 • 2002 • 2005

PPEENNNN SSTTAATTEE NNIITTTTAANNYY LLIIOONN NNCCAAAA TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTT HHIISSTTOORRYY

NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY


PENN STATE IN THENCAA TOURNAMENT

Date Round PSU Seed Opponent Result PSU OPPNov. 11, 1995 First – JAMES MADISON L 1 2Nov. 17, 1996 First – at #19 George Mason W 2 0Nov. 24, 1996 Second at #6 Santa Clara L 1 3Nov. 16, 1997 First – #7 WILLIAM & MARY L (2OT) 2 3Nov. 15, 1998 Second #7 INDIANA W 2 1Nov. 21, 1998 ird CLEMSON W 1 0Nov. 29, 1998 Quarterfinals at #2 Florida L 1 3Nov. 14, 1999 Second #6 #25 MARYLAND W 3 2Nov. 21, 1999 ird #19 SO. METHODIST W 5 0Nov. 27, 1999 Quarterfinals HARTFORD W 2 0Dec. 3, 1999 Semifinals vs. #2 North Carolina 1 L 0 2Nov. 12, 2000 Second #7 ILLINOIS (OT) W 1 0Nov. 17, 2000 ird DARTMOUTH W 4 0Nov. 25, 2000 Quarterfinals #12 PORTLAND L (OT) 0 1Nov. 16, 2001 First – BUCKNELL W 3 1Nov. 18, 2001 Second VILLANOVA W 3 0Nov. 24, 2001 ird at #13 Connecticut W 2 0Nov. 30, 2001 Quarterfinals at #1 North Carolina L 1 2Nov. 15, 2002 First – vs. Princeton 2 W 2 0Nov. 17, 2002 Second at #17 Maryland W 2 1Nov. 24, 2002 ird #23 VIRGINIA W 3 0Nov. 30, 2002 Quarterfinals at #7 Connecticut W 2 1Dec. 6, 2002 Semifinals vs. #9 Portland 3 L 0 2Nov. 14, 2003 First #5 NAVY W 5 0Nov. 16, 2003 Second RUTGERS W 3 1Nov. 22, 2003 ird TEXAS A&M W 3 0Nov. 28, 2003 Quarterfinals at #4 UCLA L 0 4Nov. 12, 2004 First #2 BINGHAMTON W 6 1Nov. 14, 2004 Second MARYLAND L 0 1Nov. 11, 2005 First #1 BUCKNELL W 6 0Nov. 13, 2005 Second WEST VIRGINIA W 5 2Nov. 19, 2005 ird #4 TEXAS A&M W 4 1Nov. 25, 2005 Quarterfinals #2 SANTA CLARA W 2 1Dec. 2, 2005 Semifinals vs. #1 Portland 4 T (2OT*) 0 0Nov. 10, 2006 First #2 NIAGARA W 3 1Nov. 12, 2006 Second VILLANOVA W 2 0Nov. 17, 2006 ird BOSTON COLLEGE W 1 0Nov. 24, 2006 Quarterfinals at #1 Notre Dame L 0 4Nov. 16, 2007 First #1 MONMOUTH W 4 0Nov. 18, 2007 Second HOFSTRA W (OT) 2 1Nov. 24, 2007 ird #12 WEST VIRGINIA L 0 1Nov. 14, 2008 First – at Rutgers L (2OT) 1 2Totals 15 Appearances (42 games) 28-13-1 85 43

BOLD CAPS for home contests. 1 – San Jose, Calif.; 2 – College Park, Md.; 3 – Austin, Texas; 4 – College Station, Texas* – Portland advanced on penalty kicks, 4-3Note: In 2005, 2006 and 2007, the top four teams in each region were each seeded No. 1 through No. 4.

Record GF GARecord at Jeffrey Field 23-5-0 71 19Away Record 4-6-0 12 20Neutral Record 1-2-1 2 4Overtime Games 1-3-1 5 7

e 2002 Nittany Lions stand during the National Anthem prior tothe Women’s College Cup semifinal against Portland.

e 2005 Penn State women’s soccer team in College Station, Texas.

e scoreboard at the 1999 Women’s College Cup, hosted by San JoseState University at Spartan Stadium in California.

Melissa Hayes takes a free kick at Jeffrey Field in a 2007 NCAA Tour-nament clash with West Virginia.

19991. North Carolina2. Notre Dame3. Santa Clara4. PENN STATE5. Nebraska6. ClemsonT7. HartfordT7. Stanford9. Connecticut10. Florida11. Texas A&M12. Wake Forest13. William & Mary14. UCLA15. Southern Methodist16. VirginiaT17. HarvardT17. Southern California19. Kentucky20. Brigham Young21. Michigan22. Duke23. Maryland24. San Diego25. James Madison

19961. North Carolina2. Notre Dame3. Santa Clara4. Portland5. Connecticut6. Nebraska7. Maryland8. Florida9. Wisconsin10. PENN STATE11. Texas A&M12. Massachusetts13. Harvard14. James Madison15. San Diego16. Duke17. Vanderbilt18. Clemson19. Virginia20. Wake Forest21. UNC Greensboro22. George Mason23. Dartmouth24. Kentucky25. California

19951. North Carolina2. Portland3. Southern Methodist4. Connecticut5. Notre Dame6. MarylandT7. DukeT7. Santa Clara9. Stanford10. Virginia11. Hartford12. N.C. State13. Texas A&M14. William & Mary15. Massachusetts16. Clemson17. Minnesota18. Wisconsin19. San Diego20. Vanderbilt21. Cal Poly22. Kentucky23. PENN STATE24. UCLA25. James Madison


HISTORY IN THE POLLS

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NSCAA POLLHISTORY

e Penn State Nittany Lions made their firstappearance in the National Soccer Coaches’ Associ-ation (NSCAA) poll on October 10, 1995, ranking22nd in the nation. Since that year, the Lions havefinished each season ranked in the nation’s Top 25,earning 10 top 10 ratings including nine seasons ina row from 1998-2006. In 2005, the Lions receivedtheir highest final ranking ever, finishing secondnationally after tying eventual NCAA championPortland, 0-0, in the College Cup semifinals.

Previous to that, Penn State’s No. 4 final rankingin 1999 and 2002, the first two seasons the NittanyLions advanced to the NCAA College Cup, hadbeen the program’s best. In 2005, Penn State alsoreceived its first-ever No. 1 ranking when it tookover the top spot on October 11 and held it forthree weeks before tying host Michigan at the BigTen Tournament and falling to No. 3 entering theNCAA Tournament.

In 2007, Penn State finished ranked No. 12 inthe final NSCAA poll. Last season was the first yearsince 1994 the Lions didn’t find their names in thefinal poll.

1999 • 2002 • 2005

PSU FINAL RANKINGS

YEAR RANK1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NR1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NR

19981. Florida2. North Carolina3. Santa Clara4. Portland5. Notre Dame6. Connecticut7. PENN STATE8. Dartmouth9. William & Mary10. Nebraska11. Clemson12. San Diego State13. Brigham Young14. Northwestern15. Hartford16. Georgia17. Vanderbilt18. Baylor19. Michigan20. Virginia21. UCLA22. Southern California23. Harvard24. Wake Forest25. James Madison

19971. North Carolina2. Connecticut3. Notre Dame4. Santa Clara5. William & Mary6. Harvard7. Nebraska8. UCLA9. Hartford10. Clemson11. Portland12. Texas A&M13. Minnesota14. Florida15. Virginia16. Southern Methodist17. George Mason18. Michigan19. Maryland20. Duke21. UNC GreensboroT22. Brigham YoungT22. Massachusetts24. PENN STATE25. Vanderbilt

19941. Notre Dame2. North Carolina3. Stanford4. Duke5. William & Mary6. Connecticut7. Portland8. Hartford9. Santa Clara10. Virginia11. Wisconsin12. Brown13. Clemson14. Dartmouth15. Oregon State16. George Mason17. Massachusetts18. Washington19. VanderbiltT20. George WashingtonT20. Washington State

DID YOU KNOW?Penn State received their first No. 1 ranking on October 11, 2005. The Nittany

Lions would go on to finish the season as the No. 2 team in the country after a

0-0 double-overtime penalty kick loss in the National Semifinals to National

Champion Portland.

HISTORY IN THE POLLS


20001. North Carolina2. UCLA3. Notre Dame4. Portland5. Clemson6. PENN STATE7. Santa Clara8. Connecticut9. Nebraska10. Brigham Young11. Washington12. Texas A&M13. Virginia14. Florida State15. California16. Dartmouth17. Duke18. Harvard19. Florida20. Stanford21. Southern California22. Hartford23. Wake Forest24. Marquette25. Michigan

20011. Santa Clara2. North Carolina3. Portland4. Florida5. UCLA6. PENN STATE7. Texas A&M8. Virginia9. Stanford10. Connecticut11. Clemson12. Nebraska13. Dartmouth14. Rutgers15. Cincinnati16. DaytonT17. Notre DameT17. Saint Mary's (Calif.)19. Washington20. Florida State21. Southern Methodist22. Pepperdine23. Princeton24. Michigan25. California

20021. Portland2. Santa Clara3. North Carolina4. PENN STATE5. Stanford6. Texas A&M7. UCLA8. Connecticut9. Pepperdine10. Tennessee11. Michigan12. West Virginia13. Nebraska14. Texas15. Notre Dame16. Richmond17. Virginia18. California19. Florida State20. Southern Methodist21. Purdue22. Southern California23. Brigham Young24. MarylandT25. CharlotteT25. Clemson

20031. North Carolina2. Connecticut3. UCLA4 Florida State 5. Santa Clara 6. PENN STATE 7. Portland8. Florida9. Notre Dame10. West Virginia11. Texas A&M 12. Tennessee13. Kansas14. Brigham Young 15. Villanova 16. Michigan17. Virginia18. Illinois19. Duke20. Pepperdine 21. Colorado22. Arizona State 23. Nebraska24. Utah25. Boston College

20041. Notre Dame2. UCLA3. Santa Clara4. Princeton5. North Carolina6. Portland7. Virginia8. Ohio State9. PENN STATE10. WashingtonT11. DukeT11. Tennessee13. Connecticut14. Illinois15. Texas A&M16. Texas17. Boston College18. KansasT19. AuburnT19. Stanford21. Florida22. Nebraska23. Villanova24. Maryland25. Arizona

20051. Portland2. PENN STATE3. UCLA4. Florida State5. North Carolina6. Notre Dame7. Santa Clara8. Virginia9. California10. Boston College11. Texas A&M12. Cal State Fullerton13. Yale14. Marquette15. Tennessee16. Duke17. Arizona18. Pepperdine19. West Virginia20. IllinoisT21. NebraskaT21. Colorado23. Southern California24. Florida25. Connecticut

20061. North Carolina2. Notre Dame3. UCLA4. Florida State5. Texas A&M6. Portland7. PENN STATE8. Texas9. Santa Clara10. Florida11. Boston College12. Colorado13. Rutgers14. Clemson15. Illinois16. Stanford17. Oklahoma State18. VirginiaT19. CaliforniaT19. Wake Forest21. Connecticut22. West Virginia23. Utah24. Louisville25. Tennessee

20071. Southern California2. Florida State 3. UCLA 4. Notre Dame 5. Portland 6. North Carolina 7. West Virginia 8. Virginia 9. Connecticut 10. Stanford 11. Texas 12. PENN STATE13. Texas A&M 14. Tennessee15. Duke16 Purdue17. Florida 18. Georgia19. California 20. Wake Forest 21. Indiana22. Santa Clara 23. Oklahoma State24. Boston College 25. Missouri

20081. North Carolina2. Notre Dame3. UCLA4. Stanford5. Portland6. Florida State7. Texas A&M8. Southern California9. Duke10. Florida11. Boston College12. Virginia13. Oklahoma State14. West Virginia15. Minnesota16. San Diego17. Missouri18. TexasT19. James MadisonT19. Brigham Young21. Rutgers22. Colorado23. Illinois24. Wisconsin-Milwaukee25. Wake Forest

DID YOU KNOW?Penn State played the No. 2, 5, 6, 15, T-19, 21, and 23 ranked

teams in the final NSCAA Division I poll in 2008. The Nittany Lions

went 4-5 against those squads including two wins over No. 15

Minnesota.

DID YOU KNOW?The Lions will play eight ranked in last year’s final poll. Five of

those games (Virginia, West Virginia, Rutgers, James Madison, Illi-

nois) will be hosted at Jeffrey Field. Penn State will travel to

Florida State and Minnesota and face Wake Forest at UConn.

PENN STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER AND THE M.A.C. HERMANN TROPHYIn its first 14 years, the Penn State women’s soccer program has put its name on the collegiate soc-cer map and underlined it with the likes of great players such as Christie Welsh, Joanna Lohmanand Tiffany Weimer. All three were finalists for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy, awarded to the topcollegiate soccer player in the country, with Welsh becoming the first Lion to bring home the

honor in 2001. Six of the past eight years, aNittany Lion has either won the award orbeen named the runner-up, an amazingaccomplishment for such a young program.All told, three Nittany Lions have been final-ists for the award, while nearly half a dozenhave been on the watchlist or among thesemifinalists for the award, including semifi-nalists Erin McLeod in 2005 and Ali Kriegerin 2006.

SIX OF THE PAST NINEYEARS,

A NITTANY LION HASEITHER

WON OR BEEN RUNNER-UP FOR THE M.A.C. HERMANN

TROPHY


M.A.C. HERMANN TROPHY

50 1999 • 2002 • 2005

Left: The 2004 men’s and women’sM.A.C. Hermann Trophy finalists,including Penn State’s Tiffany Weimer(second from left), await the televisedannouncement. Above: Weimer signsan autograph for a young fan while thefinalists wait for the 2005 announce-ment at the Missouri Athletic Club,which was televised by ESPNews for thesecond consecutive year.

Above: Penn State’s Christie Welsh was the 2001 Hermann Trophy win-ner as well as the runner-up for the player of the year award in 2000 and2002. One of Penn State’s most decorated athletes, Welsh is still activewith the U.S. Women’s Soccer National Team and is still the Big Ten’sall-time leading scorer.

ALL-TIME PENN STATE M.A.C. HERMANN TROPHY FINALISTS

2006 Ali Krieger Semifinalist2005 Tiffany Weimer Runner-Up

Erin McLeod Semifinalist2004 Tiffany Weimer Runner-Up2003 Joanna Lohman Runner-up

Tiffany Weimer Semifinalist2002 Christie Welsh Runner-up2001 Christie Welsh Winner2000 Christie Welsh Runner-up

At the 2003 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Banquet in St.Louis, Mo., runner-up Joanna Lohman and Penn StateDirector of Athletics Tim Curley.

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ALI KRIEGERMidfield/DefenseDumfries, Va.2005 (M), ‘06 (D)

Year GP/GS SH G A Pts. GWG2003 25/25 24 0 9 9 02004 23/23 35 3 3 9 12005 20/20 46 7 2 16 32006 26/26 24 2 5 9 1Total 94/94 129 12 19 43 5

NITTANY LION ALL-AMERICANS


SHEREE GRAYMidfieldToms River, N.J.2006 (3rd)

Year GP/GS SH G A Pts. GWG2005 25/25 28 3 8 14 22006 23/23 33 1 0 2 12007 23/21 27 0 5 5 0Total 71/69 88 4 13 21 3

NATALE JACOBSDefenseCenterville, Va.2004


JOANNA LOHMANMidfieldSilver Spring, Md.2001, ‘02, ‘03


ERIN MCCLEODGoalkeeperVancouver, B.C.2004 (3rd), ‘05

YearGP/GS MIN REC SO SV GAGAA2004 21/19 1885:59 17-2-1 11 56 9 0.43

2005 24/24 2187:18 22-0-2 10.47 85 20 0.82

Total 45/43 4037:17 39-2-3 21.47141 29 0.64

ALYSSA NAEHERGoalkeeperSeymour, Conn.2007, 2008

Year GP/GS MIN REC SO SV GA GAA

2006 22/22 2011:27 15-4-3 8 79 20 0.89

2007 24/24 2176:18 18-4-2 9 103 15 0.62

2008 21/21 1859:56 14-7-0 8.39 90 23 1.11

Total 67/67 6047:3147-15-5 25.39 272 58 0.86

EMILY OLESKSIUKGoalkeeperWillow Grove, Pa.1999, 2000, ‘01

Year GP/GS MIN REC SO SV GA GAA

1998 25/25 2232 20-4-1 8.50 132 22 0.89

1999 26/26 2229 21-4-1 9.85 115 23 0.93

2000 24/24 2223 20-3-1 15.40 89 10 0.40

2001 25/25 2169 20-4-1 10.0 80 18 0.75

Total100/100 8853 81-15-443.75 416 73 0.74

KATIE SCHOEPFERForwardWaterford, Conn.2007 (2nd)

Year GP/GS SH G A Pts. GWG2006 23/14 76 8 5 21 22007 24/23 104 15 5 35 72008 24/21 104 11 7 29 4Total 71-58 284 34 17 85 13

TIFFANY WEIMERForwardNorth Haven, Conn.2003, ‘04, ‘05


CHRISTIE WELSHForwardMassapequa Park, N.Y.1999, 2000, ‘01, ‘02 (2nd)


9KELLY CONVEYMidfield/ForwardPhiladelphia, Pa.1998 (M)


DID YOU KNOW?11 Nittany Lions have earned All-Ameri-

can status during their careers.

Altogether, 23 honors have been given

out, including 19 first team accolades.


NATIONAL HONORS

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NSCAA, MAC, ANDNCAA HONORS

M.A.C. HERMANN TROPHY WINNER

2001 Christie Welsh

NSCAA/M.A.C. PLAYER OF THE YEAR2001 Christie Welsh

M.A.C. HERMANN TROPHY RUNNER-UP2000 Christie Welsh2002 Christie Welsh2003 Joanna Lohman2004 Tiffany Weimer2005 TIffany Weimer

NSCAA ALL-AMERICAFirst Team1998 Kelly Convey1999 Emily Oleksiuk

Christie Welsh2000 Emily Oleksiuk

Christie Welsh2001 Joanna Lohman

Emily OleksiukChristie Welsh

2002 Joanna Lohman2003 Joanna Lohman

Tiffany Weimer2004 Natalie Jacobs

Tiffany Weimer2005 Ali Krieger

Erin McLeodTiffany Weimer

2006 Ali Krieger2007 Alyssa Naeher2008 Alyssa Naeher

Second Team2002 Christie Welsh2007 Katie Schoepferird Team2004 Erin McLeod2006 Sheree Gray

NSCAA COACH OF THE YEAR1999 Patrick Farmer2005 Paula Wilkins

NSCAA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR2002 Joanna Lohman2003 Joanna Lohman

NSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICAFirst Team2001 Emily Oleksiuk2002 Heidi Drummond

Joanna LohmanChristie Welsh

2003 Heidi DrummondJoanna Lohman

2005 Erin McLeod2007 Aubrey Aden-BuieSecond Team2006 Aubrey Aden-Buie2007 Zoe Bouchelleird Team2008 Zoe Bouchelle2008 Jessie Davis

NCAA POST GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP2003 Joanna Lohman

NCAA COLLEGE CUPALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

1999 Christie Welsh2002 Joanna Lohman2005 Erin McLeod

SOCCER BUZZ HONORS

COACH OF THE YEAR RUNNER UP

2005 Paula Wilkins

ALL-AMERICAFirst Team2007 Alyssa Naeher2008 Alyssa NaeherSecond Team1997 Rachel Hoffman1998 Kelly Convey2001 Joanna Lohman2002 Christie Welsh2006 Ali Krieger2007 Katie Schoepferird Team2005 Lindsay Bach2005 Ali Krieger2008 Zoe BouchelleFourth Team2006 Sheree GrayHonorable Mention2000 Joanna Lohman2001 Bonnie Young2003 Tiffany Weimer

NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR1999 Christie Welsh

FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAFirst Team2000 Joanna Lohman2004 Denay RileySecond Team1998 Emily Oleksiuk2000 Stephanie Smith2005 Allie Long

CHRISTIE WELSH

1999 • 2002 • 2005

ERIN MCLEOD JOANNA LOHMAN

NATIONAL HONORS


ird Team1998 Bonnie Young2002 Tiffany Weimer2003 Ali Krieger2006 Alyssa NaeherFourth Team2008 Emma omsonHonorable Mention2005 Sheree Gray

ELITE TEAM OF THE WEEK2001 Christie Welsh, Oct. 8

Bonnie Young, Oct. 222002 Leigh Hamilton, Sept. 30

Heidi Drummond, Oct. 14Joanna Lohman, Oct. 30

2003 Joanna Lohman, Sept. 16Leigh Hamilton, Sept. 23

Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 6Heidi Drummond, Oct. 28

2004 Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 22Natalie Jacobs, Oct. 6

Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 13Tiffany Weimer, Nov. 3

2005 Tiffany Weimer, Aug. 30Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 6

Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 132006 Sarah Dwyer, Aug. 29

Sarah Dwyer, Sept. 19Ali Krieger, Nov. 7

2007 Katie Schoepfer, Sept. 17Zoe Bouchelle, Oct. 15

Tara Davies, Oct. 292008 Nikki Watts, Sept. 10

SOCCERAMERICAHONORS

COLLEGIATE MVP’S

1999 Christie Welsh2000 Christie Welsh2001 Christie Welsh2002 Joanna Lohman2003 Joanna Lohman2004 Erin McLeod,Tiffany Weimer2005 Erin McLeod,Tiffany Weimer2006 Ali Krieger2007 (2nd team) Alyssa Naeher

FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA2004 Denay Riley2006 (2nd team) Alyssa Naeher

NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK2005 Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 25

Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 23

NATIONAL TEAM OF THE WEEK1994 Rachel Hoffman, Oct. 241998 Bonnie Young, Sept. 7

Erin Cochran, Sept. 14Shari Pickett, Sept. 14

1999 Kris Phillips, Aug. 29Kris Phillips, Sept. 12

Christie Welsh, Sept. 12Christie Welsh, Nov. 3

2000 Heidi Drummond, Sept. 182001 Christie Welsh, Oct. 9

Christie Welsh, Nov. 5Christie Welsh, Nov. 14

2002 Joanna Lohman, Sept. 3Amanda Brown, Sept. 9

Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 30Heidi Drummond, Oct. 14

Joanna Lohman, Oct. 302003 Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 9

Joanna Lohman, Sept. 16Heidi Drummond, Oct. 28

2004 Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 5Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 13Tiffany Weimer, Nov. 3

2005 Tiffany Weimer, Aug. 28Tiffany Weimer, Aug. 29Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 11Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 25Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 23

2006 Sarah Dwyer, Aug. 30Ali Krieger, Nov. 8

2007 Katie Schoepfer, Sept. 17Katie Schoepfer, Oct. 8Zoe Bouchelle, Oct. 15

Tara Davies, Oct. 292008 Katie Schoepfer, Oct. 21

SOCCER TIMES HONORS

NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

1999 Kelly Convey, Oct. 5

COACH OF THE YEAR1998 Patrick Farmer

COLLEGE SOCCER WEEKLY NATIONALPLAYER OF THE WEEK

1998 Emily Oleksiuk, Nov. 241999 Christie Welsh, Sept. 14

Christie Welsh, Nov. 2

COLLEGE SOCCER ONLINEALL-AMERICA

First Team1999 Christie Welsh2000 Christie WelshSecond Team1999 Kelly Convey

Emily Oleksiuk2000 Emily Oleksiuk

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAFirst Team2001 Joanna Lohman

Emily Oleksiuk2002 Joanna Lohman2003 Joanna Lohman2005 Lindsay BachSecond Team2000 Emily Oleksiuk2002 Christie Welsh2007 Aubrey Aden-Buieird Team2005 Erin McLeod2006 Aubrey Aden-Buie2007 Zoe Bouchelle2008 Zoe Bouchelle

TOPDRAWERSOCCER.COM NATIONALTEAM OF THE WEEK

2008 Jessie Davis, Oct. 6Alyssa Naeher, Oct. 22

Jesse Davis, Oct. 22

Bold denotes current student-athlete


TIFFANY WIEMER


REGIONAL HONORS

54 1999 • 2002 • 2005

NSCAA HONORS

ALL-GREAT LAKES REGIONFirst Team2007 Zoe Bouchelle

Alyssa NaeherDenay Riley

Katie Schoepfer2008 Zoe Bouchelle

Alyssa NaeherSecond Team2007 Aubrey Aden-Buie

Sheree Gray2008 Jessie Davis

Katie Schoepferird Team2008 Danielle Toney

ALL-MIDEAST REGIONFirst Team1994 Rachel Hoffman

ALL-MID-ATLANTIC REGIONFirst Team1995 Rachel Hoffman1996 Rachel Hoffman1997 Kelly Convey1998 Kelly Convey

Jeannine Verdrager1999 Kelly Convey

Emily OleksiukGillian SamuelChristie Welsh

2000 Joanna LohmanMegan Mills

Emily OleksiukChristie Welsh

2001 Joanna LohmanEmily OleksiukChristie WelshBonnie Young

2002 Heidi DrummondJoanna LohmanChristie Welsh

2003 Joanna LohmanTiffany Weimer

2004 Natalie JacobsAli Krieger


2005 Lindsay BachAli Krieger


2006 Sheree GrayAli KriegerAllie Long

Second Team1997 Rachel Hoffman1998 Carole Dutchka

Emily Oleksiuk1999 Courtney Lawson2000 Stephanie Smith

Bonnie Young2001 Heidi Drummond2002 Stephanie Smith2004 Denay Riley2005 Natalie Jacobs2006 Denay Rileyird Team2003 Stephanie Smith2005 Sheree Gray

Allie LongAubrey Aden-Buie

MID-ATLANTIC COACH OF THE YEAR1996 Patrick Farmer1998 Patrick Farmer1999 Patrick Farmer2005 Paula Wilkins

SOCCER BUZZ HONORS

ALL-GREAT LAKES REGIONFirst Team2007 Zoe Bouchelle

Alyssa NaeherKatie Schoepfer

2008 Alyssa NaeherSecond Team2007 Aubrey Aden-Buie

Sheree Gray2008 Jessie Davis

Katie Schoepferird Team2007 Denay Riley2008 Danielle Toney

GREAT LAKES REGION ALL-FRESHMAN2008 Emma omson

ALL-MID-ATLANTIC REGIONFirst Team1996 Rachel Hoffman1998 Kelly Convey

Emily OleksiukJeannine Verdrager

1999 Kelly ConveyEmily OleksiukChristie Welsh

2000 Joanna LohmanEmily OleksiukChristie Welsh

2001 Joanna LohmanEmily OleksiukChristie WelshBonnie Young

2002 Heidi DrummondJoanna LohmanChristie Welsh

2003 Joanna LohmanTiffany Weimer

KELLY CONVEY ALI KRIEGER NATALIE JACOBS

REGIONAL HONORS


2004 Natalie JacobsErin McLeod

Tiffany Weimer2005 Lindsay Bach

Natalie JacobsAli Krieger


2006 Sheree GrayAli KriegerAllie Long

Second Team1997 Rachel Hoffman1998 Carole Dutchka1999 Courtney Lawson2000 Megan Mills

Bonnie Young2001 Heidi Drummond2004 Ali Krieger

Denay Riley2005 Allie Long2006 Denay Rileyird Team1999 Gillian Samuel2000 Stephanie Smith2001 Megan Mills2002 Stephanie Smith2003 Heidi Drummond

Stephanie Smith2005 Carmelina Moscato2006 Aubrey Aden-Buie

MID-ATLANTIC REGION ALL-FRESHMAN1996 Kelly Convey1998 Emily Oleksiuk

Gillian SamuelBonnie Young

1999 Christie Welsh2000 Joanna Lohman

Stephanie Smith2002 Amanda Brown

Natalie Jacobs

Tiffany Weimer2003 Sarah Dwyer

Ali Krieger2004 Denay Riley2005 Zoe Bouchelle

Sheree GrayAllie Long

2006 Alyssa NaeherKatie Schoepfer

MID-ATLANTIC REGIONPLAYER OF THE YEAR

1998 (Defensive) Emily Oleksiuk2000 (Defensive) Emily Oleksiuk

(Offensive) Christie Welsh2001 Christie Welsh2002 Joanna Lohman2003 Joanna Lohman2004 Tiffany Weimer2005 Tiffany Weimer2006 Ali Krieger

MID-ATLANTIC REGIONFRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

1999 Christie Welsh2000 Joanna Lohman

MID-ATLANTIC REGIONCOACH OF THE YEAR

1998 Pat Farmer1999 Pat Farmer2003 (Runner-up) Paula Wilkins2005 Paula Wilkins

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 2First Team2000 Emily Oleksiuk2001 Joanna Lohman

Emily Oleksiuk2002 Joanna Lohman

Christie Welsh2003 Joanna Lohman2005 Lindsay Bach

Erin McLeod2006 Aubrey Aden-Buie2007 Aubrey Aden-Buie

Zoe Bouchelle2008 Zoe BouchelleSecond Team2003 Leigh Hamilton2004 Lindsay Bach

Amanda Lentz2007 Alyssa Naeher2008 Jessie Davis

Katie Schoepfer


HEIDI DRUMMOND LEIGH HAMILTONGILLIAN SAMUEL


BIG TEN HONORS

56 1999 • 2002 • 2005

BIG TEN TEAM CHAMPIONS1998 20031999 20042000 20052001 20062002 2007

2008

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS1998 20002001 2006

2008

SUZY FAVOR BIG TEN FEMALEATHLETE OF THE YEAR

2001-02 Christie Welsh2005-06 Tiffany Weimer

BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR1999 Christie Welsh2000 Christie Welsh2001 Christie Welsh2003 Joanna Lohman

BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR2004 Natalie Jacobs2005 Lindsay Bach*2006 Ali Krieger*2007 Alyssa Naeher

BIG TEN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR2004 Tiffany Weimer2005 Tiffany Weimer

BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

1998 Emily Oleksiuk1999 Christie Welsh2000 Joanna Lohman2002 Tiffany Weimer2003 Ali Krieger

BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR1998 Patrick Farmer2001 Paula Wilkins*2003 Paula Wilkins2004 Paula Wilkins2005 Paula Wilkins2006 Paula Wilkins

ALL-BIG TENFirst Team1994 Rachel Hoffman1995 Rachel Hoffman1996 Rachel Hoffman1997 Rachel Hoffman1998 Kelly Convey, Carole Dutchka,

Emily Oleksiuk1999 Kelly Convey, Emily Oleksiuk,

Christie Welsh2000 Joanna Lohman, Megan Mills,

Luanne Strom, Emily Oleksiuk,Christie Welsh, Bonnie Young

2001 Heidi Drummond, Joanna Lohman,Emily Oleksiuk, Christie Welsh,

Bonnie Young2002 Heidi Drummond, Joanna Lohman,

Christie Welsh2003 Joanna Lohman, Tiffany Weimer2004 Ali Krieger, Natalie Jacobs,

Erin McLeod, Tiffany Weimer2005 Lindsay Bach, Ali Krieger,

Erin McLeod, Tiffany Weimer2006 Aubrey Aden-Buie, Sheree Gray,

Ali Krieger, Allie Long2007 Zoe Bouchelle, Alyssa Naeher,

Katie Schoepfer2008 Zoe Bouchelle, Jessie Davis,

Alyssa Naeher, Katie Schoepfer

Second Team1997 Kelly Convey, Jaime Welsch1998 Gillian Samuel, Jeannine Verdrager1999 Courtney Lawson, Megan Mills

Gillian Samuel, Jeannine Verdrager2000 Stephanie Smith2001 Stephanie Smith2002 Stephanie Smith2003 Heidi Drummond, Leigh Hamilton

Natalie Jacobs, Stephanie Smith2004 Amanda Lentz, Denay Riley2005 Natalie Jacobs, Allie Long2006 Alyssa Naeher, Denay Riley2007 Aubrey Aden-Buie, Jessie Davis,

Denay Riley2008 Meghan Gill

BIG TEN ALL-FRESHMAN2002 Amanda Brown, Natalie Jacobs,

Tiffany Weimer2003 Sarah Dwyer, Ali Krieger2004 Denay Riley2005 Sheree Gray, Allie Long2006 Alyssa Naeher, Katie Schoepfer2007 Danielle Toney

Tiffany Weimer2004 Natalie Jacobs


2005 Lindsay BachNatalie Jacobs

Ali KriegerErin McLeod

Tiffany Weimer2006 Sheree Gray

Ali KriegerAllie Long

2008 Emma omson

Bold denotes current student-athlete* – Denotes co-recipient

KELLY CONVEY SARAH DWYERZOE BOUCHELLE

BIG TEN AWARDS AND ACADEMIC HONORS


BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK1994 Rachel Hoffman, Oct. 11

Rachel Hoffman, Nov. 11995 Liz Villamil, Sept. 5

Carole Dutchka, Oct. 301996 Rachel Hoffman, Sept. 16

Carole Dutchka, Sept. 23Kelly Convey, Oct. 28

1998 Bonnie Young, Sept. 7Emily Oleksiuk, Sept. 14

Emily Oleksiuk, Nov. 91999 Emily Oleksiuk, Sept. 13

Christie Welsh, Oct. 12Christie Welsh, Oct. 19

Courtney Lawson, Oct. 252000 Stephanie Smith, Sept. 11

Christie Welsh, Sept. 25Christie Welsh, Oct. 2

2001 Christie Welsh, Sept. 24Heidi Drummond, Oct. 1

Christie Welsh, Oct. 8Emily Oleksiuk, Oct. 22

Christie Welsh, Nov. 52002 Amanda Brown, Sept. 9

Heidi Drummond, Sept. 16Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 30Leigh Hamilton, Sept. 30

Heidi Drummond, Oct. 14Heidi Drummond, Oct. 21

2003 Amanda Brown, Sept. 8Joanna Lohman, Sept 15

Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 6Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 13

Heidi Drummond, Oct. 272004 Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 6

Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 20Natalie Jacobs, Oct. 4

Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 4Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 11

Erin McLeod, Oct. 18Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 18

Erin McLeod, Nov. 1Tiffany Weimer, Nov. 1

2005 Tiffany Weimer, Aug. 29Tiffany Weimer, Sept. 5Erin McLeod, Sept. 12

Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 3*Tiffany Weimer, Oct. 24

Ali Krieger, Oct. 312006 Aubrey Aden-Buie, Sept. 25

Allie Long, Oct. 232007 Katie Schoepfer, Sept. 17

Alyssa Naeher, Sept. 24Katie Schoepfer, Oct. 8Zoe Bouchelle, Oct. 15

Tara Davies, Oct. 29Alyssa Naeher, Nov. 5

2008 Alyssa Naeher, Oct. 20Katie Schoepfer, Oct. 20

Jessie Davis, Oct. 27

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT OFFENSIVE MVP2006 Aubrey Aden-Buie2008 Danielle Toney

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT DEFENSIVE MVP2006 Ali Krieger2008 Alyssa Naeher

BIG TEN ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM1999 Kelly Convey, Emily Oleksiuk,

Christie Welsh2000 Joanna Lohman, Emily Oleksiuk,

Stephanie Smith, Bonnie Young2001 Joanna Lohman, Megan Mills,

Christie Welsh2002 Christie Welsh2003 Amanda Brown2004 Erin McLeod, Tiffany Weimer2005 Allie Long2006 Aubrey Aden-Buie, Sarah Dwyer,

Ali Krieger2007 Katie Schoepfer2008 Jessie Davis, Alyssa Naeher

Danielle Toney

BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR2004-05 Joanna Lohman2008-09 Zoe Bouchelle

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN1994 Bridget Brugger, Susan Criss,

Corinne Fiene, Laura Herold, Erica Phillips,Deborah Summers, Gyll Turteltaub

1995 Dina DaCosta, Jodi Huckabee,Lauren Miller, Lauren Olmsted,

Liz Villamil1996 Jen Baer, Dara Christante,

Tracy Frost, Jodi Huckabee, MeghanHyland, Lauren Miller, Heather

Miskiewicz, Lauren Olmsted, LizVillamil, Jaime Welsch

1997 Jen Baer, Dara Christante,Tracy Frost, Darcie Hite, Jodi

Huckabee, Jen Medina, Lauren Miller,Lauren Olmsted, Liz Villamil,

Jaime Welsch1998 Jen Baer, Dara Christante,

Carole Dutchka, Emily Ferguson,Tracy Frost, Meghan Hyland, Jennifer

Medina, Erin Miller, Luanne Strom1999 Erin Cochran, Meredith Guerin,

Nicole Heilman, Colleen Kaufold,Megan McKeown, Emily Medina,

Erin Miller, Megan Mills, Emily Oleksiuk,Megan Smart, Luanne Strom

2000 Kelli Anderson, Erin Cochran,Sarah Gebauer, Tamara Johnson,

Colleen Kaufold, Kristen Mandler, MeganMcKeown, Erin Miller, Megan Mills,

Emily Oleksiuk, Kris Phillips,Christy Powdrell, Megan Smart,

Luanne Strom, Alison Weimer2001 Heidi Drummond, Sarah Gebauer,

Leigh Hamilton, Alexandra Hill,Tamara Johnson, Kristen Mandler,

Megan Mills, Emily Oleksiuk,Stephanie Pezzullo, Christy Powdrell,

Alison Weimer, Christie Welsh2002 Lindsay Bach, Heidi Drummond,

Sarah Gebauer, Leigh Hamilton,Sophie Hiler, Alexandra Hill,

Tamara Johnson, Amanda Lentz,Joanna Lohman, Kristen Mandler,Brooke Mertz, Stephanie Pezzullo,

Christy Powdrell, AlisonWeimer, Christie Welsh

2003 Lindsay Bach, Amanda Brown,Heidi Drummond, Leigh Hamilton,Sophie Hiler, Natalie Jacobs, Mandy

Komar, Amanda Lentz, JoannaLohman, Brooke Mertz,

Carmelina Moscato, Stephanie Pezzullo2004 Lindsay Bach, Amanda Brown,

Sarah Dwyer, Sophie Hiler,Janelle Hoak, Natalie Jacobs, Ali Krieger,

Amanda Lentz, Holly Lincoln,Alison McKeown, Brooke Mertz,

Carmelina Moscato, Stephanie Pezzullo,Jean Rettig, Jaime Stich,

Heather Tomko, Tiffany Weimer2005 Kaleen Adami, Aubrey Aden-Buie,

Lindsay Bach, Zoe Bouchelle,Amanda Brown, Sarah Dwyer,

Janelle Hoak, Natalie Jacobs,Ali Krieger, Holly Lincoln, Erin McLeod,

Carmelina Moscato, Jean Rettig,Heather Tomko, Tiffany Weimer

2006 Kaleen Adami, Aubrey Aden-Buie,Zoe Bouchelle, Allison Daus, Jessie

Davis, Sarah Dwyer, Ali Krieger,Holly Lincoln, Allie Long,

Kate Milstead, Ashley Myers,Jean Rettig, Heather Tomko

2007 Aubrey Aden-Buie, Zoe Bouchelle,Allie Daus, Tara Davies, Jesse Davis,

Jamie Morrison, Ashley Myers,Alyssa Naeher, Alli Rago, Maura Ryan,

Katie Schoepfer, Jess Shue2008 Kaleen Adami, Zoe Bouchelle,

Alli Daus, Tara Davies, Jessie Davis,Melissa Hayes, Megan Monroig,

Ashley Myers, Alyssa Naeher, Alli Rago,Katie Schoepfer, Danielle Toney

Bold denotes current student-athlete* – Denotes co-recipient


TEAM AWARDS

58

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER1994 Rachel Hoffman1995 Rachel Hoffman1996 Jodi Huckabee1997 Kelly Convey, Rachel Hoffman1998 Emily Oleksiuk1999 Emily Oleksiuk2000 Emily Oleksiuk2001 Joanna Lohman2002 Joanna Lohman2003 Joanna Lohman2004 Lindsay Bach2005 Erin McLeod2006 Ali Krieger2007 Alyssa Naeher2008 Alyssa Naeher

OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE PLAYER1994 Lauren Olmsted1995 Carole Dutchka1996 Rachel Hoffman1997 Carole Dutchka1998 Kelly Convey, Carole Dutchka1999 Christie Welsh2000 Christie Welsh2001 Heidi Drummond2002 Heidi Drummond2003 Heidi Drummond2004 Tiffany Weimer2005 Tiffany Weimer2006 Aubrey Aden-Buie2007 Katie Schoepfer2008 Danielle Toney

OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER1994 Lauren Miller1995 Lauren Miller1996 Jaime Welsch1997 Jaime Welsch1998 Megan Mills1999 Megan Mills2000 Bonnie Young2001 Bonnie Young2002 Leigh Hamilton2003 Leigh Hamilton2004 Natalie Jacobs2005 Lindsay Bach2006 Alyssa Naeher2007 Jessie Davis2008 Jessie Davis

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER1994 Jodi Huckabee1995 Jaime Welsch1996 Tracy Frost1997 Nicole Heilman1998 Jennifer Medina1999 Kelly Kolodczak2000 Erin Miller2001 Lindsay Bach2002 Jamie Stich2003 Sarah Dwyer2004 Holly Lincoln2005 Sarah Dwyer2006 Jessie Davis2007 Danielle Toney2008 Meghan Gill

SENIORS’ UNSUNG AWARD1994 Julie Munch1995 Darcie Hite1996 Tracy Frost1997 Jen Baer1998 Erin, Miller, Nicole Heilman1999 Lauren Pumphrey2000 Sarah Gebauer2001 Alison Weimer2002 Stephanie Smith2003 Janelle Hoak2004 Holly Lincoln2005 Sarah Dwyer2006 Kaleen Adami

RODNEY SWINEFORD AWARD2007 Jean Rettig2008 Zoe Bouchelle

PENN STATE ERNEST B. MCCOY AWARD2004-05 Jenna Lohman2008-09 Zoe Bouchelle


1999 • 2002 • 2005

JAMIE WELSCHJODI HUCKABEE ERIN MILLER

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS


SINGLE-SEASONGOALKEEPINGSINGLE-SEASONOFFENSESINGLE-GAMEOFFENSE

SINGLE-GAMEGOALKEEPING

SHOTS12 Katie Schoepfer vs. Hofstra 11/18/0712 Katie Schoepfer vs. Ohio State 11/9/0712 ChristieWelsh vs. Michigan 10/7/01

10 Heidi Drummond vs. Iowa 9/21/04

10 Heidi Drummond vs. SantaClara 9/14/04

10 ChristieWelsh vs. Texas A&M 9/17/00

10 Kelly Convey at Rutgers 10/21/98

GOALS4 ChristieWelsh vs. Michigan 10/7/01

4 Courtney Lawson vs. Ohio State 10/22/99

4 ChristieWelsh vs. JamesMadison 9/5/99

ASSISTS4 Ali Krieger vs. Bucknell 9/17/03

3 Melissa Hayes at Bucknell 9/19/073 ChristieWelsh Pittsburgh 9/1/03

3 Joanna Lohman at Pittsburgh 10/28/01

3 ChristieWelsh at Ohio State 10/22/99

3 JeannineVerdrager vs. Maryland 9/4/98

POINTS10 ChristieWelsh vs. Michigan 10/7/01

8 Courtney Lawson atOhio State 10/22/99

8 ChristieWelsh vs. JamesMadison 9/5/99

7 ChristieWelsh vs. Duke 9/7/01

7 ChristieWelsh vs. Virginia 10/29/99

POINTS15 RobynVanPraag vs. Minnesota 10/9/94

SHOTS124 TiffanyWeimer 23 gms. 2004

123 ChristieWelsh 26 gms. 2001

115 Joanna Lohman 25 gms. 2003


104 Katie Schoepfer 24 gms. 2008104 Katie Schoepfer 24. gms. 2007

GOALS32 TiffanyWeimer 32 gms. 2005


26 TiffanyWeimer 23 gms. 2004



ASSISTS18 ChristieWelsh 26 gms. 2001



12 Stephanie Smith 26 gms. 2000


POINTS69 TiffanyWeimer 32 gms. 2005






GAME-WINNINGGOALS13 TiffanyWeimer 32 gms. 2005



7 Katie Schoepfer 24 gms. 20077 ChristieWelsh 21 gms. 2000

7 Carole Dutchka 26 gms. 1998

SAVES132 Emily Oleksiuk 25 gms. 1998

115 Emily Oleksiuk 26 gms. 1999


SHUTOUTS (minimum600minutesplayed)

15.4 Emily Oleksiuk 24 gms. 2000

11.0 ErinMcLeod 21 gms. 2004

10.47 ErinMcLeod 24 gms. 2005

10.0 Amanda Brown 23 gms. 2003

9.85 Emily Oleksiuk 26 gms. 1999

MINUTES2,229 Emily Oleksiuk 26 gms. 1999

2,223 Emily Oleksiuk 24 gms. 2000

WINS22 ErinMcLeod 24 gms. 2005




WINNING PERCENTAGE (minimum1,000minutesplayed)

.957 ErinMcLeod 22-0-2 2005

.875 ErinMcLeod 17-2-1 2004

.857 Emily Oleksiuk 21-4-1 1999

.854 Emily Oleksiuk 20-3-1 2000

WINNING PERCENTAGE (minimum1,000minutesplayed)

0.41 Emily Oleksiuk 2222:40 10GA 2000

0.43 ErinMcLeod 1885:59 9GA 2004

0.62 Alyssa Naeher 2176:18 15GA 2007

0.75 Emily Oleksiuk 2168:52 18GA 2001

FEWEST GOALS ALLOWED (minimum1,000minutesplayed)

9 ErinMcLeod 21 gms. 2004


BONNIE YOUNG STEPHANIE SMITH ALYSSA NAEHER

SHOTS1. 431 ChristieWelsh 97 gms. 1999-02

2. 356 TiffanyWeimer 97 gms. 2002-05

3. 347 Joanna Lohman 101 gms. 2000-03

4. 317 Rachel Hoffman 87 gms. 1994-97

5. 284 Katie Schoepfer 71 gms. 2006-086. 283 Heidi Drummond 98 gms. 2000-03

7. 230 Kelly Convey 93 gms. 1996-99

8. 214 Carole Dutchka 87 gms. 1995-98

9. 175 Bonnie Young 103 gms. 1998-01

10. 160 Stephanie Smith 101 gms. 2000-03

GOALS1. 91 TiffanyWeimer 97 gms. 2002-05

2. 82 ChristieWelsh 97 gms. 1999-02


4. 56 Heidi Drummond 98 gms. 2000-03



7. 34 Katie Schoepfer 71 gms. 2006-088. 31 Aubrey Aden-Buie 94 gms. 2004-07

31 Bonnie Young 103 gms. 1998-01

10. 30 Courtney Lawson 96 gms. 1996-99

GAME-WINNINGGOALS1. 27 ChristieWelsh 97 gms. 1999-02

27 TiffanyWeimer 97 gms. 2002-05





7. 13 Katie Schoepfer 71 gms. 2006-088. 11 Bonnie Young 103 gms. 1998-01

11 Aubrey Aden-Buie 94 gms. 2004-07

10. 10 Kelly Convey 93 gms. 1996-99

10 LaurenOlmsted 72 gms. 1994-97

ASSISTS1. 52 ChristieWelsh 97 gms. 1999-02




5. 29 Stephanie Smith 101 gms. 2000-03


26 Kelly Convey 93 gms. 1996-99

8. 25 Liz Villamil 87 gms. 1994-97

9. 20 Bonnie Young 103 gms. 1998-01

20 Courtney Lawson 96 gms. 1996-97

20 Carole Dutchka 87 gms. 1995-98

POINTS1. 216 ChristieWelsh 97 gms. 1999-02






7. 85 Katie Schoepfer 71 gms. 2006-088. 82 Bonnie Young 103 gms. 1998-01

82 Kelly Convey 93 gms. 1996-99

10. 80 Courtney Lawson 96 gms. 1996-99

PLAYED1. 104 Bonnie Young 1997-01

2. 103 MeganMills 1998-01

3. 101 Joanna Lohman 2000-03

101 Stephanie Smith 2000-03

5. 100 Emily Oleksiuk 1998-01

6. 97 Luanne Strom 1997-00

97 TiffanyWeimer 2002-05

97 ChristieWelsh 1999-02

9. 96 Courtney Lawson 1996-99

10. 94 Aubrey Aden-Buie 2004-07

94 Denay Riley 2004-07

94 Ali Krieger 2003-06

94 Stephanie Pezzullo 2001-04

STARTED1. 103 MeganMills 1997-01

2. 103 Bonnie Young 1997-01

3. 101 Joanna Lohman 2000-03

101 Stephanie Smith 2000-03

5. 100 Emily Oleksiuk 1998-01

NITTANY LION ALL-TIME RECORDS


CAREER OFFENSE CAREER GAMES

TIFFANY WEIMERCHRISTIE WELSH ALI KRIEGER

CAREER GOALKEEPINGSAVES416 Emily Oleksiuk 100 gms. 1998-01

306 Dara Christante 55 gms. 1995-98

272 Alyssa Naeher 67 gms. 2006-08195 Robyn Van Praag 35 gms. 1994-96

SHUTOUTS43.75 Emily Oleksiuk 100 gms. 1998-01

25.39 Alyssa Naeher 67 gms. 2006-0821.47 Erin McLeod 45 gms. 2004-05

21.00 Amanda Brown 52 gms. 2002-05

14.94 Dara Christante 55 gms. 1995-98

MINUTES PLAYED8,853 Emily Oleksiuk* 100 gms. 1998-01

6,048 Alyssa Naeher 67 gms. 2006-084,879 Dara Christante 55 gms. 1995-98

4,560 Amanda Brown 52 gms. 2002-05

WINS81 Emily Oleksiuk 100 gms. 1998-01

47 Alyssa Naeher 67 gms. 2006-0839 Erin McLeod 45 gms. 2004-05

38 Amanda Brown 52 gms. 2002-05

33 Dara Christante 55 gms. 1995-98

WINNING PERCENTAGE 1

.921 Erin McLeod 39-2-3 2004-05

830 Emily Oleksiuk 81-15-4 1998-01

.796 Amanda Brown 37-8-4 2002-05

.758 Robyn Van Praag 23-7-1 1994-96

.730 Alyssa Naeher 47-15-5 2006-08

GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE 1

0.64 E. McLeod 4,073 29 GA 2004-05

0.74 E. Oleksiuk 8,853 73 GA 1998-01

0.86 A. Naeher 6,048 58 GA 2006-081.00 A. Brown 4,560 51GA 2002-05

1.03 R. Van Praag 2,804 32 GA 1994-96

MISCELLANEOUSCONSECUTIVE GAMESWITH AT LEAST ONE GOAL17 Tiffany Weimer^ 9/26/05-10/23/05

13 Tiffany Weimer 9/24/04-11/5/04

7 Christie Welsh 9/22/00-11/2/00

CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTMINUTES BY A GOALKEEPER857:24 Erin McLeod 10/1/04-11/4/04

518:45 Emily Oleksiuk 10/8/00-11/3/00

FASTEST FIRST GOAL0:56 Tiffany Weimer (vs. USC) 9/11/06

1:04 Christie Welsh (vs. Illinois) 10/6/00

SHORTEST TIME BETWEENTWO PENN STATE GOALS00:15 vs. Iowa 9/21/03

Joanna Lohman, TiffanyWeimer (76:16-76:31)

SHORTEST TIME BETWEEN GOALSBY SAME PLAYER00:16 Christie Welsh (vs. Indiana) 9/22/00

(75:57; 76:13)

FASTEST FIRST GOAL BY AN OPPONENT0:27 Kristina Larsen (UCLA) 8/25/2006

0:46 Brittany Barakat (UConn) 11/24/02

* – NCAA Record

^ – Shares NCAA Record1 – Minimum 20 games/1,000 minutes

Bold – Current student-athlete

NITTANY LION ALL-TIME RECORDS


ALL-TIME HAT TRICKSPLAYER OPPONENT DATEBonnie Young vs. Maryland 9/4/98

Christie Welsh* vs. James Madison 9/5/99

Kelly Convey vs. Minnesota 10/3/99

Christie Welsh vs. Northwestern 10/15/99

Courtney Lawson* at Ohio State 10/22/99

Christie Welsh vs. Virginia 10/29/99

Christie Welsh at James Madison 9/10/00

Christie Welsh vs. Indiana 9/22/00

Christie Welsh vs. Duke 9/7/01

Christie Welsh* vs. Michigan 10/7/01

Christie Welsh at Pittsburgh 10/28/01

Tiffany Weimer vs. Indiana 9/27/02

Heidi Drummond vs. Illinois 10/11/02

Tiffany Weimer at Wisconsin 9/17/04

Tiffany Weimer vs. Washington 8/26/05

Tiffany Weimer vs. Texas A&M 11/19/05

* indicates four goals scored

COURTNEY LAWSON

EMILY OLEKSIUK DARA CHRISTANTE ERIN MCLEOD

SHOTSGAME42 at Rutgers 10/21/98

SEASON499 26 games 2000

PER GAME19.19 499 shots (26 gms.) 2000

GOALSGAME9 vs. Bucknell 9/25/01


PER GAME3.19 83 goals (26 gms.) 2001

ASSISTSGAME8 vs. Bucknell 9/25/018 at Seton Hall 9/15/96


PER GAME2.58 67 assists (26 gms.) 2001

POINTSGAME26 vs. Bucknell 9/25/01

SEASON233 83g-67a (26 gms.) 2001

PER GAME8.96 233 points (26 gms.) 2001

SAVESGAME17 vs. JamesMadison 9/2/95


PER GAME7.13 164 saves (23 gms.) 1995

SHUTOUTSSEASON17 26 games 2000

GOALS AGANST AVERAGESEASON0.40 26 games 2000

FEWEST GOALS ALLOWEDSEASON11 26 games 2000

PER GAME0.42 11GA (26 gms.) 2000

CORNER KICKSGAME19 at Purdue 9/28/01


PER GAME7.81 203 CKs (26 gms.) 2000

MOST FOULSGAME29 at Michigan 11/3/05


PER GAME13.15 342 fouls (26 gms.) 1999

FEWEST FOULSGAME3 eight times; last time

vs. Purdue 9/25/05


PER GAME8.78 202 fouls (23 gms.) 1997

MOST PENALTY KICKSATTEMPTED IN A SEASON8 6 goals 20055 3 goals 20035 1 goal 20024 3 goals 20064 4 goals 19984 2 goals 1994

GOALS IN A SEASON6 8 attempts 20054 4 attempts 19983 4 attempts 20063 5 attempts 2003

MISCELLANEOUSWINNING PERCENTAGE.960 23-0-2 (25 gms.) 2005

MOSTWINS23 23-0-2 (25 gms.) 2005

CONSECUTIVEWINS19 Aug. 26-Oct. 30 2005

UNBEATEN STREAK27 Aug. 26, 2005 Aug. 27, 2006

CONSECUTIVE HOMEWINS39 Sept. 17, 2001 Nov. 12, 200419 Oct. 1, 1999 Nov. 17, 2000

HOME UNBEATEN STREAK39 Sept. 17, 2001 Nov. 12, 200420 Sept. 19, 1999 Nov. 17, 2000

CONSECUTIVE ROADWINS(exluding neutral site games)9 Sept. 12, 1999 Aug, 29, 2000

CONSECUTIVE BIG TENREGULAR SEASONWINS20 Sept. 24, 1999-Sept. 23, 2001

BIG TEN REGULAR SEASONUNBEATEN STREAK29 Sept. 19, 1999-Oct. 21, 2001

BEST START TO A SEASON19-0-0 1.000 (19 gms. 200523-0-2 .960 (25 gms.) 2005

CONSECUTIVEWINNINGSEASONS15 1994-present

CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS10 Oct. 1, 2004 Nov. 4, 2004

LARGEST MARGINOF VICTORY8 vs. Iowa (8-0) 10/9/058 at Iowa (8-0) 10/15/048 vs. Pittsburgh (8-0) 9/13/96

LARGEST MARGINOF DEFEAT5 atWashington (0-5) 10/6/95

MOST OVERTIME GAMES6 4-1-1 20055 2-0-3 2006

NITTANY LION TEAM RECORDS


OPPONENT RECORDSSHOTSMost in a Game35 at Northwestern 9/24/95Most in a Season317 26 games 2006Fewest in a Game0 vs. Ohio State 10/20/00Fewest in a Season166 25 games 2003

GOALSMost in a Game5 at Washington 10/6/95Most in a Season34 23 games 1997Fewest in a Season11 26 games 2000

ASSISTSMost in a Game6 at Michigan 10/4/02Most in a Season27 24 games 2002Fewest in a Season10 26 games 2000

POINTSMost in a Game14 at Michigan 10/4/02Most in a Season86 23 games 1997Fewest in a Season32 26 games 2000

SAVESMost in a Game22 vs. Buffalo 9/29/95Most in a Season201 26 games 2001Fewest in a Season128 26 games 1999

SHUTOUTSMost in a Season5 23 games 1995Fewest in a Season1 25 games 20051 26 games 20011 23 games 19971 22 games 1996

CORNER KICKSMost in a Game11 vs.North Carolina 12/3/9911 at Michigan State 10/13/95Most in a Season104 26 games 1999Fewest in a Season64 1994 and 2001

FOULSMost in a Season299 26 games 2006Fewest in a Season197 19 games 1994

e 2001 Penn State Nittany Lions team wasthe second-highest scoring team in the nationand set a numerous Big Ten and school offen-

sive records.

NITTANY LION CLASS RECORDS

www.GoPSUsports.comNITTANY LION ATHLETICS11-TIME BIG TEN CHAMPIONS 1998-2008

FRESHMAN SEASONGames Played26 Eight times;

last by A. Myers 2006

Games Started26 Seven times; last by 2001

L. Hamilton, J. Lohman,S. Smith

Shots97 Christie Welsh 199976 Katie Schoepfer 200674 Joanna Lohman 2000

Goals27 Christie Welsh 199917 Rachel Hoffman 199412 Weimer (‘02), Young (‘98)

C. Dutchka (‘95)

Assists13 Christie Welsh 199912 Stephanie Smith 20009 Ali Krieger 2003

Points67 Christie Welsh 199936 Rachel Hoffman 199432 Carole Dutchka 1995

Game-Winning Goals9 Christie Welsh 19995 Rachel Hoffman 19944 Bonnie Young 1998

Goalkeeper Minutes Played2,232 Emily Oleksiuk 19982,152 Amanda Brown 2002

Wins20 Emily Oleksiuk 1998

Shutouts9.0 Amanda Brown 20028.5 Emily Oleksiuk 1998

Saves132 Emily Oleksiuk 1998107 Dara Christante 1995

Goals-Against Average0.89 Alyssa Naeher 20060.89 Emily Oleksiuk 1998

SOPHOMORE SEASONGames Played26 Nine times;

last by J. Davis 2006

Games Started26 Eight times; 2001

last by H. DrummondJ. Lohman, S. Smith

Shots104 Katie Schoepfer 200797 Christie Welsh 200084 Joanna Lohman 2001

Goals21 Tiffany Weimer 200318 Heidi Drummond 200117 Christie Welsh 2000

Assists14 Joanna Lohman 200111 Jeannine Verdrager 199811 Liz Villamil 1995

Points51 Tiffany Weimer 200343 Heidi Drummond 200142 Christie Welsh 200042 Rachel Hoffman 1995

Game-Winning Goals7 Katie Schoepfer 20077 Christie Welsh 2000

Goalkeeper Minutes Played2,229 Emily Oleksiuk 1999

Wins21 Emily Oleksiuk 1999

Shutouts10 Amanda Brown 20039.85 Emily Oleksiuk 1999

Saves115 Emily Oleksiuk 1999103 Alyssa Naeher 2007

Goals-Against Average0.62 Alyssa Naeher 2007

JUNIOR SEASONGames Played26 Six times; last by A. Aden

Buie, C. Bedesem 2006

Games Started26 Four times;

last by A. Aden-Buie 2006

Shots124 Tiffany Weimer 2004123 Christie Welsh 2001104 Katie Schoepfer 2008

Goals26 Tiffany Weimer 200425 Christie Welsh 2001

Assists18 Christie Welsh 200112 Tiffany Weimer 200411 Joanna Lohman 200211 Rachel Hoffman 1996

Points68 Christie Welsh 200164 Tiffany Weimer 200434 Heidi Drummond 2002

Game-Winning Goals6 Tiffany Weimer 20046 Heidi Drummond 20026 Christie Welsh 2001

Goalkeeper Minutes Played2,222 Emily Oleksiuk 2000

Wins20 Emily Oleksiuk 200017 Erin McLeod 2004

Shutouts15.4 Emily Oleksiuk 2000

Saves107 Dara Christante 1997

Goals-Against Average0.40 Emily Oleksiuk 20000.43 Erin McLeod 2004

SENIOR SEASONGames Played26 Seven times; last by

S. Dwyer, A. Krieger,H. Tomko 2006

Games Started26 Seven times; last by

S. Dwyer, A. Krieger,H. Tomko 2006

Shots115 Joanna Lohman 2003114 Christie Welsh 200299 Tiffany Weimer 2005

Goals32 Tiffany Weimer 200519 Joanna Lohman 200315 Heidi Drummond 2003

Assists13 Christie Welsh 200210 Heidi Drummond 200310 Carmelina Moscato 2005

Points69 Tiffany Weimer 200544 Joanna Lohman 200340 Heidi Drummond 2003

Game-Winning Goals13 Tiffany Weimer 20058 Joanna Lohman 2003

Goalkeeper Minutes Played2,187 Erin McLeod 20052,169 Emily Oleksiuk 2001

Wins22 Erin McLeod 200520 Emily Oleksiuk 2001

Shutouts10 Emily Oleksiuk 20019 Erin McLeod 2005

Saves85 Erin McLeod 2005

Goals-Against Average0.75 Emily Oleksiuk 20010.82 Erin McLeod 2005

CHRISTIE WELSH JOANNA LOHMAN HEIDI DRUMMOND EMILY OLEKSIUK

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YEARLY STAT LEADERS


YEAR GOALS ASSISTS POINTS SAVES GAA REC. GF-A

1994 R. Hoffman . . . . . .17 L. Olmsted . . . . . . .7 R. Hoffman . . . . . .36 R. Van Praag . . 109 R. Van Praag . . .0.89 14-4-1 45-17

1995 R. Hoffman . . . . . .16 L. Villamil . . . . . . . .11 R. Hoffman . . . . . .42 D. Christante . . 107 D. Christante . . .1.38 15-7-1 58-32

1996 R. Hoffman . . . . . .11 R. Hoffman . . . . . .11 R. Hoffman . . . . . .33 D. Christante . . . 87 R. Van Praag . . .0.87 15-5-2 51-28

1997 R. Hoffman . . . . . .14 R. Hoffman . . . . . . .8 R. Hoffman . . . . . .36 D. Christante . . 107 T. Frost . . . . . . . .1.07 15-7-1 51-34

1998 C. Dutchka . . . . .12 J. Verdrager . . . . .11 C. Dutchka . . . . .30 E. Oleksiuk . . . . 132 E. Oleksiuk . . . . .0.89 21-4-1 53-23

B. Young . . . . . . . .12

1999 C. Welsh . . . . . . . .27 C. Welsh . . . . . . . .13 C. Welsh . . . . . . . .67 E. Oleksiuk. . . . . 115 E. Oleksiuk . . . . .0.93 21-4-1 75-25

2000 C. Welsh . . . . . . . .17 S. Smith . . . . . . . . .12 C. Welsh . . . . . . . .42 E. Oleksiuk. . . . . . 89 E. Oleksiuk . . . .0.40 22-3-1 54-11

2001 C. Welsh . . . . . . . .25 C. Welsh . . . . . . . .18 C. Welsh . . . . . . . .68 E. Oleksiuk. . . . . . 80 E. Oleksiuk . . . . .0.74 21-4-1 83-23

2002 H. Drummond . . .14 C. Welsh . . . . . . . .13 C. Welsh . . . . . . . .39 A. Brown . . . . . . . 89 A. Brown . . . . . .1.13 19-4-1 58-27

2003 T. Weimer . . . . . . .21 H. Drummond . . .10 T. Weimer . . . . . . .51 A. Brown . . . . . . . 50 A. Brown . . . . . .0.96 19-3-3 69-23

2004 T. Weimer . . . . . . .26 T. Weimer . . . . . . .12 T. Weimer . . . . . . .64 E. McLeod . . . . . 56 E. McLeod . . . . .0.43 19-3-1 57-11

2005 T. Weimer . . . . . . .32 C. Moscato . . . . .10 T. Weimer . . . . . . .69 E. McLeod . . . . . 85 E. McLeod . . . . .0.82 23-0-2 78-20

2006 A. Aden-Buie . . . .12 S. Dwyer . . . . . . . . .6 A. Aden-Buie . . . .28 A. Naeher. . . . . . 79 A. Naeher . . . . .0.80 18-5-3 48-25

2007 K. Schoepfer . . . .15 M. Hayes . . . . . . . .6 K. Schoepfer . . . .35 A. Naeher. . . . . 103 A. Naeher . . . . .0.62 18-4-2 44-15

2008 K. Schoepfer . . . .11 K. Schoepfer . . . . .7 K. Schoepfer . . . .29 A. Naeher. . . . . . 90 A. Naeher . . . . .1.11 16-8-0 40-25

D. Toney . . . . . . . . .7

BOLD indicates season record; Goalkeepers must have played more then 50% of the team’s total minutes.

RACHEL HOFFMAN TIFFANY WEIMER

EMILY OLEKSIUK

AAbbazia, Tammy D 1994Abelson, Samantha F 1998-99Adami, Kaleen M 2004-08Aden-Buie, Aubrey F 2004-07Anderson, Kelli D 1999-2000

BBach, Lindsay M/D 2001-05Baer, Jen D 1995-98Bedesem, Carly F/M 2004-07Boomsma, Kristin D 1994-96Bouchelle, Zoe M 2004-08Brown, Amanda GK 2002-05Brugger, Bridget M 1994

CCaverly, Lyndsey D 1996-97Christante, Dara GK 1995-98Cochran, Erin M/D 1998-2000Cohen, Kim M 1994-96Comerchero, Melissa D 1996Connelly, Joanne D 1994-96Convey, Kelly F/M 1996-99Costa, Tani F PresentCriss, Susan D 1994

DDaCosta, Dina M 1994-97D’Agostino, Bianca F/M/D 2007Daus, Allie M 2005-08Davies, Tara F/M/D 2006-presentDavis, Jessie D 2005-08Desai, Panthini M 1997Donofrio, Alli F 2004Drummond, Heidi F 2000-03Duggan, Akilah M/D 2006Dutchka, Carole F 1995-98Dwyer, Sarah M/D 2003-06

EEvans, Maddy M Present

FFerguson, Emily D 1997Fiene, Corrie F 1994Frost, Tracy GK 1995-98

GGarcia, Bri D 2008-presentGebauer, Sarah D 1999-2002Gill, Meghan M 2007-presentGray, Sheree F/M 2005-07Guerin, Meredith M 1998-00

HHakes, Jackie D 2008-presentHamilton, Leigh M 2000-03Hartmann, Kristin GK 2008-presentHayes, Melissa M 2007-presentHeilman, Nicole D 1996-99Herold, Laura M 1994Herrmann, Jess M 2007Hiler, Sophie F 2001-04Hill, Alexandra F 2000-02Hite, Darcie F 1995-97Hoak, Janelle F/M 2002-05Hoffman, Rachel F 1994-97Hubbard, Julie F/M PresentHuckabee, Jodie D 1994-97Hyland, Meghan M 1995-98

JJacobs, Natalie D 2002-05Johnson, Tamara M 1999-02

KKane, Libby F 1995-96Kaufold, Colleen M 1998-2001Kerr, Ashley GK 2006Killough, Erin M 1996-97Kogelmann, Heather F 1994-95Kolodczak, Kelly D 1997-2000Komar, Mandy F/M 2002-03Krieger, Ali M 2003-06

LLamarre, Rachel M PresentLawson, Courtney F/M 1996-99Lentz, Amanda D 2001-04Liese, Jen GK 2003Lincoln, Holly D 2003-06Lohman, Joanna M 2000-03Long, Allie M 2005-06

MMandler, Kristen F 1999-2002Marton, Lexi D PresentMcCarty, Meghan D PresentMcGinley, Chris D 1994McLeod, Erin GK 2004-05McKeown, Allison F 2003-04McKeown, Megan F 1998-2000Medina, Emily F/M 1998-99Medina, Jennifer M/D 1995-98Mertz, Brooke F 2001-04Miller, Erin M 1997-2000Miller, Lauren M 1994-97Mills, Megan M/D 1998-2001Milstead, Kate GK 2005-06Miskiewicz, Heather F 1995-96Molinda, Jackie F/M PresentMonroig, Megan F 2007-presentMorrison, Jamie M 2006-07Moscato, Carmelina F/M 2002-05Munch, Julie F 1994-95Musso, Holly M/D 2004Murphy, Daryn D 1995-98Myers, Ashley F 2005-08

NNaeher, Alyssa GK 2006-presentNairn, Christine M PresentNiness, Carly F 2008-present

OOleksiuk, Emily GK 1998-2001Olmsted, Lauren F 1994-97

PPaul, Jennifer GK 1994-95Pawlowski, Alanna GK 2007Pezzullo, Stephanie D 2001-04Phillips, Erica M 1994Phillips, Kris M/D 1999-2000Pickett, Shari M 1996-2000Powdrell, Christy F/M 1999-2002Pumphrey, Lauren M 1998-99

RRago, Alli M/D 2006-presentReismeyer, Andrea GK 1994Rettig, Jean M 2003-07Riley, Denay D 2004-07Rosenbluth, Jess M 2008-presentRyan, Maura D 2006-present

SSallade, Melissa M 1994-97Samuel, Gillian D 1998-99, 2001-02Schaefer, Ali M 2008-presentSchmidt, Kerri M 2001Schoepfer, Katie F 2006-presentSherman, Nicole D 2006Shue, Jess M 2007-presentSmart, Megan GK 1999-2000Smith, Stephanie F 2000-03Strom, Luanne D 1997-2000Stich, Jaime GK 2001-05Summers, Debbie D 1994

TTaylor, Nicole M 2007Thompson, Alexa F PresentThomson, Emma D 2008-presentTomko, Heather M 2003-06Toney, Danielle F 2007-presentTribbett, Krissy GK 2008-presentTurteltaub, Gyll F 1994

VVan Praag, Robyn GK 1994-96Verdrager, Jeannine M 1997-2000Villamil, Liz M 1994-97Villar, Vivianne F 2001

WWalker, Shannon D 1998Watts, Nikki F 2008-presentWeimer, Alison GK 1999-2001Weimer, Tiffany F 2002-05Welsch, Jaime M 1994-97Welsh, Christie F 1999-2002

YYoung, Bonnie F/M/D 1998-2001

ZZavala, Dani M 2008-present

ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS


ALL-TIME CAPTAINS1994 Debbie Summers, Gyll Turtletaub1995 Joanne Connelly, Robyn Van Praag1996 Joanne Connelly

Robyn Van Praag, Lauren Miller1997 Rachel Hoffman

Jodi Huckabee, Lauren Miller1998 Dara Christante, Carole Dutchka1999 Courtney Lawson, Luanne Strom2000 Megan Mills

Emily Oleksiuk, Luanne Strom2001 Megan Mills

Emily Oleksiuk2002 Joanna Lohman

Gillian Samuel, Christie Welsh2003 Heidi Drummond, Joanna Lohman2004 Lindsay Bach2005 Lindsay Bach, Ali Krieger2006 Ali Krieger2007 Aubrey Aden-Buie

Jessie Davis, Jean Rettig2008 Jessie Davis, Melissa Hayes2009 Alyssa Naeher

00Dara Christante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-98

0Jennifer Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-95Megan Smart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2000Jaime Stich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-04Kristin Hartmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

1Robin Van Praag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-96Emily Oleksiuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2001Amanda Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-05Alyssa Naeher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-present

2Corrie Fiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Libby Kane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-96Jeannine Verdrager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-98Kelli Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2000Kerri Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-02Jean Rettig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-07Maura Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

3Joanne Connelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-96Lyndsey Caverly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997Kris Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000BrookeMertz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-04Jessie Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-08Meghan McCarty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Present

4Dina DaCosta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Gillian Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99, 2001-02Carmelina Moscato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-05Akilah Duggan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006Melissa Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-present

5Kim Cohen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-96Shari Pickett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-2000Stephanie Pezzullo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-04Sheree Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-07Dani Zavala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

6Lauren Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Bonnie Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2001Natalie Jacobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-05Jamie Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-07Jackie Molinda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Present

7Jodi Huckabee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Colleen Kaufold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2001Carmelina Moscato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002Janelle Hoak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-05Tara Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-present

8Tammy Abbazia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Courtney Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-99Heidi Drummond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-03Tiffany Weimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-05Jackie Hakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

9Laura Herold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Heather Miskiewicz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-96Kelly Convey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-99Stephanie Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-03Denay Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-07Bri Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

10Liz Villamil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Kelly Kolodczak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2000Amanda Lentz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-04Ashley Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-06Jess Herrmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007Christine Nairn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Present

11Lauren Olmsted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Nicole Heilman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99Alexandra Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-02Aubrey Aden-Buie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-07Ali Schaefer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

12Bridget Brugger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Meghan Hyland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98Kristen Mandler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2002Allison McKeown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-04Katie Schoepfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-present

13Susan Criss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Jen Baer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98Christie Welsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2002

14Erica Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Darcie Hite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-97Samantha Abelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99Leigh Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-03Alli Donofrio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004Nicole Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006Jess Shue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-present

15Heather Kogelmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-95Melissa Comerchero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996Luanne Strom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-2000Lindsay Bach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-05Nicole Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007Allie Daus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008Rachel Lamarre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Present

16JaimeWelsch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Daryn Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998Meredith Guerin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2000Tiffany Weimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-03Allie Daus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-07Jess Rosenbluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

17Debbie Summers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Jennifer Medina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98Kris Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999Joanna Lohman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-03Holly Musso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004Alli Rago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-present

18Daryn Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-97Erin Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2000Sophie Hiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-04Allie Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-06Lexi Marton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Present

19Rachel Hoffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97MeganMcKeown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2000Mandy Komar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-03Kaleen Adami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-08Maddy Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Present

20Carole Dutchka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98Jeannine Verdrager . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2000Kate Milstead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-06Alanna Pawlowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007Krissy Tribbett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

21Melissa Sallade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Meredith Guerin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998Christy Powdrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2002Sarah Dwyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-06Bianca D’Agostino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007Carly Niness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

22Chris McGinley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Kristin Boomsma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-96Emily Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997Tamara Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2002Ali Krieger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-06Ashley Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-08Tani Costa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Present

23Kristin Boomsma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Erin Killough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-97Lauren Pumphrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99Carly Bedesem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-07Nikki Watts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

24Julie Munch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-95Kelly Convey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996Erin Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-2000Heather Tomko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-06Kristie Daus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-08Julie Hubbard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Present

25Gyll Turteltaub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Lyndsey Caverly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996Kelly Kolodczak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997ShannonWalker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998Sarah Gebauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-02Maura Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-present

26Shari Pickett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996Panthini Desai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997Emily Medina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99Alexandra Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000MeganMonroig . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-present

27Nicole Heilman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-97Viviane Villar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001Janelle Hoak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002Meghan Gill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-present

28MeganMills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-01Holly Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-06Danielle Toney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-present

30Tracy Frost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98Erin McLeod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-05Ashley Kerr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006

31Megan Smart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998AlisonWeimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-01Jen Liese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-04

33Zoe Bouchelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-08Alexa Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Present

UNIFORM HISTORY


DID YOU KNOW?No one has put on the coveted #13

since Christie Welsh in 2002.

ARIZONA (2)Melissa Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-presentAlanna Pawlowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007

CALIFORNIA (2)Erin Killough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-97Dani Zavala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

COLORADO (3)Heidi Drummond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-03Luanne Strom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-2000Krissy Tribbett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

CONNECTICUT (8)Joanne Connelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-96Nicole Heilman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-99Daryn Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98Alyssa Naeher . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-presentAlli Rago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-presentKatie Schoepfer . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-presentKatie Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006Tiffany Weimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-05

DELAWARE (2)Panthini Desai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997Kelly Kolodczak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-2000

HAWAII (1)Tani Costa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Present

MARYLAND (7)Zoe Bouchelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-08Joanna Lohman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-03Heather Miskiewicz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-96Ashley Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-08Christine Nairn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PresentErica Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Heather Tomko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-06

MASSACHUSETTS (3)Bianca D’Agostino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007Carole Dutchka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98Courtney Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-99

MICHIGAN (2)Amanda Lentz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-04Danielle Toney . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-present

MINNESOTA (1)Sophie Hiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-04

NEVADA (1)Ali Schaefer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

NEW HAMPSHIRE (1)Erin Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-00

NEW JERSEY (20)Kaleen Adami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-08Jen Baer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98Amanda Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-05Lyndsey Caverly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-97Dina DaCosta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Tara Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-presentAlli Donofrio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004Sarah Dwyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-06Sheree Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-07

Meredith Guerin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99Ashley Kerr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006Chris McGinley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Lauren Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Kate Milstead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-06Holly Musso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004Lauren Olmsted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Melissa Sallade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Kerri Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001Gyll Turteltaub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994JaimeWelsch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97

NEW YORK (23)Tammy Abbazia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Samantha Abelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99Lindsay Bach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-05Kristin Boomsma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-96Akilah Duggan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-06Tracy Frost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98Bri Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-presentJess Herrmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007Meghan Hyland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98Allie Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-06Meghan McCarty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PresentAllison McKeown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-04MeganMcKeown . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2000Emily Medina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99Jennifer Medina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98MeganMills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2001Kris Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2000Denay Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-07Stephanie Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-03Jeannine Verdrager . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-2000Robyn Van Praag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-96Liz Villamil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Christie Welsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2002

NORTH CAROLINA (1)Emily Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997

OHIO (1)Debbie Summers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994

PENNSYLVANIA (46)Aubrey Aden-Buie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-07Kelli Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2000Carly Bedesem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-07Bridget Brugger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Susan Criss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Erin Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2000Kim Cohen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-96Melissa Comerchero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996Kelly Convey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-99Maddy Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PresentCorrie Fiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Meghan Gill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-presentLeigh Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-04Laura Herold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Alexandra Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-02Darcie Hite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-97Janelle Hoak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-05Rachel Hoffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97Jodie Huckabee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97

Tamara Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2002Libby Kane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-96Colleen Kaufold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2001Heather Kogelmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-95Jen Liese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003Kristen Mandler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2002BrookeMertz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-04Jackie Molinda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PresentMegan Monroig . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-presentJamie Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-07Julie Munch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-95Carly Niness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-presentEmily Oleksiuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2001Jennifer Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-95Shari Pickett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-2000Christy Powdrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2002Lauren Pumphrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99Andrea Reismeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994Jean Rettig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-07Jess Rosenbluth . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-presentMaura Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-presentJess Shue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-presentMegan Smart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2000Jaime Stich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-04Alexa Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PresentShannonWalker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998AlisonWeimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2001

RHODE ISLAND (1)Stephanie Pezzullo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-04

TEXAS (5)Dara Christante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98Allie Daus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-08Kristie Daus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-08Kristin Hartmann . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-presentBonnie Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-2001

UTAH (1)Nicole Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007

VIRGINIA (4)Jessie Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-08Sarah Gebauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-02Ali Krieger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-06Natalie Jacobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-05

WASHINGTON (1)Jackie Hakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

BRAZIL (1)Viviane Villar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001

CANADA (6)Rachel Lamarre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PresentHolly Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-06Lexi Marton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PresentErin McLeod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-05Carmelina Moscato . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-05Gillian Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99, 2001-02

ENGLAND (2)Emma Thomson . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-presentNikki Watts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-present

LIONS BY STATE AND COUNTRY


199414-4-1, 5-2 Big Ten (T-2nd)

Head Coach: Patrick FarmerS 3 at #23 James Madison 1-4 LS 9 CORNELL (ot) 1-2 LS 11 at Towson State 4-1 WS 14 at Lafayette 2-0 WS 18 INDIANA* 2-1 WS 21 VILLANOVA 1-0 WS 23 at Rutgers (ot) 3-2 WS 27 BUCKNELL 2-0 WO 1 at Buffalo 4-0 WO 7 at #8Wisconsin* 3-0 WO 9 at Minnesota* (ot) 3-2 WO 14 at Ohio State* 0-2 LO 16 MICHIGAN* 1-0 WO 19 St. Bonaventure 6-0 WO 23 at Michigan State* 0-2 LO 25 SIENA 5-0 WO 28 NORTHWESTERN* 1-0 WO 30 at Seton Hall 5-0 WN 3 vs. Michigan (1) (ot) 1-1 T

(Michigan advanced on penalty kicks, 3-1)

1) Big Ten Tournament, Madison, Wis.

199515-7-1, 4-2-1 Big Ten (3rd)

Head Coach: Patrick FarmerS 2 JAMES MADISON (ot) 4-2 WS 4 DELAWARE 5-3 WS 8 at Cornell (1) 2-0 WS 10 vs. Colgate (1) 2-1 WS 17 OHIO STATE* 2-0 WS 20 at Villanova* 1-3 LS 22 at Indiana* 2-0 WS 24 at Northwestern* (ot) 4-3 WS 27 at Bucknell 3-1 WS 29 BUFFALO 7-0 WO 1 #17 MINNESOTA* 0-2 LO 6 at Washington (2) 0-5 LO 8 vs. #2 Portland (2) 0-3 LO 13 at Michigan State* 0-2 LO 15 at Michigan* 2-0 WO 18 DUQUESNE 7-0 WO 22 #15WISCONSIN* (ot) 3-3 TO 25 #25 RUTGERS 3-1 WO 27 at St. Bonaventure 5-0 WO 29 SETON HALL 3-0 WN 3 vs. Michigan State (3) 1-0 WN 4 vs. #15 Wisconsin (3) 0-1 LN 11 JAMES MADISON (4) 1-2 L1) Cornell Classic, Ithaca, N.Y.

2) Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash.

3) Big Ten Tournament, Bloomington, Ind.

4) NCAA Tournament, University Park, Pa.

199615-5-2, 5-1-1 Big Ten (2nd)

Head Coach: Patrick FarmerS 1 at #24 James Madison 2-1 WS 8 at Delaware 2-2 TS 13 PITTSBURGH 8-0 WS 15 at Seton Hall 5-0 WS 18 VILLANOVA 4-0 WS 22 #10 MINNESOTA* (ot) 3-2 WS 27 at #18Wisconsin* (ot) 1-1 TS 29 at Northwestern* 0-4 LO 2 at Siena 2-0 WO 4 at #14GeorgeMason (1) (ot) 2-1 WO 6 vs. #4 Maryland (1) 1-3 LO 11 at Michigan* 1-0 WO 13 at Michigan State* 2-1 WO 18 OHIO STATE* 2-1 WO 21 INDIANA* (ot) 4-3 WO 22 BUCKNELL 2-0 WO 25 at Rutgers 2-3 LO 30 CORNELL (ot) 3-2 WN 3 at Duquesne 2-0 WN 8 vs. Indiana (2) 0-1 LN 17 at #19 GeorgeMason (3) 2-0 WN 24 at #6 Santa Clara (4) 1-3 L1) GeorgeMason Invitational, Fairfax, Va.

2) Big Ten Tournament, Columbus, Ohio

3) NCAA Tournament, Fairfax, Va.

4) NCAA Tournament, Santa Clara, Calif.

199715-7-1, 6-2-1 Big Ten (3rd)

Head Coach: Patrick FarmerA 31 #13 JAMES MADISON 2-1 WS 5 #11 VIRGINIA 2-5 LS 7 SETON HALL 1-0 WS 12 DELAWARE 6-1 WS 14 at Villanova 1-2 LS 19 WISCONSIN* 2-1 WS 21 NORTHWESTERN* 2-0 WS 26 at Iowa* 2-0 WS 28 ILLINOIS* 2-1 WS 30 at Cornell 2-0 WO 3 MICHIGAN STATE* 3-2 WO 5 #11 MICHIGAN* (2ot) 0-0 TO 10 at Ohio State* 1-2 LO 12 at Indiana* 2-1 WO 17 at #11 Minnesota* (ot) 3-4 LO 19 at Pittsburgh 2-1 WO 21 RUTGERS 1-0 WO 26 #12 GEORGEMASON (2ot) 4-3 WO 29 at Bucknell 6-0 WO 31 at #18 Maryland 1-3 LN 7 vs. Wisconsin (1) 3-1 WN 8 vs. #14 Michigan (1) 1-3 LN 16 #7WILLIAM&MARY (2) (2ot) 2-3 L1) Big Ten Tournament, Minneapolis, Minn.


199821-4-1, 7-1-1 Big Ten (1st)

Big Ten ChampionsBig Ten Tournament Champions

Head Coach: Patrick FarmerS 4 #18 MARYLAND 3-0 WS 8 at #6 Virginia (2ot) 2-1 WS 13 at #19 Harvard 2-1 WS 18 INDIANA* 2-1 WS 20 at Illinois* 3-2 WS 22 CORNELL 2-0 WS 25 at Michigan* (2ot) 1-1 TS 27 at Michigan State* 1-0 WO 2 OHIO STATE* 1-0 WO 4 at Seton Hall 3-1 WO 9 MINNESOTA* (ot) 3-2 WO 11 IOWA* 3-0 WO 16 at Northwestern* 0-1 LO 18 at #20Wisconsin* 4-2 WO 21 at Rutgers (ot) 2-1 WO 25 at James Madison 0-1 LO 27 BUCKNELL 3-0 WO 30 at #2 Lynn Univ. (Div. II) 2-0 WN 1 at #4 Florida 1-3 LN 6 ILLINOIS (1) 1-0 WN 7 MICHIGAN (1) 3-1 WN 8 OHIO STATE (1) 2-0 WN 15 INDIANA (2) 2-1 WN 21 CLEMSON (2) 1-0 WN 29 at #2 Florida (3) 1-3 L1) Big Ten Tournament, University Park, Pa.


3) NCAA Tournament, Gainesville, Fla.

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS


199921-4-1, 9-0-1 Big Ten (1st)

Big Ten ChampionsNCAACollege Cup

Head Coach: Patrick FarmerA 29 SETON HALL 3-0 WS 5 JAMES MADISON 4-2 WS 10 vs. #20 Duke (1) 1-2 LS 12 at #1 North Carolina (1) 3-2 WS 17 #4 FLORIDA (ot) 0-1 LS 19 MICHIGAN* (2ot) 0-0 TS 21 at Cornell 1-0 WS 24 at Purdue* 5-0 WS 26 at Indiana* 2-1 WO 1 WISCONSIN* 2-0 WO 3 MINNESOTA* 4-0 WO 8 at Iowa* (ot) 3-2 WO 10 at Illinois* 4-1 WO 15 NORTHWESTERN* 4-1 WO 17 MICHIGAN STATE* 3-0 WO 22 at Ohio State* 5-0 WO 24 at GeorgeMason 3-2 WO 29 #12 VIRGINIA 4-1 WO 31 at Pittsburgh 7-1 WN 5 vs. Wisconsin (2) 3-0 WN 6 vs. Minnesota (2) 2-1 WN 7 vs. Michigan (2) 2-4 LN 14 #25 MARYLAND (3) 3-2 WN 21 #19 SO. METHODIST (3) 5-0 WN 27 HARTFORD (3) 2-0 WD 3 vs. #2 North Carolina (4) 0-2 L1) Nike/Carolina Classic, Chapel, Hill, N.C.

2) Big Ten Tournament, Bloomington, Ind.


4) NCAACollegeCup, Spartan Stadium, San Jose, Calif.

200022-3-1, 10-0-0 Big Ten (1st)


Head Coach: Patrick FarmerA 27 GEORGEMASON 3-0 WA 29 at #23 Maryland 1-3 LS 1 PITTSBURGH 6-0 WS 3 at #9 Connecticut (2ot) 1-1 TS 8 vs. Loyola (Md.) (1) 3-0 WS 10 at James Madison (1) 5-0 WS 15 vs. #1 North Carolina (2) 0-1 LS 17 vs. #8 Texas A&M (2) 2-1 WS 19 CORNELL 3-0 WS 22 INDIANA* 4-0 WS 24 PURDUE* 2-1 WS 29 at Minnesota* 2-0 WO 1 at Wisconsin* 1-0 WO 6 ILLINOIS* 3-0 WO 8 IOWA* 3-1 WO 13 at Michigan* 2-1 WO 15 at Northwestern* 1-0 WO 20 OHIO STATE* 1-0 W

O 22 #19 HARVARD 1-0 WO 27 at Michigan State* 1-0 WN 2 vs. Minnesota (3) 1-0 WN 3 at Illinois (3) (3ot) 2-1 WN 5 vs. Michigan (3) (3ot) 1-0 WN 12 ILLINOIS (4) (ot) 1-0 WN 17 DARTMOUTH (4) 4-0 WN 25 #12 PORTLAND (4) (ot) 0-1 L1) JMU/Sheraton Invite, Harrisonburg, Va.

2) adidas College Classic, Spring, Texas

3) Big Ten Tournament, Champaign, Ill.


200121-4-1, 8-1-1 Big Ten (1st)


Head Coach: Paula WilkinsA 31 at #4 Notre Dame (1) 1-2 LS 2 vs. #10 Connecticut 2-0 WS 7 vs. Duke (2) 5-1 WS 9 at #1 North Carolina (2) 0-3 LS 17 JAMES MADISON 4-1 WS 23 MINNESOTA* 4-0 WS 25 BUCKNELL 9-2 WS 28 at Purdue* (2ot) 1-1 TS 30 at Indiana* 4-1 WO 5 MICHIGAN STATE* 4-0 WO 7 MICHIGAN* 6-2 WO 12 at Iowa* 3-1 WO 14 at Illinois* 3-1 WO 19 WISCONSIN* 2-0 WO 21 NORTHWESTERN* 1-0 WO 23 SAINT FRANCIS (Pa.) 5-0 WO 26 at Ohio State* 1-2 LO 28 at Pittsburgh 6-2 WN 4 at GeorgeMason 6-0 WN 8 vs. Northwestern (3) 3-0 WN 9 vs. Ohio State (3) 2-0 WN 11 vs. Illinois (3) (ot) 2-1 WN 16 BUCKNELL (4) 3-1 WN 18 VILLANOVA (4) 3-0 WN 24 at #13 Connecticut (5) 2-0 WN 30 at #1 North Carolina (6) 1-2 L1) KeyBank Classic, South Bend, Ind.

2) Nike Carolina Classic, Chapel Hill, N.C.

3) Big Ten Tournament, West Lafayette, Ind.


5) NCAA Tournament, Storrs, Conn.

6) NCAA Tournament, Chapel Hill, N.C.

200219-4-1, 9-1-0 Big Ten (1st)


Head Coach: Paula WilkinsS 1 PITTSBURGH 7-2 WS 6 vs. SouthernCalifornia (1)(2ot) 0-1 LS 8 at #2 UCLA (1) (2ot) 1-0 WS 13 at Boston College (2) (2ot) 2-2 TS 15 at #23 Harvard (2) 2-1 WS 20 at Northwestern* 3-1 WS 22 at James Madison 4-2 WS 27 INDIANA* 3-0 WS 29 #19 PURDUE* 1-0 WO 4 at #13 Michigan* 0-4 LO 6 at Michigan State* 3-0 WO 8 MARYLAND 1-0 WO 11 ILLINOIS* 4-0 WO 13 IOWA* 4-2 WO 18 at Minnesota* 2-1 WO 20 at Wisconsin* 3-1 WO 25 OHIO STATE* 4-2 WO 27 RUTGERS 2-0 WN 7 vs. Illinois (3) 3-4 LN 15 vs. Princeton (4) 2-0 WN 17 at #17 Maryland (4) 2-1 WN 24 #23 VIRGINIA (5) 3-0 WN 30 at #7 Connecticut (6) 2-1 WD 6 vs. #9 Portland (7) 0-2 L1) UCLAWomen’s Cup, Los Angeles, Calif.

2)HarvardTournament,ChestnutHill&Cambridge,Mass.

3) Big Ten Tournament, East Lansing, Mich.

4) NCAA Tournament, College Park, Md.


6) NCAA Tournament, Storrs, Conn.

7) NCAACollege Cup, Austin, Texas

200319-3-3, 9-1-0 Big Ten (1st)

Big Ten Champions

Head Coach: Paula WilkinsA 29 at #21 Florida 1-2 LA 31 at #15 Florida State 2-1 WS 5 HARVARD 2-1 WS 7 at #24 Maryland 3-0 WS 12 vs. #22 Southern California (1) 3-2 WS 14 vs. #2 Santa Clara (1) 2-2 TS 17 BUCKNELL 6-0 WS 19 at Rutgers 0-0 TS 21 IOWA* 4-0 WS 23 JAMES MADISON 4-1 WS 26 at Purdue* 1-3 LS 28 at Indiana* 2-1 WO 3 MICHIGAN STATE* 2-0 WO 5 MICHIGAN* 2-0 WO 10 at Northwestern* 4-2 WO 12 at #25 Illinois* 2-0 WO 17 MINNESOTA* 8-1 WO 19 WISCONSIN* 5-0 W



O 24 at #21 Ohio State* 1-0 WO 26 at #8West Virginia 4-1 WN 6 at Wisconsin (2) 0-0 T

(Wisconsin advanced on penalty kicks, 4-3)

N 14 NAVY (3) 5-1 WN 16 RUTGERS (3) 3-1 WN 22 #23 TEXAS A&M (3) 3-0 WN 28 at #2 UCLA (4) 0-4 L1) Virginia Nike Soccer Classic, Charlottesville, Va.

2) Big Ten Tournament, Madison, Wisc.


4) NCAA Tournament, Los Angeles, Calif.

200419-3-1, 10-0-0 Big Ten (1st)

Big Ten Champions

Head Coach: Paula WilkinsA 27 at Washington (1) 1-2 LA 29 vs. #6 Portland (1) 2-1 WS 3 at #8 Connecticut (2) 2-1 WS 5 vs. Harvard (2) 1-0 WS 14 BUCKNELL 5-0 WS 17 at #16Wisconsin* 4-0 WS 19 at James Madison 0-0 TS 24 INDIANA* 1-0 WS 26 PURDUE* 3-1 WO 1 at #13 Michigan* 1-0 WO 3 at Michigan State* 3-0 WO 8 #23 ILLINOIS* 2-0 WO 10 NORTHWESTERN* 1-0 WO 15 at Iowa* 8-0 WO 17 at Minnesota* 2-0 WO 22 #16 OHIO STATE* 3-0 WO 27 #19 MARYLAND 6-0 WO 29 NAVY 1-0 WN 4 vs. Indiana (3) 2-0 WN 5 vs. #18 Illinois (3) 3-2 WN 7 at #13 Ohio State (3) 0-2 LN 12 BINGHAMTON (4) 6-1 WN 14 MARYLAND (4) 0-1 L1) Husky Invitational Tournament, Seattle, Wash.

2) UCONN adidas Classic, Storrs, Conn.

3) Big Ten Tournament, Columbus, Ohio


200523-0-2, 10-0-0 Big Ten (1st)


Head Coach: Paula WilkinsA 26 #20WASHINGTON (1) 3-2 WA 28 #9 CONNECTICUT (1) 2-1 WS 1 LOYOLA (Md.) 5-0 WS 4 #4 VIRGINIA 5-2 WS 9 at #3 UCLA (2) (ot) 1-0 WS 11 vs. Southern California (2) 3-1 WS 16 at Maryland 3-0 WS 18 JAMES MADISON 2-0 WS 23 INDIANA* 2-0 WS 25 PURDUE* (ot) 3-2 WS 30 at Northwestern* 2-1 WO 2 at Wisconsin* (ot) 2-1 WO 7 ILLINOIS* 3-1 WO 9 IOWA* 8-0 WO 14 at Ohio State* 1-0 WO 21 at Michigan* 4-2 WO 23 at Michigan State* 3-0 WO 28 at Minnesota* (2ot)1-0 WO 30 NAVY 5-0 WN 3 at Michigan (3) (2ot) 3-3 T

(Michigan advanced on penalty kicks, 4-2)

N 11 BUCKNELL (4) 6-0 WN 13 #21WEST VIRGINIA (4) 5-2 WN 19 #9 TEXAS A&M (4) 4-1 WN 25 #8 SANTA CLARA (4) 2-1 WD 2 vs. #1 Portland (5) (2ot) 0-0 T

(Portland advanced on penalty kicks, 4-3)

1) Penn State Soccer Classic, University Park, Pa.

2) UCLAWomen's Cup, Los Angeles, Calif.

3) Big Ten Tournament, Ann Arbor, Mich.


5) NCAACollege Cup, College Station, Texas

200618-5-3, 8-1-1 Big Ten (1st)


Head Coach: Paula WilkinsA 25 #2 UCLA (1) 3-1 WA 27 #14 TENNESSEE (1) (2ot) 1-1 TS 1 at Texas 1-2 LS 3 at Texas A&M (2ot) 1-1 TS 8 #17WEST VIRGINIA 1-2 LS 10 BUCKNELL 1-0 WS 15 at Harvard (2) (2ot) 3-2 WS 17 vs. Northeastern (2) 2-0 WS 22 MICHIGAN STATE* (2ot) 3-2 WS 24 MICHIGAN* 4-1 WS 29 at Iowa* 3-0 WO 1 at #15 Illinois* 2-3 LO 6 at Purdue* 2-0 WO 8 at Indiana* (2ot) 0-0 T

O 13 MINNESOTA* 1-0 WO 15 OHIO STATE * 1-0 WO 20 WISCONSIN* 3-0 WO 22 NORTHWESTERN* 2-1 WO 26 at Navy 0-1 LN 2 NORTHWESTERN (3) 3-2 WN 3 MICHIGAN (3) 2-0 WN 5 #17 ILLINOIS (3) 3-1 WN 10 NIAGARA (4) 3-1 WN 12 VILLANOVA (4) 2-0 WN 17 #13 BOSTONCOLLEGE (4) 1-0 WN 24 at #1 Notre Dame (5) 0-4 L1) UCLAWomen's Cup, Los Angeles, Calif.

2) Penn State Soccer Classic, University Park, Pa.

3) Big Ten Tournament, Ann Arbor, Mich.


5) NCAA Tournament, South Bend, Ind.

200718-4-2, 9-1-0 Big Ten (1st)

Big Ten Champions

Head Coach: Erica WalshA 31 at #20 Tennessee (1) 1-2 LS 2 vs. Central Florida (1) 1-0 WS 6 at #17 Connecticut 1-0 WS 9 at #18West Virginia 0-1 LS 14 JAMES MADISON (2) 1-0 WS 16 #5 TEXAS A&M (2) (2ot) 1-1 TS 19 at Bucknell 5-1 WS 23 at #21 Notre Dame 2-1 WS 26 COLGATE 5-0 WS 30 ILLINOIS* 2-1 WO 5 at Wisconsin* 2-0 WO 7 at Northwestern* 3-1 WO 12 MICHIGAN STATE* W 2-0O 14 MICHIGAN* W 2-0O 19 at Iowa* W 1-0O 21 at Minnesota* (2ot) 0-1 LO 26 #4 PURDUE* 1-0 WO 28 INDIANA* 2-1 WN 2 at Ohio State* 1-0 WN 8 vs. Iowa (3) 3-1 WN 9 vs. Ohio State (3) (2ot) 2-2 T

(Ohio State advanced on penalty kicks, 5-4)

N 16 MONMOUTH (4) 4-0 WN 18 HOFSTRA (4) (ot) 2-1 WN 24 #12WEST VIRGINIA (4) 0-1 L1) First Tennessee Lady Vol Classic, Knoxville, Tenn.

2) Penn State Invitational, University Park, Pa.

3) Big Ten Tournament, Minneapolis, Minn.




200816-8-0, 8-2-0 Big Ten (T-1st)


Head Coach: Erica WalshA 23 at William &Mary 3-1 WA 29 #5 FLORIDA STATE (1) 1-4 LA 31 HOFSTRA (1) 4-1 WS 5 at Rutgers (2ot) 1-0 WS 7 BUCKNELL 4-2 WS 12 vs. Brown (2) (ot) 0-1 LS 14 at #25 Connecticut (2) 2-0 WS 18 at James Madison 0-1 LS 21 #1 NOTRE DAME 1-3 LS 26 at Indiana* 1-0 WS 28 #4 PORTLAND 1-4 LO 3 NORTHWESTERN 1-0 WO 5 WISCONSIN 3-0 WO 10 at Michigan 4-0 WO 12 at Michigan State 1-3 LO 17 #23 MINNESOTA 2-0 WO 19 IOWA (ot) 1-0 WO 24 at Illinois 2-0 WO 26 at Purdue 2-0 WO 31 OHIO STATE 0-1 LN 6 at Iowa (3) 2-1 WN 7 vs. Michigan State (3) 1-0 WN 9 vs. #21 Minnesota (3) 2-1 WN 14 at Rutgers (4) (2ot)1-2 L1) Penn State Invitational, University Park, Pa.

2) UConn Classic, Storrs, Conn.

3) Big Ten Tournament, Iowa City, Iowa

4) NCAA Tournament, Piscataway, N.J.



First Last

Opponent Meeting Win W L TBinghamton 2004 2004 1 0 0Boston College 2002 2006 1 0 1Boston University 2009 — – – –Brown 2008 — 0 1 0Bucknell 1994 2008 13 0 0Buffalo 1994 1995 2 0 0UCLA 2002 2006 3 1 0Central Florida 2007 2007 1 0 0Clemson 1998 1998 1 0 0Colgate 1995 2007 2 0 0Connecticut 2000 2008 7 0 1Cornell 1994 2000 6 1 0Dartmouth 2000 2000 1 0 0Delaware 1995 1997 2 0 1Duke 1999 2001 1 1 0Duquesne 1995 1996 2 0 0Florida 1998 — 0 5 0Florida State 2003 2003 1 0 0GeorgeMason 1996 2001 6 0 0Hartford 1999 1999 1 0 0Harvard 1998 2006 6 0 0Hofstra 2007 2008 2 0 0Illinois 1997 2008 17 2 0Indiana 1994 2008 16 1 1Iowa 1997 2008 14 0 0James Madison 1994 2007 10 4 1Lafayette 1994 1994 1 0 0Loyola (Md.) 2000 2005 2 0 0Lynn 1998 1998 1 0 0Maryland 1996 2005 7 4 0Michigan 1994 2008 14 3 5Michigan State 1994 2008 14 3 0Minnesota 1994 2008 15 3 0Monmouth 2007 2007 1 0 0Navy 2003 2005 3 1 0Niagara 2006 2006 1 0 0North Carolina 1999 1999 1 4 0Northeastern 2006 2006 1 0 0Northwestern 1994 2008 15 2 0

First Last

Opponent Meeting Win W L TNotre Dame 2001 2007 1 3 0Ohio State 1994 2007 13 5 1Pittsburgh 1996 2002 7 0 0Portland 1995 2004 1 4 1Princeton 2002 2002 1 0 0Purdue 1999 2008 8 1 1Rutgers 1994 2008 7 2 1St. Bonaventure 1994 1995 2 0 0Saint Francis (Pa.) 2001 2001 1 0 0Santa Clara 1996 2005 1 1 1Seton Hall 1994 1999 6 0 0Siena 1994 1996 2 0 0Southern California 2002 2005 2 1 0SouthernMethodist 1999 1999 1 0 0Tennessee 2006 — 0 1 1Texas 2006 — 0 1 0Texas A&M 2000 2005 3 0 2Towson State 1994 1994 1 0 0Villanova 1994 2006 4 2 0Virginia 1997 2005 4 1 0Washington 1995 2005 0 2 0Wake Forest 2009 — – – –West Virginia 2003 2005 2 3 0William &Mary 1997 2008 1 1 0Wisconsin 1994 2008 15 1 3Totals 15 Seasons 278 63 212009 Opponents in Bold (.745) 171 58 3

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS

PENN STATE VS. BIG TEN TEAMSIllinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-2-0Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-1-1Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-0-0Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-3-5Michigan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-3-0Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-3-0Northwestern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-2-0Ohio State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-5-1Purdue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1-1Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-1-3

OPPONENT DEFEATED SCORE SITE PSU RANK DATE#1 North Carolina 3-2 A #5 9/12/99#2 UCLA 1-0 2OT A #12 9/8/02#2 UCLA 3-1 H #3 8/25/06#3 UCLA 1-0 OT A #4 9/9/05#4 Purdue 1-0 H #13 10/26/07#4 Virginia 5-2 H #8 9/4/05#6 Virginia 2-1 2OT A #16 9/8/98#7 Connecticut 2-1 A #12 11/30/02#8 Texas A&M 2-1 A #8 9/17/00#8West Virginia 4-1 A #12 10/26/03#10 Minnesota 3-2 OT H #19 9/22/96#12 GeorgeMason 4-3 2OT H #25 10/26/97

OPPONENT DEFEATED SCORE SITE PSU RANK DATE#14 GeorgeMason 2-1 OT A #15 10/4/96#18 Maryland 3-0 H #25 9/4/98#21 Minnesota 2-1 N #23 11/9/08#23 Minnesota 2-0 H NR 10/17/08#24 James Madison 2-1 A NR 9/1/96#25 Rutgers 3-1 H NR 10/25/95

OPPONENT TIED SCORE SITE PSU RANK DATE#1 North Carolina 3-2 A #5 9/12/99#2 UCLA 1-0 2OT A #12 9/8/02#5 Texas A&M 1-1 2OT H #20 9/16/07#11 Michigan 0-0 2OT H #23 10/5/97#15Wisconsin 3-3 OT H NR 10/22/95

UPSET CITY

Aubrey Aden-Buie celebrates a goal over No. UCLA.

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NITTANY LION ATHLETICS

1615RACHELLAMARREFreshman MidfieldMontréal, Québec

11ALISCHAEFERSophomore MidfieldLas Vegas, Nev.8

JACKIEHAKESSophomore DefenseSpokane, Wash.7

TARADAVIESSenior DefenseCape May Court House, N.J.

ALYSSANAEHERSenior GoalkeeperSeymour, Conn. 54

MELISSAHAYESSenior DefenseCave Creek, Ariz.

MEGHANMCCARTYFreshman DefenseBaldwin, N.Y.

MAURARYANSenior DefenseDoylestown, Pa.10

KRISTINHARTMANNR-Freshman GoalkeeperKaty, Texas 2


TV/RADIO CHART

80 1999 • 2002 • 2005

3DANIZAVALAR-Freshman MidfieldEl Camino Village, Calif. 6

JACKIEMOLINDAFreshman Forward/MidfieldPittsburgh, Pa.

129 10 13BRIGARCIASophomore DefenseBabylon, N.Y.

CHRISTINENAIRNFreshman MidfieldBowie, Md.

JESSSHUESenior MidfieldYork, Pa.

KATIESCHOEPFERSenior ForwardWaterford, Conn.

26MEGANMONROIGJunior MidfieldNorthumberland, Pa.23

NIKKIWATTSSenior ForwardHungerford, England22

TANICOSTAFreshman ForwardHonolulu, Hawaii

JESSROSENBLUTHSophomore MidfieldGladwyne, Pa. 2019

MADDYEVANSFreshman MidfieldGlenside, Pa.17 18 21

CARLYNINESSFreshman ForwardBerwyn, Pa.

2724 25 28JULIEHUBBARDFreshman Forward/MidfieldWaverly, Pa.

EMMATHOMSONSophomore DefenseRetford, England

DANIELLETONEYJunior ForwardNorthville, Mich.

MEGHANGILLR-Sophomore MidfieldState College, Pa.

ALLIRAGOSenior Midfield/DefenseGreenwich, Conn.

LEXIMARTONFreshman DefenseAurora, Ontario

KRISSYTRIBBETTSophomore GoalkeeperCentennial, Colo.

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MICHAELCOLL6th YearPenn State ‘9733

ALEXATHOMPSONFreshman ForwardScottdale, Pa.

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ERICAWALSH3rd YearWilliam & Mary ‘97

ANNCOOK3rd YearWilliam & Mary ‘97

MARIELWILNER3rd YearNortheastern ‘07

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