UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The No. 10 Penn State women’s soccer team earned its second win of the season Thursday night, shutting out No. 21 West Virginia 2-0 at Jeffrey Field.
The pair of second-half Nittany Lion goals were scored by Jordan Canniff and Mieke Schiemann, with assists from Payton Linnehan and Penelope Hocking. Penn State’s stifling defense limited West Virginia to just nine shots as keeper Katherine Asman earned her second-straight clean sheet.
“Awesome atmosphere out here tonight on Jeffrey, obviously love playing doubleheaders with the men,” said head coach Erica Dambach. “Electric energy. Two great top-25 teams. Always a battle against these guys. I’m just really proud of our group from start to finish. I thought that we played well on both sides of the ball, we matched their intensity and even took it up a notch. So, for game three, that’s a real solid performance.”
Penn State’s win marked the Nittany Lions’ second-straight shutout. The Nittany Lions have outscored their opponents 7-2 in three games thus far this season. Penn State now stands at 2-0-1 on the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Penn State had some chances in the first half, tallying four shots by the 10th minute of action, but couldn’t capitalize.
The Nittany Lion defense came to play early as they held West Virginia without a shot until the 21st minute. Linnehan had back-to-back shots in the 24th minute, but came up empty on both, with the first one saved and the other curling wide.
Penn State held a 5-1 advantage in shots on goal at the end of the first half.
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