No. 10 Nittany Lions Down Monmouth, 3-1

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The No. 10 Penn State women’s soccer team won their first road match 3-1 at Monmouth and delivered the Hawks their first loss of the season on Sunday afternoon.
 
The match saw redshirt senior Ally Schlegel score her 37^th career goal to put PSU on the board first. MU scored an equalizer in the 56^th minute, but sophomore Mieke Schiemann responded a minute later with her second career goal. Senior+ Penelope Hocking topped off the match by scoring her first goal as a Nittany Lion in the 69^th minute.
 
PSU is now 4-0 historically against Monmouth and earns their third win of the season to move to 3-0-1 on the young season. MU drops to 3-1-0 overall.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Hawks took the first shot of the match in the fourth minute, but a diving save by redshirt senior Katherine Asman kept the game scoreless early.
 
Four minute later, Penn State would strike first as back-to-back shots from senior Jordan Canniff and Schlegel were saved, but Schlegel headed the deflection down and in for the 1-0 lead. The goal marked PSU’s quickest goal of the season and Schlegel’s 37^th career goal and her 91^st career point. It was also the first goal Monmouth conceded this season.
 
Canniff had a good chance to add to PSU’s lead in the 14^th minute, but her shot bounced off the crossbar. The 18^th minute saw an excellent clearance from Schiemann who headed a set piece out of the box.
 
PSU out-shot MU six to three but had a narrow four to three advantage with shots on goal in the opening half. Asman made three saves in the first half, tying her season high midway through the game.
 
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