UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The No. 2 seed Penn State women’s soccer program used a total team effort to shut out No. 7 seed West Virginia, 4-0, in the NCAA Championship Second Round on Friday at Jeffrey Field.
“I look at the balance of the night and there were so many positives that came out of this night,” head coach Erica Dambach said. “There were so many players that stepped up and made big plays…Just the overall attitude when that weather started rolling in and the smiles on the team’s face, you could just tell they felt so prepared and so ready to go regardless of what was going on around them.”
The win advances Penn State to its sixth straight Sweet 16 appearance as the Nittany Lions will host No. 3 seed Virginia on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. on Jeffrey Field.
PSU is now 15-4-3 overall and delivers WVU its first loss since Oct. 13 when the Mountaineers fell to Texas 1-2 during the regular season. WVU finishes the season 11-5-7 and as Big 12 Tournament Champions.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Despite a snow squall occurring right before kickoff, the Nittany Lions started off hot, as senior Payton Linnehan scored just 18 seconds into the match assisted by senior Kate Wiesner and junior Natalie Wilson.
23 seconds later, WVU made a dangerous cross that was quickly wrapped up by PSU keeper redshirt senior Katherine Asman.
Asman did her part to keep PSU ahead, making a save at point blank range off a WVU corner kick in the 34thminute.
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