COLUMBUS, Ohio – Fourth-seeded and fifth-ranked Penn State women’s soccer dropped a heart-wrenching 1-0 decision to the eighth-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes in Big Ten Tournament semifinal action from Lower.com Field on Thursday night.
Senior+ midfielder and team captain Cori Dyke made history in the contest, becoming PSU’s all-time career record holder in matches started while tying the school record for appearances following her 104th in both categories. Dyke, a native of Littleton, Colorado has played and started in every Nittany Lion match since the 2019 fall campaign, surpassing the previous program record of 103 starts set by Megan Mills from 1997 to 2001. Dyke additionally tied the record for most matches played in PSU history with Bonnie Young, who was one of Mills’ teammates from 1997-01.
Following the result, Penn State drops to 13-2-4 overall on the 2023 season, with their only two losses coming against the two remaining teams vying for the Big Ten Tournament championship. The Blue & White drop to 40-14-6 all-time in the league’s postseason event and maintain a 97-52 goal differential in the conference postseason since 1994. Against the Hawkeyes, Penn State now manages a 26-4-1 edge in an all-time series which dates to Iowa’s inaugural season in 1997. Iowa improved to 11-4-4 overall and will contend for its second B1G Tournament title in the past four seasons Sunday afternoon against…
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