UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women’s soccer program announced its 2024 schedule on Tuesday afternoon featuring 19 matches as well as 11 matches in Big Ten Conference play with 10 overall fixtures set to be contested on Jeffrey Field.
“Our program is excited to announce our 2024 match schedule and get preparations for the season underway,” Head Coach Erica Dambach stated. “I think we’ve done an excellent job of booking a tough non-conference schedule to prepare us for what will be a grueling 11-match conference slate this year. We’re excited to welcome UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington to the Big Ten, and I can’t wait for all 18 programs across the conference to solidify the league’s place as the best in the nation. I’m confident that this will be an excellent year not only for our program, but for the growth of the women’s game across the country. Our group had a tremendous amount of success last season, and I can’t wait to see how we will build on that in the coming year.”
Penn State’s 2024 schedule features 19 total opponents, with 13 teams reaching the 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Tournament a year ago. Four of Penn State’s challengers in the 2024 campaign reached the Sweet 16, with one foe in Nebraska advancing to the National Quarterfinals last season. PSU’s eight-match non-conference schedule features a pair of foes each from the Big 12 Conference and Ivy League, with one opponent apiece from the Atlantic 10, Atlantic Coast, and Big East Conferences. The Blue & White will face off against a pair of teams they hosted at Jeffrey Field during the 2023 NCAA Tournament, with a rematch of the 2023 NCAA Sweet 16 coming on the road at Saint Louis, as well as a road test scheduled at reigning Big East champion Georgetown in early September.
The Nittany Lions christen their 31st varsity season and the 18th year of the Erica Dambach era on Thursday, August 15 against the Texas Tech Red Raiders from Jeffrey Field. Home action rolls on the following week with the Nittany Lions set to welcome ACC-rival Virginia on Thursday, August 22, before booking a cross-division in-state matchup with the West Chester Golden Rams for the second year in a row on Sunday, August 25. PSU closes its early home stretch with a border rivalry…
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