UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State women’s soccer head coach Erica Dambach named a quartet of Nittany Lions as captains ahead of the 2024 season on Tuesday afternoon, with senior midfielder Olivia Damico, graduate midfielder Rowan Lapi, graduate midfielder Devon Olive and senior defender Mieke Schiemann earning those honors.
“I am thrilled to announce that Liv, Rowan, Devon and Mieke will serve as our team captains for the 2024 season,” Dambach said. “Each of them brings a different perspective to the game, and all four of them have unique leadership styles that I believe make them excellent choices to lead our program on and off the field this season. All four of our captains will play a huge role in continuing the tradition of our program, while consistently maintaining our program’s pillars of success.”
Damico, a native of Victor, New York, returns to Happy Valley for her fifth and final season in the Blue & White coming off a productive 2023 season that saw her set career highs in matches played, goals scored, total assists, total points and total shot attempts. Damico owns 47 career appearances for Penn State and has started in 10 matches during her Nittany Lion playing career. Her four career goals and three assists amount to a career scoring total of 11 points in just under 1,500 minutes of playing time on the pitch. Damico has been an instrumental voice on and off the field for PSU, adding three straight seasons of Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar nominations to her on-field statistics.
Fresh off her first season in University Park in 2023, Lapi returns for her graduate year and final collegiate season of work in the Blue & White. A vocal leader for the team on and off the pitch, Lapi brings Second Team All-Big Ten experience from her stint at Northwestern to the Nittany Lion roster. She played in 22 matches last season for PSU, logging 579 minutes of playing time while earning one start against the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2023 season opener. Lapi boasts 23 career points overall split between nine goals and five total assists and has played a key role in leading both Northwestern and Penn State to deep tournament runs in the national postseason.
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