PRINCETON, N.J. – In the waning moments of the second half, junior midfielder Olivia Borgen found herself 20 yards outside the net and delivered one of the most powerful strikes of her collegiate career, as the eighth-ranked Penn State women’s soccer team battled their way to a 1-0 victory over the Princeton Tigers Thursday night on Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium following Borgen’s banger.
The victory saw the Nittany Lions pick up their fourth consecutive win, including their second straight win over an opponent that was either ranked or receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll entering the match. PSU improves to 5-1-0 overall, with the team’s lone loss coming against current national No. 4 Virginia by a single score two weeks ago. In defeat, Princeton suffered their first loss of the 2024 campaign, dropping to 2-1-0 overall through their first three fixtures of the year. The win also saw Penn State pick up their third win over Princeton in the third all-time meeting of the two schools, with PSU still yet to concede a goal to the Tigers since the first meeting in 2003.
Borgen stole the show with a dominant performance off the pine for the Blue & White, as the Hanson, Massachusetts, native found the back of the net for the first time in her junior campaign. The newly minted upperclassman was virtuosic in the attack, providing a crucial boost to the Nittany Lion attacking presence in a mere 19 minutes of action. Borgen appeared and started in all 23 matches for PSU a season ago, but was forced to ease her way back into the lineup this season following an injury earlier in the year. With an opportunity to change the match in the final 15 minutes of Thursday’s road test, Borgen secured her seventh collegiate goal as well as her first of the 2024 season in her only shot on target in the 78th.
Heroics from Borgen produced the final score line, but an unyielding and relentless Nittany Lion attack paved the way for the icebreaker late in the second half. Penn State’s offense, ranked first in the Big Ten Conference and fourth among power four conference institutions entering Thursday night’s battle with the Tigers, racked up a 19-10 differential in total shots as well as a domineering 10-3 margin in shots on goal. The PSU attack warranted a season-high 11 corner kicks, the most corners for a PSU squad since turning in an identical 11-corner showing on September 15 of last season against Maryland, a 4-0 conference victory. Penn State won…
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