No. 8 Women’s Soccer Competes to Scoreless Draw at No. 23 Georgetown – Penn State

WASHINGTON – No. 8 Penn State women’s soccer closed out its grueling three-match road trip against opponents that were either ranked or receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll on Sunday, with the Blue & White battling to a hard-fought scoreless draw against No. 23 Georgetown from Shaw Field.

The Nittany Lions extended their unbeaten streak to five consecutive matches following Sunday’s showdown in the nation’s capital, with Penn State climbing to 5-1-1 overall through the 2024 campaign’s first seven matches. Georgetown responded following its loss to nationally ranked Pepperdine last Thursday by playing toe-to-toe with PSU, as the Hoyas move to 3-1-2 overall on the young season. In the all-time series between the two programs, the squads remain deadlocked and move to 0-0-2 against one another following the second all-time meeting Sunday.

PSU last suffered a defeat on Thursday, August 22, against the nation’s current No. 4 team in Virginia, with the Blue & White since improving to 3-1-1 overall on the year against opponents that were either ranked or receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll. The Nittany Lions’ current three-match unbeaten streak against ranked foes featured a trio of contests on the road, the longest stretch of nationally ranked true road matches at PSU since the 2021 team battled No. 13 West Virginia, No. 18 UCF and No. 3 Virginia in consecutive contests on the road from September 2 through 9 of that year.

One of the marquee matches of the weekend lived up to the billing in the final box score, with both squads playing remarkably even in multiple statistical categories. Penn State narrowly edged out the Hoyas in total shot attempts by a 13-12 tally, but Georgetown booked a slim 3-2 win on the shot chart in terms of on-target opportunities. The Nittany Lions capitalized on solid offensive pressure to win eight corner kick opportunities against just five for the Hoyas, with PSU remaining unbeaten when taking the corner kick competition in the 2024 season at 3-0-1. In the official’s final book, Georgetown was saddled with a pair of yellow cards while the Nittany Lions picked up a single caution in the match.

Ten different Nittany Lions found their way onto the box score in the shot column, highlighted by a three-shot effort from redshirt senior forward Kaitlyn MacBean. Junior forward Amelia White recorded the only other multi-shot outing of the day for the Nittany Lions with a pair of attempts, while…