LINCOLN, Neb. – Senior defender Mieke Schiemann clobbered a free kick from just outside the penalty area in the 16th minute, powering the No. 15 Penn State women’s soccer team to a solid 1-0 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers in a physical affair Sunday afternoon from Hibner Stadium.
Schiemann, a native of Berlin, Germany, turned in a dominant individual effort against the Cornhuskers highlighted by her third score of the 2024 campaign. The veteran center back has been a significant set piece threat for the Nittany Lions this season, contributing a pair of penalty kick goals prior to Sunday’s dominant strike in the first half against the Cornhuskers. On the defensive side of things, Schiemann tallied 90 minutes of work for the Blue & White on the back line, her seventh complete-match showing of the year. Schiemann was instrumental in holding Nebraska’s high-powered offense without a goal for just the fifth time this year.
The Blue & White returned to their winning ways following their one-goal victory over the Cornhuskers, rising to 9-3-1 overall and 3-2 against Big Ten Conference competition this season, putting an end to a two-match losing skid. In defeat, the defending 2023 Big Ten regular season co-champions in Nebraska drop to 4-7 overall and 1-4 against B1G competitors. The Nittany Lions extended their lead over the Cornhuskers in the still burgeoning conference rivalry, with Penn State improving to 8-3-2 overall against Nebraska since the first all-time meeting in 2011 when the institution joined the Big Ten.
One of the most intense physical matchups of the season saw the Blue & White weather the hometown crowd and an effective Nebraska attack en route to their third B1G win of the campaign. Nebraska took the win on the shot chart Sunday afternoon, making 17 attempts at the Nittany Lion net compared to just seven shots from PSU. In terms of on-target shots, however, Penn State edged the home side by a narrow 5-4 tally. Penn State played its opponent even in the corner kick competition yet again, matching the Huskers 4-for-4 in those opportunities. Fouls rained down on both sides of the pitch, with the sides combining for 24 whistles with one yellow card assessed in yet another gritty Nebraska-Penn State affair.
Redshirt junior midfielder Julia Raich earned the first start of her collegiate career on Sunday after having previously appeared in 38 matches off the pine. Raich, a native of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, contributed her first…
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