UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Powered by a trio of goal scorers and an all-around team effort on the defensive end of the pitch, the eighth-seeded Penn State women’s soccer team rolled to a 3-0 victory over the Army Black Knights in the opening round of the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championships on Saturday night from Jeffrey Field.
For the 32nd year in a row, the Nittany Lion women’s soccer program crossed into double-digits in the win column, accomplishing that feat in every season of the team’s varsity era since its inaugural collegiate run in 1994. The Blue & White now own a 10-7-3 overall record in the 2025 season and earned a trip to the second round of the national postseason for the 17th year in a row, booking opening-round victories in every year since 2009. PSU is now 48-7-1 in NCAA Tournament matches played on Jeffrey Field, 67-28-3 in the national postseason all-time and has advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament or later on 28 occasions.
In the all-time series against Army, PSU improves to 2-0-0 overall, with both matches coming in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament in University Park. The Nittany Lions have outscored the Black Knights by a 4-0 margin in the two combined meetings, with the last fixture coming during the 2011 tournament that resulted in a 1-0 Penn State victory. PSU earned a trip back to Charlottesville, Virginia, for the second round of the 2025 event following the win over Army, looking to avenge a 1-0 defeat at the hands of top-seeded and seventh-ranked UVA next Thursday, November 20. In defeat, Army drops to 14-6-2 to conclude its historic 2025 campaign with a Patriot League Tournament championship to the program’s credit.
The Blue & White were dominant throughout Saturday’s NCAA Tournament opener, highlighted by an impressive 21-9 differential in total shot attempts. The Nittany Lions booked their second-most shots in a single match in the 2025 season and amassed a 9-3 margin in terms of shots on goal, the team’s most on-target shot attempts in a single fixture since booking 10 against Rutgers on October 4. The Black Knights were able to pick up victories in saves with a 6-3 margin, in addition to the corner kick competition with another 6-3 win in that category. Fouls were called in abundance both directions, with the Nittany Lions whistled for 11 infractions while Army was called for nine. Neither squad was saddled with a caution across the 90 minutes.
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