2021 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team

2021 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer
2021 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer
Conference	Big Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 23
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 24
Record	12–8–1 (5–5–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Erica Dambach (15th season);
Assistant coaches	Ann Cook; Tim Wassell; Jack Rushworth;
Home stadium	Jeffrey Field
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season and the 2021 Big Ten Conference women's soccer season. It was the program's 28th season fielding a women's varsity soccer team, and their 28th season in the Big Ten Conference. The 2021 season is Erica Dambach's 15th year at the helm.

2021 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 3 Rutgers ‍†‍‍^y	10	–	0	–	0	1.000	19	–	3	–	2	.833
No. 24 Purdue ‍‍‍^y	8	–	2	–	0	.800	15	–	4	–	3	.750
No. 7 Michigan ‍‍‡‍^y	6	–	2	–	2	.700	18	–	4	–	3	.780
Michigan State ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1	.550	10	–	5	–	3	.639
Iowa ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1	.550	12	–	6	–	2	.650
No. 23 Penn State ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0	.500	12	–	8	–	1	.595
Ohio State ‍‍‍^y	3	–	4	–	2	.444	9	–	9	–	2	.500
Wisconsin ‍‍‍^y	3	–	3	–	4	.500	10	–	6	–	6	.591
Indiana ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3	.450	9	–	5	–	4	.611
Minnesota ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0	.400	8	–	6	–	3	.559
Nebraska ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	7	–	9	–	2	.444
Northwestern ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1	.389	7	–	9	–	1	.441
Illinois ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1	.150	5	–	11	–	1	.324
Maryland ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	3	.150	4	–	9	–	5	.361


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 Big Ten Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:2021 Women's Soccer Standings

Background

The 2021 season is the Nittany Lions' 28th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 28th season playing in the Big Ten Conference. The team is led by 15th year head coach, Erica Dambach, who had previously served as a head coach for the Harvard. Tim Wassell was promoted to associate head coach in July 2021.^[1]

Penn State was invited to compete in the 2021 NCAA tournament as an unranked seed.^[2]

Player movement

Squad

Roster

As of August 5, 2021 ^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
0	GK	Katie Evans	United States
00	GK	Amanda Poorbaugh	United States
1	GK	Julia Dohle	United States
2	MF	Kerry Abello	United States
3	MF	Olivia Damico	United States
5	MF	Cori Dyke	United States
6	DF	Kate Wiesner	United States
7	MF	Jillian Jennings	United States
8	MF	Jilly Shimkin	United States
9	FW	Rachel Wasserman	United States
10	MF	Maddie Myers	United States
12	MF	Payton Linnehan	United States
14	MF	Kaitlyn Macbean	United States
15	DF	Devon Olive	United States
16	FW	Ellie Wheeler	United States


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	Sam Coffey	United States
18	DF	Sofia Mancino	United States
20	FW	Angela Aguero	United States
22	MF	Jordan Canniff	United States
23	DF	Eva Alonso	Spain
24	FW	Elle Kershner	United States
25	DF	Mieke Schiemann	Germany
26	GK	Katherine Asman	United States
29	DF	Kara Ogden	United States
31	MF	Julia Raich	United States
32	MF	Natalie Wilson	United States
33	DF	Anna Carson	United States
34	FW	Ally Schlegel	United States
35	MF	Riley Gleason	United States
55	GK	Morgan Messner	United States

Personnel

Front office
Athletic Director	Sandy Barbour
Deputy Director of Athletics	Lynn Holleran
Deputy Director of Athletics	Scott Sidwell
Coaching staff
Head coach	Erica Dambach
Assistant coach	Ann Cook
Assistant coach	Tim Wassell
Assistant coach	Jack Rushworth

Last updated: January 1, 2021
Source: Penn State Athletics

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Team events	Opponent events	Site (Attendance) City, State
Pre-season
August 19* 7:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 10	UMass	W 3–1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	S. Coffey 50' A. Schlegel 56' P. Linnehan 60'	C. Pedolzky 49'	Jeffrey Field (1777) State College, PA
August 22* 5:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 7	La Salle	W 4–0	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	P. Linnehan 24' P. Linnehan 26' P. Linnehan 28' O. Damico 36'	G. Picco 13' M. McCready 81'	Jeffrey Field (987) State College, PA
August 29* 2:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 7	Hofstra	W 2–1	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	P. Linnehan 3' A. Schlegel 13'	M. Taylor 20' Team Bench 20'	Jeffrey Field (1007) State College, PA
September 2 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 7	at No. 13 West Virginia	W 2–0	4–0–0 (0–0–0)	E. Wheeler 29' K. Abello 30' J. Shimkin 63' A. Schlegel 87'	none	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (1257) Morgantown, WV
September 5* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 7	at No. 18 University of Central Florida	L 2–1	4–1–0 (0–0–0)	M. Myers 24' S. Coffey 29' Bench 75'	K. Scott 25' K. Scott 61' K. Scott 73' D. Martin 73'	UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (524) Orlando, FL
September 9* 8:00 p.m., ACC Network	No. 14	at No. 3 Virginia	W 4–2	5–1–0 (0–0–0)	S. Coffey 24' P. Linnehan 38' A. Schlegel 39' A. Schlegel 61'	D. Ordonez 26' D. Ordonez 57'	Klöckner Stadium (1559) Charlottesville, VA
September 12* 3:00 p.m.	No. 14	vs. NC State	W 1–0	6–1–0 (0–0–0)	C. Dyke 79' S. Coffey 89'	none	Klöckner Stadium (53) Charlottesville, VA
Regular season
September 19 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 8	at No. 16 Rutgers	L 2–1	6–2–0 (0–1–0)	R. Wasserman 67'	S. Kroeger 62' B. Fluchel 80'	Yurcak Field (1854) Piscataway, NJ
September 23 7:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 12	Northwestern	L 2–1	6–3–0 (0–2–0)	C. Dyke 50' K. Abello 80'	K. Titus 10' J. Aulicino 36'	Jeffrey Field (652) State College, PA
September 26 3:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 12	Ohio State	L 1–0	6–4–0 (0–3–0)	none	I. Rodriguez 65'	Jeffrey Field (892) State College, PA
September 30 3:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 18 Wisconsin	W 2–1	7–4–0 (1–3–0)	S. Coffey 30' J. Canniff 80'	E. Jaskaniec 12' M. Monticello 30'	McClimon Soccer Complex (0) Madison, WI
October 3 1:00 p.m., BTN+		at Minnesota	L 4–1	7–5–0 (1–4–0)	R. Gleason 89'	P. Ward 9' I. Brown 24' M. Buisman 57' Team 73'	Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium (1311) Falcon Heights, MN
October 10 6:00 p.m., BTN+		Maryland	W 5–1	8–5–0 (2–4–0)	S. Coffey 18' S. Coffey 27' S. Coffey 39' r. Wasserman 47' A. Schlegel 52' M. Schiemann 68'	M. Dates 18'	Jeffrey Field (1000) State College, PA
October 14 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		Indiana	W 3–0	9–5–0 (3–4–0)	J. Canniff 40' R. Gleason 41' S. Coffey 54' J. Canniff 65'	A. Kalin 8'	Jeffrey Field (548) State College, PA
October 17 3:30 p.m., BTN+		No. 19 Purdue	W 2–1	10–5–0 (4–4–0)	J. Canniff 61' A. Schlegel 77'	Sarah Griffith 57'	Jeffrey Field (1931) State College, PA
October 21 7:00 p.m., FS1	No. 24	at Michigan	L 2–0	10–6–0 (4–5–0)	none	R. Loughman 17' S. Shepherd 27' D. Wolfe 84'	U-M Soccer Stadium (1133) Ann Arbor, MI
October 24 1:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 24	at Michigan State	W 2–1	11–6–0 (5–5–0)	A. Schlegel 78' E. Wheeler 83'	C. Evans 78'	DeMartin Soccer Complex (1242) East Lansing, MI
Big Ten Tournament
October 31 1:00 p.m., BTN+	No. (6)	at No. 17 (3) Michigan First Round	L 3–1	11–7–0 (5–5–0)	A. Schlegel 85'	N. Hernandez 9' R. Loughman 20' K. Lawrence 20'	U-M Soccer Stadium (801) Ann Arbor, MI
NCAA Tournament
November 12* 6:00 p.m.		Monmouth University First Round	W 3–1	12–7–0 (5–5–0)	A. Schlegel 25' P. Linnehan 38' R. Wasserman 74'	R. Ludwick 77'	Jeffrey Field (521) State College, PA
November 19* 4:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network		at No. 11 USC Round of 32	T 2–2 ^{5–3 PK}	12–7–1 (5–5–0)	A. Schlegel 20' A. Schlegel 56'	P. Hocking 48' S. Jackson 85'	McAlister Field (897) Los Angeles, CA
November 21* 3:00 p.m., Pac-12 Network		vs. South Carolina Sweet Sixteen	L 2–0	12–8–1 (5–5–0)	none	S. Chang 25' L. Zullo 55'	McAlister Field (219) Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source:Penn State Athletics^[4]

Rankings

Preseason Big Ten poll

Penn State was predicted to finish 1st in the Big Ten Conference.^[5]

Predicted finish	Team
Coaches' Poll
1	Penn State
2	Rutgers
3	Ohio State
4	Michigan
5	Wisconsin
6	Indiana
7	Iowa
7	Northwestern
9	Illinois
10	Minnesota
11	Purdue
12	Nebraska
13	Michigan State
14	Maryland

Season rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
United Soccer^[6]	10	7	7	14	8	12	RV	RV	—	24	RV	RV	RV	23
Top Drawer Soccer^[7]	20	13	11	11	6	9	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	24
CollegeSoccerNews.com^[8]	10	9	7	8	6	11	25	RV	RV	—	—

References

^ "Wassell Promoted to Associate head coach for Women's Soccer Program". Penn State University Athletics. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ Collegian, Camryn O'Rourke | For the. "Penn State women's soccer earns a spot in the 2021 NCAA Tournament". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
^ 2021 Women's Soccer Roster on Penn State
^ "2021 Women's Soccer Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
^ "Penn State Leads 2021 Big Ten Women's Soccer Preseason Poll". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
^ "NCAA DI Women's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

External links

PSU Soccer Schedule

[1] "Wassell Promoted to Associate head coach for Women's Soccer Program". Penn State University Athletics. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[2] Collegian, Camryn O'Rourke | For the. "Penn State women's soccer earns a spot in the 2021 NCAA Tournament". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved November 9, 2021.

[3] 2021 Women's Soccer Roster on Penn State

[4] "2021 Women's Soccer Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.

[5] "Penn State Leads 2021 Big Ten Women's Soccer Preseason Poll". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.

[6] "NCAA DI Women's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[7] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[8] "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

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