2021 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team

The 2021 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team will represent 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 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 →

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]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish	Team
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

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer 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

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. from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
5. "Penn State Leads 2021 Big Ten Women's Soccer Preseason Poll". bigten.org. 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.

External links

• PSU Soccer Schedule