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
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2021 record12–8–1 (5–5–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ann Cook
  • Tim Wassell
  • Jack Rushworth
Home stadiumJeffrey Field
2021 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Rutgers  ‍†‍‍y 10–0–0 1.00019–3–2 .833
No. 24 Purdue  ‍‍‍y 8–2–0 .80015–4–3 .750
No. 7 Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 6–2–2 .70018–4–3 .780
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 5–4–1 .55010–5–3 .639
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5–4–1 .55012–6–2 .650
No. 23 Penn State  ‍‍‍y 5–5–0 .50012–8–1 .595
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y 3–4–2 .4449–9–2 .500
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y 3–3–4 .50010–6–6 .591
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 3–4–3 .4509–5–4 .611
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 4–6–0 .4008–6–3 .559
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 3–5–2 .4007–9–2 .444
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 3–5–1 .3897–9–1 .441
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 1–8–1 .1505–11–1 .324
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 0–7–3 .1504–9–5 .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 of 2021.[1]

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

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

    Season Rankings
    Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
    Ranking movement
    Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
    Poll Pre Wk
    1    		 Wk
    2    		 Wk
    3    		 Wk
    4    		 Wk
    5    		 Wk
    6    		 Wk
    7    		 Wk
    8    		 Wk
    9    		 Wk
    10    		 Wk
    11    		 Final
    United Soccer[6] 10 7 7 14 8 12 RV RV NV 24 RV
    Top Drawer Soccer[7] 20 13 11 11 6 9 23 NV NV NV NV
    CollegeSoccerNews.com[8] 10 9 7 8 6 11 25 RV RV NV NV

    References
    1. "Wassell Promoted to Associate Head Coach for Women's Soccer Program". Penn State University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
    2. Collegian, Camryn O'Rourke | For the. "Penn State women's soccer earns a spot in the 2021 NCAA Tournament". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
    3. 2021 Women's Soccer Roster on Penn State
    4. "2021 Women's Soccer Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
    5. "Penn State Leads 2021 Big Ten Women's Soccer Preseason Poll". bigten.org. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
    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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