2012 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team

2012 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer
2012 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer
Big Ten Regular Season Champion
NCAA, Runner Up
Conference	Big Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 2
Record	21–4–2 (10–0–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Erica Dambach (6th season);
Home stadium	Jeffrey Field
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

Last updated October 22, 2024

The 2012 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2012 NCAA Division I women's soccer season and the 2012 Big Ten Conference women's soccer season. It was the program's 19th season fielding a women's varsity soccer team, and their 19th season in the Big Ten Conference. The 2012 season was Erica Dambach's 6th year at the helm. During the season the Nittany Lions lifted their 15th consecutive Big Ten regular season title with a 10-0-1 record.^[1] The squad played in their first NCAA National Championship against North Carolina at Torero Stadium, losing 4–1.^[2] Erica Dambach was awarded with Coach of the Year from United Soccer Coaches and Soccer America; Maya Hayes and Christine Nairn were named first team All-Americans.^[3]

Background

Penn State head coach Erica Dambach, who also served as an assistant coach to the United States Women's National team, won Gold in the 2012 Olympics before returning for the start of the season.^[4] In one of the opening matches of the 2012 season, hosting defending national champion No. 1 Stanford, Penn State set a Jeffrey Field attendance record seeing 5,117 fans in the crowd.^[5] Maya Hayes and Taylor Schram returned to the team in late September after winning the 2012 U-20 Women's World Cup with the United States.^[6] Finishing the Big Ten regular season 10-0-1 the Nittany Lions lifted their 15th consecutive Big Ten regular season title.^[1] Receiving the No. 1 bid in the Big Ten tournament the team would eventually fall in the semifinals to Illinois.^[7] Penn State received an at-large, 1st seed bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament, opening the competition by defeating Long Island University Brooklyn.^[8] On the way to the finals, Penn State would face and defeat Boston College, Michigan, Duke and Florida State. Penn State played in their first NCAA National Championship against North Carolina at Torero Stadium. Tied 1–1 at half North Carolina went on to score three unanswered seeing the Nittany Lions fall 4–1.^[2] The Nittany Lions received 5 of 6 possible individual awards from the Big Ten: Maya Hayes named Forward of the Year, Erica Dambach named Coach of the Year, Christine Nairn named Midfielder of the Year, Whit Church named Defensive Player of the Year and Raquel Rodriguez named Freshman of the Year.^[9] Nationally, Erica Dambach was awarded with Coach of the Year from United Soccer Coaches and Soccer America; Maya Hayes and Christine Nairn were also named first team All-Americans.^[3]

Squad

Roster

As of August 5, 2012^[10]

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	Kristin Hartmann	United States
00	GK	Erin McNulty	United States
1	GK	Tara Barr	United States
2	MF	Megan Ritchey	United States
3	MF	Emily Hurd	United States
4	DF	Lexi Marton	Canada
5	FW	Maya Hayes	United States
6	MF	Jackie Molinda	United States
7	MF	Corey Persson	United States
8	DF	Jenna Kalwa	United States
9	DF	Bri Garcia	United States
10	MF	Christine Nairn	United States
11	FW	Raquel Rodriguez	Costa Rica


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	Kindrah Kohne	United States
14	FW	Kori Chapic	United States
15	DF	Erin Kehoe	United States
16	FW	Mallory Weber	United States
17	DF	Whitney Church	United States
18	MF	Maddy Evans	United States
19	FW	Taylor Schram	United States
20	GK	Meghan Kaminski	United States
21	DF	Teddy Chase	United States
22	FW	Tani Costa	United States
23	DF	Bri Hovington	United States
24	MF	Amanda Dotten	United States
25	MF	Mallory Peterson	United States
28	GK	Britt Eckerstrom	United States

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Pre-season
August 17* 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	No. 7 Virginia	W 3–1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Klöckner Stadium (1130) Charlottesville, VA
August 19* 7:30 p.m.	No. 9	St. John's	W 5–0	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	Jeffrey Field (709) State College, PA
August 24* 2:30 p.m.	No. 6	No. 1 Stanford	L 2–3	2–1–0 (0–0–0)	Jeffrey Field (5117) State College, PA
August 26* 2:30 p.m.	No. 6	Central Michigan	W 5–0	3–1–0 (0–0–0)	Jeffrey Field (843) State College, PA
August 31* 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	at No. 24 West Virginia	W 1-1 ^2-1	4–1–0 (0–0–0)	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (2057) Morgantown, WV
September 2* 2:30 p.m.	No. 6	at vs. Pittsburgh	W 3-0	5–1–0 (0–0–0)	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (702) Morgantown, WV
September 8* 9:00 p.m.	No. 6	at No. 24 BYU	L 3–1	5–2–0 (0–0–0)	South Field (4922) Provo, UT
Regular season
September 16 1:00 p.m.	No. 11	No. 13 Wisconsin	W 2–1	6–2–0 (1–0–0)	Jeffrey Field (994) State College, PA
September 21 8:00 p.m.	No. 11	at Northwestern	W 4-1	7–2–0 (2–0–0)	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium (196) Evanston, IL
September 23 1:00 p.m.	No. 11	at Illinois	W 4-0	8–2–0 (3–0–0)	Demirjian Park Champaign, IL
September 27 8:00 p.m.	No. 8	at Ohio State	W 3-0	9–2–0 (4–0–0)	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (419) Columbus, OH
September 30 12:00 p.m.	No. 8	Minnesota	W 4-3	10–2–0 (5–0–0)	Jeffrey Field (1257) State College, PA
October 2* 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	Bucknell	W 3-1	11–2–0 (5–0–0)	Jeffrey Field (623) State College, PA
October 7 1:00 p.m.	No. 4	Indiana	W 5-2	12–2–0 (6–0–0)	Jeffrey Field (919) State College, PA
October 12 5:00 p.m.	No. 4	at Nebraska	W 4-0	13–2–0 (7–0–0)	Hibner Stadium (322) Lincoln, NE
October 21 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	at Iowa	W 2-1	14–2–0 (8–0–0)	UI Soccer Complex (250) Iowa City, IA
October 19 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	Michigan State	W 5-1	15–2–0 (9–0–0)	Jeffrey Field (2606) State College, PA
October 21 1:00 p.m.	No. 4	No. 17 Michigan	T 1-1	15–1–2 (9–0–1)	Jeffrey Field (2606) State College, PA
October 26 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	at Purdue	W 2-0	16–2–1 (10–0–1)	Folk Field (2606) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Tournament
October 31 1:30 p.m.	No. 4 (6)	vs. No. (8) Iowa First Round	W 2-0	17–2–1 (10–0–1)	Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN
November 2 10:00 a.m.	No. 4 (1)	vs. No. (3) Illinois Semi-final	L 0-1	17–3–2 (10–0–1)	Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN
NCAA Tournament
November 10* 6:00 p.m.	No. 4 (1)	LIU Brooklyn First Round	W 4-0	18–2–2 (10–0–1)	Jeffrey Field (1438) State College, PA
November 16* 6:00 p.m.	No. 5 (1)	Boston College Second Round	W 5-2	19–2–2 (10–0–1)	Jeffrey Field (1258) State College, PA
November 18* 7:00 p.m.	No. 5 (1)	Michigan Round of 16	T 1-1 ^{2-0 PK}	19–3–2 (10–0–1)	Jeffrey Field (647) State College, PA
November 23* 6:00 p.m.	No. 5 (1)	No. 19 (3) Duke Quarterfinals	W 1-0	20–3–2 (10–0–1)	Jeffrey Field (1794) State College, PA
November 30* 6:00 p.m.	No. 5 (1)	vs. No. 7 (1) Florida State College Cup Semifinals	W 1-1 ^2-1	21–3–2 (10–0–1)	Torero Stadium San Diego, CA
December 2* 6:00 p.m.	No. 5 (1)	vs. No. 13 (2) North Carolina College Cup Championship	L 1-4	21–4–2 (10–0–1)	Torero Stadium San Diego, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source:Penn State Athletics ^[11]

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References

1 2 McKenna, Katie (October 22, 2012). "Nairn leads team to Big Ten title". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
1 2 Bair, Scott (December 3, 2012). "North Carolina spoils dream finale to Penn State's Season". Centre Daily Times. pp. B1. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
1 2 "Lions' Walsh named women's coach of year". Centre Daily Times. January 16, 2013. pp. B3. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
↑ McGonigal, John (February 3, 2012). "Walsh, Former Lions Earn Olympics Bid". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
↑ Somerville, Wynton J. (August 27, 2011). "Record crowd attends women's soccer game against Stanford". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
↑ McKenna, Katie (September 5, 2012). "Soccer standouts receive international experience". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
↑ McKenna, Katie (November 2, 2012). "Illinois ousts Lions from Big Ten tournament". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
↑ Petrella, Steven (November 10, 2012). "Top-seeded Lions seek perfection". Centre Daily Times. pp. B3. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
↑ Somerville, Wynton J. "Lions take home handful of Big Ten honors". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
↑ 2012 Women's Soccer Roster on Penn State
↑ "2012 Women's Soccer Schedule". Penn State Athletics . Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2012.

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[:0-1] 1 2 McKenna, Katie (October 22, 2012). "Nairn leads team to Big Ten title". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[:1-2] 1 2 Bair, Scott (December 3, 2012). "North Carolina spoils dream finale to Penn State's Season". Centre Daily Times. pp. B1. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[:2-3] 1 2 "Lions' Walsh named women's coach of year". Centre Daily Times. January 16, 2013. pp. B3. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[4] McGonigal, John (February 3, 2012). "Walsh, Former Lions Earn Olympics Bid". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[5] Somerville, Wynton J. (August 27, 2011). "Record crowd attends women's soccer game against Stanford". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[6] McKenna, Katie (September 5, 2012). "Soccer standouts receive international experience". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[7] McKenna, Katie (November 2, 2012). "Illinois ousts Lions from Big Ten tournament". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[8] Petrella, Steven (November 10, 2012). "Top-seeded Lions seek perfection". Centre Daily Times. pp. B3. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[9] Somerville, Wynton J. "Lions take home handful of Big Ten honors". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[10] 2012 Women's Soccer Roster on Penn State

[11] "2012 Women's Soccer Schedule". Penn State Athletics . Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2012.

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