2012 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team

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2012 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer
Penn state soccer logo women.svg
Big Ten Regular Season Champion
NCAA, Runner Up
Conference Big Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 2
Record21–4–2 (10–0–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadium Jeffrey Field
Seasons
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The 2012 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team will represent 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]

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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 HartmannFlag of the United States.svg  United States
00 GK Erin McNultyFlag of the United States.svg  United States
1 GK Tara BarrFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2 MF Megan RitcheyFlag of the United States.svg  United States
3 MF Emily HurdFlag of the United States.svg  United States
4 DF Lexi MartonFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
5 FW Maya Hayes Flag of the United States.svg  United States
6 MF Jackie MolindaFlag of the United States.svg  United States
7 MF Corey PerssonFlag of the United States.svg  United States
8 DF Jenna KalwaFlag of the United States.svg  United States
9 DF Bri GarciaFlag of the United States.svg  United States
10 MF Christine Nairn Flag of the United States.svg  United States
11 FW Raquel Rodriguez Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12 MF Kindrah KohneFlag of the United States.svg  United States
14 FW Kori ChapicFlag of the United States.svg  United States
15 DF Erin KehoeFlag of the United States.svg  United States
16 FW Mallory Weber Flag of the United States.svg  United States
17 DF Whitney ChurchFlag of the United States.svg  United States
18 MF Maddy EvansFlag of the United States.svg  United States
19 FW Taylor SchramFlag of the United States.svg  United States
20 GK Meghan KaminskiFlag of the United States.svg  United States
21 DF Teddy ChaseFlag of the United States.svg  United States
22 FW Tani CostaFlag of the United States.svg  United States
23 DF Bri HovingtonFlag of the United States.svg  United States
24 MF Amanda DottenFlag of the United States.svg  United States
25 MF Mallory PetersonFlag of the United States.svg  United States
28 GK Britt Eckerstrom Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Schedule

Date
Time, TV		Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State

Pre-season

August 17*
7:00 p.m.		No. 9No. 7 VirginiaW 3–1 1–0–0
(0–0–0)		 Klöckner Stadium (1130)
Charlottesville, VA
August 19*
7:30 p.m.		No. 9St. John'sW 5–0 2–0–0
(0–0–0)		 Jeffrey Field (709)
State College, PA
August 24*
2:30 p.m.		No. 6No. 1 StanfordL 2–3 2–1–0
(0–0–0)		 Jeffrey Field (5117)
State College, PA
August 26*
2:30 p.m.		No. 6Central MichiganW 5–0 3–1–0
(0–0–0)		 Jeffrey Field (843)
State College, PA
August 31*
7:00 p.m.		No. 6at No. 24 West VirginiaW 1-1 2-14–1–0
(0–0–0)		Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (2057)
Morgantown, WV
September 2*
2:30 p.m.		No. 6at vs. PittsburghW 3-0 5–1–0
(0–0–0)		Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (702)
Morgantown, WV
September 8*
9:00 p.m.		No. 6at No. 24 BYUL 3–1 5–2–0
(0–0–0)		South Field (4922)
Provo, UT
Regular season
September 16
1:00 p.m.		No. 11No. 13 WisconsinW 2–1 6–2–0
(1–0–0)		 Jeffrey Field (994)
State College, PA
September 21
8:00 p.m.		No. 11at  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. 11at IllinoisW 4-0 8–2–0
(3–0–0)		Demirjian Park
Champaign, IL
September 27
8:00 p.m.		No. 8at Ohio StateW 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. 4BucknellW 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. 4at NebraskaW 4-0 13–2–0
(7–0–0)		Hibner Stadium (322)
Lincoln, NE
October 21
7:00 p.m.		No. 4at IowaW 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. 4No. 17 MichiganT 1-1 15–1–2
(9–0–1)		 Jeffrey Field (2606)
State College, PA
October 26
7:00 p.m.		No. 4at PurdueW 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 PK19–3–2
(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 2-121–3–2
(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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