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No. 17 Nittany Lions Blank Illinois 5-0 on Senior, Alumni Day – Penn State University Athletics
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The No. 17 Penn State ladies’s soccer program had lots to have fun on Senior and Alumni day because the Nittany Lions shutout Illinois 5-0 on Sunday afternoon.
Seasoned gamers and newcomers alike took half within the scoring motion at Jeffrey Subject.
Senior+ Penelope Hocking led the best way scoring a brace along with her first objective occurring simply 30 seconds into the match on an help from freshman Amelia White.
Freshman Olivia Smith and junior Kaitlyn MacBean every scored their first profession targets, whereas senior+ Jillian Jennings scored the second objective of her profession and first objective for the Blue and White since transferring from Boston Faculty in 2021.
The 5 Nittany Lion targets had been essentially the most conceded by the Preventing Illini this season behind their 0-4 loss at Notre Dame on Aug. 28.
It marked the fourth shutout Illinois has suffered this season, because of a powerful Nittany Lion protection who held the Preventing Illini to simply 4 photographs on objective. Keeper duo redshirt senior Katherine Asman and senior+ Morgan Messner mixed for the sixth cleansheet of the season and third in a row.
With the win, PSU advances to 7-1-2 total and 2-0-1 in Huge Ten play whereas Illinois drops to 6-4-1 total and 1-2-0 within the league.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Penn State set the tone early, as White dribbled up subject and despatched a cross contained in the field to Hocking who scored within the first 30 seconds of the match marking the Nittany Lions’ earliest objective this season.
The 37th minute noticed Illinois’ first shot of the match that went proper into the gloves of Asman. It could be the Preventing Illini’s solely shot of the half. Not 45 seconds later, Smith scored the primary objective of her profession on an arcing shot into the online assisted by senior Payton Linnehan.
Earlier than heading into halftime, senior Cori Dyke despatched a nook kick into the field discovering MacBean who headed a shot that was blocked by Illinois. Jennings was in the best place as well the deflection in for the 3-0 benefit.
Hocking scored her second objective within the 58th minute to tie Schlegel with 4 targets this season and to guide the Nittany Lions with ten factors.
PSU didn’t let off the gasoline seeing MacBean rating her first profession objective within the 89th minute for the 5-0 lead.
NEXT UP
The Nittany Lions keep at Jeffrey Subject to host Michigan State at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Senior Day and Alumni Day is introduced by the Penn State Alumni Affiliation.
The Penn State ladies’s soccer season is introduced by the Smeal Faculty of Enterprise.