Thursday, September 14
University Park, Pa.
6 p.m.
Northwestern
at
Penn State
Northwestern Takes On No. 8 Penn State Thursday on BTN
9/13/2017 10:51:00 AM | Women's Soccer
| 2017 NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S SOCCER | ||||||
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME (CT) | LOCATION | WATCH | LISTEN | LIVE STATS |
| Thursday, Sept. 14 |
#8 Penn State | 6 p.m. | University Park, Pa. | BTN BTN2Go |
N/A | Gametracker |
| Social: Twitter (@NUWSoccer) | Instagram (@NUWSoccer) | Facebook | ||||||
Match Notes (PDF)
EVANSTON, Ill. – Defending Big Ten champion Northwestern opens conference play Thursday night with a test against the top-ranked team in the conference, No. 8 Penn State. The Wildcats (3-3-1) match at Penn State (4-2-0) begins at 6 p.m. CT and will be televised live on Big Ten Network.
The match will also have a live online stream on BTN2Go.
Northwestern is coming off a week that saw a come-from-behind win against Missouri (2-1) and a narrow 1-0 loss to a Pepperdine team that is receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches' top-25 poll.
Penn State boasts wins over No. 6 North Carolina and No. 8 BYU, and its two losses are to two top-10 teams. The Nittany Lions are 3-0-0 at home so far this season.
SERIES HISTORY
Penn State leads the all-time series with Northwestern, 23-3-0. The Wildcats have not yet won a contest in University Park, dropping all 12 matches on the road. The teams did not play last season after 22 straight years of being on each other's schedule. Northwestern ended the Nittany Lions' 19-match winning streak in the series in the 2014 Big Ten Tournament, when the 'Cats upset No. 6 PSU, 1-0, in the quarterfinals. Penn State has since won the last three contests, including two of them in University Park.
SAVED BY CLEM
Senior All-American goalkeeper Lauren Clem made a season high seven saves against Pepperdine on Sunday to bring her season total to 29. Clem ranks third in the Big Ten with 4.1 saves per game in 2017. Clem has made 281 saves in her career, tied for the second-highest total in program history with Wendy Ekeberg (2007-10). She trails only Wendy Scholz (1994-97) with 577 and with her next save will stand alone in second place.
YOUTH MOVEMENT
Northwestern's first year class has already proven itself in the first month of college play. Madi Kennel scored the first two goals of her career in a 3-0 win at Illinois State, with her first career goal - and the gamewinner - coming in the 54th minute. She tacked on another one in the 78th minute. Fellow rookie McKenna Angotti followed with her first career goal in the 84th minute. The Wildcats started four first years on Sept. 7 against Missouri, with Kennel, Angotti, and Regan Steigleder joined by Mikayla Hampton, who scored the game-winning goal in the 82nd minute of that match. All seven newcomers have played overall with all of them taking at least three shots through the first seven matches.
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