2012 Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team

August 2023 women's soccer 2012 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn state soccer logo women.svg 100 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 21–4–2 10–0–1 2 Erica Dambach 6th Jeffrey Field Big Ten Regular Season Champion NCAA Runner Up 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. The squad played in their first NCAA National Championship against North Carolina at Torero Stadium, losing 4–1. 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. 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.McGonigal John 3 February 2012 Walsh, Former Lions Earn Olympics Bid https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/walsh-former-lions-earn-olympics-bid/article_ad06d347-542d-5f1a-8b97-0fb0ba7bbbf8.html 2022-03-31 The Daily Collegian en 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.Somerville Wynton J. 27 August 2011 Record crowd attends women's soccer game against Stanford https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/record-crowd-attends-womens-soccer-game-against-stanford/article_5a15c4a6-22b4-5856-b133-94350d40a092.html 2022-03-31 The Daily Collegian en 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.McKenna Katie 5 September 2012 Soccer standouts receive international experience https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/soccer-standouts-receive-international-experience/article_28e954e1-c604-5b0e-8e2f-08e55f200b39.html 2022-03-31 The Daily Collegian en Finishing the Big Ten regular season 10-0-1 the Nittany Lions lifted their 15th consecutive Big Ten regular season title.McKenna Katie 22 October 2012 Nairn leads team to Big Ten title https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/nairn-leads-team-to-big-ten-title/article_d2b6ab12-c2b3-5280-9ef9-5020fd88d503.html 2022-03-31 The Daily Collegian en Receiving the No. 1 bid in the Big Ten tournament the team would eventually fall in the semifinals to Illinois.McKenna Katie 2 November 2012 Illinois ousts Lions from Big Ten tournament https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/illinois-ousts-lions-from-big-ten-tournament/article_b37211d1-28f3-5e5f-b2d4-02acef9596b3.html 2022-03-31 The Daily Collegian en Penn State received an at-large, 1st seed bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament, opening the competition by defeating Long Island University Brooklyn.Petrella Steven 2012-11-10 Top-seeded Lions seek perfection B3 Centre Daily Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98785329/top-seeded-lions-seek-perfection/ 2022-03-31 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.Bair Scott 2012-12-03 North Carolina spoils dream finale to Penn State's Season B1 Centre Daily Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98786040/north-carolina-spoils-dream-finale-to/ 2022-03-31 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.Somerville Wynton J. Lions take home handful of Big Ten honors https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/lions-take-home-handful-of-big-ten-honors/article_6611c2de-e048-5e18-90cf-6a50d95e819d.html 2022-03-31 The Daily Collegian en 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.2013-01-16 Lions' Walsh named women's coach of year B3 Centre Daily Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98786685/lions-walsh-named-womens-coach-of-year/ 2022-03-31 Squad Roster August 5, 2012 2012 Women's Soccer Roster on Penn State 001E44 ffffff USA GK Kristin Hartmann 0 USA GK Erin McNulty 00 USA GK Tara Barr 1 USA MF Megan Ritchey 2 USA MF Emily Hurd 3 Canada DF Lexi Marton 4 USA FW Maya Hayes 5 USA MF Jackie Molinda 6 USA MF Corey Persson 7 USA DF Jenna Kalwa 8 USA DF Bri Garcia 9 USA MF Christine Nairn 10 Costa Rica FW Raquel Rodriguez 11 001E44 ffffff USA MF Kindrah Kohne 12 USA FW Kori Chapic 14 USA DF Erin Kehoe 15 USA FW Mallory Weber 16 USA DF Whitney Church 17 USA MF Maddy Evans 18 USA FW Taylor Schram 19 USA GK Meghan Kaminski 20 USA DF Teddy Chase 21 USA FW Tani Costa 22 USA DF Bri Hovington 23 USA MF Amanda Dotten 24 USA MF Mallory Peterson 25 USA GK Britt Eckerstrom 28 Schedule yes no yes |- !colspan=8 style="Penn State Nittany Lions #FFFFFF"| Pre-season |- w August 17 7:00 p.m. yes 9 7 Virginia Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA 3–1 1130 1–0–0 0–0–0 w August 19 7:30 p.m. yes 9 St. John's Jeffrey Field State College, PA 5–0 709 2–0–0 0–0–0 l August 24 2:30 p.m. yes 6 1 Stanford Jeffrey Field State College, PA 2–3 5117 2–1–0 0–0–0 w August 26 2:30 p.m. yes 6 Central Michigan Jeffrey Field State College, PA 5–0 843 3–1–0 0–0–0 w August 31 7:00 p.m. yes 6 yes 24 West Virginia Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Morgantown, WV 1-1 2-1 2057 4–1–0 0–0–0 w September 2 2:30 p.m. yes 6 yes yes Pittsburgh Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Morgantown, WV 3-0 702 5–1–0 0–0–0 l September 8 9:00 p.m. yes 6 yes 24 BYU South Field Provo, UT 3–1 4922 5–2–0 0–0–0 |- !colspan=8 style="Penn State Nittany Lions #FFFFFF"| Regular season |- w September 16 1:00 p.m. 11 13 Wisconsin Jeffrey Field State College, PA 2–1 994 6–2–0 1–0–0 w September 21 8:00 p.m. 11 yes Northwestern Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium Evanston, IL 4-1 196 7–2–0 2–0–0 w September 23 1:00 p.m. 11 yes Illinois Demirjian Park Champaign, IL 4-0 8–2–0 3–0–0 w September 27 8:00 p.m. 8 yes Ohio State Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Columbus, OH 3-0 419 9–2–0 4–0–0 w September 30 12:00 p.m. 8 Minnesota Jeffrey Field State College, PA 4-3 1257 10–2–0 5–0–0 w October 2 7:00 p.m. yes 4 Bucknell Jeffrey Field State College, PA 3-1 623 11–2–0 5–0–0 w October 7 1:00 p.m. 4 Indiana Jeffrey Field State College, PA 5-2 919 12–2–0 6–0–0 w October 12 5:00 p.m. 4 yes Nebraska Hibner Stadium Lincoln, NE 4-0 322 13–2–0 7–0–0 w October 21 7:00 p.m. 4 yes Iowa UI Soccer Complex Iowa City, IA 2-1 250 14–2–0 8–0–0 w October 19 7:00 p.m. 4 Michigan State Jeffrey Field State College, PA 5-1 2606 15–2–0 9–0–0 t October 21 1:00 p.m. 4 17 Michigan Jeffrey Field State College, PA 1-1 2606 15–1–2 9–0–1 w October 26 7:00 p.m. 4 yes Purdue Folk Field West Lafayette, IN 2-0 2606 16–2–1 10–0–1 |- !colspan=8 style="Penn State Nittany Lions #FFFFFF"| Big Ten Tournament |- w October 31 1:30 p.m. 4 (6) yes (8) Iowa Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN First Round 2-0 17–2–1 10–0–1 l November 2 10:00 a.m. 4 (1) yes (3) Illinois Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN Semi-final 0-1 17–3–2 10–0–1 |- !colspan=8 style="Penn State Nittany Lions #FFFFFF"| NCAA Tournament |- w November 10 6:00 p.m. yes 4 (1) LIU Brooklyn Jeffrey Field State College, PA First Round 4-0 1438 18–2–2 10–0–1 w November 16 6:00 p.m. yes 5 (1) Boston College Jeffrey Field State College, PA Second Round 5-2 1258 19–2–2 10–0–1 t November 18 7:00 p.m. yes 5 (1) Michigan Jeffrey Field State College, PA Round of 16 1-1 2-0 PK 647 19–3–2 10–0–1 w November 23 6:00 p.m. yes 5 (1) 19 (3) Duke Jeffrey Field State College, PA Quarterfinals 1-0 1794 20–3–2 10–0–1 w November 30 6:00 p.m. yes 5 (1) yes 7 (1) Florida State Torero Stadium San Diego, CA College Cup Semifinals 1-1 2-1 21–3–2 10–0–1 l December 2 6:00 p.m. yes 5 (1) yes 13 (2) North Carolina Torero Stadium San Diego, CA College Cup Championship 1-4 21–4–2 10–0–1 schedule Source:Penn State Athletics2012 Women's Soccer Schedule https://gopsusports.com/news/2012/6/29/mens-soccer-mens-soccer-announces-fall-2012-schedule.aspx live https://web.archive.org/web/20120629191221/https://gopsusports.com/news/2012/6/29/mens-soccer-mens-soccer-announces-fall-2012-schedule.aspx 2012-06-29 1 July 2012 Penn State Athletics References 30em External links PSU Soccer Schedule Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer Penn State Nittany Lions