Nov. 13, 2008
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Nittany Lions will travel to Piscataway, N.J. for the first round of the NCAA tournament to face Rutgers. This will be the second time this season that these teams will meet at Yurcak Field. The winner of this match will face the winner of #4 Oklahoma State/Fairfield.
Penn State holds a 7-1-1 all-time series record with the Scarlet Knights. The teams met earlier this season in Piscataway as Penn State took a 1-0 victory in double overtime. Scoring for the Nittany Lions was Nikki Watts (Hungerford, England). This marks the 14th NCAA Tournament bid for the Nittany Lions in their 15-year program history. In that time, Penn State advanced to three Elite Eights and three college cups. Last year, the team advanced to the third round before falling in a 1-0 decision to West Virginia.
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College Soccer 360 is offering a free text-message service for the entire 2008 NCAA women's soccer D-I tournament at www.collegesoccer360.com. The sign-up is very easy and each person can tailor what texts to receive plus other menu options such as U.S. youth national teams' results/news. Some of the texts will be followed by an email, with the same message and often an updated PDF tournament bracket attached for convenience. The text-message signup page can be reached via the main page at collegesoccer360.com, then click onfreetext-messagescores and proceed with the signup on that page.
FOLLOW THE ACTION LIVE
CBS's Gametracker will again serve as the NCAA's official live stats interface for the 2008 events and Rutgers, will provide this coverage. Links to each event will automatically appear on NCAA.com.