April 8, 2015
| #12 PENN STATE vs. MICHIGAN | |
| 9-3 (2-0 B1G) | 5-7 (0-2 B1G) |
| Thursday, April 9 at 7 p.m. | |
| PENN STATE LACROSSE FIELD | UNIVERSITY PARK | |
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TEAM STATISTICS Penn State | Ohio State |
PROMOTIONS Pink Night | Pink Giveaways |
| INSIDE THE NUMBERS | ||
| PSU | 2015 Stats | MICH |
| 9-3 | Overall Record | 5-7 |
| 2-0 | Conference Record | 0-2 |
| 171 | Goals Scored | 139 |
| 107 | Goals Allowed | 143 |
| 14.25 | Goals Scored/gm. | 11.58 |
| 8.92 | Goals Allowed/gm. | 11.92 |
| 367 | Shots | 313 |
| 30.6 | Shots/gm. | 26.1/td> |
| 65 | Assists | 39 |
| 32-66 | Free-Position Shots | 29-67 |
| 168 | Ground Balls | 231 |
| 158 | Draw Controls | 137 |
| 128 | Turnovers | 185 |
| 110 | Caused Turnovers | 114 |
| 89 | Saves | 89 |
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The No. 12 Nittany Lion women's lacrosse team will try to improve to 3-0 in Big Ten play on Thursday night when it hosts Michigan at Penn State Lacrosse Field. The final home game of the season will be shown live on the Big ten Network and BTN2Go.
ADMISSION & PARKING
All regular-season Penn State lacrosse games are free to attend. Parking is available in Lot 44 next to the Penn State Multi-Sport Complex.
PROMOTIONS
Penn State's final regular season home game will be Pink Night as the Nittany Lions support the fight against Breast Cancer. PSU will wear pink t-shirts during warmups and a silent auction will take place at the game with the proceeds going to the Pink Zone. Other pink-related giveaways will be given to fans upon their arrival while supplies last.
LAST TIME OUT: No. 12 Penn State 14, No. 18 Ohio State 13 (April 4)
Behind precise shooting, timely saves and pressure defense, the No. 12 Nittany Lion women's lacrosse squad held off No. 18 Ohio State, 14-13, Saturday evening at Penn State Lacrosse Field. Steph Lazo (Stevensville, Md.) had five first-half points and Tatum Coffey (Toms River, N.J.) tossed in four of her own to pace the Nittany Lion offense.
Penn State (9-3, 2-0 Big Ten) connected on 11 of its first 15 shots of the game to build a four-goal lead in the second half, and held off a furious Ohio State (10-3, 1-1 Big Ten) charge for the victory. PSU shot 63.6 percent for the game.
Lazo notched three goals, two assists in the opening 30 minutes, while Coffey scored two of her three goals in the second half, while Kelly Lechner (Silver Spring, Md.) and Katie O'Donnell (West Chester, Pa.) each scored two goals. Goalie Emi Smith (Denver, Colo.) made nine saves, six of which came in the first half to help steer PSU into the halftime lead, 9-7.
Ohio State employed a special face guard defense for Maggie McCormick, who was held pointless for the first time since April 8, 2014 against Cornell, a span of 16 games. Nevertheless, PSU's balanced scoring had eight different Nittany Lions tally a goal.
MCCORMICK RISES IN THE RECORD BOOKS
Maggie McCormick is the current Penn State record holder for assists (118) and has risen to fourth in all-time points (236). Her point total is the most by a Nittany Lion in a single career since Tami Worley registered 289 in 1986-89. McCormick (118 goals) needs two goals to crack the top 15 goals chart.
BALANCED SCORING
The Nittany Lions have received goals from 14 different sources this season with eight different double-digit scorers in all. Steph Lazo (24) leads the bunch followed by Tatum Coffey (23), Madison Cyr (20), Maggie McCormick (18), Jenna Mosketti (17), Kelly Lechner (17), Katie O'Donnell (15) and Abby Smucker (10).
One other Nittany Lion is on the cusp of 10 goals: Jess Loizeaux (9).
LAZO LEADING THE LIONS
Despite missing two games with injury, Penn State sophomore Steph Lazo is the team's leader in goals with 24.
Lazo had a five-goal game against Lehigh and a hat trick against Bucknell before scoring two vs. Duquesne. She found the back of the net once more against Virginia in February and added another hat trick vs. Loyola on March 7.
Lazo's hat trick against Stanford was her fifth game with three or more goals before she added two more tallied at Rutgers. Lazo notched her sixth game of three or more goals vs. Ohio State.
In all, Lazo has 29 points on the season, third on the team to Maggie McCormick (42, 18-24) and Tatum Coffey (30, 23-7). Entering 2015, Lazo had only one goal to her name.
CYR, MCCORMICK NAMED TO TEWAARATON AWARD WATCH LIST
Senior Maggie McCormick (Eldersburg, Md.) and junior Madison Cyr (Westminster, Md.) were named as two of 50 women's lacrosse players to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on Thursday night, Feb. 26. The Tewaaraton Award, presented by Under Armour, honors the best men's and women's collegiate lacrosse player.
This is the fifth straight season the Nittany Lions have had a representative on the preseason watch list. Potential additions to the watch list will be announced March 19 and April 9 before the first cutdown to 25 players on April 23.
ABOUT THE WOLVERINES
Michigan (5-7, 0-2 Big Ten) is currently on a four-game losing streak following Sunday's 11-10 home loss to Duquesne. Four of Michigan's seven losses have come by a single goal this season.
The Wolverines average 11.58 goals per game, while allowing 11.92. Michigan attempts 26.1 shots per game and scores at a 44.4 percent clip. Wolverine goalkeepers have held a save percentage of 38.4.
Michigan receives goals from six main players led by Kim Coughlan's 28. Jess Angerman has 25 goals and a team-best eight assists for 33 points. Anna Schueler (24 goals), Lauren Oberlander (16), Tess Korten (14) and Madeline Dion (12) round out the top six scorers.
Schueler leads the team in ground balls (26) and draw controls (37) while Dion has a team-best 22 caused turnovers. In net, Allison Silber has started every game, earning 86 saves while allowing 137 goals.
THE PENN STATE-MICHIGAN SERIES
Penn State and Michigan have met just once: March 23, 2014. The Nittany Lions took that inaugural contest by 13 goals over the first-year Wolverines.
THIS IS B1G
Penn State is one of six members in the inaugural season for Big Ten women's lacrosse. The Nittany Lions join storied programs such as Maryland and its 12 NCAA titles and Northwestern with its seven championships. When PSU's two NCAA crowns are factored in, the Big Ten is the winningest conference in women's lacrosse.
Joining PSU, Maryland and Northwestern are Ohio State, Rutgers and Michigan in the Big Ten fold. Each team will play the other five members of the conference once. The 2015 Big Ten Tournament is set for April 30-May 3 at Rutgers with all six teams participating.
NEXT TIME OUT
Penn State will play three straight road games to cap the 2015 regular season beginning with Tuesday's test at Cornell. Game time in Ithaca is slated for 5 p.m.