Aug. 23, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - While the Penn State Fall Sports season may have kicked off with women's soccer in action last week, Nittany Lion fans got a unique perspective from the annual athletics Fall Sports Media Day.
Coaches and student-athletes from seven different Penn State programs set to compete this fall met with members of the media to talk 2016 and their expectations for the upcoming year.
Check out some highlights and links to videos, transcripts and extra coverage from today's event.
Women's Soccer
Penn State women's soccer head coach Erica Dambach guided the Nittany Lions to its first NCAA National Championship last year. With a 1-0-1 start to the 2016 campaign having tied sixth-ranked West Virginia before beating Hofstra 3-1 last weekend, the No. 2 Nittany Lions are poised to continue their success.
As defending national champions, Dambach addressed her thoughts on how the competition might approach Penn State differently than last year.
"We'll we certainly earned the right to have a target on our back and we've got to embrace that. I think this team has done a nice job of embracing that role," Dambach said. "We all know what it feels like to go out on a Friday night against defending National Champions. Everybody thrives in that environment, everybody gets excited. They get up for those games and we feel that."
Press conference video