Sept. 23, 2016
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EVANSTON, Ill. - Penn State dropped it's first contest of the 2016 season falling at the hands of the No. 11 Northwestern Wildcats 5-3 Friday afternoon at Lakeside Field.
It was a tale of two half's as Penn State (8-1, 1-1) gave up a season high five goals, four in the second half, and was outshot for the first time all season.
Leading 1-0 at the half on a goal by Shay Cannon who finished in front of the cage off the scramble, assisted by Gini Bramley, in the 33rd-minute, the Lions held an advantage in shots, penalty corners, and most importantly goals.
Northwestern (7-2, 2-0) struck twice out of the half on back-to-back goals from Dominique Masters and Puck Pentenga in the 40th and 42nd minute, respectively, prompting a Charlene Morett-Curtiss timeout.
The Wildcats found the cage again out of the timeout as Pentenga assisted Saar De Brazil finishing the goal from the left side to extend the lead for Northwestern to 3-1 early in the second half.
A short five minutes later (47') Moira Putsch notched her eighth goal of the season off the deflection in front to cut the lead to one point 3-2 in favor of the Wildcats.
Northwestern would again extend the lead to two on a Pascale Massey goal as Pentenga recorded her second assist of the game to make it a 4-2 Northwestern lead.
The final two goals of the game would come by way of Northwestern's Isabel Flens and Penn State's Moira Putsch - her second of the game and ninth of the season - giving the Wildcats a 5-3 win over No. 4 Penn State.
Penn State falls to 8-1 on the season with a 1-1 record in Big Ten play.
Penn State will be back in action Sunday, September 25 at 3 p.m. when the Nittany Lions take on Michigan in a Big Ten matchup slated to be broadcast on BTN.