ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Penn State women's soccer program has been selected as the preseason choice to win the 2019 Big Ten Conference announced by the league on Monday. As voted on by the conference coaches, Penn State has been selected preseason favorite to win the conference each year since 2003.
In addition to the preseason coaches poll, the Big Ten also announced its annual preseason honors list. Defender Kaleigh Riehl (Fairfax Station, Va.), defender Ellie Jean (Coventry, Conn.) and goalkeeper Amanda Dennis (San Diego, Calif.) represented the Nittany Lions.
The Nittany Lions have claimed 19 Big Ten regular season championships in 25 years as a program, the most in the Big Ten. Penn State begins the season ranked No. 6 in the preseason poll by the United Soccer Coaches and opens the season against No. 3 Stanford on August 23 at 7:00 p.m. Penn State completes the opening weekend by playing Hofstra on August 25 at 2:30 p.m.
2019 BIG TEN WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL
1. Penn State
2. Rutgers
3. Wisconsin
4. Ohio State
5. Michigan
6. Minnesota
7. Nebraska
8. Illinois
9. Northwestern
10. Iowa
11. Purdue
12. Indiana
13. Maryland
14. Michigan State
2019 BIG TEN WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON HONORS LIST
Alicia Barker, Sr., D, Illinois
Jaelyn Cunningham, Sr., GK, Illinois
Arianna Veland, Sr., M, Illinois
Chandra Davidson, Sr., F, Indiana
Avery Lockwood, Fr., M, Indiana
Oliwia Wos, So., D, Indiana
Devin Burns, Sr., F, Iowa
Riley Whitaker, So., D, Iowa
Natalie Winters, Sr., M, Iowa
Malikae Dayes, Jr., M/D, Maryland
Mikayla Dayes, Jr., F, Maryland
Alyssa Poarch, So., F, Maryland
Hillary Beall, Jr., GK, Michigan
Nicki Hernandez, Jr., F, Michigan
Sarah Stratigakis, Jr., M, Michigan
Camryn Evans, So., F, Michigan State
Michaela Kovacs, Sr., D, Michigan State
Bria Schrotenboer, Fr., D, Michigan State
Nikki Albrecht, Sr., D, Minnesota
Athena Kuehn, Jr., M, Minnesota
Celina Nummerdor, Jr., M, Minnesota
Meg Brandt, Sr., M/F, Nebraska
Sinclaire Miramontez, Sr., D, Nebraska
Savanah Uveges, Sr., M, Nebraska
Regan Steigleder, Jr., M, Northwestern
Julietta Thron, So., D, Northwestern
Mackenzie Wood, So., GK, Northwestern
Alyssa Baumbick, Jr., D, Ohio State
Izzy Rodriguez, Jr., D, Ohio State
Jordan Silkowitz, Fr., GK, Ohio State
Amanda Dennis, Sr., GK, Penn State
Ellie Jean, Sr., D, Penn State
Kaleigh Riehl, Sr., D, Penn State
Sarah Clark, Jr., M, Purdue
Skylurr Patrick, So., D, Purdue
Grace Walsh, So., D, Purdue
Amirah Ali, Jr., F, Rutgers
Meagan McClelland, So., GK, Rutgers
Chantelle Swaby, Sr., D, Rutgers
Cameron Murtha, Jr., F, Wisconsin
Dani Rhodes, Sr., F, Wisconsin
Claire Shea, Jr., D, Wisconsin
