MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Penn State women's soccer team continues its road trip at Minnesota on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. The Nittany Lions and Gophers meet for the 32nd time in program history with Penn State holding a 24-5-2 advantage.
Game Information
Date: Sunday, October 3 | 2 p.m. ET
Location: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium
Series History: PSU, 24-5-2 | Last Meeting: March 18, 2021 – PSU W, 3-0
Live Stats
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Penn State Breakdown
Record: 7-4-0, 1-3-0
Top Goal Scorers: Payton Linnehan – 6 goals, Sam Coffey – 4 goals
Top Assists: Sam Coffey – 4 assists
Last time out
Goals by captain Sam Coffey and Jordan Canniff powered the Penn State women's soccer team (7-4-0, 1-3-0) to a 2-1 victory over the No. 18 Wisconsin Badgers on Thursday night. The Badgers were on a eight-game unbeaten streak prior to the matchup with the Nittany Lions.
Last time vs. Minnesota (Spring 2021)
The Nittany Lions (5-1-1, 5-1-1) picked up its fifth win of the season with a 3-0 win over Minnesota (3-2-2, 3-2-2) in the spring of 2021. Redshirt sophomore Ally Schlegel scored twice, and Sam Coffey scored in the victory. Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Katherine Asman picked up her second shutout of the 2021 spring campaign.
Minnesota Breakdown
Record: 5-3-3, 1-3-0
Top Goal Scorers: Izzy Brown – 5 goals
Top Assists: Christa Van Loon – 3 assists
Last time out for Minnesota
The University of Minnesota (5-3-3, 1-3-0 B1G) was unable to pull off the upset of No. 9 Rutgers (8-2-0, 3-0-0 B1G) at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium on Thursday night, ending in a score of 2-1. McKenna Buisman scored for the Gophers in the loss with Allison Lynch scoring the game-winning goal for the Scarlet Knights.
Additional Notes
Senior captain Sam Coffey ranks second in the NCAA Division I active leaders with 126 points and leads the country with 50 assists.
In her three seasons in Happy Valley, Coffey has appeared in 52 matches with 51 starts. She has netted 21 goals and added 26 assists in those contests. Coffey's 26 assists is a tie for 10th all-time at Penn State.
Redshirt junior captain Ally Schlegel has scored 27 goals and added 14 assists in her first 51 games at Penn State. Of her 27 goals, 10 have been game-winners.
Jordan Canniff's goal was the first of her 2021 season. It was Canniff's first goal since October 10, 2019 against Ohio State after Canniff missing part of last season due to injury.
Penn State is 6-0 in games that it scores at least two goals in a game.
The Penn State women's soccer season is presented by the Smeal College of Business.
