Penn State Welcomes Washington Thursday for Pink Match

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State women's soccer continues its Big Ten Conference regular season slate coming off a pair of consecutive road victories, as the Nittany Lions play host to the Big Ten-leading Washington Huskies on Thursday, October 9. Kickoff from Jeffrey Field is slated for 7 p.m. (ET), with streaming available to a worldwide audience of authenticated subscribers via B1G+ and the B1G+ app.

FAN INFORMATION, PARKING & PROMOTIONS

With the continuation of construction projects benefitting all 800+ student-athletes at Penn State, notably the construction of the Jeffrey Field Soccer Complex at the south end of the facility, elements of the Jeffrey Field match day experience have changed. Due to construction, the grass area behind the south goal will not be accessible to spectators. Spectator entrances are located on either end of Jeffrey Field near the corner flags on the south side of the facility. For more spectator information, as well as a diagram of the facility, click here.

Spectator parking is located in the Stadium West lot, with entrance to the lot located at the intersection of Park Avenue and Stadium West Drive. ADA accessibility is still available on either side of the facility. Spectators wishing to access the University Drive seating area should park in the Stadium West lot closest to the Bryce Jordan Center and walk down the sidewalk to the main entrance on the University Drive side of the facility. To prepay for parking at a discounted rate, click here. Event day parking will be $10 at the main entrance to the lot.

Penn State will host its annual Pink Match in Thursday’s battle against the Huskies, with fans encouraged to wear pink to show their support for the fight against breast cancer. In concurrence with October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Nittany Lion women’s soccer program will spotlight “I Play For” signs in the pre-match portion of Thursday’s festivities, with additional pink items available at the marketing table upon entry to the facility. In partnership with the Centre Soccer Association, PSU will also host its annual 11v100 match, where members of the Park Avenue Army will face off against 100 local youth soccer players in a halftime contest. Fans of all ages are invited to attend the match and show their support.

KICKIN’ IT

Sophomore forward Aubrey Kulpa has already had a banner week in terms of individual recognition, securing a midseason placement on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List. The MAC Hermann Trophy honors the top player in college soccer, with the Cromwell, Connecticut, native firmly in that conversation with her 21 points split between eight foals and five assists. Kulpa ranks second in the conference in total goals and total scoring, while ranking 22nd in the nation with her 21 points. Kulpa was tabbed as one of 15 forwards across all of women’s college soccer to earn a spot on the watch list, joining some of the best strikers from across the country. Across the 35-member list, Kulpa was one of just four student-athletes representing the Big Ten Conference, joining a trio of defenders in Michigan State’s Kennedy Bell, Ohio State’s Ava Bramblett and UCLA’s Jennie Immethun. Kulpa is also the only representative hailing from the state of Connecticut and the greater New England region as a whole.

Sparked by a goal of the year candidate from senior forward Amelia White in the first half of play and delivered by an 80th-minute match-winner from graduate forward Kaitlyn MacBean, Penn State battled for an impressive 2-1 road victory over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights last Saturday, October 4, from Yurcak Field. Following Penn State’s second consecutive 2-1 road victory, the Nittany Lions improved to 7-4-2 overall and 3-2-1 in Big Ten Conference play. The Blue & White continued their recent run of success against the Scarlet Knights, going unbeaten against their rivals to the east in each of the last four matchups while going 3-0-1 against Rutgers in that span. The Nittany Lions published one of their most thoroughly impressive team results on Saturday against the Scarlet Knights. PSU won the battle on the shot chart for the ninth time and managed to muster its second-highest shot total of the 2025 season with 22 total tries, 11 in each half. PSU out-shot Rutgers by a 22-9 margin and racked up a 10-5 margin in shots on goal, doubling the Scarlet Knights up on their home field. The Nittany Lions also managed to eke out a 6-5 win in the corner kick competition, rising to 3-1-0 when outcornering their opponents this year. In addition to the pair of goals, freshman midfielder Sophia Weixler secured her first collegiate point on a first-half assist to White.

KULPA’S KILLIN’ IT

Sophomore forward Aubrey Kulpa has been the star of the show for Penn State early on in the 2025 campaign, pacing the Nittany Lion roster with eight goals and 21 points. The Cromwell, Connecticut, native booked the highest-scoring performance of her collegiate career four weeks ago, dropping five points with a goal and three assists in the win over Maryland on September 11. The second-year sensation ranks prominently in both the Big Ten Conference and Division I in multiple statistical categories. Kulpa owns 0.62 goals per match (second in B1G, 50th in DI), eight total goals (second in B1G, 29th in DI), two match-winning goals (seventh in B1G), 21 total points (second in B1G, 22nd in DI), 1.62 points per match (second in B1G, 31st in DI) and a shot-on-target percentage of 0.556 (second in B1G). Kulpa has participated in 36 matches at the collegiate level to date, starting in 14 of those opportunities. In that span, she owns 38 total points split between 15 goals and eight assists, all the while maintaining a dominant .576 shot-on-goal percentage in her pair of seasons at PSU.