2021 – SENIOR SEASON
Season: Started in 11 games…Registered 10 ground balls, two draw controls and eight caused turnovers.
Game-By-Game: Rutgers (2/14): Picked up one ground ball. Maryland (2/21): Had one caused turnover. Michigan (3/21): Collected three caused turnovers. at Ohio State (3/26): Picked up one ground ball. at Ohio State (3/28): Scooped up two ground balls and caused two turnovers. at Johns Hopkins (4/7): Registered a ground ball and a draw control. Maryland (4/11): Grabbed one ground ball. at Rutgers (4/15): Collected two ground balls, a draw control and a caused turnover. Johns Hopkins (4/18): Picked up a ground ball. vs. Johns Hopkins (4/29): Had a ground ball and a caused turnover.
2020 – JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named an Academic All-Big Ten selection...Garnered Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors.
Season: Started all seven games…Recorded one assist, seven ground balls and four caused turnovers…The 2020 season was canceled on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Game-By-Game: at Towson (2/8): Secured a ground ball and a caused turnover. Lehigh (2/15): Scooped up a ground ball…Caused two turnovers. Duquesne (2/19): Assisted on a goal by Maria Auth in the first half. Loyola (2/29): Picked up a ground ball. at James Madison (3/4): Collected two ground balls. at Vanderbilt (3/8): Recorded two ground balls and a caused turnover.
2019 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Collected Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Appeared in 16 games, making 15 starts as a defender…Tallied 18 ground balls, two draw controls and 15 caused turnovers.
Game-by-Game: Towson (2/9): Collected a ground ball and a caused turnover. Lehigh (2/16): Registered a ground ball and a caused turnover. at Cornell (2/23): Posted two ground balls and a caused turnover. at Loyola (3/3): Caused a pair of turnovers. at Michigan (3/16): Scooped up a career-high four ground balls. at Northwestern (3/28): Contributed a ground ball and three caused turnovers. Ohio State (4/4): Won a draw control. Virginia (4/7): Picked up a ground ball and won a draw control…Caused a career-best four turnovers. at Duquesne (4/16): Scooped up a ground ball. at Johns Hopkins (4/18): Picked up two ground balls. Stony Brook (4/23): Recorded two ground balls and two caused turnovers. Rutgers (4/27): Secured a ground ball. vs. Maryland (5/3): Had two ground balls and a caused turnover.
2018 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in 20 games, including 18 starts…Recorded 19 ground balls, one draw control and 11 caused turnovers.
Game-by-Game: Cornell (2/24): Picked up a ground ball and caused a turnover. at James Madison (3/7): Collected three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Drexel (3/14): Scooped up a ground ball and caused a turnover. Princeton (3/19): Registered two ground balls and a caused turnover. Northwestern (4/14): Recorded two ground balls and two caused turnovers. Michigan (4/27): Had two ground balls. vs. Maryland (5/6): Tallied four ground balls and two caused turnovers in the Big Ten final.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinner at Allentown High School for head coach Jennifer Garavente…Served two years as a team captain…Won two team MVP awards…Led Allentown to a State Championship in 2017…Earned All-American honors as a senior…Named Allentown High School’s Most Outstanding Female Athlete in 2017.
PERSONAL
Full name is Alyssa R. Sloane…Daughter of Lisa and Jeff Sloane...Has an older sister, Samantha…Majoring in advertising/public relations…Born on February 26, 1999 in Staten Island, New York.
SLOANE ON PENN STATE
“I chose Penn State because it had the perfect balance of academic and athletic competition I was looking for. I wanted a big school with a family atmosphere and I feel at home when I’m at Penn State.”
DOHERTY ON SLOANE
“Alyssa is a quick, fast and versatile defender. She has really great presence defensively when pressuring out: causing huge turnovers and making a difference at the defensive end.”