2022 Fall - Senior+ Season
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten.
Season: Appeared in four games...Accounted for 70 minutes allowing no goals...Had a 1.000 save percentage...Combined for three shutouts with starter Katherine Asman.
Illinois (9/25): Recorded one save in a 5-0 win. West Virginia (11/18): Made one save in a 4-0 win in NCAA Tournament Second Round.
2021 - Senior Season
Season: Played 92 minutes in goal for the Nittany Lions.
2020-21 - Junior Season at Boston
Awards: Named United Soccer Coaches All-North Region, All-Patriot League Second Team, and First Team All- Tournament...Voted team’s Most Valuable Defensive Player. Patriot League Honor Roll Selection. Had a save featured on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays
Season: Started in all five games and played all 480 minutes in net...Recorded a .810 save percentage and a 0.75 goals against average.
Colgate (3/13): Posted shutout. Holy Cross (3/21): Earned second clean. Colgate (4/14): Made a season-high six saves in the Patriot League Tournament semifinals.
2019 - Sophomore Season at Boston
Awards: Named Team’s Most Valuable Defensive Player.
Season: Started in all nine games played in net...Led the team in goals-against average (1.13)...Finished season with a 2-5-2 record, three shutouts and 0.81 save percentage.
Denver (8/22): Recorded three-save double-overtime shutout. Princeton (9/5): Made a career-high 12 saves against Princeton, the most by a Terrier since Meghan Lynch in 1997. Northeastern (9/12): Notched a six-save shutout and second double overtime clean sheet in 1-0 win. Lehigh (10/12): Tallied five saves en route to her third shutout of the season. Colgate (10/19): Recorded 10 saves.
2018 - Freshman Season at Boston
Awards: Patriot League Honor Roll Selection.
Season: Started in 11 of 13 games played in net...Led the team with a 0.68 goals against average and a 0.83 save percentage...Posted a 7-4-1 record in between the pipes... Tallied seven shutouts...Did not allow a goal against a conference opponent.
UConn (9/2): Posted five saves. Lehigh (9/22): Stopped six shots. Army (10/17): Made four saves in Patriot League Tournament semifinals. No. 19 LSU (11/11): Tallied four saves and three PK saves in 0-0 double overtime in NCAA Tournament First Round.
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Four-year letter-winner and team captain as a senior at The Episcopal Academy...Named United Soccer Coaches All-East Region twice and TopDrawerSoccer honoree... Named Two-time All Inter-Ac and All-Main Line...Tabbed as First Team All-Delaware County and Second Team All- Southeastern Pennsylvania as a junior... Played club for Penn Fusion Soccer Academy...Guided club to three ECNLand GDA National Playoff appearances...Also lettered three years in track and field.
PERSONAL
Daughter of John and Susan Messner...Has two older sisters, Jennifer, who was a track and field heptathlete at LaSalle University, and Candace, who played soccer at Albright College...Completed her undergraduate degree in Earth and Environmental Science...Majoring in a Master’s of Management and Organizational Leadership.
WHY I CHOSE PENN STATE
"I am extremely excited and grateful for this opportunity to join the Penn State women’s soccer family and continue my collegiate career with this distinguished and outstanding program. As a transfer, I would like to thank Coach Dambach, Coach Wassell, Coach Cook, their staff, and the team for welcoming me. Penn State has the perfect combination of outstanding athletics and academics, and I have felt completely at home since I stepped foot on campus. I have so much respect for this program, its history, and the people involved in it; it is an honor to join this team a