2012 Women's Soccer Year in Review!

2012 Penn State Behrend Women's Soccer

·         8^th AMCC Championship out of 16

·         5^th trip to the NCAA Tournament

·         2 players named NSCAA Great Lakes All-RegionThird Team – Julia Schroeck and Valerie Wagner

·         Earned a team GPA of 3.16 with 6 players earning 3.5 GPA or higher – Freshman Abbie Schuster earned a team high 3.98 GPA

·         Overall record of 12-9 with a stellar AMCC conference record of 8-1

·         Team led the conference in goals scored with 26, and Goals per Game with 2.89 per game

·         Placed second in the conference in Assists with 15, and Assists per game with 1.67 per game

·         Team posted a 0.67 goals allowed per game,  led by Freshman Goal Keeper Taylor Troyan, which placed them as the second strongest defense in the conference

·         Senior Julia Schroeck led the conference in goals with 7

·         Senior Valerie Wagner recorded the second most assists in the conference with 5, and named to the 2012 AMCC All-Conference Sportsmanship Team

·         8 players earned AMCC All-Conference awards for their excellent play during the season, the most out of any team in the conference. 

·         Head Coach Patrick O’Driscoll named AMCC Co-Coach of the Year, and he currently stands at 99 career wins for the program

·         Senior Valerie Wagner finished her career 1^st in program history in games played (85), 3^rd in Points (85), 4^th in Goals (32), and 3^rd in Assists (21)

·         Senior Julia Schroeck finished her career with 83 games played, ranking her tied for 6^th in program history for career games played

Soccer Stadium Nearing Completion!!!

Bleachers and press box have been getting installed this week. Scoreboard and flagpole are up too.
We are hoping the lights will be ready soon.
Penn State Behrend has spent approximately $3million on creating this wonderful environment for our student-athletes to play in. Bathrooms and concession stand are planned for the spring to be ready for fall 2013.
A great college soccer venue for any level!!!
Thank you to the college administration for your support of our athletic programs.

2012 Season Preview

2012 Women's Soccer Season Preview

http://www.psblions.com/sports/wsoc/2012-13/releases/20120831tuasrg

Fly-over video of soccer facility

The turf is down!!

Check out the pics of how the new soccer stadium is coming along. The turf was laid last week!!

It will be a great stadium for our players to compete in, the bowl shape of the hills will make for an awesome and unique venue!!

Soccer stadium pics!!

Recent pictures of the new soccer stadium at Behrend!! Exciting times for the soccer program with a state of the art turf, floodlight field to play on!!

Derkacz accepts women's assistant position at Slippery Rock

Congratulations to former men's and women's soccer assistant Casey Derkacz on accepting the assistant women's soccer coach position at Slippery Rock University.
Casey excelled during his time on the staff at Penn State Behrend, helping both the women's and men's teams claim AMCC Championships in 2011.
Casey graduated with his MBA from Penn State Behrend in May of 2012 and will begin his duties at Slippery Rock immediately.
Best Wishes to Casey as he takes the next step in his coaching career.