Women's Soccer Falls to Penn State in First Round

Sunday, November 13

University Park, PA

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

15-3-1, 9-1-0

Penn State

14-4-3, 5-3-2

Quinnipiac

Penn St.

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Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

11/13/2022 4:26:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

UNIVERSITY PARK, P.A.—Quinnipiac women's soccer fell to Penn State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament by a score of 4-1, at Jeffrey Field on Sunday, Nov. 13.

Senior Markela Bejleri scored the lone goal for the Bobcats, coming at the 46-minute mark to tie the game up at one in the second half.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 1, Penn State 4

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (15-3-1, 9-1-0) | Penn State (13-4-3, 5-3-2)

LOCATION
Jeffrey Field | University Park, PA.

SCORING SUMMARY
First Half

(23'—Quinnipiac 0, Penn State 1): Penn State opened the scoring midway through the first half when the Nittany Lions kicked one just right of Bobcats netminder Sofia Lospinoso.

Second Half

(46'—Quinnipiac 1, Penn State 1): The Bobcats evened the score at one early in the second half as senior Markela Bejleri buried one over the head of Penn State goalie Katherine Asman on a centering feed from Courtney Chochol.
(50'—Quinnipiac 1, Penn State 2): Penn State took the lead after finding the back of the net to the left of Lospinoso.
(65'—Quinnipiac 1, Penn State 3): The Nittany Lions added to their lead after putting one to the right of Lospinoso.
(77'—Quinnipiac 1, Penn State 4): Penn State secured their victory over the Bobcats on a corner kick that was rebounded to center and put past Lospinoso on the bottom right.

NOTES

This was the Bobcats first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2000.
Markela Bejleri tallied her second goal of the season and two of the four Bobcat shots on goal.
Courtney Chochol ends the year with 14 assists.
Sofia Lospinoso saw 15 shots and made 11 saves on the day.