Orange Continue Road Swing at No. 11 Penn State

Syracuse (3-2-0, 0-0-0 ACC) at #11 Penn State (3-2-0, 0-0-0 B1G)
Game Details	7 p.m. \| Thursday, Sept. 6 University Park, Pa. Jeffrey Field
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse women's soccer team continues its four-match road swing Thursday, Sept. 6, traveling to Happy Valley to face No. 11 Penn State. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. in University Park, Pa., at Jeffrey Field.

LAST TIME OUT
Junior midfielder Georgia Allen delivered the match-winning strike in the 83rd minute, burying the ball into the top right corner of the goal to carry Syracuse to a 1-0 win against Northeastern last Sunday afternoon. Allen's 83rd minute goal proved to be the match-deciding score, as redshirt senior goalkeeper Jordan Harris and sophomore goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx combined to record the Orange's second shutout of the season.

Syracuse improved to 3-2-0 overall, 0-0-0 ACC with the win.

BRONZE LOOKS GOOD ON ORANGE
Allen has shown she has a flair for the dramatic. She also scored the match-winning goal in penalties to help England beat France and claim a bronze medal at the FIFA U20 Women's World Cup this summer.

Allen was away from the Orange and missed the team's first three matches of the year while she was representing her home country of England at the U20 World Cup in France.

England went 2-0-1 in group stage play, defeating North Korea and Mexico and settling for a draw against Brazil. The Young Lionesses advanced to the quarterfinals, where they beat the Netherlands, 2-1. England then lost 2-0 vs. Japan in the semifinals, ending its run for the World Cup title and setting up its date with France in the third-place match.

Allen was in England's Starting XI for the match against the Netherlands, playing all 90 minutes. Allen, originally from Suffolk, England, is a familiar face on the Young Lionesses squad, first competing for England in 2011 as part of the U15 team.

Allen, who started 10 of the Orange's 18 matches last season and led the midfielders with four points, played 33 minutes in her 2018 season debut at Harvard. Allen made her first start of the year at Northeastern and scored the game-winner in the 83rd minute.

A LOOK AROUND THE CONFERENCE
The ACC has six women's soccer teams among the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Top 25 – including three teams ranked among the top 6. North Carolina is No. 2, followed by No. 3 Florida State, No. 6 Virginia, No. 13 NC State, No. 14 Duke and No. 24 Louisville.

The ACC owns eight wins over teams ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll, including Florida State's 4-1 win over No. 2 UCLA and Wake Forest's 1-0 victory over No. 5 Penn State.

SCOUTING THE NITTANY LIONS
Penn State enters 3-2 overall, 0-0 B1G. The Nittany Lions are ranked No. 11 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and No. 15 according to TopDrawerSoccer.

The Orange and Nittany Lions are meeting for just the second time, with Penn State having won the first matchup, 2-0, on Aug. 24, 2014, at Jeffrey Field. Since the start of the 2011 season, Penn State owns a record of 74-7-7 at Jeffrey Field.

WHAT LIES AHEAD
The Orange wind down their road swing with a trip to Hamilton, N.Y., to play Colgate at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9.

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Players Mentioned

Georgia Allen

Jordan Harris

Lysianne Proulx

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