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Lion Career
2007:Was one of two fifth-year seniors on the team....Tied for fifth on the team in goals (5)....Scored her five goals on just seven shots on goal....Put seven of her 13 shots on goal (53.8 percent)....In the games in which she scored goals, she scored her five goals on only six shots....Doubled her career assist total after having just two career assists entering the year....Played in 23 of 24 games, starting 12....Started the first nine games of the season before coming off the bench in 11 of her last 15 games....Usually was the first one off the bench when she did not start and was a critical part of the forward line rotation....Team was 5-0 when she recorded a point.
Game-by-Game: Assisted on Britney Long's goal at Virginia (8-26), which came just 1:12 after a previous Penn State goal, the shortest time between two Penn State goals this year....Recorded her first goal of the year at Princeton (9-5) on her only shot of the game....Scored the first goal of the game on her only shot of the game, which was the game-winning goal and then assisted on a Britney Long goal less than two and a half minutes later in the win over West Chester (9-14)....Recorded her second career multi-goal game by scoring a pair on only two shots vs. Northwestern (9-30)....Netted a goal vs. Syracuse (10-3).
2006: Played in 21 games on the year while receiving 12 starts as she rotated with Britney Long in starting and coming off the bench for most of the year....Missed the game vs. Penn (9-20) with an injury....Played both forward and midfield after being moved from back, which she played her first two years....After having just one goal and two points in her previous two years of action, finished fifth on the team in both goals (6) and points (14)....Second on the team with three game-winning goals....Put over 76 percent of her shots on goal (16-of-21)....Team went 6-1 in games in which she recorded a point and 5-0 in games in which she recorded a goal.
Game-by-Game: Assisted on the first Penn State goal of the year by Annelise Legel in the season-opener vs. Old Dominion (8-26)....Helped out on Allison Scola's first goal of the year in the win over Northeastern (9-2)....Tripled her career goal total by scoring two goals, including the eventual game-winner just :48 seconds after Princeton had tied the game after being down 2-0 in the Nittany Lions' win over the Tigers (9-6)....Scored the final Penn State goal of the game in a 3-1 win over Michigan State (9-23)....Netted the game-winning goal vs. Syracuse (9-27) after Penn State had trailed 2-1, which gave her goals in back-to-back games and goals in a stretch of four out of five games....Went nine games without a goal before recording the game-winner in Penn State's NCAA first round win over North Carolina (11-11) to complete the Nittany Lions' comeback from a 3-1 deficit.
2005: Played in 13 games, starting one of them....Started the second game of the year at William & Mary (8-28)....Scored first career goal at Temple (9-14)....Took just three shots on the season, putting all three of them on goal....In addition to her goal, took shots vs. William & Mary and vs. West Chester (9-18).
2004: Saw action in seven games as a redshirt freshman....Made her first appearance as a Nittany Lion against Old Dominion (8-28)....Did not record any shots on the year.
2003: Redshirt Season.
High School
Selected to the Mid-Penn all-star team each of final three seasons....Named Carlisle Sentinel Player of the Year as a senior after posting 14 goals and six assists....Totaled 106 points during prep career....Selected as a Harrisburg Patriot News Big 11 choice following junior and senior seasons....Was honorable mention Patriot News Big 11 selection as a sophomore....Also lettered in basketball and track....Won Susquenita High School's Citizen Award.
Personal
A kinesiology major....The daughter of Stephen and Susan Blasco....Has two younger twin brothers, Andrew and Nicholas....Full name is Natalie Christine Blasco....Born on January 9, 1985.
Char Morett on Natalie Blasco
"When we moved Nat from the backfield to the front line last year we added great depth to our forward line. She embraced the position and has had a significant impact on our scoring ability. She is a smart player who makes the unexpected move to get a shot off. Nat is a total team player and will help us in various positions to secure a win."
