Nov. 5, 2009

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• The victory was only the second ever for a No. 7 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. No seventh seed has ever made the Title Game. The seventh seed had been 1-8 with the lone win (prior to Thursday) coming from Michigan State in 2006.
• The win snapped a mini two-game losing streak in Big Ten Tournament action. The last win before Thursday came on Nov. 1, 2007 by a 3-0 final over Ohio State.
• Senior Amy Bonenberger finished with two assists to set a new career-high.
• Sophomore Jessica Longstreth's assist on the first goal was her first of the season.
• The win was only Penn State's second of the season when allowing more penalty corners.
• Freshman Kelsey Amy's two goals tied a career-high, set on Oct. 24 vs. Pacific, also in a neutral site game. Four of her team-leading seven goals have come in neutral site games with three tallies in the other 17 games combined.
• It was also the fourth two-goal performance of the season for Penn State, three coming in the last three games. Along with her two, junior Daneen Zug also netted a pair against Pacific while redshirt freshman Hannah Allison had two in the home-opener vs. Lock Haven (Sept. 4).
• Ohio State was the highest-ranked opponent (12th) that the Lions have beaten since last Oct. 12, 2008 when they topped No. 10 Virginia, 1-0 at home.
• Penn State scored first for only the sixth time this season.