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No. 8 Lions Fall at No. 1 Notre Dame in NCAA Quarterfinal
Nov. 27, 2006 After a season where the Nittany Lions racked-up a ninth-straight Big Ten women's soccer championship and a fourth Big Ten Tournament title overall, No. 8 Penn State saw its NCAA Tournament run end when it fell to undefeated No. 1 Notre Dame in the national quarterfinals in South Bend, 4-0. Penn State finishes the season 18-5-3, while the Fighting Irish (24-0-1) continue on to the College Cup next weekend. Despite playing without several starters due to injury, Penn State fought hard against the nation's No. 1 team throughout the early going and was even at 0-0 with the Fighting Irish entering the halftime break. The deadlock wouldn't last for long, however, as Notre Dame came out after the half and got two goals in the first 11 minutes off a pair of scores from Michele Weissenhofer to make it a 2-0 Irish advantage. Weissenhofer struck again in the 66th minute, completing the hat trick and increasing the lead to 3-0. By the 72nd minute, the scoring was over for Notre Dame as Amanda Cinalli netted the Irish's fourth and final tally of the day. Full Story
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