CARY, N.C. — Raquel Rodriguez finished what she started.
Rodriguez scored in the 72nd minute to lead Penn State to a 1-0 victory Sunday against Duke in the NCAA women’s soccer final.
The Nittany Lions (22-3-2) won the first national title in program history three years after falling to North Carolina in the championship game.
Rodriguez and fellow senior Mallory Weber, who assisted on her goal, were freshman starters in that match.
“During the game, I was thinking about that first game, actually,” Rodriguez said. “All I could think of was that I don’t want that to happen again.