In a yearly battle that always lives up to the billing, the Mountaineers will travel tomorrow to University Park, Pennsylvania, and kickoff their year against the No. 2-ranked and defending National Champion Nittany Lions on Friday, Aug. 19, at 7:30 p.m. Thoughts of revenge could be lingering within many Mountaineers’ minds, as PSU halted WVU’s remarkable run through the 2015 NCAA Tournament in the Elite Eight with a 2-0 defeat on Nov. 28.
Eighteen letterwinners return for 21-year coach Nikki Izzo-Brown, including four seniors: 2016 Olympians and repeat Hermann Trophy hopefuls Kadeisha Buchanan (defender) and Ashley Lawrence (midfielder), defender Carly Black and forward/midfielder Ashley Woolpert.