STATE COLLEGE, Pa.; November 12, 2004 - The No. 2 seed Penn State Nittany Lions defeated Binghamton, 6-1, Friday night in NCAA women's soccer first round action at Jeffrey Field. The Lions will advance to meet Maryland on Sunday at 1 p.m. for a second round match-up. Sophomore Jean Rettig (Hummelstown, Pa.) played an outstanding game for the Lions, and recorded the game-winning goal in the 11th minute of play.

Two own goals in the first half, in addition to Rettig's goal gave Binghamton a mountain to climb in the second half that it proved to be too high a hill for the Bearcats to top. The onslaught of Penn State goals continued in the second half, with M.A.C. Hermann trophy candidate and All-American Tiffany Weimer (North Haven, Conn.) netting a goal in the 57th minute. Seniors Sophie Hiler (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Brooke Mertz (Palmerton, Pa.) added two more goals to make the final tally a 6-1 Lion victory.

Penn State's Erin McLeod (Vancouver, B.C.) got the win with four saves, while Bearcat keeper Kristie Bowers took the loss, despite compiling 10 saves.

Penn State will be making it's seventh straight appearance in the NCAA second round on Sunday when it meets Maryland, who earlier in the evening beat Loyola (Md.), 3-0. The Lions and Terps met earlier this season on Jeffrey Field, with Penn State getting the 6-0 victory. Game time is set for 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on WMAJ radio. Live game stats will also be available on www.GoPSUSports.com.

 BOX SCORE 1 2 F Binghamton 1 0 1 No. 2 Seed Penn State 3 3 6 SHOTS: PSU 14+6=20, BING 2+6=8 CORNER KICKS: PSU 1+2=3, BING 1+3=4 SAVES: PSU 1+3=4, BING 9+1=10 FOULS: PSU 3+4=7, BING 3+3=6 GOALKEEPING: PSU: Erin McLeod (90 minutes, 4 saves, 1 goal against. BING: Kristie Bowers (90 minutes, 10 saves, 6 goals against) SCORING SUMMARY 5:50- PENN STATE: Own Goal 8:34- BINGHAMTON: Tatiana Mathelier (Kim Povill) 10:51- PENN STATE: Jean Rettig (Sophie Hiler) 16:34- PENN STATE: Own Goal 56:05- PENN STATE: Tiffany Weimer (Penalty Kick) 62:20- PENN STATE: Sophie Hiler (Tiffany Weimer, Jean Rettig) 77:18- PENN STATE: Brooke Mertz (Sophie Hiler)