Sprawled on the turf with her pads stacked, Iowa's sophomore goaltender Saleema Rogers did everything she could to keep the Penn State Lady Lions field hockey team in check in Penn State's 4-1 victory over Iowa Saturday at Bigler Field.

The complexion of the match and point spread could have been very different a lot greater had it not been for the dazzling play of Rogers.

"Their goalie played outstanding," Penn State coach Char Morett said.

Rogers had 12 saves throughout the game.

Penn State's gameplan from the outset seemed to be one of aggressively attacking Iowa's defense and for this they were awarded with a multitude of penalty corners.

Time and again Rogers was faced with the difficult task of fending off Penn State's precise play around the net.

"We didn't want to give up corners," Iowa coach Tracey Griesbaum said. "She (Rogers) really had to scramble a lot to come up with the saves."

Rogers drew comparisons to Dominik Hasek of the Buffalo Sabres with her awkward style of goaltending.

She spent much of the contest spread out lengthwise on the ground making brilliant, timely saves.

"I was basically reacting," said Rogers. "It was a lot of anticipating of where they were gonna go."

Rogers attributed her penalty corner success to the preparation she receives prior to games.

"We do a lot of that in practice," Rogers said.

"Most of our practices help us on game situations."

She stopped Penn State on numerous occasions down low, but ultimately could not resist their active sticks which resulted in Penn State's four goals.

The Penn State players adjusted to Rogers' goaltending and started lifting their shots above the grounded netminder.

"We tried to move her on the corners," said Morett.

"It was great concentration with our corner group in the second half."

Although Penn State came out of the contest victorious, much of the talk after the game was of Rogers' tremendous efforts in net.

"She was all over the place," Penn State co-captain Traci Anselmo said. "She did everything she could."

The large crowd at Bigler Field that overlooked an overcast afternoon and a conflicting Penn State football game was indeed treated to an elevated display of athleticism.

Modest of her efforts in goal, Rogers still appeared disappointed by the final score.

"I try my best," Rogers said. "It didn't really work out in the end."