Women's soccer's Chevtchenko playing in World Cup qualifying

There will be a pretty noticeable DNP listed on Penn women’s soccer’s lineup this weekend.

That’s because Ana Chevtchenko, a freshman for the Quakers, has been called up by the Russian national women’s soccer team to play in its World Cup qualifying match against Germany on Saturday.

The match will be played in Cottbus, Germany at 9 a.m. eastern time.

While Chevtchenko grew up in Oregon, she has duel-citizenship with Russia and is therefore able to play for

Chevtchenko, who began at Penn this year, has played in two of the Red and Blue’s four victories to open the season. She has four shots, including two shots on goal, during those matches.

While Chevtchenko is in Germany, the women’s soccer team will play two games, traveling to the state of Virginia to face William & Mary as well as Old Dominion.