Alfred State College mulit-sport student-athlete Isabelle Popoff has been named the AMCC representative of the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Popoff was a member of the women's indoor & outdoor track and field, cross country, and soccer teams during her time at Alfred State.
Penn State Behrend junior forward Trinity Prestash has been named to the 2023 United Soccer Coaches (USC) NCAA Division III Women's Scholar All-East Region Third Team.
All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
With three fall sport championships under their belt, and strong finishes in four others, Penn State Behrend once again starts off the year with the lead for the AMCC Presidents Cup.
A total of 19 men's and women's soccer student-athletes from four AMCC institutions were recognized for their academic successes on Tuesday afternoon, when the College Sports Communicators (CSC) organization announced its Academic All-District soccer teams.
The Pitt-Greensburg women's soccer team's first appearance in the ECAC Tournament came to an end with a 6-0 loss to the hawks of University of Hartford on Sunday.
The sixth-ranked University of Rochester women's soccer team scored an early first-half goal and held on to defeat Penn State Behrend 2-1 in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Saturday evening.
The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team will travel to Rochester, New York, and the campus of the University of Rochester to take on the sixth-ranked YellowJackets (12-0-5) in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Division III Tournament on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team defeated Pitt-Greensburg 3-0 on penalty kicks to claim the AMCC Championship on Saturday afternoon at the Penn State Behrend Soccer Complex.
The #1 Penn State Behrend Lions and #2 Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats each earned a victory in the semifinal round of the AMCC Women's Soccer Championship Tournament to advance to the title game to be played on Saturday afternoon.
Vought became extremely important for the Mounties as she recently returned from injury. In two wins last week, she registered a shutout in the Mounties' victory against Altoona, with nine saves, securing a spot in the AMCC Tournament. Then, in the Mounties' First Round win, she stopped another eight shots to give them a 3-1 win. For the week, Vought recorded one shutout, 17 saves and a .944 save percentage, all above her season averages.
Despot helped the Mounties go 2-0 last week, including the game-winning goal in the AMCC Tournament victory against La Roche. She scored the insurance goal in the Mounties' 2-0 victory against Penn State Altoona, which secured them a playoff position earlier in the week. Her two goals pushed her into a tie for fifth on the AMCC leaderboard with 10 goals scored this season.
Penn State Altoona travels to local rival Mount Aloysius College on Tuesday evening to take on the Mounties in the final AMCC Women's Soccer Game of the Week this season. The Lions are 4-3-1 in conference play and currently sit in fifth place in AMCC standings. The 4-4 Mounties are in a do-or-die situation, where they must either tie or win this matchup in order to make the postseason tournament.
Zabawa led the Hawks to undefeated week, as Hilbert went 2-0-1 against AMCC opponents. Zabawa had an all-around week, playing through the midfield, she showed off more than her scoring side last week with fantastic defensive performances and game controlling play with mulitple blocked shots and tackles. Zabawa also added three assists and two goals on the week.
Smith helped propel the Lions to a 2-0 week of AMCC play, helping her team to home wins over conference opponents Carlow and Pitt-Bradford that clinched a playoff berth for Penn State Altoona. In Wednesday afternoon's win over Carlow, Smith scored two goals and put four shots on goal in 11 attempts. In Saturday afternoon's victory against Pitt-Bradford, Smith finished with a goal and an assist on her Senior Day while taking eight shots, putting six on target. On the week, Smith had three goals and one assist for a total of seven points.
Pannebaker played the full 90 in two games this week in which the Bobcats recorded two clean sheets, as UPG beat Mount Aloysius 2-0 and Pitt-Bradford 6-0. The Bobcats back line conceded just five shots on goal in the two games.
Sickeri scored three goals and handed out two assists for eight points in a 2-0 week for the Lions. She tallied one goal and one assist vs. Alfred State and then scored twice with one assist vs. Altoona. For the season, she has seven goals and five assists (all in conference games).
Sproul tallied two shutouts while notching 11 saves on the week. Sproul recorded two saves in the 4-0 victory over Hilbert before picking up nine saves in the 0-0 tie against Carlow.
Wertelet scored five goals on the week and also tallied an assist, with three of the goals coming against Wells in a 11-0 victory for the Bobcats. In that match, the Bobcats set a school record for goals in a match as well a points in a match. The team also recorded the second most shots in a match in program history.