BUFFALO, N.Y. – Penn State Altoona women's soccer improved to 3-0 this season in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference on Saturday afternoon, when the Lions fended off conference foe Medaille College for a 3-2 win at Buffalo Color Park.

Penn State Altoona (4-5, 3-0 AMCC) got another two-goal performance from Sadie McConnell (New Enterprise, PA/Northern Bedford), while Sydni Warman (Dover, DE/Dover) scored the first goal of her collegiate career. Mallorie Smith (Bellefonte, PA/Bellefonte) tallied two assists for the Lions.

Adeline Baustert (Apollo, PA/Apollo-Ridge) started at goalkeeper for Penn State Altoona and earned her fourth win of the season, stopping six shots.

The first half was scoreless, despite Penn State Altoona outshooting Medaille (1-8, 0-2 AMCC) by margins of 16-3 in attempts and 8-2 in shots on goal. The floodgates opened in the second half, however, when the teams combined to put five goals on the board.

Penn State Altoona struck first, as Warman recorded her first goal at the 54:10 mark on an assist from Smith. McConnell doubled the Lions' lead just 4:44 later, when she got a setup from KK Wolfe (Coatesville, PA/Coatesville) and sent a shot into the left side of the net to make it 2-0.

Medaille continued the flurry of offense, getting on the board at 62:31 on Yulisa Tosado-Munoz's goal that cut the Lions' advantage to 2-1.

McConnell notched her second goal of the day and team-leading fourth of the season to give her team a two-goal lead once again, going top shelf at 80:20 after taking a pass from Smith.

Medaille answered just 4:21 later, when Kelsey Matuszak's goal narrowed the Mavericks' deficit to 3-2.

But Penn State Altoona held off Medaille the rest of the way, including Baustert's save on Matuszak with 1:01 remaining in the game to preserve the Lions' lead.

Penn State Altoona posted statistical leads over Medaille in shot attempts (34-10), shots on goal (22-8), and corner kicks (5-3).

Smith had a game-high eight shot attempts and seven shots on goal, while McConnell finished with seven shot attempts and six on goal. Kayla Grove (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown East) took four shots, with three coming on target.

Warman and Taylor Fleming (Jersey Shore, PA/Jersey Shore) each finished with two shots on goal, and Maddie DeForrest (Huntingdon, PA/Huntingdon) and Anaya Phillips (Middle Island, NY/Longwood) had one shot on goal apiece. Wolfe attempted five shots, and Ainsley Griffin (Stafford, VA/Mountain View) had four shot attempts.

Next up, Penn State Altoona women's soccer travels to play non-conference opponent Penn College this upcoming Wednesday, October 6 at 7:00 p.m.