ERIE, Pa. – The No. 2 seed Penn State Behrend women's soccer team will compete against No. 1 Pitt-Greensburg for the 2022 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship at 2 p.m. on Saturday in Greensburg, Pa.
Coverage
No. 2 Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions advanced to the AMCC title game with a 3-0 win over No. 6 Mt. Aloysius on Wednesday
* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) scored a pair of goals and Emily Clopp (Pittsburgh, PA/Canon-McMillan) added an insurance tally
* As a team, Behrend recorded its fifth shutout of the season on Wednesday
* Behrend and Pitt-Greensburg are meeting for third straight year in the championship game
* The Lions defeated the Bobcats 2-0 last season for their 15th conference championship
* Behrend has won 15 of the 24 AMCC Championships since the inception of the conference in 1997
* Over the last seven games, the Lions are outscoring their opponents 27-4
* Prestash leads the team with 14 goals and four assists for 32 points
No. 1 Pitt-Greensburg News & Notes:
* The Bobcats won the regular-season championship and earned a first-round bye for playoffs
* Pitt-Greensburg scored two second-half goals to defeat No. 4 Penn State Altoona 2-0 in the AMCC semifinals on Wednesday
* The Bobcats defeat the Behrend Lions in the 2019 for their first-ever AMCC Crown
* The Pitt-Greensburg offense has exploded for 66 goals this year, led by 18 goals from Megan Hickey
* Ashlee Lucas tallied one goal and two assists in the regular-season contest against Behrend
* Lucas has 17 goals and nine assists for 43 points this season
AMCC Tournament Schedule:
First Round: Saturday, October 29
Game 1: # 6 Mt. Aloysius d. #3 Alfred State, 2-0
Game 2: #4 Penn State Altoona d. #5 Hilbert, 7-0
Semifinals: Wednesday, November 2
Game 3: #1 Pitt-Greensburg d. #4 Penn State Altoona, 2-0
Game 4: #2 Penn State Behrend d. #6 Mt. Aloysius, 3-0
Finals: Saturday, November 5
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 at higher seed
