Behrend Women's Soccer Takes Down Alfred State

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team defeated Alfred State 8-1 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Tuesday night.

Score: Penn State Behrend 8, Alfred State 1
Records: Penn State Behrend (8-4-1, 5-0-1 AMCC), Alfred State (3-8-2, 2-4 AMCC)

Key Moments

* The Behrend Lions scored six first-half goals en route to the conference win
* Five different players put the ball in the back of the net while one was an own goal
* Lizzie Hoff (Moon, PA/Moon) scored her fourth goal of the season in the first five minutes
* Maddie Haggerty (West Seneca, NY/Nardin Academy) dished out her fourth assist on Hoff's goal at the 4:07 mark
* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) knocked a shot off the crossbar before the ball made its way in the back of the net off a Pioneer defender for a 2-0 lead
* In the 12^th minute, Ashley Ornowski (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) started the third Behrend goal with a corner kick
* Rachel Sickeri (DuBois, PA/DuBois) sent the ball back in off the corner kick to find Audra Kuzma's (Center, PA/Center Valley) head for a three-goal advantage
* Sickeri, Prestash, and Lauren Kiser (Altoona, PA/Altoona) finished the first-half scoring
* Prestash added a second goal in the 48^th minute, heading the ball past Sierra Schofield off a corner by Ornowski
* Alfred State got on the board with 17 minutes left on a goal by Jena Schelble

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action on Saturday for Senior Day against Penn State Altoona. Game time is 2 p.m.