ERIE, Pa. – The No. 8 Carnegie Mellon Tartans posted a 5-0 victory against the Penn State Behrend women's soccer team in the second-round games of the 2023 Herb Lauffer Memorial Tournament on Sunday afternoon.

Score: No. 8 Carnegie Mellon 5, Behrend 0
Records: Behrend (0-2), No. 8 Carnegie Mellon (2-0)

Key Moments:

* The Tartans put the pressure on early and often, finishing the half with a 13-1 advantage in shots
* Cecilia Dieterich got Carnegie Mellon on the board just two minutes after kickoff
* Emma Shirzad sent a ball in from the right side and Dietrich finished the ball in the box for a 1-0 lead
* Mia Zec (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) fired off the lone shot outside the 18 late in the first half
* The Tartans scored four goals in a span of 26 minutes
* Audrey Bianco and Gemma Jefferson each tallied an unassisted goal in the second half to extend the margin to three goals
* In the final 10 minutes of the game, Sai Sankhe and Camila Bodden were just yards away from the goal to add two more and make it 5-0
* Carnegie Mellon took home the championship trophy with a 2-0 record over the weekend
* Gemma Jefferson was named the Tournament MVP
* Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) made a career-high 12 saves on 31 shots by the Tartans

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action tomorrow on Friday against Nazareth at the RIT Tournament. Game time is 4 p.m.