Kostos Scores Hat Trick: Lions Down Wells

AURORA, NY – The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team scored all 10 goals in the first half to defeat Wells in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Tuesday afternoon.

Score: Behrend 10, Wells 0
Records: Behrend (5-4, 2-0 AMCC), Wells (0-5, 0-2 AMCC)

Key Moments

* The Lions registered four goals in the first four minutes and had a 7-0 just 25 minutes into the game
* Rori Kostos (Cleveland, OH/Hathaway Brown) tallied her first hat trick of her career to collect six points
* Kostos scored all three goals in the final 20 minutes of the first half
* Audra Kuzma (Center, PA/Central Valley) also scored multiple goals, netting two of the first three to start the game
* Molly Malachow (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler) registered her first collegiate point with an assist on the sixth goal scored by Emily Grande (Sharon, PA/Hickory)
* Grande finished with one goal and two assists, netting her first goal of the season in the 20^th minute
* Three other players had a single goal on the afternoon
* Behrend tallied its second straight shut out and third of the season
* The Lions held a 40-1 advantage in shots

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action on Saturday at Pitt-Greensburg. Game time is 1 p.m.