Behrend Women's Soccer Takes on Hilbert Tuesday Night in Regular-Season Finale

Behrend Women's Soccer Takes on Hilbert Tuesday Night in Regular-Season Finale

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team will host Hilbert in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) regular-season finale on Tuesday evening. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Behrend Lions went 2-0 last week, defeating Fredonia (2-1) and Carlow (7-0)
* The outcome of this AMCC contest will determine the Lions seed for the upcoming playoffs
* Behrend can clinch the No. 1 seed and share the regular-season championship with a win
* Senior forward Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) tallied a career-high four goals against the Celtics on Saturday
* Prestash has recorded at least a point in the last six games, marking her longest streak in her career
* The Lions are 8-0 this season when Prestash scores
* Freshman Rachel Sickeri (DuBois, PA/DuBois) ranks second on the team with seven goals and seven assts
* Sickeri has registered all her points in the eight conference games
* As a team, Behrend ranks third in NCAA Division III statistics in total goals (68), total points (184), fourth in points per game (11.50) and fifth in scoring offense (4.25 goals per game)  

Hilbert News & Notes:

* The Hilbert Hawks are currently third in the AMCC standings with a 5-2-1 mark
* Overall, Hilbert is 7-7-1 and is coming off a 2-0-1 week
* The Hawks defeated Wells (11-0) and Pitt-Bradford (10-1) before tying La Roche, 1-1
* Grace Zabawa was named AMCC Defensive Player of the Week
* The midfielder helped Hilbert only surrender two goals while scoring two goals, and handing out three assists
* With the undefeated week, Hilbert clinched their second-ever AMCC playoff appearance in the quarterfinals

Series History:

* Behrend and Hilbert are meeting for the 20th time in the all-time series
* The Lions have not lost to the Hawks since the series began in 2003
* The Hawks posted a scoreless tie back in 2007
* Last season, Behrend tallied a 5-0 win at Hilbert