ERIE, Pa. – The No. 1 seed Penn State Behrend women's soccer team will host No. 4 Mt. Aloysius on Wednesday for an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) semifinal game beginning at 4 p.m.
Coverage
No. 1 Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions are competing for their 16th overall AMCC Championship
* Behrend has won 15 of the 25 AMCC Championships since the inception of the conference in 1997
* The Lions were named Co-Regular Season Champions and finished in first place, resulting in a first-round bye
* The winners of the two semifinals will play in the AMCC Championship on Saturday at the highest remaining seed
* Behrend finished the regular season with a 12-4-1 record and a 8-0-1 mark in the AMCC
* The Lions are coming off a 8-0 win over Hilbert last Tuesday
* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) leads the team with 14 goals and three assists for 31 points
* Prestash scored four of the six goals in the AMCC Tournament last season
No. 4 Mt. Aloysius News & Notes:
* The Mounties defeated No. 5 La Roche 3-1 on Saturday in the first round of the AMCC tournament to advance to the semifinal round
* Jasmine Hinton tallied a goal and an assist to lead Mt. Aloysius past the Redhawks
* The Mounties are looking to win their first AMCC Championship
* Mt. Aloysius enters the semifinals on a four-game win streak
* The Mounties have a 7-8-2 overall record and a 5-4 conference mark
* Katie Figinski leads the team with 12 goals and three assists for 27 points
Series History:
* This contest is a repeat of the 2022 AMCC semifinals
* Behrend defeated Mt. Aloysius 3-0 to advance to the championship game
* The Lions have an unbeaten 22-0-1 lead over the Mounties in a series dating back to 2004
* During the regular season, Behrend defeated Mt. Aloysius 6-0 at home
AMCC Tournament Schedule:
First Round: Saturday, October 28
Game 1: #6 Penn State Altoona d. #3 Hilbert, 3-0
Game 2: #4 Mt. Aloysius d. #5 La Roche, 3-1
Semifinals: Wednesday, November 1
Game 3: #4 Mt. Aloysius at #1 Penn State Behrend, 4 p.m.
Game 4: #6 Penn State Altoona at #2 Pitt-Greensburg, 7 p.m.
Finals: Saturday, November 4
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 at higher seed
