ERIE, Pa. – The No. 1 seed Penn State Behrend women's soccer team will battle No. 2 Pitt-Greensburg for the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Coverage
No. 1 Behrend News & Notes:
* The Behrend Lions and Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats are meeting for the fourth consecutive season in the championship game
* The Lions punched their ticket to the title game with a 4-0 win over No. 4 Mt. Aloysius on Wednesday
* Behrend last won the conference title in 2021, defeating the Bobcats 2-0
* The Lions are competing their 16th overall AMCC Championship
* Behrend has won 15 of the 25 AMCC Championships since the inception of the conference in 1997
* On Wednesday, Kristi Buckenheimer (Beaver, PA/Beaver) tallied two goals, including the game winner on a penalty kick to help the Lions defeat the Mounties
* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) fired off nine shots in the semifinals, but was held without a point for the first time in seven games
* The winner of the championship game will earn the AMCC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament
No. 2 Pitt-Greensburg News & Notes:
* The Bobcats defeated No. 6 Penn State Altoona 7-0 in the AMCC semifinals
* Pitt-Greensburg scored two goals in the first half and added five more in the second
* Megan Hickey tallied two goals and two assists in the win
* The Bobcats enter the title game on an eight-game win streak, boasting a 13-5-1 overall record
* Maya Wertelet leads the team and AMCC with 18 goals and two assists for 38 points
Series History:
* Last year, the Bobcats posted a 3-2 double-overtime victory over the Lions for the AMCC crown
* During the regular season, the teams battled to a 1-all draw back on September 30
* Lizzie Hoff (Moon, PA/Moon) and Hickey each scored in the tie
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: #1 Penn State Behrend d. #4 Mt. Aloysius, 4-0
Game 4: #2 Pitt-Greensburg d. #6 Penn State Altoona, 7-0
Finals: Saturday, November 4
Game 5: #1 Penn State Behrend vs. #2 Pitt-Greensburg, 2 p.m.
