Behrend Women's Soccer Captures AMCC Championship With Shootout Win

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team defeated Pitt-Greensburg 3-0 on penalty kicks to claim the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship on Saturday afternoon at the Soccer Complex.

Score: Behrend 0, Pitt-Greensburg 0
Records: Behrend (13-4-2), Pitt-Greensburg (13-5-2)

Noteworthy:

* Rachel Sickeri (DuBois, PA/DuBois), Kristi Buckenheimer (Beaver, PA/Beaver) and Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) were named to the All-Tournament Team

Key Moments

* The Behrend Lions captured their 16^th AMCC Title in true championship style
* After a scoreless 110 minutes, each team sent five players out to take penalty kicks to decide the game
* Despite having a quiet 90 minutes of play, Morningstar stopped the final two penalty kicks against the Bobcats to secure the win
* Mia Zec (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley), Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) and Audra Kuzma (Center, PA/Central Valley) were successful by sending their PK's to the right side of the goal and past Paige John
* After Megan Hickey's first penalty kick hit the post, Morningstar made a diving right-handed save that sent the ball over the crossbar on the second PK and then stopped Maya Wertelet's shot to the same side for the dramatic finish
* Behrend held a 27-6 advantage in shots while the defense did not allow Pitt-Greensburg any sustainable offense
* The Lions controlled the ball the majority of the game and had their best scoring opportunities in the second half
* Morningstar came away with a big save off a shot by Sarah Tonkovich from a corner kick with 5:30 left to play in regulation
* Minutes later, Sickeri came down and fired a shot to the low left, only to be stopped by John to keep it tied

Up Next:

* Behrend will compete in the NCAA Division III Tournament next weekend. The NCAA selection show is Monday at 1:30 p.m.