Four Named AMCC Athletes of the Week

ERIE, Pa. – Senior goalkeepers Sam York (Akron, PA/Revere) and Morgan Harding (Pittsburgh, PA/Carlynton), and sophomore Olivia Nola (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) and freshman Sara Nobach (Athens, MI/Athens) were named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Athletes of the Week.

York and Harding were selected the men's and women's soccer Defensive Players of the Week, respectively. York earned three wins on the week including two conference victories, making six total saves and not allowing one goal in 225 minutes of action for a pair of shutouts. The senior has not surrendered a goal since Oct. 1 and has a 0.44 goals-against average. Harding picked up a pair of AMCC wins this week, making three saves and getting the shutout against Altoona on Saturday. A combined three shots on goal were given up in the two games.

Nola, the women's cross country Runner of the Week, led the Lions to an 18th place finish out of 32 teams at the Inter-Regional Rumble at Oberlin on Saturday. The sophomore led the pack with a time of 23:20.1 for the 6K to earn 35th individually out of 282 runners.

Nobach, the women's volleyball Defensive Athlete of the Week, recorded 55 digs in two matches for Behrend last week. She set a new season-high vs. Alfred State with 24 digs and then reset her high with 31 digs against Penn State Altoona. For the week, Nobach averaged 6.88 digs per set.