Women's Soccer Downs D'Youville; Lions Secure No. 3 Seed for AMCC Playoffs

ERIE, Pa. – Emily Lewis (Washington, PA/Bishop Canevin) and Julia Schroeck (Fairview, PA/Fairview) each scored a pair of goals to lead Penn State Behrend past D'Youville 5-1 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) regular-season finale on Wednesday afternoon.

The Lions have secured the No. 3 seed in the upcoming AMCC Tournament this weekend and will host the No.6 seed, yet to be determined, at Mercyhurst College on Saturday.  Game time is to be announced.

After a slow start to the game, Behrend got in the groove late in the first half to take a 3-1 lead at intermission. Lewis tallied the first goal for the Lions with a shot from 12 yards out that made its way to the right corner of the net in the 29^th minute.

Two minutes later, the Spartans' Danielle Gehen intercepted the ball from the defense in their offensive end to blast her 15^th goal of the season in and tie the game at 1-all.

Behrend responded with two goals less than three minutes apart thanks to Valerie Wagner (Pittsburgh, PA/Montour) finding Sam Vasy (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) and Schroeck at the 39^th and 41^st minute. Wagner sent a through ball to the middle for a wide-open Vasy for a 2-1 lead, before assisting Schroeck from a run out of the defense for a two-goal cushion.

It quickly became 4-1 just one minute after the second-half whistle. Heather Klimuszka (Rochester, NY/Greece-Athena) controlled a two-on-one situation and passed the ball off the Lewis for the convincing hard shot and the goal.

The Lions scored their fourth unanswered goal at the 88:39 mark thanks to Schroeck for the final margin.

Robin Siegenthaler (Penns Valley, PA/Penns Valley) started in goal, making one save and Alayna Steele (Washington, PA/Trinity) did not give up a goal in the final 23 minutes of work.

The win marks the third straight for Behrend, who will be appearing in their 15^th straight AMCC Tournament.