No. 1 Women's Soccer Blanks No. 4 Altoona in AMCC Semifinals

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 1 Penn State Behrend women's soccer team scored four first-half goals en route to a 6-0 decision over No. 4 Penn State Altoona in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) semifinals on Wednesday afternoon.

Final Score: Behrend 6, Altoona 0
Records: Behrend (18-1), Penn State Altoona (8-10)   

Key Moments

* The Lions punched their ticket to the AMCC Championship game with their ninth straight shutout of the season
* Mia Zec (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) was one of five players who got on the scoreboard, netting back-to-back goals in the first half
* Trinity Prestash (Philipsburg, PA/West Branch) added a goal and an assist to take the team lead in goals (13) and points (30) 
* It took 13 minutes and 50 seconds for Angelina Hofrichter (Canonsburg, PA/Canon-McMillan) to net the first goal of the game and her first goal of the season
* Hofrichter knocked in the goal amongst a scramble in the box for a 1-0 lead before assisting Prestash in the 25th minute 
* Hofrichter played a long ball from midfield, finding Prestash charging the goal and finishing the ball low into the corner 
* Zec helped Behrend take a 4-0 lead into halftime with a pair of goals, the first a header goal off a corner kick and then a long shot from beyond the 18
* The Lions tallied two goals in the second half less than five minutes apart for the final margin
* Payton Porter (State College, PA/State College) converted a penalty kick and Bella Sestito (Jefferson Hills, PA/Thomas Jefferson) knocked in her sixth goal of the season
* Sestito flicked in a pass from Emily Moorey (Shaler, PA/Shaler) and Kristi Buckenheimer (Beaver, PA/Beaver Area) to make it 6-0
* Junior goalie Morgan Harding (Pittsburgh, PA/Carlynton) did not have to make a save for her 10th win

Up Next:

* Behrend returns to action on Saturday at home against No. 2 Pitt-Greensburg. The championship game begins at 2 p.m.