Prestash Leads Behrend Women's Soccer Past Altoona

Courtesy of John Leisering

ALTOONA, Pa. - It was the Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) show Saturday in Altoona. The sophomore scored two first half goals and added a third in the second to help Penn State Behrend defeat Penn State Altoona 5-0 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action.

Score: Behrend 5, Altoona 0
Records: Behrend (5-8-1, 4-0 AMCC), Altoona (3-5-5, 1-1-2 AMCC) 

Key Moments:

* Prestash scored her team-leading seventh and eighth goals of the season at 16:52 and 34:28
* Behrend outshot Altoona 9-4 in the first 45 minutes, including a 4-1 advantage in shots on goal
* Prestash cashed her third score of the game at 53:05 after dribbling in the box and curved her shot inside the left post
* Senior Karla Ochoa (Edinburg, TX/IDEA Toros College Preparatory) then checked in with her fourth of the year at 66:51 off a pass from Emily Clopp (Pittsburgh, PA/Canon-McMillan)
* Junior forward Arina Dillinger (Pittsburgh, PA/Montour) finished the scoring with her second of the year at 79:10, chipping a short shot over Adeline Baustert
* Behrend outshot Altoona 17-8, including a 9-2 advantage in those on goal
* Senior goalie Morgan Harding (Pittsburgh, PA/carlynton) got her fifth win while Baustert (3-5-5) took the loss

Noteworthy: 

* Prestash had four game-winning goals as a freshman. Saturday's game winner was her fourth this season
* Altoona lost for the first time in its last five games (2-1-2)
* The five goals scored are second only to the seven against Mt. Aloysius on October 1
* The shutout was Behrend's third of the season and third in a row

Next Up:

* The Lions travel to Hilbert on Wednesday at 3 p.m.