Behrend Women's Soccer Wins Regular-Season Finale; Lions Down Panthers

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team closed out the regular season with a 6-1 win over Pitt-Bradford in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night.

Score: Behrend 6, Pitt-Bradford 1
Records: Behrend (7-9-1, 6-1 AMCC), Pitt-Bradford (0-15, 0-7 AMCC)

Key Moments

* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) netted her second hat trick of the season to lead the Lions past the Panthers
* Prestash started the scoring in the sixth minute, getting the rebound of her first shot that was saved and tapping the ball in a wide open net for a 1-0 lead
* Megan Krulisky (Clermont, FL/Lockport (NY)) got her second goal of the season off a pass from Lauren Kiser down the right side of the box (Altoona, PA/Altoona) at the 14:01 mark
* Prestash got goal number two off a Christine Patterson (McKean, PA/General McLane) corner kick that looked to be curving into the net for a 3-0 lead with less than 25 minutes to play in the first half
* Less than two minutes later, Behrend grabbed a four-goal lead after Kristi Buckenheimer (Beaver, PA/Beaver) finished a penalty kick
* Pitt-Bradford scored its first goal on the Lions since 2017
* Allanah Allen converted a penalty kick in the first half to make it 4-1
* Emily Grande (Sharon, PA/Hickory) tallied her first goal of the season late in the first half for a 5-1 halftime margin
* Prestash finished the scoring with the lone goal in the second half off a pass from Krulisky
* Morgan Harding (Pittsburgh, PA/Carlynton) and Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) split time in goal

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action on Wednesday in the AMCC semifinals against the winner of No. 3 Alfred State and No. 6 Mt. Aloysius. Game time is to be determined