Women's Soccer Hosts Altoona on Senior Day

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team hosts Penn State Altoona in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action for Senior Day on Saturday afternoon. The game time is set for 2 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The seven seniors being honored before the contest are: Kristi Buckenheimer (Beaver, PA/Beaver), Arina Dillinger (Pittsburgh, PA/Montour), Emily Grande (Sharon, PA/Hickory), Molly Malachow (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler), Christine Patterson (McKean, PA/General McLane), Sarah White (Uniontown, OH/Lake) and Mia Zec (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley)
* During their collegiate career, they have helped the Lions to a 35-16-2 overall record, an unprecedented 19-1-1 mark in the AMCC
* The seniors have also won an AMCC Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2021
* Behrend has won three in a row, recently defeating Alfred State 8-1 on Tuesday night
* The Lions scored six first-half goals vs. the Pioneers to improve to 5-0-1 in conference play
* Behrend is ranked seventh in NCAA Division III statistics in scoring offense and points per game
* The Lions have scored 50 goals in 13 games for a 3.85 average, while posting 10.54 points per game
* Behrend has 10 players with two or more goals this season, led by Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) with eight

Penn State Altoona News & Notes:

* The Altoona Lions enter the game ranked fifth in the AMCC with a 2-2-1 mark
* Overall, Penn State Altoona has a 2-8-2 record after falling in its last two contests
* The Lions have conference wins over Wells and Alfred State, while tying La Roche
* Mallorie Smith, a 2022 First Team All-AMCC selection, ranks second in the conference with 10 goals and 21 points this season
* Smith set a new single-game record with six goals in the win over the Express
* The Altoona defense is giving up 3.75 goals per game

Series History:

* Behrend has won 13 straight against Altoona, improving to 20-5-4 overall in the all-time series
* The Behrend Lions have shutout Altoona six games in a row
* Altoona's last win was a 3-1 victory in 2011