Andrade Nets Game Winner; Women's Soccer Edges Grove City
Sophomore midfielder Marlene Andrade scored the game-winning goal to lead the Penn State Behrend women’s soccer team past regional-rival Grove City 2-1 in non-conference action on Saturday.
ERIE, Pa. – Sophomore midfielder Marlene Andrade (Walnut Creek, CA/Clayton Valley Charter) scored the game-winning goal to lead the Penn State Behrend women's soccer team past regional-rival Grove City 2-1 in non-conference action on Saturday.
Score: Behrend 2, Grove City 1
Records: Behrend (6-1), Grove City (3-3-1)
Key Moments
* With less than five minutes to play, Andrade put away a left-footed shot into the right-side netting to help Behrend get their sixth win
* After a play-on foul, Andrade took the ball from midfield to the top of the box and fired the game winner in the 86th minute
* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) scored the first goal, needing14:38 to get the Lions on the board for her third tally of the season
* Off a throw in, Prestash dribbled to the edge of the box and blasted a left-footed shot past a diving Courtney Lisman
* Grove City put Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) to the test early on in the game
* Morningstar made three saves in the first 30 minutes of play, keeping Grove City scoreless after the first half
* Prestash's goal held as the only goal in the first half
* Four minutes into the second half, the Wolverines got the equalizer
* Emma Dailey tallied her first goal of the season on a header from a corner kick taken by Marina Hahn
* In the 63rd minute, Andrade had a direct kick that was saved last second by Lisman that sent the ball up and over the post for a corner kick
* The Wolverines escaped a goal off a Prestash header thanks to a team save with 20:50 remaining
Up Next:
* The Lions return to action on Wednesday at home against Case Western. Game time is 7 p.m.