No. 24 Women's Soccer Blanks Hilbert; Lions Crowned AMCC Regular-Season Champions

HILBERT, NY – The No. 24 Penn State Behrend women's soccer team defeated Hilbert 8-0 to go undefeated in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action to be crowned the AMCC Regular-Season Champions on Tuesday afternoon.

Score: No. 24 Penn State Behrend 8, Hilbert 0
Records: No. 24 Penn State Behrend (16-2, 8-0), Hilbert (1-13-2, 1-5-2)

Noteworthy:

* Senior forward Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) has tied the program record for career goals at 65. She needs one more to surpass the program leader, Alex Bilka

Key Moments:

* Behrend earned the No. 1 seed for the upcoming playoffs and secured the right to host the semifinals next Wednesday
* The Lions scored eight goals in the first half, the most in one half this season
* Prestash tallied four goals for the second time this season and third for her career
* The senior forward scored the first three goals, including her ninth game winner off a penalty kick less than three minutes into the game
* Prestash got the Lions a 3-0 lead before Audra Kuzma (Center, PA/Central Valley) scored her first and only goal of the game
* Unlikely to get one penalty kick in a game, Behrend was awarded a second and Prestash converted for her fourth goal to make it 5-0
* Emily Samluk (Erie, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) registered her fifth goal of the season in the 39^th minute off a pass from Lauren Kiser (Altoona, PA/Altoona)
* Kiser then got a goal of her own two minutes later and Rori Kostos (Cleveland, OH/Hathaway Brown) finished the scoring with 2:40 left to play
* Behrend held a 36-1 shot advantage, giving Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) her 10^th shutout of the season
* The Lions will take a 10-game winning streak into playoffs next week

Up Next:

* The Lions will face the winner of the No.4/No. 5 seed next Wednesday at home for the AMCC Semifinals. Time is to be determined.