Behrend Women's Soccer Hosts Mt. Aloysius in AMCC Semifinals

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 1 seed Penn State Behrend women's soccer team wil­l host No. 4 Mt. Aloysius on Wednesday for an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) semifinal game beginning at 2:30 p.m.

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No. 1 Behrend News & Notes:

* The 22^nd-ranked Lions are competing for their 18^th overall AMCC Championship and fourth straight
* Behrend has won 16 of the 26 AMCC Championships since the inception of the conference in 1997
* The Lions were named the Regular Season Champions and finished in first place with an unblemished mark at 8-0, resulting in a first-round bye
* The winners of the two semifinals will play in the AMCC Championship on Saturday at the highest remaining seed
* Behrend finished the regular season with a 16-2 record and enter on a 10-game winning streak
* The Lions are coming off an 8-0 win over Hilbert last Tuesday
* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) leads the team with 22 goals and five assists for 49 points
* Prestash, who has registered two or more points in the last eight games, has tied the program record in career goals at 65   
* Junior goalie Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) has a 0.13 goals-against average for first in the AMCC, allowing just one goal in eight conference games

No. 4 Mt. Aloysius News & Notes:

* The Mounties defeated No. 5 La Roche 3-0 on Saturday in the first round of the AMCC tournament to advance to the semifinal round
* Natalie Despot tallied two goals and an assist to lead Mt. Aloysius past the Redhawks
* The Mounties are looking to win their first AMCC Championship
* The Mounties have a 5-10-2 overall record and a 3-4-1 conference mark
* Sara Borlie leads the team with five goals and two assists for 12 points

Series History:

* This contest is a repeat of the 2022 and 2023 AMCC semifinals
* Behrend defeated Mt. Aloysius 4-0 to advance to the championship game
* The Lions have an unbeaten 24-0-1 lead over the Mounties in a series dating back to 2004
* During the regular season, Behrend defeated Mt. Aloysius 4-0 on the road

AMCC Tournament Schedule:

First Round: Saturday, November 2

Game 1: #3 Penn State Altoona d. #6 Alfred State, 5-0
Game 2: #4 Mt. Aloysius d. #5 La Roche, 3-0

Semifinals: Wednesday, November 6

Game 3: #4 Mt. Aloysius at #1 Penn State Behrend, 2:30 p.m.
Game 4: #3 Penn State Altoona at #2 Pitt-Greensburg, 7 p.m.

Finals: Saturday, November 9

Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 at higher seed, 2 p.m.