Prestash Sets Career Goals Record; Lions Advance to AMCC Final

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 22 and top-seeded Penn State Behrend women's soccer team defeated No. 4 Mt. Aloysius 6-0 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) semifinals on Wednesday afternoon at the Behrend Stadium.

Score: No. 22 Penn State Behrend 6, Mt. Aloysius 0
Records: No. 22 Penn State Behrend (17-2), Mt. Aloysius (5-11-2)

Noteworthy:

* Senior Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) became the all-time leader in program history in career goals with 66, surpassing Alex Bilka (2013-16)
* Junior goalkeeper Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) tied the record for most shutouts in a season with 11, only needing to make one save on the day

Key Moments:

* Prestash led with one goal and two assists to break the school record for career goals and help the Lions advance to the AMCC Championship game
* Lizzie Hoff (Moon, PA/Moon) tallied her second game winner with the first goal of the game in the 22^nd minute
* Hoff fired a left-footed shot after selling a possible pass to Prestash in the middle for her seventh goal of the season
* Lauren Kiser (Altoona, PA/Altoona) tallied the second goal just 43 seconds after entering the game off a pass from Prestash
* Behrend finished with two goals in the first half and four more in the second half
* Prestash only need one minute, 27 seconds into the second half to set the new record
* The senior forward gathered the ball from Hoff and created a one-on-one with Brooke Mitchell to score her 23^rd goal and 66^th career goal
* Maddie Haggerty (West Seneca, NY/Nardin Acadcmy) had a goal and an assist in the second half, bending a corner kick in for her third goal of the season
* The Mounties, who did not take a shot during the regular-season game against the Lions, managed to fire off six shots
* Amanda Price had back-to-back shots in the first half, including a header that went off the crossbar
* The win makes it 11 straight for Behrend

Up Next:

* The Lions will face the winner of the No. 2 Pitt-Greensburg and No. 3 Altoona on Saturday. Game time is set for 2 p.m. at the Behrend Stadium.